All boating activities were halted creating an extra strain in Hargeon and on its populous. The Rune knights did their best to halt any kind of movement around its waters. All those who attempted to break these rules faced something worst than a fine. Reports of disappearances was the second force keeping people away but the final straw an injured teen reporting seeing teeth, glowing eyes, and magic. Thus it was time for the guilds to get involved.

So now Tempris stood on the beach. The day was blessed by his radiance. The sun was bathing the land in warmth. There was not a cloud in the sky with only a slight breeze tickling the skin of those who basked in the beautiful day. Tempris stood on Azure Beach mentally exhausted from her work. Her mission today was to identify the source of particular sin that was plaguing this land but the day was especially calm. The locals and witnesses claimed that something powerful and corrupted making the coast incredibly dangerous with an ominous warning. Do not touch the water.

However, there was nothing. Given her status, she was allowed on the silent beaches but it was no help. Just like with talking to people. Since she was here though, she decided to make the best out of the day. She laid out her towel and planted an umbrella. Her sword stood in the sand supported by her shield. Her mask hanged off the guard of her sword. Tempris lied on her towel basking in the what sun she allowed past her umbrella. She wore a two piece dark blue swimsuit. Her bottom piece also has a small see through gold skirt. her hair was tied was let down though she had a band next to her so that she could quickly tie it into a ponytail when it came time to move. Her white dragon cloak rested on her shoulders further protecting her from any abuse of the sun.

While she lied here, her goal was not have a vacation. No, she simply waited for faith to act. If this danger stopped people from entering the beach, than her stunt should upset it enough to appear. That was unless this danger was afraid of her, which it should be. But as time passed, nothing happened. Annoyed, Tempris looked around. Empty stores and shacks stood behind her and an endless ocean swayed before her. So Tempris decided to break that next rule.

She moved to the dancing waves and dipped her foot into a passing wave. She quickly jumped back letting out a shriek. The water was so cold, especially compared to the sand which carried the loving warmth from the sun. Irritated, the girl failed to notice the receding water. It was not until a cool shadow blanketed the girl that she looked forward. The waves quietly collected into a swirling mass as if a invisible large bag was containing the sea. Inside of it, she saw it. Large glowing heretical eyes. Tempris reached for her sword only to realize she left it back up the beach.

Sweat creeped down her face as a loud splash signaled the spouting of water from the top of the artificial wall of water. A large object flew out of the water, spreading a cold mist through out the air. It was not until a darker shadow stood above her that she realized what was happening. That creature in the water threw a boulder at her and she had no way to block it. Tempris attempted to retreat but the shadow was growing larger. She could not escape the epicenter of the shadow and the mist made the air feel like molasses, hindering her ability to move. It was clear she was not going to be able to avoid this attack.

"Illumin help me," she prayed.

WC: 643
TC: 643

Tempris closed her eyes, bracing herself for the attack while trying to cut through the molasses but the hit never came. Tempris opened her eyes and saw a woman between her and where the boulder was. Faith brought the woman here. The woman then let out an crystal cry and a blast of energy exploded the large body of water into a cloud of mist and rain. The air returned to normal, freeing up Tempris's  movement. "Faith will protect me. But, thank you..." Tempris quickly darted back to her stuff leaving the woman alone to face the cloud of water. While one might think the creature would of dived back down into the water, the truth was much, much worst.

A gust of wind parted the mist and turned the sky black. Rain started to drizzle across the beach. The ocean turned grey as waves rioted across the beach. A large shadow peeled back rain to reveal the shape of a large lizard with colossal wings, glowing blue eyes, and a even bigger magic circle behind it.
"Ho ho ho, what shrimp dares defy me in my territory with this pale imitation of dragon magic." The voice boomed as if coming from lighting off in the distance. "You land dwellers do have a knack for being where you don't belong." The magic circle behind the creature slowly started to spin. The rain started pour. The water receded back, growing in size. Then 3 tendrils water jetted into the air and arc down in an attempted to pierce Alisa, exploded as they hit either her or the beach. Each tendril struck separately with a delay of 2 before each attempt. The shadow figure let out a booming laugh not caring if the attack landed or not.

