The Flame Among The Empty Space

Ryuma's instinct was right if he hadn't seen the incoming hot and burning attack as it burned on his skin, it would've hit his head from both sides instead. Vestine whistled as he saw how Ryuma was able to perceive his attack.

"*Whistle~* You've got keen sense kid, It's not every day I saw a prodigy like you. If you were 3 years older than now, you probably would defeat me." Vestine was right, the current Ryuma has as much experience as he has especially when he just discovers the right and lethal way he'll use magic. 

And not long ago, he also discovered his Unique. Which is Red Fire that's burning within him right now. And it's the first time he shows Vestine the red fire, the red light shines brighter, as it launches a missiles-like attack from multiple directions to one point. To Vestine and Vestine alone.

"Red Fire?... Now we're talking!" But Vestine has a strong physical constellation as he swiftly dodged every fire like it was no big deal. And then, Ryuma appears before his face among the red lights. Once again the two are forced to fight in close combat.

But this time was different, Vestine was slightly taken aback when he felt the punch and kick from Ryuma hit harder. Each hit almost sent him back, but from years of experience in his body and mind, he overcame Ryuma and managed to land a few hits to him.

But a mere few hits aren't a big deal to current Ryuma as he spit the blood from his mouth. Ryuma then charged towards Vestine. Vestine intercepts and blocks a few of Ryuma's attacks as he counterattacks with invisible fire. But at this moment, Ryuma's senses became sensitive as he could feel it coming as he blocked it with the burning arm.

Ryuma's arms were burning like a skewer, but the adrenaline flowing down his body caused him to not feel any pain at the moment. Ryuma marched forward as Vestine kept backing out, dodging every attack Ryuma gave him. But avoiding Ryuma for too long caused Vestine to become tired as he tried to take a breath.

And then to the ribcage, Vestine felt the great force as he vomited blood which also sent him to the back. Ryuma saw the opportunity when Vestine was down and marched forward, but at that moment, he could feel the invisible fire as he backed out.

The invisible attack caused an explosion, and Ryuma couldn't see Vestine in the smoke created by the explosion. And that's when Ryuma saw Vestine smile as he stood on two feet.

"Looks like, you're truly a formidable foe... I'll have to go all out if I truly want to defeat you..." Vestine tied his hair to the back, revealing the forehead and also the face that was covered with his hair, giving Ryuma a good look to his face.

The outfit that Vestine wears becomes brighter from the line on his clothes. The atmosphere in front of Ryuma becomes hotter, and Vestine's muscles grow slightly bigger, but Ryuma knows that he's not gonna have a good time dealing with power-up Vestine.

Although fighting him right now made Ryuma's blood boil higher, with the small devilish smile on his face, he pressed his foot to the floor, creating a crack. The smoke comes out from below his foot- No, when looking at the right angle, the white smoke comes out from his whole body.

...

The white bird flew in the sky in a night sky that was covered with countless stars. Below him, lies the burning civilization. The bird decides to fly away from the place, but at the same time, the white feather falls from the bird as it makes its way to the burning civilization.

The time passes, and the white feather almost makes its way to fall to the ground. But the small fire hit him, as the fire grew larger. Soon, the fire spread to the whole feather. It has almost reached the ground, but sadly, it almost perished before it hit the ground.

The feather perished between the two, who stood looking at each other with the killing intent. The moment there's nothing left on the feather, the two move at a fast speed. Hitting each other with the full force. In the open space, anyone who could enter it would have burns in an instant.

Ryuma is not an exception, the skin on his body is almost burned whole each time he takes a hit from Vestine. But his safety doesn't matter to himself. The adrenaline causes the two to ignore their surrounding. This means until one of them isn't going down, they're going to keep going, even if it were to burn their body whole.

During the time the two fought, Ryuma's eyes were locked on Vestine as the smile was written on him. And that's until...

(!... The Burst Flame isn't working?!) Not even one second later, the full force hits Ryuma in the head, sending him flying far hitting one building to another. That hit on the head also sent Ryuma unconscious. 

...

"Huh? Where am I?" Ryuma looked at his surroundings, there were a countless flower surrounding him. Each flower had a different color, Ryuma scratched his eyes to make sure he wasn't dreaming, but when he looked at it carefully, there's a figure appeared in the flower field.

"Nana?" Naname didn't show her face, but Ryuma was sure it was her from the look of her back. Ryuma then took a step forward to approach Naname, but before Ryuma could touch her, the fire appeared, covering Naname with the flame barrier.

Ryuma tried to bypass the barrier any way he could, but it was no use. Before he knew it, the flower fields were on fire. Every single beautiful flower perished in the fire. But despite that, he still tried to reach out to Naname. Not long after, the flame devours him whole, and that's when he falls unconscious again.

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"ARRRGH!!!" Ryuma shouts out of nowhere, and then the voice reaches to his ears.

"Tch, slow down don't you!" Line, smacks Ryuma in the stomach as she heals his burning wound. From the looks of it, Ryuma thought he was having a nightmare about Naname and the flower field. But, the sight of Line also made him wonder, was this a dream too?