The magic within
He staggered back, eyes wide — not with fear, but with triumph.
“Yes!” he shouted. “You see? He’s the monster I said he was!”
But the Guild wasn’t listening anymore.
They weren’t watching Benton. They weren’t even watching the beasts.
They were watching Killian.
And in that moment, he saw it — the shift. They weren’t terrified of him. Not entirely.
Some were in awe.
Some were ready to follow.
The battle raged on. The beasts poured in. The monastery shuddered with every impact, stone giving way, torches dying in the flood of shadows and screams.
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