Fire Palace

A half-hour later the Inferno guild was discussing the Arcadia Raid. Mina hadn't lost any of her Vilas, but several of them would be down for a few days.

"You vanished just as we finished off the last Acolyte." Sharl had thought Nix had ported out, he was using both hands to hold strands when he disappeared.

"I summoned him." Shae was still holding the glowing deed in her hands. "There were two Water Lords in the temple. They sprang a trap on me that caught me by surprise."

Pon whistled softly, "two of them?" He stared at Nix, if his emerald fire strands could hold a Water Lord, then Nix was the strongest fire mage on Colonial. "A Water Lord should have tossed him around like a toy."

Shae pushed an errant strand of red hair behind her ear. "He held her without assistance, even I am not sure what those flame strands are."