I walked towards the kids. I was pissed and stuff was about to happen. But sothing else happened before I could reach.
"Get away from here you mongrels!" A girl, younger than , ca rushing at the boy's side and the fat brats all scattered. I breathed a sigh of relief.
Looks like my help wasn't needed.
I turned around and ca back to my companions.
"That was sothing," Dick said.
"Tell about it." I rolled my eyes.
I looked at the boy with my peripherals. The boy and the girl both were staring at . I didn't do anything so I didn't really pay much attention.
"Anyway, let's look for an inn." Lianne moved on ahead.
"Yeah."
We followed her.
"So you don't like bullies?" Dick tried to get near . For the last couple of days, the guy had been rather persistent.
When the hell do I get to take this thing off?
"You're telling you do?" I raised a brow.
"Not really. But I never got bullied in my life. Well, it's more like no one had the guts to bully . Whenever soone tried to, I protested so hard that they bled tears." He gave a smirk.
"Bled tears? You an, you punched them straight?"
"Wow, you really understand !" He made a surprised face. It was definitely intentional.
I didn't reply. The guy really was sothing. Actually, he reminded a bit of my old self. And that was enough to piss off without notice.
Lianne asked so people on the street and we found an inn before long. It was expensive for a shabby place such as this but we didn't have much choice. Dick and Servesta took a double room while I and Lianne took singles.
***
I unpacked so of the things and rested on the bed. My wounds were looking better. I'd be fully healed in a week or so. This is comfy… sothing about the people's expression still bothered though. And by the looks of things, this village was pretty new. Sothing was amiss. But, I fell asleep before long anyway.
***
What is this? Am I flying?
I was in the sky. It was night and there were clouds. I couldn't see my body but I could see distant lights.
Unlike the last few tis, this ti I felt like I had a body but it also felt like it wasn't mine. Besides, this ti I was literally flying through the clouds.
Why can't I move?
I couldn't move my body but the view moved on its own. This body probably wasn't mine.
Apart from the wind, there was so sound of breaths.
Is this breath mine?
I could even sll. But it was different. I could feel a lot of the things I could never feel before. I could hear the flaps of wings too.
I have wings?
Finally, the clouds cleared and I could see sothing down below.
How high am I?
It felt like a dream but too real to be one. The ground had lights and small houses.
Are those peoples? Wait I know that place. I know that kid…. What's going on?
***
"Daarc! Daarc!"
I abruptly woke up and found myself surrounded by my companions. My head throbbed and I couldn't even sit down. I groaned and stared at them for an explanation.
I didn't lock the door?
"We are under attack. Let's blitz." Dick had sweats all over his face.
"Wha-" I couldn't understand what they were saying.
"A dragon is coming," Lianne said.
Servesta's eyes were closed and he looked tensed as well. "More like it's already here."
And just a second later there was a massive sound as though sothing just exploded. I looked at the window and everything was too bright.
Oh no!
There was another source of light in the room. My bag glowed in azure light. Dick's ring glowed as well.
"You know what that ans." Dick smiled and glared.
"Another one of those monsters, huh?" It wasn't a question. I didn't know why or how I ca to that conclusion but at this point, anything seed possible.
And that feeling, that dream I just had now, this was the only conclusion I could co up with.
I took a deep breath and picked up my sword.
If I can avoid using the mystic blade then maybe things won't end up like last ti. And besides, I don't have Sisrael's fragnt in anymore.
And then there was the thing of being severely weak. I had to avoid a direct confrontation at all costs.
It was most possibly a grand monster. I didn't know what a grand monster might be doing in a village like this but sothing about the dream I just had made nervous.
What if the dream I just saw…?
"We need to leave, now!" Dick was very serious, there was no doubt about it.
Lianne helped with my things and we got out of the inn. Biteria hid inside my hair. It was different than being just on the shoulder. It tickled.
How the hell did Brenda live through this?
The whole village was on fire and a massive roar broke the silence. There was sothing in the sky, sothing big, very big. It was a massive reptilian creature. I didn't know if it had any color or not but it looked pretty black.
That thing's a dragon?
It looked more like a giant snake with wings than an actual dragon but maybe that was how they were supposed to look like?
"What do you think we should do?" Lianne looked at . What did she expect?
"Runaway, of course! You want to fight that thing?" Dick answered on my behalf. If our op protagonist thought we should run, then it was evident that we ran.
Runaway? Do we even have the luxury to do that?
"AHHH!!!" A scream brought back to reality. Sothing or soone was screaming in the distance. I squinted my eyes and it was the sa brat I saw three tis today. "How dare you! First, you take my father! Now my mother! Even my sister! How dare you!"
He was right next to a woman: the sa one we t earlier. There was blood everywhere. The kid couldn't have been older than ten but he had a longbow. The bow was probably taller than him. He sat it down and pointed it up.
It won't reach.
But if it did, that would have been more problematic. "Hey kid stop that!" I ran. I had to stop him before he got the dragon's attention. If he did then he was as good as dead.
The dragon however wasn't sitting around doing nothing. It was flying in circles and lighting everything on fire. It was more like he was floating than flying. The wings barely flapped.
The boy shot three arrows before I could reach him. The first two missed but the third one infiltrated the corner of the dragon's eyes and bounced right back out.
Oh boy.
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