"Got it".

Nohrie used her solrien magic to make metal spikes that came out from the ground, not only solrien mages could control eath but the different types of minerals in it as well, but unlike Elentiya or Celine Nohrie's spell was weaker but was enough to touch the Salamander dragon skin without breaking.

That was all Leander needed, he used his lightning spell on the metal, and his knowledge of otherworldly magic also helped on discover how to create lightning in this world but the result was just as he expected.

"I was right".

The salamander dragon didn't even flinch the electric discharge wasn't strong enough, and the spirit didn't even bother with spikes since they couldn't even scratch his skin, he opened his mouth, and a jet of blue fire came out eating the spikes.

Without wasting one more second he made a thick ice wall appear in front of him, he knew his spell wouldn't resist against a dragon's flame, his control over mana was too amateurish, and he was wasting too much more mana than necessary.

"Nohrie is time for phase two"

"Ok"

Nohrie started to gather mana for her next Earth spell but suddenly her elemental affinity with the element became weaker.

"Leander something is wrong" she shouted her intuition made her look around in time to see walls of earth rising from the ground.

"ITS A FILED SPELL".

Leander started to run immediately, the Earth walls that raised from the ground looked like the ones from the temple, it was as if a replica of the temple was rising from the ground to trap them.

"I thought a field spell wasn't something that can be made in seconds like that" More walls started to rise trying to trap them there.

"It's a simple field spell but still if we get trapped here with that thing we are done for".

Nohrie had seen this type of spell before, To create a simple field spell a mage had to spread his own mana on the atmosphere and manipulate the elements in a wide área, mages used this type of spell to trap someone and she had no idea the salamander dragon had this mastery over magic.

"Right there".

Leander used air magic to propel himself and got through a small gap between the walls, he had to keep running, the spirit had just dissolved the Earth's walls into mud and kept chasing them.

"It's a simple field spell but it still takes a good amount of mana, he is weaker but still not enough" Nohrie had been analyzing the situation to give them the best openings to attack.

"We should move to the last phase then," Leander said amid heavy pants, again his child's physique was slowing him down.

Before going down the stairs he made an ice slope the thin layer of ice made him slide down, yet even as they descended the stairs the spirit did not slow down, Nohrie and Leander had to dodge two more fireballs aimed at thir heads.

"Nohrie now".

Nohrie came out of his shadows, she hung on his head, and launched two fireballs at the nearby trees that began to fall, Leander had cut the two trees in half with a slight push he had set this trap using the forest environment against his opponent.

The trees fell on top of the spirit, pinning him in place, it was the opening Leander needed, using all the mana he could muster, ice spikes as sharp as a metal blade began to rain down, and the ice blades began to make small cuts in the salamander dragon's skin.

"You will have to stop, more than this and you won't have enough mana to maintain the assimilation spell" Nohrie could feel his mana vessels becoming empty.

"All this just gets some scratches on his skin".

Leander searched for the runes of the assimilation spell that were engraved in his mind and released them, the red runes formed in the air around the spirit, mana on the atmosphere reacted by being absorbed into the runes and red lightning struck from all sides, Leander felt that a connection was being established between him and the spirit it was similar to the one he had with Nohrie but different from a contract this one was being forced.

However, the strength of a guardian spirit couldn't be underestimated. Blue flames took his body, burning the trees that imprisoned him.

"At this pace, we're never gonna make it" Leander knew the damage he dealt wasn't enough to make a guardian beast weaker enough to be assimilated. Nohrie's mana was also low, leaving him with only one option.

A six feet tall ice spike started to form in the air; he used all the humidity in the air to make the ice sturdy as a stone; his mana both being used to maintain the runes circle and make ice, and he could feel his body quickly getting weaker.

"Stop it, if you keep using mana like this, it could backlash" Nohrie had been monitoring both his and the spirit mana, she couldn't let leander waste any more mana on this.

"J-just a little bit m-"

While concentrating on the ice spell, the salamander dragon was able to free himself from the trees, his skin completely covered in flames. When Leander finished his ice spear spell, the spirit was already capable of moving freely again, the spell aimed at the head only managed to Pierce the tail, without any care the dragon kept moving thanks to his salamander nature he could easily regenerate his limbs.

The runes circle collapsed since it couldn't retain a guardian spirit by itself. with a clear opening, the spirit shot a blast of blue fire at Leander, and a wall of earth rose up to defend him, but the barrier was not strong enough to contain the flames, and Leander was thrown down a few meters, crashing down the stairs.

"Are you ok?".

"Yes," He covered himself with ice to avoid breaking bones but the rest of his body had some bruises.

"If you are so smart to cover yourself with ice you should also know you couldn't defeat this thing".

The spirit ceased pursuing Leander as soon as he exited the temple grounds, he used a burst of air to descend the stairs faster.

"Still the only damage we dealt on him was with that ice spear"

"His skin was harder than I thought".

"Well it was a good first try, we already know what to do next time"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN NEXT TIME"

***

The calm breeze made Elentiya's hair dance in the air, In the distance, there were several destroyed buildings craters on the ground, and marks of flames, it was undeniably the scenery of a battle.

The battle had ended a few hours with Elentiya being the winner, her generals were considered the strongest mages in Altaphor but they couldn't help but feel like children now, standing at her side their title of high-tier mages felt like a joke.

They were suddenly attacked by a group of mages all of them using both Luavron, Solrien, and spirit magic, three of them were strong enough to handle a guardian spirit by themselves, but Elentiya whipped them out as if she was dealing with mere insects.

