[h2][center][color=forestgreen][b]Aɴɴᴇᴠᴀʀ Tᴇʟ'ᴇᴛʜɪʀ[/b][/color][/center][/h2][Hider=Summary]Anne is shocked to hear that undead have appeared beneath the capital, but before she could react, a huge explosion rigs out, and the ensuing shockwave blasts her off towards a large tree. She uses her powers over plants to cushion the impact, but is still shaken and takes some time to recover. After that, she looks at the ghoul that had emerged from beneath the ground, and before she could even think of a plan of action, a massive dragon also climbs out from the crater and kills the ghoul in one fell swoop. Anne is left speechless.[/hider]
A myriad of expressions appeared on her face as the armoured man's words came out. With each word came a huff, with each sentence completed, he panted, and with him, Anne started panting as well. She slowly turned around to face the man as he explained how undead were found beneath the city, in the aqueducts, and how he and his other fellow knights had apparently retreated immediately. She had half a mind to berate the knight on the spot, [color=forestgreen][i]"What kind of knights are you that you retreat without even fighting!?"[/i][/color] she mentally shouted, but could not actually do so out loud.

Then, the ground shook violently. Anne had a split second to protect herself as various marble statues crumbled before a massive explosion rang out, shooting stone and marble alike in the air and creating a shockwave that pushed everything that had been in the vicinity of the explosion outwards. Obviously, Anne managed to somehow avoid the direct brunt of the explosion, but the shockwave sent her shooting backwards, like a kite with its strings cut. She opened her eyes, only to see herself heading right towards a large tree.

More explosions rumbled behind her, and a pillar of light suddenly shot upwards, followed by a deafening roar. However, Anne could not even spare a moment's time to look at what was happening. She glared at the tree in front of her and her eyes emitted a faint green aura as she exercised her powers over plants. From the tree suddenly grew countless branches, from which an enormous amount of leaves sprouted that, when Anne slammed onto the tree, cushioned her, absorbing most of the impact.

Anne slid off the leafy cushion and fell on the ground. She groaned and rubbed her head and back as she struggled to sit up. She leant her back on the tree and looked towards the origin of the explosion, her eyes blurry as they welled up with tears. After rubbing her eyes, however, she stared with shock at the figure of the ghoul that had appeared. It's not that Anne had no knowledge about Necromancy, of course, she knew. Her master had made it sure that she knew of each and every school of known magic there was, even on a superficial level, before allowing her to embark on her little trip. However, just because she knew what a ghoul was, it did not mean that she knew how to fight it. There were no ghouls on the southern edges of Tantas, and especially inside the Rhiadan forest where she grew up. Thus, she had no previous experience in dealing with ghouls or undead creatures in general.

As Anne racked her mind to find a way to deal with the ghoul, she suddenly thought about the rest of the group and Tempa. However, before she could stand up and have a better look, another deafening roar sounded out and from the crater that the ghoul had presumably climbed out of, a giant, clawed hand reached out and smashed the unfortunate ghoul to a pulp. The creature then pulled the rest of its body out of the crater, causing Anne's eyes to widen in disbelief. [color=forestgreen][b]"A dragon!"[/b][/color] she exclaimed.

It was only when the massive creature landed, and it's rider dismounted it that Anne noticed the, petite when compared to her partner, knight. [color=F08080][b]"I uh… Dealt with the undead."[/b][/color]

[color=forestgreen][b]"You certainly did..."[/b][/color] Anne mumbled as she thought back to everything that had happened, trying to comprehend it.