The Sun and The Burn

{Meanwhile, inside the cave.}

*BOOOM!!*

A distant explosion was heard inside the cave. The surroundings of the cave shake and quake from the sheer force of the explosion, dropping rocks and dust from above.

Panic ensues since the attack was sudden, they ran around as to avoid large falling rocks.

As soon as the shaking stops, they no longer see a light that shows the outside, just a cold, dark wall, assorted by rocks of varying sizes and shapes.

"Oh shit...we're blocked in!"

The bandits try to clear the debris, but the amount of rocks and dirt inside proves to be a long and taxing task. The cave in brought in dirt, wood, and rocks which forces them to climb.

"This is a bad cave in, we could be stuck for at least a day here." one of the bandits said.

"We have at least some food around here."

"What the hell happened!?" a loud, demanding voice reverberates around the walls of the cave.

Here lies a tall man with a thick mane on his beard and hair alike, taller than anyone in this cave.

"Boss Zaneth! We have a cave in and it was bad one too!" one of the bandits said.

"Who did it?" Zaneth said.

"I don't know, some lightning hit the entrance and everything started falling. We're trapped here."

"Start digging." Zaneth said, seemingly unperturbed and walked away.

"You heard him, get your shovels and pickaxes and start digging!" the bandit yelled. Everyone scrambled to get their shovels and pickaxes to chip at it.

But little did they know that the cave in was predetermined and their forces outside are being slaughtered.

{Now...}

[Warning, powerful hostile detected.]

Whoa, the system detected Zaneth even if he's blocked in. For him to cause this alert, he must be at least V rank. But I am not here to fight him.

I looked at Vampa and Burya who is in the middle of evolution. The red flames on Vampa began to grow bigger and light began to flash out from the flames. Burya's lightning also grew bigger and then turned bluish purple.

"It's almost done...Viri, Schwarze, make way." I said. Viridesca and Schwarze flew away from Vampa and Burya as the spheres began to grow stronger and violent.

And then it began to swirl and flare outwards.

*FWOOOSH!*

The flames and light flared outwards and showed Vampa in a much larger body. Back then, he was the size of a fully-grown crow, but now he is the size of a Andean Condor. His feathers that are red all around are now thicker and have feathers of yellow and white. His beak is larger while maintaining the shape and his talons are larger and sharper, but not as Groza's.

His tail has one long red feather which flows freely in the air. His eyes are now bright red.

[Evolution complete. Vampa has evolved to Sunny Crow.]

[Due to evolution, Vampa has risen to V+.]

[Skills acquired for Vampa. Fire Magic-XII, Light Magic-XII, Fire Absorption, Light Absorption, Haste, Menace, Bravery, Solar Magic-IV, Sunlight Absorption, Water Ward-III, Ice Ward-I.]

*Fwoosh!* *Zzzt!*

The blue energy dissipates, showing Burya is the same size as Vampa, but it is blue and have violet red streaks. Her eyes turned red and her talons are given a hint of blue.

Burya also have a long feather tail and it is the shape of lightning.

[Evolution complete, Burya has evolved to Plasma Crow.]

[Due to evolution, Burya has risen to V+.]

[New Skills acquired for Burya. Lightning Magic-XII, Fire Magic-XII, Fire Absorption, Lightning Absorption, Water Nullification, Accelerated Regeneration, Bravery, Menace, Plasma Magic-III, Plasma Absorption.]

This marks my 3rd and 4th V ranked monster in this lifetime. Although Tuya is the first far before Gris, she's excluded because she is my wolf-eared mother.

"Vampa, Burya, show them your new power. The rest of you pull back for now." I said as I smiled devilishly.

*Kiii!*

They cried out and flew towards the army of bandits. Gris, Noire, Mavros, and Groza retreated back to where Schwarze and Viri is standing. One of the bandits looked at saw in horror.

