Jack froze in ce as the red drakaina red at him. She was far bigger than Arad or the red very young dragon they fought before. He knew winning wasn''t an option.


    "Kill or eat them. I don''t care as long as they don''t get in my way," The purple dragon growls as approaches Ae.


    "GRRRRRRRRR!" The red drakaina growled like a lion stalking a rabbit, a faint gust of mes gushing out of her nose as her head approached Jack.


    Jack stood still, sweating from heat and pressure. Lydia was dying at their feet as a red dragon prowled at his head. All his instincts told him it was over, but something else crawled into the back of his head.


    SWOSH! Out of nowhere, Jack swung his arm, pulling on his cloak. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared with Lydia, and the drakaina growled, ring around.


    BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! Out of the vige wall, the only four baristas in the whole ce fired at the same time. The knights who helped Jack set the traps started at the red drakaina with smiles.


    The drakaina lifted her wing and smacked the bolts aside as if they were nothing. Such mundane weapons didn''t have enough power to scratch her scales.


    Thud! The drakaina heard something in the distance so she red in that direction, seeing Lydia''s body drop to the ground. "DGAKKK GARDOOM. (That rogue abandoned her)." She growled.


    BAM! A fiery explosion sted from the ground below the drakaina''s wing, knocking it up slightly as she looked down in annoyance. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    "GAHDROM? (Traps?)." The drakaina looked around, searching for Jack. She knew he didn''t just give up. Since otherwise, hitting her with a trap would have been meaningless.


    CRACK! A branch cracked, and the drakaina swung her tail at full speed. The snap happened in a fraction of a second, like whippingst and ripping the trees off the forest.


    "Human!" The drakaina growled, "Do you think I won''t sense you?"


    BAM! A mental ball hit the drakaina head beside her left eye, leaving a dent in her scales.


    She growled, staring around, but she couldn''t find where Jack was hiding. Even focusing on her nose didn''t help. The ce reeked with goblin stench it masked anything human.


    Thud! Jack walked, his body dripping with goblin blood beneath his invisibility cloak. ^I don''t have enough firepower to damage a dragon. All I can do is buy time,^


    The drakaina twisted her neck around, trying to find Jack. It was then that she noticed something strange. Lydia was missing her sword.


    BOOM! ROAR! The drakaina growled as something exploded beneath her hind legs. She lunged back, staring down to see her left hind leg bleeding.


    "You bastard human, where are you?" The drakaina growled, staring at the ground.


    Jack walked silently, watching each step as he tied Lydia''s de to his artificial arm with steel wires. He walked beneath the drakaina, approaching her front right leg.


    In the blink of an eye, he swung the sword and fired a shell at thest moment to elerate the cut, aiming at the soft underneath of the dracaena''s scales.


    The purple dragon stared back at the drakaina, "You useless lizard, how are you having a hard time with a human? Hurry and kill him. Burn the whole ce if you need,"


    The drakaina growled, ring back at the purple dragon. It wasn''t like she wants to fight here. He chained and dragged her here. Her red draconic blood was boiling, and she would attack him given the chance.


    The drakaina lifted her wings up and looked at the ground, mes gushing from her jaw. "Burn to ash," She mumbled as fire breath burst forth.


    Jack ran away dragging Lydia away and rolling behind the hill, panting as he red at the fading st.


    "There you are," The drakaina stared at him, "Fire exposed the rat. Wouldn''t it be better if you died already?"


    Jack smiled, pulling a yellow potion from his stomach. "I was keeping this for Lydia or Arad, but I guess I have to use it." She downed the potion.


    "It isn''t designed for a weak rogue like me. Usually, only fighters, barbarians, or pdins use it," He threw the empty bottle on the ground as ck veins bulged on his skin.


    "Berserker potion. Temporarily increase stats and reduce pain." The drakaina stared at Jack as he giggled, "It also jumbles the mind, something a rogue won''t like," She circted around Jack, getting ready to bite him off.


    Jack stumbled forward, dragging Lydia''s sword in his hand as his vision blurred. His body could barely function with the potion, he didn''t have the stamina or the constitution to process it and respond properly.


    ^This is it,^ Jack could feel his heart shaking inside his chest, ^I''m about to die, I lost this gamble,^


    For a second, Jack looked at falling on his face, and the drakaina swung her w at him.


    Thud! At thest moment, Jack''s body tilted to the side and leaned on the sword and the drakaina''s strike missed him.


    The drakaina stared at her w, ^I missed it, was it luck? No, I can feel something magical running inside him.^ Her senses could pick two magic sources heating up, the artificial stomach and Liver imnted inside Jack''s body, they started breaking the potion down and stabilizing his blood.


    Jack started giggling, and the drakaina stared at him confused.


    "Yo, gods." He mumbled, "Lydia once told me, that you''re the ones granting people holy magic. Can''t I have some, I''m trying to protect one of your pdins, right?" He barely managed to stand.


    The drakaina red at him with an amused face, "The gods won''t respond. They barely reply to those who pray to them, let alone a rogue. I''m sure you''re an eyesore, standing beside their vnt pdin." She swung her w at Jack, but he suddenly disappeared.


    The drakaina stopped her w, "Where did he go?" She gasped for a second, thinking that he actually got some power, but she couldn''t be more wrong.


    Jack stood still in his ce, only invisible thanks to the cloak.