‘This ’t be happening... Roselle’s in danger and I ’t do anything to save her! My…. my abilities are just not strong enough….Why is this idiot An so powerful? How did we end up in this situation? I ’t lose Roselle... There has to be something I do. I have to find a way to help her no matter what it takes, but what I do? Think, Risebelle, think!’

  Runebelle desperately tried to summon her ice magic to help Roselle, she felt her heart sinking.’ Roselle is suffering and I ’t do anything to ease her pain. I have this power within me….. ’

  But no matter how hard she tried, her magic failed her and her ice melted into nothingness.

  ‘No good. My ice magic is useless against these fmes. I thought I could trol it, but it’s slipping through my fingers like water. How I help Roselle when I ’t even protect myself? Urggh! This is so frustrating….’

  Abner held a ball of fme in his hands, its fiery core pulsating with destructive energy.

  “You thought the Magical Academy was a joke, didn’t you” An began. “You mao survive Aliana, the swod and Abner somehow, but me? Oh no. I’m a different story. I’m not like the other Elite Mages. I don’t hold back when I fight and the mercy you received is all used up now. This is what I wao show you. Even at full strength, Kintovars creations aren’t as hot as I am! Ahahaha!”

  The forest around them seemed to cower in the face of An’s overwhelming magic, the fmes creating an infernal barrier that imprisoned Roselle, Risebelle and Runebelle. Their situation had gone from dire to nearly hopeless.

  The three sisters, trapped within the fiery prison An had jured, could feel the relentless heat closing in on them. Roselle’s cries of pain echoed through the burning air, while Risebelle and Runebelle shared a desperate look.

  The intense heat and searing fmes enveloped Roselle, Risebelle and Runebelle as An unleashed his devastating attack. The world around them faded to bd their senses were overwhelmed by the threat of the fming balls of fire which surrouhem.

  When their eyes opened again they found themselves lying on the molten hot ground surrounded by an inferno of fire. The fmes danced wildly casting eerie shadows and bathing them in a hellish glow. The air itself seemed to burn which made it difficult to breathe.

  In a blinding burst of fmes and an ear-splitting roar, An shouted,

  “Fme Burst!”

  The fiery inferno surrounding his body exploded outward in a devastating wave of heat aru. The force of the bst engulfed Roselle, Risebelle and Runebelle ing everything in its path.

  Their visio bck as the intense heat and fmes surrouhem and they felt themselves being uhrough the scorg air. When their eyes finally opehey found themselves lying on the searing ground of fmes, the residual heat radiating from the scorched earth beh them.

  The sisters were battered, bruised and had burned marks on their bodies that were ag from the onsught of fire. The forest around them had been reduced to sm ashes and the sky now held the st of burnt wood aation.

  [System Notification]

  Roselle’s Lifeforce: 17%

  Risebelle’s Lifeforce: 24%

  Runebelle’s Lifeforce: 31%

  The system notification dispyed their lifeforce pertages and Risebelle quickly checked the information. The numbers were grim, indig the toll the battle had taken ohey were all severely weakened and their ces of survival grew slimmer with each passing moment.

  Risebelle’s gaze shifted from the system notification to her sisters’ eyes, which held pain and exhaustion.

  Roselle’s eyes glistened with uears, refleg the agony she had endured. Risebelle could see the pain within them. Runebelle remained sad and her eyes carried a heavy burden of sorrow.

  Risebelle and Runebelle struggled to their feet, their bodies protesting every movement. The scorg grouh them radiated relentless heat, intensifying their disfort. They exged a worried gnce, realizing that Roselle remained motionless, her body still seared from the earlier fmes.

  Risebelle urgently turo Runebelle, “Runebelle, use your healing shots on our sister, quickly! We ’t afford to lose her like this!”

  Runebelle nodded with her filled with both for her sister and the will to help. She raised her on, fog her energy on the healing shots. With careful aim, she fired the magical projectiles toward Roselle, who y motionless on the scorched ground.

  The healing shots enveloped Roselle in a gentle glow and the magical energy began to mend her burns and injuries. Slowly but surely, Roselle’s lifeforce pertage started to rise, a sign that the healing was taking effect. Risebelle watched with hope, her pn relying on Roselle’s recovery.

  [System Notification]

  Roselle’s Lifeforce: 41%

  Slowly but steadily, Roselle’s lifeforce pertage increased on the system notification and her dition visibly improved. She mao get up, albeit with some difficulty and her eyes though still refleg pain now held strength in them.

  Risebelle and Runebelle watched with relief as their sister regained her strength.

  Roselle trembled “These fmes... they’re not very nice,” she remarked with her i blue eyes refleg her disfort and sadness.

  She lowered her eyes and replied to Roselle.

  “These are ‘fmes,’ Roselle,” Risebelle expined gently, “They’re not known for being friendly or siderate.”

  Roselle giggled weakly “Well, they should learn some manners, you know? Whe out of this, i’m going to o teach them a lesson iiquette.” Roselle gave barely a smile to her ent while going on. “I know they could make great things, like cake rather tharu.”

  Runebelle couldn’t suppress a small, sad smile at Roselle. ‘You’re always so optimistic, Roselle’ she thought to herself. ‘Evehings are at their worst.’

  Risebelle shouted. “Listen carefully, both of you. We are’t going to survive long if we move around wildly. We don’t have many optio. I have one pn and it’s risky but it’s our best shot at surviving this.”

