The Desert Necropolis [Ani/Yakuroro/Noir/Adrastos]

The golem looked at the group while they would begin to ask about the tower. He spoke with a heavy voice, old and wise sounding but still strong and powerful. He would show no expression as he spoke towards them, but his words gave of a tone of honesty. For he would gain nothing from lying to the group because his task would stay the same nonetheless.

"Why yes I am the guardian of this mighty tower, and it is my job to make sure anyone who is unworthy does not enter it. Without needing me to explain I assume you have already hypothesised that is where you should be going, and you would be correct.
That tower standing behind me is the entrance to the chamber of my master so you can understand why I guard it. Now it's simple in order to get past me you have to prove you're worthy, for only those strong enough and willing enough to persist will get the chance to speak to my master."

His expressionless face would stare down at them as he would wait for a response. He would not strike first for patience was his most valued virtue. Studying their movements the creature waited for how they would respond, as long as they did not try to pass him he would not move. Despite the fact that he would wait for them to attack him on the off chance they tried to run past them he would use Desert Breath on them, it was a large attack so it would be able to hit more than one incase they all tried to run past. While looking at them he did notice something, he noticed Spayce and Thyme.

With the two animals being with the group, he was able to deduce one thing; these people were strong. Even though the small mammals were weak, they refused to accompany those who didn't have strength. It was their job to guide people to the djinn and while it was surprising people had made it this far, the eventual congregation of powerful contenders did not catch him off guard.

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Desert Golem:

As she listened to the golem's words she went deep into thought wondering what they should do to get past the golem. She knew that destroying it was one option and she thought of running past him, but then thought that it wouldn't work too well. She smirked though as she heard the last of his words. Ani was indeed willing enough to continue no matter what happened, but she knew that she couldn't take on this golem without their help. So after thinking for a moment she just simply stood there looking to everyone of her companions and gave a slight nod to them. She was trying to say that they needed to work together no matter what during this part. She was also saying that she was ready and would move if needed.

Once Ani was sure that she got her message through she stood strong with Hoyo right next to her. She was waiting for who would make the first move out of them all with the plan to adapt to the situation. She knew that she wasn't strong enough to attack the golem on her own so she waited looking for a chance to attack, or defend.

Damage details: D-tier dehydration

“…understood.” Noir said it with a different look, her eyes which once were showing this warmness quickly shifted into the opposite. Her eyes were now cold, narrowed but determined. She was not going to just give up and walk away, that was not what she wanted to do. Meeting this golem master meant she would be much closer to this knowledge that she wanted to get about this interesting place. So perhaps by meeting the master, Noir could obtain this kind of ancient knowledge or even gaining access to some unworldly stuff. This excited her, she could feel herself trembling with something that didn’t felt like fear, and it was excitement that she felt.

The golem didn’t move at all as if he was trying to wait until one of them move or attack, but Noir knew she shouldn’t waste any more time so she patted the beast that she mounted and whispered to him to shot a fireball as basic attacktowards the golem. After Haku did like what he was told, he would growl as he quickly brought Noir back so the gap between her and the golem would be 10 meters. The black haired girl quickly climbed down from her liger and cast Acqua Onda so the high water wave would discharge and clash with the deep breath. She could just hope that her mentor would help her because it was clear that her power might not enough to clash with the attack.“Neo, please help me to clash with it!”

After that, Noir would ask Thyme to get ready to protect them anytime he could,“Thyme… do me a favor. Protect us, and we will protect you back.”Then after inhaling air deeply, the female magician continued while pointing her wand towards the golem, “Fulmine Palla…” In instant, after she whispered to the rukh, four electricity balls would be formed and would travel towards the golem to deal some damage. She knew this was not going to be easy…perhaps the Imuchakks could work together with them to deal with this golem even though she had not know about how they fight yet. But it is worth to try.... "Miss Ani! Let's bring the golem down together... shall we?"

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Magoi : 105/300

Damage details : Noir and Haku D-tier dehydration damage
Combat Details : Haku sent basic attack, using B-tier spell to clash with deep breath, casting B-tier lightning spell to attack the golem

Ability Used:

The fact that the golem would not let them by was typical. How could Adrastos have expected anything less? Because of that, it was likely that the golem would not attack first. That meant one of them had to make the first move. Ani just stood there waiting for something it seemed, but it was Noir who jumped into action first. There was no need for Noir to tell him to help her, he would have regardless, all thanks to whatever illness seized his heart, a once solid and unbreachable thing within his chest.

Wit a wave of his wand, he sent Adrustum Aura II to clash with the golem’s Desert Breath alongside Noir’s spell, then cast Nemesis Sol and Inner Darkness after the spells would clash. All of the spells were directed at the golem in a ball of magoi before making contact and spreading to their 10mx10mx10m area. There was no way he was going to die today, not when he still had so much to do, so much to say, and maybe even so much to confess afterward.

Magoi: 60/300
Combat Details:

• Borg broken
  
• C-Tier damage on shoulder
  
• D-Tier dehydration
  

Cool Downs:

• Wand Ability - 2 posts
  

Abilities Used:

Based on the golem's words and the lack of attempts to sway it away from following its duties from the hopeful king candidates, Yakuroro concluded that things would soon come to a battle. It wasn't exactly the ideal outcome, but it wasn't one Yaku felt averse to either. The greatsword in his hands felt like it had a mind of its own sometimes and at this moment it was hungry to cleave into something. The Imuchakk's recent strength training and muscle memory around swordsmanship made him all the more attune to this desire. Yet despite this ravenous urge to lash out at something the Djinn wielding warrior remained calm and waited, hovering above ground just behind the magician's.

Yakuroro watched as they began to cast spells and remained put to watch the results. The last thing he wanted to do was dive headfirst into the golem only to have a barrage of magical attacks at his back. Yaku would wait for Noir and Adrastos both to complete their castings first. Once they did, he would immediately rush in flying over the ground towards the golem using the spells themselves as cover to hide his approach if possible.

