And the King Goes Bye Bye (Enola/Job)

Anguis despised nature. She was more of a city girl who floundered around crowded shopping centers where a social butterfly such as herself could thrive. Out here in the wild, she had to deal with awful mosquitos, the terrible mud that dirtied her clothing, and all the animals that wanted to kill her. The rattle at the end of her tail went off several times just to keep any suspecting beast at bay. She got her tail slightly cut up on all the twigs and stones that she slithered over, only adding to her misery. Ordinarily, she would have turned back, but she was determined to find her cousin and her new friends that had ditched her. It would have been a great moment to prove she wasn’t so fragile or losable for that matter and was certain she could prove herself to be a great asset. She just had to find the three first…

Enola gasped as the lion’s roar knocked her back several feet. Reiaki, however, stood firm and jumped under the beast, slicing his underbelly with a sword. The beast roared out and fell to its side but quickly regained it balance. The maid raised her dust hand and sent it flying toward the lion in an attempt to break its nose. There was something weird about attacking an animal so bluntly, but she swung the arm with full force. The lion, evidently, didn’t think it was too cute as he opened his large and impressive mouth to bite down on the dust arm, tearing it into more dust. All the dust fell to the ground as Enola’s spell had been defeated, leaving her to simply blink while the feeling of utter helplessness and uselessness grasped at her.

With Elyx being the closest, the grand lion attempted to pounce on the boy.

“Elyx! Look out!”

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WC: 308/300
PC: 24/30

Enola's magic had failed, that might not have been a good thing. The boy did not blame her, this was supposably the King of the Beasts after all. Ignite was there to comfort her as well. She placed her hand on Enolas right shoulder, then with her other hand, gave a thumbs up. You are doing a great job, don't take it personally. The She Phoenix said with comfort in her tone before she looked over to Elyx, who was about to take a giant weight onto him, and Knight Iris alone won't be able to stop the weight. This was where she came in. The She Phoenix jumped out quickly, her palms both filled with fire. You are not going to take away my teacher! I would rather let you burn in Hell! Ignite exclaimed as she got in front of the violinist and shot two massive fireballs from her hand, and one massive attack was struck down onto the lion when both fireballs hit at head of the lion at the same time.

Elyx looked to her with his light brown eyes shot wide open and locked onto her palms, so much power within a small amount of time. He had no idea the Lion King was coming for him in that approach, it was so unexpected. Infinity Gazer was there for him, but he could not confirm if he has used it or not, so he did not even bother trying to waste his time. Awesome job Ignite! The violinist exclaimed happily before he looked over to the King, who stumbled back up upon its feet. Before it could quickly recover, Elyx ran towards it once again with as much speed as he could. From there, he slashed his sword upwards against the chin of the Lion, causing it to stumble back, and one tooth was also knocked out as well. Enola! That will serve as evidence that we have slayed the beast! Get the tooth!

Enola was in awe and nearly stopped Ignite as she stepped out to help Elyx. With a surprising amount of force, she sent out more fire balls to blast the grand lion with. The flames singed his fur black and he roared out in pain. Rather than be taken aback with freight, Enola was completely impressed and somewhat warmed by how Ignite rushed to help her friend. It made her ponder if Anguis would do that same.

After Elyx sliced the beast’s chin and sent the tooth flying, Enola tried to rush at before another rustling in the tall grass caught her attention. Anguis slithered out to reveal herself to be mess from the long journey. She peeked down to see a gigantic tooth lying on the ground before her. It was large enough that the lamia reached down and plucked from the ground herself. Her eyes investigated it for a short time before she looked around at Elxy, Ignite, Enola, and the King of Beasts.

“There you guys are! I’ve been looking all over for you people! Jeez! I had to leave behind all the wonderful clothes I bought! Do you know how expensive they were!? I spent half of Enola’s monthly salary on all that!”

The lamia went on and on for a while before finally noticing the large lion with her full attention.

“Oh… that’s what we’re hunting? No thanks. I’ll let you all deal with that. Also, I forgot the bait.”

Enola sighed in disbelief at the arrogance of the lamia. She had traveled all that way only to want to turn around and go back home after seeing what they were supposed to be attacking. The maid was certain about one thing: Anguis Pisa was in no way, shap, or form like Ignite. She was more like a black sheep.

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WC: 305/300
PC: 26/30

Anguis! Elyx exclaimed when she came out from nowhere and began to blabber and complain. Ignite looked at her with her eyes half closed and her arms crossed, was she the one who fell in the water and was forced to face her phobia? Or was she the one that had to lose all of her jewels to protect the one she considered an ally from being harassed? Yes yes, that is nice and all, but you are going to help us slay THAT beast now. Ignite explained before pointing her right index finger towards the Lion King, who was about to roar loudly again. It was too dangerous to not cover their ears. Before it did roar, the Snake pet of Enola looked towards it and denied even seeing it in the first place. So much arrogance in the pet, yet so little amounts of bravery when it was time to back up the both of them.

