Author: HOLY FUCKING SHIT!! this one was long it took me forever to write i hope you guys appreciate it anyway as always dont forget to rate and comment thx for reading PEACE!!
CH 31|| The Result
After that Draden traveled the lands and challenged many dragons. He had found a purpose and he was happy at first. In the beginning, he would kill every dragon he fought against except for Brawn. Brawn had continued to follow Draden and eventually became a loyal friend. As time strolled on my father found it boring to kill dragons and instead after he defeated them he decided to let them go so that they may grow stronger, as to one day reface them in hopes of a better battle
Draden was completely unmatched and no one could face him. Eventually though his thirst ran dry. Since his escape from Brawn's stomach it had been an additional 3,000 years and Draden had faced 400 dragons, killing over a 100 of them. He became the strongest and did whatever he wanted but then he became bored always winning easily was not much fun.
Nothing seemed to excite him, there were no more thrills in his life and although Brawn was his friend Draden felt alone and after some time even Brawn left him. Now he truly was alone, with no one to care and nothing else to do Draden stopped looking for thrills for he could not find any. Soon he found sympathy from alcohol, but because of his body even the alcohol could not get him drunk. He was then depressed beyond recognition and alone. once more he found no reason to live.
Thousands of years passed and Draden the dragon slayer was no more. Only a legend than a myth and then nothing, the world had forgotten Draden and he to the world. Until one day she found him, a woman of immeasurable beauty, she searched far and wide and using special means she found Draden. When she did she said she needed his help.
As she went through her story it turned out that she was actually Brawn's daughter. She was half elf and half dragon after brawn had left Draden he had changed his appearance to that of an elf and lived a peaceful life. In a small elven village, he fell in love and married a beautiful elf. Together they had a gorgeous daughter named Sarah and for many years lived peacefully, but some dragons found out about Sarah and them being as prideful as they were could not stand there blood being mixed with an elf's.
So they killed Brawn's wife and had imprisoned him. Sarah had barely managed to escape only because they didn't know what she looked like. The only reason why they kept Brawn alive was so they could torture him to find out what Sarah looked like so they could eventually kill her. She told Draden this story and as she finished she said she had been searching for him for 200 years.
Draden hearing this realized his only friend in the world has been tortured all this time. His eyes blazed with a new found fury one in which he hadn't felt for thousands of years and so he and Sarah searched everywhere, eventually finding him an ancient ruin under a mountain. It was guarded by over 20 dragons that were disgusted by Brawns actions. When Draden finally found Brawn though it was already too late, he had succumbed to his torture long ago.
That day, Draden killed every single one of those dragons, 20 dragons in under 2 minutes. When he finally settled down he realized that the person most upset wasn't him, but Sarah. She too was now completely alone, he quickly comforted her. Later on, the two having no one, but each other found something inside the other and soon the two were in love and could not be separated. They settled down in a beautiful forest.
Sarah loved nature very much, in it she found a sense of calm and her and Draden decided it was best to be isolated from the world so they could live in peace. Draden was now no longer alone and he was madly in love with Sarah. The two quickly had twins Lyyla and Ryyla they were like their mother, absolutely beautiful. They also had their father's hair color as well, a shiny silver. Together they were a picture perfect family and they lived like this for many years.
However, due to Draden's body and Sarah being half dragon the twins took nearly 1,000 years to become adults. They were mixed with 1/4th dragon and 3/4ths elf as well they both had special properties in them due to their father's special evolved body. Naturally their lives would be extended beyond the realm of normality and when it would end no one could tell. Because they were the first of their kind not simply a mix between dragon and elf, but dragon elf and something else entirely.
As they grew, they as well learned dimensional magic as well as light from their father and wind from their mother and although one was a genius they both became very powerful very quickly. They were all happy and enjoyed life to the fullest making the best memories until it happened.
The day was perfectly normal, it was a beautiful serene day like any other within the forest and then in an instant it became utter chaos. The entire sky lit up as though it were on fire and molten rocks, as well as tornadoes and lightning, rained down from the sky. As they all looked up, Sarah and her kids were horrified, the sky was covered with dragons, over a hundred of them. Draden seeing this leaped up towards the destruction and with one hand slapped these attacks out of the sky, he yelled out.
"WHAT IS THIS!!"
One enormous dragon 3 times bigger then the rest completely pitch black flew forward and landed in front of Draden. Transforming itself into the shape of a tall white male with black hair and black eyes wearing a dark blue set of armor with small traces of lightning dancing around his limbs. In a commanding but calm deep voice he replied.