Once in range, Yakuroro would slash at the guardian of earthen making. If the golem was attacking back, this slash would be made to intercept the blow. But if it still had it's handsful clashing with the spells he would take advantage of the opening and aim to sever one of the golem's arms with his attack.

Either way, the phantom generated by Yakuroro's passive ability would approach from an arcing trajectory the rose into the air only to fall downwards with a stab for the golem's head seeking to smash in whatever semblance of a "face" it might have had.

Magoi: 105/300
Damage:
B-tier Borg Damage
D-tier Dehydration Damage

Abilities:

The earthen creature did not use his desert breath attack since they did not try to run but instead chose to fight. As Adrustum Aura II and Acqua Onda headed for him he used Clobber slamming his arm into the two attacks clashing with them stopping them in their tracks. He was impressed with their strength but questioned why the small blue haired girl had chosen not to attack with them, was it because they had a plan or simply because the girl was to weak to fight him. Before he could come to a conclusion of his inquiry more of their attacks had started to head his way. He decided to Curl Up to block the incoming attacks, the balls of electricity struck him along with the shadowy mist and black sphere of mist but he took them with his block taking no damage. The mysterious figures slash applied enough damage to break through the rest of the block. As the illusion clone appeared above him after guard broke the golem swung his fist upward to clash with the overhead attack.

They proved formidable, he had to use most of his strength just to stop that oncoming assault of attacks. While examining it was obvious that the mysterious man was the most dangerous of them all but if they continued with such attacks and with all of them then it the golem would surely lose, but would not go down before putting up the best fight that it could. In order to put up a facade to test their personalities it acted as if it wasn't phased by the assault they had unleashed.

"Ha come one younglings, you need to put forth more of an effort if you expect to defeat me in combat. There is a reason I'm a guardian of this room. You will not be the first ones to think you're worthy enough to pass me, now prove yourself children."

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Desert Golem:

The guardian would not be given time to utter his brief speech. As soon as Yakuroro broke through the creature's defenses it moved to guard against the phantom strike. A move which the djinn equipped warrior would capitalize on immediately. As the Golem swung upwards, Yakuroro flew at 15m/s past the rocky guardian underneath its arm. The Imuchakk would attempt to cleave the golem's arm off as he flew past the mountainous dungeon beast. Simultaneously, another phantom clone would be created at the origin of this attack when Yakuroro began to move. The clone would again Rush the golem's face, this time aiming to smash it with the flat side of his greatsword. This would block the golem's sight if it indeed saw with eyes and give it something more pressing to focus on while the real Yakuroro made his move.

The Imuchakk would keep flying past the golem, turning to face the target as he hovered backwards through the air until he was 11m away. From there, Yakuroro would begin to circle around keeping this distance in order to return to the group knowing that he could better protect Ani from frontal attacks if he were close to her.

Magoi: 95/300
Damage:
B-tier Borg Damage
C-tier Dehydration Damage

Abilities:

Seeing that none of their attack went through, Noir gripped her wand tighter until her knuckle became white. It would be a very hard battle if after all of them attacked the golem again and it was unscathed once more, she needed to keep watching about her stamina as casting spell was surely absorbing a lot of her magoi. When she saw the armored man started to give a lot of attack towards the golem, the black haired girl decided to stay still, knowing that she better give the man some room to do his things and not accidentally caught him up in a not so friendly fire. The moment she saw that she could attack, Noir would once again lifted her wand and sustain her Fulmine Palla and nodded towards her mentor as if signaling him to attack alongside her, wanting to combine their power before whispering to the rukh again. She cast crimson lightning struck that descended right towards the golem, hoping it would at least deal some damage. The heat was really making her uncomfortable because the sweat kept wetting her face and some even made its way to her eyes and made it painful a little bit, she just wanted to finish it quickly…

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Magoi : 60/300

Damage : C-tier dehydration damage for Noir and Haku

Cool down :
Acqua Onda ~ 4 posts

“ability used”:

A child? Children? Prove yourself? Adrastos felt his eyebrow twitch with aggravation. A giant piece of stone had no right to utter such foolish words. The magician tightly gripped his wand, and glowered at the golem, tempted to unleash a flurry of spells yet restrained from doing so. With a flick of his wrist, he sustained Inner Darkness and Nemesis Sol, resulting in blood dripping from his eyes and down his face, hindering his vision. Adrastos was lucky though, as he had prepared and brought along a special potion that would allow his magoi to replenish when he would be low. He drank a Potion of Rejuvination, then wiped the blood off of his face and out of his eyes. This thing wouldn’t go down easy, that much was certain, but neither Adrastos, Noir, or the others would give up either.

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Magoi: 30/300 + 150/300 (Potion) = 180/300
Combat Details:

• Borg broken
  
• C-Tier damage on shoulder
  
• C-Tier dehydration
  

Cool Downs:

• Wand Ability - 1 post
  

Abilities Used:

Item Used:

Ani watched as her companions attacked and seeing what the golem did made her believe what she did was the right choice of action. If she had attacked just then she would've wasted energy while potentially harming herself and Hoyo in the process of it. She knew that they had to be smart in order to take out this golem. As Noir spoke she nodded her plan was indeed to work with them all in order to take down the guardian. Though Ani knew that she couldn't take her time and let her companions do all the fighting, and then she heard the golem's words which made her smirk slightly before whistling to Hoyo.

As she saw them taking their next attacks Ani decided she was going to attack during this time. Ani looked to Hoyo and quickly pointed forward to command him. She had Hoyo charge at him before snapping her fingers to command him to body slam into the golem's legs Immediately after he was commanded to do that Ani whistled to tell him to follow it up with another attack and Roll over. Ani knew that her attacks may not work, or only do a little damage, but in this situation she was going to keep trying and trying. She would damage it, or at least create an opening for one of them. During her commands though Ani was doing something peculiar, she was in a stance as if she was ready to attack. Ani was looking for an opportunity that would allow her to get closer to the golem quickly and attack it herself even if she wouldn't be able to do it soon.

