Orario had become a battlefield.
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Smoke rose from different points in the city, monsters ran amok in the streets as they climbed out of the holes that the black snake left behind. Adventurers fought them where they could, or defended their Familia´s homes at least, since the monsters came from the 37th Floor, not every adventurer was suited to fight them...but they did what they could to defend the citizens.
The Ganesha Familia mobilized all their forces and kept them in check where they could, many citizens found shelter in the big arena, Ganesha coordinated his children, Shakti took the intervention force of many level four adventurers and advanced towards the holes...at least they tried, the Miasma that came out of every hole prevented them from getting close.
The monsters would be bad enough, but hundreds and hundreds of Evilus members poured into the streets. Many of them weren´t that strong, easy to beat for even an upper level one adventurer.
But they were insane, sacrificed their lives to pin down adventurers...or blowing themself up with bombs. And for the adventurers, one of their most powerful weapons was denied. Wide area magic couldn´t be used on the surface or they would destroy the whole city.
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Battlecries and weapon clinks could be heard in all of Orario. In front of the arena, "the Queen" whirled through the attacking Evilus troops and monsters, slicing and stabbing with an enormous speed, she was enraged.
The arena was her territory alone and no one was allowed to defile it.
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At the big graveyards, a lone dwarf slaughtered every monster and Evilus´ that dared to attack them. He laughed like the maniac he was, desecration of the graves was something he would prevent. And protecting the small Familia he was part of.
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Standoffs arose all over the city...and every one broke when the black snake attacked or the Loki Familia.
Amazingly, wherever the shadow of the dragon fell, monsters cowered back or fled...as if they were afraid of him.
There were only a few save points in the city, the homes of the strongest Familias, Babel, the Heart Mansion, the arena...and a certain pub that no monster even dared to get close to.
When Lily and Mikoto escorted Hestia back, they had made a detour, bringing all of Hestia´s co-workers, her chef and the orphans of Maria´s orphanage, as well as Maria, to the Heart Mansion.
No matter which citizen needed help and protection, the Hestia alliance took them all into their Mansion, treating their wounds and protecting them. The people of Orario would remember what the "Three gods alliance" had done for them.
Explosions could be heard in the city, Orario wasn´t weak, but the adventurers had been caught on the wrong foot.
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Everything was on a knife´s edge.
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The people called for a hero to save them.
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Ryuu hid herself between the walls of the broken church, Fels had given her a special blanket that became far bigger than it should have been to cover the place where she would change her clothes.
Despite the serious situation, Ryuu wondered what other items the mage had, he had told again that making them was his passion and hobby. Some useful, some just for fun.
After making absolutely sure that no one was able to peek at her, Ryuu took off her boots and pants. Carefully she put on her old white, short pants and the long white boots. The pants looked different from her usual ones, reaching a bit on her thighs and the front had to be closed with buttons. When she compared her old pants with the ones she usually wore, she noticed that her usual ones were fare more revealing.
The white boots had a different length, the right one ended right under her knee, the left one close to her pants, at the end they were golden colored, as well as the tip of her feet and the area around the ankles.
That wasn´t just decorative, she spotted tiny runes engraved into the gold.
After that, Ryuu took all clothes from her upper body off, revealing her skin to the chilly air. It should have been warmer since it was summer, but dark clouds had gathered over Orario and it looked like a thunderstorm was approaching.
Ryuu put on the light grey undershirt..that only covered her stomach, but was aswell engraved with magic and would protect her far better than plate armor. After that she put on the white tunic with black borders, that only covered her chest and upper part of her stomach,
going over into a long split cloak at the back, it was closed around her neck and needed no brassiere, the cloth was produced that way. The split was white on the upper side, with longitudinal stripes, at the bottom side, it began dark, had a golden border to the end and white tips, the cloak was made in a way that it looked like stylized wings. In the past that cape was one big part, but Fels told her he had changed it to look more like real wings, it would round up her appearance.
