The Sunny Tower of No Return (Solo/Job)

Elyx recovered back up, only to lose his form quickly, not even pieces of light shattering. His feet fell back onto the floor as his claws disappeared, but his Violin and his Knight Iris blade both returned back into his palms. Perfect, it is showtime. Elyx started this battle off by leaping forward towards the sun mage, who retaliated by shooting a large sun fire string at him. The boy blcoked the attack with his blade, using its effect to avoid any critical injuries with that whip of fire. The attack as deflected away from the boy who wanted to defeat this sun mage even if it would be the last thing he does. The sun mage was not as cocky anymore, and he had good reason not to be.

Knight Iris quickly pierced into the stomach of the mage, and Elyx added further onto the pain by twisting the blade as he pulled out. The sun mage quickly pushed Elyx backwards with his palm before striking the boy from behind with the sun whip, causing Elyx to fall onto his back and look up as the mage attempted to stomach on the boys stomach. However, Elyx rolled off to the side as quickly as he could to avoid the devastating impact of that boot, and he ended up running away by rolling,, only to be stopped by the fire whip once again. Elyx stumbled onto his feet again, ready for action, but his flow in this battle was beginning to decrease. It seems he was losing his touch for this sort of thing.

Ignite held the female sun mages head down to avoid any further blows from hitting. Ignites head was beginning to hurt, but she could no finish this quite yet. She needed to at least win now, not send a message that would prove nothing in the end of the day. The She Phoenix wrapped her legs over the female sun mages back and flipped them both over, reversing where they were at the previous point in time. From there, the angered Ignite was choking the female sun mage while punching over and over at the nose of the mage below her, who was helpless to resist since she was unable to even think. When one loses oxygen in the brain, thinking tends to blur out, and that was what was happening to the mage. On top of that, the mage ended up losing all possible thoughts since Ignite kept on striking at the nose.

The mage tried to resist and use her magic to escape, but by the time she tried, it was too late. She was a bloody mess with almost no chance off even speaking, maybe not even thinking. Ignite could imagine her knocked out for the next few days, meaning that there would be plenty of time to arrest her and the tower for the Magic Council and the Rune Knights. Ignite won her battle and she knew it, the goal was not to kill the female sun mage, so the She Phoenix let go of her and placed a smile on her face. She one her second battle on her own, though she is a little bit injured.

Elyx with his blade vs the mage with is whip. When he saw Ignite standing there and watching him, he noticed that the mages partner is gone from this battle. Now he had confidence that he could win this battle if he tried his best like the way Ignite did. He could not afford to look bad now, he wanted and needed to win now. The mage did not seem to care about his fallen partner, anything for this mystery operation now huh. Elyx turned his head back to Ignite and asked her for a favor. Well, it was more of a command, it was crucial that she did this right. "Ignite! The girl is downstairs, locate the tavern in the city and bring him his daughter!" Elyx exclaimed as he looked back to his opponent, who seemed ready to stop the She Phoenix.

Elyx blocked the whip with Knight Iris once again, catching him in a sword lock, causing sparks to fly among them both. Both powered through long enough for Ignite to get downstairs, so Elyx let go of his side of the sword and whip lock before the whip hit the ground and caused an explosion. Elyx flew back before flipping back up onto his feet. The mage was not getting away, he jumped towards the enemy mage as he placed his sword against the whip again, this time they were close to each other for this sword lock. The two of them snarled as they kept dancing around with their weapons.

The two of them continued spinning and dancing, seemingly evenly matched until the enemy mage increased his mage, and soon, within every impact, a few sparks would hit and the boy would stutter every time he would make a hit against the blade, causing him to lose a bit of perception and a bit of leverage as well. The boy needed to rolled to the side once he was unable to continue, the burn wounds on is face taking effect and forced him to clench his teeth together. He zipped back against the whip, and this time, used the effect of the Knight Iris blade. Now the extra magic should take no place in this impact.

The boy spun his blade downward from above, reading to take out the head of the sun mage. The mage tried to block the attack with his whip, but the effect kicked in and Knight Iris ignored the whip as if it were never there in the first place. Finally, the blade struck down onto the mage and knocked him back for possibly the next week. He was dizzy from taking a hit to the head, which in Elyx’s opinion beyond amazing. The mage recovered after a few seconds, but in those few seconds, Elyx took the chance and leaped at his opponent with the sharp end of Knight Iris extended. Just like how the Female sun mage carried out the move, he swing his blade left right and left again to the face before finishing off the battle. One huge buzzsaw kick to the face, this time, the mage was knocked out cold.

