Rod made a strangling noise; fire lanced the back of his neck as vertebrae ground together.
Some of the fur-skins hurried faster as the red fire lanced laser-like into the keyhole.
The demon swung back around, and fire lanced from its open maw.
The wizard's clawed hands lifted and extended, and green fire lanced wickedly toward Edge- wood Dirk.
The fire lanced past the girl, missing her somehow, and fragments of rock flew into the air as it struck.
Again the fire lanced from the Knight of the Word into the demon, catching it as it tried to twist away, knocking it down once more.
The fire lanced from his fingertips in a frantic burst and slammed into the monster as it reached for the king, enveloping it, consuming it, turning it into a writhing torch.
Her small hands came up, and fire lanced out of them, shattering it where it lay on the ground, turning the metal to dust.
Out from the Demon's Staff of Power the red fire lanced, but just an instant too late.