A/N: Hey everyone! Well, I've been trying to update two chapter a month but I've run into a snag. The chapters that I am still writing are not being written fast enough. So, it looks like I'm going to aim for one chapter a month so I can concentrate on getting the fic finished in a timely manner. In the meantime, if you're looking for something else enjoyable to read try one of my other fics (I know, shameless plug).
With that said....enjoy! And always, review are awesome!
Timeline:
The Slayers takes place two years after Try. Lina is 19.
Inuyasha takes place while Kagome is 17. She is still dividing her life between her present and the past. The group is still after Naraku.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Inuyasha or The Slayers.
The Lesser Kindred
Chapter 10: Practical Mazuko 101
"I don't think so!" Lina yelled at Succhii.
Black energy chased after Amelia and Kagome, cutting through the air and destroying an unfortunate bird that got into its path. Lina fired a fireball towards the black light hoping that the simple spell was all that was needed to knock the dark energy off course. There was no way that Lina would let the Mazuko get either of the girls. They had their own mission to complete. Lina had a feeling that that bitch Kagura was their best bet at getting at Naraku and there was no way that Lina would let her escape that easy.
Her fireball intercepted the energy and it whizzed by the girls with only a few feet to spare.
"You're fighting us!" Inuyasha roared from beside her. His sword was out and he stood in an open stance. He brought Tetsusaiga up in front of him. "You're not going anywhere!"
Lina took a moment to glance at Zelgadis. Miroku was by his side, obviously checking on his health. He was trying to take Zel's pulse but not having an easy time of it. Instead he settled with placing his ear next to Zelgadis' mouth, listening for indications of life. Shippo hovered over Miroku's shoulder, frantically glancing between Succhii and Inuyasha. She only hoped that the little fox had some sense to stay out of the way.
"How is he?" Lina basically shouted at them. From where she stood, she couldn't see the damage to Zelgadis, but she knew from personal experience that Zel was hard as a rock. The guy could practically bounce back up from anything. She tried to keep the worried look off of her face; minutes had passed and he hadn't gotten up yet.
It was a bad sign.
"Alive," Miroku replied.
That was all that Lina needed to hear. If Zel was breathing, then he should be just fine – at least for now. She only hoped that Miroku would stay out of the way and with her fallen friend. This fight was about to get messy, very messy very fast.
Gourry stood on the other side of her with his sword out. Lina wasn't going to lie; she really wished that they still had the Sword of Light. Damn them for being so altruistic. One quick look at his face and Lina could see the same thoughts echoing in his eyes. Oh, he hid his doubts well, but Lina could see them there nonetheless.
Since Gourry had lost the Sword of Light they hadn't faced off with any Mazuko. The past year had been a nice break from the constant monster fighting that Lina was used too. In fact, they hadn't had a need for the sword until now. Fuck, Lina wasn't sure what Gourry was going to do without it. But Gourry was never the type of guy to let doubt stand in his way. Whether it was because of his courage or stupidity, Lina couldn't be sure.
Movement from behind caused her attention to shift.
Sango was slowly approaching; her boomerang was out and ready. Unfortunately, that weapon wasn't going to do much good against Succhii. Unless the girl had other tricks up her sleeve, she was going to be in trouble. Sango looked determined though, which may become a problem.
That really wasn't what Lina needed right now.
"Sango," Inuyasha said as he stared at Succhii, "stay with Miroku and Zelgadis. They're going to need you."
Inuyasha glanced at Sango and Lina could see that he was thinking the same thoughts about the girl that she was. And for that, she was grateful. Lina really didn't want to be the bitch who told others that they were playing a game for grown ups.
Sango frowned but changed her direction towards the sidelines. She stood protectively in front of where Miroku was crouched over Zel; ready to fight if Succhii decided to attack. That was another person that Lina wouldn't have to worry about. Now, she only hoped she wouldn't hit Inuyasha accidentally in the cross fire. At least Gourry knew how to avoid her spells.
Inuyasha had better be as good as he said he was. From the little sparing that she had done with him earlier in the week, she definitely saw potential. It looked like she'd finally get to see him fight full out.
Lina turned her eyes back to the Mazuko. Besides her, Inuyasha was glaring daggers at the man, but he didn't seem to notice. Succhii wasn't paying any attention to anyone except for Lina.
He smiled lazily as he caught her eye.
She read the challenge loud and clear.
Beat me if you can Lina was written all over that cocky face of his.
