Make the Angel Scream, the Devil Cry, and the King Prosper (Solo/Job)

The boy smiled as he then prepared himself to go off on his adventure into the town of Sin and their insane weather. This was going to be an easy clearance if it was just what he expected it to be. He had been training and sacrificing in order to gain what he did in the end. The new spells that he learned are able to heal him, protect him, and allow him to cause such power to spread over Fiore. He is not your average wizard anymore. Working out does not describe the amount of Swordmans magic power he had. There was a point in which he felt so confident in his chances against Shadelle. To be sure though, he did not want to declare war on Shadelle anymore. Instead, he decided to aim for one of the highest spots on the charts, a good role that will get him recognized. It was going to be done once he cleared this job, since it did bring a lot of attention to him. It also brought plenty of attention to Aiyana, because Elyx was going to tell them about how she saved his life. It was not going to be a pretty ending for those who tried to cross him if he were experienced. Then again, that would take a lot of practice and time, and he was not sure if he would be able to get enough time with the She Phoenix always jumping on top of him to do jobs, and now she seemed to rub off on him because now he was doing the jobs before she could wake up. Then again, he was woken up by a weird dream and saw a weird job in front of him. Maybe it was not his fault after all. On the plus side, at least he knew that it was better to just simply to them and get the practice then. He can sharped his skills, and whenever he needed the backup, he had three sources of power that would be able to protect him.

Sin was known for their huge volcano, and that was pretty much it. The volcano caused them lots of trouble because of what was at the core, Diablos. Oh boy, and now he was going to be the lucky swordsman to face him. But first, Arianna's words had to be remembered in his heart. Why? Because she told him that he can survive the fight and actually have a glimmer of hope in winning if she looked for the guy who hangs around in the shadows only. Sure, he might have gotten over his dangerous ambitions of trying to take down Shadelle, but the chances were still slim. Any opportunity that he had to slim those chances down, he would be a wise man to take. It was common sense, you raise your chances the best you can and hope for the best. As for Nimpha, she did not need to listen to such advice, since she was already so lucky beyond imagination. It made Elyx feel a bit envious right now, but then he got over it, she deserved such magic. She got quite the lucky break.

He now was going to find Sin. sin was a tougher town to find, not because of the location being hard to pinpoint, but because the difficulty of the walk was extreme. The distance was just too far away for his liking, short walks would have been better. At least, while he were on jobs like this. Oh well, at least he was given the chance to catch his breath. That thought did not really help his case, but at least he was trying to be happy. One thing that he learned while taking jobs is that you have to be upbeat, otherwise you will mentally suffer as well as physically. It is all about perspective in the way that you see things, and whatever you end up with as probably how you thought of the job. For example, if you think about insanity, the job will probably end in chaos, which may be a good or bad thing, depending on the case. For Elyx, he would prefer not to be a devastating force, so he'd gladly refrain from it. But to be happy will make others around him happy. Except for his opponents, since they were... Opponents after all. Nimpha was the prime example of this theory, everything went her way no just due to her luck, maybe that was a pretty big factor to it, but she was also happy. Anyone who talked to her would end up liking her for her playful and happy ways. If only he could get half the amount of joy that she had, then he would have a much brighter smile on his face all of the time. But there can only be one Nimpha, sadly. However, he had his own good traits as well. For example, how he was a thinker, and if you need any more evidence of it, look back in just about any job he has ever been in. This job as well, he has been thinking about things a lot. This may be because he was a troubled youth who needed to vent really badly, but he liked to believe that he was a strategist. One tho was able to think well enough to outsmart his opponents. This was a topic up for debate, since the spectrum goes either way. But while he kept an upbeat attitude, he was not going to believe otherwise. The nighttime sky certainly did not help.

He was a little bit more than halfway towards Sin though, it took about an hour or two of walking, but the distance was not that far with his current walking pace. Sometimes he might jog, but that did not matter. Admittedly, his legs were rather sore from all of the walking, but to rest would be to waste time. And if the sun goes up, he loses his chance to meet whoever Arianna was talking about. Hopefully the rushed trip would be worth it. Knowing his luck, it would probably be worth it. At a cost, there was always a cost.

