Ramons eyes were wide as he stared at Gloria, his body completely still. Warm liquid splashed against his face, causing him to flinch and take a step back. He swallowed upon hearing his sisters wails, her body thrashing as the chains pulled on the ballista bolts embedded deep inside her flesh.
Quickly, heal her!
Ramon flinched again, and his tail swiped to the side, nearly hitting the pink-eyed goat standing behind him.
Why are you standing around in a daze? Kozabokget said and hopped onto Ramons tail. Despite its movents, she easily climbed up and made her way to Ramons forehead. Yes, this is scary. Yes, you might get shot too if you expose yourself, but if you dont do anything, Gloria might die! These bolts arent enough to kill her, but if the humans take advantage of her weakened state, theyll kill her without an issue.
Ramon trembled, and his eyes rolled up to look at Kozabokget. W-what do I do?
First, purify her, Kozabokget said. When dealing with humans, always begin with a purification. They like to apply curses to weaken things first. Her hoof raised and stomped down, landing on Ramons head with a dull thud. Purify. Now!
Ramons eyes shone with a silver glow, and a white light enveloped Glorias body. Wisps of black mana leaked out of the ballista bolts, exiting Glorias body like smoke from a fire. When the black wisps stopped appearing, the light faded away, and Ramons eyes returned to normal. Now what?
Now, you heal her, Kozabokget said. Those bolts are very vicious. Theyre designed to enter their target easily, but exiting is a completely different matter. As she spoke, Ramons eyes were already glowing silver. Theyll tear her flesh on the way out, causing extre bleeding. Normally, they should be leaving the bolts in to restrain her movents, but it looks like theyre being pulled out to inflict as much damage as possible.
Gloria wailed as the white light engulfed her body. Her innards were tearing and healing repeatedly, and the ground underneath her had turned into a huge pool of sludge from the mixture of her blood with the dirt. A wild look appeared in the cursed dragons eyes as her front paws grabbed the ballista bolt embedded in her side. She roared as she pulled, ripping the bolt out of her body along with a huge chunk of her flesh, blood and scales splashing as they hit the ground. She lay limp and panted for a bit, but her eyes narrowed as her teeth gritted. Her body curled up, making it easier for her to grab the ballista bolt embedded in her hindleg.
Keep healing her, Kozabokget whispered to Ramon. Youre doing a good job. I already told the wind to inform everyone inside the palace about whats happening here. Your parents and grandparents will be here soon.
Ramon didnt say anything, but his teeth gritted as the light on his eyes intensified. The amount of mana required to heal sothing depended on the seriousness of the injury. Ramons legs trembled, and his paws curled, his claws digging into the ground as he willed for his sisters flesh to repair itself. At that mont, six humans appeared, each one carrying a large tal tool. They stared at the thrashing cursed dragon in dismay, and two of them quickly ran to the bolts that had already been pulled out of the dragons body. They used the tal tools to detach the chains from the bolts before running away. I did my share of the work! one of them said as he sprinted, leaving his companions behind. Ill leave detaching the rest up to you!
The humans stared at their fleeing companions with bitter expressions on their faces. Hadnt they all volunteered to do this job together? Hadnt they joked about dying together, drinking together in hell? Why were two of them fleeing now!? Luckily for them, the cursed dragon seed too preoccupied to deal with them at the mont. Should they wait for the dragon to finish pulling out all the bolts first? They couldnt help but curse in their minds at the Dragon Slayers for designing the bolts in such a way that the chains couldnt be detached remotely.
Not good, one of the humans said, his eyes widening upon seeing Ramon. We were tricked. Who said cursed dragons and holy dragons were supposed to be archenemies? If thats the case, they wouldnt be working together like this!
Why? a weak voice asked. The humans turned to look at where the question had co from. The cursed dragon was staring at them with reddened eyes. Why did you hurt ?
The humans gulped. What exactly were they supposed to say? We, we didnt an to, one of them said and lowered his head. A holy dragon ca and told us she was going to lure out Grimmoldesser, and we had shoot him when he appeared. The man clasped his hands together and bowed his body. Were terribly sorry for hurting you!
Glorias vision was red as she stared at the bowing human. When she saw him through her nictitating mbranes which were covered in blood, suddenly, he didnt look so cute anymore. He didnt have long claws or sharp teeth or venomous stingers; in fact, all his features were soft and rounded. Even the toned muscles looked squishy like padding to her. However, sothing had changed. Those features werent pleasant to look at anymore. Go away. I dont want to see you anymore.
Of course, of course, the man said and bowed repeatedly. Err, do you think we could remove the chains from the
Gloria slamd her tail against the ground, mimicking the action she had seen her Grandma Gren perform dozens of tis. The bloody sludge flew into the air, splashing on the humans. Gloria roared, causing the humans hair to flutter backwards. Go! Away!
The human shut his mouth and sprinted away. Dying for the mission? Forget it! If it was possible to complete, hed consider it, but it was clear hed die before getting anywhere close to the ballista bolts. He didnt mind dying, but he didnt want to do for no reason!
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