Nix stacked thest of the pots on the counter to dry and stepped out the backdoor of the Emerald Smander. Shae and Hyai were sitting at a small table sharing a bottle of wine.
"Started without me?" Nix grabbed the only empty ss and filled it. He noticed that both redheads were smiling. "Did I miss something?"
Hyai nodded. "Apparently, Shae was super nice and brought me three Nether Spells from today''s raid at Helfast."
Shae was ying with a strand of her hair while she sipped her drink. "Have to start gearing you up. I''m going to show you all around Solomon City when you pass your nar Trial. Besides my swords were better than those Nether ones."
"Hmmm... Can I see?" Nix downed his drink while Hyai took out the scrolls.
"I''ve been working all day, so I haven''t had the chance to learn them yet." Hyai handed them to Nix.
Nether Armor
Description: ces the protection
of Nether around the caster.
+200 Health Regeneration
+200 Mana Regeneration
+500 to AC.
Shadow Fiend
Summons a being of the
Netherworld to defend you for
one minute. During that time
the Shadow Fiend absorbs all damage
directed at you.
Netherpire
Description: Siphons your
target''s health while refilling yours.
Nix nodded in satisfaction. "Perfect, at least there won''t be any repeats."
Shae nced at Hyai before looking at him. "Repeats?"
"Sure. I also picked up three Nether Spells for Hyai." Nix pulled out the scrolls he chose from the incursion.
Binding Chains
Description: AE spell that
binds up to three targets for 30
seconds.
Nether-Step
Description: Your enemy loses
track of you during the fight and
is unable to target you for 20 seconds.
Dark Summons
Description: Friend or Foe,
Dark Summons brings your target
to you. Range is 100 meters.
Shae pped her hands when she read them. "Those are good ones too!"
Nix pushed all of them toward Hyai. "Learn them and head to the Gemini Training Yard to test them out."
"Thank you both." Hyai smiled happily and put them away. "I''m going to put aside some time every day to train with S and K."
Nix brought up his hud and started looking at the Inferno members. "Let''s see... We''ve been working on forming permanent five-person teams. I can put you in one."
"Make it a strong one Nix. I don''t want anything to happen to Hyai." Shae leaned over his shoulder, her red braid falling against him.
"Right... This should work. Strong tank, with a good healer." Nix disyed the group on his hud.
Zeta Team:
Banzi Tank
Wylie Heals, DPS
S CC
K DPS
Hyai DPS
/Inferno: Pon: BOOM! I''m done.
/Inferno: Nix: Hey old man!
/Inferno: Fajii: I also am finished.
Nix jumped up when he saw that Fajii had returned also.
[Create Breach: Embassy, 90th Floor]
"Hey! Bring us!" Hyai grabbed his arm and dragged Shae through the breach with them.
Nix stepped through the breach a momentter, Fajii and Pon were already congratting each other.
"Good Job Fajii!" Shae and Hyai rushed the Aquarion while Nix hung back and shook hands with the old Fire Mage.
"Not a bad piece of work Pon." Nix studied Pon''s pir, it was encased in mes.
The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "Semmi and Wind?"
Nix shook his head. "Plenty of time still, I took way longer than this."
Fajii''s pir caught Nix''s eye, it was definitely a scorched earth pir. "Nice job Fajii."
The Aquarion Alchemist looked very happy, she walked toward Nix and embraced him. "Thank you for trusting me with this Nix." She held his face in her brown hands while she spoke and kissed his forehead.
"You are leaving for Solomon City first thing in the morning. You''ll be recing me on Vooni''s Fire Team." Nix enjoyed the look of surprise that came across Fajii''s face.
"That soon?" Fajii had heard from him what the training was like. "Aren''t they off the next two weeks?"
"Yes. This is good for you, it should give you enough time to catch up." Nix caught sight of two shes from the tform, Wind, and Semmi arriving at nearly the same time.
Pon was all smiles when he hugged Semmi, none of the group said anything while they watched the odd couple.
Nix studied the two Pirs of Semmi and Wind. They were both Gemini Pirs, two-toned and swirling colors. "We''ll have to slow down our progress. I want to make sure the rest of the pirs are all Gemini sses."
/Inferno: Nix: All of Alpha Team has passed the nar trials now. We need everyone to continue to work hard.
/Inferno: Jun Li: Great job guys!
