Casters magic fills the air and rain clouds form over the blaze as per Casters instructions. You can hear the pitter patter of rain against the roof of the temple, and you can see the quickly forming puddles of water and the steam that rises into the air. It swiftly joins the harsh black smoke that attempts to choke the sky. The fire seems to simmer for a moment, almost dying. And then it hatefully claws back.
The magic of your servant is ruthlessly combatted by whatever seems to have started here. Assimilated, Subverted, fought tooth and nail by some monstrous creature. You can see tiny sparks in the air, lightning blasting in the sky like the wrath of god. It streaks across the sky above in dazzling patterns, striking the ground when it can. For every strike a smaller fire is born, not nearly on the level of the larger explosion.
*Soundtrack*
I could feel the heat, burning the air around me and heating up every part of my body. The flames were no longer occasional and only seemed to grow in number even with the rain. I coughed, my throat feeling horribly dry. I blinked, bowing deeper while trying to find breathable air. I heard an explosion far away, probably outside where the rain could reach. What was going on?
A bumping sound distracted me and I looked back. My eyes widened as I saw the monk that had come with me lying on the ground, obviously unconscious. Why? I could still breathe and people in movies always went...
I grit my teeth as I considered what I was just thinking. Movies? Movies were full of bullshit and I should have known that I couldn't trust them with guiding me through this. I could probably still breathe because I wasn't quite what one would call human. Sure, my body was probably still quite similar, but my biology was powered by the Erementar Gerad on my forehead if I remembered right. And I regained power from sleeping of all things.
How many people were dying because of this fire, how many lives were destroyed just because me and others decided to take the temple as a temporary headquarter?
A flash of light appeared as I moved over the monk and tried to move him. I turned and saw Caster behind a wall of smoke that was starting to fill every angle of the Temple and even the sky above.
*Next Soundtrack*
"Master, we have to leave this place, the flames are not normal. We cannot fight in this situation and even if this is a trap, outside we will be saver."
My mouth opened and closed as I listened to her. I couldn't help but think that she was right. There was no way we could defeat this fire... fire... fire?
A memory flittered through my mind, of a very strange man who collected Edil Raids to gain one of each attribute. He had been quite dangerous and ridiculously skilled, capable of fusing with two different types and combining their abilities. He was a member of Edil Garden, that unforgivable organization that had taken my close friend. But that wasn't what was important. He had also given a strange lecture about the different types of Edil Raids because of his eccentric personality.
And then he and all of his partners were killed by another member the organization for keeping too many Edil Raids bound to one person.
But what was important was the lecture.
Edil Raids were aligned with attributes, Wind, Earth, Wisdom, Darkness, Motion, Beauty, Shield and many more existed. Four rings with 6 attributes each aligned to be stronger and weaker to one of the others.
They didn't really make sense given normal physics, Fire being strong against Water and that being strong against the Tree? It was a bit ridiculous, but it worked.
I moved to Caster, holding onto the monk.
"Caster, I want to make a contract with you."
The woman blinked, obviously not having expected such words. She looked at me questioningly, but didn't say anything against me. It was obvious that she was curious about what was going on.
Normally I would hold off on doing this, but maybe I could do something useful in this place of death and destruction.
I then remembered that I would need some of her blood for the contract to be invoked. It was somewhat awkward to ask someone like Caster to cut herself so I could have a few drops of the red fluid, but the former Queen was surprisingly nonchalant about it. The flames around us hissed, but Caster had already formed a barrier, though it looked like the flames would fight their way through it given enough time.
Another barrier, born from a strong wind formed as my bloodied finger drew a circle around us.
"On a night with a full moon, while feeling you who are inside me, I reveal the beautiful night."
I should probably be embarrassed by this whole thing, but currently I was too busy trying to formulate some way to stop this catastrophe.
"Delicate Breath that we shared. Soul's promise that we shared."
The words flowed from me and Caster looked on, observing everything with great care. She obviously was learning quite a bit from seeing me do the contract.
"I flow them into you with my soul's moon light."
A sign appeared on Caster's forehead for a moment, glowing before vanishing again.
"So that we will stay together forever."
My body vanished, forming what was closer to a great sword of win.
"That was... impressive, but I have to say that I am not really one for swords."
I knew that, if I needed a perfect partner I would have searched for a Saber class Servant.
"Attempt to channel my wind with your magecraft, counter the flames with it, but do get us a good bit away from here in case it doesn't work."
She blinked in surprise.
"Using Wind to counter fire, why would...." She paused, seemingly considering my words and frowning. It was not hard to see that she didn't think it would work this easily, but she seemed to accept since I had already transformed for this.
Invisible forces grabbed the monk and he trailed after us as we moved away from the buildings, only to turn around and Caster to begin another chant.
I remember it now, Wind aligned Edil Raids were part of the first Glitter Ring, they were weak against Earth and strong against Fire.
I could only hope that this would also work when translated to this world's magic.
PS: Maybe this works, maybe it doesn't, but hey I can always try^^ Do I have to roll any dice or something?
