"A Non-Elemental Mage born with Infinity Roots! By the gods!" The elderly man's hands were shaking as he approached Fei Lei when he suddenly stopped, turned around, and shouted, "I have to report this to the Guild Master!"
The elderly mage ran out of the room and dashed madly towards the top of the building while shouting, "Infinity Roots! Infinity Roots! Infinity Roots!" along the way.
Fei Lei looked over at Yan Mei to see her jaw completely open, he couldn't help but chuckle before he said, "The flies will get in."
Yan Mei shook her head in a bewildered manner before she shouted, "You! Do you know what it is you have?!"
"What?!" Fei leaned his head back as Yan Mei's face got closer to his own, he could visibly see the annoyed expression on her face getting worse by the second.
"There has only been one recorded instant were someone was born with Infinity Roots! The Mana King! The Strongest Mage ever to walk the face of the earth! He was said to be able to use all elements of magic, and had a near limitless amount of Mana! He suddenly vanished from the world countless Eons ago, leaving only the legend of his prowess and the records of what an Infinity Root reaction is like when using a testing orb," Yan Mei said panting in front of his face.
When Fei Lei replied with, "That's cool!"
Yan Mei felt the wind just got knocked out of her, there it was again, that word, "Cool? Can't you say something more than, cool?"
"Okay! You look really cute when you're angry," Fei Lei said making Yan Mei shoot back.
"Where did that come from? Grr! You're driving me crazy here, I might as well just forgo common sense when dealing with you," She said covering her reddened face.
"That might be a good idea sweety!" Fei Lei pecked her cheek.
"Why do you always poke fun at me?" Yan Mei asked with almost tears in her eyes.
"Why, to see all your cute reactions of course!" Fei Lei responded in a tantalizing tone.
Yan Mei retaliated by repeatedly smacking her weak punches into Fei Lei's chest, "Bastard, player, pervert!" Suddenly the elder came back into the room and said, "There he is Sir! That's the boy with the Infinity Roots!"
Fei Lei pulled his attention away from Yan Mei to see a tiny boy walking over towards them. He was around 4'5 feet tall, his face was very childlike and cute, his long silver hair swayed around his ankles, clear green eyes shined like emeralds and he had small pointed ears.
The little man was wearing a purple hooded robe with a green emblem that was in the shape of a lion, and soft leather boots.
"So you're Tetra's new brat," A deep and discerning voice came of the childlike mouth.
"You know my teacher?" Fei Lei asked.
"Fei Lei is it?" The short man responded.
"Yes, and how did you know my name?" Fei Lei asked back.
The small man continued to speak, "Your fellow student downstairs is the biggest give away for me."
Fei Lei gave the small man a harsh glare when the halfling laughed and said, "Relax...She hasn't told anyone about your status as his pupil, and that's not something you should go spreading around anyway. Only a few know about his Disciples, and I'm one of them."
"I'm sorry who are you?" Fei Lei asked.
The little boy smiled vanished through a teleportation spell, he then reappeared on top of Fei Lei's shoulder and said, "I'm an old drinking buddy of your teacher! Name's Weissman, the Guild Master of this city, and a Halfling that specializes in Light Magic."
"Weissman the Silver Assasin!?" Yan Mei shouted.
Seeing her breast shake a little, something overcame Weissman's sense of reason. He then jumped off of Fei Lei's shoulder and landed with his face between her bosom.
Shaking his head left and right, Weissman rubbed his cheek against Yan Mei's breasts while saying, "I prefer the title, Weissman, the Platinum Lover."
Yan Mei shrieked in horror as Weissman groped her. Fei Lei, in a fit of furry, pulled Weissman off of her and flung him towards through the air without withholding his strength.
Yan Mei then ran behind Fei Lei, wrapped her arms around him, and pressed her breast against his back before squeezing as hard as she could.
Weissman floated like a feather as he landed on the ground some distance away and made a grumpy grunt.
Yan Mei, on the other hand, was bright red and sweating a bit as she pushed her soft marshmallows against his back.
