Arad walked to the other room, seeing a humanoid figure of a woman made of crimson flas asleep on a stone bed. "Is this her?" He asked.
"You're right," rlin replied. "Fire elentals are made of pure fire and heat." She grabbed a steel rod and waved it into Amber's body.
The rod passed as if nothing was there. She's really only made of flas. "But look," When she passed the rod inside Amber's chest. CLACK! CLACK! As if it hit a stone.
"The infernal spark is where her heart should be. It's the source of her power and the only weak point a fire elental has. Destroying it ans she dies unless she can find another source of fuel." rlin explained.
Zephyr flew and sat on Arad's head, "If the infernal spark was destroyed, she could survive off burning wood or anything that can. But, the spark is the only thing that can sustain and elental for a long ti."
Arad sat on a chair, "That ans we have to find more infernal sparks for her," He looked around, "How long will this one last?"
"About a year," rlin replied, "The elental plane of fire is made of them, and there they are more common than stones. So most summoned elentals usually don't have to worry about. But she needs to worry."
"Is there a way to go there?" He asked.
"No, that I know off." rlin sat on another chair, "For now, she's fine and will wake soon. We will discuss this with her when that ti cos."
"On another note," Zephyr stared at him, "What was that HO-white nova spell? You could teleport with it. So you at least understand its concept, right?"
"Nothing complex," Arad replied, "A concentrated ball of pure fire and heat, frozen with ti magic for one minute."
"So she took a lot of energy, compressed it till it was about to explode, and then to keep it safe to handle, she froze it in ti to half the explosion." rlin scratched her head, "How large was the damage?"
"It blew an area about five tis larger than Alina into dust. I'm not even close to having a fraction of that energy," He looked at Amber. "I doubt even brother has it, but I'm certain mother would be able to output that much."
"So it's only a matter of ti before you start dropping those left and right." Zephyr sighed, "You magic dragons are a real pain," She giggled, "Tis dragons have always been and always existed, traveling freely through ti. The prismatic light dragons travel the world in the blink of an eye, they can outrun teleportation magic and have been known to punch ti dragons through ti itself. And you void dragons can alter the matter of existence itself, shifting the powers of the world."
"Where did you know that?" rlin stared at her.
"I'm a high spirit, I know more than you humans do." She looked at Arad, "Rember not to blast that like it's nothing. There are people living around, you must keep your powers in check."
"I know that," He stood, "I need to go as I have so preparation."
"The marriage." Zephyr smiled, "Aella being jumping around like an excited puppy, you better hurry."
Arad nodded. ZON! He teleported away.
"Is it normal for soone to survive that?" rlin asked, looking at Zephyr.
"Nope, he's the first I hear of to survive a divine tribulation, and on top, he used it to blast Vlad." She scratched her head, "It's possible the goddess gave him more ti as she knew of his intention to blow Vlad."
"Is that even possible?"
"Gods weigh their options more than humans do," Zephyr sighed, "Instead of blessing multiple paladins and starting a crusade, it was probably convenient to let a dragon blast him."
"So you're saying her objective might have shifted from punishing Arad for trying to take Amber away from her, into giving him a divine mission to blast Vlad and Amber being the reward?"
"Gods have extre foresight, she might have already guessed Arad's first thought would be blasting Vlad," Zephyr started flying, "I'm going as well, I need to talk with the fire spirit once more."
"I thought you hated her so much that you wouldn't initiate an unnecessary conversation."
"We can't let Amber go into the world like this, she'll burn everyone she touches. I will try to negotiate a fire pixie body for her." Zephyr replied.
"You can't grant her one?" rlin asked.
"I can only give birth to wind spirits, we're limited to our elents." She looked at Amber, "I can't grant fire bodies."
"Care to tell about the process later?" rlin smiled, "It would be a one-in-a-lifeti chance to get a high spirit talking about the pixies' ascension."
"I don't know about that," Zephyr shook her head. "It's not a ritual we share with outsiders."
"Moon Spider Lily's nectar, I have a full flower bed fully grown in one of my greenhouses."
Zephyr froze in place. "Where did you get those?" Droll dripping from her lips.
"I have dragon tongue, Yoros's ash rose, and Wisdom apple roses as well." rlin looked at her with a smile, "It's a give-and-take deal. Information for the flowers. I won't ask how you know, and you won't ask how I got those."
"Deal," Zephyr smiled. "You better keep your part of the deal,"
****
Thud! Arad landed at his village's entrance, walking through the wooden gate.
"Lord Arad, you're back." A man rushed to greet him. He's the guard responsible for the gate.
"How is the building going?" Arad asked.
"The castle?" The guard looked back, pointing toward the mountain, "As you can see, it's progressing nicely. I heard them say they can start building the keep by the end of the winter."
"Arad?" An old lady approached them, a smile on her face. She barely stood at 1.6 ters due to her hunched back, and she looked at Arad, barely opening her eyes.
"Grandma," Arad smiled, "That was Nina's grandma,"
"AHHHHHH! A thief!" A man scread, pointing toward an adventurer who was running away after not paying for what he bought. This was sothing that plagued small villages that lacked guards.
Arad sighed, getting ready to catch the thief.
BAM! The old lady blasted away before anyone could react.
The adventurer laughed, jumping over the fence, "Catch if you can!"
BAM! Thud! Nina's grandma quickly ran past him, her golden glowing eyes fixed on his face.
"What!" He gasped, and she grabbed him by the wrist, smacking him in the face with a kick, and sent him flying back to the village.
"What in the hell!" The guard gasped. He could barely see the old lady run after that thief.
"Barbarians rarely live to old age due to their wild lifestyle, and those who do aren't people you should underestimate." Arad giggled, "She's at least at a B-rank adventurer level despite her age."
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