Ryuu smiled as she remembered, that the cloak was called "The wings of justice.". The whole garment was a dear gift from her Familia in the past.
The next part was a golden ornament, put around her rib region with a stylized sword at the front, the blade pointing downward, the handle between her breasts. For now from her chest upwards, her body was bare, so for the next part, Ryuu put on the long black sleeves that covered her arms up to her shoulders, but weren´t part of the tunic, on her shoulders she placed white shoulder guards made from a special metal, the upper edge made in a golden color. The white gloves followed, with white armguards made from the same material as the shoulder parts followed.
Now she came to the last two parts.
A long, slim cape that was hold with a golden neck ornament, it was only as wide as her shoulders, white on the upper side, red on the bottom side.
And finally...a long black hair band that ended in a golden arrow on each side, it was long enough to reach down to her hips, for the first time in years, Ryuu tied herself a ponytail.
The white and golden color, as well as the dark parts and the whole design of the set. They stood for purity and justice, Astrea told her in the past when she received it, the garment was called "Justice Succession".
What her Familia and goddess never told her, the garment wasn´t only meant to protect Ryuu or look pure...it had a certain aesthetics and her Familia had loved doting on and teasing their "little sister".
When someone saw her wearing that set, it was impossible to have lewd thoughts about her, she looked like purity incarnate, even though her armpits, neck and large parts of her legs were uncovered.
With the cape and her swords, Ryuu looked like the living symbol of her Familia, the blade and wings of justice.
Lady Astrea...Mother...are you watching right now? Ryuu couldn´t help but wondering how Astrea would react if she saw Ryuu like that.
And what Ryuu didn´t knew...Astrea was watching over her right now...she would watch all the events that would follow until their end...and shed many tears of pride, joy and sorrow.
Ryuu looked at herself in a special mirror that Fels had given her...he was really prepared for everything.
This brings back memories...
In every single golden ornament or part of the garment were tiny runes engraved or spells woven in.
Ryuu felt warm..not only because of the spell that protected her from the cold...it was a feeling like coming home.
After she put her usual clothes into a bag, she put down the blanket and returned to Fels.
"Any problems? Something too tight or loose?"
"No, it suits me perfectly...but...how?"
"I am a sage after all, the clothes will follow your bodies growth in case your womanly parts are not finished maturing." He said that in a neutral tone.
"I can´t thank you enough..." Ryuu took the "Sacred Oath" and buckled the scabbard at the back of her hips, "Justice Lumina" followed and was tied crosswise to the other sword.
"Ryuu Lyon, I put my hopes into you, you know what you have to do now. Go. I will deliver your stuff to your home. The sword and garment are yours again, forever."
"Thank you again." She bowed deeply.
Fels didn´t answer, he had vanished.
Ryuu Lyon, now the true daughter of Justice, turned to the city, looking into a certain direction.
"Bell..."
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A monster exploded into dust, Ais only needed one strike to defeat them with her new sword, it was called "Scale Breaker". Using a new armor and weapon should have made her problems, but the armor and the sword were built for Ais Wallenstein´s body, the handle carved to fit in her palm perfectly. The set was improved over the years and wasn´t even finished now, the original purpose was to fight the black dragon king, the one eyed with this. However Ais moved her body, the amor felt like a second skin, the sword was more part of her arm, than a weapon.
I have improved.
A huge Spartoi turned to the sword princess, raised his shield...and turned into dust when Ais made a somersault over the monster and stabbed from above.
The hunting party had split into three formations. One with Lefiya, one led by Riveria and Ais´ own group. The group that found the black snake, would alert the other two. A monster that big should be easily spotted, but after attacking, it vanished again under the earth. Out of every hole came monsters and smoke, Riveria´s group had stopped at a hole, where especially many monsters came out.
"Aiiiiiis!"
Tiona ran to her side and together they cleaved the monsters. Every group was accompanied by a few strong adventurers that protected the mages. Gareth now followed Riveria since he no longer needed to look for Raul...
"Tiona, something new?"
"Lefiya´s group was attacked!"