Fei Lei quickly felt his blood rush throughout his veins, his face turned red while his body felt like it was catching fire.
Fei Lei realized that something was definitely off with his physique. Sure, males react in a hormonal manner when they feel their lover's body and affection. However, for Fei Lei, it was like his hormones were amplified to an 11 out of 10. It didn't make sense for him to have to mentally struggle with his desires, and he felt that he needed to find out what was wrong.
"Yan Mei, I know he can't teleport to your breasts, but this doesn't exactly fix the problem," Fei Lei said as sweat rolled down his forehead.
"I'd rather you touch them than him," It took a few seconds for her to register what she had said then tried to self-correct, "I mean, I'm already used to your touch...no wait! I mean, I'm used to you giving me a piggy-back ride!"
"Lucky bastard! Treasure those gems well boy," Weissman said as he walked over to the crystal stand and looked to Yan Mei before saying, "Well now, girly, it's your turn!"
"I have Fire God Roots. That's all this test is about, so there! I'm not moving, you pervert!" Yan Mei's muffled voice shouted out from behind Fei Lei's back.
"Tch!" Weissman clicked his teeth before his facial expression changed as if he figured something out.
"Fire God roots? You wouldn't happen to be Yan Chi's brat, now would you?" Weissman asked placing his hand on his chin.
"Yes, and if you try to touch me again, I'll get daddy to teach you a lesson and burn you!" Yan Mei shouted.
Weissman smiled and said, "Your pop is far too young to teach me any lesson of sorts."
The Guild Master then walked towards the exit and said, "Follow me!"
The two did, however, Yan Mei remained firmly attached to Fei Lei's back, making their progress rather awkward.
They continued on with this strange waddle until they reached the roof, there, was a large open area with a stone platform laying in the center floor.
A strange doll wearing full plate mail was standing straight up with a greatsword that was slightly pointed into the ground.
"The next part of the test we would normally use wooden dummies, but with your teacher's students, we have to be cautious of what you're capable of, and I don't want you breaking Guild Equipment, that stuff is expensive," Weissman said while gesturing his finger for Fei Lei to go on stage.
He was about to move when Yan Mei held on to him tightly, he turned his head around and saw her looking up at him. There were tears in the corner of her eyes as she said, "Please don't leave me!"
Fei Lei laughed and used his Telekineses to create a box around her, he patted her head and said, "It's okay, I'll keep him off."
She felt a thin outline appear around her body as he walked up towards the dummy. Weissman tried to jump on her, but, was suddenly cut off by his telekineses as he ran into a wall at full force.
"Oh, now this is something I haven't seen in a long time," Weissman said softly as he placed his hand on the surface of the telekinetic wall.
Fei Lei jumped up on stage, walked up to the puppet, and held his hand out ready to fight.
Weissman grinned as he shouted, "Time to wake up, Dolly!"
The eye slots of the armor lit up as it began to rattle, the automaton drew its greatsword and faced Fei Lei.
Suddenly jumping back, Fei Lei's eyes widened as the moving armor sprinted towards him at incredible speeds before it swung its blade at him.
Fei Lei looked forward and saw the armor move so fast that its weapon blurred in his vision. He then used his telekinesis to force his body to the ground quicker and juked to the side, narrowly dodging the sword stroke by a few inches.
Fei Lei ran forward as the mobile armor's sword crashed into the arena grounds, damaging it and leaving a spiderweb fracture against the stone, Fei Lei leaned down slightly hunching his body over.
His arms were placed firmly at his sides as he charged at the armor's legs and initiated a Sambo-Style takedown.
Fei Lei slammed into the sides of the magical item's legs and lifted the doll over his head before he sent it spiraling face-first into the ground by gently tapping its leg in his desired direction.
While the armor somersaulted around mid-air, it corrected its loss of mobility and threw its sword at Fei Lei with amazing strength.
He didn't expect the sword to weigh as much as it did, nor did he think that the doll could throw it with such force, so when Fei Lei stepped to the side of the flying blade and grabbed the hilt before it passed by his face, it took him by surprise.
