The Sunny Tower of No Return

Hika blew the bangs off her face frustratedly after she defeated the the 5 wizards. She stared at the remaining 5. Indar seemed to be dealing the stronger ones whilst she was trying to handle the weaker ones. It was like killing 2 birds with one stone. Another hit would finish up the remaining wizards so she didn't find it quite a problem. "Iron Rock Fist!" She bellowed as she extended both of her hands in front of her. She sculpted 5 rock fists and ordered to attack the wizards. They don't seem to hesitate to kill her though. Those look in their eyes. Lifting up her chin, she glared back at them. The wizards threw themselves at Hikari, attempting to fight her. The fists sped up towards the wizards and gave them a blow in their stomachs. They laid on the ground, unmoving. Staring at the lifeless bodies around her feet, she turned around, feeling triumphed.

Indar had easily killed one from the stronger wizards. But, still, another 4 was left. He seemed to have a plan to finish off these wizards. Either way, she didn't hesitate to take action. Hika stomped on the ground, creating huge shockwaves. She may look really small, but her strength is insane. Her allies can be blown away as well, but since Indar is much stronger than her, he shouldn't receive the effects that much. The ground shook vigorously and cracks immediately formed as the enemies were thrown off the ground. Another one or two attacks from Indar could even put an end to this.

And so, Indar killed every last one of them with a single blow. As expected of him. A smile crept up slowly on Hika's lips. She couldn't help but blush slightly when Indar placed a hand on her head. Honestly, she can't even stay that close to a guy. That's how shy Hika gets. ''Shall we keep going?'' She beamed up at Indar and nodded. Soon after, they arrived the next floor and as she had assumed, there were enemies waiting on this floor again.

Hika prepared to fight as she slowly relaxed her body. She stood firm on the ground as she gathers boulder-sized rocks and compressed them together to form larger and heavier rocks before putting them into orbit. The rocks charged towards the 10 strong wizards before they started barging their way towards her, emitting bolts of sunlight. It was unexpected but one wizard did manage to strike her and dang, that burned her skin. She yelped and stepped back quickly before jumping onto her rocks to enable her to float in the air and gave the poor wizard a blow in the face.

Simultaneously, the rocks were hurled at the wizard twice and boom, it's over. 1 out of 10, defeated. Huzzah! She stood beside Indar when the 9 wizards began to surround them. Hopefully, Indar would have a plan to wipe them out quickly. They still need to climb up a couple of stairs before they reach the topmost level to retrieve the girl. She was sure that they'd still encounter stronger monsters on their way up and that terrible thought made her sigh loudly.

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Hika was surprised when Indar suddenly grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to him. She had to hold her ground firmly when the buster landed afterwards, blowing out her hair wildly in all directions. She let out a long breath of relief as most of the wizards were thrown off the tower due to the buster. The floors looked pretty messed up after the buster vanished. ''We've got these punks.'' She nodded, a smile still on her face. Just when they had defeated almost all of the wizards, more enemies had just arrived to ruin the moment. Frowning, she stood beside Indar, her fists clenched to her sides. As more wizards began to surround the two of them, she uncurled her fingers and spread her arms wide open in a circle-like motion, creating huge waves of air around her. This blew the remaining two off the tower as well as the 5 new wizards quite badly.

Enormous and sharp ridges formed at the edges of the waves, dealing huge damage to the remaining 5 wizards. She lifted up her hand slowly, causing 5 pillars to rise up from beneath, striking the wizards. A wizard was able to dodge the pillar successfully, firing bolts of sunlight at her. She flipped to the side swiftly, trying to duck all the attacks. Panting heavily, she stared at the floor, which looked like a hurricane had landed, holes everywhere, tiles destroyed. They've caused such chaos. Another few more attacks from Indar would probably finish them off and they can continue their way up to retrieve the girl~

Eyeing Indar carefully, Hika realised that he was stronger than she'd ever thought and was truly amazed with his magic skills. As expected from a God Slayer from Savage Skull, She thought as a smile crept up her face. It was really good meeting him back again after he left Sabertooth though they hardly ever spoke to each other when they were guild mates.

As deadly as Indar's weapon look, it deals huge amount of damage as well. With only a few attacks being used, the wizards were already defeated within a couple of minutes. ''Shall we continue?'' Hika nodded with a satisfied grin on her face. She was hoping to end this mission quickly and to return the girl to the client.

Approaching the door to the next level, her fingers trembled slightly before opening the door to the room where mysteries lie. Correction, not mysteries, more like, creatures. As soon as she opened the door, her eyes widened at the sight in front of her. The two mages with robes in all shiny and silvery attire stood in front of them. Where's the girl? Do we still have to fight them? The thought hit her. She was definitely sure that they were a lot stronger than the ones they had just fought. Even just looking at them, you can tell that they're highly-skilled fighters and are going to make it hard for both Hika and Indar to defeat them. Plus, they seemed to be extremely good at using their magic. Swallowing, she wondered how she'll be able to attack them. She'll either come back home with broken spines and bones or happily return with jewels.

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''Hikari, take care of the other one, i'll take this one.''
Uh. Eh? Am I supposed to defeat this thing alone? A sweat drop appeared on her forehead as her lips creased into a frown slightly. Oh well, she'll manage it, no matter what. Hika was extremely stunned to see a beam of light hit Indar within just a nick of a second. It was a relief that nothing actually happened to him.

