Vesca steels his nerves as the chittering noise around him reaches a feverish pitch.
"I guess I should count myself lucky it's only bugs!"
He centers his mind and begins reciting the chant.
[Focus Chant: Evocation]
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Moments later, Vesca's hands are cloaked in fire, just as the shiny black carpet of insects reaches his feet. Fearful of the flames, the tide of insects keeps its distance as it passes by the magician, leaving Vesca looking much like he is sitting atop a small island amidst an ocean of black chitin.
Vesca retches as he watches the oncoming horde. "Well, it cant get more disgusting than that!"
Quickly, the boy raised a blazing hands and traces a line through the air with his finger.
At once, a line of scorching heat interposes itself between the insects and the village, halting their advance and causing the leading edge of the wave to perish.
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[Evocation: Wall of Fire]
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"Come on, fellas! Let's just keep this between us!"
Vesca wastes no time cleaning up the pests. Fire leaps from his hands and cuts swathes through the waves of insects.
[Evocation: Fire Lash]
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As the horde thins, the remaining creatures begin to scatter. Determined to end this threat here and now, Vesca clasps his hands together, causing his hair to stand on end and his body to crackle with electricity.
[Expanded Evocation: Chain Lightning + Fire Lash]
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As sparks continue to jump, the fire surrounding Vesca's hands begins to swirl. Separating his hands, Vesca raises them over his head.
Vesca closes his eyes, taking on an uncharacteristic calm, before reciting the name he had given this spell:
"Firestorm!"
Reuniting his hands in a thunderous clap, a vortex of fire and lightning springs forth from his hands. As the spiral grows to completely envelop Vesca, bolts of lightning begin to leap from the fiery tornado and strike the remaining bugs. Everywhere lightning strikes, a searing flame briefly burns away everything on the ground before vanishing.
For a brief moment, the sound of a million crawling legs and clicking mandibles is drowned out by roaring flames, crackling lightning, and sizzling flesh. In an instant, however, both the vortex of flame and the offending monsters are gone, and nothing but ash and smoke, and Vesca Fragaria remain.