The flames hit the shield, then spread across the building.
The bodies and furniture outside the shield, even the marble as smooth as a mirror, were burning!
Tishaya squinted, trying to see clearly amid the intense interplay of light and shadow.
Hanging from Viggo Fortez's belt was a pendant that looked like a small iron disc etched with some kind of pattern, or perhaps like a bottle cap.
"That's the magic bottle cap Geoffrey Monk once used to imprison a djinn! Holding the cap grants control over the djinn inside the bottle!"
Henry Gemitis, inside the shield, locked eyes with Viggo Fortez floating in mid-air, and said in a deep voice.
"You are still young, Tishaya. You haven't witnessed this item yourself, but I have!"
"Now, take everyone and leave! Get out as fast as you can! Run!"
Outside the shield, the flames had already burned the stone tower into a near-flowing gel-like state, resembling lava.
