Ryan watched Zoe bursting with fire magic with keen interest. He had considered surrounding his own body with flames, much like Zoe was doing, to see how it would feel. But he glanced down at his non-fireproof clothing and immediately discarded the idea. 'I wouldn't want that to happen,' he mused, the image of standing naked before Zoe and Melanie crossing his mind. The thought made him laugh internally, but he pushed it aside.
Instead, he focused on the fight. Zoe was gathering her mana for something big, and Ryan could feel the power building up in the air. He decided to test her one more time, summoning a surge of water and laughing as he aimed it directly at her. "Time to put out this flame," he taunted, sending a colossal wave crashing toward her.