"Ulric, Eleanor you two will start gathering resources for people who live in this área, let the rebels know that we took back the north of altaphor" She didn't even rest from the battle and already started shouting orders to her generals.

"As you wish my que—" Eleanor was about to start moving when her jay almost dropped on the floor.

What she saw was a woman.

The roots of her hair were black and the rest of her hair was a bright red color, they swayed slightly in the air, her eyes were golden brown and seemed to give off a light of their own, her face had perfect proportions and her black painted lips seemed to give her an aggressive but seductive air at the same time.

Eleanor was sure she liked men, but for some reason, she could not take her eyes off the woman's body, her body was curvy and the neckline in her dress guided her eyes directly to her large bosom that would make most women envious, the way she walked swaying her hips from side to side had an almost hypnotic effect, and her white skin slightly tanned was soft and reflected the light in a mystical way.

Ulric was caught by surprise as well For a few seconds, the woman's figure overleaped with Elentiya's figure in his mind as if the woman's appearance had become similar to Elentiya or even prettier than her, which was confusing, he considered his liege the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

"What a beautiful show you have presented me Elentiya, I guess the Solrien wreath never changed after all"

Her voice was as seductive as hers looks, and Eleanor notice something strange it was as if the volume of her voice was only loud enough for one to barely hear making you want to lean closer to hear her better and at the same time it was as if she had whispered right through her ear.

"Amryne what do want here, I don't remember giving you permission to travel in Altaphor"

Elentiya had a contemptuous face looking at the woman when the two of them got close to each other Eleanor unconsciously compared the bust of the two of them, Even though Elenitiya was above average she was beaten by the woman.

"So aggressive I'm only passing by".

"You were here since the battle and didn't lift a thinger to help me, well coming from someone like you is not a surprise"

"You say that but you should remember we signed the virsune pact, I can't fight inside your domain".

'Virsune pact?' Both Eleanor and Ulric thought at the same time.

Elentiya glanced back for a moment and just as she expected all her generals were staring at Amryne incapable of moving their eyes from her.

"If you want to stay here turn off that little annoying trick of yours at least".

"Oh, my bad you know I can't control this" Amryne replied with a mischievous smile.

Suddenly all of her generals felt as if their attention was back to normal as if before their eyes were driven to her body and face almost unconsciously, Eleanor also noticed that Amryne's figure had lost a bit of its brightness, she was still stunning but she no longer had this mystical aura around her.

'Was that magic?' She didn't know what happened but she doubt it was magic, she was a high-tier mage and even if someone used magic meters away from her she would detect.

Umbestknow to Eleanor, she was right, Amryne was a virsune like Elentiya; Virsunes were one with mana, and magic was their second nature, something they used almost unconsciously, Elentiya presence was like the sun, whatever she stood people would feel the heat coming from her.

Amryne was the same, but her nature was more mischievous and seductive, her body was covered by a thin layer of ice that made her skin shiny, her eye had mana to make them glow, and she often had fun using air magic in her voice to make people bend down to listen to her, but her most know trait was the water spell that made a weak hallucinogenic mist, making people who glanced at her for a little while end up seeing people they considered attractive.

This earned her the title of goddess of beauty, like Elentiya she was a leader, not of a kingdom but of a cult, she loved being worshipped as a deity, and of course, that was just an excuse, in fact, Amryne loved to train and collect humans whom she considered beautiful transforming them into her servants.

Her acts and nature were why Elentiya felt disgusted with her, both leaders also shared a rivalry from ancient times.

"What do want here don't tell me you came into my county just to collect man," Elentiya asked.

"Eh the nerve you got to say something like this to me Elentiya, I remember you had almost as many lovers as I had".

"You don't have lovers Amryne you only use people like toys" Elentiya grunted.

"Pft you Always have been grumpy, and what It's the problem of me snatching some men here and there... don't tell me you're scared I'll end up snatching one of your offspring and having him all to myself" Amryne licked her lips only at the thought.

"DO YOU DARE SAY THIS TO ME BI*CH" Elentiya realized a pressure that almost made everyone there faint, Even Amryne knew she would lose to this woman in a fight.

Amryne had Always tried to seduce one of Elentiya's offspring, she couldn't even imagine how good she would feel when she could accomplish to do this and see Elentiya's face when she discover it, but due to Elentiya's overprotective nature, she never realized her dream but would continue trying.

'~Oh the greatest pleasure of taking your enemy's offspring to the bed, I can't even imagine how much pleasure I would feel' She thought taking one of Elentiya's sons would finally make her the winner in their rivalry, and she also would brag to another virsunes about how she was the first being to take something from the Solrien Wreath.

Because of her second intentions, Amryne had been banished from entering Altaphor multiple times, Elentiya Always made sure she couldn't even come near one of her offspring.

"Well I guess I will have you banned a hundred years again" Eleniya was ready to kick Amryne's ass into the neighborhood kingdom.

"No need to be so aggressive, I'm already going to the Merdjin Kingdon I heard something interesting had been happening there," She said licking her lips.

"As something interesting you a means a young promising adventurer?" Elentiya said with disdain and raised her eyebrows she knew better than anyone else how this woman liked to mess with another kingdom's affairs if she found herself bored.

"This as well... I don't have time to waste on battlefields like you, oh and as a sign of my goodwill I will let my priestess help with your situation, she is strong enough to beat these insects that are troubling you, I think she will arrive in a week on Altaphor please treat her well she is one of my favorites pieces of collection bye"

Amryne opened a portal and vanished to get quickly as possible to the Merdjin kingdom