A magic circle would also appear underneath Alisa spreading out to 32 meters in diameter. After a 5 second delay, the water droplets in the air would stop in place and hover. The creature would then wait and see how the woman reacted. If she was still be inside of the area of affect, she would feel her movement slowed as the water resisted any attempts for the girl to move through them. If the woman managed to get of the area, the shadow would disappear but the magic circle would remain spinning.

WC: 388
TC: 1,031

As Alisa became trapped within the floating droplets of water, the shadow stretched out a shape which looked like wings. The sky light up and laughter boomed through the air. The magic circle behind the shadow circled even faster. Mana filled the air. The rain drenched the air. The magic circle under Alisa swirled and rose from the ground. But the crystal lance could not be stopped.

It cut through the mana, the rain, the water and pierced through the shadow. The colossal titan of a figure warped around a point it's center and then disperse like a cloud in a wind storm. The magic circle behind it cracked along with the one under Alisa. Then both broke away screaming like a shattering glass. All the water fell onto Alisa like a waterfall with no mana to hold it in place. It would not hurt but it was ice cold, filled with the remanence of the creatures hatred. Besides this collect of water, the rain stopped along with the booming thunder.

Tempris, now geared was rushing towards Alisa. The grow was soaked making it difficult to move as it constantly threaten to swallow her feet, especially with the weight of her shield and sword. The ground was freezing and causing Tempris to tremble since outside of her cloak, she was still in her swimsuit. Her face was pale as she fought the feelings groomed into her upbringing. She wanted to leave but such a creature of sin could not be left alone. It almost killed her and it was doing so much to Hargeon. She was going to see it through no matter how cold the creatures actions made the area. After all, she aimed to bring his radiance to this world.

"Ms. Vollan, Are you okay?" Tempris saw the woman move. She was way quicker than any fighter she seen. It did not look like any of the attacks from the figure out at sea managed to land on the woman but having that huge amount of water land on her had to maker her feel cool and forsaken. After all, Tempris was freezing and she was mostly dry, at least compared to Alisa. A chilling breezing bathed them in both, causing Tempris to inch closer to the woman. Her shield pointed towards the wind while her sword, blazing with all "his" glory, rested its tip in the wet muddy sand. "Its so cold... and dark... I wonder how much heresy that beast pushed into the land."

She looked around. The waves returned to greeting the sand. There were no more weird budges of water. No more shadows plagued the horizon. No magic circles glowed in the humid hair with the only light in the area coming from Tempris's sword. The ocean however was still at war with it grey self. There was no sign of sky or sun, only swirling clouds.

WC: 483
TWC: 1,514

Tempris exhaled. She expected nothing less from the guild master of Blue Pegasus. While she did not necessary agree with their views as a whole, there was no way she could deny how strong they were and this woman was their guild master. So was also happy that the woman did not attempt to move away from her. Tempris half expected the woman to move away, after all, most people did not really like being close to her when her sword was ablaze, but normally her sword was only ablaze when others where her target. It was an interesting thought but also not necessary as the fight was clearly not over.

From above what looked like a dragon descended from the sky recklessly. Tempris watched in shock, not because the creature was big or strong but because it witnessed the power of the Blue Pegasus guild master. She was no push over and even irradiated the beast when it was out at sea and presumably much bigger. Even worst, water dripped off of its body creating a trail of droplets drawing out its flight path. The water did not fall either. Something was not right but Alisa was already taking action.

Tempris backed away, dragging her weapon along the sand if only to remind herself where the ground was as she continued to look up. Alisa flew at the creature clashing her sword with its claws and competing with its strength. At first it seemed like she could compete but then the beast flicked her into the bone chilling sand. The woman was not done with with her assault.

The woman's hand was surrounded in a magic circle and then crystal chains erupted from her hand and flew at the beast ensnaring it in crystal and magic. Tempris was shocked. The beast stopped moving all together but well, it did not acted as such. It just stayed in the air and looked as if it was moving around despite it was not moving. Their were not attempts to break the chains nor was their even a hint of a reaction from being grabbed. This was coming from a creature whose voice made the sky boom with sinful energy, a creature who wielding high intelligence and the abilities to alter the weather with brute magical power alone. "I don't understand..." Tempris said hesitantly.

