"So, what you're saying is, Master's soul is somewhere in the dragon realm and we're gonna get it? And that he's not dead as long as it's not destroyed? Areia stared coldly into Bora's eyes.
"Yes, he gulped, for some reason sitting there with Areia on large boulders the size of houses, under the nightsky felt like he was being scolded. After being fixed up Areia spent most of her time beside Dan's bed or working out,not speaking to any of them,and it was one her workout section, Bora caught her and decided it was the best time to speak to her about it all. Her slim muscles covered in sweat evident beneath her black tank top, her sweatpants rumpled as she sat crossed legged on one of the boulders, due to the state of her clothes, Antrea had given her a bunch of them, Areia liked them more than she admitted they were extremely comfy and easy to work with though they provided little to no protection whatsoever ever, Areia didn't mind she could take a hit or two, she usually lifted both boulders on her shoulder and stood for hours like a statue in the forest not being distracted by the animals passing by or the birds constantly perching on her head, before going to freshen up and back to her place beside Dan, she didn't eat and let her mana replenish her body, it was the fastest way to expend them.
"If that's all you have to tell me, I'd like to Ask you to leave, she responded calmly, I've got things to do, she said jumping off the boulder.
"Wait, Bora called after her, I just wanted to warn you, cause you'll definitely face the dragon king if you all go on this expedition, do not fight him, he boomed suddenly serious.
An Owl hooted in the distance, Cricket chirped, Her and there the bushes shook as an animal ran by,"I'm not stupid, I already have a plan, Areia said walking away. Bora called after her again but she was gone.
"Damn she's fast, he sighed looking at the moon, the night breeze whipping his face, of all the members Areia was the one that made him nervous the most, there's no telling what she could do, and usually wouldn't let her desires show outwardly till it's time to strike, he brushed his face, kicked one of the boulders angrily, it flew out of sight instantly, he turned into a dark cloud and vanished, leaving the forest for the animals and insects that seems keen on not having him.
I couldn't find the sword, Antrea appeared out of thin air, looking worriedly at Areia, I think it's gone, maybe someone from the village took it, she said uncertainly. Areia had left her dragon blade on the other world she was trapped in a while ago, and until now hadn't really thought about it, she felt her arm, two black lines ran across from her shoulders to her wrist, she hadn't been able to summon the blade on her own so far, apart from when she was fighting the masters of Amag, and it was a handicap, the sword seems to come out on it's own and whenever, At least the physical dragon blade was always there, but now it's lost and the blue glass like blades don't seem to obey her command. She stared at the sword her had with her currently, A long sword made of titanium, it had no extraordinary capabilities like most sword, but quite sharp, Areia was sure it wouldn't do well against powerful foes. They had relocated their place of rest far away from the Village of Vanya, but not so far that they couldn't see the light coming from there, from the looks of it the refugee's are successful integrating into the village, Areia stared back at the cabin, she got in walking slowly, leaving Antrea to fundled through lots of weapons she had brought back, it was a pain she couldn't explain, standing in front of the door that held the almost lifeless body of Dan. She opened it.
"I'm coming in, she said softly, she always did that before entering the room and knowing full well there was not going to be any reply, she enters and took her usual seat beside Dan and recounted all that happened to her throughout her day. She lifted her hand slowly and touched his face, combed his always disheveled hair with her fingers, touched his lips, his closed eyes, a drop landed on Dan's sleeping face, more followed, Areia couldn't hold back the tears, she lifted his hand and placed it on top of her head," why do you always leave me alone, she muttered her voice shaking heavily, why is the world so determined to take what's so precious to me? Is it my payment for the lives I've taken so far?
"Pls Master,Pls Dan, I don't think I can really keep on living without you, I'm so angry I don't know what to do, so saddened, I've never felt so horrible, this is far worse then being lodged in lava, I hate it all, she sobbed. She spent the night there.
In the morning, Cyra arrived, no one knows where she had gone to, but by her demeanour she definitely got stronger, Traundriil too arrived out of thin air, holding a book and looking spent, Antrea walked over, her expression of utmost seriousness, her golden hair falling over her shoulders in waves, her back tracksuit suited her massive while wings immensely, her hands in her pocket she let the morning air wash over her, all that's left was Areia and Bora.
