Monster's Awakening (Chapter 2-The Fanged Wyvern rampage)
(Disclaimer: I'm poor so I don't own any of these properties)
Dialogue key
"Blast off" normal speaking
'Blast off' though
"Blast off" Monster speaking/emphasise
[Blast off] Telepathic dialogue
(POV 3rd person)
Chrom saw Drago stand, worried about his injuries he tried to stop him, but stopped when a bright light come from the crystal in his hand.
'What's going on?' he thought.
Drago then lifted up the crystal and shouted.
"BREAK UP!" after saying that he crushed the crystal in his hand, the shards then circled around him, and the sky above started to turn dark.
Chrom took a step back when he noticed something, the whole town was silent, everyone stopped fighting thanks to this unnatural event. Never taking his eyes off Drago he heard a voice behind him.
"Chrom!" Robin shouted moving from his initial position in other to see the cause of the event "What in Naga's name is going on!?" he asked.
"I'm not sure." Chrom told him, he told him what happened up to then. When he finished the heard thunder in the distance, when suddenly a lightning bolt crashed down...on top of Drago.
"DRAGO!" Chrom and Robin shouted as their faces went pale from the event, they couldn't tell what had happened, they couldn't see anything thanks to a curtain of dust that was thrown up into the air.
"No…" Robin face was one of extreme sorrow, he was the tactician of the operation, he was supposed to make sure casualties were at the minimum, he had to make sure that everyone got back to their families!
"This is my fault…" Chrom said, his voice full of guilt "If I had moved instead of just stand there maybe this wouldn't have happened" '2 times...2 times I've let someone die in front of me because I wasn't fast enough' he thought.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT! TALK ABOUT AN ANTICLIMACTIC DEATH!" A bandit said as he along with his comrades were laughing their asses off.
Chrom turned to look at the bandit with a look that promised a painful death and a hand on Falchion, he was about to move when he heard a noise.
"GRRRRR" A deep violent growl came out of the cloud of dust stopping all laughter. As everyone turned to the source of the noise, they started to make out a figure inside the cloud.
The figure was a really unique sight,it was a humanoid figure, his arms and legs were covered in a scaly armor that ended with extremely sharp claws, on their sides smalls spikes ran along until it reached its shoulders and knees. Blue scale patches were on parts of his body, while ripped clothing was across his body. spikes ran along his back until they ended halfway and on its head were yellow horns along with some face armor on the sides. when they looked at the face of the creature they recognized it…
'DRAGO!?' Robin and Chrom thought at the same time, astonished to see their comrade now looking like a mix between a Taguel and a Manakete with a look in his eyes that promised a painful death.
The bandits that were frozen in fear finally snapped out of their confusion, a brave one decided to take the initiative swinging his iron axe at Drago, aiming at his head.
Drago dodged the attack and grabbed the bandit by the head, he started to squeeze, his claws starting to pierce the skin and drawing blood. The bandit screamed in pain and swung his axe in a poor attempt to try and hit his assailant. Drago caught the bandit's wrist and proceeded to squeeze as hard as the could, his claws penetrated the skin and with a pull, never letting go of the bandit's head, proceeded to rip the hand away, the bandit's screams of pain were put to silence when he looked at Drago's eyes, those eyes that promised death without mercy, they were the eyes of a beast.
"Die" Was all Drago said as he crushed the bandit's head in his hand, killing the bandit instantly. As the dropped the body he just stared a it.
He then turned to the rest of the bandits that started to back away slowly in an pitiful attempt to not draw attention to themselves, he just growled showing his sharp teeth, and with that they ran for their lives not wanting to be the next prey.
Just as Drago was about to launch himself in other to pursue them, a voice behind him made him stop for a moment.
"Wait!" it was Chrom, his voice full of concern.
Drago turned around and stared at him for a moment, his eyes softening for a moment.
"Is that really you Drago?" Chrom asked.
Drago just nodded but said nothing, he turned to look to Robin who was looking at him with wary and concern.
He then turned around to give chase to the remaining bandit forces, Chrom and Robin were behind him giving chase but couldn't quite keep up.
