Chapter 211 - Four Pillars (1/2)

Nix stacked the last of the pots on the counter to dry and stepped out the backdoor of the Emerald Salamander. Shae and Hyai were sitting at a small table sharing a bottle of wine.

”Started without me?” Nix grabbed the only empty gla.s.s and filled it. He noticed that both redheads were smiling. ”Did I miss something?”

Hyai nodded. ”Apparently, Shae was super nice and brought me three Nether Spells from today's raid at Helfast.”

Shae was playing with a strand of her hair while she sipped her drink. ”Have to start gearing you up. I'm going to show you all around Solomon City when you pa.s.s your Planar Trial. Besides my swords were better than those Nether ones.”

”Hmmm... Can I see?” Nix downed his drink while Hyai took out the scrolls.

”I've been working all day, so I haven't had the chance to learn them yet.” Hyai handed them to Nix.

Nether Armor

Description: Places the protection

of Nether around the caster.

+200 Health Regeneration

+200 Mana Regeneration

+500 to AC.

Shadow Fiend

Summons a being of the

Netherworld to defend you for

one minute. During that time

the Shadow Fiend absorbs all damage

directed at you.

Netherpire

Description: Siphons your

target's health while refilling yours.

Nix nodded in satisfaction. ”Perfect, at least there won't be any repeats.”

Shae glanced at Hyai before looking at him. ”Repeats?”

”Sure. I also picked up three Nether Spells for Hyai.” Nix pulled out the scrolls he chose from the incursion.

Binding Chains

Description: AE spell that

binds up to three targets for 30

seconds.

Nether-Step

Description: Your enemy loses

track of you during the fight and

is unable to target you for 20 seconds.

Dark Summons

Description: Friend or Foe,

Dark Summons brings your target

to you. Range is 100 meters.

Shae clapped her hands when she read them. ”Those are good ones too!”

Nix pushed all of them toward Hyai. ”Learn them and head to the Gemini Training Yard to test them out.”

”Thank you both.” Hyai smiled happily and put them away. ”I'm going to put aside some time every day to train with Sila and Kyla.”

Nix brought up his hud and started looking at the Inferno members. ”Let's see... We've been working on forming permanent five-person teams. I can put you in one.”

”Make it a strong one Nix. I don't want anything to happen to Hyai.” Shae leaned over his shoulder, her red braid falling against him.

”Right... This should work. Strong tank, with a good healer.” Nix displayed the group on his hud.

Zeta Team:

Banzi Tank

Wylie Heals, DPS

Sila CC

Kyla DPS

Hyai DPS

/Inferno: Pon: BOOM! I'm done.

/Inferno: Nix: Hey old man!

/Inferno: Fajii: I also am finished.

Nix jumped up when he saw that Fajii had returned also.

[Create Breach: Emba.s.sy, 90th Floor]

”Hey! Bring us!” Hyai grabbed his arm and dragged Shae through the breach with them.

Nix stepped through the breach a moment later, Fajii and Pon were already congratulating each other.

”Good Job Fajii!” Shae and Hyai rushed the Aquarion while Nix hung back and shook hands with the old Fire Mage.

”Not a bad piece of work Pon.” Nix studied Pon's pillar, it was encased in flames.

The old man looked around and lowered his voice. ”Semmi and Wind?”

Nix shook his head. ”Plenty of time still, I took way longer than this.”

Fajii's pillar caught Nix's eye, it was definitely a scorched earth pillar. ”Nice job Fajii.”

The Aquarion Alchemist looked very happy, she walked toward Nix and embraced him. ”Thank you for trusting me with this Nix.” She held his face in her brown hands while she spoke and kissed his forehead.

”You are leaving for Solomon City first thing in the morning. You'll be replacing me on Vooni's Fire Team.” Nix enjoyed the look of surprise that came across Fajii's face.

”That soon?” Fajii had heard from him what the training was like. ”Aren't they off the next two weeks?”

”Yes. This is good for you, it should give you enough time to catch up.” Nix caught sight of two flashes from the platform, Wind, and Semmi arriving at nearly the same time.

Pon was all smiles when he hugged Semmi, none of the group said anything while they watched the odd couple.

Nix studied the two Pillars of Semmi and Wind. They were both Gemini Pillars, two-toned and swirling colors. ”We'll have to slow down our progress. I want to make sure the rest of the pillars are all Gemini Cla.s.ses.”

/Inferno: Nix: All of Alpha Team has pa.s.sed the Planar trials now. We need everyone to continue to work hard.

/Inferno: Jun Li: Great job guys!

/Inferno: Sharl: Very nice!