Bora appeared some minutes later, looking impressed at the group, Apart from Antrea who didn't undergo any sort of training or didn't seem like she was too keen on pushing her body to the max, Cyra and Thranduil's growth was evident. Now all that was left was Areia. She stood looking at Dan's body, smiling, " her black cloak reaching down to the ground, an equally black swat pants, and her white tank top under the cloak, On her back fastened to it's scabbard was two heavy swords," I'll be back master, she said walking towards the door, she opened it and looked back as he disappeared behind the closed door, she walked towards the door her heavy boots sounding with each step, her white hair gleaming in the dark corridor.
She opened the door of the cabin and was greeted with stares from the squad Infront of it, she stepped down, her boots crushing on the humid soil, the air smelled like burnt wood, no doubt from the fire that had been there in the night.
Bora clapped cheerfully, now that we're all here, I'd like to say something," this won't be no cake walk, one dragon is a calamity level disaster and you're basically walking into the den of them, here he said passing a little rectangular stick around, if you feel like you can't continue, break it and you'll be brought back here instantly, to everyone's surprise Areia tossed it without batting an eye, Bora laughed nervously.
"I'd assume you'd watch over Dan's body and the village while we're gone? Areia asked defiantly.
"Certainly, Bora answered. Do any one of you have something else to ask? He said staring at their faces, he was greeted with silence, now then without wasting time I'll open the gate, he smiled.
It wasn't what they had expected, it didn't seem like a portal at all, more like a forceful transportation ritual, it was their body was being ripped apart and rearranged somewhere else, Antrea clutched her chest in pain, hee feathers disappeared, they heard Bora's voice one last time.
"Good luck!"
They were in an extremely dark space with no end in sight, they were falling and falling fast, rocks were evident scattered about the space and some distance away stood an extremely and ridiculously large rock riddled with holes. Thranduil grabbed Areia who In turn grabbed Cyra and then Antrea who was still twitching in pain, they didn't know why but that transportation affected her more than the rest of them. They were floating but slowly, Traundriil couldn't possibly pull them all towards one of the floating rocks.
"Snap out of it Antrea!," Cyra yelled.
Antrea looked around, her vision blurry from pain, he forcefully brought her wings and sped towards the nearest rock, they landed with a heavy crash, Areia caught Antrea's keg before she flew out of proportion, and held on to her till she was able to retract her wings, they all stared at her.
"Sorry! She muttered, holding her head," I feel extremely wierd, my power reacts badly her for some reason.
"So I guess that's the nest of the dragons, Thranduil stared at the large boulder floating in the vacuum, lucky for us we can either use these stones as leverage and get to the rock or Antrea can carry us across-,
Areia had suddenly sprinted, landing on stone after stone till she got to the den, she disappeared out of sight as she entered one of the holes still not slowing down.
"She's gonna ruin everything, Thranduil yelled flying after her, Cyra grabbed Antrea and was carried across, her sword vibrated on her back.
"I think we should split up, she said, before you start arguing, hear me out, staying together means less chance of finding Dan's soul in this massive place, besides if things go south we'll able to run well while alone. What do you think?
"Well either way we're screwed from the beginning- they hard a loud bang deep without the nest, Thranduil smiled, she's already getting to work, this is our distraction.
"I'll go left, Cyra called disappearing into one of the holes. Up for me then Antrea said going up, I guess I'll go right, Thranduil sighed.
Cyra smiled as she walked into a cave filled with dark mist and a insanely powerful aura that make anyone buckle on their knees, on a large stone slab, lay a massive blue dragon, it's tail waiving slightly as it lay down curled up asleep, it raised it's arrow shaped hornless head as Cyra ran in, it's blue eyes narrowed maliciously.
"I can't believe you came, A voice rang inside Cyra's head, as she was feet's away from the massive creature, " what a fool, it laughed. It was large but clearly one of the smaller sized dragons around, she stood raided her elongated body, her body stretching up to 15 meters in height, it's blue bat like wings spread it could Easily been about twice her size, it filled the room and made her seem bigger than she actually was, it's massive tail swishing around maliciously, a tail Cyra recognized well.
