Chapter 185 11th Floor: Stage 3 (1/2)

Nix landed in a crowd of Aquarions and immediately flamed up. Sharl landed beside him and managed to grab a stumbling Tess before she slid off the edge.

[Aura Ignition: Gemini Flames]

Nix punched the closest Aquarion square in the chest, launching him over the side. He pushed Gemini flames into his Archon blade and used it to block a spear attack.

[Spear Slam]

Sharl slammed the butt of her spear on the platform, the entire disc trembled as her stun skill completely immobilized the remaining opponents. She followed up by bulling two more Aquarions over the side with her shield.

[Incinerate: Gemini Flame]

Nix locked an Aquarion in a flame prison and then kicked her off the edge.

Nix and Sharl looked at each other, they were the only two left on the disc.

Sharl looked over the edge, ”f*ck... Did I lose my cleric?”

A moment later a black-winged Air Nemesis hovered above them. Rhy's beautiful face was smiling when she dropped the red-headed cleric on the platform. ”You guys lose something?”

Tess frowned at her teammates, ”Oi... Take better care of me!”

/Inferno: Tess: Thanks Rhy!

”That one!” Nix pointed to a disc that was moving fast but was a close match for their trajectory. He raised both hands and a dozen strands shot out encircling four separate Aquarions. He yanked backward and then jumped at the same time. ”Time to go!”

Nix dropped his strands when all four Aquarions went over the edge.

[Flashblade: Gemini Flame]

Nix sliced through the neck of an Aquarion who was going after Tess.

[Swapped Out]

”Huh?” Nix suddenly found himself on a different disc with four more Aquarions.

/Inferno: Jun Li: Oops! Sorry Nix, wrong skill. :P

[Tides of Flame]

Nix dodged and brought up his sword to block just as the flames washed around him. All four Aquarions jumped off the platform in an effort to flee the inferno.

/Inferno: Sharl: Dammit Junie, now I lost my Nix!

Nix scanned the area for another disc to jump on, between Rhylia and the ranged damage, most of them had been cleaned off. He used his strands to pull two Aquarions off of a disc that was too high for him to reach. After realizing his advantage Nix started jumping from one empty disc to another, pulling Aquarions off in small groups of twos and threes.

Finally, the disc he was on came to an abrupt stop, causing Nix to skid precariously close to the edge. A quick glance around told him that the rest of the platforms had also stopped.

/Inferno: Jun Li: That's all of them. Now what?

A moment later all of the discs started moving, slowly they lined up and created a long bridge to a platform that raised up out of the green pit below.

/Inferno: Jun Li: There's the chest. How many did we lose?

/Inferno: Sharl: Teams 1 & 4.

/Inferno: Nix: Damn... So many?

/Inferno: Gypsy: Not everyone has flaming ropes that they can toss people around with!

Nix walked toward the black chest, he was joined very quickly by those who were still alive. He felt a hand grab his arm and discovered Mina had caught up with him. ”Ready to go to the 12th floor?”

Mina nodded, her pale face smiling widely. ”It's been a long road here Nix.”

”I remember the day you showed up in the Sea-World, seems like forever ago.” He stopped next to the chest and opened it up.

The Whirlwind Trident has been added to your inventory.

The Map of the 12th Floor has been added to your inventory.

/Inferno: Jun Li: Map of the 12th floor? The actual map?

/Inferno: Nix: Don't ask me. We're higher than anyone has ever gone.

/Inferno: Jun Li: It's tempting to peek at 12.1.

/Inferno: Nix: Let's head out, there's a party waiting for us.

/Inferno: Sharl: Where?

/Inferno: Nix: Guess I don't know.

/Inferno: Fajii: Nix's Ranch.

/Colonial System Message: Congratulations to the Inferno Guild for advancing to the 12th floor. All members of Inferno are awarded the Blaze Armor.

/Inferno: Jun Li: An entire set?