Ascension of the Monster Queen

Chapter 136: Fire arrow

When Nessa finished helping them it was long past midday and she was a bit tired, but then remembered she had training with Riki and rushed to the others who were under the tent and they looked at her.

"Here," Vill said as she passed a glass of water to Nessa, who accepted and thanked Vill.

"You seem to be in a rush lady Nessa, what's going on? Did something happen, lady Nessa?" Liya asked and Nessa looked at her after she finished drinking the water and sighed.

"No, nothing happened I am just looking for Riki, we had training, do you guys know where he is by chance?" Nessa asked and Liya smiled at her and then nodded.

"Yes, we know," Dalia responded.

"Could you please tell me where he is?" Nessa inquired, and Dalia smiled.

"Of course, I will, he is at the hill connected to the open valley, the one with the big tree hanging over it, you can see it from a mile away," Dalia replied, and Nessa breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you guys, bye," She rushed off, and they smiled at her.

"She is quite the busy body and she is really tired right now, she has been going around helping in any way she can, she doesn't need to do that though guys," Dalia said.

"I agree, she is doing enough already," Liya replied and Vill nodded as Nessa rushed to the hill.

Upon arriving at the hill Nessa sighed and saw the entrance to the valley between the hill with the big tree and another and she smiled before entering and smiled as she saw how beautiful the valley was and sniffed in the fresh air which had the scent of different flowers.

Nessa was enjoying her view when she heard a crash and turned to see a huge rock shattering to pieces, and she flinched when she saw it was Riki training to master his abilities.

'He is strong; I wonder how much stronger he can really get; he has more than just natural talent for destroying things,' Nessa thought as she approached him.

"Riki," She said and he turned to look at her then she smiled.

"Hello," He replied. "I am sorry, I am late, I got caught up doing a few things," She said and he smiled.

"It's fine, as you can see I got carried away myself, training in this open field is better, you can destroy, and they will grow back, it's fine, did you come to train?" He asked as she looked at the rock, then sighed.

"Yes, I did come to train, your methods are a bit different, but, I am fine with it," She responded and he chuckled, then patted her on the shoulder.

"You won't become the rock if that's what you are worried about, relax," He said and she smiled.

"I know I won't, so what do you have in mind? What should I do? Pretty sure I am not that great at the muscle part," She replied and he laughed.

"You have fire talent, right?" He asked.

"Yes, I do, why?" She asked.

"How far can it go and how powerful is it?" He asked and she lowered her head.

"I never tried to find out," She said.

"That's fine, don't be too downhearted about it; with practice, you'll get the hang of mastering your powers; fire is my main ability, so far only the black flames, which are more powerful than I realized and more difficult to master,' "He replied.

"You can do it though, right?" She asked and he glanced at her.

"I believe I can; let's see how much you can accomplish with your abilities." As she sighed and her eyes glowed orange, fire began to form in her palm, and he smiled at how calm it was.

"You have great control and your flame is calm because of you, it sort of acts with your emotions as well," He said as she took a deep breath, releasing the flame that began floating in the air, and he looked at it as she grabbed onto it and it began forming into the shape of an arrow and a bow that was glowing bright orange, and Riki chuckled.

"Now, that looks good, release it, let's see how far it can go and how good it really is," Riki said, and Nessa smiled and looked at him before releasing the arrow, which flew across the field and shattered a huge rock in a small explosion, after setting it ablaze.

"Well, it sure can cause a lot of damage, nicely done, that was cool, seems like you can make some of your abilities take the form of a weapon that's quite easy to use, lady Nessa, that's beyond good," He said and she smiled.

"Thank you, Riki, this is my first time trying it, to be honest," She replied and he smiled then patted her on the shoulder.

"There is a first time for everything lady Nessa, yours was better than most, if you don't mind, can I ask you something?" He asked and she turned to look at him.

"Sure, go ahead," She responded.

"Just how strong are you?" He asked as she stared at him, then sighed.

"You're asking me a question to which I don't have an answer, at least not yet; I am capable of quite a bit of destruction, that much I know; is that a sufficient response?" He smirked when she asked.

"Yes, that's a more than adequate response; now I understand why you're training so hard," He responded, and she chuckled and patted him on the back.

"Shall we continue training?" He asked and she exhaled deeply.

"Sure, let's go right ahead, I need to get many things done and this is one of the important ones, getting stronger, after all, there is a lot that needs to be protected now, too many to lose, I will be the leader I am supposed to be, I don't want to let anyone down as well," She responded and he smiled while nodding, as she stretched off and he noticed that she was getting tired due to doing all sorts of things around town and he sighed.