Time to get serious. Hika hoisted up her right hand in front of her, summoning 10 daggers, which were put into orbit around her. She ordered them to charge towards the enemy, without any restraint. And, so they did. Every single dagger stuck the wizard but he doesn't even seem to bat an eye. She wasn't going to give up easily.

Hika withdrew her daggers back to her before they dashed, heading to the wizard. Once again, she extended her hand, sculpting three more pillars from the ground, striking the target. The next thing she saw shook her. The wizard destroyed her daggers as well as her pillars in just two swift movements. Her mouth hanged open as a wave of fear and panic rushed over her whole body. This is not happening. How am I supposed to defeat this wizard? Her spells had never been smashed into pieces so easily before. She was deeply terrified by this monster, she didn't even know what to do anymore.

Tentatively, she took a step forward. The enemy simply stared at her with a smirk on his face. "What, is that all you've got, kid? I'm not entertained at all. I'm waiting for it. Amuse me!" Did he just underestimate her? Now, that made her so pissed off that she felt like ripping his smirk off his sickening face and burning his body into smithereens. Only if that was possible. She took a glance at Indar. He was struggling with the other one as well, though she was sure he could handle him quite easily.

Hika stole a glance at Indar, only to realise that he had turned into a beastly monster. She watched him struck countless hits at the poor wizard who then later, had his atrocious death. She was bemused with the evil side that Indar had and it actually scared her. Indar looked so different to her that Hika even wondered if the person who stood beside her was really Indar Blackshield. That aside, one of the powerful wizard was just defeated, though she couldn't celebrate their triumph at this minute. She turned her gaze back onto the remaining wizard, who was smirking down at her, his arms folded against his chest. "Too arrogant, aren't you?" She scowled at him.

The smirk on his face widened. "Come at me, kid."
Of course, I would smash you into pieces, you egoistic jerk. She thought. Swiftly, she rushed her way to the wizard, simultaneously creating a huge hammer on her hands. Before she stood close to the wizard, she slammed her hammer on the floor, producing enormous ridges along the line and stunned the enemy. She used this opportunity to dashed towards the vulnerable man and smacked her hammer on him, throwing him off into the distance.

"Iron Rock Fist!" Two huge fists emerged from the ground and attacked the enemy. Although it didn't do much damage to him, at least he was thrown off-balance from the force. Hika stood still as she created her rock shoes, while they moulded around her feet. She sprinted ahead, her speed increased second after second before she jumped slightly and twirled, attempting to lay a kick across his filthy face. Just before she landed that attack, the sunlight around the wizard's body burned her leg as she fell on the floor. "Nice try, kid. I'll give you props for this but you're still the one who's going to be dying here," He snickered. Hika shot a death glare at him.

Hika couldn't even register what just happened in front of her. Within a blink of an eye, Indar just happened to dash right into the enemy, giving him a blow right in the face. She couldn't help but stare at Indar with her eyes wide opened, mentally asking herself if the person standing in front of her was really Indar. Staring at his back, Hika inscribed the image of his steady posture, his tense broad shoulders and his lean figure onto her brain, still wondering why he had saved her even when he was ruthless and brutal with people. Still, Hika believed that Indar had this gentle side in him, which would be hidden.

''Let's take this mage down together.'' He was smiling at her again. A slight blush rose from her neck to her cheeks as she nodded at him, with a warm smile on her face. Rising to her feet, Hika stood beside Indar and stretched out her hands in front of her. "Prison!" She would bellow. A huge rectangular cage rose up from the ground and engulfed around the mage's body, not letting him escape away. The mage looked stunned to find himself being trapped in an earth cage. He grabbed on the bars and yelled at Hika, "You won't get away with this!" Ignoring the mage's taunts, Hika closed her eyes for just a millisecond, allowing the breeze to caress her face softly. It was then, she created ten stone daggers which orbited around her body in mid-air, once she opened her eyes again.

The earth mage watched the guy trying to break the cage. Hika wasted no time. Immediately, she ordered all the daggers to sped in the direction of the enemy. Not a single of her daggers missed. It might be because of my luck, she thought. The mage wasn't dead. Not yet. Hika wouldn't allow that. He still needed to be tortured more.

Hika was about to lurch toward the enemy to end his life but something flashed before her eyes. Indar charged to the man and simply just stabbed his throat, which utterly shocked her. Her brain was too slow to process anything. Hika blinked and stared at the scene in front of her. He. Just. Stabbed. Him. Boom. He's dead now. She had seen lots of brutal killing and this wasn't what she hadn't seen before but the way he stabbed him frightened her slightly. He just changed completely. The next words he had said struck her heart. ''Hikari, i want you to take this girl to safety and tell the man that you did it alone. There is no need for anyone to know that you worked together with a member of Savage Skull. So i'll be leaving now and i don't know if we'll see each other again, maybe we will, maybe we won't.''

Will he be disappearing forever? Wild thoughts rushed in her head. This wasn't the time to be thinking about these stuffs, concentrate on your mission!, she thought. Her shoulders drooped, she walked over to the girl trembling in the corner and gently helped her rise up. "It's fine, you're safe now," The mage softly mumbled in her ear and caressed her hair with long strokes, a smile on her face to help cheer up the girl.

Hika didn't want him to leave. She felt like clinging onto his arm when he had placed her hand on her head. Sadness washed over her as she glanced at Indar, his back facing her. A long breath was released from Hika's lips as she watched Indar walked away from her, his figure slowly vanishing into the shadows. With that, Hika accompanied the girl safely back to her house. She had received compliments and gratefulness but a part of her felt miserable. I hope to meet you again soon. That was all she thought on the way back to her guild.