Elyx then turned his body over to Enola and pointed to the pet that she had. I am sorry that you are forced to put up with that. Elyx said before looking back to the She Phoenix, who had her fire ready to continue striking. This king was not exactly down and out yet, they were going to have to apply much more pressure, and that was exactly what the two of them were going to do. Ignite began to by running forward first, Elyx following behind with his sword. The Lion King swiped his giant paw to the side, trying to knock the duo away from it. Ignite jumped over the arm completely before sliding under the exposed belly of the beast. Elyx did not jump over it, but when he did jump, he used the arm like a boost up into the air, exposing the top of the head to danger. Ignite stuck below with and explosion, Elyx struck from above with a sword to the head, with both impacts, the damage was massive as the Lion King spun out crazily to the side, its body so damaged that it ended up rolling. Was it down though?

Like an actual team, Ignite and Elyx managed to perform a graceful combo that confused even the King of Beasts, tearing away at its soft underbelly and slicing away at its head. That was true cooperation between two friends. The king’s fur singed and his blood splattered the ground as he rolled over and seemingly met his end. A great thud boomed out as its massive framed hit the ground. It was amazing that it didn’t simply crush Elyx or Ignite.

As it looked as if it had completely died, Enola approached the beast followed by Anguis. The maid looked down on it with caution, worried it might jump up and eat her at any given moment. Anguis, however, smiled down and remarked, “You know, a fur coat would be great.”

Enola resisted the urge to just slap the woman across the face and maybe feed her to some lions. She instead kicked the corpse a little before turning to Elyx and stating, “I do hope his lion cubs won’t hate us for killing him.”

She gave it a kick once more as she figured they had probably just cleansed the entire area of the lion population, but they probably could have done a lot worse given that they could have burned the entire plains down.

“Shall we take Mr. Angel on the ride back? I promise to be more careful this time.”

Enola clasped her hands together as if she were the perfect servant and sincerely added, “Besides, you did do most of the work.”

Enola had been mostly useless in that situation and had nearly got poor Elyx into a poor romantic experience with Anguis and thus felt it a little necessary to repay him; what better way to do that than a ride on the dust angel?

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WC: 300/300
PC: 28/30

Elyx and Ignite both put themselves back as the beast hit the ground with a huge thud, it was not a graceful landing, but that was one should expect when a giant enemy like that took so many hits and ended up dying. Meanwhile in the Peanut Gallery, the annoying voice of Anguis then appeared and made a small scene about the Fur Coat. It was amazing about where her priorities were, they were even worse than Ignites. So far, on the respect level, she was clearly on the lowest of the lowest. Enola on the other hand, in Elyx's book, she had as much respect from Elyx as Elyx respected Ignite, his own partner. She was kind, she made an effort, and whenever she messed up, she honestly apoligized to the boy. Ignit even approved of her, and she did not approve of many woman being around Elyx, since she felt she knew every woman well enough to know which was was truly his friend, and which was was trying to Con him.

When Enola offered a ride on Mr. Angel, Elyx was about to reject it instantly, but then he realized how Enola would feel if he rejected her offer. Ignite shot her eyes wide open with much happiness as well, if he were to ruin this now, he would probably never get the chance to meet up with their friend once again. He looked over to the Maiden once again and let out a small grin, ready to invest even more trust into the maiden. I would like to give Mr. Angel another chance. Elyx said as he then walked up to Enola, but then remain in place so that Mr. Angel was given enough space to be summoned. He then waited to the summon of Mr. Angel.

Enola held up her hand and began charging magic power into her palm. The usual dust clump appeared and began mustering up more dust before slowly shifting into a more solid ball that rapidly expanded into Mr. Angel. Anguis stared at the being, having no idea that Mr. Angel was about to be used for flight. The lamia was more used to fighting alongside the angel, not traveling with him. Mr. Angel spread his wings and did as he did last time by grabbing Ignite and Elyx. Enola hopped up on one of the wings and beckoned Anguis to grab on to the other wing.

“Nope! Not doing it! This is insane!”

“We’re leaving you if you don’t.”

“Fine.”

With that, the lamia awkwardly grabbed the angel’s wing and held on for dear life. Her tail flopped a little as Mr. Angel kicked himself off the ground and took off in fight. The typical blasts of wind with through them, but the flight was more or less simple and boring. There were no troubles or problems this time. They eventually made it to the proper village and landed safely. After a five minute argument, Enola managed to convince Anguis to surrender the King of Beast’s tooth to Elyx.

Once the tooth was shown and their reward given to them, Enola waved off Elyx, “Bye! I hope to see you again, Elyx!”

Anguis merely burst, “Wait! Rising Star! I want your autograph!”

It was difficult to not bonk the lamia on the head, but the excitement was too great. Enola would, later that night, venture back to the manor and casually remark that she had gone on an adventure with a Rising Star. It was like bragging but for the more humble people. Anguis would, of course, lie and say she sotle a kiss from the lad. Horrible.

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WC: 306/300
PC: 30/30