Stamina: 90/150
Damage details: C-tier dehydration to Ani and Hoyo.

Abilities used:

In a few brief seconds the golem was overwhelmed by the onslaught that the dungeon divers had unleashed on the guardian. His arm severed by the slash from the King candidate. Then the solid illusion of the man slammed his blade into the face of the earthen guardian cracking and breaking off part of his face. Stumbling backwards from the force of the attack he saw the other attacks head his way. During the brief moment when the magic headed his way he thought to himself, they had proved themselves worthy for the most part. The one he was unsure about was the imuchakk girl, she wasn't very strong by the looks of it but maybe what she lacked in strength she would make up for in personality. As the lightning  and other spells overcame him the creature fell to the ground, broken, in defeat.

As they would step over the broken creature they would find themselves inside the tower getting a moment to rest and talk to one another for a brief moment. Inside the tower stood a massive door that would lead to the next room. The inside of the tower was beautiful, ancient text written all over the wall, showing messages in the old torran language. It gave off a vibe of ancient beauty, the only strange thing about the room was the golden snake that stood in the center pouring water from it's mouth for the participants to drink from.

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You may drink from the fountain to heal any damage you sustained from the dungeon.

The blue haired female was at a lost for words when she saw the situation unfolding in front of her. Their attacks worked and they destroyed the golem. She was filled with joy they worked together and were able to defeat this part together. She looked at them while smiling softly and it turned to a smirk as she pat her beast. "We did it!" She exclaimed before turning to face the tower. She knew that up ahead was the end though. She couldn't believe that they were already there and while in her disbelief she walked forward into the tower letting out a soft sigh of relief. First, she walked over to the fountain drinking from it to rehydrate herself along with Hoyo.

Once she was hydrated she looked around the room with a smirk on her face before she saw the door and stared at it. "We made it this far boy, we just need to go a little further." She said as she pat him thinking that this dungeon had been long and tiring so far. She dealt with a lot and none of it stopped her from continuing with her quest to conquer this dungeon. As she looked at the door she could only think that whatever was behind that door she was going to make her way through it no matter what it takes. She had set her mind on conquering this dungeon and working with Yaku was a great learning experience for as a fighter and adventurer. After resting for a moment she walked closer to the door ready to leave and tackle the next challenge with her partner.

"This has been quite an exciting adventure." She stated to all of them with a proud voice having enjoyed it all despite the challenges they faced. "May the best win." She said to Noir with a friendly smirk  as they were friends and she truly wanted to see which one of them was the best fit for the djinn.

Stamina:90/150
Cooldowns: Roll over 1 post, Body slam 1 post

The girl saw the golem fell to the ground, broken… by the force that all of them gave. It was necessary thing to do perhaps, but she was not that heartless to feel nothing after make it broken in defeat. The golem might be a puppet which was controlled by the owner of the dungeon itself, but it lived once and now it laid there, dead. A sigh escaped from the black haired girl’s peach colored lips as she fearlessly approached the golem and touched the remaining of it, the part that resembled its head. No words was uttered by Noir as she closed her eyes and prayed for its peace, giving her respect to the golem before opening up her eyes and turned her back only to ask, “Is everyone alright?” It was not a formality as there was a concern that was truly being shown in her eyes and it knew no different towards everyone.

Once Neo and Haku caught up with her, she would step over the dead golem and entered the tower only to be amazed by the size of the door. She entered the room carefully but once again being very endeared by the magnificent scene in front of her. What made her curious was only the ancient text which was written all over the well, it was kind of the same as what she saw in that island but unfortunately it was not something that she understand for now. She wondered if she could decipher it… if only she understand about this ancient language, but she will look for some source that might help her later after she managed to survive this dungeon. Her gaze captured at the decoration which stood in the center of the area and without wasting anymore second, she would motion Haku to follow her and then approached the fountain. Ani was the first to drink it, but she just wanted to make sure so she scope some into her hand and drink it slowly. After making sure that the water was safe to drink and somehow she felt refreshed like there was a force contained in the water that could heal them. So she called her mentor to come closer, “Neo, I think this water can heal us. You should drink this.” She said before scoping another water in her palms and then gave it to her liger also to Thyme so the damage that they bore would be healed soon.  

“Indeed.” She replied to the Imuchakk female and nodded, but then a small smile was formed at Noir’s face. She noticed that she had been smiling a lot ever since she entered the dungeon, which she thought as a good thing. “May the best get what they desired the most…” It was not the matter of winning for her as she only want to obtain the knowledge to the power which resided in the dungeon, but if winning was the thing that Ani desired the most and was the only choice for Noir to get what she desired, then the girl would be up to take the challenge and win. Without any hesitation, the female magician would walk closer to Ani and then without any will to harm her, Noir opened her arms before wrapping the blue haired girl into a hug. “It’s been fun.” She said before letting the Imuchakk female go and bowed politely to her, preferred to stay close with Neo, Haku and Thyme.

Magoi : 60/300

Cool down :
Acqua Onda ~ 3 posts
Fulmine Palla ~ 4 posts
Parafulmine ~ 4 posts

With the golem defeated, Adrastos had one less problem to worry about and one that came to his attention. Their truce with the Imuchakk was basically over now that they got through not only the sandstorm, but the golem as well. The blue magician watched them carefully, even after they stepped over the crumbled corpse and entered the tower. His silver eyes only left them when he cupped water from the fountain into his pale hands and drank, its power healing him from wounds inflicted during previous battles.

Adrastos watched the two females interact briefly, but said nothing. Whoever won didn’t matter to him. All he cared about was helping Noir one last time before parting ways with her, and of course, whatever power he could obtain despite not chasing after the ultimate prize. All would be revealed soon though, the magician thought to himself as he waited for what was to come next.

