Blast! Woosh!
The three Fireballs hit the Shadows in union, exploding in symphony, causing a beautiful sound that eases my confused and frustrated emotions but also creating a rather large explosion with it and of course, intensifying the shock wave that follows it as there were three explosions rather than one. While nothing out of this world, especially compared to the Ignatius family of spells however, the temperatures of the Fireballs was nothing more than shy above 1000 degrees, still more than hot enough to burn anything that might come in contact with them. To those high temperatures you add the explosion that follows it and you have a spell capable of decimating 90% of the human population like they are nothing. However, even with all of this, they still weren’t strong enough to damage the environment, proving to me that only damage will occur once past the breaking point of the “defences” of the environment. The previous Firebolt that I used, even though it was the size of a marble, it did reach A- rank in terms of power and it was enough to damage the environment meaning that, this is the very “minimal” to which it starts to break things around here. Though this also means that anything below that threshold I can throw willing nilly without much worry. I should still be careful as this might only apply in this area but with this volley of Fireballs, all the Shadows are defeated, clearing this area with it. I think that is. While there are no Shadows around here, I still have to explore this area but, I will leave this for later as I first want to talk to Miranda. With this desire in mind, I walk up towards where I came from. Man, I really can’t take her out of my minddddddd-and she’s not here…
That rather beautiful, cute little reaper looking lady! Where the hell is she!? Argh man, even with Magic Sense I cannot sense her anywhere! And of course, with Magical Eyes the same happens!
“She left and I didn’t even notice!”
How did she do that? She has so much magic energy that I couldn’t possibly not notice her leaving! Imagining your arms. Now the next second one of them is gone. How do you not notice that in an instant? That should tell you how much presence she has and yet, gone like the wind. How did she do that? How did I miss it? Think man! Think! Even if for a second… I’m currently in Bubble Universe, what tells me that they didn’t use a rule from it, one that allows this to happen? But even then, the moment she was gone I would notice a massive magic signature disappearing in an instant…
“She tricked me…”
Dammit! Illusion magic! Not a physical one, but a spiritual one? What am I even trying to say? Does that even make sense? She seemed so real… No, she used something else. An-Anyway, what she did was nothing more than create a decoy while I was occupied and without her in my sight of view. This decoy is made of her magic and only that, I doubt it could act on its own, let alone guide me here for example. A decoy that had enough magic energy to the point that I wouldn’t notice her leaving. While Miranda does not hide her natural magic output to the same extent that I and Kiana do, she also does not let it go rampage either. What I mean is that, her magic energy levels are roughly in the A rank realm, a level that is tremendously below her true strength but enough to notice her even if I was a few kilometres from her. But since I’ve grown used to being around her, even if she increases her magic energy by a little bit or decreases by another little bit, I wouldn’t think much of it. This however, was what allowed her to create a decoy with exactly the same amount of magic energy she has without me even batting an eye and of course, she was able to sneak away quietly.
Sigh…
But why did she do this? She could easily tell me that she was leaving and I wouldn’t do anything about it. Yeah, I might complain for a few moments but if she explained the reasons behind it then, I doubt I would even say anything to her. Maybe they intend for me to solve this all by myself and she will only guide me to the correct area? That’s a possibility but with it, if I take too much time in an area because I’m lost, won’t that affect Kiana? Maybe it won’t? Maybe only the Shadows can do any type of damage and they are the ones that I need to worry about? But, if that is the case then, I can leave now as I have defeated all of them, there is no need for me to explore around and potentially waste my time.
“That does not sound right at all…”
I mean, what’s the point of all of this if I just have to deal with the Shadows? Looking at the layout of this arena, such a layout is nowhere near acceptable to have a decent fight as there are far too many “objects” around here. The sole reason for why I bothered to be near the fountain was that, the space that is the “cleanest one” for a semi decent fight. Not only that, in this area the Shadows are quite weak but this is something that I’ve full confidence that will change further down the areas and if they have roughly the same layout as this one, it will only make it harder for me to fight them but mainly, not to destroy anything important that might be here. Argh, far too many questions with no answer for them! There’s definitely more to this than meets the eye, I’m sure of it but without Miranda to help me out, I can only speculate the truth.