Cyra stared up at magnificent creature, a smile playing in her lips, the air was still, the cave smelt strangely of berries and burnt iron, Cyra's sword clicked, she didn't reach for it. The dragon slowly drew down the massive raised platform, her claws the size of machetes, She slithered as she moved sideways, staring Intently at Cyra, Cyra didn't move or turn and let her circle her.
"I like the gift you gave me last time," Cyra said, that hurt like hell, my tummy's still red by the way, her tail trashing about. "How about a rematch, she said coldly.
"You're gonna die a horrible death, The voice rang in her head, leave now and I might let you be, I don't feel like fighting kids.
"You see not fighting you is not an option, If I don't She's bound to do it herself, Cyra smiled sweetly.
The Dragons eyes narrowed, Very well, the voice rang in Cyra's head even louder, just know I wouldn't be held accountable for killing the current worlds hero, " GATE OPEN: DOOMED CASTLE.
Cyra was falling, she spun midair to face the ground, it was an endless desert, She felt something passed her ear with great speed, the rock hurled towards the ground , creating a fairly sized Crater on impact, Cyra turned to look at teg blue sky, A massive castle, no massive castle's were falling and breaking apart as they did, Hurling massive rocks towards the ground, Cyra made a sigh with her hand, she landed softly on the ground, a large chunk of rock slammed into her from above the moment her foot touched the ground, it blew apart, leaving Cyra in the middle of a Crater, arguably 10meters large, she felt the soil, the sand was loose and felt extremely real, some sort of spacial magic, she thought, and one of this magnitude? Dragons are impressive.
Cyra was blown out of the crater before she had seen what hit her she had reacted instinctively and blocked the blow with her arms before it strick her head, she was thrown and spun seconds in the air, she landed the kinetic energy, brought her back to the ground, he fell again rolled on the sand got up only to be nearly missed by something that could arguably be a blue bullet, She stared around, as bits and bits of the space around her began blowing apart, she was rocked violently off her feet and hurled towards the falling castles, the blow had caught her squarely on the chin, pain shot through her head, as she crashed clean through one of the castles, for some reason she didn't think the castles will ever reach the ground, she stared at the ground and saw a blue light flew by with incredible speed, she saw it this time, the dragon was hurling towards her at incredible speed, she couldn't Dodge in time and only hope her arm was sturdy enough as she shielded her head from the massive pair of teeth that closed around her head, she held the mouth open with great difficulty, The jaws closing tightly with each struggle, as if it's job was to piece Cyra off the tauk wrapped around her legs and flung her around like a handkerchief, and threw her back towards the earth away from the falling castles, has landed with a bang and immediately jumped out of the way as the dragon came pelting down towards her, It crawled out of the hole staring at Cyra with it's slit blue eyes, it opened it's pitch black jaws, it's razor sharp dagger like teeth gleaming in this world sun, her throat swell, Cyra immediately realize what it was trying to do and struck first, waiving her hand the formed the sign of Ava, an extremely powerful flame spell that could rival that of a dragon's breath, she struck the dragon squarely in the opened mouth, smoke filled the area as Cyra watched with anticipation, she let her guard down way too quickly, a pillar of black light came hurling towards her, it struck her carried her a fairly long distance and exploded into a dome of black flames.
The dragon didn't wait for certainty, she tried creating it by firing more black Flames into the heat of the explosion, the earth vibrated violently. Cyra dashed out of the dark flames, her clothes charred and barely clinging to her body, she rushed towards the dragon full speed, the dragon lay it's head down inches away from the ground and bang, Cyra was hurled towards the castle again, the dragon became a blurr again, moving with such speed Cyra could keep track, the dragon struck left, right from above and below, Cyra crashed Into one of the castles and fell into one of the throne rooms chair, she sat down upside down, staring at pics of kings in the room, The blue dragon was on the ground and looked at the castles from above, she braced herself ready for lunge at Cyra again, unknowingly to Cyra she can be seen through the walls, Cyra sighed grabbed her sword, her eyes closed Instantly, and it was like the world was cut in half, Cyra was back on the sandy ground, everything from the castle to the world itself even the dragon who was preparing to lunge was cut cleanly in two, Cyra walked towards her, sword in hand, her hair slowly being turned black, she caught a large rock that was hurling towards her and tossed it towards the Dragon, It saperated the cut part. Half the dragon lay on the floor, it's head and fore legs up in the air, Cyra stared turned her head, her vision was a complex code of magical signatures, and in this case the entire world was a magic signature, the world wasn't disappearing meaning the dragon ain't Dead, She slit the dark energy inches away from her face, with a deft movement from her sword, the dragon had regenerated and standing feet's away from her whole again.