So he had reached the halfway point. There were a few things that he could learn with this whole experience. One of those things being the fact that many fears out there exist, and have quite the reason to exist as well. The blood one was casual, it was not something that many people would just ignore. But considering the brutality of the training that he and the soldier had just been through, they were no longer scared or even phased by blood. Now it just seemed normal to the boy, he could see it being shed for quite a long while and still not even give any notice to it. Such insanity and cruelty, sure, but what could one do? After being forced to swim in it for a long amount of time while fighting a dog and breathing air that heavily lacked in oxygen, he still survived. Now a sword wound would look like nothing to him now. When he saw someone about to die, he could go in and stop the blood flow instead of freezing there in panic. Some of the military areas had the right idea to be honest, but before this whole job, he could not disagree now. And now that he was able to embrace their logic, he can execute their training to work in his favor. Fortunately for him, he still was very clear on the concept of ethics, and would refuse to let himself become insane because of the dreams. None of this was real after all, but the effects that they had on him most certainly were real. Both positive ones and negative ones. Arianna may have helped him out a little bit at one point, but she was not real, and even if she were, she was not here. The real one is in the ground, sleeping already, somewhere in which he can not wake her up. Maybe she deserved to be there, or maybe she did not. Elyx did not know, and as of right now, he did not care. He had to slay the illusion version of Diablos now, and once that had been done, the job was done. The swordsman was not there to kill them, he just wanted to prevent them from continuing the chaos that they are causing. But how is he going to avoid killing them? Illusions don't change, and he was not prepared for it. Though it had been done to Arianna, that did not make it anywhere near right. Deep down, he still felt awful about it. Especially when he could have picked up her body and given her a proper burial. It would have been nice to at least put her body under the snow gently. But no, and now he will never be given the chance to do such a thing. I just hope, when we one day meet again, that she will not be mad at me. Hopefully we can get this behind us... Oh what a bliss that would be. The boy thought to himself a wishful thought.

And there he was, finally at Sin. It took long enough, but he was FINALLY there. A bit of sweat would drop from his forehead, the heat was already getting to him. It was hotter than Ignite's body here... That was not what he meant to say. Anyways, he would drip a bit, the sweat already showing. How do people live in such a place!? Fortunately, he always has a knapsack kept on his back, plenty of water to drink from in there. So wasting no time to have a drink, he would reach his left hand into his knapsack, being lazy and refusing to put up his knapsack and properly open it. Once he felt a bottle of water, he would open it before first splashing a little bit of it into his face. The amazing thing was that right after he did that, steam actually came out from the heat on his face. The water cooled him down for sure, but his head looked like a smoke bomb now. Sin was definitely like hell, no matter why it earned its title. What more? Elyx was going to have to jump into the volcano, he's going to become a crisp by the end of the job! Hopefully he would be, then he would be put out of his misery. But remembering his questions and his goals, he would refrain from actually taking actions that would do such a thing. With no regrets, would would pass by the town and all of the shops, all of the hotels, all of the people that were somehow awake during this time and just talking rather than being on jobs. What did these people do in their spare time? What sports do they even get to play? Swimming was out of the option, which the young mage did not actually mind too much, he hated the water now. It was not so much a fear now, it was just an annoyance to him. Seems like there were a lot worse things to fear nowadays than just simply a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. Chemistry!

Continuing to walk, the air was beginning to feel normal. His body was adjusting with the heat rather quickly than it should be. It was his magic in his body, allowing him to adapt with the current situation so that he would not be slowed down. Specifically, the ability the did not allow burn to occur on him. So now that it felt normal to be here and the beads of sweat no longer poured down his face, he drank the rest of the water bottle without the fear that he would have to save it. Once he chugged the whole thing down, he placed the drink bottle back into his knapsack while using his available backhand to rub the remaining drops of water above his lips. A refreshed sigh would emit from his lips as he continued to walk, there was some sort of shadow... But where? Then again, he was in a heavily populated area, he should probably get away from here.

And there was yet more thing that he wanted to know, the Slayer. Iza was one, yet he did not know much about her. He wanted to understand one, and though he was not one, when he saw Aiyana in action, he suddenly had a huge interest for them. It was actually an interesting topic, maybe Sin could give him a hint. If Diablos were somewhat like Arianna, he would be able to give him some answers like his wife did. Then again, remembering back to the previous conversation with her, the most recent one, she was nothing compared to her husband. So this was going to basically be a painful ride, because he barely made it out alive in the battle against the enemy due to the tormenting pain of shackles and pillars of light magic. But now that he was out of it, the thought of being put back into it made him shutter. Never again did he want to be embarrassed and harmed in such a way again. Instead, he will fight the shackles with such desperation, bring out Aiyana whenever he needed her. Though it would trouble her again, he knew that he did not summon her for stupid little things. He did not need to bother her, not while she had a life of her own to live in. After all, she was once a human as well before she was then forced to be a Celestial Spirit. Now the Magic Council is not so much in favor of her guild because she was neutral and a Celestial Spirit. He could be her voice if they don't listen to her. He'll act as the voice to those who are unable to speak yet. After all, Black Rose became a legal guild, it was just a matter of time before him being an ace would be recognized by the government. All Elyx had to do was wait patiently... Though doing that never helps.

He continued to walk away from the populated area, looking for some place in the town was was filled with the least amount of light. That was kind of hard to find since it was the night, but walking around aimlessly and comparing colors seemed to be working just fine in his opinion. If he did not find anything in time, he'll just take this night to sleep peacefully. It was actually kind of nice to just walk around with the noise of blurred talking in the background. Being a Lerale magic, he needed to hear noise, it was just something that was needed in his life. It did not even have to be music, it could be anything. Paper, wind, water drops, something! Sleeping was always a struggle for him due to this, but he has now gotten used to it. It was goodbye Iceberg, hello Sin. Time to track down the demon and beat him down for the whole town to see, their tormentor will be defeated on this night! Or morning. By this point in time, the young swordsman did not even know anymore, he lost track of time.