“Well, it looks like we’ve all been hiding some surprises, huh? This power is incredible!”

  Risebelle g Runebelle, “Runebelle, you’ve just bee a force to be reed with!”

  Runebelle’s face broke into that enigmatic smile which left her sisters and the surrounding mages ihis was a smile that had the promise of somethiraordinary behind it. Then, in the blink of an eye, she vanished from the spot she stood without a trace .

  Risebelle, Roselle and the remaining mages exged surprised gnces. Runebelle’s sudden disappearance had taken them all by surprise.

  “Runebelle, where did you go,” Risebelle questioned while looking around.

  Arlysa and Sylra exged perplexed gnces as they sed the area, trying to make sense of Runebelle’s sudden disappearance.

  “What in the world just happened? Where did that girl go?” she wondered aloud.

  Sylra, her rough demeaniving way to a moment of uainty, spoke with her own fusion. “I have no idea. This isn’t something we were told of. We o keep our eyes op-- ”

  Runebelle suddenly appeared behind Roselle with a creepy smile. Roselle felt a sharp and painful sensation on her butt akin to a needle prick. Her initial fusion turned into a humorous response as she let out a yelp and instinctively jumped away from the ued sensation.

  “Needles? Seriously, Runebelle?” Roselle excimed, half in surprise and half in amusement. “You couldn’t have warned me first?”

  Runebelle held up the needle and expined, “It’s the Needle of Empathy. It help heal you too, you know. But I promise, no more surprises like that.”

  Roselle rubbed her bottom from the ued needle jab. While looking at Runebelle, she noticed somethiraordinary – her sister was wearing a genuine smile. It wasn’t the usual small or sad smiles that Runebelle had dispyed in the past but a real, full-fledged smile that reached her eyes.

  “Runebelle, you’re smiling! A real smile!”

  Runebelle held a deep blush on her face as Roselle pointed out her genuine smile. Her happiness radiated from her which was iious. Still wearing that heartwarming smile, Runebelle spoke in a slightly embarrassed tone.

  “I... I just wao help.”

  Roselle nodded, feeling an immense sense of gratitude for her sister’s ued assistance. Runebelle’s words, however, left her utterly astonished. “Check your life force, Roselle.”

  Roselle followed Runebelle’s advid checked her life force. Her eyes widened in disbelief when she saw the result.

  [[System Message]]

  LifeForce: 125%

  Note: Roselle’s LifeForce is currently above its normal capacity, which may provide additional resistand endurahis increase is believed to be lio the influence of Project Rune’s Magic.

  “I... I don’t uand,” Roselle said with astonishment. “How is this even possible?”

  Roselle felt an unusual sensation of her magical limitations itg to be pushed further. Her own magical potential was urgio explore the extent of her powers; however, she khat now wasn’t the right time to test those limits. Nohen she needed an adva had to be something other than her Lightning affinity in order to effectively ter Sylra’s Earth-based powers.

  Roselle turo Runebelle.

  “Runebelle, you use your Elemental Fusion to bine one of your Elemental affinities with mine? Anything other than my Lightning affinity should wainst Sylra.”

  Roselle uood that Runebelle’s unique capabilities could offer her the edge she needed in this battle against an oppo who seemed nearly impervious thtning attacks.

  Runebelle, in her Project Rune form, focused her newfound abilities oal infusion. She had the choice of Fire, Ice, or Earth at her disposal. sidering the situation and Sylra’s Earth-based powers, Runebelle decided to infuse Roselle with the power of Fire.

  With a surge of magical energy, Runebelle’s green aura enveloped Roselle and the essence of fire flowed inthtning affinity. Roselle felt a rush of heat and power c through her. Her Lightning affinity began to shift and bee tinged with the fiery energy Runebelle had provided.

  The elemental fusioween Runebelle and Roselle worked even more effectively than both anticipated. As Runebelle’s Project Rune form infused Roselle’s Lightning affinity with the power of Fire, araordinary transformation occurred.

  Roselle’s hair turo a fiery red and sparks of fire danced within it. Her entire body was enveloped in an intense fming aura making her appear as if her body was surging with fmes. The newfound power surged through her and she could feel her own energy levels skyrocketing beyond their normal limitations.

  Roselle’s System message dispyed the remarkable ge:

  [[System Status: Online]]

  LifeForce: 125%

  Magic: 225%

  (Note: Lifeford Magical capacity above normal due to Project Rune’s Magic)

  Roselle could sehe immense power c through her. This time there were ns of Magical Rupture. It was as though her fusion with Runebelle’s elemental magic had unlocked a potential she had apped into before.

  Roselle was taken aback by the dramatic transformation that had occurred. She couldn’t help but gaze at her own hands whiow crackled with fiery energy. The sparks of fire in her hair danced even more vividly as she examined her newfound appearance.

  A surge of emotions welled up within her. It wasn’t just the astounding power c through her; it was the realization that her own sister, Runebelle, had unlocked this potential within her. It filled her with awe.

  With newfound fidence, she turo face Sylra.

  “Looks like you’re in for a surprise, Sylra,” Roselle decred while raising fire infront of her face. “I hope you’re ready to face the fmes of my will!”

  “Bring it on, Roselle. I’ve faced worse than a little firepower. Let’s see if you actually make me break a sweat!”

  With those words, the battle betweeransformed Roselle and the formidable Sylra tinued.

  Risebelle wasted no more time the battle between Roselle and Sylra. She khat they o make the most of the situation so she focused her attention on the mages surrounding them. With precise aim and quick shots, she began pig off the mages while they were off-guard, causing ong their ranks.