"That was impressive, the dragon said loudly, this time not telepathically, I didn't know you'd be this strong even if your sword activated, This will be- her sentence was completed, Cyra had severed her head and held it, The head turned to pure liquid blood and the body grew a new head.
"A simple power boost wouldn't save you, the Dragon yelled, Cyra reacted in time as the Dragon was suddenly on her, the sword lodged in her jaws scraping Cyra through the desert sand, Cyra places one of her palm on the Dragons neck and fired, the compressed hair knocked the dragon off it's feet it's whole body in the air, Cyra cut, dividing the dragon cleanly in two from the head down, the cut pieces were again turned to dust with a couple of slashes.
"Amazing, Amazing, The dragon laughed feet's away you're getting better each second, Cyra struck again hoping to get her head, the Dragon caught her easily it's tail wrapping round her arm,"hope you enjoy the ride, the dragon said softly and dashed, it was faster than the Current Cyra expected, even though she couldn't see at the moment, they we're definitely breaking the sound barrier, Cyra was used as a bowling pin smashing through falling boulders, rocks the earth itself, the dragon let her go from a certain height thousands of feet from the ground, Cyra pelted towards it at great speed, she let go of her sword, it swerved a little then became stable, Cyra turned so when feet faces the ground, the blade flew under her leg and she stood on it using it as a surf board.
"Ain't that cool, the dragon laughed, her face inches away from Cyra's, she struck but Cyra didn't fell of the sword, she tried using it to outrun the dragon it was fruitless effort, the dragon caught up to her and sank her massive teeth on her shoulder. Cyra kicked her off, and flew to the ground, the dragon hovered in the air for a while wide eyed.
"Your blood tasted good,good? No that's an understatement, it's incredible, I might just eat you actually, she said menancily. Something she didn't know was that Cyra anytime her sword activates, she's essentially blind, pain deaf and will continue growing stronger till the opponent is dead, that is if she's not killed in one shot, and being killed in one is not possible for someone like Cyra, her passive ability Fail Safe always ensures that, anytime an opponent tries to kill her with a single shot or blow, it triggers a powerful pain defense mechanism, depending on the opponent and what they're weakness is, it'll strike the aggressor.
Cyra stood her eyes sealed staring at the dragon in the sky, She grabbed her sword with both hands, blood still flowing from her right shoulder, she shifted her weight to he right foot, raised the massive blade slowly well above her head, the dragon watched with glee, The raised sword shot out a tiny spark of light, one, two, three...the thousands, millions till it was as large pillar of light, roughly 200meteters in diameter, It shot towards the sky, expanding in size each second. The dragon stared at the white pillar of pure white light in amazement, Cyra raise the massive beam of energy with one hand, looking like a ant holding up a mountain, The building evaporated as she lowered the blade, The world, And everything in it was blown apart including the dragon, the world dissipated instantly, the sheer magnitude of the energy was way greater than it could hold.
"That hurts, the Dragon said now in her human form, Her disheveled blue hair evident from the clouds of smoke, That was bad, very bad, she's managed to blow away my world and quite a bit of the nest," I hope the dragon king won't be mad at me, she said her large lizard tail swinging slowly.
She caught Cyra's sword with one hand and delivered a heavy kick on her gut sending her flying and almost into the abyss, Cyra stood on the sword and it carried her back into the large nest.
"You're strong, the dragon said walking towards Cyra slowly, if you had met another guardian I'm pretty sure you'd come out on top, but unlucky for you, you met me, her blow connect with Cyra's head, she didn't let her fly off grabbing her feet she slammed her into the ground, her arm didn't return with her, it remained severed on Cyra's leg, soon her head rolled, the fallen head spoke," you're strong and it seems you keep getting stronger, the head was slit in two. The body grew a new head, And was on top of Cyra, she could only just react in time to fire Another Sign of Ava, at her knocking th dragon back a great deal, she fell in the abyss, Cyra raised the sword again.
