The heat, [i]the heat[/i]. Verdant hissed, standing rather close to the walking bonfire just beyond the barrier. Fresh trees were generally resistant to fire, but only up to a point. Once the blaze grew large enough, it'll draw and evaporate the moisture from the trees at which point the dried and cracked wood made for perfect kindling. Case in point, the view before her.

The radiating heat seared, a nearly palpable wall of scorching air that strongly discouraged them from approaching. She felt her scales getting uncomfortably dry already, her eyes watering from the smoke as one arm raised to cover her face with the cloak. To some extent, it worked. For now. But it wasn't a long-term solution, obviously.

[b][color=#38b000]"Bossman, can the barrier move back? Looks like they'll burn out soon anyway!"[/color][/b] She hollered, loud enough to be heard over the merry crackling of flame consuming creaking woods.

If it's not possible.. well, the hard way then. At least Viridian was more resistant to the flame, though the ethereal serpent wasn't looking comfortable coiling around her free arm. Even as a spiritual beast, it's hard to avoid countless generations of natural instinct.

Natural instinct, and a healthy dose of common sense because who'd even walk straight into an inferno?