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Magoi: 180/300
Combat Details:

• Borg broken
  
• Damage healed
  

Cool Downs:

• Inner Darkness - 5 posts
  
• Nemesis Sol - 5 posts
  

It was a relief for Yakuroro once the golem went down. His magoi reserves were dropping with each passing second and the power of the djinn would only last for so much longer before his body could no longer sustain it. He advanced with the others into the tower saying nothing to any of the companions. Their meager words of congratulations, victory, and concern meant little to the Imuchakk. This was especially the case once he entered the tower and laid eyes upon the many torran writings scattered about.

The magician floated through the air looking around glancing at each collection of Torran letters. His eidetic memory filed each writing away with a single scan of the room. This made Yakuroro the last to go drink from the fountain, his mind sifting through the writings for anything that might be of help or use to them as he cupped fresh liquid and brought it to his lips that were hidden behind a veil of shadow.

Magoi: 85/300
Damage:
B-tier Borg Damage
Dehydration Damage Healed

Profession Perk:

As the groups refreshed themselves they would be able to enter the next room as the doors of the gate flung open. Instead of revealing the next room behind the doors was a portal of swirling sand. An ominous aura pouring out, touching them as if it was to grasp them and draw them towards it. As they would touch it they would find the tugging feeling more than mental at this point, their bodies sunk into the sand, being dragged in as if it was a sinkhole. The sand was incredibly warm, it was as if they were swimming through quicksand based on it's density. Before they would feel like they were suffocating from the entrance they would walk out into the next room.



The room was very dimly lit at first to were they could only see a faint glow in the distance, illuminating what seemed to be large piles of gold. While moving forward the rest of the room was illuminated by torches revealing the appearance of the rest of the Djinn's chamber. The chamber was massive in size, showing that the torches could not reveal the entire room. It appeared they were on a walkway that was approximately 10m wide and 30m long with a large pillar at the end of the path. It was slightly broken with a large emerald eye in the center, which seemed to follow and stare at the dungeon runners intensely. Underneath the walkway was a large expanding chasm that had massive spikes protruding from it, if one fell down and hit a spike they would surely die or be fatally wounded. On the sides of the walls seemed to be doors and windows as if creatures lived inside the chamber walls. If one followed them they would see that they led to where the original light source came from to their right. It was a large open area filled with treasures like they would have expected earlier. For one who had never ran a dungeon they would most likely be amazed by the large some of treasure.

The large emerald eye that stared at the people soon started to making a hazing sound. Blue smoke poured out forming into a massive cloud, shaping into a person. The women had blue skin and was nearly naked besides the scarf draped over her breasts and a band at her waist which connected to a smoky lower body. She had three eyes, two of which were cold and lifeless, piercing into them as if they were the eyes of death itself. The third in the center, showing no movement but it stared forward as if examining the contestants. She then moved slightly forward towering over them at 20m in size and speaking with a powerful voice, stout and solid. There would be no room for interruptions as her voice filled the entire room.

"Hello contestants, I am the mighty Djinn Dantalion, you have managed to make it all the way here to my chamber where I reside. That is quite worthy of my praise but I assume that is not why any of you are here, most likely for treasure and something a bit more. Now tell me young children, why have you decided to enter my dungeon and make it to here, what is it you truly desire to gain from this. And good job, Spayce and Thyme, my cute little pets it seems you have brought some worthy people to me."

Waiting patiently for the answers that they would give, she looked over the contestants examining everyone of them wondering who had come there to claim her power. They all looked promising but she did notice the one odd ball that was Yakuroro. She was surprised to see a king candidate had come into her dungeon, it made it a bit more obvious how they might have made it this far. Even if they had made it this far she would still decide who was worthy and test them as she saw fit, giving a slight smirk in wonder.


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Never before had Adrastos seen such a being, and he hardly dared to look at her. The reason why he didn’t stare or gaze at the being was for something other than fear; it was more like he simply couldn’t. The power that radiated from her, oh how he longed for it himself. Could he too obtain such a power? Maybe something even stronger? And all these riches too? If he could, then he’d no longer have to worry about his dreadful past as a slave, fear the possibility of being trampled on, and dream of the power he could have since it would already be in his possession.

The blue magician, bowing his head out of respect and awe─and also to hide his annoyance at being called a child once again─spoke, but only when Dantalion was through─he heard the tone in the Djinn’s voice, saying she wouldn’t tolerate interruptions─and made sure to speak in a calm, neutral tone.

“Dantalion, my purpose for being here was to assist my student who, by now, is really a person I consider my equal. I had never been inside a dungeon and merely heard vague stories about all those who enter never coming back. Curiosity also got the better of me; I felt like I had to try where others had failed, to see what sort of power they would risk their lives for while helping my colleague.”

He left it at that, hoping his answer was substantial enough and would not anger or negatively affect the djinn.

Magoi: 180/300
Combat Details:

• Borg broken
  

Cool Downs:

• Inner Darkness - 4 posts
  
• Nemesis Sol - 4 posts
  

OOC: Sorry for the late response. I thought the last Proxy post was on the 30th and not the 29th, so I thought I had one more day. Apparently not. x.x I had also expected the others to post before me, so… I’m first. Surprising.

Noir was amazed by the sight of the mighty being inside the dungeon, her blue skin, her three eyes, it was clearly something that was not ordinary to be seen. However, the black haired girl stared at the Djinn without any fear, she had the glint of excitement and amazement inside her gaze. When she moved slightly forward, Noir only became more fascinated by the being herself as she was really huge, even bigger than the Imuchakk tribe that she knew as the largest race. She could feel the power from the being and wondered about what kind of knowledge that she possessed.

When she spoke, her voice was very determined, it was firm and it would make all the people listened to her. At that moment Noir could only think that she was a very charming individual, but then when she mentioned about Thyme, Noir couldn’t help but looked at Thyme before bowing and whispering thank you to him. He worked really hard and well to guide them into this far, so Noir would try her best to reach her goal that she had by entering the dungeon. She closed her eyes for a second, knowing what she wanted to say but halted herself when her mentor spoke first. He was calm and supportive based on what he said, but the black haired girl wouldn’t expect the silver haired man to consider her as an equal. Her heart beating so fast upon hearing that and she was proud of herself, her mentor praised her and considered her as an equal, that was something that made her couldn’t be happier.