"Monsters?"
"The black beast!"
"How are they?"
"Fine! It vanished without hurting them."
Huh? That is strange...
Tiona continued. "They met with Riveria for a moment, Lefiya is turning back to our home, something happened with her but she isn´t hurt, Riveria had talked to her."
"As long as she isn´t hurt...but it is strange that the black snake didn´t attacked them."
"Not the snake! The black dragon!"
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BADUMM!
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Ais stopped in her movement as her heart made one massiv pound. She looked with a blank face at Tiona. "Black...dragon?"
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So far, Ais Wallenstein was the only person in Orario that had not heard of the black dragon or seen it. She was so focussed on the snake, that she thought the howling came from it and never looked up to the sky.
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Fwhp! Fwhp!
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The black dragon flew across the sky, black smoke rose from the city and wherever he came across, the small monsters cowered down or shrieked in fear, the other insects did the same.
There were only two points in the city that which he did not fly over, one was the strange big tower in the middle of the city, maybe he could build his nest there after finding the female and killing everyone else.
The second was...a house at one of the big streets, something was inside that house that frightened the dragon, maybe the only thing in the whole city that he was afraid of. His instincts just told him not to go there...a monster waited there.
Good...those insect-mongrels shall cower!
Sometimes magic shot from the rooftops of the city upwards, missing him or finding it´s target, he ignored it, they couldn´t hurt him and it was interesting to look at.
One time he shot downwards, following those shrieking insects, destroying the rooftop they were running on with his massive tail and claws. He didn´t kill them, that would be boring and a part of him fought against that urge...but that part got weaker and weaker.
He licked his lips, the similar-to-female-but-not-his-female he had licked was tasty, she tasted innocent...untouched. Maybe he should return later and eat her...
In the past Bell had read many hero stories, some about a hero that rescued a young woman or helpless virgin from an evil monster, mostly dragons. Every story had a true core, in the past when monsters were on the surface, dragons had hunted female virgins to eat them, they had an appealing smell and taste to them.
What only made this desire worse...was that Bell Cranel had a thing for elves...and that he knew how at least one elf tasted...the image of one of these let the dragon drool...he felt hunger.
Female...find the Female...
Find Rival/Prey, kill it for the female!
Then destroy everything...all those mongrel-insects will die-die!
A movement caught his attention...running insects and mongrels and between them...green hair. And a familiar appealing smell.
The Female!
With a fierce scream, the black dragon shot downwards again. Either way it was his female or a virgin he would devour, since both smells were his favorites, the black dragon couldn´t distinguish between them.
In his head the voice of Bell Cranel grew smaller and smaller...
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Shakti Varma led the strike force of her Familia and together they fought their way through the city. Many members of the Ganesha Familia had grim experience with the way Evilus´ member fought and many of them had seen the monsters of the 37th Floor before.
They showed no mercy, this was their city and the Ganesha Familia would protect the people. The situation made it necessary to split up the strike force into smaller groups. So Shakti had only four other adventurers at her side right now.
"Captain, I spotted citizens in danger up ahead!"
"Hurry up!" Shakti ran with her spear in one hand, a special fighting gauntlet around her other.
They ran right into the monsters, that followed the fleeing people.
"Move! We stop them! Hide somwhere!"
Since she was at level five and had some of the strongest members with her, they broke the line of the many skull sheep, white bone lances spiked the surrounding house walls, but they managed to evade them. Even with the dark clouds in the sky, Orario was way brighter than the 37th Floor, so at least the skull sheep couldn´t use their skin to hide in the darkness.
"CAPTAIN WATCH OUT!"
Following her instinct and the warning call, Shakti jumped back and evaded a huge bone spear, far larger than one of the skull sheep´s.
Stomp...Stomp...Stomp...
New monsters joined the attack...Spartoi...at least eight of them and something even bigger followed them.
"Not one step back! This is our city, protect the people!"
It was the honor of the Ganesha Familia to not back down or fall back, but protecting the citizens...they paid a high price in blood for that. Shakti had heard the story from Ryuu about the irregular giant spartoi.
