"Seeeeee, maaaaassssttteeeeerrr? Iiii caaaaannn maaaakkeeee yoooouuuu stttrrroooonnngggeeerrr!" The elemental proclaimed as he hovered near Stone. A small spark of purple fire.
Gorash, the tiny fire elemental. He was considered a newborn, with 2000 years behind him. When he was younger, he had run away with a foolish hope of having a good adventure.
It did not work out well. He was caught and bound with a gene-lock contract by a lucky dwarf.
The line almost died out and he was forgotten. The dwarfs as a race were in a continual decline, be it technological, magical or just sheer numbers. He had even returned to the Elemental Plane for almost 500 years and nobody even knew he was still bound.
But now, thanks to many odd and stupid coincidences, he was summoned back to the Prime Material Plane yet again.
The gene-lock contract degraded so much he could even wiggle himself out of it. He just needed to find an idiot who would risk his life for him.
The first host, Dori, was an idiot. And blighted. Gorash knew the dwarf's days were numbered.
His second host, Lucifer, horrified him. The fear came from his very core. Something deep inside him revolted and wanted to run away as far as possible.
Fortunately, there was a [Subordinate] link. Even though it was a bogus reason, a loop in the rules, he could use it.
And now, he found him. A perfect idiot. A little bit strange, he acknowledged that. It was a sapient, living Mana Crystal. It was squishy and weak, but innocent and naive.
He had to prove his own usefulness first. Gain trust. And then… Hehe…
"Oh! I like it! Can you do more?" Stone asked, full of curiosity and excitement.
Stone truly liked useful beings—especially those that could make him level up faster.
"Yyyooouuu caaannn…" Gorash was interrupted by Stone, "Can you talk normally? It's really annoying…"
"Yes, master Stone!" The elemental answered with perfect celestian.
"Why didn't you talk like that before? It was really annoying!"
"Fun, master! I love when contracted beings are being annoyed!" Gorash truthfully answered.
"Don't annoy me, Firey!"
"Firey?"
"Yes, your name."
"But I am Gorash!"
"Sure, Firey."
The elemental frowned. Maybe it was not such a great idea. At least he had refined mana to eat. He loves refined mana.
"Anyway, master, you can use me as a heat source and when you supply me mana, you can create a lot of things from fire. More mana and better quality means I can use more powerful spells and abilities, including an area of effect spells. You have actually enough normal mana for me to conjure my signature [Purple-Flame Tornado of Death]. It will cost 500 mana points. The spell is powerful enough to annihilate 1st-tier goblins and severely hurt or kill 2nd-tiers. 3rd-tiers will become irritated and some of them can be even slightly burnt," Gora… Firey proudly explained.
"Awesome! Moron! Idiot! Tafur! Bring me 1st- and 2nd-tier goblins. As many as possible!"
"Do." "It." "Elsewhere!" Lucifer objected. He did not want to be caught in the spell. Not now, when he finally found a body. Bodies...
"Fine! Minions! Bring me with you! We will find a better place," Stone respected his only friend's wish.
The goblins gazed upon their master and the 2nd-tier reluctantly picked him up. However, as he touched him, he flinched from the blight.
"What are you doing? Hurry!" Stone would frown if he could, annoyed at the goblin.
"Blight!" Moron yelped and slowly backed out.
"Stone!" "You." "Are." "Leaking." "Mana." "Conjure." "Shield!"
"Oh..." Stone promptly conjured the [Mana Shield]. The leak dramatically weakened. The 2nd-tier could now touch him without fear.
They left the premises of a tent and arrived on the outskirts of the camp.
"Krakla!" Moron shouted in an attempt to raise an alarm.
Fifteen 1st-tier goblins and even four 2nd-tiers emerged from the tents nearby, all of them armed to the teeth.
[You have tagged 19 beings. Challenge accepted!]
Stone pumped the mana to his new friend who used it as a fuel for his favourite spell.
[Synergy found! Heat Accumulator and Baby Fire Elemental resonate in harmony. The link between Gorash and you has been reinforced. The efficiency of Fire Elemental spells are enhanced]
[Your heat is at maximum capacity. Release or explode!]
As Stone heard the message, he would smile devilishly if he could. He gave everything to Gorash, including refined mana.
Gorash flashed and purple tongues of flames covered the marked area. A small tornado appeared as the heated air met the cold underground air.
Everything in the 10-metres diameter was obliterated to ash. The ground was scorched black. Smoking pieces of burnt bodies littered the edges of aftermath.
"Master! That hurt! Please, don't send me the refined mana! I am too weak for that! And did you just transfer heat?!"
"Yes!"
"How?!" Gorash was bewildered.
"I have the talent Heat Accumulator," Stone replied with a flat voice.
"But only elementals can do that!"
"Me too," Stone deadpanned.
Gorash began to doubt… Was it a really good idea? Is the little strange pebble truly that naive?
[Challenge cleared!]
[Stone gained 176.76%]
[Lucifer gained 19.64%]
[You have levelled up!]
[You have levelled up!]
Meanwhile, Stone was tripping on the good feelings.
"I want more! More!" The high-pitched voice echoed in the silent camp..
Tafur, the ugliest, least useful goblin, snickered even as he was shaking. It was such a funny voice! He was slapped in the back of his head by Moron and Idiot stared at him. (A/N: Imagine a human and a large amount of helium…)
The firenado along with the ash remains of the goblins raised an alarm in the whole camp. The flames slowly faded and a few braver goblins came to investigate. Fortunately, his minions were not so stupid and ran away with him long before.
Stone did not even notice them as he was completely wasted from the waves of euphoria.
"More!" He commanded.
"Yes, boss!"
They arrived at a newly built part of the camp, where newly incoming goblins lived.
"Krakla! Krakla!" The trio started to raise the alarm and soon enough, the goblins quickly gathered before them.
Even a single, wounded 3rd-tier crawled out of his hiding. She snarled at the weaker-than-her goblins and quickly organized them into searching groups.
Stone could even hear some of them whispering 'The Ghost'... whatever that meant...
[You have tagged 34 beings. Challenge accepted!]
"Gorash, heat!" The elemental listened while his not-so-inner pyromaniac traits made him tether in excitement.
[Your heat is at maximum capacity. Release or explode!]
A powerful cracking of the purple flames could be heard all over the camp. Another firenado emerged, leaving only ash behind.
A heavily burned 3rd-tier, groaning in pain on the floor. Her eyes melted and her limbs became only lumps of charred meat. The attack came too quickly, and she was only able to conjure a weak mana shield.
Stone ended the goblinette's life with a blueish [Mana Missile] to the noggin, exploding her head into a puddle of gore.
[Challenge cleared!]
[Stone gained 312.43% experience]
[Lucifer gained 34.71% experience]
[Resistance: Heat gained a level]
[You have levelled up!]
[You have levelled up!]
[You have levelled up!]
Stone almost passed out from it. He was in utter bliss. Orgasm times a hundred. Even though he did not know what that meant…
The feeling faded and Stone… wanted much, much more!