"I am Enu Bak? How can I be soone I've never heard of?" Mina gently lowered Nix to the ground, even with his mana stone, his flas had completely sucked his mana dry.
"Ti is short, but I will explain." The sprite gestured toward the glowing presence. "That is the remanents of a great water beast, only a small vestige of its power remains tethered to this area."
Mina could sense the water beast, it would have been massive in size during its life, perhaps like a Kraken. "Continue."
"Nix's Ice is being overrun by sothing that is way more powerful in that particular elent, his fire has been shouldering the battle, the other elents he possesses aren't strong enough at this ti."
Mina's pale eyes narrowed, "you want to give him the elent of water?"
The sprite's small head nodded. "It does amount to that."
"Then you are crazy. Nix is a fire creature, an actual salamander hybrid. He isn't versed in fighting with the elent of water." Mina pulled him closer, she could feel his temperature steadily dropping.
"You are right... that's why you will do the fighting. Enu Bak ans bonded one or shared spirit."
Mina caressed his face with one hand. "Water and ice are allies, they aren't combatants."
"That... is the only reason you have any chance at all. Don't fight the ice, try to redirect it." The sprite moved away a few ters. "Make your choice."
Mina stood up, leaving Nix laying motionless on the long marsh grass. She walked toward the glowing vestige of elental power. She spread her arms wide and welcod the energy.
It plunged into her suddenly, her alien eyes widened in agony as her own elent poured into her. She struggled for several minutes to absorb it until her throat was raw from screaming.
"That is enough, step away and place your hands on him." The sprite waited and grew agitated when she didn't respond. "You are taking in too much, stop now!"
Mina's face was an image of misery, she hovered a few feet off the ground, willing more of the power to enter. She couldn't stop herself, no matter the cost, she would defend him. "MORE!"
"You idiot! Step away now." The sprite began slowly backing away, if that power exploded, they would all die.
Mina scread in agony, blue fluid leaked from her ears and mouth, with the last of her strength she tore herself away and staggered toward Nix.
"Place your hands on him, find his ice source first..." The sprite stopped speaking when the Aquarion removed Nix's clothes. "What are you doing?"
Mina dropped her armor on the ground and straddled his waist, gripping his shoulders she bent and placed her lips against his.
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Nix hovered in the air on an elental world he didn't recognize, he had been battling for several minutes and was starting to tire. He was surrounded by four separate spheres, the largest and most powerful of these was ford from his flas. A half dozen different kinds of fire weaved together and gave him the strength to face the attacks.
He held two thick strands of erald fla in his hands, using them like whips he attacked the ice creatures that continued to co at him.
A drake-sized Ice raptor dived at him, its sharpened claws descended at a speed he could barely match. He swung the strand in his right arm at the creature, managing to wrap around its wing, with all of his strength he pulled it toward him.
[Balefire: Burst]
The creature disappeared in a cloud of steam, and Nix breathed a sigh of relief. A quick glance at the four spheres told him what he already knew, his fire Orb was weakening.
"Stop fighting."
Nix turned at the familiar voice. "Mina?"
The beautiful Aquarion's smile was radiant when she gazed upon him. "Found you at last."
"Right... Where am I? And how do we leave?"
Mina stood beside him, her eyes falling on the four orbs in front of him; Fire, Ice, Air, and Lightning. "You are in an elental world, struggling against the trap of a goddess."
Nix smiled suddenly. "When you say it like that, I sound like a moron."
"Acceptance is called for here, not resistance." Mina made a gesture and her own orb moved in front of her, it was much larger than any of Nix's.
Nix whistled softly. "Isn't that too big Mina?"
"Yes, it is too much for ." She grabbed his hand and pulled him closer. "I will handle the attacks now, you only need to listen to my words."
Nix nodded. "You have my trust, Min."
"The orbs before you are our elental seeds. If you keep battling an Ice goddess with just your flas..."
"I will eventually lose and burn out." Nix finished the sentence for her.
Mina focused on her oversized orb, directly splintering off a piece she pushed it toward Nix. "This is a water seed Nix, it can only take root if you accept it."
Nix suddenly rembered when Shae gave him her fire seed. "Shouldn't we be kissing or sothing?"
Mina shook her head. "That is being taken care of, you need only accept."
Nix focused on the orb of water, the smallest bit of splinter broke off and took hold next to his other orbs, while the rest of it faded away.
Mina frowned at him. "Really? So little?"
Nix shrugged helplessly. "It's water Min... Even that much was difficult."
"Incoming, follow my lead!" Mina targeted the large snake-shaped Ice creature that moved in their direction, with the barest of efforts a stream of water sprang from her hand and intercepted the ice creature, instead of fighting, it willingly entwined itself in her elent and followed it to its source where it was absorbed.
Nix scowled at the ease at which she handled it. "Sure... if you do it that way."
Mina nodded. "I can't handle them all like that Nix, she is an Ice Goddess, after all, we'll need to work together."
"Tell what to do."
"Push your air seed to the front first. The Ice elent is a hybrid of Water and Air, accept the air."
Nix watched the space above them, another Ice elental ford, this one looked like a winged horse. "Damn... I want one of those."
"Focus Nix. Feel the Air in the creature, and accept it."
Nix could sense the overpowering strength of the ice creature as it galloped toward them. He could barely feel the smallest bit of frigid air mixed within it.
In the end, Mina was forced to accept all of it once again. The Aquarion didn't let it bother her, they tried a second ti and then a third. Finally, on the fourth attempt, Nix was able to separate not just part of the air elent, but all of it. It fed directly into his air orb while the water flowed peacefully into Mina's orb.
"I can do more Min." Nix was starting to understand the nuances of the fight, separate and accept... but he could do more.
"Take the lead now Nix, pull out what you can and I will handle the rest."
A water creature ford in the distance, it vaguely resembled the shape of a shark. Nix used his ice and water elent to lead a substantial part of the ice creature toward him. It willingly separated itself, more than half going toward Mina while the rest accepted his peaceful invitation to join him. The Ice elent stread toward his orbs, it was a bit sloppy, but he managed to send it to three of his seeds; half of it was separated to beco water and air, while the rest was absorbed directly into his ice seed.
As the minutes dragged on, his fire seed started to regain its previous strength. It glowed with brilliant hunger, and he started to understand. He had been drawn into a trap, one that was ant to completely snuff out his flas. This was only a fragnt of Khione's elental strength, but without Mina's help, it would have been disastrous.
The endless torrent of Ice creatures finally slowed, Nix's air, ice and water seeds had beco larger and glowed brightly. He studied the water orb, knowing that Mina had made it possible. "Thank you."
Mina squeezed his hand, the water orb beside her had grown substantially and was now accompanied by a much smaller Ice seed. "I will fight for you, and my daughter until the end of my strength."
Nix studied her expression. "Am I missing sothing?"
Mina nodded. "We have won. The trap ant to disable you has made you stronger."
Nix felt the elental world he was imprisoned in fade away, slowly he woke to find himself laying on the damp marsh grass. Only he and Mina were around. "Mina?"
Mina moved slowly against him, letting her lips brush his. Nix should have been surprised by the action but he wasn't. "You are wondering why we are undressed?"
Nix nodded. "It did cross my mind."
Mina's pale face hovered over his, blushing slightly. "We exchanged pointers."
Nix felt her soft skin pressed against him, she seed warm for a water creature. "Are we done then?"
Mina shook her head slightly and started moving against him. "You have my support."
Quest Updated.
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