The leader of this group was something similar, but he didn´t nullified magic, this one had four arms each with a weapon...and a head with three faces, each looking into a different direction.
And in contrast to his bodyguard...the giant one was not a level four monster but level six.
Shakti Varma and the others were about to run into their deaths without knowing it.
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The Benevolent Mistress was filled to the brim, when the chaos began, all customers and passers-by had ran into the pub. Mia had ordered the waitresses to help the people, serving them food and drinks. After that she sent Ahnya upstairs to change into her battle gear, after Ahnya returned she sent Chloe and after her Runoa.
Their weapons were behind the counter and they took care of the people now in their battle gear. Despite the serious situation, many customers found the three waitresses in their armors very appealing and complimented them for it. Ahnya got the most compliments, but that might had something to do with the cleavage her armor had.
That was not a choice of hers, but from the person she got the armor from in the past, that person had loved to look at "her cute little kitten".
"Lady Ahnya, you are so beautiful." A young handsome human made her that compliment when she brought him food. He had come for a while now to the pub, every other day but he was never brave enough to talk to her.
"Nyaahaha of course! The nyautiful Ahnya is the best after all!" She puffed her chest proud.
"You are indeed." The man smiled to her and for the first time in her life, Ahnya got a bit flustered over a man and her tail swished nervous from one side to the other.
After that they did what others might call "flirting", but both weren´t aware of that.
Strangely they hadn´t needed their weapons so far, no Evilus member or monster dared to come near to the pub...so did the black snake and the dragon. The customers thanked the gods and the luck that they were unharmed, they couldn´t know what the reason was.
But Ahnya, Chloe and Runoa knew the reason all too well and they noticed it when Mia was angry.
The door to the pub was unlocked, but guarded by four armed adventurers, who had the perimit of Mia to carry their weapons, just in case. From time to time, some fleeing citizens came to the pub to find shelter. The Benevolent Mistress took them all in and gave them food and water...they just had to pay on a later day and no one in Orario was dumb enough to not pay later.
Mia worked at the counter as a small tumult came up from the door. It was the first tumult, since no one inside the pub dared to make a ruckus with Mia here. Another citizen had arrived, a very familiar one.
As soon as Ryuu set a foot into the pub, she got the attention of all of customers and her co-workers. With her bright outfit and the wing-like cape, she looked a goddess of justice. If someone had never seen a picture of Astrea, some might confound Ryuu with her goddess.
"Ryuu, meow! Thank goodnyass you are safe!" Ahnya carried six filled plates at once, today she hadn´t dropped even one or mistook an order, it was her best workday so far.
"Ahnya..." Ryuu tried to hide it, but her friends knew her long enough to see that she was troubled...and close to tears.
Runoa and Chloe stopped for a moment when they saw her. "Nya! Ryuu you look stunning!" "Wow...you are so beautiful, Ryuu."
It was their first time, seeing Ryuu in that outfit.
Ryuu gave Ahnya a signal and stepped to the counter where Mia waited, at first sight the dwarfess saw that something was wrong with Ryuu.
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"Speak." Mia waited until Ahnya was there.
"Please listen to me until I´m finished, I know it´s hard to believe but..." Ryuu told them everything where the customers couldn´t hear them.
"A dragon hmmm...I will come with you Ryuu, meow." It was rare to see Ahnya so serious. "You will need me for this."
"Ahnya I.."
"Don´t even try to say no, Meow!" The cat-girl was agitated, she glanced over to Mia, not even asking for permission to leave. "Maybe my brother needs help too!"
"I...I..." Ryuu had really tried to stay strong on her way to the pub, but the thought about Bell...what might happen to him...what would happen if she was late...it was too much for her. "*Hic* I..*Hic*.."
She looked at Mama Mia as the first tears rolled down her cheeks. "Mama Mia..*Hic*..please...I beg you...*Hic*..." Ryuu looked at her with red eyes and an completely helpless expression on her face. "Help me..."