The dragon was on top of her again, I'm definitely not letting you use that here, She said menancily, I doubt you can continue using that tho, she said knocking Cyra down, But she was wrong, that attack doesn't spend Cyra's energy and could continue spamming it as long as she has time to gather it. Cyra got up and was greeted with another gut punch from The Dragon, she responded with a punch of her own, they both flew in opposite directions, the Dragon came out of a cave wall her face squashed, Cyra's punch had did it's work, Cyra walked forward bleeding too.
"You're a pain, the Dragon yelled running towards Cyra with great speed, Cyra slammed her feet on the ground taking a stance and Slicing her cleanly in two, she blocked the punch of one of the body part as it struck Cyra, she jumped as the other almost cleared her off her feet, suddenly she was fighting two dragon girls, She flew through cave after cave, As the dragons punch connected, Cyra knew they were Dragons all around now, but none seemed Interested in stopping or Interfering with the duel, they were strong as strong as the one she's currently fighting, A chunk of the cave was blown apart as the dragon punched Cyra and missed, Cyra didn't waste the time and severed her head again, she grabbed the falling head and tossed it Into the abyss.
The head laughed as it spun, instantly growing a new body and landing on her feet with a bow,"like I said you're far too weak to actually think of defeating me, GATE OPEN: DARK PLANET.
Pretty right,The dragon Smiled her extremely large pair of dagger like teeth unnatural in her small frame and human form. The world was a mixture of Dark and red, It contained dead withered tree's hanging corpses, bones of large creatures that seemed big enough to swallow the entire dragon Nest whole, In place of the moon of the soon floated a gaint eye ball that stared intently At Cyra.
"Die, the dragon said softly, she was suddenly hit with a piercing pain in her own body, she coughed blood as her eyes and nose were gushing blood, Cyra stared at her not moving. Of course the dragon wasn't aware of the passive ability Fail Safe and had tried to kill Cyra in one shot, as long as the said person is in the dark planet and The Dragons magical energy was greater the target could be killed anytime if she wishes, but unfortunately for her she wasn't aware Cyra had a defense mechanism that prevents her instant death, the ability struck her with immense pain that bypassed her physical and magical defenses, striking directly at her Internal structure. She coughed gasp and twitched, Feb world disappeared slowly, Cyra walked up to her slowly her blade in hand.
GATE OP- the Dragons words were cut short Cyra split her head open instantly, the head fell some distance off rolled but didn't regenerate, The head grew back to it usually dargom form and so did the body, Cyra's hair and tail was now almost completely black, she stared at all the other dragons, they didn't seem Interested in her or what she and the other dragon had been doing previously, Cyra walked away slowly towards the next cave.
"That was one mighty battle, the dragon blue haired dragon walked towards Cyra slowly, You've got permission to meet the king, she smiled, her cold blue eyes unwavering. Cyra struck but her blade connected but didn't harm her at all, it was as if it struck diamond.
"Give it a rest, I'm done fighting, You passed, all you have to do is go meet the king and wait to see if your friends can do the same, she smiled. I'm not going to attack you, so you don't attack me, come with me I'll lead you to the chamber, she said moving along the cave, her blue hair waiving with her brisk movement.
Cyra stared at her for long then sheeted her sword, the her darkened hair slowly turning brown again, her eyes opened and her vision blurred instantly, she stumbled on one knee.
"Oh dear, the dragon said kneeling over her, Her eyes had a star like shape in them, a shape she hadn't seen during their fight, so this is a dragon, she's Leagues and Leagues above anything I've encountered before, all this while I was being toyed with?, Cyra collapsed. Her head didn't hit the floor,the dragon caught her," rest well child, you've done a great job, she smiled patting Cyra in the head and healing her slowly.
She's strong, Very strong, in a delayed battle, I doubt one could actually win against her, except she dies before actually progressing further, the dragon thought, she felt her neck, a tiny trickle of blood forming,"she even managed to cut me, she laughed, for a hero who doesn't even know half her power, she's pretty good, one of the best so far, but they're just powers in the world you just shouldn't go against, it's just how unfair the system is.