Seconds before Cortist's wall of ice shattered beneath the intense flames of the phoenix barreling down from above, Cortist felt someone grab him and swiftly turn the mage away from the flames.
As the young panther looked into his father's eyes, the older knight pulled his son close to him, shielding as much of the mage as possible with his own body when the fire reigned down around them.
Talan was more battle experienced than his brother, so he knew dodging was the only real option to dealing with such a force, and had dived just out of range of the worst of it milliseconds before the attack landed.
He hadn't realized his brother would try to actually attempt to defend against it, as if he didn't just watch the human's so-called "Legendary shield," fall before these very opponents.
His father realized it, though, and acted accordingly. Talan could only watch on helplessly by that point.
