Dragons. One of the primordial creatures born with an innate affinity belonging to their different race. From the moment they were hatched, they already knew how to manipulate their different elements, while the adults could create their elements with nothing but the energy running through their bodies. There were different races of dragons residing on the planet Ra. The fire dragons resided in the Red Lands—a continent filled with mountain ranges where fire dragons lived, forming their own nest and hierarchies. The sea dragons lived in the large expanse of water called the Dragon Sea, ruling over the many sea creatures living there. Lightning dragons were mostly nomadic, always moving from one place to another, hardly staying in a single place for long.
Dragons were mostly known to be savage creatures filled with wrath and pure destruction—Fire dragons mostly, but that didn't mean the other races were any less destructive.
Like the sea dragons facing them. From the beginning, Damien had already known that this was only going to end when one side completely dominated the other, but he had still tried diplomacy, hoping that the prideful creatures might show restraint.
They didn't.
"Are you going to do as commanded or do I have to put you in your place?" The dragon prince said. The other dragons began to surround them, trying to cut off any path of escape.
"I'll be damned if I let a reptile with scales treat me like nothing more than food," Keilan said, his face was red with anger but there was still wariness in the way he looked at the dragons.
It wasn't that they were afraid of a bunch of monarch-level dragons, it was the job both of them knew the dragons were meant for—distraction.
Normally, monarch-level creatures couldn't pose a threat to them, but the fact that they were backed by a spirit lord dragon increased their levels of danger.
"What are you if not food?" The dragon said, its aura trying to press down on them, trying to convey a sense of superiority.
Damien finally had enough of its arrogance and insults. Releasing his aura, he pressed down on the many dragons, but only the spirit lord managed to fend off the pressure— barely. But the other dragons found themselves being crushed until they joined their auras together, managing to barely protect themselves.
"You dare threaten a dragon prince!" The dragon prince Renogoth roared, joining its aura with the monarch's, increasing its intensity. He pushed Damien's aura back until Keilan released his aura, putting them on even footing.
"Dragon prince my foot," Keilan said, mocking the dragon. "More like an overgrown lizard."
The dragon's slit turned chilly. "By the time I'm through with you, you will beg me for a quick death." It said, before attacking.
Flying with incredible speed towards them, it opened its mouth, but unlike its sibling, it wasn't planning on eating them. Blue glowing light shone from its open maw, growing brighter as it came closer until a dragon's breath was released. Blue liquid corrosive enough to melt steel flashed towards them.
Damien and Keilan separated, flying around the dragon until they came upon its sides. Damien used his technique 'Starfall', dozens of grey star shapes made out of condensed Destruction energy appeared around him, dancing around his body. He retaliated, sending them flashing down towards the dragon.
Having sensed the energy from the technique, the dragon turned its head towards him, its breath colliding with the stars and cancelling each other out. A massive explosion erupted from the collision, the wind erupting and pushing both Damien and the dragon back.
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Keilan took the opportunity, a hammer of shredding wind slammed into the dragon. Its body bent inwards as it was blasted back, shooting hateful glares at Keilan.
Having seen that their leader couldn't win without their help, the monarchs began doing their jobs—harrying them. A dozen dragon's breath flashed towards them, harrying them and giving the spirit lord space to attack.
It came again, slamming its tail into Keilan and blasting him away. Damien avoided the same fate by flashing away, moving with such speed that the air exploded from his passage. He pointed his two right forefingers, firing a dense beam of energy along its body as he passed.
A loud screech of pain and anger erupted from the dragon as its scales were cracked and burnt. It turned towards Damien with fury, releasing a massive roar as it attacked.
That was how they fought, Damien and Keilan avoiding the dragon's attack by a hair's width and then retaliating while they fended off the monarch dragons harrying them.
Starfalls were summoned and rained down. Energies shaped like stars with the power to bring down cities rained down along with beams of dense grey energy that could bore holes into the sides of mountains.
Keilan didn't hold back, Summoning small tornadoes that shredded scales out of the dragons, putting them on the back foot. Hammers of wind slammed into the dragons, breaking backs and killing some.
Others suffered casualties from the effects of Damien and the dragon prince fight. Dying from beams of destruction which were meant for the dragon prince or burning to crisps from the stars which rained down.
The dragon prince retaliated with dragon breaths, and rivers of blue corrosive liquid flashed towards them, melting down Damien's clothes and almost melting his skin too until he burnt everything out.
Their fight covered miles. Flying and dodging each other's attacks took them far away from the starting zone. Their auras blasting out for hundreds of miles alerted the lesser creatures that a battle was taking place. Some spirit lord creatures reared their heads to try and take bites out of them as they fought, thinking them unsuspecting and too focused on each other. They were divided in two by the beams Damien fired and bitten and shredded by the dragon's teeth and claws.
As he fought the dragon, he kept an eye on Keilan's fight—who had decided to handle the monarchs. His tornado technique swept dragons from the sky, slamming them into the water. Damien knew that he could make the tornado bigger, but chose not to. They didn't want to bring any more attention than they had.
Turning back to the dragon prince who swung its claws towards him, releasing massive claw-shaped blades that flashed towards him. Interposing four stars between himself and the blades. They exploded as they encountered the blades. He used the opportunity to fly through the explosion, covering himself with energy to prevent injury.
Not expecting him to make such a stupid move, the dragon wasn't prepared to defend himself as Damien summoned his spear. Twelve feet of wooden and bladed weapon appeared in his hands as he glided in the air. He held his spear to the side as he closed with the dragon. Spear blade coated with destructive energy met dragon scale and the dragon screeched as Damien drew a long shallow line down its body. Pools of blood erupting out of its sides.
Having suffered a massive injury, the dragon flashed away, retreating. The others too flying away to regroup with their master. Damien couldn't find the other prince—probably dead, he thought.
"Damn, you did a number on the overgrown lizard," Keilan commented, his expression and body language showing his disregard for the dragons. They bared long sharpened fangs at him in response to his insult. He bared his teeth back, mocking them.
"Don't taunt them, we already have enough problems as it is, I don't want another one cropping up," Damien said.
Keilan shrugged. "I can't help it, feels good to finally put these prideful lizards in their places for once."
"You won't feel good when re-enforcement from their nests starts coming." Damien replied.
Keilan swallowed audibly at that, his throat bobbing up and down in nervousness.
Damien turned towards to the dragons. "Let's just call it a day, okay? We're adults and shouldn't be squabbling like children," he said, hoping for the dragons to take the olive branch extended towards them.
They didn't.
One of the monarch dragons roared. "You dare cause injury to the prince and even insulted us," it said, eyes flashing as it continued. "You have committed grave sins against your betters and for that, the sea shall drink from your blood." The others roared in agreement.
Damien sighed, at least he tried.