Carl was distracted and got hit by another ball of fire. The sparks alone burned him badly enough to send him yelping. Bryant sneered at him, “How could you let yourself be distracted during a fight? Are you hoping for a quicker death?” Bryant’s behavior puzzled Carl even more now. The lich had a look of disgust and annoyance on his face, but Carl did not sense any ill intent coming from him. However, the young man did not have the time to carefully think this through now. He put these thoughts aside and focused on how to defend himself against the attacks of these fiery bombs. Bryant continued to rain these Spheres of Conflagration on him, making him work so hard he felt like dying. When Carl finally got used to the way the spheres were coming at him, Bryant suddenly switched spells. Sh