As his fist gripped the hilt of the sword, Fei Lei felt his body jerk back and was suddenly pulled along with the sword's trajectory.
While Fei Lei he flew backward, he stomped his feet hit the ground which caused smoke rose to rise from the friction between his feet and the arena grounds.
As he was dragged back by the force of the Doll's throwing strength, Fei Lei clenched his teeth, buried his feet deep the arena floor, and shattered the stone behind his feet in a ripple-like pattern as he suddenly used the force to his advantage.
Spinning around with and working with the flow of kinetic energy, Fei Lei amplified his throwing power as he chucked the sword back at the Doll with all of his might.
With just two of its fingers, Dolly grabbed the sword by the tip of the blade, and as it landed, flipped the blade around and gripped the handle before pointing towards Fei Lei again in a traditional stance that was unrecognizable to Fei Lei's eyes.
Yan Mei rubbed her eyes and said, "What the hell was that? It all happened so fast!"
Weissman nodded his head mildly impressed before saying, "Not bad, kid's got some skills."
The automaton dashed towards Fei Lei in another flash of incredible speed, Dolly's sword was pointed outward, its elbows and grip centered on its gut as it approached.
Fei Lei didn't back down, pulling out his own Great Sword and Bo Staff combo weapon, he began to exchange blows with the automated doll.
The first strick knocked the Doll's sword aside and forced Fei Lei to take a single step back. Without any warning, their greatswords turned into obscure blurs.
Loud clangs and sparks of light shot out from the contact of steel against steel. The two combatants' arms turned into whirlwinds as they continuously struck out at perceived openings and properly blocked each other's attacks.
Fei Lei felt tremendous pressure as they began to speed up, every time the crossed blades he felt his arms quake in pain, and his body beginning to enjoy the cravings that live-combat brought.
Swinging his sword outward, Fei Lei pushed the Doll's weapon out of the way as he lowered his center of gravity and swept his leg in a full circle.
His foot and sword slammed against the back of Dolly's ankles, the metallic surface of the doll made a loud clang while the force from Fei Lei's attack sent its body into the air.
Rotating horizontally, the automaton held it's sword out in place, trying to use the momentum of Fei Lei's attack to cleave off his legs.
Fei Lei pulled his leg back and placed his sword flat side up before he jumped towards the construct.
He crashed into the magical automaton's chest plate with the fuller of his sword and caused a loud clanging noise to echo throughout the arena.
The armor flew back and twisted in the air, once again regaining its equilibrium before it landed. The armor braced for impact by opening one of its hands and placing it on the ground while Doll's feet and knee scraped across the surface of the arena.
As the metal-man slid back sending sparks of light flying out in a straight line before it came to an abrupt stop. It then raised its head and stood back up in a fighting stance while facing down its sole target.
The magical robot's tenacity made Fei Lei smile and say, "What the hell is this made out of?"
"Impressive! Your fighting power is on the same level as an Erudite, all be it the weakest kind of Erudite trash, but, it is still impressive none the less," Weissman said as he watched on.
Fei Lei didn't pay any attention to Weissman's words, instead, Fei Lei dashed towards the mechanical object before he started to swing his sword with all of his strength and focus.
The doll raised its own greatsword to defend itself when the sounds of their blades crashing signaled the continuation of their battle.
The two fighters once again began to exchange a rapid flurry of blows, the air cracked around their weapons as they swiftly started to pick up the pace.
While their swings continued to pick up speed, the only thing that could be seen was, the arms of the two fighters turning into a series of blurring images, and the sparks of their blades connecting.
Fei Lei sent a small dose of adrenaline to his brain before he struck down with all of his might.
The doll rose its sword to meet the attack, tearing up the ground behind him.
When the swords connected, they sent out a scream of metal clashing against metal that echoed throughout the roof. The force from their blows abruptly caused the ground to crack around the two combatants as they pushed against each other.
The magical doll tried to push back, using a great deal of strength to resist, when Fei Lei suddenly let out a powerful roar.
He increased the quantity of adrenalin, increasing his physical output even more as he forced the magical object to its knees.