Mia looked at Ryuu with crossed arms. Now you have done it boy...you made her cry...
She nodded. "Sure."
As she had promised to Bell in the past...if he made Ryuu cry...she would come for him.
"Runoa! Chloe!"
"Yes!" "On the spot, Nya!"
"You two will have an eye on my shop, every damage I will take away from your salary."
"Nya!" "Y-Yes!"
"Mama Mia, will you allow me to help out here too? I am good at calming down people." A very familiar god with a broad brimmed hat walked over to her.
"Hermes...good, but don´t expect me to pay you...if your overprotective children come here, make sure they behave."
Ahnya bowed behind the counter to take her golden spear...she would need it for the plan. As they were about to leave, the handsome young man stepped to the door.
"Lady Ahnya! Please be safe!"
"Meowhehehe, don´t worry about the nyautiful Ahnya." Then she winked and ran outside with Ryuu, Mia would follow them in a short time, through the back door when she had changed her clothes.
"Ahnya...who was that?" Despite the situation, Ryuu was curious.
"Meowhehehe...who knows? Maybe meow future boyfriend? The nyautiful Ahnya told you all she would find someone, Meow!" The cheeky cat-girl grinned wide. "When this all is over, maybe I will go on a date with him meow, he was quite handsome...so I´m not afraid of anything anymore, Meow!"
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Riveria was in thoughts, while her group ran through the city, so far they hadn´t found the snake or were too late to get it. The giant monster never stayed in one place for too long, before it vanished under the earth again, it just followed it´s nature as a Lampton.
After the black dragon had attacked Lefiya´s group, they had met and Riveria saw a crying Lefiya. She had walked over to the trembling girl and had put her long black cloak around her...she would have to wash it when Lefiya would return home...since the young elf smelled...very strong.
"Lefiya...what happened?"
"L-L-Lady Riveriaaaaaa *Hic* B-B-Bell Cranel defiled meeeee! *Hic*"
"Bell Cranel? In this situation? I doubt it."
"B-But he licked me from head to toe! The others saw it too!"
"I find that hard to believe, especially in such a short time." Riveria had raised an eyebrow.
"With that ridiculous big body in an instant *Hic*!"
Riveria hold a handkerchief over her nose as the wind turned...Lefiya really smelled...
"You are not making any sense."
So Lefiya told her what she had heard and that about the dragons behaviour.
Bell Cranel...a black dragon...this probably couldn´t be worse...
When she thought about Ais and him...Riveria was worried.
How do we deal with this situation...
Riveria understood Finn´s decision, if the worst case happened, they would have to deal with Bell Cranel...
That said, the dark clouds in the sky and the smoke that rose from the city had turned the bright day into a dark twillight, it was nearly impossible to spot the black dragon between the clouds, even if they could hear him.
"Riveria, more monsters are coming out of these holes, we can´t defend these spots forever, can´t you do something against that with your magic?" Gareth ran beside her, his giant axe on his shoulder.
"We don´t come close enough, because of the Miasma. Maybe with Ais´ help we could expel some of the Miasma and then cast a spell inside the hole...but it would be problematic if the other holes would just produce more Miasma then...or if we seal one of these and the Miasma would be migrating to the other holes. We would have to destroy them all at once...but we lack the firepower...even then the damage for the city could be fatal."
"Hmm...that´s bad, really bad."
"I´m thinking about a w-"
Without a warning or a sound, the black dragon crashed onto the street, right in the direction that the Loki Familia was running. The time went slower as every adventurer lost the ground under their feet and flew through the air. From all of the adventurers, Riveria was the only one that managed to land on her feet, even if she stumbled and felt a sharp pain in her ankle.
Ouch...
"GRRRRRRRRR!"
It was a terryfing sight even for those experienced adventurers, the darkness and smoke covered parts of the dragon as he reared up more and more...Lefiya´s description didn't even come close to that presence. The dragon was like living darkness, the only bright point were these glowing rubelite eyes. Eyes that looked like that of a dragon and not like the ones of a human...