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“Seriously, why am I even having such a dilemma? I’m the Hero, not only that, I’m not alone.”
I don’t want to sound arrogant or anything like that but, as the Hero, I will find a way to solve this and save Kiana. I have to. However, in this precise case, I’m not alone at all as I have someone eager to help me out solve all of this. Not because she cares about me and I’m not hurt about it to be honest after all, we have just met and I don’t expect people to care about me just because of my title. Sure, I’ve done much for the world, saved a lot of people, prevented catastrophes from happening, however, that does not mean I cannot be a complete and utterly scumbag. I might be saving the world for selfish reasons, since basically no one knows me and my real intentions, how can they ever be sure that I’m not such a bad person? But either way, there is no point in me going on a tangent as the pink orb, she’s waiting for me. I promised her that once the coast is clear that I would call her and right now, said coast is more than clear as the ocean has calmed down, the waves are as gentle as they can be and the tide is as low as physically possible. Once she’s here I will ask her if she knows anything about this place and what I have to do. If she knows it or at least has an idea of such then, that’s good but otherwise-
We will figure it out together and as we go.
When you need help, just ask for it. It’s that simple and the pride that I have will never stop me for doing so as I believe that getting the problem solved is much more important than anything else, any type of shame I might feel, inadequacy from failing to solve the problem by myself, the humiliation that someone like myself is asking for help… If the stakes are that high and important or if someone's life is in danger then, I simply have to swallow any type of negative emotion and ask for said help. I slowly lift my hand upwards, my right hand to be more precise, stopping once it has reached chest level and once it’s there, not only I face the palm of it towards the magnificent sky of this Bubble Universe, I also extend my arm forward by a few centimetres just enough to be fully stretched. After that, I carefully look towards my ring finger, almost as if I have something in there even though physically, I don’t have, closing my eyes once their gaze was upon said finger. What’s around my finger is not there but it is at the same time. The small thread that connected me to an extremely special person, the same one that I briefly talked about moments ago but now, said thread now connects to the Spirit Magic Stone and I’m the only one that can see it and feel it because of it. With a little bit of magic, I pour it on the thread, making it shine with a beautiful but mellow amber colour, only those with the skill Magical Eyes can see it or those with Magic Sense can sense it instead. With this, the signal has been sent and of course, the Spirit Magic Stone will react to it, shining brightly with said amber colour. Now, I just have to wait for the woman holding the stone to get my “message”.
Don’t worry, she hasn’t run away, stole my precious stone or anything of that sort. In fact, she stood still, right in front of the “door” that I came through way back at the beginning. In there, she stood still, tightly holding the Spirit Magic Stone, patiently waiting for me.
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“He-Hello? Hero?”
Ah, there she is, the fairy-like voice that easily vibrates through the air and enters my ears, allowing my brain to process what she said and just how soft her voice really is but also how much I enjoy hearing her speak. She seems a little worried and I can only guess what her face might look like but she's not wrong as I’m currently with my eyes closed and standing still, not moving an inch. I wonder, if I stay like this for a little longer will react to it? What will she say? Probably something generic as anyone can expect. What if I stay still for even longer then? Hmm, now curiosity is getting the best of me but, there’s something on me that is forcefully stopping me from teasing her even for a little bit but also already making me feel bad for even thinking about messing with her. That’s a little dramatic but, I do wonder why I feel like this…
“Hi there, it has been a couple of minutes, no?”
“Yes…”
What an odd way to start a conversation, I really need to work more on my communication skills as otherwise, it might happen the same as what I went through with Miranda. Wh-Whatever! What else am I supposed to say though? Hey there, Missy! How’s the looking weather today around those parts where you currently stand by? Humm, how about, how’s the city that seems like a wasteland? Still “wasty”? Or more, destructy? Bhuaha-
What the hell is wrong with me!?
