"Lydia is right," Ae stared at the dragon, her eyes glowing with emerald green light.
"This is it," The purple dragon smiled, growling like a hungry monster, "I should drag you out now. Rare breeds are rare to find, as the name implies,"
Ae jumped from the wall, and the dragon looked at the ground, waiting for her tond.
After a second, she didn''t hit the ground.
"What?" The purple dragon lifted his head, seeing Ae run mid-air toward his head, pointing her bow at him, "You can run on air?" He growled, and she fired the arrows.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
The dragon saw the green arrows rushing toward him, feeling the magic inside them. He knew they didn''t have enough power to harm him so he didn''t bother to dodge.
ROAR! The dragon opened his jaw, trying to blow Ae back to the wall.
Ae stared at her arrows with green eyes, [Wind Arrow]
The arrows shifted their direction. One headed for the dragon''s left eye, while the other two to his nostrils. PEW!
The arrows snuck inside the dragon''s nose and headed down his windpipe.
Ae clenshed her fist, [Wind st]
BOOM! BOOM! The two arrows exploded down the dragon''s trachea, stunning him for a second.
"You little elf!" The dragon coughed link an old man with lung problems, growing as he red at Ae. "Come here," He swung his w, trying to catch her.
Ae stared at the w approaching her. ^It''s slow. He wants to catch me alive.^
Thud! With a swift move. She bent forward, lunging over the dragon''s w and running on his massive arm, pointing her bow at his head.
BAM! BAM! BAM! She fired three wind arrows, [Wind arrows]
^As long I can feel the wind around me, I sense the attacks the moment they start moving, giving me just enough time to dodge and react,^ Ae swung her fist down, sending the arrows at the dragon''s eyes.
Thud! Isdis''s knight captain opened the gate, charging with ten other knights. "The dragon is slow. Attack his legs and drop him to the ground."
"You fools! Stop!" Lydia shouted, but they didn''t listen, charging right in.
CLAP! The dragon''s tail cracked like a whip, sting forward with a shockwave as a dust storm filled the air.
"HANES!" Isdis shouted, looking down for her head knight. Her eyes opened wide, seeing the blood on the walls.
"Tch!" Lydia growled, "No even corpses remained,"
"HANES! Where are you!" Isdis screamed.
"Dead," Lydia replied with a pained voice. She can''t even move. And even if she did, that dragon would tten her in an instant. "The only reason that thing isn''t killing Ae is because he wants her alive and well," Lydia added.
"No way," Isdis gasped, looking at the blood in the walls and recognizing a shard of Hanes''s armor. "Don''t tell me,"
"Someone drag her away! We can''t have her breaking here," Lydia shouted, and the guards dragged Isdis into the city. This dragon was no joke, and unless Arad make it back soon, their chances are as rare as white crows.
Ae pulled her bow, jumping from the dragon''s arm and running down his back, [Wind de]
CLANG! The spell broke right upon contact with the dragon''s scales.
"You little girl, a feisty elf. How do I capture you without turning you into a corpse?" The dragon turned his head, unbothered by her attacks.
The situation was strange, but Ae could feel her position.
It was like a human trying to capture a small bug alive, and being careful not to crush it between his fingers.
^Each time I slip away from an attack. It''s because he isn''t putting any speed or power into it.^ She could know. ^I need to find a way to use this. How do I hurt him enough to force him to retreat?^
"I know, send weakling to capture weaklings," The dragon growled with a smile, and Ae sensed several small objects moving through the air. She gasped, looking back to see a volley of rusted arrows.
"Goblins?" She gasped, seeing an army of goblins emerge from the forest, firing arrows at her.
Ae curled into a ball, lifting arms to protect her face [Wind shield]. She created a gust of air in front of her to deflect the arrows, but the spells won''tst long.
After just a second, the spell faded, and the arrows hit Ae''s arms. She survived the first wave, but her arms were almost unusable. She turned around, looking at the dragon as if he was the biggest threat.
Ae gasped, seeing a massive w rush at her, catching her mid-air. "Here you go, running around like a scared bird." The dragon smiled, ring at her.
Ae screamed, the arrows digging deeper into her arms as the dragon clenched his w around her body.
"Worry not. I will drag a healer out of the cityter. I will make sure you''re in top shape before the ritual." He growled, ring closed at her.
"Wait, what''s that?" The dragon growled, seeing a glowing mark on her lower neck. Right above her chest. "A ve crest, who? When?" The dragon growled.
"No, the smell on you. Who was it? This isn''t chromatic," He growled in anger and Ae smiled.
"Sorry, I didn''t want to involve him in this. But he''s going to be angry if I don''t," She stared at the sky.
"ARAD!" She screamed her lungs out, her voice echoing across the forest.
ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! An ear-shattering roar filled the sky, shaking the forest as strange magic filled the air. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
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A minute earlier.
"One hundred sixty-nine, nice," Arad smiled, swinging his sword at one of the goblins. "I didn''t let anyone escape. The others are going to be surprised. I hope they don''t mind,"
He took a deep breath, seeing more goblins emerge from deeper into the cave.
SIZZLE! Arad stopped, feeling something burn in his chest.
"ARAD!" He could hear a faint call from the distance. The wind carried Ae''s voice all the way to him.
"Ae?" He turned around, seeing tiny specs of green light. "She''s in danger, don''t let us fall into the wrong hands," A faint voice came from the specs of light,
CREEK! Veins bulged on Arad''s neck as his eyes glew a mixture of purple, red, and yellow light.