The Spark Of Fire

Ryuma thinks and thinks hard about how to get out of Vestine's palm. If he were to become passive for longer, he would surely be in the hand of Vestine himself.

"We would spare your friends. In exchange, join the syndicate... What do you say? To live surrounded by the beautiful woman, and also an unlimited amount of food like meat. If that's not enough for you, I could release that girl behind the counter. Tik tok~ Come on, you've had less than a minute before some of the fire is gonna ruin their beautiful face you know?"

Ryuma was given the choice, a limited choice, one could say. But his pride wouldn't even let him consider taking the offer. But that's until he saw the small movement from Line, it appeared that she was alive. But not to an extent she would survive without the help of someone considering the amount of blood she just lost. Vestine saw this as an opportunity to push Ryuma further.

"Here, a healing potion. Come on~ Accept the deal before she's gone cold~" Ryuma furiously looked at Line and Vestine simultaneously, as he greeted his teeth, Vestine started the countdown from ten down to one. 

"Five, four, three, two-" The lower the number the more furious Ryuma made, for the first time in a while, he was being pushed down to this extent. And so, he shouted...

"FINE! I"'ll ACCEPT YOUR-" But before Ryuma could finish his words, something wrapped around his leg, causing Ryuma to stop talking. He looked down at his leg and saw the pink line that was binding his leg. Then a pleasure sensation heal Ryuma whole from all of his injuries. Down from his foot's been pierced by nail to the burned mark on his body.

Line muttered some words to Ryuma while coughing blood.

"Do not worry about me... *Cough* And those girls... Focus on what's in front of you... Beat that shit head to the ground. Or else I'll beat you in exchange... *Cough* Cough*" At the same time, the receptionist girl stands up and shouts...

"NOW!!!" A numerous amount of magic circle appeared before Vestine, intending to take him down in this instant.

"Is this your last struggle? If it is then so be it." Vestine welcomes the attack from an attack from the receptionist girl with an open arm. Fire, water, earth, wind, electricity, light, and dark hit Vestine simultaneously. But in the end, it all went downhill. Vestine was unscathed, like something durable was protecting him from all those attacks till now.

The look of despair on the female staff made Vestine smile. As he aimed his cannon at the hostage, they were prepared to cast a barrier that would protect them from Vestine's cannon. But, the voice from the back made Vestine stop his finger from pulling the trigger.

"I'm sorry old man... But no can do... Because I've had so much to live for... For one, your way of living disgusts me to bits. You all have been raiding from one village to another, then to the town. And to the city. Some people believe Flameborn might be able to take the whole land. But, simply conquering isn't the only way to live. You all shitheads have no real goal besides raiding and conquering. That's why you shouldn't lump me with that big boss of yours."

"Hmm... That's fine then. At least I've tried~" Vestine gives a signal to the guy in black and red attire to finish Line off. Ryuma also knew instantly by the look in Vestine's eyes as he dashed to Line.

...

"It's all about mobility. Using it too much might make your muscles torn from the recoil. But, it seems like you're getting used to it." Ryuma once again reminisces about his moment with Rudy. As he's thinking about it, the flame starts to come out from the bottom of his foot. And then the flame started to pop like a firecracker.

(I got this... I'm feeling it down to every fiber of my muscle...)

"FLAME BURST!" And then that very flame pushed Ryuma to the great speed, not touching the ground, Ryuma leaped to the minion in less than 1 second. Sending himself and the minion crashing down the wooden wall. Ryuma managed to get a hold of the guy as he was on top of him.

(I need to finish him because he might be a potential threat if I keep him alive...) Ryuma realized that the guy was holding the sword and tried to stab him. With an elbow, he finds the sword of the guy as he's ready to counter.

(Charge my muscle with flame... Like Rudy did, from behind the elbow... Like the rocket... Simply released when the input is about right...)

The same flame from his foot earlier appeared once again from behind his elbow as he was about to punch the guy lying on the floor. The sound of a firecracker echoed to his ears and...

(NOW!")

"BURST FLAME!" The same happened, before the minion knew it, the fist had already reached his face. Which crushed the bone beyond it in an instant. The blood splattered on Ryuma's fist. And also some parts of his body. For the first time in a while, Ryuma felt like he wanted to vomit when he took the lives.

"Omg~ You just fucking killed him~" The voice made Ryuma turn his head, to the one he call an old man with the name Vestine.

"Yeah, and I'd like to do the same for you, shithead old man..." 

"Burst Flame!" Burst Flame isn't an offense magic. Instead, it's a technique that boosts one's agility by a mile in a second. Like Lamat, Ryuma could also become a human bullet however he wants. Ryuma leaped from his location to Vestine in an attempt to dropkick him. Just for it to be dodged.

(This old man... He can see that?!) Vestine who's barely moved from his spot finally takes a step forward as he evades Ryuma's kick. But as soon Ryuma missed and crashed into the wall, he used Burst flame a second time.

(I'm not done yet!) Ryuma leaped in a low angle to give a punch. The punch landed, but was blocked by Vestine's own arm.

"O-o-o-ouch! Quite a pack you got there bud!" Ryuma remembers when the first time Vestine blocked his dropkick. And he comes to the conclusion that he's not a foe he can beat in a close range.