The boy looked at body of the knocked out bodies of the mages, they were not going to bother anyone soon. Just to make sure they were alive, he checked their bodies, leaning his ear next to their wrists to make sure he could hear the flow of the blood and the pumping of the heart. After he confirmed that the both of them were in fact alive, he turned away and smiled as he walked downstairs, glad that he did not kill either of them by accident. Or, he did not kill the male sun mage on accident, Ignite might have killed the female sun mage on purpose. Instead, she spared her life one she knew that the mage was not going to get up. Ignite seemed to be having a streak going on.

Meanwhile, Elyx placed his blade against the sheathe before inserting it back to where it belonged. He needed to clean off the blood though, there was just no water and he brought no spring water with him to wipe it off. He would prefer not to get it on the cloth that he eats with, so instead he just left it in the sheathe until he could find a river. It was nice to know that he had access to much of Fiore that he can reliably get landmarks. The boy placed himself downstairs as he looked at the first floor with his smile glued onto his face as he saw that neither Ignite nor the girl were there. Hopefully they got there safely.

Elyx walked back to the town alone so he could scope out Ignite and possibly the girl if he were still with the She Phoenix. Hopefully not, he would hate to continue searching for the hidden tavern. It probably would be low on service since visitors would have a hard time visiting it. Knowing her, she also might get lost trying to get out of the tavern. I personally wouldn't be surprised if that happened. Elyx thought to himself as he laughed a little bit at the thought. He knew there were so little places she would be able to travel if she got lost. Then again, if one were lost, they would try to free themselves from getting lost by getting even more lost. He didn't understand how it worked, but he was willing to understand their logic anyways. It was a better idea not to judge people.

Hmmm, where would a tavern be located in this freakishly small town? Elyx asked himself out loud as he entered the town. His objective was to find Ignite, and if she had the girl, to find the tavern. Ignite probably was able to do it, anything for the jewels. It was nighttime for them now, meaning it was rather dangerous to be out there at night, but he still wanted to report the Sun mages and heir minions. He felt that he dodged a huge bullet, but he felt like it was just an illusion and that he was just imagining things, so he ignored the feeling and continued to search. Finally, a pair of big orange eyes glowed in the dark, walking towards him as well. I brought her back Elyx, I'll explain to you what happened.

So you found the tavern is what I am assuming right? Elyx asked as he tilted his head to the side. Ignite explained to him everything. It turned out that she was able to walk with the girl home slowly until a certain moment. She then acted like she actually had free will now instead of her being in a trance. The poor girl was unable to confirm how she ended up being the way she was. The only thing she did tell Ignite that intrigued the She Phoenix was that she was learning magic, but that was all she was able to confirm. Magic? What sort of magic? This was something to leave to the Rune Knights and the Magic Council in order to get the girl to safety. If Elyx is needed to protect the girl, he would love to do so.

So that's it it seems. I did get a lot of jewels and found the tavern. It turns out to be in front of out eyes, behind that big tree. Ignite explained as she looked at the pouch of jewels and hugged them. Despite what they went through, it seems she is not willing to let out the old habit she has for being a Treasure Hunter. Ah Ignite. You never change do you. Elyx explained as he pushed Ignite to the side playfully as they ran forward to the forest out of the town. They had to report this to the magic council as soon as possible. This was going to be another mystery for him to solve, but not at this current moment.

Tell me how the case is right now. Elyx asked Ignite as they both were laying down on their beds. They were too lazy at this point in time to look at each other. They had a tin can and string method of communication. They were literally only five feet away from each other, the two of them staring at the ceiling. Today was Ignites day to check the mail, but she was unable to see anything like that. Hmph, they didn't send anything. They did arrest the mages though. Did you know that Knight Iris is back in the mail as well? they confirmed no inappropriate use of the weapon so they returned it back to you without any charges. It's funny because I've heard they are really strict and almost always find something wrong. Ignite explained, giving him the information he needed. He has been restricted from doing any really cool jobs due to the lack of the weapon.

The boy looked to the side, he was happy that they were both recovering at the same time. They both took some serious wounds that only rest could heal. Calm Meadows have been tried and failed many times, the rest needed really rested in sleep and sleep only. The two of them were going to spend the next few days recovering after their success. And to think that today was supposed to be a shopping day. I guess we'll go shopping tomorrow I guess. The boy said as the two of them let go of the tin cans and smiled, finally taking another nap.