Even without sensing magic directly, the sheer pressure of the force was impossible to ignore, it could be felt in the bones.
Then they saw it.
The lake below began to churn violently, the surface bubbling and frothing.
Something massive was rising from its depths.
The surge of magic from Dominic's earlier attack, the one that had pierced the rock wall, might have drawn it out.
He realized in an instant, it was coming straight for them.
"Shiao Yi!"
Calling out to him, Dominic drew his sword and leaped from the cave entrance. His body soared through the air as he swung the blade overhead.
A jet of water exploded upward from the lake and from it a long black mass extended toward him.
Dominic's sword blazed with fire as he slashed through it in one sweeping arc, slicing off the creature's tip.
As he fell, Shiao Yi caught him midair using telekinesis. X gently guiding his descent until Dominic landed safely on the grassy ground below.