Lina resisted the urge to charge him right then. If she had learned one thing over the years, it was to best have some sort of plan when fighting Mazuko. That and to never trust Gourry to hold onto any food that wasn't specifically for him - it was simply foolish.
Inuyasha though, apparently hadn't learned that lesson yet (the first one, not the second which Lina was quite sure that he had learned two nights ago).
"Wind Scar!" Inuyasha called as he swept his sword in an arc. A piercing gust of wind shot towards the Mazuko. The blast barely distracted Succhii's attention off of Lina. He only took a second to look at the half-demon, it was as if Inuyasha were nothing more than a fly on the wall.
The wind swept past both sides of Succhii, leaving him standing tall in the middle. It hadn't even scratch him.
"We're going to have to attack together!" Lina yelled at Inuyasha.
"I don't need any help to kill this fucker!" he bellowed back.
Lina frowned. Damn it! She didn't understand how men – no matter what species they were – always seemed to think that they could do everything on their own?
"Stop being a dumb ass and listen to me!" She had only taken her eyes off of Succhii for a second but in that moment he disappeared.
Fuck was the only thought running through her head as she looked for her opponent.
"Where the hell did he go?!" Inuyasha echoed her thoughts.
"The astral plane!" Lina answered as she searched for any signs of his return. "Look out!"
Succhii appeared behind Inuyasha. Before the words had even left her mouth, he fired another black ball of energy. Inuyasha leapt out of the way but not fast enough. The blast clipped his left shoulder. He flew towards the tree line, crashing into a large oak tree and completely uprooting it. The hit didn't keep him down though and after a quick spit up, Inuyasha was back on his feet. Lina had the feeling that if he had been hit in the chest like Zel had been, he wouldn't be getting back up.
Succhii turned to her and fired another ball of black energy. Lina felt arms envelope her as she collided with another body and then the ground. The blast past over her head, right where her stomach would have been.
A mass of blue and blond rolled off of her and back to his feet. Lina followed Gourry's suit and jumped to her feet as well. He ran off to the right, his sword prepared to strike. Lina ran the opposite direction, forcing Succhii to chose between the two of them. Granted, he would be going after her, but there was no need for them to make it easy for him.
Succhii fired a second blast at Lina.
As she dodged, she begun her chanting – focusing her energy into a spell.
"Darkness from twilight, crimson from blood that flows; buried in the flow of time; in thy great name, I pledge myself to darkness. Those who oppose us shall be destroyed by the power you and I possess!" Lina held back the final words of the spell, waiting for the right moment to fire. She gathered her energy, wanting the spell to have a bit more punch then normal. To get the maximum effect of the spell, she would have to be close and the blast would have to be fired unexpectedly at Succhii.
Lina could see Gourry coming up from behind the Mazuko. It seemed that Succhii had been too busy trying to hit her to have noticed him yet.
Gourry brought his sword down in a swift arch. It never hit the Mazuko, halting in mid air over his shoulder. Gourry still looked determined though as he pulled away and jumped back. He lunged forward again. Succhii waved his left hand lazily and sent the blond hurtling towards Miroku. Sango had to jump out of the way in order to avoid being mauled over.
Lina sprinted closer, wanting less distance between them when she fired. She wished that she knew that instant teleportation thing that Mazuko did so effortlessly. Sure would make things a hell of a lot easier.
From the corner of her eye, she could see that Inuyasha had gathered his strength from his last fall. He was also sprinting closer to Succhii's location. Unfortunately, the stupid mutt didn't seem to be quite so aware of her position.
Inuyasha fired another one of the wind bursts at Succhii. Lina skidded to a halt and dove out of the way; no doubt Inuyasha's wind scar adding to her momentum. The ground came at her hard and fast, knocking the wind out of her as she hit. On impact, the energy that she had gathered nearly dispersed. That would have been bad. Instead of bits of dirt and rock raining down it would have been pieces of her
She didn't see whether Succhii had been hit but she was pretty damn sure that either way he was fine. It was far more likely that he had just teleported out of the way again. Lina slowly got back to her feet and let her mind refocus. This time, she would be ready when he reappeared.
Lina didn't see him, but she felt the air shift to her left. Spinning on her feet, she practically came face to face with him. He was smirking, no doubt thinking that Lina hadn't had time to prepare a spell.
Boy was he wrong.
