Location: Nagasaki plane
3 days, 43:00
Weather: Hot
Warning levels: Dangerous VERY DANGEROUS
Seraphina looks at the group. “Are you guys ready?” Gunner and Bobby smile at each other. “We haven’t even stepped foot, yet I can still feel the heat,” says Katie. Fire Dragon laughs, “This place feels amazing, maybe I should live here.” The group starts walking. “So, does anyone want to talk about anything, like food or vacation plans?” asks Seraphina. “Oh, I always wanted to go to Zephyr’s dragon temple. He always goes there for extreme training, so I just want to see what his place looks like. Each time he comes back, he gets incredibly stronger,” smiles Bobby. “I always wanted to go to that kingdom of sweets. Even their hot spring is hot chocolate,” expresses Katie. “Yes, I always wanted to go there. It’s just that, you know, I have a lot of work to be done. Especially becoming the head chair of the Council. Simba and the others are so amazing; they save lives, they make sure we’re safe, they are the heroes of the world. I want to be the leader of the council. I aspire to be like them and the others that came before,” says Seraphina with passion. Gunner gives Bobby a slight stare. “Is the council really that great?” Seraphina holds both of Gunner’s hands. “Are you kidding me? They are the best, top class.” Gunner looks at her with a smile, “You know, better stop walking backwards before you trip.” Seraphina starts walking forward. Gunner stares at Seraphina. ‘Damn, only spending a little time with her. She seems like a little girl with a big dream.’
Suddenly, fire goblins charge towards the group. Seraphina takes out her sword. “I got center, Bobby goes for the ones on the left, Gunner you take right, Katie you be in the center and start to take them down from a distance, Fire Dragon save your power and just stomp them to death if needed.” Seraphina charges towards the goblins. Bobby turns his body to metal. “Stage one iron phase.” Gunner takes out his rope dart. Katie takes out a bow and shoots 5 arrows. The arrows go past the 3 of them, killing 5 random goblins. Seraphina takes a swing, knocking down 5 goblins. Bobby starts knocking each of them with one punch. Gunner shoots his rope dart to take down all 5. Seraphina swings her blade, removing the blood. Bobby’s body turns to normal.
Katie gives Seraphina a concerning look, “You aren’t hot, Seraphina? It’s straight up, well over, 100 degrees. We all are wearing white cloth while you are wearing a full suit of armor.” Seraphina smiles, “I am perfectly fine. I am part of the council; knights as such must represent them wearing their colors.” Bobby smacks his forehead. “This girl is going to kill herself in this heat. At least take off the second level of armor.” “No,” responds Seraphina in retaliation. Bobby shakes his head. “Whatever, just don’t pass out from heat exhaustion.” Katie takes out her bow and creates an arrow made out of water.
“I wonder how X is doing,” wonders Bobby. “He’s the type of person to do everything by himself,” says Katie. “That’s not true, X works well with people,” argues Seraphina. Gunner looks at the two of them. “You’re talking about the short good-looking dude with the katanas. Never really seen those mighty weapons before. I can tell he’s crazy powerful and as a result, I need to have a duel with him.” Bobby smiles, “X is no joke. Did you know he’s gonna be the youngest person to graduate at our warrior school?” “How old is he anyway?” questions the Fire Dragon. “He’s 13,” say both Seraphina and Katie. Gunner's eyes widen as his mouth opens. “13! He is literally 3 years younger than me.” “Wait, you’re 16?” asks Katie. “Yep, why, how old are you?” questions Gunner. “I am 20 years old,” answers Katie. “For a 20-year-old, you look quite young but very mature,” compliments Gunner. “Guys, I am worried about X. I don’t think I should have paired him with Dornesia even if the council said to do so,” frowns Seraphina. “Seraphina, stop worrying about X. My gosh, you act more like his mother than his sister,” says Bobby in frustration. “I can’t help it, he’s so young and cute. Plus, as his big sister, I need to protect him even if it’s from himself,” argues Seraphina.
“I have fought Zephyr, he’s quite strong,” says Gunner. “Zephyr, yeah, I used to beat his butt so easily until he went through puberty. Even kicked X’s butt a little. But now, as you can see, all three of us are nearly equal in power,” giggles Seraphina. “Interesting, so you used to be the strongest,” says Gunner, amazed. “Wait, what is your title, Bobby?” asks Gunner. “Oh, mine is the Living Weapon. It’s quite simple, I know.” “Simple but sounds so cool. Mine is the Spiritual Snake,” smiles Gunner. Fire Dragon laughs. “I don’t need a title name; I am that powerful.” ‘I want one so bad.’ “You know our title names are just titles the world gave us based on what we did,” says Seraphina. The floor starts to turn red under Seraphina.
