An Ambush?

Suddenly, Ryoko reacted. She turned her head towards the approaching group.

"Vance, these people here, they're dragons in a humanoid form. Be careful, all of them are stronger than me."

"Really? My senses tell me that they aren't that big of a threat. Maybe it's because they aren't after me? Or is it a bloodline thing?"

Although Vance seemed to be unconcerned, he was on high alert, because although the sense of danger they gave him was less than that of Ryoko, they still gave him a sense of danger. Once they had gotten close enough, they spoke.

"Princess Ryoko, come with us. We require your presence for our plan."

"Indeed. As for the puny human... Kill him. We'll claim that he attacked the princess."

Hearing this, Vance looked at them in confusion.

"The fuck do I have to do with this? Although technically you aren't wrong on attacking your princess."

"Vance do you have to think about things now? They're trying to kidnap me. Can you help me fight?"

"Hmm? Oh yeah sure. We are friends after all. Sorry dudes, can't let you just take Ryoko."

Hearing Vance, who in their minds was nothing but a puny human, an ant to be crushed, tell them that they couldn't just take the princess, they became enraged.

"It was your great honor to die to us dragons. Especially for our royalty."

"You damned human dare talk back?!?!"

"How dar-"

"Shut up already. You villains always have the same lines for some reason. Barely any differences. Do I sound like that when I'm threatening losers like you? No, I sound like a badass. So come up with some new material already."

As he said this, Vance was already starting to attack. He dashed towards the group of five while simultaneously controlling one of their shadows to stab them in the Achilles heel. Seeing Vance come closer, three out of the five, began to transform into their natural form, while Ryoko began to attack the one that Vance had already stabbed with a shadow. The uninjured one who remained in human form began chanting in the draconic language while making runes on the floor with his hands and feet.

"Ah, a big mage character. Gotta kill him first."

Vance slid underneath the dragon right in front of him and dashed past the other two, and came close to the chanting mage. Slightly further away from him was Ryoko who had deleted the injured one with a Dragon's Breath.