Smoke

Darkness cloaked the tunnel as I ran blindly, breath sawing in my lungs. Behind, snarls echoed my panic, drawing ever nearer in the murky depths.

Conjuring a small wisp of light, no bigger than a firefly, I concentrated on willing it to glow brighter. I drew deep on reserve far vaster than my small form implied, pouring more mana into the wisp until it swelled into a puffball hovering above my hand.

Though they outnumbered me, I had no shortage of mana to confront the swarm, it was just that they seemed to be everywhere.

"Take this!"

Light blazed like the midday sun behind, momentarily blinding the swarm snarling at my heels. In that flash I wove bindings of simple darkness spell, ensnaring two of the creatures long enough to resume my flight.

Once again, I drew deeply from my reserves, conjuring more glowing puffballs that exploded in blinding flashes.

The tunnel blazed briefly, momentarily blinding pursuers enough for me to sprint ahead, dodging jagged rock formations.

But... how
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