As Skrae came upon the main gate to Rellekka, two guards posted outside drew their weapons and approached him.
"Halt!" the first guard said. "Please remove your cloak and state your business in Rellekka."
The guard lived less than three seconds. Skrae threw off his cloak, and the guard caught a nightmarish glimpse of a long, vulturelike face with burning coals in the sunken pits of his eyes before his throat was ripped out.
The second guard tried to scream, but his voice was frozen. The last thing he remembered was an arm covered in scales reaching for him. And teeth.
Scrae tossed the body to the ground, and a ball of red burning energy began forming around his fist. He directed it towards the main gate, which exploded inwards in a fiery displays of charred timber. The entire town grew silent as Scrae stepped through the heavy smoke and into the bright day.
"Koshei, I know you're here!" he screeched and sent another ball of energy into the nearest group of onlookers. Bodies flew from the epicenter of the crowd like ragdolls, blood and pieces of limbs sprinkling the air. Scrae was laughing again, laughing uncontrollably as he watched panic grip the town and the citizens run away for their lives. Several warriors ran forward to stop him, but he cleaved them all in half and then took a deep breathe inwards. He exhaled, flames spewing from his mouth and spreading across the nearest house.
"Koshei, come out and fight, or I'll burn it all to the ground!" he yelled. He was about to destroy the next group of homes when someone caught his eye, a young woman with a piece of timber trapping her broken leg to the ground.
"What have we here," he whispered, crouching down next to her, his eyes drawn to the large bulb of her pregnant belly.
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