Kiryu panted. His hold on Kir's mana had slipped at an inopportune moment, only to stabilize shortly before he heard Kir talking in his mind.
His opponent, a ferret-like creature made of living magma, lay shattered by the ice Kiryu had commanded, stripping it of heat with as much distance as he could maintain from the pyroclastic steam that his choice of technique generated.
"What the hell is that?!" Kir exclaimed as a feeling of being watched settled over Kiryu.
"I dunno. Lava monster I guess? Looked kinda like a ferret. So let's just call it a fire ferret." Kiryu stepped up to the rubble and tilted his head, melting the ice and extracting a black and red gemstone, before tossing the mana crystal into Kir's storage.
"Is this what you've been doing with my body? Going on some grand adventure?" the Kid whined.