She was not sure if Alisa heard her. The woman orders were clear though. Attack the creature while it was ensnared. Tempris took a deep breath, baring the cold, and lunged forward with her sword. Using the chains as a support, she climbed into the air and let out a meaty slash through the center of the beast. Holy flames erupted from her weapon severing the chains and the marking the spot where her sword carved through the beast but it stopped there. It did not spread nor did it cease. A dark chill bit into her spine and her eyes widen. "This isn't the dragon..."

her voice grew weaker as fear filled her words. There only enough time to squeeze her shield between her and the creature as its body grew unstable and covered in bubbling warts and bumps. Then it exploded unleashing a wave of water which slammed Tempris into the ground and tumbling across the beach. The girl would find herself coming to a compete stop. Something kicked the moment out of her back before a watery foot forced her upper body into the chilling muddy sand.


"Well, it seems the shrimp have some claws." The foot was revealed to be a watery figure which slowly solidified into a human creature with angry red eyes dark grey and black armor and a purplish cape. Her hair was dark red and continuously dripping with water. The rest of her looked as if she just exited a pool of water with the exception of her foot which was still leaking water. The woman raised her hand and water flew out of the sand and spiraled out forming a large 3 meter lance which pointed at Alisa. "Such magic, you are interesting shrimp." The woman sneered while pushing Tempris deeper into the sand. "I am Magdalene. To who do I owe the pleasure of devouring?"

If Alisa respond the woman chuckle before raising her Lance as if she was going to bring it down on Tempris. If Alisa made any moments that were dangerous or Magdalene did not understand, she would wave her hands and a magical bubble form a barrier between her and Alisa. Then she would raise her lance ready to strike down Tempris. However upon looking down, she would see a magic circle on top of Tempris along with the girl's sword hand extended over her own head. Small wings appeared and the woman would find herself losing balance as Tempris pulled herself from under the woman's foot screaming her lungs out.

Tempris flew into the air slamming the back of her sword into the bubble barrier if it was present and popping it. "Abomination who dares impedes on his scared warmth with the sin of the forsaken. Thou that dares revel in the very sin that corrupts thy soul." Before Tempris could continue, the woman immediately jumped back while thrusting her weapon forward and launching a 10 meter water like dragon head in the direction of both Tempris and Alisa.

Tempris growled before flying to the side to avoid the attack, "Reduce all Sinners and Heretics to ash and let their cleansed souls embrace his warmth." Tempris swung her sword vertically. A 4 meter magical circle appeared under her while a 16 meter magical circle appear behind the woman where she was lunging to. Then the circle exploded into white and blue holy flames hungry to engulf the sinful being. If Alisa were to enter the circle as it was going off, she would feel a loving warmth matching the feeling of being embraced by a love one as her wounds were healed.

WC: 1,015
TWC: 2,529

Spells:

[quote="Alisa"]

Tempris hovered in the air with a fiery grin across her face. Her magic struck the heretic, engulfing her in holy flames. Not only that, Alisa joined the baptism. She would have felt a warm glow kissing her skin as her body was purge from injury and sin while the beast would get a more direct and disruptive purification. Unfortunately for Tempris, it was not enough. The girl's jaw dropped before she clenched her teeth. The beast stood in the center of her attack with small flames and embers dancing on her body. There was no pile of ash or even a hint of discomfort in the creature's face or body. In fact, a smirk as highlighted by the flickering like along with a taunt.
"No... no one can resist his power..."

Tempris growled and descended a foot in preparation to dive at the dragon woman but Alisa jumped in front of them halting her from pursing the dragon. Then a large wave of water blasted from the dragon. Tempris held up her shield, unsure if she would be able to block it but Alisa rose her own barrier of crystal to tank the attack. When the wave stopped, Tempris moved dashed to the side of the barrier but there was nothing behind wall. The dragon disappear or so she thought.

Little did Tempris know, the dragon dissolved into water and started traversing through the sand as a puddle towards Alisa a large 16 magic circle would then form under Alisa and water droplets would start to rise from the ground to slow down all who where inside of it. Seeing the magic circle, Tempris shouted, "Ms. Vollan, RUN!" She readied her blade to activate another spell while retreating backwards, but a large water mass appeared behind Tempris and grabbed her arm preventing her from activating her spell and helping Alisa.