  Arlysa, realizing Risebelle’s as, moved swiftly to intercept her with her dark magic. However, as she raised her staff, it cshed with Runebelle’s Needle, creating a brief but inteandoff.

  Arlysa, somewhat surprised by Runebelle’s speed and sudden appearance, couldn’t help but ask, “How are you so fast? Who are you?”

  Runebelle responded calmly, “I’m Project Rune. You won’t be able to stop us now.”

  Arlysa was suprised by Runebelle’s decration. She stammered over the name “P-Project Rune? What... what does that even mean?!”

  The brief distra allowed Runebelle to gain the upper hand in their csh. With a mean push, she knocked Arlysa bad caused her to stumble away from Risebelle.

  Meanwhile, Risebelle tinued her relentless assault on the mages, her precise shots taking down more of their foes with each passing moment. The mages, thrown into disarray by the ued turn of events, struggled troup and ter her attacks.

  Arlysa, realizing the gravity of the situation, raised her staff high into the air. As she ted intations in a nguage unknown to her oppos, the atmosphere grew heavy with anticipation. Darkness gathered arouaff, coalesg into a swirling, ominous mass of energy.

  With a final intation, Arlysa unleashed her Magic,

  “Greater tier Magic: Darkness Fre!”

  The energy erupted from her staff in a blinding fsh, sending forth a wave of dark power that surged toward Runebelle and Risebelle with destructive force. The darkness of the fre threateo e everything in its path, creating an eerie and uling se otlefield.

  Runebelle, in her Project Rune form, wasted no time in responding to Arlysa’s devastating Darkness Fre. With newfound trol over her elemental powers, she summoned a protective tower of fire, id earth that enveloped both her and Risebelle. The elements swirled together, creating a barrier that absorbed the brunt of the dark energy from Arlysa’s attack.

  The tlowed brightly as it absorbed and redirected the darkness, preventing it from reag Runebelle and Risebelle. Ihe protective barrier, they remained unscathed, shielded from the destructive power of the Greater Tier Magic.

  As the darkness fre dissipated against their bined elemental defense, Runebelle turned her gaze towards Arlysa, her green eyes burning with a ype of fire. Risebelle, standing beside her, readied herself for their move.

  Arlysa, her staff ched tightly in her hand, though her rea was far from what anyone might have expected. With an edgy tone and an evil smile on her face, she ented, “You know, most people would be surprised by this….But you see, I find it rather... intriguing.”

  Her eyes gleamed with dark i as she tinued, “The fact that you defend against Greater Tier Magic with such ease in that form. It makes me wonder just how powerful you truly are.”

  Runebelle, still maintaining her calm demeanor, met Arlysa’s gaze.

  Amidst her eerie ughter, Arlysa raised her staff high and shouted orders to the remaining mages. “All of you, retreat to the Magical Academy immediately! Sylra and I will deal with them.”

  The mages, though bewildered by the sudden turn of events quickly plied and headed towards the safety of the Magical Academy.

  One of the mages, a bit shaken, whispered to their rade, “Oh no! Arlysa is about to unleash her Extreme Magic. We have to get out of here! FAST!”

  With Arlysa’s iions clear and the mages ireat, a sense of dread settled over the battlefield as the stage was set for the impending agic.

  As Arlysa prepared to unleash her Extreme Magic, she extended her influence across the etlefield whicluded the ongoing csh between Roselle and Sylra.

  “Risebelle, Runebelle,” she called out to the sisters, her words eg ominously. “Do you know what you’ve done? By eliminating Abhe Mage of Light, you disrupted the delicate bance of yin and yang. Light and darkness coexisted in the Magical Academy, each keeping the other in check. But now, there’s only darkness.”

  The darkness around Arlysa intensified as her power surged, creating an oppressive atmosphere that seemed to choke the very air. She tinued, her tone one of madness, “Abner may have been a challeo you but he was not the stro Elite Mage. Darkness is strohan light, and tonight, I shall prove it.”

  As her words hung in the air, a malevolent energy gathered around Arlysa, f an aura of suffog darkness. The very ground trembled beh the power of her magid all sources of light otlefield were extinguished one by one, plunging everything into aernal night.In this inky bess, her foes, along with Roselle and Sylra, found themselves disoriented and vulnerable. Arlysa moved through the darkness with eerie ease, ready to strike at will.

  In the midst of her fiery assault against Sylra, Roselle found herself emuting An’s teiques with precision. Her fists bzed with fire as she unleashed a series of scorg punches, each strike eg with the memory of her mentor. Sylra fought bad deflected the fiery onsught with her Earth-enhanced prowess.

  Roselle, however, had something different in mind. As she tinued her barrage of fire punches, she suddenly shifted her weight, ung herself into the air with a powerful fire-enhanced kick. Sylra, taken off guard by this ued move attempted to block it but the sheer force behind Roselle’s kick sent her sprawling backward, her knees hitting the sandy ground.

  Sylra grunted in frustration as she khere, clearly angered by being pushed back by Roselle’s fiery attack. Her expression transformed into a smirk as she gazed at the approag darkness.

  The sudden o of darkness enveloped the battlefield, casting an eerie and imperable shroud over everything. Roselle, still iransformed state with a fiery aura, looked around in surprise, her heightened senses now struggling ich-bviro.

  Amidst the darkness, spoken words echoed with a chilliainty.

  “Extreme Magic: Eternal Nightfall.”