Essence takes a long pause and Noone else has the courage to speak up after the last sentence of Essence. Then he is approached by Cinder "Yo what the fu*k dude? Why did you add me into this stupid bullsh!t." Essence looks at him wide eyed "Wait why don't you wanna help? Aren't you 'The Flaming Knight of Radiance'. We are supposed to save the world after this!" Cinder calms Essence down "Chill dude. I did agree to follow your word, and I'm also Chosen but I didn't sign up to fight the level 100 boss at level 3!" "Oh, come on. It's not about power it's about intelligence. Every day from the time that dragon stepped down from the sky. I've been planning its defeat. And I think I found a way to defeat it. So, like whe-" Before Essence could finish his sentence stopped by the gang leader "I think We should also hear that as well are also going be your disposal pawns right mister dragon slayer?" Essence was annoyed at her comments but soon gave in so here is the plan.
"You though there will be a skip, right? but ion fu*k with that." "Who the fu*k you talking to?" Cinder asked the blabbering Essence "Oh there is a skip lol. Guess you guys will find out later!" Cinder looked at essence for a second then moved on thinking he is growing nuts then he saw the gang leader's right-hand man eat the core of the goblin. "STOP!" before Cinder could finish his sentence, The man gulped it down. Cinder's eyes grew wide "YOU'RE GOING TO TURN INTO GOBLIN!" They all make shocked faces. But as time passes by nothing happens. Cinder was dumbfounded "Man I though eating those make you like them." Essence then cuts in the conversation "What you think it is? A virus? It's like a metal. More like a new element." Cinder looks wide eyed "How do you know that?" Essence holds up his chest "I speak the word of the one supreme!" Cinder slaps Essence on his @ss "Oh please. Anyways What do I get when I eat this? Do I get more mana?" "Good guess. It Gets you more mana but not by eating it. You can just pull out the mana from it directly. But the others won't be able to do this, your mana is circulating in your body. Their mana doesn't circulate; it remains stagnant in their heart or abdomen." Cinder pokes in "Why do you sound like you are giving in-dept analysis like you some character in a boring Novel no one reads but the author still thinks he is the most famous person alive!" Essence looks annoyed and angry "ouch. Anyways where were we? Oh, yea we were going to the train station. You ready team!" Herb and Rantaro looked scared and shaking "h-how are you in such a good sprit even though where are basically going to our death!" "Pu$$y @ss indeed. Follow me, I'll protect you!" Essence answered with the biggest smile "Anyways I got something to say to my friends." Essence speeds up while Rantaro and Herb hug each other. Essence calls his system panel and messages Everyone in Radiance "Sup gng? hows everyone? been a while! Js gonna go fight a dragon. any tips?" the silence was loud; Kai broke the silence "Bite that mf on the wing and don't let it spit fire on u." "Thanks for the suggestions but it's as big as a fu*king bus and ion think it spits fire. it was green not a red dragon. Any other tip?" Essence asked hoping no answer. but the opposite ended up happening, everyone else messaged Essence with worry. Raven texted "Are you fr going to fight a dragon? I thought it was js a lie so we respect u and shi lol." "bruh u think im sum con man or smth?" "Are you not?" Raven asked back. "well, you got me there. But trust the dragon is real." Sutairu also spoke up "if u guys r done flirting. Essence just dont die. I asked God for salvation and i hope your ego doesn't ruin it." "Quite harsh words there. ill still take time kindly as that's just how I am. im a nonchall- " before essence could finish his sentence Raven stops him "Can u stop riding your own di*k. Also u emo lil bi*ch I was not flirting with him. id rather let a orc mole-" "WAOHHHHH CALM DOWN THIS BOOK ALREADY WALKING ON THIN ICE!" Kibo shouted to calm everyone down. "Let's everyone just wish Essence a happy fight and hope this guy does die, how's that? Kibo did his best to lighten the mood. But Kai being ever so hellbent on being the crazy one spoke up "Btw the huzz use to say I hav an orc di*k js saying" "EW! im 17 and ur 19 pedo!" Raven's discomfort was evident "Oh come on, the age of consent in Sakura is13 ur an unc for them lol" "Can I block people on this?" Essence listening the last line said by Raven and speaks up "Woah calm down miss "i wanna talk to your manager" we are team now. the Heros of this world. we hav to work together. I though in my absence Kibo will be doing my job but looks like he is slaking off!" Kibo Quickly answered "Dude do u even know how much of a pain these guys r? im already dealing with problems here. Some people broke into military bases and stole the guns and shi. they are basically ruling this place but r worse than the monsters. I had to fight many with assault rif-" Essence cuts off Kibo "We reached the dragons lair. tell me that stuff later see ya!" everyone wished Essence good luck and Kibo ever so sad for being ignored still wished him to go succeed.