"Dragon Slave!" she yelled aiming towards the Mazuko. Lina tried to focus the spell into more of a concentrated beam rather then a giant explosion. Good thing that, unlike Inuyasha, Lina actually had paid attention to her surroundings and knew that all of the others were currently at her back. Even with the Dragon Slave being focused at the Mazuko, it would still take out anyone who was too close.
Lina watched Succhii's eyes widen in the mere milliseconds it took for the spell to spring from her hands. The darkness enveloped him and roared through the field, disintegrating everything in its path. The bodies that had littered the grass moments before turned into ash. In the dark wake of the spell, Lina hadn't been able to see if Succhii had had the time to phase out.
Chunks of earth poured down from the sky. She wouldn't be surprised if a rock hit her on the head and knocked her unconscious. What had started out as a sunny day was now almost shrouded in darkness. Lina brought a hand over her mouth in attempt to block out the dust that was probably clogging her lungs. It would do her no good to survive the battle but die because she couldn't breath from all of the shit floating around in the air.
"Lina!" yelled Gourry's voice from somewhere in the cloud of dirt. "Where are you?"
"Gourry!" Lina shouted back. "Stay there!"
She couldn't see anything through the debris that the spell had kicked up. If Gourry stayed where he was, that was at least one person she didn't have to worry about hitting accidentally. After all, there was no sign that she had actually taken out Succhii yet.
There was noise to her left and she turned towards the sound, a spell ready at her lips.
"Did you get him?" Inuyasha asked as he stepped through the dust cloud about ten feet away. He was covered in as much dirt as she probably was. Lina scowled at him for breaking her concentration.
She opened her mouth to answer back but changed her words mid-sentence as a beam came out of the smoke to her right.
Lina cast the first shield that she could think of. Unfortunately, it wasn't strong enough and only absorbed part of the spell.
Lina was flung back. She skidded and tumbled through the grass, the corpse of one of the wolves finally stopping her. Springing to her feet she looked to where Succhii could have gone. But there was still way too much crap in the air for Lina to get a good sense of where anything was. There was a flash of movement to her left. She turned and fired a Fireball, but he was already gone.
Lina stumbled back as Succhii appeared in front of her. He hit her with a fist to the stomach and the breath left her body for a second time in the span of ten minutes.
Lina collapsed to the ground and struggled to keep from puking up whatever breakfast she had eaten this morning. She could hear him laughing above and the sound pissed her off.
Taking a page out of Amelia's book, she charged her right fist with energy. She got off her knees and into a crouch, moaning loudly and pretending to be in more pain than she really was. Using the momentum of her legs she sprang up and hit back. He was only stunned for a second but it gave her the opportunity that she needed. Lina fired a spell from her left hand.
Electricity danced across his skin and through his hair. But he didn't scream in pain, no, instead he only increased his laughter. Lina knew that the spell wouldn't do any really damage, but it had distracted him from her next move.
"Source of all power, crimson fire burning bright," she whispered underneath his laughter. "Gather together in my hand and become an inferno... BURST FLARE!"
Succhii was still cackling over her when she finished the spell. His eyes widened as Lina's hand shot up into his chest and she fired. Blue flames engulfed the Mazuko. Lina concentrated the spell on him, but it was still way to close to her for comfort. She jumped back as fast as she could to escape the flames.
Shamanism wasn't her specialty. She really wished that Zel was conscious to lend a hand. Inuyasha appeared by her side and watched in fascination while the flames burned. Lina only hoped that they had some affect before he escaped to the astral plane.
"That hurt," Succhii's voice filled the air. The flames had disappeared and he was no where in sight. "But honestly Lina, if you are going to fight me, don't you think that it's about time for you to get serious about this? Or have all of the tales I heard about you been greatly exaggerated? Are you no more then some hack taking credit for other's accomplishments? After all, there were hardly any creditable eye witnesses to the confrontation with Darkstar, maybe it was Xelloss who did all the work?"
Lina frowned and tried to figure out where the hell the voice was coming from. She wasn't going to give him the pleasure of a response. What the fuck did he know about her anyway?
"So now what?" Inuyasha yelled back at the voice. "Are you going to just talk us to death?"
"And you half-breed," Succhii replied with a slight sneer in his voice. It sounded like he was all around her and Inuyasha, everywhere and nowhere at the same time. "Are not even worth my time. Hardly an opponent worthy of a Mazuko."
To emphasize his point, Succhii chose that moment to fire on Inuyasha. It was a direct hit. Lina could feel the force of the blast as it flew by her. It knocked her to the ground while Inuyasha was hurled away.