After a few minutes he found a group of bandits fighting some soldiers, Drago sped up and tackled on the bandits, as they hit the floor Drago slashed down tearing out a chunk of the bandit's chest and killing him, not wasting any time he went and kicked the closest bandit in the chest.
The soldiers were shocked and frightened for a moment, but seeing that this creature was helping them they decided that it was better not to attack it yet.
Drago continued to tear apart bandits without stopping, anyone with a bronze weapon noticed that it just bounced off his skin without doing any damage, however the ones with iron or steel did do some damage but it was quickly healed no matter how bad the injury was
Just as he finished the bandits he went to search for another, never stopping, the same thing always repeated itself with most bandits being unable to stand a chance.
Just then he noticed in the the distance he noticed another bandit fighting with a familiar swordsman, however this one was different from the rest as he was bulkier than the rest of the cannon fodder with better armor and a fancier axe. (a Killer Axe)
With a new target in sight, Drago proceeded to run off in order to get to his next prey.
(-Line Break-)
Lon'qu was someone that prided himself on his swordsmanship, after that incident so many years ago he dedicated himself to the sword in other to never feel powerless again
So imagine his frustration when he found the bandit leader and went to confront him, even though he had the advantage of having a sword against his axe, and the support of his wife Olivia whose swordsmanship improved drastically in comparison to when they first met, they couldn't land a solid hit on the berserker, every time one of them went for a slash he managed to dodge and retaliate with a swing from his axe, this went on for a few minutes after which the fighters backed up a bit.
"I'm impressed not many have been able to hold on so long against my axe, but I guess I shouldn't expect anything less from a Shepherd!" He bandit leader said with a grin plastered on his face
Lon'qu and Olivia just glared at him, never letting their guard down. they stayed close to each other in order to cover as many blind spots as they could.
"Since you both have been such a good entertainment I guess it's common courtesy to know the name of the one who will beat you, the name is Trevor and I'll be your executioner for the day!" he said as his grin grew.
Just as they were getting ready to go for another round they heard the sound of footsteps coming closer, instinctively they turned to see the new arrival, and were shocked to see a bloodstained creature approaching, Lon'qu and Olivia however felt like they have seen it before.
The creature looked at each of them with its cyan eyes, however when it saw Trevor it started to growl.
Trevor took a step back in fear, however he managed to get a hold of himself. bringing up his Killer Axe, he was starting to get nervous as he now had to deal with the pair of sheppard's, plus whatever the hell that thing is.
The creature decided that it had enough of waiting around and lunged at Trevor who managed to dodge the attack, he then swung his axe hitting the creature in its arm, as the creature screamed in pain it went for a slash at Trevor's leg, Trevor was surprised at the speed of the creature but managed to avoid the attack with only a scratch, not wanting to fall behind the creature decided to launch himself swinging his claws as fast as he could, Trevor being winded by the previous fight was unable to come out unscated with some cut and scratches that while not very damaging showed that he was losing ground.
Lon'qu and Olivia got over their shock and decided to rejoin the fight, with his concentracion elsewhere Trevor was unable to notice them and Olivia was able to land a hit on him which Lon'qu followed up with his own, the creature stared at the pair for a second and decided they weren't a threat so he went again on the offensive, kicking Trevor in the chest breaking a few ribs.
Trevor knew he couldn't run so he took out a bottle of elixir and drank it all, then rushing like the Berserker he is, he went to the creature who took the challenge and rose his armored arms to block the strike, however Trevor's delight he managed to activate the Skill Luna, plus thanks to the Killer Axe being extremely sharp, he managed to land a critical hit, regretfully the armor of the beast withstood the attack. Trevor tried to take the axe out but found that he couldn't.
The creature had taken a hold of the axe and seizing the opportunity he grabbed a hold on Trevor's arm making unable to run, Lon'qu and Olivia then came and unleashed a double Astra on the bandit leader filling his with deep cuts, as he felt his life escaping him Trevor only muttered the words:
"Killed because of a Demon...guess he showed me...the door to hell…" after he said those words he fell to the ground dead.
