Kay ignored the plants. The clueless idiots were trying to cheer him up, but for the past 2 days, they had little to no success.One of them fell on his lap and eyed the youth with big, cute eyes. Kay only stared back with is blank stare, remembering his master words. His wisdom and training.He shook his head.'Accept it… you lost. Just like it always had been, like it will always be… your efforts will never amount to anything important.'He unconsciously begun to pat the plant, remembering each time he fell down. No matter the challenge, since he entered here, he always got up, but…This was different. He knew he couldn't even begun to comprehend his master's entire power, and he had to defeat someone even stronger than it…"Y'er already giving up?" His attention was grabbed by the gruff voice of the blacksmith, whom looked at him with deep sadness. "Never thought that exhibitionist would form a bond so strong…""He was a weirdo, but…" His face betrayed a myriad of emotions. Anger,
How long was he in this state?Long felt each fiber of his being crying as his energy was sucked out of him. There was also the scorching heat and the acid, that was beginning to eat him away.He kept slashing and hacking the insides of the trap, with no success whatsoever.However, while it was true that such trap kept sucking his life force, things weren't this clear for the dragon on a long time.It's been centuries since his last thought crossed his mind. That was thanks to the pain he was put through, one so terrible that made his mind shut down, lest it'll be destroyed.After he gathered his thoughts, he noticed how not only was the trap keeping him at bay, it was also lessening his pain… slowly, but surely, his mind was clouded no more.This then made he realize where he was, and what happened earlier… and then, an overwhelming guilt spread in through his entire body."What… what have I done…"He asked himself, eyeing the acid that was his brother blood, as well as the green tha
Kay took his distance and looked at his opponent, who waited his next action. Drawing runes in the air, Kay marveled at how easy it was to control his Qi now, comparing to how he was when he begun.After drawing each, he shoot enormous fireballs at his opponent, who raised his hand and concentrated a large amount of water in it. Both attacks connected, and steam erupted.Kay used this to his advantage, moving himself towards the left, hoping to catch his opponent surprised.However, it wouldn't be so easy, for he didn't knew that the dragon could feel his Mana, something that he found out when the monster intercepted him and tried to cut his neck, which he only dodged thanks to his reflex training.This led him to do a back flip to survive a low slash and then trying to use the Ashwinder to cut his opponent.The attack connected, which resulted in the scales being burned and cut. Before he could do more damage, however, water erupted from below Long, which created a column of liquid t
Long eyed the little stones, but paid them no mind. He was almost winning, just one second more and he would taste that human's blood.He was about to cut Kay's neck, when he made a sign with his left hand and flickered out of his sword reach.Next thing he saw was a blinding light, followed with a stupidly high pitch sound.He roared as he was engulfed in darkness once again, but this time, it was his senses that were suffering. In his moment of confusion, Kay flickered and stabbed his chest with the Ashwinder.His stomach was burned and cut in in pieces. Just before he had his neck pierced by the cutlass, a pillar of water erupted out of the ground.He doubled over, the pillar losing height as he puked blood."Curse you!" He sent missiles of water towards all directions. Even if he could feel Mana, the shock of the explosion left his senses all fuzzy, so he couldn't do anything.Kay flickered out of his reach and then sheathed the Ashwinder. Taking the cutlass and making a small sli
Kay eyed the dragon, the despair slowly taking over him. There, in the sea that was created, he felt like he was face to face with a god.Long slowly begun to descend until his feet touched the water surface. Then, Kay noticed the ice that was slowly expanding from there, taking over the surface."Fuck." He begun to swim away, desperately holding into any hope to still survive. He forced more strength into his legs and arms as the cold slowly approached.In his mind, a million images begun to play. Images of his childhood, and the scarring pain that came with them."No… Mother, no!" He cried out, the cold completely encapsulated him, only letting his head out. "Please… I'll be a good boy… don't… punish… me…"He fainted as the cold crept in his bones…Only to feel something warm enveloping him.---The dragon eyed his foe with interest, the question that begun to plague his mind was: what was he talking about?In his mind, all mothers were lovely and saint-like beings. He just didn't u
Both swords clashed, seeking dominance for they're leaders. The giant tooth against the swift Ashwinder, a battle that both needed to fight in they're own battles.Both fought against each other, and both fought a losing battle.Kay flickered out of the range as the tooth ignited with pure yellow radiance, and then tried to behead his opponent, who used his arms to block the cutlass, feeling the shock of lightning.He was then kicked hard, a gouge of blood escaping his shoulders. Kay then drew two runes, using the firestorm combo.He used this again and again, his opponent made a triple cast that created a Flood, that made the flames die out.Both swords clashed once more. Kay's Ashwinder was slowly losing it's strength, and as he felt his power slowly decay, he tapped more and more into it, trying to make the most of it.He was kicked out, the dragon appeared in front of him and tried to cut him in half, but the black-haired youth flickered once again.A pillar of water erupted from
When he could open his eyes again, the dragon noticed that he couldn’t see nor feel anything. It took a few seconds for him to regain his mind, and when he did, he remembered what happened.‘I lost?’ He realized, disbelief clear in his dim eyes.“Finally woke up, huh?” He heard the voice of that human, laced with sadness and… a hint of frustration. “Damn… you sure is amazing, you know?”“What does that mean?” He wondered, feeling annoyed at the mirth chuckle he received as answer. “I still lost… in the end, all my efforts were meaningless.”“Meaningless… you could say that…” He heard the sound of the human sitting down across from him. “Or you could believe that I cheated my way out of a loss… I mean, at the end of it… I don’t remember much, except for a burning sensation on my reserves, then a huge explosion, and finally, waking up yet again.”“…”“Cat got your tongue?”“Shut up…”“Heh, whatever… either way, I won and you lost… but that doesn’t invalidate your efforts.” He whispered
When he set foot on Long’s floor, his nose was attacked by the gagging scent of rotten flesh, consumed until the bones. Sighting, he advanced towards the dirty road.His eyes roamed towards the corpses of various monsters, the decay on them only showed for how much Long was imprisoned.Kay paused in front of a giant door that was completely blown out of it’s hinges.‘Guess I found out the boss room.’ Without preamble, he delved deeper as something inside his blood begun to stir. His heart rate skyrocketed when he felt her presence.“Mother?” He whispered, holding his distraught face while not believing his ears. ‘No… that can’t be… mother isn’t here… this isn’t her presence… this is warm and lovely…’“Long… is that you?” He heard the voice across the room, his eyes scanned the place and then noted how that presence seemed to permeate the very room. “No… Long’s soul has departed from this world… which means… you are the kid he gave his heart to.”Kay gulped down his nervousness, trembl