Resolutio
"Are you going to tell me.... or just look like you've stepped on a Wyvern's tail"
Someone should teach this crass lady a lesson. He shook his head, half tempted to smack her on the head.
"HEY!" She pouted, "Your definitely thinking of something rude" She grumbled, her cheeks puffed out, her eyes slightly droopy.
He ignored her, his hand on his chin, his posture one of a thinking man. It can't be... Could it? He sighed, as he looked around, this looked oddly familiar to the boss arena of Elder dragon Keiren. He remembered it looking, a lot less snowy.
The odd, stone structures in the floor embedded centuries ago, withered by time to look like oddly shaped rocks.
If this was the forest Aegeon thought it was, all things happening here made sense. This damned forest was an endgame area of Deminos 2, harboring bosses that made Theodore look like a toddler. Not to mention, in Deminos 1 it was teeming with cultists and monsters. The area only became available after killing each respective boss, and the dragon didn't wake till two after Ba-. His thoughts interrupted by thunder, the electricity in his body vibrating violently.
Thunder rumbling in the distance, dark clouds gathering above them.
Well, that sounds kind of broken, he frowned. Wrinkles formed on his forehead, his lips morphing into a frown.
Are you okay? Aegeon worried for his Divine Stalker, you have been breaking the rules a lot recently.
For an inexplicable reason, he felt a warm gaze on him, he instinctively looked up to the clouds seeing nothing, his eyes squinting.
Ice gathered, before dissipating.
"Is that crazy here?" Isabella asked frightened, she gazed up into the sky shielding herself before balling up her fist ready to fight.
He waved her off "She's gone."
"I've never seen someone so close to their god." Her finger touched her lips as she pondered "Even popes rarely speak to their gods, if they even do."
"Of course, I'm the exception" She smiled brightly, bringing her hand up and forming a peace sign with her fingers, her eyes squinting as she tried to act cute.
He gave her a look, before steadying himself against a tree.
"The area we are in, is the lair of a Dra-"
"A dragon?" She interrupted him "What the hell are we still doing here, she walked over to him grabbing his arm, attempting to drag him away.
"If I'm being honest, I feel, like shit and I think I could keel over at any moment right now." He pointed towards the mountain barely obscured by the tall yidtrees "That is our destination."
"So?"
"Do you want to stay here and become lunch for a dragon?" She asked, with difficulty as she gritted her teeth dragging him.
She so readily trusted his words, not once questioning where he got his information from, his teeth clenched as she stared at him. Isabella was as suspicious as he was.
Had he ever heard of Isabella Boreas? How did a Grand Dukes heir get kidnapped? Where are the knight legions combing the area to come find their heir? He had as many questions for her as she had for him.
In fact, if the game was anything to go by, the Sun god faction won, and they won hard. Who the hell is Isabella Boreas? Clearly, she didn't matter enough for him to remember her name. The thought felt sickening.
Was he so inhumane to dictate peoples worth, by their relevance to the plot? No, he wasn't. The countless lives he failed to save during the game hit him like a speeding train. So, many people died because their quests weren't important to the story, or he needed to kill someone for their item. The corners of his lips pulled downward.
"It looks like steam is going to come out of your head", Her smile, so radiant one would mistake her for a sun priestess. "Looks like the Dragon has competition" He felt a genuine chuckle leave his lips.
"There we are" She smiled poking him "The oh so serious, barbarian priest knows how to laugh." She teased, the twinkle in her eye sparkled.
His laughed harder, why should he care if he failed to save them? Why should he care if she wasn't important to the plot, he'd save them all, he swore it. A resolute smile graced his lips.
"Let's go" The hunger that he felt only increased, he hoped the trek from here to the mountain was smooth and seamless, maybe even find a good meal on the way.
He gathered up his strength and steeled his mind trying to ignore the pain of his body.
He pulled his arm from her, and walked in the lead, the lightning seeped from his forearms forming a machete, he cut the giant plants around him.
A disappointed sigh left her lips.
"What was that?"
"Nothing" Her voice meek, she quickly walked behind him trailing closely.
His divinity in the afterburners, only held afloat by his occasional prayers.
Thud! Thud! after an hour of navigating the forest, he heard strange noises, he held his hand up a signal to halt
Do you hear that it sounds like it coming straight fo---" A giant troll burst from the woods, charging into Aegeon, his eyes widening with no time to react he got hit by the troll, slamming straight into a tree creating a crater, lightning spitting out of his mouth.
What the f----