Tales of an Adventure: Joining Hands: Allies and Foes (NaLu Series Book 4)

Chapter Twenty: Lux Eterna

"I'll let him off after ten seconds alright?", Elizabeth warned.

"Perfect...", Minora mumbled. "Crucis!", Crucis expanded wider. The center gem glowed brightly.

"What are you going to do huh?!", Shinji glared at her.

Minora looked straight to his eyes. "I won't hesitate any longer. Tidus.....Minori....", Minora widened her eyes.

"Let go of me, you wench! I'll kill you right now!", Shinji squirmed. Elizabeth started to loosen her grip on him. She still hasn't mastered her magic yet.

"Three seconds!", Elizabeth shouted.

"Ser...Erpha...Sil...", Minora started chanting. She closed her eyes and saw her sister smiling at her.

"You can do it, Minora!", she heard her sister's voice in her head. Crucis' light is getting brighter every second.

"You're name is special Minora! Your name means Candle holder. Your name is the bearer of light!", she remembered Lucy saying it during her abduction.

"Lucy....I'm coming!", Minora opened her eyes and summoned her magic circle under Shinji.

"What the....", Shinji looked at it.

"I can't hold on anymore. Minora!!!", Elizabeth lost it and slumped to the ground.

"Crucis!", Minora gestured Crucis in front of him to stop him from escaping.

"Aaaah!", Shinji's hands were cut off by Crucis once again. Crucis glowed in front of him and stopped his movements, just like what she did to Fairy Tail before.

"Lux.....Eterna!", Minora shouted out. A blinding light erupted beneath Shinji. Shinji wasn't able to dodge the attack.

"AAAHHH!!!", Shinji shrieked.

"YAAAAHH!!!!", Minora kept it coming.

After a few more seconds, the light vanished. Minora looked at Shinji with exhaustion in her eyes.

"I can't believe it.....why you little....", Shinji's arms were cut off, blood is spilling from the wound in his stomach. "Why aren't I regenerating?! AHHH!!!!", he groaned with intense pain. He looked at his hands which aren't growing back.

"Lux Eterna.....", Elizabeth gasped. "Eternal Light?"

"That kind of spell, nullifies someone's powers. It...cancels the magic for a while...and drains the energy of a wizard...Try growing them back, idiot!", Minora said.

"Impo...ssible", Shinji fell to the hard ground. "I am one of the top wizards of Galion Alliance! Impossible!"

"I did my part of the bargain. Now, tell me. Where's Lucy?", Minora demanded.

"Who said I'll tell you?!", Shinji mocked.

"Why you!!!", Minora gripped his tattered collar despite her exhaustion.

"For a great fight. I will give you information just because you gave me such a great fight", Shinji looked at her seriously while spitting some blood. "Listen well, pathetic wizards. Two floors above, from the staircase turn left. The girl should be five rooms from there, if she's not dead yet, you'll find her with Helga. If Helga has succeeded in extracting her magic, you can't stop her from dying. That woman ought to have a decent death after....", Shinji laughed. Minora literally punched his face before he lost his consciousness.

"She won't be having anything from you guys", Minora angrily looked at him.

"Minora....", Elizabeth started. "Are you..."