Black goop spat up Damian and his opponent. Damian fell out on his butt, quickly getting to his feet.His opponent was still bound by his flames, rolling on the floor. Damian locked his eyes on his opponent."Shit!" His opponent saw the look in his eyes. It wasn't a normal one. He was facing an opponent ready to kill."Yosh!" He flexed his muscles and powered his way through the flames, extinguishing them.His opponent launched himself off of the floor and landed on his feet. His black hair ran down in one braid down his face, covering most of his features, save for a single eye."I'm sorry kid, there's a death king that I need to deal with! Those men don't stand a chance..." Said the braided man, "... I barely stand a chance. Our only chance is to awaken that dragon to kill him," he thought to himself."How long?" Asked Damian. "What?" The man was confused, "how long have you been with the ORA?" Asked Damian, his face holding an unsettling intensity.The man broke a smirk, then he sc
A child, no older than ten sat in the corner of a dark room. His eyes dark, his heart darker. His dark scraggly hair sat right on his head.He swayed back and forth murmuring something to himself. It was a nursery rhyme. It was humpty Dumpty.He didn't like that one in particular very much. He'd thought it a tragedy how Dumpty would fall from the wall and shatter into so many pieces that even all the king's horses couldn't piece him back together.He was singing it only because it was the only one his mother had taught him. Not just that, he sang it because it distracted him.It distracted him from the bad sounds. From the sounds of his mother getting beaten in the other room.He rocked back and forth and tried singing louder. But his voice was too sore. He was already exhausted and his fresh bruises from his own beating still hurt.It was his fault that his mother was getting beaten in the first place. If only she'd kept quiet and let his dad beat him like he did every other night.B
Ruby stood face to face with it. It's dangling eye, it's rotting flesh, it's scaly skin. Despite looking dead it still looked fearsome, perhaps even more so now that it moved in the state it was.Some parts of its bone were visible. By logic, it shouldn't be moving. Even if it did it should've been falling apart. Technically it was.But now she was frozen in fear. Standing in front of the giant flying lizard monster in front of her. She faced an undead dragon.The beast was on fire. Perhaps it was able to light itself on fire; perhaps it was trying to breathe fire, but its current state caused the fire to leak outside its body.As to which it actually was, Ruby couldn't tell. To her knowledge dragons had fireproof bodies. They breathed fire, but as to whether their bodies could light on fire she didn't know. In fact, up until now, the concept of a dragon felt like a fever dream.Maybe she was just seeing things. The dragon swayed its head and turned to face her.It's head was massiv
The info dump was quick and direct. It needed to be, there was no point in talking if they'd die before much was spoken about.The plan they came up with was simple in concept but hard in practice. The dragon could sense the flow of mana and could vaguely predict their moves.The fact that Ruby was able to land an attack on it that it panicked and used its weight to try and crush was proof that it wasn't completely proxy to the exact spells they were able to do.But regardless, it could tell when they wanted to do, something. But now that meant that they were walking on eggshells.The things they could do were quite limited. The dragon turned around and whipped its tail against the ground. Ruby was seated on the floor behind a rock, her back facing the dragon.Meanwhile, Damian and Christopher were standing beside her on either side of the rock facing the dragon. Damian's arm was still in terrible shape, and while Christopher had his fair share of injuries, he was in by far the best
Lee was sprinting at full speed straight out of the cave. "That dragon... Even Soki shouldn't be able to handle that all by himself," he thought as he ran.Leaving the entrance he used sand and carried himself straight to the top of the depression. He looked down at the cave.Cracks has formed all-over the ceiling for it. He sat there patiently covered by a few leaves and shrubs."I'll wait here till the dragon kills them, and then..." He pulled out a small amulet from his pocket, "... I'll use this to control the beast crystal we put inside of it." It would be a shame that his rival would most likely die—and with such great potential too. But, it wasn't something he hadn't gotten used to.Suddenly he felt another huge tremor ring through the entire cave—reaching him all the way at the top."That must be Soki... He can't beat that thing," he thought to himself. Not too long after the ceiling began collapsing on itself.A smile sat on Lee's face. He could tell that the fight was over,
"Damn it!!!" Soki yelled as he quickly rushed to the floor, taking four rocks and tossing each one into four distinct alchemy return circles."AHHHHH!!!!" shouted Ruby at the top of her lungs, "Where'd he go!!!" Asked Damian as he looked around him."He could still be in the area!" Said Christopher. "No!" Yelled Soki, "he ran away to avoid battle. He knew that if he tried to attack any of you I'd kill him," said Soki as sweat ran down his face.He stood up from the floor. "I'm sorry Ruby," he said as he turned to her. "I should've attacked him the instant he showed up," he added.He placed a hand on his face, "I wanted to gather some info on him first. I'm terribly sorry for causing you pain while I could bring you closure Ruby," said Soki.Ruby stomped her foot on the ground as hard as she could, "I'll kill him myself Soki! You didn't cause anything!!" She said.Damian and Christopher lowered their guards a little, "so where is he now?" Asked Christopher. "I don't know, but it's clea
A spatial rift opened, and out fell Light. Beaten and bruised, yet healing himself quicker than anyone could think.His body landed on the floor, still half-yelling about the ORA. But that quickly stopped when he realised he was no longer where he thought he was."Where am I?" He thought, as his body slammed into the floor. The floor itself looked incredibly clean, only dirtied by the blood spilled once he hit the floor.His face was still bleeding all over, and his body was still horribly damaged. But he was able to push himself off of the ground.His eyes scanned the room. It wasn't that big, but he could see there was a fair amount in the room.A water dispenser, chairs, a desk, a few plants, and very minimal wiring. "Is this a office?" He thought to himself."Would you look at that," a sinister and cold voice said. Light immediately shot his head up, meeting eyes with the voice's owner."A gift from Charlie is a rare sight..." The owner of the voice got up from his desk, walking s
Kipple was running through the halls, desperately going as fast as possible towards Tyger's cell.He'd prayed in his heart that Tyger was somehow safe and sound. But the more Drakemen prisoners he'd come into contact with, the more and more he'd felt like that wouldn't be true.Bodies were littered left and right throughout the prison. Both of prisoners and guards.His anger continued to boil within him, and so did his worry. He was worried about the chief, about his comrades, about Emilia, about the citizens, about Tyger.... He was worried about Earl.He didn't know the jist of it, but he'd do what he could. He was close now, just one more corner and he would be turning into the corridor of the cell.His heart pounded faster and faster. He was seconds away from knowing if Tyger was dead or alive. So many thoughts ran across his mind, but he didn't have the time for any of that.He turned around the corner, still sprinting at full speed. Ahead he saw them, a sight that was completely