Lina gently touched her cheek, it was wet. Half fearing that she had been hit by the spell; she checked herself quickly for wounds. All clear - which meant that it was Inuyasha's blood that was splattered on her face.
"Lord of the Darkness and the Four Worlds, I call upon you, grant me all the power that you possess," Lina chanted, activating the amplifying blood talismans that wrapped around her wrists. Succhii was right about one thing. If she wanted to beat him, she would have to quit playing around.
She spared a quick glance as to where Inuyasha had landed. The debris in the air had finally settled down to the point where she could see again. Inuyasha had yet to get back up, not that she was surprised. A pool of blood had began to gather around his still form. He might be a pain in the ass but Lina still hoped that he was all right.
Now that Inuyasha had been located, where the hell was Succhii? Stupid fucking astral plain. She couldn't do anything until he showed himself. After all, she needed something to aim at.
Energy crackled behind her.
That's where he was. She whirled around in time to see him materialize.
"Blast bomb!" she yelled aiming for him. Balls of light formed around her and converged onto his possible location.
Almost an instant after those words left her mouth, Amelia's voice rang through the air. "Rah tilt!"
Lina had never been so relieved to hear her. The spells hit Succhii and he screamed in pain. He mustn't have escaped to the astral plane quickly enough.
Lina spared a minute to look up. Not too far away, she could see Amelia and Kagome being carried towards her on the giant cat thing. Amelia leaped down, landing next to where Lina stood. The cat landed near Inuyasha and Kagome rushed to his side.
"Now that it's finally getting interesting, my time here is up," Succhii replied, his voice low and menacing. He had clearly retreated to the astral plane once he'd been able to. It sounded like he was hurt though, even if Lina couldn't see him. Just like a fucking monster to run away the minute it looked like he might lose. "We're going to have to finish our little fight later."
Lina remained still and silent, alert for any signs that Succhii was still in the area despite his comments. In a matter of a few minutes, the atmosphere had already started to feel lighter. The negative energy associated with Mazuko dissipating as he left.
Lina let out a sigh that she hadn't realized she'd been holding.
"How's Inuyasha?" Lina asked Kagome once she was sure that Succhii was no longer in the area. When Kagome didn't answer Lina turned to see what the girl was doing.
Kagome held her hands open over Inuyasha's wounds. Pale light emitted from her palms. Lina knew a healing spell when she saw one. Too be honest, she hadn't realized that Kagome could even do them yet. She must have been progressing at a greater pace then Lina had thought.
Amelia took notice of Kagome as well and ran over to help. Sitting next to Kagome, Amelia placed her hands over Inuyasha. Lina couldn't hear what Amelia was saying but she was no doubt giving Kagome some pointers. It looked like Amelia had every thing taken care of over there.
Lina made her way over to where she might be of some help. Zelgadis still hadn't gotten up from his hit earlier. Miroku had waded up some cloth and was pressing it to Zel's chest. The cloth, which looked as though it was part of Zel's cape, was stained dark red in places. Lina knelt down next to her fallen friend and motioned for Miroku to move his makeshift bandage.
As the bandage was moved, Lina could see the damage that was done to Zel. His clothing was singed and burnt exposing his blue rocky skin underneath. The skin was scorched where he had been hit. In places it split like broken earth and blood seeped through. He must have been hit hard to crack him open like this.
Lina closed her eyes and placed her hands on his chest. She couldn't help but realize that this was the first time she had ever felt Zel's skin. She's known him nearly four years and she'd never actually felt how rough the tissue and rock growths were. No wonder he was a little bit jumpy on the subject of being touched. Actually, jumpy might be putting it lightly - he tended to avoid touch like the plague. With a slight shake of her head, she put the thought out of her mind and concentrated on healing her friend.
The magic tingled as it flowed through her hands and into his body. Lina was not as talented as Amelia with healing, but she could definitely hold her own. As his wounds slowly healed, Lina tried to keep her mind focused instead of letting it wander to the places that it wanted to. When she was certain that she had done all that she would be able to, she pulled her hands away.
Lina absently detached her cloak and laid it over him, knowing that the little bit of extra warmth would be helpful.
With a sigh, she fell back onto her heels. She couldn't help but think of what they were going to do now. Their quest for the jewel shards had just gotten a whole lot more difficult. Despite Kagome's warnings on how dangerous Naraku was, Lina still had hardly worried about him. But now that he had Mazuko working with him, this mission had just got a hell of a lot harder.
Why would Mazuko work with Naraku in the first place? It didn't make any sense.