His nostrils widened, as he slowly moved his head from side to side.
"Riveria! Get down!" She heard fast steps as Gareth ran from behind her and jumped, his axe raised.
"Gareth! Don´t!"
But the mighty dwarf swung down his axe and sank it into the snout of the dragon.
"RAAAAAAH!"
Riveria covered her hurting ears, the dragon sounded more enraged than hurt. He rammed his head into the street, slamming Gareth to the ground. The dwarf groaned, not seeing the claw that rose above him...before on of the other adventurers could react, it came down and...
"Bell Cranel! Stop!" The other adventurers never heard Riveria yelling so loud.
The claw stopped mere centimeters above Gareth´s body. The dragons head again turned to Riveria, his eyes flickered...looking more human-like.
He really reacted to his name, so he is still in there!
The dragon made a step forward and lowered his head, Riveria stayed where she was and looked at her possible approaching death. She tried to be calm, but her hands closed around her staff.
Sniff...Sniff...
She could hear him sniffing, his snout lightly open and the tip of his tongue out, so he could smell and taste the air better.
He looked...confused.
Sniff...Sniff...
His head turned lightly to the side, he eyed her face...no...her hair?
Oh...so that´s it...
"I am not her...Bell Cranel...I am not Lyon."
She waited for a moment when the dragon didn´t moved.
Did he understand me?
Then the dragon came closer to her, before he touched her body with his nose, Riveria did something that the others noticed in surprise. She raised her left hand and put it on the dragons nose, close to one of the holes.
She felt something...slimy...as the tip of his tongue tapped her wrist.
Don´t tell me he...
He opened his maw more and started to put out his tongue.
Oh no you don´t!
"Bell Cranel! Don´t you dare lick me! You already made Lefiya cry! You made a girl cry, Bell Cranel! Do you understand that?!"
The tongue stopped.
The dragon was confused.
A twelf meters tall, several dozen tons heavy killer machine that could wipe out the whole city if he wanted...stopped by the scolding of a female elf.
Not our Female.
Untouched, tasty...eat?
Miss...Riveria... Bell´s voice was almost gone...
Tasty...eat!
"Rrrrrr...uuuuuu..." The growling was pretty quiet for such a huge creature.
Ah...he is searching for his wife...you still remember her even in that form don´t you?
"I am not your wife, Bell Cranel, I am not Lyon."
The eyes of the dragon started to change back from the human-like.
Oh oh..
"Huuuuuuun...geeeeer...fooooood!"
The head came closer, he panted and the tip of his tongue...touched Riveria´s cheek. She knew all to well in what kind of danger she was.
Irgh...
"Bell Cranel! DON`T!"
The maw opened wide...then it stopped and slowly...so slowly...closed again.
Thank the gods...he is still there...
"Bell Cranel..yo-"
"Tooooo...ooooold..." The dragon made a face and turned around.
"-" Riveria´s face became blank as she heard those two words.
As the dragon vanished into the darkness...creating a lokal earthquake again...Riveria staggered backwards and had to support herself with her staff.
"Old...?"
Gareth got up...he had never seen Riveria that shocked.
"Riveria?"
"Old..."
"Ri...veria?"
"He thought...I tasted...too old..."
Oh oh...that boy is as good as dead... Gareth knew all too well how scary Riveria got, when she became really angry.
Within an hour, Bell Cranel had broken two of the strongest female adventurers of the Loki Familia.
What Riveria couldn´t know...she was indeed very tasty for him...he would have loved to lick her and chew on her but something inside him held him back. He simply thought she was too old to be his Female...
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"B-Boss...Shakti...please...*cough*...run away..." The heavily wounded adventurer of the Ganesha Familia sank to the floor against the wall.
Two of the adventurers had found their end already, they had wiped out the smaller monsters and the bodyguard...but the giant Spartoi was something else. What they couldn´t know, since he turned more and more black, he was already on a level with a Monster Rex...at least as strong as Udaeus.