After her mentor finished talking to the Djinn, Noir would wait to see if the Djinn wanted to reply to her mentor first or not and she would answer the djinn after that. “Greeting, Miss Dantalion.” She bowed politely before looking up back and said her reason with a determined and calm tone with a hint of excitement which caused by her curiosity about the being which called herself as a Djinn. “I desire to meet the owner of this powerful dungeon to obtain knowledge. I would like to learn what kind of power that you, the mighty Djinn possess and also some knowledge that you might be willing to share. My intention to enter this dungeon is purely for the sake of attaining ultimate knowledge, which I know that I will learn all of it from you and your power. However, after exploring the dungeon, my first intention stayed the same but I also wishing to obtain your blessing as a mighty being that probably came from the ancient.”

She was not really good in explaining what she wanted towards other people considering that she was a slave in her past, but she told the Djinn about what she want and now she just need to wait for the other two to say something to the Djinn. The black haired girl could only hope that her answer was good enough as it purely came from her own mind and heart. She would reach for a bottle that she kept with her and drink it only to feel her stamina slowly increased.

Magoi : 60/300

Cool down :
Acqua Onda ~ 2 posts
Fulmine Palla ~ 3 posts
Parafulmine ~ 3 posts


OOC: I apologize too for posting late. I didnt realize that the post was in 29th, I thought it was in 30th and same with Neo I thought I still have one more day. I am sorry for that >.<

Ani had been quiet as they made their way into the chamber as she was mostly in awe of the room they were inside. She found it mysterious, beautiful, and somewhat frightening all at the same time. These were the feelings that were inspired in her, but the most prominent one was her burning desire to conquer this dungeon. She knew for sure that this dungeon had been a struggle for herself, but she also knew that nothing was going to stop her. The only thing that brought more awe to her was the djinn of this dungeon. Ani found her appearance somewhat interesting, but she knew that this djinn could easily end all of their lives if they brought about her scorn.

As she heard Dantalion speak she looked at her with a small smile as she had found her quite interesting person. She looked over to Spayce and gave a slight nod to acknowledge his service and thank him for everything that he has done for them. She thought about voicing her wishes first, but Neo said something first only to be followed up by Noir. She listened to everything Noir was saying, and thought that her reasons were good ones. Even if she thought this Ani believed she needed the Djinn more and wasn't going to give up even if Noir tried to kill her.

Now that it was time for Ani to speak she clenched her fists and took one step forward before looking at the djinn. "Dantalion, I have come here to earn your power, the power of a djinn!" She exclaimed before opening her mouth to continue. "I wish to gain your power so that I can achieve the things that I must do; I may not be the strongest person here but I made it here and nothing stopped me along the way." She proclaimed with strong firm voice as she looked upon the powerful being. As she stood there among her peers and the djinn she kept a strong stance without wavering.

Stamina:90/150

Staring intently watching their facial expressions as they addressed her, how they spoke and how they carried themselves. They could obviously tell the difference in their power which the djinn admired. Within moments of meeting them she analyzed most of their characteristics and what they were like, the exception being the king candidate who did nothing. The silver-haired magician interested her slightly, his words seemed truthful but it seemed as if he was hiding something or maybe tried to please her. She couldn't place her finger on it but that was what interested her about the man. Then there was the girl with the beautiful dark hair, she was very earnest, that was a trait she admired very much. Wanting knowledge was something most people didn't come here for at least so far, that definitely raised her opinion of the girl seeing her as more than someone who was lusty for power. Which lead her to the next girl, the tiny Imuchakk was much weaker than them in skill, she was blatant about her desire for strentgh but it wasn't simply for the sake of being strong, there was some underlying goal.

Closing her eyes for a brief second to think she then began to speak once again, her voice still overpowering but with a hint of intrigue. She seemed to be curious about both of the people who wanted her power, so it only seemed right to test them.

"I have been watching your progress the entire time both groups have gone through the dangers of my home. Not only did you have to deal with beasts trying to kill you but you also dealt with the harsh environment which would break down normal people. And I admire both of what you have done so it is hard to choose one who deserves my power."

She shifted her gaze over to Noir, beginning to address her and how she felt about the young girl.

"I truly admire the effort it must have taken you to get here, it is obvious from your battles you are quite experienced in magic. But while you may have been strong enough to get past the enemies you had to deal with the harsh environment, and considering magicians have a weak constitute generally I assume it was quite difficult to push through it to arrive here."

Then she shifted her gaze over towards Ani, speaking in a sincere tone like she did when speaking to Noir.

"You have better endurance as you are an imuchakk, albeit it's normally to the heat you still are more suited to enduring harsh environment with your natural strentgh. Though you are strong the enemies here were stronger and you were not a match for them. Despite this you tried your best to try and push forward so you could come here to claim my power which I admire."

Then she began to speak to both of them, her words seemingly cold but her face showing disdain. It was clear she was not happy about what she was going to do but it was what she saw as right.

"A true leader shows dedication to his goals no matter what gets in his way. It is easy to become strong enough to kill someone or overpower others but it is harder to overcome things of the mind. There will be times when you are beaten down pushed to your very limit. But no matter what you must push through it. You must show that even when you want to die, or when things are too tough that you will survive and do what must be done. So I will be draining you of most of your water, this will cause hallucinations making you face your worst fear. Whoever deals with the mental and physical pain the best and proves to me they are worthy shall get my power. If you want to back down, now is your chance."

She would wait for them to make their decisions, she would wait for them to step forward and would fly to them placing her hands above them. She would produce waves of dehydration magic drying their bodies. They would appear withered and dry, lips cracking and bleeding. Their eyes appearing sunken and dry, hair becoming dry and fragile easily failing. It was cruel and a very gruesome process but it was what needed to be done. They would be barely able to stand but she kept her eyes on them watching how they would deal with it.

