The extermination was easy, all she had to do was rain fire upon the horde. These mindless creatures only needed to be crushed underfoot or burned to ash. Some would come and attempt to stop her but not even one lasted more than a second in her presence.
*What a weak and pathetic species, how did they survive even a day?*
She dispatched all the scarabs easily. The Slayer was not a name given to her for nothing, she had earned it.
The local kingdom promised her a very valuable magic item if she exterminated the scarab burrows. It was boring work and completely underneath her, but she soon would have the staff and she could move on from this shithole of a country. However, began to feel the ache of fatigue upon her more from boredom and use of her fire than actual fighting.
She moved from the burrows and caves into the forest, finding herself a stream to dip her feet in. A secret pleasure her sister would surely tease her about. The thought of her sister irked her, even after all these years apart.
*How could one so naive and idiotic think I'd be willing to share the title of our great house? I'm the older one! I deserve it get it all!*
In the end, they had both been sent away destroying any possibility of even having a title.
She lay back and stretched, letting out a groan. She closed her eyes and let steam lift from her perfumed limbs.
She then heard the skittering, similar but different from the bugs she had exterminated. She rose from the waters, hovering over to her clothing and let forth a fiery strike from above, clearing the nearby forest in a flash.
Nothing.
She heard it against, a soft "Nyx..." being almost whispered, yet... the voice was inside her head.
She carved a path from river to the clearing with her flames.
Nothing.
Then skittering came from behind Lina. In a visceral reaction, she pushed her raw fire in every direction, burning everything around her.
Nothing remained nearby.
Lina remained still, and smirked. Whatever bug she had heard had died to her flames.
*Nothing can stand in my way.*
She looked down at her clothing, a twinge of irritation marking her face. They were charred but not unsalvageable.
*Typical shoddy craftsmanship, only in the Desert of Misrule can the people make clothing that doesn't burn to cinders.*
She would make sure to punish the man who she paid to make her this dress, after she received her item from the king.
*Always leave the murder for after you get paid.*
Abruptly, she felt it. A crackle of raw mana around her, exploding from body, her flame being ripped away and with a cry out she fell to the ground. Anger welled up inside her as she reached for the lightning of her fury, but the heat did not come. She felt another paralyzing shock from beneath her and rising from the river was a scarab, a scarab she had never seen before.
It spoke within her, invading her mind with the words.