Jared’s hand trembled slightly.

At that moment, the battle nearby reached its conclusion.

Gwendolyn’s icy divine radiance clashed with Josephine’s blazing red blade-light again and again in midair.

Ice and fire tore through everything within three hundred yards, leaving behind scorched earth and frozen ruin.

Josephine was strong.

But against Gwendolyn—an ancient force who had lived for over ten thousand years—she was outmatched.

Gwendolyn’s ice needles pierced through the flames protecting Josephine.