"No, no shrimp. Your playing with me remember," Magdalene chuckled while yanking Tempris back by her arm faster than Tempris could move herself. Tempris reached for her hand with her shield to try and bash the dragon's hand but she soon found her self thrown into the sand. Then the dragon pierced her lance through Tempris's stomach pushing her into the wet sand before darting back to Alisa. "Oh dear, the baby primate was a bit squishier than I thought haha." The woman called out while readying her lance to battle with Alisa.

WC: 404
TWC: 2,933

It was cold. There was no pain, no sense of dread, only cool metal seeping heresy into her body. Her body was frozen sinking into the sand with only the tugging of the red painted lance lifting her for a moment before dropping her back into the wet lifeless sand. She could not hear anything except for ringing. Everything but her body was blurry. It was surreal watching her stomaching covered in red. It became warm, like she was in a bath. Was Illumin here? Did she do good for her savior? She laid her head back into the sand with a forced smiling, regaining the feeling of pain. "Must... your... love... hurt."

She clench her blade in her hand. It was warm and nice unlike her wound. The flames flickered growing smaller with each breath. Why? Why did they shrink? Was her mission over? It couldn't be. But it would be nice to... take a break. She was tired. Alisa wouldn't mind. So was okay. She...

Suddenly a woman's cry jolted Tempris's body awake. A sharp pain followed Driving the girl's limbs into the dirt. She was not going to give up. She was not going to leave this world while that abomination ran free. Tempris pushed herself to her side, dropping her sword so she could rest on the back of her shield and free herself from the sinful sand. She clenched her teeth to pull herself up. Then she grabbed her sword and stood cycling through her breaths. It hurt. Sin was painful. That's why it should be purged. She dragged her sword along the ground as she limped towards the battle between Alisa and the dragon.


The rage from Alisa was but music to Magdalene. Humans were so weak mentally. They cared too much about the weal little nobodies which made them open to attacks. Every lunge and swing was calculated. Every blow was filled with power but not enough to completely overwhelm the woman. After all, she was just food. Magdalene wanted Alisa to know she was weaker. She wanted Alisa to realize the futile nature of her existence. Despite getting hit was a couple attacks, The dragon did not budge. She kept pressing she strength, capitalizing on every opening given. That was until Alisa fired her  Crystal Demon's Rage.

Magdalene did not dodge, raising her lance in anticipation and screaming in agony as it hit her. Sand and magic filled the air creating making it impossible to see the dragon's grim fate from such as powerful attack. Alisa did it. Once again she showed her power as the Crystal Demon Slayer. Yet, there was no victorious anthems. The magic pressure from the dragon's presence did not disappear. Before the sand cleared, the woman's laughter flooded the air.

Finally she was visible. Her body was covered in scratches and some blood dripped from her cheek. However, she was unfazed. She Alisa to believe it was pointless. She then brought her lance back and coated it with water magic. "You have been tenderized enough shrimp. Don't you thing? I think its time to eat. And after I'm done with you, I'll have your little friend as a bed time snack."

WC: 534
Total WC: 3000/3000

Magdalene Laughed watching as Alisa's attacks became more and more sloppy. The woman was not in her element and Magdalene was ready to fully capitalize on that. With a hand wave, a magic circle appeared under Alisa and water droplets filled the air. Once again the droplets slowed movement to a halt. Then Magdalene jumped back several meters and summoned another magic circle. Her intentions were to blast Alisa with a large spell but it became really hard to focus for some reason.

"Be.... Purified... heathen!" said a weak voice before the tip of a flaming sword slid out of Magdalene's chest. The woman shouted, accidently cancelling her spell which held Alisa in place. The Magdalene tried to move her body to and knock the blade out of her but it twisted inorder to keep itself secured in the sinful flesh of the creature. Tempris would drive the blade deeper and then secure it into the sand. Then she would drop to the ground and grab the Dragon's leg as she felt her strength grow weaker. "Illumin... I did it... I... saved... a... not... her... sou..."