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Once the djinn revealed itself to the group, Yakuroro disengaged his Djinn Equip and ceased his floating off the ground to land and stand on his two feet like the others. At this point, Yakuroro's power and mind would not be able to help Ani. The rest was up to her. That being said, Yaku spend the time the others spent responding to the djinn's question to inspect the chamber instead. He looked around with an inquisitive eye, searching the treasures in the room for anything of interest that he might want to claim for himself. There was no need to answer the djinn's question as he had not come here to take her power for himself. But telling her that he had come to ensure her power fell in the hands of someone Yaku could manipulate for his own plans would be unwise. So he simply held his tongue instead.

Yakuroro was fairly disinterested in the results of the challenge the djinn claimed to be putting the two challengers through, although he did look to Ani and Noir in order to see the effects of the magic that was being used on them. It was a stronger version of the magic that had permeated the desert outside. Inspecting a more concentrated form of it allowed the experienced magician to infer that it was a combination magic of...heat and water? Perhaps heat and wind? Yaku couldn't quite tell from just a glance, more research would be required. But for now he was content to have identified the purpose of the magic. It was clearly meant to drain the target of moisture.

Bored of observing the dehydrated challengers, Yaku when back to searching the room and it's treasures, hopeful that his curiosity might be rewarded.

Magoi: 75/80
(Taking magoi from last round of posts)

When the Djinn spoke to her though Ani kept a calm face and listened. She was happy that they were on equal terms in the djinn's eyes for this. When the Djinn said she admired Ani pushing forward she smiled slightly and nodded a little.Then when she heard the challenge Ani went back to her calm look listening to every word Dantalion said. It sounded horrible, but Ani wasn't going to back down. "I will participate in your challenge." She said stepping forward with a determined look upon her pale face.

As the dehydration magic hit her body Ani could feel water leaving her body, and it felt like she was utterly dying. She gasped for a moment and looked at her hands seeing how dry they were and how much it hurt to move them or any part of her body. Her shiny blue hair looked like it would crumble apart if touched. For a moment she thought her lips were fine as she could feel wetness, but when she touched her lips she could feel how cracked they were and the blood seeping out from them. It was at that moment Ani noticed she had fallen to her knees. So painfully and hunched over she stood up, but then she saw the worst part.

It was the slaver from Ani's childhood the one who tried to capture her and force her into slavery.Her pale face went paler as she was filled with fear. She didn't want to be captured and controlled. She winced and looked down seeing a chain around her leg and the slaver was pulling on it trying to tug her over so he could use her for his wishes. It was at that moment Ani's fear turned to rage and she clenched her fists growling. The anger helped her ignore the pain, but as she was walking forward to attack the slaver a voice in the back of her head yelled out, "It's just a hallucination!" The voice rang out in her head like a piercing headache. When Ani remembered it was all a hallucination she grit her teeth, and stomped both feet as she stood up straight. She was in pain a lot of it, and she felt like she was going to die, but no not even that would stop her.

Standing in her pose with her grit teeth and clenched teeth she looked up to Dantalion as the blood ran down her lips and trickled off of her chin hitting the floor. "I will not go down, I will prove that I am worthy of your power!" Ani proclaimed in a hoarse, but loud voice that strained her throat painfully. Most likely she would be speaking in a weird voice for a while because of this. Though at the moment Ani didn't care the only thing that mattered at the moment was the challenge. No matter what would happen Ani would not give up.

Damage details: B-tier dehydration damage

Indeed the whole environment was very harsh for her just like what the Djinn said, but it was nothing for her compared to her past. All those beating, all those mental wound… all those painful past that made her crave for freedom and getting knowledge since she never get the chance to get it. Once Noir noticed the expression from Dantalion’s face, she closed her eyes for a few seconds and prepared to whatever that she might say. However, when the Djinn had said her words, the black haired girl who was still didn’t show any fear but a determined looking girl who was not afraid to survive. The upcoming test would be much painful and she knew that she wouldn’t even compare it to her past, but she had one thing that she could be proud about and that thing was a dedication.

“For the sake of knowledge…”she murmured before looking at her companion with a determined gaze. Her liger would growl at her, seeming worried about her safety. But Haku knew that Noir was stubborn, she wouldn’t even listen if there was something that she needed to do. Her gaze towards the beast only made him stop growling worriedly and he began to give a fierce, determined growl as if he was cheering for the black haired girl. Noir would then gaze at Adrastos, grateful that she had such a powerful and reliable mentor as well as companion, feeling indebted for his help but she would make sure to pay it back for his in his needing time. So without wasting any more time, the female magician stepped forward before feeling a little bit nervous when the giant hand were placed above them. It was not her fear which made her nervous; it was a curiosity on what might happen next. Then, the moment a waves of dehydration engulfing her body, Noir would grit her teeth as she felt the water inside her body being sapped by this harsh dryness.

Her once wet lips would crack and bleeding, letting her to taste the blood. She couldn’t help but to blink her eyes because it felt dried. So this was the test… now that she knew, it might be much drier than this. But the black haired girl chuckled, her golden irises changed into red colored before she whispered to herself and almost fall on her knees but forcing herself to keep standing, 'Bring it on…' There was no way she would give up…all for the sake of knowledge… Facing her worst fear was something that she needed to do sooner or later anyway, but she was working to put an end of it and to be able to do that, she needed to face it and fight it. In the other words, learn as much knowledge as she could, be stronger than her yesterday self and last but not least, she needed to survive.

However, the drought that she felt in her body began to taking control of her mind. She was thirsty, but she wouldn’t swing her wand to re-hydrate herself, this was the test for both of her and Ani so the only thing to help herself was only to overcome it. She tried hard to stay sane, keeping her focus to look directly towards the Djinn’s eyes. Nevertheless, each time she blinked her vision would be darker and darker than before. Then without noticing, the pain was not there as if it disappeared because of something. It was so dark to the point she couldn’t even see anything but black color, the darkness made her wonder about what would happen. The Djinn did mention about hallucination, so could it be that it would starting now? What was her worst fear would be, she wondered. Thinking straight was not able to be done at the moment no matter how hard she tried to remember, then soon, she could hear the sound of fire sizzling and burning something that turned out to be a candle which soon make the other candle being lit as well.

