"Alright, serious face!" I said out loud to pump myself up.
I wound up giving myself one of those wake-up smacks that straightened your brain out, but realized my fault as I tried to slow my hand with little success. The slap hit my face a bit harder than I wanted, making a few bits of tinsel flash in my vision.
[Try not to do the monsters work for them.]
I ignored Fireden and started to trudge forwards, but oh man, paint dried faster.
Roars were coming from behind, but that just made me suck energy like it was going out of style, and I finally started to move. I found if I just concentrated on keeping my body fed so Veronica's Totem could act on its own gave me better results.
[Better, but you need to get ahead of them! Fly ahead, or the dragons are going to start trying to cook you alive!]
'Old man, I am trying to get this breathing thing down again now that I need it! I know they are getting close but wait. We are not going to die today!'
"Light 'em up!" I roared, and I dashed at the three angry dragons, and the blood and viscera were burned off my body.I picked up from the ground and then blasted forward, but I cut up and over them this time. The dragons were positioned more prominently this time, and I suspect they would not allow me to do the same thing twice.A blast of fire burned around me as I soared above it, but I dropped the Earth Link, and it became mine. In spite of the fact that the fire was useless against these giant leather chickens, I would be able to convert it.[Located thirty-five miles up North, Wataluga is in the hands of Mex, so we will switch and provide you and the gang with energy support. He hasn't really progressed that much, but he is still a shaman, and you've helped me grow, so I'll help him grow as well.]I blasted the heat even hotter, and I began eating away at the gap between my friends and me. I was just glad that some improvements took place with Mex.<
Immediately, the paths became shifting vistas that I had no control over the order in which they came. It was my choice to spend as much time as I wanted in each place, but I could have stayed for eternity in each one.I entered each of the scenes, having never been there before, but each of them made my heart race. My chest squeezed with emotion as not only the places but the things I saw touched me deeply.The first was a jungle forest path that I must have walked countless times, as my feet remember the damp dirt path.An old building loomed ahead of us. It was a large and very tall structure with a style that was oriental. As I gazed at the steps, something made me feel like something was pressing on my chest as it looked utterly out of place in this jungle scene.When I tried to recall the memory associated with each place that I traveled to. I always came up with the same thing: nothing.Each place would be locked up in every location I trave
Despite the fact that I couldn't move, I floated up to the galactic face of broken faces, and all eyes were focused on me."You say that I should get out of your head?!!" Helsin roared and then uttered a deathly otherworldly scream which seemed to have pierced into every pore of my being.I was suddenly in a scene in a high-tech lab, but standing across From Helsin Zero, I was experiencing a very bizarre feeling. My right was a switchboard, and next to it was a viewing window, but it was clouded over, so I could not see what was inside.Furthermore, there were many flashing lights close to the argument, and one of them was the center of attention."You don't get to make that choice!" I yelled at Zero, and he pushed me back."Because I paid for it, I am the one who makes the decision! Not you!" Zero roared.I grabbed his shoulders, but he also reached out to slap down the most prominent flashing button.At the time, the only thing that
I turned from Zero and looked back out over the purple sea before I spoke. I wonder what memories I had of this world that were sealed away?The only way that I would find out was by getting my memories back, and staying here was not helping that. There was nothing left to talk about, and I had spent enough time In this place."You have two choices right now, so fuck off, or I will squish you like a bug, Toothy. Nothing will change with me, no matter how many times you try because you refuse to bend. You expect everyone else too," I said and turned back around to the frosted vines, but Zero was already gone."Where did your statue go… woah!" Fireden started to say but then exclaimed, and I turned back to where I left him."Yeah, Zero was here, but he is gone now. Show me what you figured out," I said, and the world shifted back to the center of the maze.This was all in my head, just like I am now, and that is why everything is so strange an
I went to open my mouth as my eyes connected with her, but then Nushi and Hydie shifted forward in a burst of light. Her lips connected with mine, and Hydie separated from Nushi at the same time.I turned and kissed Hydie, and then she merged back with Nushi. I could see Mex still coming, but now I could also see Beeno on his back.Wataluga unfused from Mex, and gilded ahead of them, causing Mex to slow down some, but Fireden was already heading over to switch. I really wished that I had all four of my partners right now, but the water was the best thing against fire."We really need to find you some clothes that can handle the stress that you put them under! Not that I don't like seeing you like this, but I am sure others wouldn't mind seeing you in some pants!" Nushi laughed, and the confidence she emitted was something new but also very refreshing."Yeah, but we will worry about that when we get back home. For now, we have three furious dragons to deal
Both dragons were coming directly for me and ripped myself from their path using the water I had left on the swords. My hand connected with the sword, and then I moved past, ripping the sword out of the ground.The other two were rounding on me and ignoring the others, but I was heading straight to the other one. It was less than thirty feet from me, and it looked injured.Whatever kind of teleportation magic it used, it was not meant to be used like that, and the creature had broken its wing and front leg. The wing was not a problem; the broken leg paired with gravity kept the dragon down.[Throw the blade, I am switching to aspect!]I didn't think, I just threw the blade, and my body splashed to the ground, and the fire burned over the top of me. The moment it was done, I targeted the farthest dragon that had turned back on the others, locking on to the water on the back of its head.The dragon was already breathing fire at the girls, but Mex got
"FLAME ON!" I roared and took off into the air like a rocket, burning the fire faster than I could take it in.I put everything I had into pumping out as much heat as I could so that I could reach top speed. It was a bad idea, but I needed to make sure that the Carnica actually zeroed in on the Fire-Dread Dragon.[You don't want to take in too much of Emfirza's energy, so don't drain yourself too much. If you do too much, you will become poisoned, and the effect will be diminished. The kind of energy used is precisely the opposite of the type that we use, so it will cancel out yours, and vice versa.]I slowed down and then sent a thought.'Can Wataluga hit me like you did? I can't fight that thing with fire!'[What?! What is he talking about?! You didn't force the Pact, did you!?][I don't suggest it; your mind won't be able to handle it! We shouldn't have done it the first time.]It was clear to me that the reflections above me were
There was something about the two powers rolling around inside of me that didn't feel complete. I was also acutely aware of a lack of pain and forgot about the numbing sensation in my mind entirely.Additionally, there was something about this feeling that felt right.Fire, water, as one, one more time.[Don't do it!]I ignored Wataluga as I gathered the swirling Fire and Water, mentally gathering them into balls of frenetic energy. Both elementals screamed at me, but something about this felt right.[You know, he is right, and I don't even know if you can do something like that! I think you should…]It was too late for Fireden's words, and I crushed both forces together into my body. They didn't want to go, but I was tired of things not working, and this thing was going to work!Then the lights went out, and everything disappeared from me, leaving me without even a body. Darkness covered me, but two things pulsed behind it.