"Hello, DragonSlayer, my name is Azeuris."
"You have 3 seconds to tell me why you've come before I start destroying you all."
Azeuris simply looked on calmly.
"Hmm destroy me you say, do you wish for your demise so soon?"
"What."
"Ill tell you why I've come today, I've come to make an official challenge. I Azeuris Black ruler of Dragon's hereby challenge you Draden the DragonSlayer to a duel to the death ."
"Ruler of dragons that's funny, dragons have no ruler there egos are far to big to endure that and as for a challenge I have no need to fight a dragon to the death. I have a family now, I no longer fight."
Some of the dragons looked on with disdain, they already had a deep hatred towards Draden. He had killed many of their kind as well as humiliated many more by letting them live after a fight. 100's of dragons would never reclaim their pride once they lost it to an elf. Even if they did the others would still look down upon them because they would all know that they had lost to an elf.
"No longer fight, well we can't have that. You see whether you accept my challenge or not doesn't really matter. I was just doing that for show, in actuality you are the enemy of all dragons. You have already killed many of my brothers and humiliated many more, you are going to fight me ."
Draden looked angrily at this tall man who claimed to be the dragon king and then he let out a small sigh.
"Look, I'm not fighting you there's no point. I'm sure you've heard the stories, I am the strongest creature on the planet. If we were to cross blows you will die.Now I don't know when you became king of dragons, but I'm sure they don't want you dead in one blow. If that were to happen then the dragon race would never get face back, I suggest you leave now while I'm being nice."
Draden then turned and walked away towards his family, when Azeuris called out to him.
"Draden!! don't you turn your back on me."
But still Draden continued to walk.
"If you do not face me now then I will call down the wrath of my army and they will feast upon the bones of your happy little family. Of your happy little half breed daughters."
Finishing this statement the dragons in the sky got excited. Many had wondered what a mix between dragon and elf would taste like. It seemed like a bit of a taboo to try it and to many it excited them.
Draden froze in place, he could feel the anger within him rising and his blood start to boil. He looked towards his family and could see a bit of worry on their faces. To him it would not be difficult to kill these dragons, it would just take a bit of time and if one of them were to get any of his family god forbid what would happen afterward.
Once more Azeuris pushed to try and get a reaction from Draden. The hatred he held for Draden was unprecedented and as to the reason for that was because one of the dragons that held brawn was Azeuris's lover. There were not many dragons left let alone female dragons in the world. Azeuris had truly loved her and wished to live with her for the rest of his life, but she was killed by Draden like she was trash.
This fueled his rage and so he slowly built up an army of dragons by the might of his strength and searched for millennia to face Draden. The more he thought about it the more he wished to destroy Draden one on one. This was the only way he felt he could truly get revenge for his female while at the same time proving that dragon's are the superior race, and so he yelled out.
"Draden, tell me something, does your woman taste as good as she looks. oh, quiet are we, well ill soon find out hahaha."
With that Draden could take no more .
"Fine, we duel ."
And like that Sarah and the twins took to the skies and observed from high up. They all knew how strong Draden was and so none of them were worried. As the dragons and Draden's family watched on, the two got ready to fight. Draden stood less than 10 feet in front of Azeuris and the two both took a stance. As they both raised their blood lust the pressure in the area soon crushed nearby trees within 200 feet of them.
With that, Azeuris immediately vanished and then reappeared to the side of Draden striking out 100's of times in only a few seconds. Each one whizzing past Draden's face and body just barely missing their mark. As Draden continued to dip and dodge he moved as though he were weightless and yet each step he took left small craters beneath his feet.
"You fucker! stop moving."
Azeuris quickened his pace and the punches were moving like lightning, but still none could connect.
"What's the matter king of dragons are you a bit slow?"
Hearing this made Azeuris quicken even more. He was easily 3 times faster than before and with it one of his punches finally landed. Or not landed, but was caught in Draden's hand. Many of the dragons that saw this gasped in shock. Some of them could barely even see the two's movements, but what made them the most stunned was the fact that their kings fist was caught. They knew the power that fist contained could easily demolish a mountain in one blow, so to catch it was truly a sight.
"You dare insult me."
"I do."
And with that Draden tightened his grip on Azeuris fist making him buckle to a knee in pain. Once more the army couldn't believe it, many wanted to fly in and help, but they knew if they did then they would lose their king face and he would surely kill them for it later on.
"Where is your talk now king of dragons. Or should I say king of lizards."
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"Rraaaaaa."
Azeuris channeled lightning out of his arm and directly into Draden's grip, but still Draden didn't even flinch.
