Immune to heat

Then it came to me. I remembered that skelts could tolerate boiling water; how they had once hidden themselves in the steaming water of a kulad, a Kobalos mage tower, before emerging to attack me. Talkus was hidden somewhere in the depths of that boiling lake.

In the form of an orb I could pass through walls without harm. The gates of fire had not harmed me either … but could I dive below the simmering surface?

There was only one way to find out. I dropped down and entered the water without a splash.

It boiled and bubbled, forming a grey and white haze so that I could see nothing. I continued to sink deeper and deeper – and then suddenly the water became crystal clear.

Starblade Book 3 Chapter 27