"It's a Sunny Crow and a Plasma Crow!" yelled the bandit. They looked and became pale in horror as the two menacing monsters that are known to cause havoc in the mountains.

*KIIAAWW!*

Burya cries out and an electric blue and purple aura came from her body.

*Vzzz-zzzmm!*

Burya creates a violet plasma ball, spitting fire from it as well. Burya fires her ball of plasma at the army. That's a large Tier III Plasma Spell, Plasma Bomb.

*BZZAOWWM!!*

"Incoming! Use your shields!"

"Ice Wall!"

"Aqua Shield!"

"Stone Barricade!"

"Ocean Wall!"

The bandits who know magic erected barriers to defend against the dangerous projectile. The projectile zaps the water barrier and made contact completely.

*PWSSSH!*

Steam exploded forth from the wall of water as the plasma evaporated it. The plasma then hit the rock wall and then...

*BZZ-ZAPWOOOM!!*

The yellow plasma exploded on impact on the stone wall. A yellow flash of light roared as Vampa and Burya fly in place, gazing upon the flash of destruction.

The structures near by the yellow cloud of plasma began to ignite from the super heated vapor of plasma and the heat of the flash. It's enough for me to feel the heat too.

"Wow...that's Burya?" Hyoran asked while awestruck by Burya's Plasma Magic.

"Yep, just be careful because that magic can burn anything it touches." I said.

I looked down at the army and I am seeing objects and people burning, running like headless chickens while the plasma scorch their flesh and armor.

"AAAAAGH!!! IT BURNS!!" one of the bandits screams as he writhes in agony on the floor where half of his skin is severely burned, boiling, sizzling, smoking.

"My arm! MY ARRRRM!!" one bandit clutches half of what is remaining of his arm. The end of it is charred black.

"I CAN'T SEE!!" an orc bandit runs and flails aimlessly like he is blind, devoid of vision. That is because he is blind. His eyes were nowhere to be seen...just a permanent blindfold of burnt flesh.

"BELRBLEBRKLlllhghllk..." the bandit who is alive won't be for long. The entire body was in critical condition and became almost unrecognizable. The flesh has melted, charred, and riddled with nasty blisters forming and popping. The bandit gurgles from its own blood and flesh, reacting not just to the pain, but its wishes someone to bring mercy, even if it's gibberish.

As for those who're hit directly were killed instantly. The body parts of the victims were charred black, smoldering from the heat. The rest were incinerated, leaving only their charcoal silhouettes behind.

[856 hostiles remaining.]

"Good, good. Vampa show them your Solar Magic." I said.

Vampa flew high into the sky where the sun shines through the cloudless skies. He absorbed the sunlight, causing him to glow a faint red, accompanied by burning cinders.

The bandits shoot Water and Ice Magic at Vampa, only for it to evaporate before it even touches him. An orange and white light began to gather in front of Vampa. Tier II Solar Magic, Solar Line.

*KRAAAAW!!*

Vampa gave a menacing cry and the light condensed into a dot.

*Piiing!*

The dot soon stretched into a thin beam of light, streaking straight down the path. Its line leaves a path of the ground. That ground which was still as glass suddenly became angry and chose violence.

*BWOOOOSH!!!*

A sea of fire erupted from the path Vampa made from the light, effectively transforming it into a volcano. Those who were initially hit were vaporized from the concentrated light. What comes after is the sea of fire, incinerating whatever it is affected or not.

[772 hostiles remain.]

Fear, regret, panic, despair, and resignation. These emotions ran through the army, thinking on how can two powerful creatures of different names be fighting together.

But that was their common knowledge. One of the rare occurrences is that both of these crows choose to join forces against a common threat like invading armies or a stray dragon.

[686 hostiles remain.]

But what they didn't know in their perspective...

[644 hostiles remain.]

Is that they would choose to kill humans first, but in reality...

[602 hostiles remain.]

I was doing a little trolling...

[592 hostiles remain.]