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Chapter Cover: Aesyr surrounded by silver flames as the shadow of Elassan was behind her...

Chapter Fourteen

Child of the Dragon

Aesyr was staring straight ahead of herself, the silver flames rising from her very skin. The young woman knew that she is going to have to end Minotaur right here to help Shinji and the blonde woman, Yael. She can feel the pain at the wounds she had from the earlier battle but now, she wasn't unfocused anymore.

She was a Dragon Slayer.

And she was going to show Minotaur just what it means to cross a Dragon.

Minotaur had now transformed into a much larger form than before. Its horns rising from his forehead and even his face had taken a more animal like features as he glared at her, thought, she knew that must be what earned him the name "Minotaur."

Then he charged forward, moving surprisingly fast laughing like a maniac the entire way. Aesyr placed herself in a defensive stance as Minotaur reached her and then when he was close to her, she struck forward. Her hands moved quickly toward Minotaur catching him by the horns, the force behind the attack causing the ground to crack beneath her feet as she feels herself getting pulled back for a few inches.

Then with a yell, using the momentum from the charge, she spun the large man in the air and smashed him against the ground with such force that it completely destroyed the floor that was around them as Minotaur was sent crashing down in the level below her.

Staring down at where she had sent him, Aesyr then jumped down toward the fallen Minotaur with the flames dancing around her body. She spun in the air for a few moments before her heels came crashing down upon his form.

"Silver Dragon Heel," she yelled out.

Minotaur let out a gasp of pain at the strike, however, Aesyr didn't allow him to have a moment of reprise at all.

With a savage yell, she launched down a fist encased in fire straight down toward him again yelling out the technique.

"Silver Dragon, Iron Fist."

A large explosion of fire engulfed Minotaur as the man yelled out as well and then Aesyr jumped back looking at the damage she had caused, a frown upon her features. Minotaur had stayed down for a few moments before the man stood back up. He had some bruises upon his form but other than that he looked completely unscathed, a small grin upon his face.

"Well, that's more like it," he grinned.

Aesyr narrowed her eyes as she took her stance once more.

Then Minotaur suddenly let out a blast of magic from his lips causing her to widen her eyes in shock, but she has managed to avoid the attack by dodging to the side. Minotaur then dashed forward once more, his punches coming fast and hard toward Aesyr who was dodging a lot of them, thought some managed to meet their marks.

"Beast Magic, Cheetah,"

Then his punches suddenly became blurs and Aesyr let out a yell of pain as she was suddenly getting hammered with multiples punches with the speed of lightning causing blood to appear from her lips and then a kick straight into her stomach. Pain surged from the wounds she had there as she was blown backward, before landing upon the ground in a shoulder role, which Aesyr instantly used to get back to her feet in a crouch.

Blood dripped from the wound she had there as she glared at her enemy.

"Beast Magic Combination, Cheetah, Armor, Flight."

Aesyr looked at the man as his body had changed yet again, the strange armored like arms appearing upon his arms and legs as well as some strange feathers growing upon his back. Minotaur had a grin upon his face as he stared at her and then he moved.

Fast.

Aesyr barely had time to think before a powerful punch slammed into her face, and she could feel her nose breaking underneath the power of the punch as she stumbles backward. She launched a retaliating punch forward but Minotaur was gone from the position that was in front of her. Aesyr blinked in surprise for a moment but then two feet slammed into her back sending her flying forward and landing upon her front.

Shit…he is moving fast, she thought, It must have been one of those Beast he absorbed that can move at such speed…and not only that he used that strong armor again… Beast Eater magic…

Aesyr stood up, glancing around herself.

"What's the matter?" Minotaur's voice echoed all around her, "If you're standing in one place, you'll make yourself an easy target."

He suddenly was there, slamming another kick into her stomach causing the girl to jump backward and landing down upon the ground in a crouch again.

Can't see him…but I don't have to see him to be able to hit him…

Focusing on her hearing and scent, Aesyr moved forward and then instantly raised a hand which caught Minotaur's wrist. Then she launched the flaming fist straight into Minotaur's jaws drawing blood. The large man let out an ack sound at the attack, but he was still standing glaring down at her.

"How did you managed catch me?"

