Jhonny was firmly holding the chain that he was about to attack Spyro. Rea was shocked for a moment, while Spyro was relieved.
"I'm sorry for the delay" Jhonny said to Spyro, "I needed that time of meditation ..."
Then, without warning, he attacked Spyro's chains with a blow from his claws. The clash of claws on metal set off sparks, but he managed to tear them apart. Spyro came out and much better after spreading his wings.
"Uff" said Spyro, "Much better, I let my guard down... Ah, it's true ... Johnny, that guy works for Malefor"
"Malefor?" Jhonny asked not very surprised, "That explains it ..."
"Does it explain…? What do you mean?"
"I'll tell you later" said Jhonny, "Go back to the city, they need help. I'll take care of him "
"You alone…?"
Spyro put a paw on his shoulder, as if to say that he couldn't let him fight alone.
"Don't worry, friend" Jhonny replied, "I know how to deal with him"
He didn't know if he was overconfident or if he surely had a plan in mind, but he knew that he should trust his friend, so he turned to support the warfang habitants. As he watched him go, Jhonny felt a tug: Rea was pulling the chain back.
"In a hunt, the order of the factors does not alter the product", he laughed as he tried to pull Jhonny who had the chain on his right leg.
"I have no doubt ..." Jhonny said without flinching, "That phrase is only known to a human. So who were you before you were a dragon? "
"Aaaa… what a power of deduction. Malefor was right: a dragon here is half human… "
"And you also work for Malefor" continued Jhonny still undeterred by the increase in the pull, "What did he offer you in exchange?"
"Should that matter to you ?!" Rhea yelled before attacking.
With a movement of his right claw, he released a new flurry of chains, Jhonny spread his wings at the same time that he freed himself from the ones that had him trapped. The first and second attacks were easy to dodge; however, it was all a trap: an unforeseen attack from one of the gargoyles made him stop, and immediately his body was chained.
"An attack without honor ..." Jhonny said.
"Honor?" Rea scoffed, "I don't play fair. I only do what I need to do to win. "
"Like any poacher... was that your old job?"
"You guessed it: before I was a simple hunter, I worked with my boss to convert animal and aboriginal tribal lands into places like establishments, factories, squares, etc. My job was to get the animals out of the way, and by the way decorate my house ... "
"You are a monster: just hunting for fun ... animals were before you in the world and you treat them as prizes ..."
"Isn't that what beasts do? Does the strongest devour the weak? It's weird that you talk about calling me monster considering you're half dragon and half human. But it doesn't matter, you will be one of my best captures ... "
Rea made the chains encircle the dragon. However, when she tried to pull him back, he didn't budge.
"Don't try to resist ..."
Instantly, the chains began to electrify and drain mana. The enemy already thought that he had won the battle; however, Jhonny began to laugh.
"What are you laughing at?" Rea asked, "Your mana is being sucked out, are you giving up?"
"Ha, you are so ignorant" he replied, "You are new around here and you received those powers spontaneously without getting used to them. Furthermore, I am a guardian and master of the young dragons, and there are things you should know about mana… "
Rea tried to pull harder, but got nothing.
"First, mana is the manifestation of the magical energy within. Second, mana is not a source of reserve that you measure how much to use or how much to reserve. And third…"
With a simple jerk, Jhonny tore the chains on his right leg and immediately the one on his left leg.
"How?" Rea asked, surprised.
Then, grasping the still-electrified chains around his body, he broke them like glass. Jhonny had freeded himself.
"The more spirit the warrior has, the more he can grow his mana!"
Rea was shocked.
"It's what I teach the young dragons" laughed Jhonny, "Besides, those shocks are nothing compared to an electric attack from a guardian friend, with whom I practiced several times"
"What do you say?!" the surprised enemy asked.
"And that's not all" he continued, "I surrounded my body with a wave of heat that damaged them even more from the first moment you chained me, of course, without you noticing"
"You just… did you pretend to get me to talk?"
"You just found out, how clever" joked Jhonny.
"You'll pay me!" Rhea roared, "I will kill you..."
"¡Flurry Thorn-Chains!"
The rest of the chains on his body parted and flapped like the tentacles of an octopus; then thorns of steel sprouted. Then, they came together to attack with a single blow.
"If you want, I will teach you the capacity of guardian power" Jhonny replied, "I will attack you with my best attack"
At that moment, the guardian's wings caught fire and he flapped them as he heard himself shouting:
"Burning dragon!"
A huge fireball shot out of the flames, but in mid-flight it turned into a dragon's head opening its jaws. The chains never touched the counterattack: they melted within a few meters of impact, leaving a clear path. Rhea just looked scared before the attack hit him full and a huge explosion covered the sky.
The second after impact, the enemy dragon's body fell near a lake near the city, along with the remnants of his chains, which evaporated into dark smoke. Nearby, Johnny landed and, the next second, Spyro.
"How are things in the city?" Jhonny asked.
"The gargoyles retreated just before seeing that impact," Spyro explained, "What was that?"
"The result of a technique that I had been practicing for a long time. I had a hard time mastering it, because it had never been done in reality or here. But let's put that aside, how do you feel? "
"Better, although I can't say the same about him ..."
Rea was dying as Spyro and Johnny approached him. Then the next minute, he started laughing.
"So you decides to betray your ancient race to join the beasts ..." he said mockingly.
"You already stopped being human from the moment you killed for fun", Jhonny warned him, "You are the beast. And they, my friends "
Rea continued to laugh, but then he let out a cry of pain.
"Well, I guess the hunter has been hunted this time" she said, "Anyway, I will give you a reward ... a recommendation: I am not the only one, the other twelve will be more cautious with you ..."
"Twelve…?" Spyro asked concerned, "But, there are none of his followers left!"
"Got new ones, from a place your friend knows ..."
Spyro looked at Johnny, quite taken aback. He replied:
"Human souls fallen in darkness, blinded by greed and the desire for power… And did the humans accept? I thought you couldn't go lower ... "
"And you never fell as low ... as we did?"
Jhonny reflected and replied:
"I admit that I am half human and at one time or another I was tempted or influenced by something close, but those feelings were nullified by the light that I have with my loved ones around me. And I will not fall like you "
"Well, what difference does it make ..." another sound of pain was heard, "Just like our world, this is about to suffer another war ... and this time, darkness will cover the world from him ..."
And, giving another cry of pain, he expired. In a minute, no one said anything. Then the body vanished into darkness like ash.
"Poor soul ... was it necessary?" Spyro asked.
"I'm sorry, in my world, it's wrong to hurt others" explained Jhonny, "But if I don't fight, many more can get hurt or even die. Besides, it's not my fault what happened to him: his desire for power sealed his fate "
"Yes, I suppose ... But, that of the return of Malefor, dark generals, a new war, is it true?"
"Well, we must return to the dragon temple to regroup and discuss it. And, if Malefor is still alive and plans a new war, we must report him to the Grand Council of Skycity. "
Spyro, realizing they had no choice, nodded. And then together they quickly returned to the city.
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