Ravenna's new abilities were terrifying in the best possible way, and they discovered this during the next encounter barely an hour after leaving the shrine.
A pack of hellhounds, fire-breathing canines that usually required sustained effort to bring down, came charging through a lava-lit corridor with murder in their burning eyes.
Ravenna raised one hand, and the hellhounds simply ceased to exist. No flames, no dramatic explosion, just instant erasure as her Hellfire consumed them utterly, fire eating fire until nothing remained but fading ash.
[Enemy slain: Hellhound x8]
[System points: +400]
"Okay," Astrid said slowly, her eyes wide. "That's new."
"New and concerning." Ren's expression was thoughtful rather than afraid as he lowered his shield. "In a good way, I mean. But concerning."
Ravenna examined her hand, flexing fingers that seemed to trail darkness in their wake. "I barely had to try. It was like... like asking water to be wet. Natural."