Seraphina jumps forward while turning 360 degrees. A hand made out of lava shoots from the ground. Bobby’s eyes widen. Gunner pushes Bobby. Five more hands come from the ground. Katie shoots an arrow made out of water, taking down one of the hands. Seraphina reaches out her hand. “KATIE, WATCH OUT.” Katie jumps to the left, only getting burned a little bit on her left leg. Katie rolls to the ground. A lot more hands start to shoot out from the ground. The lava solidifies into golems. Bobby turns his body to iron. “First stage, Iron.” Seraphina takes out her sword. Gunner takes out his rope dart. Katie creates three more arrows out of water. Fire Dragon smiles, “There is finally some action.” Fire Dragon shoots a beam of fire, wiping out the back half. Seraphina blocks one of the golems’ attacks. “Something is wrong, there is no heat coming out of the golems,” questions Seraphina. Bobby turns his hands into swords while spinning 360 degrees, cutting down five of the golems. “Seraphina’s right, no heat at all. They’re not even using fire magic.” Gunner shoots out his orange chi-infused rope dart. The rope dart bounces off the air multiple times while destroying the golems. Katie shoots three water arrows in the sky. The water arrows turn into multiple smaller water arrows. “EVERYBODY RUN, MORE AND MORE IS SHOWING UP,” commands Seraphina. The group starts running deeper into the area. Bobby takes a swing, taking down a few in his path. Gunner tosses his rope dart, taking down the ones that were in front of Seraphina. “We’re getting closer to the volcano where the fire crystal is going to be according to X,” says Seraphina.
The area gets hotter and hotter. Bobby’s iron starts to melt off his body. ‘Damn it, but I still need to try.’ “I can’t maintain this form.” Everybody but the Fire Dragon drops to the ground, unable to withstand the blast of heat. Fire Dragon’s mouth starts to open. Sudden heat starts going inside the Fire Dragon’s mouth. “That dragon is eating the intensity of the heat,” says Katie, surprised. Bobby dashes towards the mountain. “Don’t worry, I can get the fire crystal. My iron body will protect me. Just hold down the fort.” Many golems charge towards the group. Seraphina’s sword glows yellow, “Light magic, light control.” Gunner spins his rope dart while infusing orange chi into it, “Let’s do this.” Katie creates an arrow of water. “Protect the Fire Dragon.” Katie starts firing arrows, taking down the golems near the Fire Dragon.
Bobby sees the fire crystal. “There it is. We complete our mission. X said that it might be challenging to defeat the creature guarding the fire crystal. Boy, he was wrong. This is gonna be a walk in the park.” Bobby looks at the bridge on top of the volcano. “Damn it.” His legs start moving with determination and efficiency, while his hands slowly start to reach out to grip the fire crystal. Bobby’s hand comes closer and closer. “ALMOST THERE.”
Seraphina’s eyes widen seeing the golem float to the sky while being broken down into pieces of rocks. “What, what is going on?” Katie gives a weird face. “Something is wrong.” Gunner spins his rope dart while infusing it with chi. ‘Something is coming. I can sense it.’
Flames start to cover the fire crystal while the rocks from the broken-down golem cover the flames as armor. A fist comes flying towards Bobby’s face.
Everyone turns their head, hearing an explosion near the volcano. Thump… “Bobby, are you okay?” says Seraphina while she and Gunner help him up. Bobby looks at the fire spirit. “It has awakened. The fire crystal turned into the fire spirit just like X said it would.” The fire spirit flies to the floor while walking towards the group. Each step leaves an imprint onto the earth. Fire Dragon passes out from exhaustion, reaching his limit.
