When I heard of Chidna's successful rescue, I was about to do a party quest with Balthy. We were heading towards the North Volcano to kill off some Fire Spirits. I hopped onto Blackie while Balthy got on his transportation and we speedily rushed towards the volcano. Upon arriving, I used my Essence Manipulation to sense the surroundings for any highly-dense clusters of Fire Essence. After all, a Fire Spirit is basically a large clump of concentrated Fire Essence. After spotting some nearby, I muttered a silent prayer to my goddess Lady Luck before I motioned Balthy to follow me.

Soon, we arrived near the mouth of a cave at the bottom of the volcano. Peering inside, I see a large pool of lava. By the lava, there was a large amount of Fire Spirits...close to 20 of them. Why are there so many at this particular spot? Are they guarding something? Could it be that there is a treasure at the bottom of that lava pool? I took out a Fiery Breeze pill and popped it into my mouth. This Fiery Breeze pill is a pill that boosts my cold abilities as well as enveloping me with a cool breeze that protects and further increases my resistance to fire. Then, I motioned Balthy to prepare for the attack.

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I had heard news of Chidna being rescued so according to a prior agreement, I chose a quest and went on it with Khaos. The quest I had chosen was to slay 5 fire spirits and Khaos seemed to have no problem with it. He seemed to talk less than Hikari and that was fine by me.

I teleported to the volcano and 3 seconds later, Khaos came riding in on his mount. That thing was fast as hell, I wonder what it tastes like. I stowed that thought for later and Khaos motioned me over to a cave at the bottom of the volcano.

While I was thinking of different things, he must have located them using his methods.We arrived and looked at them to notice that there were at least 20. They had to be guarding something and I figured Khaos must have figured that out as well.

He nodded towards me which I took as 'prepare to attack' and I did so. I put a thumbs up in his direction and he nodded. I then teleported right into the middle of them and unleashed an ice spell that obliterated at least half of the opposition.Before I could get the rest, I looked around and saw that Khaos had taken care of the rest fairly easily.

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I rushed in to the cave and start casting Freeze on the Fire Spirits. Although this low-level Ice magic can't do much damage to the Fire Spirits, it can however slow their movements down. Once slowed, I raise my hands and aimed them at two of the spirits. With quick flicks of my fingers, I controlled the Fire Essence within the Fire Spirits and dispersed them, essentially destroying their intangible bodies. Then, I took out a jar and manipulated the Fire Essences into the jar. I continued on with this process until Balthy and I finished off all 20 of them. Then, I told Balthy to wait for me while I search the bottom of the lava pool.

I took out my mask - Mask of the Fiery Demon and wore it. This mask increases my fire abilities and increases my resistance to fire and heat. Then, using the Lava Shaping skill, I parted the lava pool. As I climbed down, I could hear the sizzling below my feet. Good thing I wore my mask...I can imagine how hot the floor must be. As I continue to search, I finally came across what looks like a red orb. I reached out to touch the orb only to jerk my hand back in pain. This burning sensation was unbelievably painful...wait burning sensation?! Even with my mask on, I could be burnt? This red orb is dangerous.

I calmed myself down a bit and activated my Maker's Domain. A field gushed out from within me and enveloped the surrounding area including the red orb. Now anything in the range of my Domain will be rendered harmless to me. I reached down once again and touched the red orb...surprisingly, it isn't solid. In fact, it is a gas!...A heavy gas at that! I took out two jars and coated the inside with my Maker's Essence in order to protect the jars from the gas. Then, I stored half of the red gas in each jar. After I finished extracting the gas, I appraised it:

Name: Red Dwarf

Rank: S

Type: Heavy Gas

Potential Uses: Unknown

Notable Attributes: Unknown...may increase heat resistance...may increase Fire abilities

This item is so powerful, even my Appraisal skill can't fully identify its uses. Well, I guess we'll have to do the old fashioned way - trial and error experimentation. Anyways, I deactivated Maker's Domain and climbed out of the pool. Then, I handed one of the jars to Balthy as it can be considered his share of the treasure. Then, we headed back to the guild.