"You''ve done my children dirty!" The monster growled in anguage that only Arad understood.


    [He speaks draconic, be wary!]


    Everyone froze in ce, staring at the massive burning lizard. "That''s one big smander. Is it the queen?" Jack backed away, watching the monster''s movements.


    Ae pulled her bow, "It seems like it, we should retreat. My arrows aren''t long enough to deal any damage to it." She yelled.


    Arad was about to speak, looking at the monster when Mom stopped him, [Don''t speak. It will discover your nature.]


    ^What should we do then? Retreat?^


    [That''s right, move back slowly.]


    As Arad and the rest took one step back, the monster swung its tail, causing the cave to shake. CRACK! The path behind them crumbled, trapping them in the room.


    "Do you think I will let you escape after killing my children?" The monster growled.


    "The monster is growling at us. Get ready for an attack." Jack shouted while getting close to Arad. "Ae, try to find an escape route for us." He shouted. At the moment, he thinks that Ae has the best eyesight in the room.


    ^They can''t understand what the monster is saying. Should I try and negotiate?^


    [No, there is no chance this monster will let a wyrmling live.]


    "Only a bunch of fools," The monster growled, ring at them with a streaming fire gushing from its nostrils.


    CLANG! Arad stepped fromward, banging his staff on the ground. "Stay behind me. I will take the front." THUD! He rushed toward the monster.


    "Chief, be careful!" Jack yelled, running to the side and attempting to distract the monster.


    "How funny." The monster turned its head, opening its massive jaw toward Jack. KA-SWOOSH! A burst of mes rushed toward Jack.


    ZON! Arad immediately teleported between Jack and the monster, lifting his arms to block the fire breath.


    BAAAM! The mes rushed around Arad, crackling and charring his top, yet his skin remained undamaged. "Chief?" Jack gasped, surprised at Arad''s sudden appearance. BOOM! As the mes exploded, Arad red at the monster.


    ^No holding back on this one.^


    Arad took a deep breath, bending backward, filling his lungs, and a white stream of mes burst from his nose. The monster stepped back, alerted.


    "GRWAAAA!" Arad screamed, releasing a massive stream of pure white mes from his mouth.


    "What are you?" The monster twisted its neck, dodging the st with ease.


    [Get them to leave. After distracting the monster, we will run as well.]


    "JACK, Take Ae and find a way to leave this ce, " Arad growled. BAM! His body burst into mes, "This one is mine."


    "What are you saying, Chief? I will fight here beside you!" Jack lifted his dagger.


    "You''re in the way. I can''t control my mes that well." Arad lied. He can control his me. The problem is that fire is useless against this creature. He needs to use the void directly.


    "Come here, Jack. We will find Alcott and Ginger!" Ae shouted, looking around for an escape route.


    The monster stared at Arad, almost smiling, "I see, a red draconic sorcerer. Can''t you understand by words?"


    [It thinks you''re a sorcerer. Speak with it but keep that guise.]


    "Monster, are you the one causing trouble in this cave?" Arad growled, speaking in draconic, ring at it in the eyes.


    The monster titled its head, "So you can understand me." It red at Arad, "I''m the smander''s queen, not a monster." She stepped to the side, "Did you think I would let you leave after killing my children?"


    BANG! Arad smacked his staff on the ground, "You weren''t herest year. Do you know you''re trespassing on another''snd? Before long, hordes of adventurers will rush down here to y you and your kin."


    "Cheif, are you talking with that thing?" Jack stopped searching for a moment, and Ae smacked him.


    The monster looked at Jack and Ae, "Children, at them." The smanders rushed to kill them.


    "Look here, let them go!" Arad yelled, and the monster snorted, "No, I will soon evolve into a dragon. You''re kind and won''t stand a chance against me." The queen growled, her tail pping around, and me gushed from her spine, causing the room to be an oven.


    [Dragon''s blood is powerful. A creature with it can usually evolve into a dragon if he gets strong enough.] Mom exined, [That includes even human sorcerers.]


    ^Are you saying this thing has dragon blood? A sorcerer monster?^


    [Exactly, a dragon must have mated with one of the smanders and produced this thing.]


    BAM! Arad rushed ahead, swinging his sword at the monster''s front leg. ^I will slice the muscle and cause it to fall.^


    When Arad''s sword approached the leg, the queen moved back, dodging the attack, "Slow!" She growled, swinging her front right w at him.


    CLANG! Her w hit Arad in the torso sending his body flying away.


    STAB! At that moment, the queen felt a sharp pain below the base of her tail. "Who''s there?" She growled, trying to see but failing. "It''s that rogue!" She assumed when she didn''t see Jack around.


    Jack hanged to the base of her tail when she couldn''t hit him, jamming his dagger again and again below her scales. "I will bust your ass open!" He shouted while his arms burned from her hot scales.


    "Try and hit a vein!" Ae yelled, aiming at the queen''s eyes.


    "I can''t. This one is too thick for my short dagger!" He shouted, "Just Die!" He started stabbing faster.


    The queen growled, running around and banging the walls, "Get off me!" and dragged her ass on the ground like a dog. Eventually, she brushed Jack off on a stone.


    The queen barely marched, blood pouring from her rear end.


    Ae rushed toward Jack and found him barely alive, his arms charred and his legs broken. "You stupid idiot!" She shouted, trying to drag him away before the small smanders ate him.


    Jack giggled while bleeding from his mouth, "I drilled her a fourth hole,"


    "You insolent bastard!" The queen rushed toward them, opening her zing jaw.


    KABOOM! Something exploded in the back, and the air started rumbling as two purple eyes appeared in the shadows.


    "All I wanted is some children!" THUD! Arad took a step forward, three gaping holes in his torso.


    The queen stared at him, "What are you?" She could feel that something was off about him. She sensed no me or heat from him.


    "With all this bullshit!" Arad red at her, "Why should I be the only one holding back?" Veins popped in his forehead, and his eyes shed with a deep purple re.


    [Arad, calm down.]


    "Why are you still standing with those wounds?" The queen turned toward him, releasing another breath.


    Arad shouted, "GRWA!" A dark sh blinked, sting her mes away with a loud rumble.


    "That woman is mine!" Arad took a step forward, ring at the queen in the eyes, "This whole ce is mine. Who are you to stand here?"


    [Arad! Don''t let the dragons'' arrogance consume you!]


    As the queen watched, Arad''s body morphed into his draconic form, ring down at her, "You''re the reason I''m not with Ae yet!" Arad growled, the ground beneath him shaking.