The dragon was in a quite bad mood. His wife and child left him. His food ran away. It even got injured by a group of high-level adventurers and was forced to run deep into a cave and rest to heal up. Well, it was resting until two little kids decided it would be fun to poke and prod at it while it was sleeping. So being a bit frustrated the dragon decided to follow them to town in order to destroy them.
However, the dragon couldn't just do it instantly. No, for the town had the scent of the high-level adventurers that hurt him earlier. Thus this dragon was forced to wait before he could make his move. He waited until he was able to spot the adventurers that he was afraid of. Watching them leave like a kid making sure his parents got out the driveway before doing something that'd get him in trouble, the dragon eyed them until he was sure he couldn't smell them anymore.
Then it attacked.
Sirens wailed. Adventurers tried to launch many attacks at him. Lucky for them he wasn't interested in those lowly humans today, he only wanted to torture a few kids and let out all his pent up rage in a harmful fit of fury. There wasn't anything wrong with that right?
Something sharp and hot stabbed him in the side. For something to stab him that hard there must have been other high-level adventurers there. He would've smelled how strong they were but ever since the kids messed with him his sense of smell had made a turn for the worse. Maybe his nose got blocked or something, but he'll wait until after crushing them to check.
Anyways, he had to deal with those adventurers quickly or it could end up dangerous for him. Luckily it didn't seem like any of them had spells to allow them to fly so he decided to fly so high that the spells couldn't hit him. He then shot orange bolts of magical lightning out of his mouth at the area until he couldn't spot any more projectiles.
Enemy killed! EXP +50
Enemy killed! EXP +23
Enemy killed! EXP +310
Enemy killed! EXP +2
Enemy killed! EXP +86
Enemy killed! EXP +123
Seems like he got all of them. Well, he had to wonder who was so weak they only gave 2 exp, but that person was dead now, so who cared?
He turned and flew to the row of houses around the border of the city. He then looked near the large mansion near the other end. He checked the creepy house on one street and the burnt up forest near the town but couldn't find the kids. He even checked the park and the guild but still couldn't see them. Maybe they were hiding in a house or something, which could be a problem considering how big he was.
Or he could just burn all of the houses down. That was an option.
"Hey! Dragon!" The dragon turned his head to see one of the kids he was chasing rush out of the guild building and into the street. It was the young boy in armor. "Eat this!"
The young boy shot out a fireball from his hand, hitting the dragon straight in the neck. It tickled a bit, but other than that it didn't have an effect. Seems like there wasn't any need to put any effort into this.
The dragon decided to approach slowly while the kid ran away as if the world was ending. Our dragon was a fast being who could catch up in his sleep but decided to humor the boy a bit more with this chase.
They ended up at the park before the dragon got tired of this. He shot a fireball out of his mouth but the kid hid behind a slide which somehow survived the attack unscathed. What the fuck was that slide even made of? Plus the area behind the slide was quite small so the dragon might have a problem hitting the kid. He tried to grab the boy with his claws but he went deeper in the spaces between the playground equipment.
So he opened his mouth to shoot a fireball at the kid. As he did so he noticed something roll around in there. Oh right, he finally remembers what it was! They threw a bottle or something in his mouth when running from him earlier! It must have fallen out now! Well, not like it matte-
Everything then went white.
Not black, white.
It seems the kid threw a fireball at the bottle and made a bright light come out of it. Blinded by it he stepped away from the slide and shook his head as he tried to figure out which way was up. Luckily it only seemed to last a minute, and he was slowly starting to regain his sight...
...only to see a pink-haired girl with a bow and arrow aiming straight at his nose.
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The young boy smiled as the arrow flew towards his nostrils and ignited whatever was inside. Multiple forces burst within his head and ripped it, burned it, stabbed it, did anything that would cause pain. The dragon was scared for his life as the forces continued their siege inside his head for what seemed to be an eternity.
Finally, it stopped. His head was it a state that was so bad that if it were to be described here the book would need to be marked for gore. Looking at his status he only had 1 hp left. He was at the closest to death he had ever been in his life.
But he didn't want to die. He had so many things he wanted to do in life and so many things he wanted to see. He needed to see his wife again and apologize. He needed to beat those adventurers in a rematch. He needed to achieve his childhood dream of exploring the world. But most of all, he needed to live.
Unfortunately, he tried to challenge the protagonist, and that's no good.
A large man with a wooden club walked up to the dragon's head. Emotionlessly, he picked up his club and slammed it onto the dragon's face, killing it.
Enemy killed! EXP +12345654321
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"What the heck," Pan said as he saw all of the level-ups. "I didn't know dragons gave so much experience."
"Of course they do," Krys said. "The tougher the opponent the more experience they give. Unless it's a slime dragon, those aren't worth the effort."
"You wouldn't be getting all of that experience if it weren't for me," Scitus said proudly as she entered the park. "That dragon never noticed the bomb ticking in its own face."
"Those are bombs?" Stercus was genuinely curious and stuck his head out from behind the slide.
"Well they practically are," Scitus said. "So yeah."
"So who's your friend again Sterc?" Pan asked.
"This is Scitus, my new coworker, partner, and girlfriend," Stercus said as he introduced her.
"Nice to meet you," Scitus said, not objecting to anything that was said.
"So you have a girlfriend now," Krys said. "I'm impressed."
"Yep," Stercus said smiling. "You're my girlfriend too!"
"And I was just about to praise him for getting laid," Pan said as he realized it was just Stercus being Stercus.
"Anyways, I want to ask if Scitus can go adventuring with us more often?"
"So you want her to join the party?" Krys asked.
"That's a good idea," Scitus said. "This could end up as a beneficial arrangement. So how about it?"
"I don't see why not," Krys replied. She was quite happy that Stercus was able to make a friend around his age and thought that this could be great for him growing up. Sure it also meant two troublemakers to take care of, but she was okay with that.
The third troublemaker she forgot about however didn't have the same idea.
"You can't," Pan said.
"But why?" Krys asked. "You don't have anything against them do you?"
"No, but there is a requirement she hasn't met."
"A requirement?"
"There is one thing both you and Stercus have done before adventuring with me, and she hasn't done so yet."
"Wait," Krys mumbled as she started to figure it out. "No, please don't. PLEASE NO!"
"Ma'am," Pan said as he placed his hand on Scitus's shoulder. "In order to join the party, you must fuck me. Are you willing?"
"What does that mean?" Stercus asked this completely innocently.
"It's the thing I did in the hotel with you that time," Pan replied. "Remember?"
"Oh right!" A lightbulb flashed in Stercus's head. "That was fun, you should try it too Scitus!"
"I trust my coworker," Scitus said. "So okay."
So they went to a hotel and did their thing, allowing Scitus to join the party.
At least he had consent this time.
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General Info Stats
Spells
Name: Pan Depravo STR 98 MGE 45 Ventus Ignis Gloriae Age: 23yrs 270days SPE 70 FTH 17 Ictu Magna Ictu Fireball Great Fireball HP: 61/61 DUR 91 (+50) Flatus Magna Flatus Lord Fireball Fire Ring Level: 33 INT 68 Enflame Burst Flame Exp: 3790508543/8589934592 CHR 64 (+25) Spells Known: 10 LCK 46 Armor: Grand Knight (+ 50 DUR, +25 CHR) MNT 46
End of Quest arc