Her mind automatically went through everything that she had observed over the past few weeks.
Inuyasha. The Grape Ape. Kagura. Kagome. Xelloss.
That last name made her thoughts stutter.
Just watching the way that Xelloss treated Inuyasha, Lina had a good idea that Xelloss didn't like the guy. But it was more then just not liking him, in fact she was certain that Xelloss had had the same attitude towards Shippo. The more she thought about it, the more Lina was certain that the attitude had not been limited to Xelloss, but was a trait in all Mazuko – like their hatred of dragons or their need to create havoc. So why then, would Mazuko lower themselves to work with Naraku? And, how the hell did Prince Phil's book come into this? She knew that book had to be more important than they had originally thought. In fact, she had a sinking suspicion that if asked Xelloss would be able to answer all of her questions on the subject. Not that she had much of a chance of actually getting him to answer.
Lina needed a plan and fast if she was going to unravel this mystery.
Zelgadis moaned lightly and brought Lina's thoughts back to her friend. His chest was healed but it would probably be another day or so before his energy returned. After all, it was quite a hit that he had took.
Miroku sat quietly by her side, Shippo perched alert on his shoulder. Both were staring intently at Zelgadis.
"Will he be okay?" Miroku asked.
Lina sighed, "He'll be fine. Zel's a hard egg to crack."
Healing always zapped the energy out of her. She felt an arm around her shoulder and looked up to see that it was Gourry.
"Sorry I was so useless," he muttered in a dejected voice.
Lina didn't respond, knowing that she didn't need to put the guy down anymore then he was already feeling.
"Maybe Zel and I can make you some type of special sword," she said suddenly, the idea coming to her. "Of course it wouldn't be anywhere near as powerful as the Sword of Light but we can make you something a hell of a lot better then that stupid thing."
Why the hell hadn't she thought of that before?
Gourry seemed to perk up with that idea and squeezed her shoulder in encouragement. He took his hand away to scratch the back of his head as if he were in thought. Lina tried not to dwell on the fact that her shoulder felt a little colder without his hand there.
"I'd like that," he smiled back with his goofy grin.
"How's Zel?" Amelia asked as she approached.
Lina got back up onto her feet and brushed off her leggings.
"He'll be fine," she replied and looked over to Inuyasha. Kagome had his head in her lap and was petting, for lack of a better word, his white hair. She had a feeling that if he were awake he wouldn't stand for that type of treatment. "And Inuyasha?"
"Lost a lot of blood, but nothing we couldn't fix," answered Amelia. Her voice lacked its usual perkiness. "Where to now?"
Lina shrugged getting back up to her feet, "Someplace where we can recover and regroup."
"We can go to Kaede's," Sango replied. Lina had almost forgotten that she was there. She had moved next to Miroku and was now holding Shippo. The little fox was struggling to get out of her arms. Lina raised an eyebrow at the kid.
"Some place you need to be Shippo?" Lina asked.
"Yeah," he muttered. "I should be helping Kagome!"
"Leave Kagome be for the moment," Miroku's stern voice caused Shippo to pause and hang his head in defeat.
"Who's Kaede?" Amelia asked.
"A friend," Sango answered. "We should be able to get a nice hot meal and perhaps a good place to plan our next move. She doesn't live too far from here. If we leave soon, we should be there before nightfall. "
"Sango's right," Miroku agreed.
"How's Kagome?" Sango turned to Amelia.
She frowned and Lina watched as the girl searched for the right words.
"It's been a rough day for her," she finally replied.
Sango nodded and handed Shippo over to Amelia before heading over to where Kagome sat.
"Hey!" Shippo yelled struggling in his new captors arms. "Not fair!"
A moan turned Lina's attention back to where Zelgadis lay. It looked like he was waking.
"Mr. Zelgadis!" Amelia exclaimed kneeling besides him. He opened his eyes and struggled to prop himself up on his elbows. Amelia instantly helped him sit up. Lina's cloak pooled around his waist. She wasn't sure if the guy even noticed it was there. "How do you feel?"
"Like shit," he replied taking a moment to rub his forehead with his hand. With his other hand he fingered the black cloak that was obviously not his. Lina could see the exact moment on his face when he remembered exactly how he had ended up hurt. His gaze went from the cloak onto the ruined state of his shirt. He muttered a few words under his breath before sarcastically saying. "Just great."
"Could be worse," Lina smiled. "You could be missing your entire shirt."
Zel glared at her.
