Help

"Hey Flare, what are you doing here?" I ask her. The Dryads and Liz stop behind me.

"Need help, you follow I." Flare replies while tugging on my arm.

"What do you need Flare? Eric's a bit busy so Layla and I will help instead if possible." Treena says.

"You can't. Need his... invey thingy." Flare replies, unable to find the right word.

"Okay, we'll see you later then Eric. Oh, and if your next match with Innu starts before you get back. I'll explain to Asami that something came up." Liz tells me before she and the Dryads return to the arena.

"Okay, lead the way Flare." I tell her as the others are leaving. She nods before leading me back to the Guildhall. We go inside and she leads me back to the room we ate in.

"Eric, thank you for coming. I know you're busy so we'll make this quick." Lilac says as I enter. She leads me over to where the machine that made it rain is. Ramia appears from thin air next to it. She takes one of the now empty potion bottles and disappears.

"What'd you need my help for?" I ask as we get to the machine.

"Can you store this in your inventory? We can't move it on our own. We built it here, so we wouldn't have to move it. We had hoped that we could take it with us into your Domain like Ramia just did with the empty bottle. But we can't, we're not sure why. Again, I'm sorry for doing this now. But Asami wants to have everyone gather back here once the fighting is over. But we couldn't make enough potion for both the meal and after. So instead there's going to be a dessert bar here. So we need to clear the space soon. Ramia once told me about your inventory, so I thought you might be able to store it there. Could you try to?" Lilac explains.

"I can try, but I've never tried to store something this big." I tell her before walking up to the machine. The biggest thing I've ever put in my inventory would've been the Crystal Hearts from the Ruins Bosses. I think before placing my palm against the machine. I try storing it in my inventory. A pop-up message appears warning me this will take ten inventory slots. I check and see I have exactly ten empty. I store it causing it to vanish. Air rushes in to fill the empty space causing my clothes to flutter.

"Woah!" Flare says in amazement before running into the empty space.

"Thank y-you Eric." I hear Ramia say behind me. I turn around and see her holding the last potion bottle.

"Anytime. So where do you want me to drop it off at?" I ask causing her to think it over.

"Actually, if it's f-fine with you. Could you h-hang onto it for a while? I don't have anywhere good for it y-yet. I had planned to just leave it in a corner of the workshop. Just u-until I cleared out a better space. So could y-you keep it for today, and maybe tomorrow?" She asks causing me to nod with a smile.

"Sure, that's fine. If there's nothing else, I should get back." I say causing her to nod. She thanks me before I leave and go back to the arena. I go back to where Luna and Innu are. I see Liz has joined them, but the Dryads aren't there. "Hey girls, what'd I miss?" I ask while sitting down next to Liz. I see Abigail fighting a woman clad in armor. She's holding a spear and fighting off a tiger made of flames. Abigail has her Flame Mantle active but hasn't created a Wyvern.

"Not too much. Mavis won her match, she paralyzed her opponent before they could attack her shadow. The next match was between Andrew and a Blue Lotus member. Andrew lost, but only because the person he fought specialized in defense. Next was Irene and Marlo. The two were very closely matched, and since neither of their magic types had the advantage over the other, it came down to skill. But Marlo won, more so because he has more experience in close combat. Irene does specialize in ranged spells after all. He didn't proceed to the next match, and neither did Mavis. After that was Chase and a Silver Garden member. Chase nearly won, but lost since he couldn't counter their ranged attacks. I'm not sure if it's his School of Magic or what, but he doesn't have any ranged attacks now. They didn't continue to the next round. Kallen fought against a Blue Lotus member. He won and is moving on to the next match. Then Abigail started fighting this Blue lotus member." Liz replies giving me a quick recap. I thank her before turning my attention to the match. I see the woman slay Abigail's tiger. She turns to Abigail and starts charging for her. Abigail points her wand forward before flames spew from her wand. They grow and take the shape of a flaming Wyvern head. It opens its mouth before breathing fire. The woman gets covered in it, unable to jump out of the way since her armor is too heavy. A moment after she gets covered in flames, Asamis Wolf jumps in front of her. It blocks the flames and uses its tails to lift Abigail's wand up. Abigail stops her spell before being let go.

"The victor is Abigail!" Asami says into the microphone, causing the crowd to cheer for her. "Will you be continuing to the next round?" Asami asks her.

"No, I used most of my mana this match." Abigail replies. The two leave the arena before Asami climbs back on her Wolf.

"Now then, it's time for the last match of the first round!" Asami says before pausing to get everyone's attention.