Chapter 238 - Guilt

"You maniacs!" Shouted Mogranius with a pure source of Anger! "What did you do?" It isn't quite easy to see an entire Kingdom blow up, even if it was a certified enemy! This whole situation itself is very confusing, he doesn't know what to think or do. But his intends aren't exactly nice!

Deciding to not say anything, even to Eric of which she shared a journey with just a bit earlier. Bittore gestured for the ladies to do a round up. One thing was made certain, in the Kingdom of Maleemia you can't know who is your friend and who is your enemy.

Bittore started taking slow steps forward towards the two Ignites after and with a calming tone she dared to ask. "You need to calm down, the Snow Ignites are our enemies. They tried to have both of you killed!" Reasonable no doubt, but her intends felt more and more impure by the passing word.

Mogranius was aware of her intends of manipulation, he went through countless cases before. This is just a rouse to get these two men by her side, or to prepare some sort of attack. Such as getting close enough to cause more damage, it is easier to hit targets up close.

Out of a sudden, both Mogranius and Eric felt something heavy hitting them at the back of their head! They both fell down to the hard ground underneath them, knocked out cold. That is likely the best way to contains two Expert (Level 4) Fire Controllers without lives being lost. Both of these men are powerful enough to at least kill 2-3 out of these ladies who now are considered enemies, which is why Bittore has ordered for such an approach. She can't afford loosing her own, especially Fire Controllers.

If Mogranius was given a bit more time to talk, he would express that he is mostly angry about the Ignites down there held hostage! He saw what the Kingdom of Maleemia had to offer, and he wasn't a fan at all. But the victimized Ignites? It is hard to think about!

But who hit these two men you might be curious to know! Well, Mogranius and Eric both saw familiar faces yes but they didn't see all of them. A couple of Ignite ladies from the group of 15, appeared out of thin air and asked. "What do we do with them now, Grand Leader Bittore." It is well established that these two ladies were left at charge for protection. Although not specified by word, Bittore explained that if she doesn't start shooting, the enemies should only be knocked out. Considering that fact, she has no intends of killing these two Ignites yet.

"Bad or not, they are of our kind. We can't just kill them!" Expressed Bittore, at least in between her propaganda there is some passion and pure ish thinking. "Tie them up for now, we have bigger matters to attend too." Before she was about too leave, she turned her head around and reminded. "Be sure to tie them good enough for them not to be able to move a limb, the old one is tricky."

If Eric and Mogranius were conscious, they would be able to figure out at least a portion of the puzzle. This entire situation is shocking, a explanation would feel nice but it would also make them even angrier. There is just too much propaganda in between.

Walking towards the mountain wall about 20 meters away and feeling its rough surface accompanied by thin bits of dirt stretching from a couple of inches to a few feet, rather random but it proved one sole fact. This portion of the mountain wall isn't solid rock. Odd enough, the dirt is only located in one circular portion stretching 10 meters long!

"Ladies. Behind this worthless piece of dirt and rock stands the future for our group." With her throat feeling heavy and even feeling a bit light headed, she hesitated to recall bad memories for her group but she felt that the reminder of their intend is neccesary. "We all have suffered the worst of the worst, what Ignis or the world for that matter has to offer us, isn't anything we can favour."

She had to remind such a fact, because there are two Fire Controllers on the ground after all. These ladies want freedom and are willing to get it in the darkest of ways, but they aren't monsters. A good portion of them felt guilt to see their own hurt. "Behind this wall, we will find a peace of mind. We will find freedom! We won't have to work for anyone but our own!"

A good sense of leadership is remembering the team their goals, ambitions sometimes can cloud reason. To keep her group going this is what she needed. "Are you ready to put in the final fight for our own, for what is left of the innocent?"

"Yes Grand Leader!" The group shouted subconsciously at the same time, with their tone echoing through the mountain side their sense of motivation was proven present. "Alright then!" She yelled with more motivation and forced pain away from her tone. "Let's blow this door wide open!"

Turning around to face the ladies, and pulling out a orb like... thing on her hand, much shaped like an eyeball actually but it only had one speck of a red circle in one portion while the rest of the orb was covered in a pitch black colour. Its size was as big as an Ignite's head. It doesn't sound big considering that Ignites have small faces, but it still takes two hands to hold properly.

Bending down on her knee and holding the orb above her head, while alluring her glare towards the ground she gently commanded. "Spread out."

The ladies spread about a meter away from each other, it feels odd to see such an effort but it will make sense soon enough. Interesting fact, 2 more of the ladies stood back and helped the other two who were previously indivisible, to tie the two men faster.

"Osira start!" Shouted Bittore, knowing that her daughter is at the edge without even looking for her. Osira has been ordered to start even before this time, as a way of honouring her Contributions. Everything, including the King's death, is plotted. This will make the two Igntes rethink the whole situation, there is so much to take in.

Doing the honors, Osira blasted a Fireball spreading 5 feet wide towards her mother. But here is the interesting part, her continuing Fire became minimized, thinned to the width of a Finger and it was straight sucked into the orb! If Mogranius was awake, he would see this Orb as Demonite! It even gives that sense.

The lady near Osira began to blast Fire after she counted until five! Her Fire touched Osira's but when reaching the Orb the Fire's direction was parted! Counting until eight, Osira stopped Blasting Fire. A couple seconds after, the third lady in row started to blast Fire. This technique was continued until the tenth lady gave in her last bit of effort! How did they know about this technique? Well that's a story for another day.

Once the tenth lady was finished, Bittore stood on her feet and glanced upon the magnificence of the orb. Now shinning in a Fire like colour, the next step can be taken. "Osira, bring me the Ignite gem!"

Interesting procedure, where could they get Ignite gems even? Apart from being expensive, they are tremendously rare up here. "I'm ready." Assured Osira before she mimicked her mother, with her knee to the ground and the Ignite gem above her head.

The rest of the ladies immediately backed away, knowing the procedure already as if it became their natural born instinct. Leading her right foot forward, trying to blast Fire out of her hands as she moved the Orb forward followed by a warrior shout, she activated the Orb's finishing potential.

For Osira, this is nothing but a breeze. But for Bittore? The Fire left the Orb at a thin pole like concentrated matter and immediately entered the Ignite Gem without blowing Osira's fingers off. Bittore however, she was pushed behind as if 10 people were pushing her. All she could do was try not to loose balance while her feet caused mass friction against the ground as she was pushed over 5 meters behind, her back even softly meets the mountainside. A toe destroyer at worst, but it is worth it.

"Its ready." Osira whispered to herself as she saw the Ignite Gem which is now red in colour! A beautiful sight, but if it fell from her hand it would wipe all 17 on this mountain side out of existence. They all felt what it did to Maleemia! "Mother may I do the honours of such a tremendous day for our group?"

"I was hoping you'd say that!" She expressed, wanting to hug her daughter as well but with a super charged Ignite Gem in between them, it isn't a good idea. "Grab the men and all of you fly out of here. We just need to do one more step right now and I'm sure that all of you know what it means!"