Xelloss felt the presence of other Mazuko long before he saw them. They were exuding negative energy, not even trying to hide the fact that they were there. Not very practical for a Mazuko to do, at least Xelloss never felt that it was. There was a reason that he repressed and hide his energy when in the human world. After all, how could he carry out his missions if he was advertising where he was?
He preferred to get close to his prey without them ever noticing.
Xelloss had faded into the background and disappeared without Lina taking notice. He waited in the trees as Lina and the others stumbled upon the scene of carnage, a smile gracing his face at the intense feelings of despair that had radiated from the group. Kagome had especially suffered.
When the other Mazuko had appeared, he hadn't been surprised. They foolishly hadn't even noticed that the priest was with them. How idiotic could his kind be? He had been with Lina and the others all day, but because he was dampening his energy, they hadn't even realized who he was. A mistake on their part that they would soon pay for with their lives.
Malachi rarely made mistakes like that. He had always been one of the more intelligent and cunning Mazuko out there. Xelloss would almost consider him free spirited for a Mazuko. While Mazuko thrived on chaos, there had been very little change in Mazuko hierarchy and life for thousands of years - until recently. But Malachi always strived for change, and was dangerous for it.
Seeing Malachi working for Naraku was expected, however Succhii was quite a surprise.
Xelloss had stayed to watch the fight between Lina, Succhii, and the half-breed. It was slightly disappointing; he wasn't even sure if it was worth being called a fight. Lina seemed to have lost some of her edge over time without fighting Mazuko on a daily basis.
Pity.
She had been something extraordinary.
Oh she was still special, but no where as powerful as she had been when he'd last left her. Her power after the fall of Darkstar, when she was in her prime, now that was something of beauty. It could have taken out Succhii in a heart beat.
But the sharp edge was now missing.
Xelloss was going to have to work on bringing it back.
The ten minutes that Malachi had allotted Succhii had passed quickly. Like a dog, he had practically ran away with his tail between his legs. Limping and wounded, an embarrassment to Mazuko everywhere.
The astral plane that he had escaped to would not conceal him from Xelloss though.
Xelloss smiled as Succhii tensed and spun around in search of his follower.
"Malachi?" he tentatively called out.
Xelloss couldn't help the laugh that escaped his lips at Succhii's proclamation. He let his power lose and engulfed Succhii in it.
Succhii was momentarily stunned and Xelloss took that moment to come up behind him. He placed his palm practically flat against Succhii's back and fired.
The other Mazuko screeched in pain as he flailed about. His body had ripped apart in strange angles and his black insides where clearly visible.
The fight was over before it had even begun.
Succhii could do nothing against the Beastmaster's grip.
"Succhii, Succhii, Succhii," Xelloss chided as he barely suppressed his laughter. "You've been a bad boy."
"I . . . I . . . ah . . . ." was all that Succhii could get out of his mouth.
"Now, I was hoping to follow you straight to Naraku's castle, but you just had notice me before you had gotten there. So, I'm just going to have to get the information from you another way," Xelloss' eyes glinted as he smiled wider. "I don't think that Deep Sea Dolphin is going to let you off very easy when he finds out that you've been consorting with the Lesser Kindred behind his back. Oh no indeed. So, you can either tell me what I want to know, and maybe you'll be dead by the time I hand your body over to your Master; or I can torture the information out of you and then hand you over to him alive. You decide."
Xelloss and Succhii were miles away from Lina and the others and in another dimension. Nevertheless, Lina could have sworn that she'd heard someone screaming.
Spells used in this chapter:
Burst Flare (baasuto furea)
Category: Shamanism / Fire
A ball of light appears in the targeted area, and in the next instant the ball bursts, raising a tongue of blue white flame. The flames can melt even a golem with ease. Against a human, not even the bones will remain. This is the strongest fire-shamanist magic a normal human can cast.
Blast Bomb (burasuto bomu)
Category: Shamanism / Fire
The strongest fire-shamanist magic, said to be castable only by the legendary mage, Rei Magnus. When the spell is cast, balls of light about the size of a fist appear. Up to this point, the spell is similar to Flare Bit, but each ball nearly has the same destructive power as Burst Flare. This spell can not be cast by even Lina without the help of the Demon's Blood Talismans.
Boost (buusuto)
Category: Black / Offensive
This spell triggers a magical item to release its power. Specifically, this spell is used to activate Lina's talismans in order to allow use of high-power attacks like Blast Bomb and the Laguna Blade.