The creature stood up, then a bright light came out of him, when the light died down the pair were able to see that he now looked like a human, they also noticed a cyan-stone in his hand, at that moment Lon'qu and Olivia looked at his face, they finally recognized him.
"Hey isn't he that man that was with Chrom and Robin?" Olivia asked.
"There is no doubt, however he looked different then" Lon'qu pointed out.
"True…" Olivia agreed.
"Come, let's find those two" Lon'qu said.
"But what about him?" Olivia said pointing at the almost unconscious Drago,
"Guess we bring him along, he needs to answer a few questions" Lon'qu decided, then he grabbed the stone and put it on Drago's pocket, then he slung him over his shoulder like a sack.
(Line Break)
(Some time later)
Chorm was talking to a scout tasked with delivering information on the situation to the village's people,. while he was happy to be able to get rid of the threat, he was extremely concerned about another issue, but he was able to push it aside for the moment.
"Ok, that's the current situation, try to go to Ylisse after relaying the news in order to ask for some help for the wounded" Chrom said with a forced smile, though the scout either didn't notice or didn't care.
"Sir, yes sir" the scout saluted "I'll be sure to tell the villagers that everything is alright, though I'm not sure if help can come in the coming days, but I'll do my best" he said.
"That's alright, we will try to get some help from Regna Ferox too" Chrom said.
"Very well" The scout said, and on that he was off to deliver the message.
Robin meanwhile was taking note of the current status of the troops. While the remaining bandits ran away with the death of their leader, it didn't mean the victory came without cost, almost half of the troops had serious injuries, and at least 8 were confirmed dead.
Robin frowned at this, he was know as a great tactician, however the enemy far outclassed them, to be able to win with so little losses normally will be a good thing, if we were talking to anyone that wasn't Robin. He DESPISES losing people, it meant that he wasn't strong enough to get everyone through the ordeal, he just hoped that this will never happen with his friends, Naga knows he would never forgive himself.
Another matter was the fact of the thing that Drago had turned into. He seemed out of control, but had enough sanity to not attack their allies...albeit slightly, as there were some close calls.
Currently the person in question was unconscious in a tent along the other wounded troops, of course after he wakes up he will have to answers some questions.
'I really hope he will at least answer, I don't want anymore wounded' Robin frowned at the thought 'will I be able to stop him if he goes berserk again?' he starting to get worried as he headed to the medic's tent, as he headed there he saw Lon'qu and Olivia with bandages, nothing serious thankfully.
"So...what happened?" Robin asked carefully.
Lon'qu and Olivia looked at each other, after a moment they nodded, Olivia then started to tell Robin the series of event, from how they found and proceeded to engage the bandit leader, to how Drago suddenly came to assist in battle, to how he turned back to normal.
Robin then got them up to the speed with Drago's situation, though he never mentioned anything about that weird transformation.
At that moment one of the healers came out to inform Robin that the person in question was waking up.
Chrom came in that moment to see how things were going, Robin told him he was going to talk to Drago to see if he could answer some things, Chrom nodded and Robin went inside.
As Robin went into the tent he could see Drago stirring awake
"Ugh...what happened?..." he tiredly asked, then he tried to stand up but plopped back down exhausted.
Robin sighed and sat down.
It's time for answers.
(End of chapter)
A.N: Hello people here I come with a new chapter!
So...yeah, I went with a humanoid transformation for the first fight, why that happened will be explained next chapter but before anyone asks, full-Zinogre transformation will be a thing...just later, so don't worry about it.
So...what else…
I know it's going to take a while before we get to Tiki and start my sorry excuse of romance on this story...not gonna lie that part is just practice to see if I can make something that resembles a good romance.
I also gotta clarify something, you all know that this takes place during the time skip, now if you want a number on that it will be about a year before the Valm war, so for now Drago can sorta maybe get use to things here before he needs to go to war.
Also the Outrealm lie chapter, I'm surprise no one used that before, the shepherds are aware of their existence, it wouldn't be out of the question for some strays to come out the portal when Anna isn't looking.
So as always leave a review to see if this thing is still worth it.
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