A few moments ago they had heard a titanic scream and felt the ground quake.
Shakti herself was wounded, her spear cut in half. Again the Spartoi stepped forward and raised his four giant swords.
We will die here...
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Only minutes before Shakti was about to face her death.
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"Ryuu...you are sure this is okay, Meow? I...don´t want to hurt white hair..."
"Ahnya...please, you are the only one that can do it."
"But...he might get really...really hurt, meow..." Ahnya let her ears and tail hang down.
"It pains me to ask you this...but getting hurt is better than dead...just wait until he is not very high okay?"
"Okay...meow..." Ahnya looked troubled.
She and Ryuu were standing on a rooftop and peered into the darkness. It was really hard to see him, sometimes it was more a hint of a movement...
Ryuu made a step back, as Ahnya grabbed her golden spear and hold it close to her shoulder.
"Here we go..."
Ahnya sighed one last time...then her gaze, her expression and her aura changed completely.
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"My name is Alfi..."
In an instant, Ryuu got goosebumps.
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"Hereby I declare..."
Ahnya Fromell...the younger sister of Allen Fromell...
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"Nothing shall exist..."
One of the two Vana´s of the Freya Familia...
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"That my spear can´t reach..."
An upper level four adventurer for a long time now...
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"That my spear can´t pierce..."
Not the smartest adventurers of the Familia...not the strongest...
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"Hereby I declare..."
She had often cried in the past...was weak and frightened...
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"You shall not be pierced because my spear is thrown..."
But...out of all of Freya´s children...except Ottar...
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"My spear shall be thrown because you are pierced..."
Ahnya had by far...the highest attack power...
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With her single skill...an unavoidable attack of pure destructive energy that brought her the name of Vana and the respect of her elder brother...even if he never showed it.
Ahnya´s whole body jerked forward as she hurled the spear into the air, throwing it right onto the dragon that flew over the rooftops in the distance.
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"GAE BOLG!"
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A sure kill move...never had it missed it´s target...consuming most of her mental strength, but it pierced the heart of it´s target everytime.
But for the first time...Ahnya hadn´t aimed at the heart...but at the dragons wings...
Like a golden lightning, the spear shot through the air and in a funtain of blood, it pierced both flight muscles in the dragons wings.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Ryuu covered her ears, not because it was so loud...but because it was her fault that Bell screamed in pain like that...and crashed onto the streets...
Tears were in her eyes as she and Ahnya, who was slightly out of breath, jumped from the rooftop and ran as fast as they could in the direction of the dragon.
"Hey Ryuu, if we meet bad guys, you don´t mind when I beat them up, Meow?"
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They weren´t the only ones...a certain werewolf had seen the dragon crashing down...he also ran into that direction, a special weapon attached to his boots...meant for dragon killing...
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Time was running out for Orario...
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Fires burned in every district of the city, the adventurers fought in the streets against monsters and Evilus...hundreds of them died...but also dozens of adventurers...
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A giant pillar of light shot into the sky as somewhere in the city, a god as the last survivor of his Familia was overrun by monsters...they had sacrificed their lives to save citizens...
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Everything was on a knife´s edge.
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And right as the dragon fell from the sky, the black snake sensed it´s chance...
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Dark clouds, smoke and the rising Miasma covered the city, illuminated only by the glow of the fires...even Babel was now barely visible. It was almost as dark as in the night.
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High up in the tower, a silver-grey haired goddess looked out of her window, seeing the black dragon fall out of the sky...his soul orb nearly black...
Ryuu...hurry...
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Orario...was about to fall...
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What it needed now...was a hero...
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Authors Note: Hey everyone, sometimes things must get dark before the light can come...will the light come? Perhaps...maybe? I just want to say, the next chapter will include my absolute favorite scene of the whole story, the scene I had in my head right from the start. Hope you will like it. Also if someone wants to see Ryuu´s outfit, just google "Justice Succession Ryuu Lion" I saw it in Danmemo and I was in love.