Essence and his team reached the train station. it was all broken down and flattened with barely any buildings left. Then they saw it, The dragon sound asleep without any movement. Yet just looking at it, everyone started to shake in fear. Essence on the other hand felt nothing but rage. Essence wanted to jump into action immediately, but he didn't as he knew that was just jumping into death's door. Essence pulled out the flashlight and handed it to Herb "Remember the codes, right? 3 flashes to ask if they are ready 2 is yes and 1 is no. Go check if both the rest teams are ready." Herb runs off. Then Essence gathers everyone else "here take these chains and go tie them from under the rail tracks to whatever thing strong enough to hold and not fall or break." The rest scatter with the chains. He looks around to Check on the terrain that he has to fight in and sees Cinder on the roof top of the standing building just as he said. Cinder waves at Essence and points at the flashing lights. Everyone is ready now it's just Essence last call left as he pulls out the gun from his inventory and aims it at the sleeping dragon. With a precise hold shoots the dragon in the eye. The gun shot noise tells everyone the fight has now began. The gun shot also makes the other monsters left nearby look at the point with hungry eyes but then roar of agony of the dragon scares the pest away. The dragon is now blinded in its right eye. but it's no new to being blind. It shouts out loud "RATS..... DIE!" And dives at essence to finish him in 1 bite but essence barely manages to dodge and runs towards the high buildings where Cinder and gangsters were waiting for Essence. He fires another shot aimed at the Dragon but as expected by him the dragon gets hit but it was unaffected. But the shot was not to hurt but call upon its doom. Essence had instructed Cinder and the gangsters to make it rain bullets on the Dragon when he shoots for the second time. And make it rain, they did. The dragon was overwhelmed with bullets. Enough bullets were used to empty half the stash of the gang, but it was for an important cause. The right hand on the leader who was a sharpshooter managed to blind the dragon in its other eye. Then cinder got ready with something new he discovered. Where he could condense his mana into balls and if he makes a crack on 1 side of it. it could propel itself. He can made heat bullets. they are not affected by gravity but dissipate quickly and have short range. but the dragon was just in his range. Cinder condensed nearly all his mana into a Ball the size of a Human head. and blasted it towards the dragon. it landed right on its neck and was the first thing to leave a noticeable impact on it. Essence took this chance and ran to the dragon's exposed back and removed more chains. Essence threw one End of the Chain in the air as the wind whistled by. No, it was not the wind, it was bronzy. He grabbed the chains mid-air and and flew under the Dragons legs. Essence also jumped above on the dragon in the opposite direction affectively encasing it in chains. but Essence knew just once was not enough and dived under the dragon as bronzy flew above. Essence and bronzy were in perfect sync. Bronzy threw the chains end to Rantaro and the rest who quickly tied them to the rest of the chains Essence took this opportunity to anger the beast. "WHERE IS THAT LOOK NOW YOU EARTH LICKING LIZARD? LET ME GUESS DID IT ALSO GET SHOT?" The dragon answered "FALL....!" Essence looked puzzled at his words but then he saw it its long wings grew outwards. A fascinating thing about dragons is that most are too heavy to fly even though their wingspan is Twice the size of their body. it's still not enough to make them fly like birds. Therefore, they grew strong legs which they use to launch themself into the air like a leap and their long wings help them glide. The dragon leaps up high. breaking many chains or breaking the things there were tied to. Essence's face lost its colour as the whole plan was not let that monster fly. Another not so fun about dragons most dragons don't spit flames. Only red dragons. So, you might think how the other dragon's hunt. Many hunt in different ways but the green ones are scarier. The green ones fly the fastest and use this advantage to hunt. They fly high and come crashing down destroying its pray under its blunt force. Now the dragon was going to do it as well. Essence started to regret every decision he ever made. his thoughts spiralled wild. System panels popping up nonstop "Status effect "Dread" is applied. Mental capacity running on dangerous levels. on the various corners of the world the system the system panels started glitching for the radiance members. They all knew Essence was dealing with a tough fight and their chests started to tighten. Essence was sweating buckets from seeing the dragon descend his hope slowly being extinguished.... "Hope being extinguished? of the apostle of hope? Never in years to come!" Robin speaks into the ear of Essence "Remember apostle hope is not strength. its fragile. Many don't stick to hope and suffer in dread. Yet many hold on it. waiting for that one day they will not hope for it but hope will descend into being and reach out their hand to them. Your place is this world is pitiful child. You have no hand to hold onto. but it's funny as,
you are the hand which everyone wants to hold."