"Ahhh! It hurts! Water, does anyone have water?"0

"How can these things use magic? Damn it, find some cover, you idiot!"0

"Run! We can't hold them back!"0

The winged demons' fireballs rained down like a storm. While the spells these creatures cast lacked the power of a trained magician, their sheer numbers more than made up for it.0

Fireballs fell like raindrops, igniting what was flammable and shattering or splintering what was not. City guards caught in the open were struck directly, their armor useless against the blazing flames.0

The hellfire ignited the clothing underneath the armor and couldn't be snuffed out by ordinary means. The flames consumed oxygen, suffocating some guards as they struggled to remove their burning armor.0

Others, overcome by the intense pain, lost control. They screamed and ran wildly, colliding with their comrades and spreading further chaos and terror.0

"Calm down! Stay calm!" an old veteran, sheltering behind the remains of an inn, shouted at the panic-stricken soldiers. The walls shook under the relentless bombardment of fireballs, and the building seemed on the verge of collapse. He looked at the crumbling...0