284 Extreme hea (1/2)
”Will they be okay...?” Lilith wondered.
”They'll live...” Xadi explained while applying healing magic, ”But they're still friends with the crossbow girl so... I don't think they will ever truly be okay...”
Evlin glared at Xadi in his frog body and almost threw an insult at him, but considering he was the only one with access to healing magic right now since her powers were still locked, she decided not to bother him too much.
”Who's next?” Ria wondered.
For the first time, Knucker didn't even bother standing from his seat and just shouted the next name.
”Gluttony!!! You're up!!”
One of the dragons started to set itself on fire and jumped in the middle of the arena like a meteor, spreading its flames everywhere.
Its lizard body began to shrink just like the other two until its figure was that of a man engulfed in fire from head-to-toe.
”This one is mine...” Leona commented.
Marcus rushed over to talk to her before she continued, ”Do you want me to go with you?”
”Thanks! But you need to fight with Lilith so you can act as her eyes, remember? Don't worry, I'll be fine!”
”But- But- If something happens to you...” Marcus mumbled.
Leona pulled his face and gave him a big kiss right in front of everyone that made the lad's face become red like a tomato.
”Daren is not the only one that has the passion to win... Trust me... I'll be fine!” Leona whispered.
”Da, ba, ga, ta, la, ka...” Marcus tried to reply but his brain suddenly started to lose the ability to form words.
”Yeah, me too...” Leona laughed while stepping forward.
Marcus touched his lips and began to realize that everyone was staring at him.
”What...?” he wondered.
”When the hell did that happened??” Ria gasped.
”My little bro is all grow up... Sniff, sniff...” Evlin whispered.
”Is everyone in this group in a relationship...?” Xadi wondered.
”Oh shut up, you guys...” Marcus turned away while trying to hide his blushing face.
The demon stared at the fire mage as she approached.
Leona was armed with a few pieces of armor created by Ellie and Claire to allow her to access terminal energy in her powers, but aside from that, she was using nothing else. Her usual twin dragon staffs were nowhere to be seen, which caused a bit of worry from her friends.
”Did she manage to reach master class?” Evlin wondered while gazing at Detra.
”Just barely...” the ice mage admitted, ”It was hard to teach a fire mage when you are someone who specializes in ice magic, but luckily, she managed to get the hang of it daily just in time... Now... let's just hope this was enough...”
”Do you remember me...?” She wondered.
Gluttony just shrugged, ”Not really... You humans all look the same to me... All weak and fragile... Like you could break at any second...”
The woman's rage began to grow. She was so glad that she was not the one to face the demon of wrath. She was completely sure that her emotions would turn against her if she had to face him.
She also felt it was a shame that Daren managed to reach some kind of honorable fight with his opponent. They almost seemed to respect each other. But Leona had no desire to respect or understand Gluttony, she just wanted to turn him into ashes.
”Seems like your boss likes to absorb into him whatever it is that remains of you guys after you die..” She commented while gazing at Knucker from the corner of her eye, ”I'll try to make sure that there is nothing left of you when I'm done then...”
”I would love to see you try...” Gluttony replied while jumping into the sky like a rocket and opening his mouth wide to unleash a storm of flames upon the mage.
At that instant, Leona closed her eyes and began to feel the warmth of the flames coming closer to her skin. She did not run nor hide, she simply stood there, waiting for the fire to reach her position.
Gluttony had once said that a dragon's fire could not be controlled. Leona's mission that day was to prove him wrong.
She began to raise her arms once the fire was inches away from her body and created a wall of flames to intercept Gluttony's attack.
She finally opened her eyes and observed her flames and Glutonny's flames clashing.
The demon landed on the ground dumbfounded by having his attack blocked so easily.
”Seems like you have improved a bit...” he whispered.
”I have improved a lot... You have no idea the lengths I'm ready to go to punish those that cross my path...” Leona commented.
The demon leaped to the side and started to run in circles around the mage, leaving a track of fire behind each time he stepped on the floor.
Leona watched as she slowly began to get herself surrounded by dragon flames everywhere she looked.
The figure of Gluttony had completely vanished. There was nothing to be seen besides fire in all directions.
”Are you afraid to face me? Or are these little flames meant to intimidate me?” she taunted, showing that she was not worried in the slightest about her situation.
Gluttony suddenly popped from one of the walls of fire that was behind her and attempted to strike the woman with a fireball.
Leona managed to react faster and covered her entire body with a cloak of flames to stop the attack by making the two forces collide once again.
Gluttony began to frown his face upon seeing his flames disperse, ”Why can't my fire reach you...?”
Leona then raised her arms and revealed her metal bracelets that were engulfed in Ellie's borrowed terminal energy.
”As long as I have these... My flames are perfectly able to take on your flames...” Leona explained.
”Ah... So this is the rumored terminal fire...” Gluttony whispered as he noticed the color of Leona's flames changing from red, to green, to silver, ”I've been curious about this for a while now... Been wondering what it would taste like...”
”Go ahead and try it!” Leona replied as she began to ignite her fists with fire and charged after the demon.
She began to throw a series of punches at him, but the demon managed to avoid it with ease with a showcase of agility that the woman was not expecting.