"Haha, this tickles."
Azeuris raised his power, increasing the lightning's destructiveness by 5x's, but still nothing. Draden just simply smiled nd continued to hold him in place. He then increased his power again increasing its power to 10 fold pushing the limit of what he could do whilst in human form and finally Draden let go. Draden's hand emitted a white smoke and Azeuris immediately jumped back almost 50 feet.
"Kukuku impressive little lizard, you actually managed to warm my hand. Now that it's nice and toasty shall we continue our date."
Azeuris was silent, he was fuming with rage. He had upped his lightning's destructive force by 10 fold, it could easily tear through a mountain, but to this elf it only seemed to sting. Azeuris was greatly shocked and as much as he did not wish to admit it he could no longer fight in his human form. He knew if it continued at this pace then for sure he would lose.
He jumped high into the sky and transformed back into his original body. He figured if it was in the sky and in his true form he would hold the complete advantage. He was now serious and he quickly inhaled a belly full of dragons breath. In one loud bang, he released a mouthful of lightning. The lightning snaked its way at Draden as though it were alive, it was as thick as a house and as bright as the sun.
*CRACK BOOM*
The lightning struck down turning the surrounding sky a bright white and exploding the ground out as though someone had uprooted a mountain. The explosion left a 20-mile wide hole in the ground. Easily destroying a good chunk of the forest as well as the family's home, Azeuris laughed wildly.
"HAHAHA do you see I've done it, I've killed the dragonslayer. there's nothing left of him, not even a spec."
As the other dragons looked towards this hole, they were overwhelmed by their kings pure destructive force. They had never witnessed such raw power before, they all began to cheer wildly chanting his name.
"Azeuris, Azeuris, Azeuris."
But as they chanted, Sarah and the twins only observed silently. On their faces, there were no doubts about what happened and then it was heard.
"KUKUKUKUKU HAHAHA this lizard has no aim at all ."
Everyone froze including Azeuris. They could hear exuberant laughter echoing above the clouds as if heaven itself were mocking them. As the clouds parted a tall figure could be seen standing in mid-air, Azeuris roared out.
"You're still alive!! but how? and you're flying. What is this? everyone knows you're a light mage, did you secretly have wind magic as well and you have been hiding your strength all this time."
"Kukuku wind magic, I have none, and as for how I didn't die well your lightning simply moves too slow for me to let it hit me. Plus I'm not flying I'm simply taking a stroll."
Draden began to walk through the air and with each step he took a small flat surface of light appeared where ever he stepped. It was not the air he was stepping on it was light. Azeuris watching this couldn't believe it.
This magic he was using could not be done by mortals, only an immortal could do this, but if that were true Azeuris witnessing this couldn't understand it. There was no way this elf could be an actual immortal. Even dragon's themselves were only half immortals, for an elf to be higher than a dragon was not allowed, it cannot be allowed.
"Impossible, it's a trick, you are not an immortal, you are not above me."
In a crazed rage, Azeuris flew at Draden as fast as lightning .
"I will destroy you elf."
Draden simply stood there in the sky waiting for the attack. He was done playing, it was time to finish it. As Azeuris flew in at high-speed, Draden simply pulled his fist back beside his waist and took a stance. In no time, the dragon king was upon him. Draden struck out towards the dragon's head, but before it landed who would have thought that Azeuris would open his mouth and slam it shut, swallowing Draden in one gulp.
Moving at that speed Draden reached the stomach in only a second, but before he hit the disgusting smelling stomach acid he stopped by making a platform of light. He looked around and a bunch of bad memories were immediately trying to resurface, but he quickly shook them away and flew to the edge of the stomach to make his way out. Before he did though something caught his eye.
Draden brightened the platform he was on and looked at what had caught his attention, but to his disappointment it was only the dragons mana stone. He quickly flew up to it and decided to take it. Not only would he beat the dragon but take this fortune with him. If not to sell, then to make his family more powerful like he was. Draden immediately grabbed at the stone.
Had it been a long time ago then his grip would have crushed the stone turning it to powder, but after all this time he's completely mastered his body and now has perfect control over his strength.
He grips it just enough, embedding his fingers into the stone without shattering it and in one easy pulling motion tears the stone from the dragon's stomach.
Outside, Azeuris suddenly roars out in pain while the other dragons watch on in confusion. They thought the king had finally won and it was all over, but now the king seemed as if he were in pain. Azeuris stomach bulged out and with a small explosion Draden along with the mana stone leaped out of Azeuris. He then landed whilst hugging the stone.
