Rise of the Frozen Sovereign
the soldier remarked, raising a long, slender rifle that hummed with arcane energy.
"Get down!" Vane roared, lunging forward with his blade held high, but the soldier was faster. A blast of compressed heat slammed into Vane, throwing him backward against the wall with a sickening crunch.
Ignis screamed—a raw, primal sound—and leapt toward the soldier, his movements a blur of speed and desperation. The soldier swiped at him with a gauntleted hand, but Ignis was a shadow, darting beneath the strike, his small frame twisting with an impossible, almost unnatural agility.