Their swords ground against each other as Fei Lei continued to put pressure on the doll. When it was low enough for Fei Lei to strike, he raised his foot and kicked the construct's helmet off.
Fei Lei watched as the pile of armor fell over into segmented pieces, he then let out a relieved breath of air and he returned to the Yan Mei's side.
"I win right?" Fei Lei asked as he removed his barrier around Yan Mei stood in front of her.
Weissman snapped his fingers teleporting the helmet back onto the doll's head and said, "Yes, you win! Based on the strength you exhibited, I'd say, even though you're starting off as a D-Rank Guild Member, you can get special permission to accept up to C ranked missions."
Weissman snapped his fingers, the mana gathered around his hand and moved into the magic-robot, the segments rattled before they flew back together and reformed into the same form that Fei Lei fought against.
Weissman then turned to Yan Mei and smiled before saying, "You're up, little missy!"
Yan Mei walked over to the arena while Fei Lei kept an eye on Weissman so he didn't make a move on her.
As she stepped up to the elevated platform, Yan Mei pulled out her bow, and with a single wave of her hand, she began to create dozens of flaming arrows that floated around her bowstring.
The doll reacted to her as a threat and charged at Yan Mei with its sword. Suddenly, the floor lit up and revealed a level 1 spell matrix, Blazing Pillar Trap.
The magic circle glowed before causing a pillar of green-fire to erupt in front of the doll's face, it dodged back but the arrows shooting out curved around the creatures back and shot it forward into the flames.
"Hmm, I see, she's using her level two sigil to empower her fire spell matrixes. With the Heart Fire Sigil, she can make a level one spell as good as a level two, and there's even a lagniappe to her tactics because it helps her reserve Mana."
Yan Mei suddenly cast a level 1 fire spell, Roaring Explosion.
The automaton threw its sword at her and tried to flank Yan Mei at the same time.
A loin's face formed from the emerald flames and charged at a flying sword that was tossed at her.
The two attacks met and caused a massive explosion that knocked the metal-man back while its sword went flipping into the air.
Quickly recovering, the mechanical doll jumped out of the flames and retrieved its sword mid-air. It then pointed the greatsword at Yan Mei and dived towards her covered in flames.
Yan Mei jumped out of the way while tapping her feet and using that motion as a trigger to activate her level 1 spell Scorching Step.
Suddenly, a blaze of fiery energy erupted from the soles of her leather boots as they lifted her body slightly above the ground and transformed into some kind of jets skates.
She hovered around and raced away from the attack with great speeds, leaving only a trail of fire in her wake.
The doll crashed sword first into the ground like a missile causing piles of debris to shoot into the air. The mechanical doll then swung with the flat side of its sword as hard as it could and batted out chunks of the arena's stone floor towards Yan Mei's body.
Yan Mei shot a few arrows into the direction of the automaton's attacks, destroying the chunks of stone projectiles while sending the rest of the arrows into the field of debris.
Her attack charged through the smoke and dust and homed in on Dolly's chest.
The armored-robot countered by swinging its blade and deflecting the arrows away.
In response, Yan Mei waved her hands and created a massive circle of flame, pointing her arrow at the center of the floating ring, she shouted, "Ring of Fire-Lances!"
The arrow shot through the Level 3 spell and was transformed into a giant spear-like shape that tore up the ground beneath them as it traveled towards its target.
"Hmm, all her fighting methods revolve around preserving her mana, even her level three spell is a fire amplification matrix, the cost of powering her flames with her Sigil and using a Fire Amp spell is brilliant!" Weissman commented.
The puppet raised its arms and charged towards the attack, swinging with all of it's might, a powerful gust of wind was gathered at the tip of the blade, and the two attacks collided.
A massive shock wave echoed from the point of contact, the mechanical humanoid pushed out as hard as it could, causing the flaming spear bend ever so slightly to the side.
However, Yan Mei dashed over in a flash and aimed 10-point blank flaming arrows all at its head.
The Doll tired to react, only managing to slightly raise its sword before the ten arrows pierced through the target's helmet and sent it flying onto the ground.