She was inside a wooden room, but judging from the scent, it smelled like seawater. She knew this small room just like the back of her hand, it was the cabin inside that slave ship. Her breathing started to be slightly heavier, it felt like she was suffocated and there was lack of air inside the cabin. She gulped hard, couldn’t even bring herself to explore the room because she knew that there was nothing in the room, no hidden room or secret machine inside it. The only thing that stood out was the scratching marks all over the room that covered with red liquid that looked like a dried blood. It was the mark that she and the other slavers made when they were locked alone in the room as a punishment. There was this punishment system where the slave masters would lock one of them in that room if they behaved poorly like didn’t obey the command. However, this was nothing for the black haired girl, being in this room didn’t scare her as she already got used to it. Yet, she wouldn’t expect what would be coming for her. Something that would made her might be unable to control herself.

A single, squeaking sound could suddenly be heard and that instantly made the female magician’s body twitched in surprise. How could she forgot about this certain thing that she hated the most? The thing that accompany her when she was alone in this room… Now she remembered why those slave masters locked them here as the punishment. It was because this room was infested by those… stinky, small, disgusting creature. She hated it, she feared it. Those tiny creatures drove her crazy and it made her unable to control herself to stay sane, she couldn’t stand the dirty fur and the squeak, as well as their whole existence. Her wand was not there when she wanted to grab it, making her panicked and slowly stepped back to lean her back against the wooden wall. Another squeak could be heard and it made the black haired girl gasped before she took a quick step back only to step on something. She slowly brought herself to see what in the world that she stepped on only to see a rat which tails was under her shoe. “Khh!” She lifted up her feet a little bit and quickly stayed away from it, didn’t want to look or be near with it. Suddenly, she could hear a lot of rat chirping sound that made her knees weak. Since when a lot of rat infested this cabin, the last time she was here, the rat was not this much. Was this her personal hell? Her punishment for breaking free from the slavery? No, she refused to succumb. But she was scared, nothing can be used to help her, her wand was not even with her. No one could save her, not her liger, not her mentor, not Solomon, Lance or even Ariella here, there was no one but her now.

She panted and screamed in fear when the loud squeaking sound started to echoing throughout the room, completely swallowing the peaceful silence of the sea. “Noooo!! Noo!” She refused being any longer with the rats, her experience with those smelly little creatures in this very cabin didn’t end well and it was not this horrible but it still made her scared. She tried to look around and find the door, but she couldn’t find any, “Stay away…! D-don’t come any closer!” Oh God, she knew this was a torture, she knew it was her punishment for craving for freedom. But she wanted it, the freedom, to be able to fly like those birds freely. Would she be locked here forever with those rats? Would she need to accept them? No, she was not sure. She hated it, she despised it. One of the rats leaped on her and clinging into her hand, that made the girl screamed louder than before and swung her hand around to make the rat let go of her hand. Her body was shaking when she managed to make the rat let go of her hand, she couldn’t take it anymore. Spending any longer minute with these rats would made her die in fear, she panted heavily and her knees giving in before her fear brought her into her knees. No matter how hard she tried to stand up, she couldn’t, her knees had giving up to support her body to stand strong.

The worst has yet to come, but she knew it would come sooner and because of that, she punched her thighs at least trying to give some strength in it. However it was no use, her body had given up as her last punch towards her thighs was weaker than before. She refused to give up, she tried so hard to free herself from this cabin, from this slave ship and from those slave masters grasp. She went as far as finishing one of the masters only to get her freedom, yet this small creature scared her to the point she couldn’t even bring herself back up? “…no… I want the freedom.” She murmured, staring at those rats that running around the room as if it was their playing ground with widened eyes. “If I am afraid… I won’t be able to get out… I can’t get freedom…” Her mind was clouded with a lot of thoughts and she murmured to herself like madwoman. “…freedom… knowledge…” She panted, gripping her head with both hands and murmured again, repeating her desire, “…for freedom… for the knowledge that I crave to learn…” Her tears began to flow swiftly, finally give in to release it all. “Choose Noir… succumb to your fear or this horrible creatures and trapped here forever? Or…. Fight for your freedom…for knowledge… Choose… Choose you silly girl.” The rats were treating her like a toy, jumping on her, leaping at her or climbed at her. Making them climbed down from her was the only thing that she could do, she didn’t know what else to do, she was still choosing. “Stay calm… breath slowly… think, Noir.” She commanded herself while still trying to stop herself from yelping when the rats still jumped on her. “No… I can’t… I… But…”

No one knew how many hours had passed ever since she was trapped there with the rats, she lost count. However, the girl was already numb with all the things that the rats do as she was filled with desperation and doubt. “Giving up on freedom and knowledge…?” She talked to herself again, asking the same thing millions time. Her voice started to crack as the tears began to fall again, “I want those… I want freedom! I tried so hard to get it, now that I am free… this rats makes me trapped inside? No. No!” She hit her head on the nearby wooden wall while gritting her teeth, stressed from the choice that she needed to choose. “You are a weak one… Noir. You are so weak…” She mocked herself as if it was not her who spoke to her and the girl replied to herself, “No! I am trying to be strong! Being strong makes me able to gain freedom… to gain knowledge… I am trying!” She was angry to herself, ‘something’ within her even spoke to herself, mocking her. She couldn’t accept it, she craved to get what she desired. “My reason… my whole reason to break this chain was…” Then her golden irises suddenly turned into crimson before she continued, “…it was to get freedom and knowledge… I’ve sworn that nothing could stop me from getting those…” She brought herself up slowly, standing firmly and closed her eyes. “Nothing could stop me… not those slavers… not these rats either…”