Everything was blurry. Tempris wanted to close her eyes. Her body hurt so much. She felt cold. There was so much screaming. She needed to rest and everyone was yelling. She tried to close her eyes, but she was cold. The girl loosened her grip for a second after hearing her name. "I... did... it. I... saved... her." She smiled. The ground was no longer cold. Something warm was holding her. Her mission was over right? She was finally going to be with him and able to bask in his warm, his love for all eternity. It sucked that the dragon was going to beat her there but it was okay. If only Alisa could join them. Tears formed in her eyes. "I... don't... want to... leave. Ms. Vollan. I have... to save her... to." Then Tempris opened her eyes.

She was in a bed, bandages everywhere. Her stomach hurt a lot and there was even a tubes sticking into her. "Illumin... where are you?" Her head spun as she tried to lift herself up, not realizing were she was. Everything was white and cool. Was this the heaven she was promised?

A warm feeling quicken clearing of Tempris vision. Then the sound of a familiar voice clued the girl to the truth of her situation. She quickly turn to Alisa, confused with a mixture of happiness. She was in fact, still in this sinful world. Her work was not done. As Alisa said, it was not her time to return to him. There was still time to save people. "What happened, why are we here? There's a abomination out there!" Her hint of a smile disappeared. She tried to get up but a sharp pain in her gut sapped her strength for a brief moment. "Ow, ow, ow... Why..." it was then that she remembered that cold moment.

"Its not fair... I'm not so weak that such heresy should bring me down." She clenched her teeth, baring the after shocks of pain and her disappointment in herself. "It... It even withstood my flames. Ms. Vollan, I failed the world, his mission. I should be ashamed."

It was gone, dead. So she couldn't purify the beast in the end. Tempris lowered her head. So it was a failure at the end of the day. She could only hope what little she could purge would help ease the suffering of the innocent soul trapped within that cold heretical exterior.
"But my mission. People are suffering and I'm stuck in this bed." Tempris tried to push her head back into the bed while squeezing the mattress. It really was not fair. Unless it was a sign. Maybe she really wasn't as strong as she believed. Maybe she was not ready to bring rapture to the world and rid it of the disease dubbed sin.

When Alisa mentioned how even she was still injured after this whole ordeal. Tempris felt a pain in her chest. It wasn't an injury but instead felt like a sinking feeling, like a weight was pulling her heart out of her chest. "Maybe... if I wasn't there... you would have gotten through this unharmed."

In regards to the promise. Tempris grew quiet. How could she make such a promise when she almost broken her first promise. What good was her word. What good was she when she was stuck in the hospital while sin grew and procreated around her. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I promise... next time. My flames will save everyone."

There was a pause. Tempris was settling into the situation. She was getting better at not moving. Those memories, she wondered how they would feel in a couple days, in a month, maybe 2 years from now. It was funny, it was not the worst day in her life... but some how, it felt bad... but in a warm way. "Ms. Vollan, does... my mother know I was here?"

"I seen the knights. There are those who work... but in my experience, they don't work hard enough. Too much paperwork haha..." Her laugh was weak, not due to her injuries but thanks to her own experiences. She was always busy with paperwork before she was forcefully removed. Though she was sort of glad she did not find it funny enough to hurt her stomach.

When it came to the discussion about how useful she was, Alisa made a comment Tempris could not easily make a remark against. She lowered her head, thinking about it. Did she really make such a difference? Was she really the reason Alisa was still on this sinful plane? Something inside of her felt warm. "Tha... thank... you." A bit of her spirit grew ablaze. Perhaps she was not so weak, if Ms. Vollan really thought so.

"Its fate... maybe we should not tell her. I don't think she would enjoy the thought of me leaving so soon..." Her face grew pale as the thought further matured in her head. "I would be fine with not being reminded of this injury... or worst."

Tempris giggled at Alisa's quip. To her, it was always better to just send the perp to Illumin clean of their sins and crimes. But even that would be hard to pull off depending on who knew and who she was with. Unfortunately for her, as soon as she did reach such a rank where she could do what she wanted, she got kicked out. Her laughter ended with a sigh, with her looking away from Alisa.

She was happy she agreed to keep it a secret from Karisa though she was unsure about going hunting. The last time she had to fight an animal, it was pretty lame. Though, when she was hunting that dinosaur, it was more interesting. "Maybe, that way I can say I got my wound when a boar rammed into me. Though I wonder what is worst, being embarrass for losing to a boar when I beaten a Dinosaur or getting grounded for dealing with a Dragon. Argh..." (exit)