Chapter 54: A Song Of Fire and Hold The Ice


    The High Dragon Priest is only kept alive by the power of the volcano. His back constantly burning feeding pure fire essence. Rena and the girls are having a hard time. This area is consecrated ground and they are suffering a fifty per cent reduction in power because of it. The Dragon priest aura is also affecting them as none of the sisters can get closer than twenty meters just enough to not be thrown off the Molten Volcano.


    Tyr can''t help the spirit sisters right now. His eyes are fixed on Nh and the mad rambling of the DragonGods Priest. He has to know even if he can''t speak this version of Spoken Song he can at least try to listen out for any of catastrophic DragonGods'' names. Tyr feels stronger as he gets closer to the mumbling pair. He ispletely immune to increasing heat. His passive seems to covers all heat, not just fire. This is a real boon a lot more things burn in Oydessy than people know. Tyr rubs his arm an image of Molten worm borrowing through his skin shes in his mind.


    Tyr tries to posttes the reason that Nh Immortal is unaffected by the heat. His first guess is she is possessed by a fire spirit. She has all the telltale signs of possession. The subtle change to her aura and look, ''but that doesn''t exin the eyes and the mumbling. Also, look at her wings that! That is more than an artificial change. Yeah but what else could it be maybe a high Spirit like an Archon. Spirits aren''t the only thing. That pendant could be a curse. Any number of Gods hide curses in treasures. That''s to broad look at her think what can it be? Fuck!'' He is racking his mind about this opportunity they need to tread carefully.


    Trying to think of any yer that appeared over the years with a dragon affliction. Simr to elements certain creatures can change a person ss, The Saint ss is one directly created when a persones into contact with a god or their essence. The interesting thing is how varied and they can be almost as if is its own branch ss. Dragons and Leviathan are known to do the same hell even some demons do too. Demonic Contract sses are something that always amused Tyr. The amount of yers who have fallen for that scam is a pathetic reflection of how much people wish for easy power. Not that Heavenly contract sses are any better.


    His mind wanders the grumbling between the Priest and Nh Immortal is soothing plus just like the warmth of the skin scorching molten Volcano. His mind goes to something that makes him smiles. The old man has just grumbled Alerias'' name. Aleria is the former beast god killed by King Geedorah, The current God-king of Elguria, King of all the Beastmen tribes.


    Styx throws up his hands cutting down on his eighteenth goblin. The eastern ins of the Red Iron ind is dotted with resource nods. These nods appear as mines, resources pits or mounds of metals. Around each of them is an encampment of monsters. Unlike SKY Ocean Hunter who has to grind his way to a single massive encampment. Styx and his team have topete with other yer parties for these four nods. Well, that''s after they too grind their way to it.


    A shadow takes the form of a person shing at Frey. Frey is positioned as any DPS mage would be to the rear of the team. Lucky for her the person who attacked doesn''t seem to know that particles of her race and used a shadow with a real physical weapon. She phases out half of the damage she just received. cing arge fire trap that explodes in arge Fire Vortex. That scorches the Shadow.


    Frey says, "Does anyone know where that came from." Even though she was behind them and they didn''t see the Shadow. Once it attacked her they all received the notice because they are in a team.


    ---You have been attacked by yer party Nightwing---


    The notice gives a list of names of the party. Styx like the rest of the party doesn''t see anyone. Shadow says, "it''s probably a group of thieves, assassins and other stealth sses."


    Umbra says, "and they must be very stronger, Even I can''t sense them at all." like the others she also has the void element only a hunter. Her tracking skills are far superior to a normal hunter until now not a single yer has been able to escape her detection. They must be over forty meters away at least.


    Frey says, "Don''t worry about them for now just..." The pop of a ck powder muzzle. Shadows'' leg pops backwards, he has been hit in the thigh. Umbra vanishes from the goblin she is fighting, Frey following her.