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Seraphina points her blade at the Fire Spirit. Katie shoots five arrows made out of water. The arrows evaporate before they touch the Fire Spirit. The Fire Spirit reaches out his hand and shoots a beam of fire. Bobby steps in front of Seraphina, protecting everyone from the blast. Bobby looks at his arm, seeing iron dripping from his body. ‘Damn it, I’m useless. Usually, I can withstand the heat, but it’s too much; it’s melting the literal iron off of my body.’ Gunner and Seraphina nod at each other. Seraphina runs to the left. Gunner runs to the right. Gunner tosses his rope dart. The Fire Spirit jumps high, dodging the attack. The rope dart bounces off the air. The Fire Spirit rolls to the ground, getting hit in the face. “Light magic, light slash.” Seraphina quickly shoots out three slashes of light. The Fire Spirit shoots a beam of fire, evaporating the light property itself. The Fire Spirit vanishes in front of Seraphina and takes a swing. Seraphina quickly blocks the attack while being forcefully pushed back. The Fire Spirit shoots spheres of flames at Katie. Katie’s eyes widen. A rope dart flies through the spheres. Multiple explosions go off. The Fire Spirit comes out of the explosion. Seraphina’s eyes widen. ‘Damn it,’ “Light magic, light control.” Seraphina’s blade glows yellow while taking a swing. The Fire Spirit rolls to the ground.Gunner charges towards the Fire Spirit and tosses his rope dart. The Fire Spirit grabs the rope dart and pulls it. Gunner flies towards the Fire Spirit. The Fire Spirit reaches out his hand and shoots a point-blank range beam made out of fire. Gunner rolls to the ground while steam emanates from his body. “Damn it, that was a close one.”
Bobby looks around. “This heat, it’s melting my iron skin.” Bobby turns his hands into blades. “Nevertheless, I have a duty to get that crystal.” Bobby charges towards the Fire Spirit. The Fire Spirit shoots five spheres. Bobby takes a step forward and cuts all five of them down. Each of them explodes on impact. The Fire Spirit takes a swing. Bobby blocks the attack. Seraphina takes a swing. The Fire Spirit jumps back and shoots a sphere. An arrow hits the sphere, causing an explosion. Seraphina and Bobby dash past the explosion. The Fire Spirit opens its mouth, shooting a beam of fire. Seraphina steps to the left. Bobby steps to the right. The Fire Spirit takes a swing. Bobby raises his blade, cutting the Fire Spirit’s left arm in half. Seraphina pivots forward. Light explodes out of her blade. “Light magic, bright shot.” Seraphina reaches out her arm, shooting a beam of light out of her blade. The Fire Spirit moves to the left; the beam of light grazes its arm. A blast of heat shoots up from the ground. Seraphina jumps to the left. Bobby takes a swing. The Fire Spirit reaches out its arm and shoots a point-blank range beam. Bobby rolls to the ground, getting second-degree burns on his right arm. Seraphina takes a swing. The Fire Spirit blocks the attack. Seraphina suddenly flies to the sky. The Fire Spirit instantly regrows its arm and shoots a beam of fire. The beam hits Seraphina, knocking her down.
Bobby slowly gets up, “Damn it. I’m not done yet.” Gunner shoots his rope dart. The Fire Spirit tanks the hit and grabs his weapon. Orange chi starts to flow through the rope and into the dart. The Fire Spirit absorbs the chi and sends it right back. Gunner rolls to the ground. The Fire Spirit vanishes right behind Gunner, sending him flying into the sky. Gunner’s eyes widen. ‘It knows how to use chi in an advanced way.’ A white chi color bursts out of the Fire Spirit’s hand. Gunner smiles while imbuing orange chi into his fist. ‘It’s learned by imitating me. “BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE A PERSONAL COLOR.” Gunner and the Fire Spirit’s fists collide. Gunner overpowers the Fire Spirit instantly. The Fire Spirit slams into the ground. Gunner goes into a fighting position. ‘I need to create time for others.’ The Fire Spirit infuses chi into its fist. Suddenly, a burst of flames starts to generate simultaneously. Gunner’s eyes start to shake. ‘What is that thing? It just learned how to use chi and now can infuse its own element.’ The Fire Spirit shoots a beam. Gunner creates an orange shield out of his own chi. ‘Damn it. So strong.’ Seraphina takes a swing. The Fire Spirit shoots out a beam of fire infused with chi. Seraphina screams in pain, feeling the heat scorching her skin. Katie shoots a giant water arrow, sending it back. “You could have done that any time,” says Gunner. “Well, I was busy killing all these goblins that showed up out of nowhere.” Katie runs towards Seraphina and starts doing healing magic. “I am not the best. Doing this is going to take me a while. Thank goodness she was wearing that armor.”