"You should learn to not underestimate a Dragon Slayer," Aesyr told him.

And then she took a deep breath.

"Silver Dragon, Infernal Roar."

A large blast of silver flames exploded from Aesyr's mouth which was aimed straight at Minotaur's face. The fire completely engulfed him and the Labyrinth shook around them as the blast of fire blew the man away from where she was. A massive hole was blown into the side of the large fortress as Minotaur had completely being blown away from her completely.

Aesyr stood there, flames licking out of her lips as she glared at the direction, she had sent him flying to.

To say Minotaur didn't expect that last attack was an understatement.

The fire were hot against his skin and he can feel nothing but pain across his form from where he had landed blown away from the girl's powerful flame breath attack. He had never expected that last attack to be this strong against him.

Minotaur groaned as he pulled himself into a seating position, looking out in front of him and was shocked to see trees nearby. Blinking, he chanced a glance around himself and took notice that he was outside of the Labyrinth fortress and his attention returned forward and his eyes widened in shock taking notice of the Fortress in front of but what truly shocked him was the massive hole that was blown through the stone of the fortress itself.

She threw me…out of the Labyrinth and into the outside…no wonder my body is throbbing with pain like that...To think…she was this strong…Could this be the power I will possess with the Dragon Heart?

Minotaur pulled himself up looking down at his hands seeing that he was no longer in his Beast Form. He blinked in surprise at the phenomenon, completely taken aback by it.

It was so powerful…that I can no longer maintain my Beast Form?

"Did you see that?"

"Something fell over here?"

Minotaur's attention was drawn toward the approaching soldiers. His men who were guarding the outside of the Labyrinth castle.

"Lord Minotaur?" one said shocked when he caught sight of him.

A flash of silver in the darkness caused him to look up toward the sky and with a yell Aesyr aimed straight toward him and Minotaur had to raise a hand to block the attack. The black lash caused everyone to be thrown away from them as the two stared at each other. Minotaur stared into those eyes as Aesyr faced him and then the two separated once more.

"You really are strong," he said looking at her, "To think I would be pushed this far by someone like you."

"You said that you wanted to face the might of someone who can kill a Dragon," Aesyr told him.

The young woman cracked her fingers, glaring at him.

"Shall we continue?"

"Lord Minotaur," one of the soldiers yelled drawing his attention.

The rest of the soldiers were approaching them with angry faces. They had their weapons out as they ran toward them.

"Don't interfere," Minotaur yelled out, "This is my fight."

The soldiers stopped but had confused expressions upon their faces. Minotaur forgotten about them and turned to face the young Dragon Slayer. The flames were dancing around her body once more bright silver in the night air around them and Minotaur transformed once more into his Beast Form. He was running low on magic power and the last attack had done some real damage to him.

But I won't lose to her, he thought, Not when my goal is so close…the Dragon Heart…I will find it.

He launched forward and Aesyr did the same as well. They meet in the middle exchanging blows for blow and Minotaur couldn't help but grasp in pain as he was hit. Considering how low he was in magic power, he couldn't use his Armor form right now and each of his opponents hit, had way more power behind them then before but he would not give up this battle.

I can't lose…

He smashed a fist straight into her face causing Aesyr to falter back a few steps but as he was going to attack with another, Aesyr moved, a fist covered flame smashing straight toward his stomach causing him to let out an ack sound in shock at the power that send him stumbling backward.

What the hell…is she stronger than me?

Minotaur looked up at her.

"I won't lose to you damn it," he yelled, charging forward.

Aesyr joined both of her hands together the flames spinning around her.

"Silver Dragon Secret Arts, Spinning Silver Flame Explosion."

His vision was completely overcoming by the fire causing him to yell out in pain, and before he passed out from the powerful attack, Minotaur swore he saw a large Dragon jaws approaching to swallow him whole.

Her ultimate technique had completely engulfed her enemy as Minotaur yelled out in pain at being completely defeated. The ground shook terribly as some trees were deterred from the attack completely and when the smoke was gone, Minotaur was lying down upon the ground in his human form completely out for the count.

Aesyr let out a soft breath as she stood there facing her fallen foe. This battle had been harder than she had thought it would be and she can feel the pain that was throbbing through her form however, now that she knew she had defeated Minotaur, she can feel herself relax lightly.

