Chapter 15
The humans looked like such easy prey from the air. The monster had a true feast in this area. Every now and then he dove down towards a farm that had enough humans and animals to still his hunger. Sometimes he even went down to a farm if he wasn't hungry, just to unleash his wrath upon the humans.
One time only he had stumbled upon a small village. The humans had been terrified. Some of them had even pulled out weapons to fight him. The monster could have easily defeated them, but he didn't want to bother himself with the effort it would take.
He mostly stayed away from the roads. It would be best not to run into too many humans just yet. He had to leave as few witnesses behind as possible, otherwise the army would be after him in no time.
In front of his eyes appeared another village. The monster sighed irritated. He couldn't afford to attack a village. The odds were too big that somebody would survive it, or that somebody would actually have weapons strong enough to hurt him. He wanted to divert to the right, but he saw another village appear on the horizon there. The same was the case at his left. Turning around wasn't an option either, the humans would most likely be inspecting his earlier work there. It would cause nothing but trouble if the monster would appear in the middle of their investigation.
Angry at himself for not preventing this, the monster flew into the smallest village. A few people had seen him approach already. They yelled warnings at each other. With a few quick bites, the monster silenced two of them. He closed his eyes, concentrated and spewed out a fiery blaze at the group of people that came running towards him. With his tail he broke a supporting beam, causing a weak construction next to him to collapse. The humans cried out a word. Zilant. The monster knew that word. It was the name of one of the many dragons from the local myths.
It didn't take long for him to dispatch of the humans and destroy most of the village. He flew a little bit outside of the village and landed in a field to catch his breath a little bit. Despite being stronger than ever before, it still took quite some energy to take out an entire village.
Suddenly he smelled a familiar scent. It smelled like a creature like him. He quickly jumped up and hovered in the air, trying to determine where the scent was coming from.
A purple flash rammed him out of the air. The monster plummeted down, but managed to pull up just in time so that he didn't hit the ground. His opponent appeared behind him. Instead of attacking, the monster flew up higher, making his enemy hit nothing but air.
'You'll have to try harder if you want to defeat me!' the monster screamed. Much to his surprise, he found out he could suddenly talk.
'Consider that a present from me,' a voice inside his head said. The monster dove down to get a better look at his opponent. On the ground stood a large Garchomp waiting for him. When the monster had almost reached him, the Garchomp struck at him.
The monster had expected as much. He turned sideways, soaring closely past the Garchomp, and hit him with his tail. Because of the speed of the monster, the hit blew the Garchomp back a few meters. The monster landed and bowed over the Garchomp, who was laying on the ground. Instead of tending to his wounds, the Garchomp started laughing.
'What's so funny?' the monster asked. He couldn't see any humor in the situation.
'I was told you were a good fighter,' the Garchomp said. 'My name is Farley. I didn't come here to kill you, but to test you. I know somebody who is interested in your skillset.'
'Who? Do you work for the humans?' The monster was disgusted at the very thought.
'Quite the opposite. I'm talking about the one who made it possible for you to speak. And he wants you to go with him.'
'And why would I do that? What's stopping me from just killing you right here right now and flying away?'
'Well first of all, because he would find you wherever you would go,' Farley said with an ice cold smile. 'And secondly, I can promise you that if you go with us, you can take your vengeance. Not just on that skipper and his people. I'm talking about all people. Join us, and you can kill as many humans as you want.'
The monster thought about the offer for a moment. He looked at the burning village behind Farley. If he was telling the truth, the monster would be able to destroy entire cities without fear of repercussions.
'Fine,' he said to Farley. 'I'll go with you. So what should I call your boss?' Before Farley had even said anything, the monster knew the name. It was as if it was implanted directly into his mind.
'Darius,' Farley said. 'And have you thought of your own name? We can't really keep calling you Hydreigon or Monster.'
'The humans said something before,' the Hydreigon thought out loud. 'They were talking about Zilant, a dragon from their mythology.'
'Alright then,' Farley said. 'Welcome to the team, Zilant.'
Varo opened his eyes. The Unown in front of him spelled the words Hydreigon, Zilant and Farley.
'So Darius has a new weapon,' he mumbled. He didn't get much time to think about it. The Unown started moving again. Varo looked at the words they made. He closed his eyes and received his next vision.
Dragons. They have played a central role in human mythology for millennia. The largest treasures in the world were supposedly guarded by dragons. Knights and heroes had to prove themselves by defeating dragons. According to legend, dragons had defeated entire kingdoms and destroyed cities. Even now, dragons form a central theme in books, movies and TV shows. Dragons are seen as some of the most horrible monsters in the history of literature.
Fairies. While the name sounds innocent and friendly, these creatures were supposed to master powerful magic. According to many stories, there were only few beings able to control the same level of magic. There are legends of fairies constraining entire civilizations with their might. They could make humans, building, animals and cities disappear in a flash. They could manipulate matter itself, influence the weather and control the most powerful rulers.