Like finding resolution for herself, she found the strength for her mind. She looked down on the rats, still shivering a little bit but she sighed heavily and kneeled down. Noir brought her hands to touch one of the rats, closing her eyes when doing so. Then when she managed to touch it, she pulled her hand again. She gulped hard and tried to touch one of the rat again, this time she wanted to touch it longer. If possible she wanted to lift one and put it on her palm, at least trying to handle it carefully rather than killing it accidentally. She was still angry, but she knew it was because of her fear. So she breathed steadily and encouraged herself to lift one of the rat on her palm, which she hesitantly do it at first. “Do it, Noir. Do it. You will be okay.” She calmed herself down and wrap the rat in a gentle gaze. “Like what master said… learn to embrace it… embrace my fear so I can reach what I desires. You can… do it.” Her last master’s words echoed in her mind, her only wisest and kindest master who sadly… was not staying long by her side. However, he was the one who changed her, making her to embrace her fate as a slave and work hard to be free. Thus, she said it once again to herself before holding the rat close to her heart, “Embrace it…”

It was not as scary as she thought, the fear at that time was probably because of her anger towards the slavery and when she was being angry towards the rat; it attacked her. “I am sorry…” She said to the rat gently but her voice was a little bit shaky, “It was clearly my fault… hating you without any logical reason… ending up killing your friend back them…” The only clear reason that she could think of was probably because of their freedom to be able to board the ship freely without even being enslaved by those slave masters. Her consciousness might start to recognize the rats as one of the slavers minion, but now with cool head, she knew the rat was just used. They were also trying to survive the harsh life on the ship and it was not a nice thing to do by hating them. All this time she tried to denied it, but it was clear for her now. She sat down, surrounded by the rat and let them play with her. ‘…I never knew they can have fluffy fur…’ She murmured when one of the rat jumped on her palm to curl up and warm itself up, then she closed her eyes with a pleased smile.

Damage taken : B-tier dehydration damage to Noir

Magoi : 60/300

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The djinn examined the both of the participants looking how they dealt with their fears. To one who was observing they seemed like lunatics talking to the air but she could sense their fear, their pain of facing the things that troubled them. Everyone had their own ways of dealing with things, and it was hard to confront one's fears hence why the Djinn thought this was the best way to test how dedicated they were. She looked at their expressions paying attention to their every word grasping what they were both going through. They both had different ways of dealing with their pain, the Imuchakk ignored her fear trying to resist it and keep out of mind, while the girl with black hair tried to face her fear head on, embracing it. She thought both ways were interesting but she thought long and hard about which one was more suited for her power.

The Djinn would wave her hands and a spring of water would pour down from the ceiling on both of the contestants. They would be able to drink the water hydrating themselves as their wounds started to heal, skin appearing healthy again. They would feel revitalized after they had hydrated themselves. The djinn had finally chose a victor, it was a hard choice at first but there was a key difference on how they handled it, and that was how she decided. She moved close to the both of them slowly shrinking to 3m tall, standing before them both before choosing to speak.

"I must congratulate the both of you for your efforts, I could tell your pain and misery from your fears. You both handled it in your own ways. And I have decided the one who is worthy of my power is Noir the magician. It is sad that I can only choose one since you are both amazing girls but the Noir here is the one most fit as of now."

She would wait for how both of them would react and she would then turn towards Noir, uttering words of congratulation and praise to the girl.

"Noir I'm greatly impressed with how you handled your fear, you did something many people would have trouble with. You felt the pain and the fear overwhelming you but you saw what was important. At first you fought it trying to push through it but then you took it a step further and that was what truly impressed me. You've accepted your weakness, your fear, embracing it and tried to overcome it, I've met many people but only the strong have been able to do that. For many don't realize that it is cowardice to push through but true strength to accept and still try your best to accomplish your goal. Now as the one who one my power, choose the vessel you want me to reside in."


The djinn gave a solemn look towards Ani as she waited for Noir, Dantalion placing her hand on the girls shoulder. She spoke in a calm down offering words of kindness to her.

"You dealt with the pain on held your ground what was impressive in it's own right but you were too focused on bearing with it, You didn't try to push forward, only running away from your fear, you know it was there but didn't try to push through your pain. You have proven your dedication but you must learn to accept your weakness, not just try to bear with the pain but to move through it also. It may be a hard task but you have great potential my girl."

As the dungeon would soon start to crumble she waved her arms revealing items, one which appeared to be a beautiful snake ring and the other a tattered scroll both objects emanating power from them.

"All of you are free to take some treasure from the pile, and for you two who have assisted the two competitors I grant you these gifts. I hope they serve you well in the future as they are gifts of my gratitude  for helping them make it to my chambers."

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When the water came down Ani was relieved, she felt the pain washing away with it. She made sure to drink some of the water so she would be able to re-hydrate herself after such an intense situation. Though when it came down to the important part Ani opened her ears and listened to the djinn while looking at her closely.When she heard that Noir was the one who had earned the Djinn's power she felt very conflicted. On one hand she was happy for her friend that she had earned such a great power, but on the other she was dissapointed in herself that she wasn't able to prove herself as she kept telling herself that she would. She clenched her fist and teeth preparing for everything that would come next.

Hearing what she was saying to Noir felt like salt on the wound, but as Dantalion began to speak to her she let out a soft sigh and looked at her listening to what she was saying. The words made Ani feel a little better  about herself, but the important part was it lit the fire inside of her. She was going to become great and achieve her potential no matter what. So after reaffirming herself she pat Hoyo and turned to Yaku first. "I'm sorry i didn't meet what you expected of me, but I'm going to keep entering dungeons." She said with confidence hoping to one day become powerful enough to get acknowledged .

She decided that before they left she should say something to her friend before they would have to leave So Ani walked over to Noir and smiled softly at her. "You did great, and you proved yourself worthy of a djinn." She said holding out a thumbs up to her with a grin, as she was actually happy for her. "Though I promise you that eventually I will also claim the power of a djinn for myself, and then we can have a practice fight with each other." She said in a friendly tone before she turned and walked over to the treasure with Hoyo picking up as much treasure as possible before they would have to leave.