"No way…,"

"She defeated Minotaur…,"

"Is this a dream…?"

She turned her attention toward the remaining soldiers that were in Minotaur's camp. The young woman stood tall as she stared at them, a frown upon her eyes. Around her, the sky had started to become light and it wasn't long before sunlight was shining from somewhere behind her.

"Do you want to take me on?" she asked turning to face them as flames appeared around her body.

The soldiers were actually afraid as they looked at her before they all started to run away from her leaving her standing alone with the fallen Minotaur. Noticing that they were gone, Aesyr dismissed the flames before falling down upon her knees, the exhaustion and the blood lost she had taken during the fight finally catching up to her and it wasn't long before she collapsed upon the ground.

"Damn it…I over did it again."

Shinji and Yael were shocked then the chains that had been holding them suddenly disappeared from their form. The two landed upon the ground in a crouch, surprised at what had just happened. Shinji glanced around himself for a moment as the morning sunlight started to shine through the windows that were around him.

"The chains…they've gone," Yael said looking at him, "You don't think…?"

Shinji nodded.

"She won," he said, "She defeated Minotaur."

Yael looked away from him for a moment, and she seems to be lost in thoughts. Shinji couldn't actually believe that Minotaur was actually defeated for good. He never thought that there was someone in this side of Atlasia that could defeat him and here…it finally happened.

"This is the beginning of a change Yael," he said drawing her attention.

"Let's get out of here," Yael told him, "I don't know about you but I don't want to stay here longer than necessary."

Shinji agreed and it wasn't long before they left the Labyrinth fortress behind and finding Yael unconscious on the ground. Taking one of the carriages, Shinji drove it away with Yael and Aesyr in the back, thought Yael had Aesyr's head in her lap.

The young woman was looking down at Aesyr face. She was gently cleaning off the blood that was upon her face and as she was working, Aesyr actually opened her eyes for a moment. Those dark eyes met her own and there was a light question within them for a moment but before she could say anything, the young woman had lost consciousness again.

You bear the flames of Elassan…I can feel it within myself that his power lives now in you. The power of the Dragon of the Silver Flame. I don't know how is such things possible, but I thank you…Dragon Child.

Yael then turned her attention toward the distancing Fortress. There was a matter of worry within her. Minotaur couldn't have stumbled upon the knowledge about the Dragon Heart all by himself. Her family had always been careful about their secrets and not even her own mother knew how to find it and yet, Minotaur knew that her blood will be needed. Even if someone did find Dragon Heart by some chance, they wouldn't know about needing her blood for it.

There was someone out there hunting for her family's lost secrets and Yael don't know how she felt about it.

Minotaur suddenly gasped awake. The man glanced around himself for a few moments, wondering where he was. He was still lying down near the Fortress and can't help but feel pain rushing through him. He couldn't believe that he had lost the battle against that Dragon Slayer.

Then the sound of footsteps drew his gaze.

"Who's there?" he called out.

Then the person appeared, and Minotaur feel himself pale as he stared at them.

"You…,"

"Your part in this matter is over Minotaur," the figure spoke out.

Minotaur looked at them.

"I still haven't found the Dragon Heart," he said.

The person chuckled.

"Your services have been noticed my gentle pawn," they continued raising a hand, "But for now, I have no further use of you."

"No please…," Minotaur said.

"Begging? How the mighty Fallen God has fallen," the person said and snapped their fingers.

Minotaur's entire body was suddenly engulfed by a light as the man screamed out in pain. When the light was gone, the man was gone and all that remained was the small chess piece with a Minotaur head. The figure approached and picked it up the white piece.

The person looked at it for a few moments, a small smirk crossed their lips.

"The Dragon and the Princess have now been drawn together," they said, "That time is finally approaching again…Lumen Galaxia …"

They looked up toward the shining moon above them.

An onimous prediction...

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Welcome to Atlasia.

So end this First Arc in my story. Hope you have enjoyed the read so far. Quite an introduction to this fic and the characters. I hope to do them justice in the long run as more cast of them are introduced. See you in two weeks.

Next Time: Changing Winds

Jacques0 out.

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