Chapter 41 Stay Put

Nix pulled his hands away. She had disturbed his line of thought.

"I can clearly see that!" He spat. "Why do you make it sound like I did something terrible?!"

She sounded like he was doing something out of the ordinary, this didn't sit well with him at all.

Ignoring her was the best option for the time being. Arguments would only waste the precious time that wasn't friendly at that moment.

To make sure she wouldn't interfere, he created a 5 meter radius around her. "Stay put!" He growled.

"Hey! Why the hell would you put me in this... this thing?!" She banged on the field with her hands.

"If I were you, I wouldn't use my gift in there. We both know what that could do to you, if you decide to test out if I'm kidding." He clicked his tongue, turning his attention back to Agatha.

Lumina's face went pale with his words. Her gifts were relatively useless in the field. The first night they had spent together was a testament to that.

Left with the only option of watching, she stood defenseless and stopped her struggle to get free from it.

Focusing on his only remaining quest, he decided to take a stroll around what was left of the fountain.

Lumina's interest rose to the strange attitude displayed by Nix.

'Why has he been walking in circles since?' She narrowed her eyes. As much as she wanted to shout to get his attention and ask what was going on with him.

She merely took her seat on the floor instead. He wasn't going to answer her anyways.

He had so much proficiency in using this gift, the mere thought of what he could do with his fire gift was still unknown.

"How did you possibly survive Zoar?" She muttered, watching him make the 13th round around the destroyed fountain.

Nix looked at his timer, anxiety was starting to set in. 'I am definitely not going to do a make up mission, ever again.' He resolved in his heart.

[00:12:01]

[Walking: 4/5km]

'Come on!' He called out in his thoughts.

Ding!

[Visualization: 10/10 views]

[Walking: 5/5km]

[150 points gained]

[Successful quest completion, you have a total of 457 points earned]

Heaving a sigh of relief, he looked behind him at the statue, it was time to carry out what the mission had said.

Nix climbed onto its body with the knees used as a stepping stone.

Even with that, it was still a long way up to get to its chest with the position it was kneeling.

If he does bring it down more than it already was, it could kill some of the students who laid on the floor unconscious.

That possibility annoyed him greatly, they were a responsibility he didn't need.

[Passive gift: Levitation in effect]

Going with the only option he could think of, he hovered in the air, making his way upwards.

He looked at the gold medal that was embedded into its chest.

"The source." He muttered, tracing his fingers over the medal.

Agatha struggled to break free to no avail. The force holding her in place was just too much for her to dispel with her strength alone.

Nix only tightened the hold on it, clenching his fist if he felt as little as a flinch from her.

"You aren't going anywhere!" He laughed.

With the loss of her only way of hitting him without necessarily moving her body, her energy was gradually losing its use.

Balling his fist, he aimed at the center of the medal.

[Strength activated. Your blows have been increased by 82%]

Crack!

Tiny little cracks made its way on the medal. A bright light seeping through the crack.

With one final punch on the medal, his hand shot right in it, engulfing his arm with the light.

[600 points gained]

[Congratulations on your successful completion, you have a total of 1057 points earned]

"Ahhhg!" He yelled in pain as he tried pulling his hand out.

"Nix!!" Lumina yelled in worry, hitting the force field with all she got.

She could only see the statue's back, knowing what happened to him was certainly a problem.

Looking around the field, she thought of ways in which she could find some sort of flaw in it.

'I can't be stuck in here forever!' She charged at the field, using the side of her shoulder.

Bam!

She was thrown back, tumbling and was upside down, her legs raised above her head, her hair in a mess.

"You son of a–" She paused the moment she felt something throb behind her.

Changing her position, she looked at the field, it was flickering continuously.

Lumina took a step back, unsure what was going on. Cautious not to get her back on the field either.

Crrrrk!

It crumbled and dispersed afterwards.

"No, it can't be!" She shook her head to the thoughts which ran in her mind.

She feared the worst, there were little reasons that could prompt such a thing from happening. It was either the user deactivates his gift or the user was unconscious or dead.

'Please don't be the latter!' She thought as she rushed towards the scene.

"Please don't be the–"

Her mouth gaped open momentarily at the first thing she had seen.

There were several pieces of golden debris on the floor, whatever Nix had done, he had caused a great deal of damage to it.

'Where are you?' She looked around, he was nowhere in sight. A tiny bit of the debris dropped onto her head.

Dusting the debris off her hair, her head shot up, so did her eyes double in size.

"Nix!" She sighed in relief.

She was just glad he hadn't just about disappeared with that bright light she saw a few moments earlier before she heard him yell in pain.

He looked unconscious, his head was dropped low, and she could see his face, his eyes were closed, but the furrowing on his brow only told stories of an untold pain he had felt.

The only thing keeping him from dropping to the ground was his right hand which was still inside the medal on the statue's chest.

"How the hell did you get to such a height?" Lumina facepalmed at the almost impossible height she was going to reach if she wanted to save him.

Looking around for possible ways she could use to get to him at such a height.

'It's knees!' She thought, going along with her thoughts. Jumping on one of the metal statues, she skipped onto it's knees.

Her hands kept perpendicular to her body as she tried to maintain her balance after that stunt.

'I'm coming for you!' She nodded her head, placing her leg on the carved out cloth on the statue's body.

Rrrrhhhh!

A whirring sound caused her to lose her grip on it, rolling to the floor.

"Damn it!" She punched the floor, pushing herself back up, making another attempt at climbing the statue.

Rrrrhhhh!

Her head snapped back up at the sound, with it being a beam of white light escaping from the embedded broken medal.

She readied herself for an unknown possible threat. Electrical currents running through her palms.