My three companions threw themselves at the unbound dragon. Elaine led the charge, soaking the dragon's fire breath with a defensive magical technique. Fable followed on her heels, biting down on the dragon's wrist. His weight threw the monster off-balance, and it roared, swiping at him with its other claw.
Fyren struck like lightning, revealing himself from the thick fur hidden behind Fable's massive horns. His sword bit deep into the dragon's hand-like appendage, infernal mana seeping past the scales into the exposed wound. The ensuing explosion blasted him away, but Fable dislodged and caught him, landing on a mound of rubble that had once been a mansion.
The dragon roared, the wound gaping wide, refusing to mend. It opened its jaws and released a torrent of fire at the grounded pair, but Elaine intercepted it with a wave of her sword, sending an arc of mana into the heart of the attack and detonating it prematurely.