    ---Message from Frey to ck Ocean Chapter---


    /Frey - Can anyone do anything about the goblins?


    /Styx - I can!


    /Eclipse -Me too!


    /Umbra - found them! Marking them with my hunter skill.


    /Lordo - Where should I go


    /Frey - First the Goblins...Eclipse and Styx handle the monsters then circle around...the rest of release all your biggest spells make it impossible for them to ignore us.


    /Lordo - Are you sure?


    /Styx,Frey, Eclipse, Umbra - YESSSS!!!!!


    Of all the yers in the guild, only Lordo has been warned to limit his damage output. He started as a warrior who advanced into wizardry. This makes his advanced ss a Warzard. Warzards'' are strategic weapons specializing in area of effect spells. The change from his void element means that most of his spells also have a strongmand and control effect.


    Rushing forward towards the hunter mark left by Umbra. Lordo chants in anguage that sounds inhaled. His sword glows a dark purple a massive tugging force expands in the middle of the enemy party.


    Howain says, "dodge right now!" As a Weaver, he is very sensitive to fluctuations in magic power. He waves his hands around as fast as he can aiming at the masked man who brought them.


    Kenn as quick as he can uses his stalker skill. To vanish into the shadows, even though it''s morning and the sun is shining bright. The masked man has the ability to create shadows allowing them to fight during the day even though they are all assassins and thieves. his figure folds into the show of another member of his party.


    ImmortaLKaseL, Lamb, wuque, and, chaoticdolphin are all struck by the enemies massive void skill. While they are bases are all rogue they advanced into various physicalbat sses. Their escape skills arent as strong as those of Howain, Kenn and the Masked Man who has been in hiding since he sent that damn shadow clone forward.


    Worse than that the skill is pulling all of them into one ce. Trapping even the hidden Srivastavashubham and S4yter in the skill. They can only watch as the girl with the ming floating Shuriken channels a powerful spell at them. The timing is even better than theirs as she waits for the second before it stops andunches her spell giving them no chance at all. The Masked man vanishes. Leaving the survivors to be massacred by Styx and Eclipse.


    The Masked Man says, "You didn''t tell me they are professionals." He is speaking to his employer over the in game friend calling system.


    Origan says, "I don''t care for your excuses did you confirm it or not."


    Masked Man says, "No boss I only managed one attack and I think she was goading me."


    Origan says, "Nothing else is more important do as you aremanded or forefit the mission. This affects all of us."


    Maksed Man says, "How could you listen to the ramblings of that old fool?" Origan doesn''t respond having cut off the call mid-sentence. The Masked Man wonders who these yers are. The way they operate is more reminiscent of veterans. An impossibility since they have been advertising there sess like newborn babies. The number of new yers joining Sunken Reef on the maind is forcing them to respond. Then there is also all this other business with Origan who is looking for two other yers but has no idea who they are.


    Nh Immortal, Listens to the high Preist of Aleria. The Dragon beast God created all beasts wh she had affair with the Son. From their love, all manner of beasts were born. He exins the rise of the beasts and how Geedorah came to kill his God. The Savage garden of Deguria his ancestral home. He weeps tears of molten embers. Wailing fire remembering how weak he was back then. Nh Immortal feels what he says the ze of the memory trying to melt into her head.


    ine manages to control himself and sings, " will you take up the cause, purge this hideout of our enemies. Servants of the Light havee to kill the Sun. Protect your Fire he is the me of the world."


    Tyr is surprised when his quest updates, all the boys are shocked. SKY Ocean Hunter, Styx and Tyr share a number of quests chief amongst them. Is the fallen Temples quest...


    [Author Note: Vote for the book please thepetition is really good. If we get one hundred power stones this week on . [Ending Sunday fifteenth of August 2021] I will release the Copper Prince One-shot set in the Machine Empire. It''s around ten thousand words so about six and a half chapters of robotic goodness. Also, Monarch of Madness change to Monarch of Shadow]