The carriage drives through the plains, maintain range, by the sea…..
Chuck looks out the window, "Uhh guys, I'm certain we didn't pass her the first time we came here." The place they're now is another mountain range with mountain walls on both sides with 1 trail ahead.
Aella looks out the window, "That's odd." She then orders, "STOP." The carriage stops as she gets down, the trio follow her down to survey the area.
Aku notices something strange about the carriage, her thoughts. "Forget stange, there's no coachman." She then turns to Aella who's behind the carriage with a map, "A….A…Aella, t…..t…there's no…" She points at the driver's seat.
Aella stares at Aku in confusion, then it dawns on her. "Oh, these carriages are different. You don't need a coachman or driver. The horses are smart enough to take you where you want to go, just tell them."
Aku sighs in relief with her hand on her chest, Flint knows why Aku was scared. Chuck giggles at Aku, "You're still afraid of ghos- *BANG*" Aku gave him an uppercut. Chuck lies on his back as the world gets dizzy around him. Aku humps as she goes to the front of the carriage to observe the 'smart' horses.
Flint goes to Chuck and extends a hand, "Your mouth is bound to kill you one of these days."
Chuck takes Flint's hands, "Yeah rights. At least it can't get any worse than this."
*ROOOAAARRRR*
Flint's face darkens as he glares at Chuck, he mumbles beneath his breath. "Maybe I should cut out his mouth." Chuck hears Flint's words and shivers.
Aku and Aella are on high alert as they look around, Flint doesn't bother to find the source because.
[WARNING: Monster detected.]
[S rank inferior dragon approaching.] Dragon has black scales and actually a wyvern. 10 meters in size.
[Community group has been alerted.]
Aku and Aella who's on high alert suddenly relax or just Aku, Aella is shivering from head to toe.
Chuck scratches his head, "I guess we might have to drink dragon blood like how Aku said to Twenny."
Flint smiles, "That might be a sign of victory for us."
Aku turns to them, "How is drinking dragon blood victory?" *WHOOOM WHOOOM WHOOOM WHOOOM* the dragon's wing beats as it approaches them.
Flint takes out his broadsword, Chuck holds his shield and machete, Aku wields her twin swords. Aella is under FEAR, she snaps out of it when she sees Chuck's brave front. Aella steels herself and takes out a rapier to fight. Flint at the front, Aku to his left, Chuck to his right and Aella behind them.
Flint drops into his fighting stance as the trio follow, SILENCE… Flint smiles wryly, "So, who's going to be bait?"
Chuck snickers, "I say we plat a game o- "
Aku cuts in, "The fat mouth that jinxed us."
Chuck froze, he turns to Aku, "My mouth is not fat! Besides, it's an S rank dragon. I'm the shield and have the highest damage, I can't be bait." The trio start to argue it as the dragon notices them, it opens its mouth as a fireball form before it. The trio are too busy arguing to care.
The dragon fires it at them, *ROOAAR WHOOSH* Aella's body jolts as she jumps before the trio willing to risk her life to save them. She stares at the giant ball of death coming towards her as she steadies her rapier to attack, her thoughts. "If I falter, it's all over."
Aella readies to use a skill as Chuck pulls Aella back shocking her, he raises his shield blocking the flames *BOOOOM* No one felt the heat but the ground before them is scorched, Flint stuffed the carriage into System DC INVENTORY.
Chuck turns to Aku, "How about for once, I'm not the tank."
Aku smacks her forehead as her hands slide down her face, "You literally have a shield." Aella watch this scene with her jaws hanging.
Flint walks up to them after stuffing the carriage, "Come on guys, it's a battle. We can't fight among ourselves now, especially when a threat is before is." He points at the dragon.
Then System Community sounds in their heads.
[Quit bickering and get this over with.]
Chuck's eyes turn to his forehead, that's how e looks when speaking to System DC. "Hey umm, is there a reward for killing this dragon?"
[You don't become dragon supper.]
Chuck gives a wry smile, "Riiight." He get's ready to fight with him as the bait –ahem shield.
[INFORMATION MAGIC DISPLAY LEVEL 6
COMMUNITY [
NOTICE: Enemy is a of the dragon race, hence possessing racial advantages.
CAUTION: Avoid getting hit.
]
END]
The dragon shoots towards them preparing a breath attack. Chuck stands before the trio with his shield up, Aku runs to Chuck's left as she runs on the walls. Flint stands behind Chuck with his hand on his shoulder, Aella is oblivious on what to do.
