“Mother no! I won’t leave without you! We can escape together!”
“I said to leave boy! You are not to die here! I will not allow it! Run, live and grow strong! Do not forget what happened today! Don’t ever forget the fall of our family! And most of all don’t ever forget who did it! The Infernals! Those disgusting filth of a race were willing to destroy our entire planet all because of one meaningless life. Don’t forget it!
“Now RUN!!!”
“I PROMISE I WILL BURN PLANET INFERNAL TO THE GROUND IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO!!”
After giving a promise filled with conviction to this mother the small boy, a half elf, and young scion of a prominent noble family escaped into the family catacombs.
The catacombs not only served as a resting place but also doubled as an elaborate system of escape tunnels that led in many different directions around the planet, through a series of hidden teleporters. Of course, there was one which led off planet, and that is where the boy reached. Just in time to see the face of an Infernal bending a corner in an effort to capture him.
- The birth of Death to the Flame
Using my flames wasn’t a skill like those in video games. It was a part of me, and it would also move towards my will.
But something that Elder Zal taught me in our many discussions since we started training, words have power. Of course, the premise of it wasn’t that weird since it was something my mother liked to say to me. I believe it was a verse in the bible, life and death are in the power of the tongue? I think it was along those lines.
There was also bullying, or giving someone a compliment, or motivating someone, or even going to see a therapist.
There were plenty of real-world examples of words having some form of ‘power’, but what Elder Zal was referring to, was a bit different. Depending on the use, words could have real genuine tangible power. Apparently, I wasn’t ready to learn about the finer details behind as of yet, but that was all I needed to know for now.
A great example is the V word.
Apparently, the effects of saying that word aren’t something I could just conjure up no matter what I did.
I would 100% have to say the V word if I wanted to call upon the being that spoke to me when I last used the V word.
Now while words have power, there’s only so much I can do at my level of cultivation, and the only reason the V word is possible is because of what I am. An Infernal Patriarch. But otherwise, I’m not strong enough to do anything to crazy.
What I can do though, is speak to my flames.
They aren’t a skill.
But calling upon them out loud like those characters who shout out their moves could almost be treated like buff to them. Especially now with Qi involved.
“Gather.”
I said it calmy, and I could feel a small bit of Qi leaving my body and then I felt my flames spring to life with invigorating glee, as a small ball began forming at the tip of spear.
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“Compress.”
The ball at the tip of spear slowly began to shrink in size as the flames continued to gather in droves.
All the while the massive branches of the tree had long since reached me and they were lashing out with seemingly reckless abandon, and though it might appear that I was dodging them easily to someone watching, it still definitely took focus on my part to do so.
From sprinting faster, to slowing down at key points, to jumping up, to the left, to the right, and a few other awkward movements of my body, I was managing to remain untouched as the flames at the tip of spear continued to both gather and compress to new levels.
And I think the tree finally noticed.
“RAHHHHHH!!”
Another roar sounded out if it’s odd-looking mouth, and then it did something that I suppose I should’ve expected.
It literally uprooted itself.
The tree begin leaning in my direction and then it’s massive roots began to rise and peel out of the ground and after a few moments the massive tree could be seen jumping in my direction at a speed that was neither slow nor seemingly when you looked at the size of it’s body, but when you considered just how big of a jump it was and the fact it was taking it right in front of me from so far away, I don’t know if it was fair to call it a slow jump.
Though, it now seemed hellbent on killing me.
But since it decided to save me the trouble of running all the way there, I will show you hell instead. Infernal Hell.
I kept running for a bit more, then as the tree firmly settled in front of me with it’s massive branches following suit, no packing much more force in each of it’s swings and at this point I had to be careful that each slam from a miss into the ground didn’t cause me to lose my footing with just how much force was in the attack.
But it didn’t matter anymore.
Once I was close enough, I leapt up towards the towering tree in front of me, I could feel the branches quickly converging on my position aiming to swat me into the group like the moment you finally caught that annoying fly.
Yet this tree would never get the same satisfaction.
I lifted my spear towards the tree and uttered one word.
“Go.”
Once more, a bit of Qi left my body, and then the small pitch-black ball of flames that had been compressing this entire time, shot out faster than a bullet, reached the tree right before the branches reached me, and the world seemed to go blank for a split second then a massive explosion sounded out.
BOOOOOOM!!!!!!
The explosion seemed to shake the very Dungeon itself, and the force of the explosion pushed me backwards a bit and I quickly found myself on the ground as the ball of flames suddenly became a seemingly never ending torrent of flames that wanted nothing more than to devour the tree in its entirety.
Of course, I could very well still exert my will over the flames and control what was happening, but it was far better to watch them burn freely.
The tree continued to scream and roar in pain and anguish as it was quickly consumed. Every single part of it was fuel to the flames that now ravaged it, and the burning was intense. At that point I really didn’t have to do much other than making sure the wayward swings of its branches didn’t hit me.
A few moments later the boys finally reached me, and it felt like I could feel their gaze glued to the sight before them.
They were standing behind me, so I turned to look at them, and it was almost like they didn’t see me turning. The flames not only consumed the tree it was consuming their attention as well.
I left them alone and continued to watch the tree in its final moments, and eventually from the mighty tree that once stood high in this dungeon, a pile of ashes remained.
The Dead Land
Objective (Cull the Root): Complete
Congratulations
Granting Rewards
Two things suddenly appeared at my feet. A small chest, and a large pile of logs.
The logs were stripped of their bark, but the wood itself was dark in color. Not necessarily black, but not quite brown either. Somewhere of a mix between the tough. Yet despite the dark coloration. The wood was quite appealing to look at.
Well, this is good.
The City will be able to have a nice supply of wood for whatever without going out and chopping down all the trees in the area.
Inside the chest there were two different things. A stack of Silver Coins, and a bracelet? It was a small bracelet that seemed to be made from wooden beads and string. Picking it up in my hand I could sense the Qi in it, but I really had no idea what it did.
Hopefully Greja will be able to tell me.
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