/Inferno: Sharl: Very nice!
/Inferno: Ronnie: Me! I''m next!
/Inferno: Vooni: Last night of freedom for a few weeks Fajii, we''ll head to Solomon City first thing in the morning.
/Inferno: Fajii: Of course Captain. I am ready.
[Whisper: Shae to Nix] Since Fajii is leaving tomorrow, you should spend some time with her. Hyai and I are going to spend the evening with her daughter.
[Whisper: Nix to Shae] Sounds good, I see you guys tomorrow.
/Inferno: Nix: Sharl and Jun Li, please meet me at the Gemini Altar.
[Whisper: Gideon to Nix] This is our top team, we''re ready any time day or night.
Gideon: Assassin
Paco: Tank
Neb: Heals
Roto: Ranger
Jiggs: Scout
[Whisper: Nix to Gideon] Looks good, I''ll keep you on standby.
The group walked to the Glory portal together and partedpany. Hyai and Shae waved goodbye and turned toward the housing area while the rest of the group went to the Gemini Temple.
/Alpha Team: Nix: Going to form a new team, since Alpha is going to be busy. Fajii is going to join Vooni and the rest of you will be Vooni''s new trainee group in about a month.
/Alpha Team: Semmi: We get to hang out in Solomon City?
/Alpha Team: Nix: Yes. There''s a training ground there where you can challenge yourself. Take a few days and get to know the City.
/Alpha Team: Pon: You aren''t getting rid of us right?
/Alpha Team: Nix: If only it were that easy! You guys are the four main pirs of the House of Inferno. We''re keeping you now.
/Alpha Team: Wind: That''s fine with me.
Nix parted with the rest of the group and waited in the altar room for Jun Li and Sharl. Nix took a seat on the throne.
[Wee Lord Nix. ess Gemini Temple Menu?] "Yes."
1. Craft Stones
2. Staffing
3. Lifestyle Venue
4. Training Grounds
5. Alert
When he disassembled the Library and reced it with a Lifestyle Venue it had immediately shown up in the Temple Menu. Nix chose the first option.
[Gemini ss Stones: Two per month: 2/2]
1. Ranged Fighter.
2. Defender.
3. diator
4. Trickster.
5. Thief
6. Mage.
Nix chose option three.
[How many Gemini diator Stones do you wish to create? Options: 1 or 2]
"One."
Nix repeated the process and created one Defender Stone as well. He shut down the menu and retrieved the Gemini Stones from that altar.
He resumed his seat and waited for Sharl and Jun Li. They arrived a few minutester, both wearing the green ''House of Inferno'' armor.
Sharl greeted him with a smile. "Does this mean we''re going to start hanging out again?"
Nix nodded. "Without a doubt." He handed Sharl the Defender Stone and then passed the diator Stone to Jun Li.
"The two of you are the next two up for the pirs. Activate the stones and then practice them in the Training Yard."
Sharl stared at the stone. "Tier 4 ss that''s upgradeable?"
"Yes, the Defender is the Gemini Tank ss while the diator is the melee DPS ss." Nix watched Jun Li for reaction, she often stood in as a tank but her real build was DPS.
Jun Li gripped the stone in her hand and started for the Training Yard, she skidded to a halt by the door. "Does this mean I''m on the new Deployment Team?"
/Inferno: Nix: Effective Immediately, since Alpha will be busy with training for the next few months Bravo and Charlie Teams will assume Deployment duties.
[Bravo Team]
Nix
Jun Li
Sharl
Mt
Ronnie
[Charlie Team]
Nix
Jun Li
Sharl
Chael
Mina
/Inferno Nix: We are also forming a Zeta Team which I will be using for Upper Tier Colonial Content. All other members interested in advancing are encouraged to form teams and start Questing both in Colonial and Oasis. There are many parts of both worlds that remain unexplored.
[Zeta Team]
Banzi
Wylie
S
K
Hyai
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By the time Nix started walking toward the Ranch House, the moon was already lighting up the Haven night sky. He heard a familiar voice speaking when he entered his home a few minutester. Vooni and his dad were sitting at the kitchen table ying some sort of dice game.
Nix waved at the two of them and continued walking. He opened his door to the sound of his shower running. A nce into the bathroom told him who his visitor was. "Room for one more?"
Fajii opened the sliding door and peeked out. "Yes, of course."