The dragon releases a breath attack spraying fire into the trail, Chuck readies his shield as Aku is out of sight. Flint looks back at Aella, "Aella, this fight isn't for you. Stand back!" the fire hits as Chuck blocks it making a beautiful scene before him of fire spreading with him at the center.
TH dragon finishes its attack and notices that its targets are unharmed, it dives in to finish the job as a person appears in its vision. Aku is right beside the dragon, she twists as she slashes at the dragon *SLASH SLASH* the dragon's vison turns dark, its eyes are cut out. *ROOOAAARR* *BOOOOM* the dragon flies into the wall as it falls down before Chuck and Flint.
Chuck darts towards the dragon with his machete ready, "YAAAGGHHHH!" the dragon opens its mouth and breathes fire on Chuck but he blocks it with his shield. Flint jumps in the air as he readies his sword for a downward thrust, "PIERCE MINE ENERMIES THROUGH!" He pictures a sharp needle in his hands as EP covers his sword aiming at the dragon's back. *CHUUUUCK* *ROOOAAAARRR*
The dragon roars in pain as its run through with the sword, Flint grips the sword tightly. "Even with racial advantages, I doubt you can take all of this without a dying. ENERGY SWORD RAY!" EP bursts from his sword as it fills the dragon burning it inside out. *RROOOAAARRR*
Chuck arrives right beside the dragon's head sliding to a stop, he lifts his machete up. "CHUCK STRIKE!" he swings his machete down beheading the dragon. *THUD* the dragon head rolls.
Aku is standing on her sword as it's stuck in the wall, "Seriously?!"
Chuck turns to her, "If we're using names then I'll use mine."
Aku shakes her head and drops from the wall, "Boys." She lands besides them. Flint is still on the dragon.
[Commencing DRAGON KIN ABSORPTION.] EP flows from the dragon corpse through the sword into Flint.
[Dragon Kin (Level: 1) > Dragon Kin (Level: 2)]
Flint jumps down from the corpse as he walks over to Chuck and Aku. Chuck turns to Aella, "Are you alright?" He walks to Aella who seems to be shaken.
Aella's thoughts as she stares at the dragon corpse, "A monster like this will require a subjugation force of high ranked adventures. And they took it down like it was nothing."
Chuck follows Aella's stare to the corpse, "Oh, this. Miss Twenny made us fight stronger monsters than this. She told us to find an advantage and abuse it, in this case, our numbers."
Aku looks at Aella, "It's a pretty standard tactic, one of us acts as bait. I go incognito while Flint lands the 'tide tilting' attack and anyone finishes it. It's all teamwork."
Chuck gives his handsome smile to Aella, "A team you are a part of." Aella calms down and smiles back.
Flint shakes his head, "Let's hurry back." He takes out the carriage. System DC speaks in their heads.
[Ah-hem.]
They're confused, Flint speaks up. "Is something the matter?"
[A dragon died, obviously it has a hoard of treasures around here somewhere.]
Aku's eyes widen, "You're right. Also, is it just me or does System sound like Twenny?"
[It's just you.]
The trio's thoughts, "Nah, this is Twenny."
Flint smiles, "I guess System took on her personality to fill the gap she left." Flint looks sad.
Aku holds Flint's shoulder, "Come on bro, she'll be back." Flint nods, Aku turns to the party, "Time to claim what is now ours. And I just remembered that we promised Licia a gift."
Flint freezes, Aella is confused. Flint stands beside the dragon corpse, "This'll be my gift."
Aku holds Flint's shoulder, "Take this and the hoard is mine." She smiles. Flint thinks it over and picks the corpse after all, there's no evidence of the treasure being good.
.......................
In a place covered with red skies, dark clouds and smoke filling the skies lies a giant castle. In the castle on the throne is Twenny lying on it, she swings her right hand as she looks at a screen. "I guess they didn't screw things up. It's a good thing they stopped arguing before it got serious, I'll set a punishment mission for them." Twenny looks to her right, "Now to deal with this."
To Twenny's right, thousands of thousands of demons and devils bow before her on the throne covering the entire lands. Devils who're comparable to gods are bowing, even primordial devils bow before her. The castle Twenny is sitting inside has half of it blown away as the mountain in the distance has a hole through it.
Twenny looks at the screen before her, "*YAWN* Time to start this game of chess."