Versatile System Online

326  Nia’s Gamble

“I will kill you bastards and let you know what true pain is,” Reggie spat as he fired a few bursts of fire at the duo. He had been doing so for half an hour now. Both Nia and Tim were having a hard time facing Reggie because not only did he seem to have an infinite amount of mana but the fire that he threw at them was different.

The fire spread. Whenever it was throw, in any form whether it be a fire ball, a flare or simple bursts, the fire continued to spread. Like a hungry animal ready to devour everything to satiate its hunger.

If not for it, Tim and Nia would have long stopped their opponent and they had even gotten close to their goal in the start of the battle but like a little mouse, their opponent kept scurrying away. Dodging at any cost and continuing to spread the flames. At that time, Nia; even though suspicious of his actions, only concentrated on attacking and that was until she finally noticed it.

That the flames around her, they kept on increasing and had now formed a strange area around them where there were only flames. Nia and Tim didn’t think much even then and associated the phenomenon with the ability of flames to spread. Therefore, the duo continued to attack Reggie in a fiery battlefield.

Though, soon after; they noticed Reggie getting harder to attack. The flames had increased and so had his control over the flames. Slowly, the duo was being pushed back as their opponent started to gain the upper hand.

Seeing this, Nia took a pause and then signaled to Tim to hold on for some time. Till then, she had to observe the situation because she knew that if this continued, they would be on the losing end sooner if not later.

Using her light ability to build a crude construct and looked like a spring board, she used all the strength in her body and jumped off the construct. Getting thrown in the air, she looked around and finally noticed. She noticed that the fire that had previously spread out had now congregated in a single area. The area where they fought and when looking down, she saw her opponent using the fire in his surroundings to attack. He wasn’t generating any more fire but simply bending the fire in the area.

“Clever,” Nia exclaimed as she dove down where Tim fought against Reggie. A pair of wings were created behind Nia’s back as she glided down and honed herself at Reggie’s position. Her target was his head. A direct hit and she was sure that she would be able to take him down. While airborne, she connected both her short swords as an elegant long sword was created. Holding it parallel to her body, she ingrained as much mana as she could while a thin sheet of light also covered her body. It helped protect herself from the hellish heat and thus allowed her to move freely.

Soon, Nia was upon Reggie. Her sword flashed as she pierced right through Reggie’s body. Doing a backflip, she stood straight back on the ground and looked at Tim. Her eyes flashing with a slight murderous glint as she noticed something coming straight at her.

[Light Aura:- Shield Of Light Goddess],

A circular shield manifested in front of her as she crossed both her arms in an X as a huge pillar of fire hit it right in the center.

“Argghhh,” Nia screamed as the shield had only covered her torso and upper half while the rest of her body was completely open. Slammed by the pillar, she skidded back as a great pain went through her body. Her legs trembled as she found it hard to keep her balance but she kept on trying and Her legs had second degree burns on them while her lower torso was basically charred. Finding it 16:03

hard to breathe, Nia circulated her mana through her body as she tried to cover the burns with a thin preserved even while in pain. Using her mana, she diminished the burning fire and looked down to see the state of her lower body.

Her legs had second degree burns on them while her lower torso was basically charred. Finding it hard to breathe, Nia circulated her mana through her body as she tried to cover the burns with a thin layer of mana.

While she did so, another attack headed towards her. It was in the form of a fire ball and it was aimed directly at her blind spot. Just before the attack hit her back, the shadow of a person appeared behind her. Slamming the shield in the ground, Tim used his mana to erect a barrier over the shield and blocked the attack. His feet dug into the ground as the force behind the attack was even greater than before.

While Tim blocked the attack, Nia gulped down a health potion as she felt the pain in her lower body reduce but still, the damage was hard to repair. After all, the burns were deep and hindered her battle efficiency by a lot.

“Grhhh,” Grunting slightly, she bore with the pain and pushed herself off the ground, “Just where are the attacks coming from?” She thought and looked around but all she could see were flames. In all directions, huge flames raged on as they engulfed everything around them. This caused her to be even more panicked as everything seemed to be burning down with no way out

Meanwhile,

Behind her, Tim fought with continuous fire balls as he expanded a huge amount of his mana to keep an area inside where the effect of the flames was diminished greatly. While doing so, it allowed Nia to have a moment of reprieve as she worked her brain and finally asked in for reinforcements and what better person to ask for other than Kid.

She knew of his powers and how his ability was related to ice. Thinking of it as a counter to the fire ability of their opponent, she took out her badge and directly connected it to Kid’s.

“Kid, we need your assistance out her. We are inside the big ring of fire burning down everything,” the message was sent and now they had to wait for reinforcements to arrive. Hopefully kid would arrive in time or Nia was sure that it would be their end. 𝚘𝗏𝔩xt.𝒸𝐎𝑚

“There might be something fishy,” she thought, not believing that the enemy wasn’t injured by her previous attack and thus she came to a conclusion that the enemy was indeed injured but using the fire as a cover to run away from them and to heal itself while attacking from the shadows.

“Despicable,” she muttered and started gathering all of her energy for one big attack. After all, she couldn’t continue to sit idly while help arrived, she had to do something after all and therefore she took the gamble.

Withdrawing her mana from covering her wounds, she gathered it all around her hands as she sucked her mana core empty. A wave of dizziness hit her head as she felt her vision blur but she still gritted her teeth and went on with her plan while her face started to bleed but for her, the pain was nothing compared to what she had in mind. It was her one and only attack that would not only bring out the most of her powers but also suck her dry.

It was a double edged sword that left her useless after the attack,

[Light Aura:- Sword Maiden’s Infinite Daggers],

As she muttered the words, her aura started to rise as it gathered around her chest. A light glow appeared over her as it started to break down into countless fragments that grew in size with each passing second. Soon, the fragments increased to the size that they resembled small pointed daggers but that wasn’t it. The daggers weren’t done as more and more fragments started to appear out of her and were transformed into more and more daggers until the whole area isolated by Tim’s barrie was filled with them.

“Tim,” Nia turned as she looked him right in the eye and spoke, “These daggers are all of the mana in my body and once the attack goes forward, i will be useless. So i entrust you with my protection,” Saying those words, she didn’t even wait to listen to what Tim had to say and went on with the attack,

[Infinite Daggers:- Release],

As she spoke, the daggers went on as they disappeared into the raging flames while Nia fell to the scorched ground with a thud.

Meanwhile,

Sirius had taken out most of the elves near him and was about to move forward to the next area when he noticed the huge ring of flames blazing furiously on the edge of the battlefield. Noticing many elves staying on guard the ring of fire, Sirius made his move. He merged into the shadows and appeared besides the elves and knocked them out one by one.

Ready to go inside and have a look at what was going on, he noticed Kid rushing in as well. Just as he was to stop Kid and ask of the situation, he felt a huge fluctuation in the space around him. The mana had thinned while a very sharp, refined aura had burst out from within the ring of fire. Not waiting for chit chat, both Kid and Sirius headed in with full speed.