Bobby grabs Gunner’s shoulder. “I am ready to fight.” Bobby’s iron starts dripping once more. Gunner looks at him. “Your whole right arm does not have an iron coating.” Bobby looks at his right arm. “I know, I need to keep a certain body temperature. My arm has not cooled down yet.” Bobby’s left hand turns into a double-edged sword. Gunner dashes towards the Fire Spirit. Bobby follows Gunner’s lead. The Fire Spirit infuses white chi in both of its fists then coats them with fire. Orange chi bursts out of Gunner’s fist. Gunner takes a swing. The Fire Spirit blocks it. Bobby turns 360 degrees, cutting part of the Fire Spirit’s thigh. The Fire Spirit takes a knee. Gunner punches the Fire Spirit in the face. Bobby cuts the Fire Spirit’s arm. Both of them start consecutively cutting and punching down the Fire Spirit. Bobby cuts the left chest and sees nothing. The Fire Spirit appears right behind the duo and shoots a point-blank range beam. Both of them roll to the ground. Gunner and Bobby charge towards the Fire Spirit. The Fire Spirit shoots a massive beam of chi-infused fire. Gunner pushes Bobby out of the way then creates an orange shield of chi protecting himself. The beam consumes Gunner. Gunner’s eyes widen seeing his shield being overpowered. Bobby slowly gets up. Gunner’s shield broke. He starts to scream, feeling the heat and the chi crushing and burning his skin. Gunner drops to the floor, unconscious.
Bobby looks to see Seraphina and Katie, then Gunner, the Fire Dragon, and lastly the iron that is on the floor. ‘No. Snap out of it. Why am I trying to avoid the change? Why not embrace it? All three of them developed new skills while I just mastered the ones I already had. I need more power. It's time to live up to the name of the living weapon. I refuse to go down. ’ Bobby takes a chilling breath as he slowly gets up. “Metal magic, second stage, frozen metal.” Bobby’s body turns to iron. The iron color starts to change to cyan. Bobby vanishes towards the Fire Spirit. ‘I can’t control the metal for too long. But this should give me enough power.’ Bobby turns both of his hands into two blades. The Fire Spirit shoots five spheres at Bobby. Bobby cuts all five in half. Five explosions go off. Bobby absorbs the heat. ‘More.’
Bobby Tongue sticks while his body starts to slouch. Spikes of ice appear on his back, while his eyes glow cyan blue. Fire spirit takes a swing. Bobby cuts its arm. Fire spirit fires a beam. Bobby instinctively dodges the attack. ‘COME ON.’ Fire spirit infuses chi into its fists then covers it with flames. Bobby dodges numerous of its punches while delivering 3 powerful blows breaking its armor. Fire spirit jumps back while firing multiple fire spheres. Bobby spins, cutting each of them in half. He vanishes. Fire spirit takes a swing. Bobby parries its attack then cuts its stomach. Fire spirit generates 2 more fists slamming Bobby to the ground then fires 4 point blank range beams. Bobby spins releasing cold air from its body. Bobbies metal starts to turn to silver. Bobby stares at the fire spirit. ‘I'M NOT DONE YET.’
The Fire Spirit shoots the strongest beam possible at Bobby. The metal starts to glow yellow while melting to the floor. Bobby stomps with each step he takes. ‘I am not done yet. MORE.’ All the iron goes to Bobby’s left blade, making it bigger and hotter. Bobby yells while swinging his massive blade, slicing the Fire Spirit in half.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
Bobby's body flew to the ground. Katie's eyes widened seeing Bobby's body completely burnt. “BOBBY…” “...” Katie dashed towards Bobby. “I can heal you, don't worry just stay with me,” said Katie avoiding the inverable. Katie touched his chest and started to use her healing magic. “Come on, come on.” Bobby slowly touched Katie's wrist. “Stop it, you and I both know that you can’t heal me. Don't worry about me… Get the crystal.” Katie did what Bobby said. Katie looked around. “Oh god… How am I supposed to get all of them by myself without a horse and a carriage.” Katie looked at the dragon. “Maybe a giant one.”
Suddenly 30 knights from the Council appeared. “Miss, are you okay,” said Captain Piggy. “Yes, I am, they are not.” Captain Piggy snapped his fingers. The soldiers started putting all of them in the wagon. Katie followed the group inside the carriage. Piggy and a couple of men hop on the horse. The whole group left.
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“Huh that’s weird?” “What happened boss?” “I was tracking the fire crystal by its mana and now it looks like it's moving. Is this thing broken? Wait, never mind somebody has the Crystal.” “We are coming to you…” “I sent you the coordinates of the direction they're going. They're not going to kill you, just distract them. After all, we are only there for that crystal.” “Alright boss heading out…”