  An’s mind raced as he tried to prehend what had just transpired. He had witnessed Runebelle shooting Roselle, which seemed terproductive, yet Roselle had shown signs of improvement afterward. fusion and suspi g the edges of his thoughts as he thought over the situation.

  “What just happened?” Aioned silently, his eyes narrowing and arms folding as he analyzed the events. “Why did that one shoot her? And why did it seem to help?”

  The three sisters unleashed a volley of on fire at the grouh them creating a powerful propulsion that sent them up into the air. They soared above the bzing wall of fire narrowly avoiding the searing fmes that threateo cause damage to them.

  They turheir ons towards An. The bined firepower of their ons verged into a single, devastating energy beam aimed directly at their formidable oppo. The beam bzed with might as it streaked towards An, who was momentarily caught off guard by their ued maneuver.

  An desperately summoned a wall of fmes to intercept the oning energy beam, but to his astonishment, the sisters’ bined power overwhelmed his defehe energy beam tore through his fiery barrier like a hot khrough butter, closing the gap between them with relentless force.

  As the beam neared him, An’s eyes widened in disbelief. He shouted out in frustration, “That’s Impossible!”

  With a thunderous roar, the energy beam struck its target, engulfing An in an explosion of light and fmes. His defiant shout was drowned out by the sheer magnitude of the bst and the forest trembled from the impact.

  The grouh them had ceased to burn with the iy of the fire and the forest appeared less ominous with the fiery walls and barriers dissipating. The aftermath of their powerful attack had created a temporary respite from the inferno that had surrouhem.

  Risebelle, catg her breath, turo her sisters with. She spoke with newfound uanding, “I see it now. Our bined power disrupted his trol over the fmes! The Extreme Magic is still in effect, but we’ve weake enough tain trol of our own abilities.”

  An emerged from the dissipating smoke, appuding Risebelle’s insight with a wry smile. “Impressive dedu, for a child” he aowledged. However, his tone soon turned challenging as he retorted, “But don’t think for a moment that you’ve got any headway towards victory. I easily set this ground abze once more.”

  Risebelle’s petitive spirit fred up she met his challenge head-on. “Let’s see if your speed match my own,” she decred, her eyes narrowing with resolve.

  On attempted to set the ground abze once more, Risebelle’s responded with a grit of her teeth. She shouted, “Acid Rain!” summoning her formidable spell.

  The acid rain desded with a vengeance, first corroding the barrier of fire and theing away at the fiery wall. An, realizing that Risebelle had outmaneuvered him in speed, attempted to strike her down immediately.

  Roselle stepped forward to protect her sister, Risebelle.

  “Thundercp, Surge!”

  The Thundercp Surge surged forth in a blinding dispy of lightning, rapidly f a spinning fan of crag electricity that homed in on its target. The tendrils of lightning discharged with pinpoint accuracy, striking An with jolts of electricity upon impact.

  An cried out in pain as the electricity coursed through him, disrupting his fiery attad leaving him momentarily incapacitated.

  The fire walls and barriers were extinguished by the bined efforts of Roselle’s Thundercp Surge and Risebelle’s Acid Rain.

  Just then, a cry from An signaled a sudden resurgenes. His entire body was enveloped in an aura of fire and the scorched ground ignited once more, erasing the effects of the Acid Raio the intense heat.

  An, filled with fire, gave this enhanced form a name. “Behold the Inferno Inate!”

  Risebelle drops to one kaking damage from the heat. Her lifeforce dropped rapidly. Runebelle swiftly aimed her healing shot at Risebelle. The healing magic worked its restorative magic, revitalizing Risebelle and allowio stand once more, but she realized...

  “We ’t use our affinity again... not against that. It’s to...”

  Risebelle lowered her eyes, a look of frustration and on her face.” Damn it! Just when you think you have this bastard he goes and pulls out a trump card like this? This guy…. He’s really making this difficult, isn’t he? What a pain in the ass...”

  Roselle and Runebelle exged worried gnces but remained by Risebelle’s side, pg f hands on her back.

  As the fmes tio scorch the grouh them, Risebelle kept her head down. The relentless assault of the Inferno Inate made their situation increasingly desperate.

  An folded his arms briefly with the aura of fire bzing up around his body. “It looks like this will be the end.”

  He readied himself to deliver the finishing blow, his eyes bzing and his fiery aura pulsating with power. The sisters braced themselves for what seemed like aable oute.

  “Runebelle,” Risebelle began, “do you think you do that with your other element affirahem to us, just like you did with fire?”

  Runebelle looked at her sisters, her face still carrying sadness. She nodded slowly.

  Roselle oher hand looked fused. “How is that going to help? We barely use our affinities in here as it is.”

  “I remember when Runebelle transferred her fire magic affinity to Roselle’s on against Aliana, the Swod. What if she do the same with her other element affinities? It’s a longshot, but it might be our only ce. Runebelle, you try with your other elements?”

  Runebelle, her sad expression deepening, expined, “My ice affinity is nearly unusable in this situation and my earth affinity might not be helpful here either.”

  Risebelle nodded. “Any bit of ice affinity may be helpful to me. Runebelle, please try.”

  Runebelle took a deep breath “I don’t know what you do with it but okay...I’ll try.”

  Fog her energy on her ice affinity. She reached out to Roselle and Risebelle attempting to transfer her elemental affinity to them.

  “Please let this work...”