The previous Sassy Saturday post can be read here: Zettai's Mad Dash
The context for this post: Eric is in a deep trance for SPOILER! and thus unable to defend himself from the many ghosts and nature spirits that want to kill him. Fortunately, he has a devoted guardian in "Priestess".
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Inside
Mt. Fiol, a herd of wind and fire spirits stampeded towards the Rite of Fire
Ascension Corridor. There were so many of them, they choked the passage with their ectoplasm.
“Gruffle’s
getting better…”
Priestess
swung her arms and brought her bow and quiver out of her personal pocket
dimension. Slipping the latter onto her back, she pulled an arrow out of it and
nocked it to her bow. She drew it and
took aim. A magic circle formed underneath her feet and programmed the arrow for maximum damage against spirits of these
two elements. She released the arrow and a double helix of blue and brown
soared forward.
It
cut a swath through the herd and plunged
into the far wall. Though many were vanquished, many remained. Then four
directional earth spikes impaled the wind spirits and spheres of water encased
the fire spirits. This secondary attack vanquished most of the remaining
spirits. Priestess sniped the rest with chaos bolts. She hugged Deathkiller to
her chest and pivoted on her heel.
“I’m
done. You?”
Perrault
growled at a vast clump of grey mist. Ten or so spirits cowed at her paws.
Priestess tapped the air directly above them with her staff and another magic
circle drew itself. It opened a portal to the Veins of Noitearc and sucked up
the souls. Then Priestess closed the portal, put her staff and bow away, and
briskly rubbed Perrault’s head and back.
“Good
girl!”
The wolf wriggled in pleasure.
“Now I’m going to check on Eric. Can
I trust you to handle things here for a while?” Her familiar stared at her.
Priestess pulled her hood further over her face. “It’s not like that. There is
serious stuff to monitor.”
Sullenly, Perrault stood at the entrance
of the corridor. Her mistress skipped through it for a pleasure trip.
Deeper underground and closer to the
heart of the volcano, Eric meditated. A roaring blaze engulfed his entire body,
but only his mortality was burning away. The rot in his stomach and groin were
the first to go. Though they would no longer be needed when he woke up, he
would still be able to use them, which pleased Annala.
She stood at the foot of the altar
and sighed happily. Seeing her boyfriend in a focused state of contemplation as
he reached for a higher state of being appealed to her. Then Tasio appeared in
her field of vision.
She squeaked and smacked him with
her staff. A cartoonish bump grew out of his head. He crossed his arms, and she
bowed her head.
“Sorry! It was a reflex!”
“I came to warn you, Granddaughter.
You’re going to have company soon. It will be someone you know, so please be a
good and proper host when they arrive.”
“I understand, Grandfather. Thank
you for the warning.”
Tasio disappeared and Annala could
see Eric again. This time, her eyes were hard with resolve. She pounded her staff on the ground and declared, “Eric, I
swear to you and to Lady Chaos, that no matter what happens, I will protect you
until you awaken.”
_____________________________________________________________________________Transcending Limitations, and the rest of the Journey to Chaos series, is available for purchase at Amazon as an ebook. The series is also available in Kindle Unlimited. The paperback format is available at Amazon and also at Createspace.
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