"Kukuku thank you for the stone my friend now ill become even more powerful HAHAHA."
Azeuris seeing this was in anguish, his mana stone had just been ripped out of him, it was the source of his magic. He could clearly feel his power dropping dramatically. He had to get away or he was going to die, it was now or never, he quickly roared out.
"Get the kids."
Hearing this Draden was surprised, he turned to look and several dragons were already upon them. He rushed to them as though he were lightning. Instantly he killed 1 that tried to touch his wife and kids with a palm strike to its skull, he then yelled out.
"Cover your ears."
Sarah and the twins knowing Draden knew exactly what he was going to do. Not only did they cover their ears but they all stood close and put up a wall of wind in front of them shielding their ears eyes and noses. Draden seeing them come to task threw his hands in the air and summoned two fist sized balls of light in each hand. With one large slap, he clapped his hands together causing the two balls of light to explode out in front of him.
A huge boom louder then the lightning earlier resounded out in the sky and once more the sky lit up like the sun. When the light had faded, 30 dragons that had been in the path of the explosion all fell to the ground dead. Each with holes drilled completely through them making them look as if their bodies were fishing nets.
That's how much destruction was dealt to them. Many of the other dragons seeing this fled away at high speed. Their pride was not worth this. If they could fight and die honorably that was one thing, but this was nothing more than a slaughter and in that there was no honor. Draden looked around for Azeuris and saw that he was already in a portal, he knew that this was a distraction so that Azeuris could flee, he yelled out.
"YOU FUCKING COWARD!! you dare attack my family. When I find you your fucking dead do you hear me, dead."
As the portal started to close Draden turned back to his family he quickly embraced his wife and kids kissing them and hugging them. At last the fight was over. The twins were playing next to the mana stone and Sarah was standing where her house once was.
Draden was gathering up all the bodies, if he were to extract all of the mana stones from the dead dragons then he could make his wife and kids as powerful as him. That way he'd never have to worry over their safety again. He had picked up and extracted nearly 10 already when suddenly the sky ripped open. It was Azeuris, he quickly shot his lightning attack out towards the twins.
"NO! "
"Right at this moment there was a choice my father had to make. He was too far from us, it was either me and Lyyla or my mother ."
At this moment, Sen Kai and Tara were stunned. Ryyla's father had to make an impossible decision he had no time.
"My father was fast, the fastest person I've ever known, but he couldn't make it in time. With all his strength all his training all that power, he couldn't make it. All I remember is me and Lyyla playing near that stone and in the next instant my father tackled us to the ground and my mind went white. When I came to there was nothing around. That damn Azeuris had still been holding a bit of power back. The forest was gone the mountain gone the mana stones the dragons all gone and my mother."
Ryyla started to tear up .
"Gone!"
My father sat on the ground with scraps of clothing barely clinging to him. His entire body was covered in dirt he had tears running down his face. It was the first time I had ever seen my father cry, I asked him.
"Dad where's mom ?"
And in a trembling tone he answered back.
"De...dead, she's dead, Sarah's dead ."
"After that me and Lyyla sat there and cried for many days while father just stared into space. When my father just got up and started to walk away I ran up to him and asked him where he was going. Do you know what his reply was?"
The three quickly shook there heads no at Ryyla.
"He said one thing over and over and over again. "THIRST."
Draden cracked a twisted smile and as his daughters tried to grab him to stop him from leaving. He pushed them both away and leaped into the sky into a portal quickly shutting it behind him. His mind had once more cracked and this time there was no coming back for him.
"After that, Lyyla and I tried to follow him many times and every time we did we had just missed him. Every time we found him he had already killed a dragon and left with its mana stone. You see he was hunting, looking for Azeuris but to no avail, until one day me and sis tracked our dad to an ancient ruin. Once more we had lost him, but it was there that we discovered a lost and ancient technology. "
"In that ruin were descriptions about many things, but the thing that we discovered in that ruin that shocked us more than anything else in the world. To this day besides me my father and my sister no one else knows this. There was a book and in it, it described reincarnation the soul, life, and death as well as reanimation and also the object that can make it all so."
"And what is it, what treasure can do the impossible?"
Sen couldn't help but grow excited. The things Ryyla described made him think about his own soul and how it was so special, he thought. "With whatever object that is maybe it could clear some things up about myself."
Ryyla looked at Sen and saw the look of excitement in his eyes, she couldn't help but sigh. She knew that once she said it there was no going back. She looked Sen right in the eyes and said.
"The Mage's Crown."
End of CH 31