The Elemental Sorceress

Chapter One

CHAPTER — ONE

Nova

Fighting was something she was raised to do– to excel at. She was molded into a powerful mage from the time her magic first appeared. At twenty-one years old she thought she could handle anything, which is why she accepted this mission.

Master Makarov himself gave her a top-secret mission to track down and disband Phoenix Ore– a particularly nasty dark guild. The council handed down the task because none of their own forces could handle the threat.

Nearly a year went by of Nova tracking their movements and gathering enough intel to strike. Finally, she had everything set in place to start her attack on Phoenix Ore.

She stands outside the building– to a stranger, she looked harmless. Her brown curls were pulled into a ponytail at the top of her head. A plain red shirt and jeans, not exactly battle clothes. Though she was never one for fancy outfits anyway, she found her regular clothes easier to move around in.

Her eyes fall closed as she sucks in a deep breath and prepares herself for the battle ahead.

Bang.

She slams the guild doors open with a powerful kick. Many faces turn towards her already on high alert. "Who the hell are you?" Someone calls out, staring her down.

A smirk dances on her lips. "I'm the one who will tear your disgusting asses to shreds." Magic rises around her body in a tangible white aura. She plants her feet firmly on the ground and shifts.

Dozens of earth spikes rise from all areas of the floor– slamming into unsuspecting mages. Her eyes flicker over to the bar where a white-haired man stands with a scowl. She rushes forward, jumping in the air– as she flips forward her leg shoots out a massive stream of fire.

It hits the target dead on.

A dozen or so mages that were still conscious rush at her with magic blazing. She swipes her hand through the air causing a gust of wind to slam them into the ground hard enough to knock them out. Her head snaps up as she hears several sets of footsteps walking down the wooden stairs.

It's a trio– in the front is a large muscular man flanked by two women. "You made a mistake in coming here, Girly." He growls out, before she can react a jet of water hits her in the chest sending her tumbling out the open doors.

There's a flash of purple light and the three are looming above her on the ground. "Take care of her." He tells the two women beside him.

Nova rolls her eyes dropping into a proper fighting stance. The blonde woman– a water mage she assumed from the earlier attack– would be rather easy. She hadn't expected the attack so it hit her, but now that she knew, it would be a piece of cake. From what she had gathered most of the members of Phoenix Ore used some form of element-based magic, which was most likely why she was chosen to take them down.

A blast of water rushes towards her like a beam, but she doesn't move out of the way. She simply holds her hands out and takes control of the liquid and redirects it at the maker– as it hurtles towards the woman it changes into jagged spikes of ice. The ice slams into her opponent drawing blood in various places earning a shriek of pain. Nova shifts her foot to the left a bit and tilts her head– a massive rock pillar hits the blonde in the chest sending her flying into guildhall.

One down, two to go.

The other woman glares at her murderously, "You little wench." She hisses lashing out with a mass of flames– Nova sighs a bit, this was almost too easy. How the hell did the council not manage this?