Chapter 12 - Calamity (2/2)

“Don’t worry I wasn’t laughing at you Just at e

Well, let’s get serious now”

The young noble flinched at the i at hi the last declaration, ie had a trump card in his hand That reaction was understandable to the elf, since they had fought for what felt like an eternity and he had yet to show his special ability, although not more than a candle’s time to burn could have passed

“Well, what auess it can’t be helped”

In the woods on the opposite side of the clearing, a s under the cover of various undergrowth, quietly observing the confrontation between its friend and the hated hu with the two elves, that had hunted the fla wyvern before, and their newly-acquired monster

After the little dragon had asked Eldrin why they had pursued itself so desperately, he had at first refused to talk about it, but after the storons and their rarity, having the scared creature proon Breath] in front of others, as they would try to enslave it

Horrified by the prospect of being ruled over by so extremely seriously, and currently despised the shorthairs for their greed

Prowling along the edge of the forest, the s the clash between Eldrin and thevitality in its eyes, al the elf’s mana, but Little Flame trusted Eldrin to come out victorious

Unable tobeast had no choice but to slowly slink through the brushes Any loud noise would direct attention on itself, and the stealth effect would be ruined

The aia flaether with the elf afterwards Unbeknownst to Little Flae Ashton: borrow another force against a more powerful enemy

After having ress on its way to the shortear, the scaled creature would ht every now and then, and ad Eldrin to the other poielder would be an insult to hi held a form of beauty in their aesthetic forons and the delicate spears used on the tail-wagger fascinated the curious dragon, they see

The stupid shortear, on the other hand, was just throwing balls and cluht, a performance Little Flame was confident to exceed solely with the [Dark Flame Breath]

The concept of n to the lurking lizard as it had already used its own dark smooth power and fiery red vitality to clad its talons, liies to forht definitely helped it understand this approach

Driven by the wish to surpass the heinous shortear, the black and red dragon summoned the power Eldrin called aura and robed itself in a layer of night and darkness, enjoying the rush of speed and strength coursing its body Blending in the shadows of the forest, Little Fla spotted by the enemy

Arriving at the trees behind the fight, the veiled dragon decided to wait for a perfect chance to launch a sneak attack, which would put an end to the conflict with the foolish shorthairs who had dared attack Eldrin Despite the obvious disadvantage he was at, the elf was handling the battle well so far, dodging es of the dog, who see Little Flame somewhat Nonetheless it had faith in the eventual victory of its friend when things changed The already burning vitality around the burningEldrin who had been even with hith every additional second of the combat

Startled by this ht’s balance of powers, the concealed dragon crept in direction of the three shorthairs, ready to strike them and help its friend out

Unexpectedly, the elf chuckled in the face of an opponent whose abilities were exceeding his own, and all parties, including Little Flarass, seemed astounded

After a short verbal exchange, the geon’s eyes, turning frohter than any energy the little creature had seen so far Colored streaks were gathering around the staff, snaking their way into the geic formation revealed itself deep inside the ht, another portion of the design was ignited, rapidly co the pattern

The shorthairs had to retreat a bit because of the brightness, while the hound was scared and refused to charge at the elf in spite of the repeated orders to attack of the other poielder With the spell entirely built, a white radiance spread over the clearing, repelling all fireballs the shorthair threw at Eldrin and dispelling the porapped around Little Flame

As it had been stripped of its crepuscular mantle, one of the shorthairs noticed the black and red scales and screamed at his companions

“Behind us! The dragon is here!”

One of the longears faced Little Fla radiance around Eldrin The poielder shoved a fire lance at the dragon, who relied on its sturdy scales to shi+eld itself fro momentuht light wall, Little Fla the their protections, screa the hellfire To ht into the inferno, slashi+ng and biting away at any lie

Unfortunately the raging scaled creature could not see Eldrin’s frightened expression The [Radiant Fury of Light] that had been sealed in his staff would annihilate anything in its path with the ift that his teacher had left hi in front of the scuffle between the dragon and the hue’s party Unable to execute the spell in their direction as it would potentially harm the faithful beast, he redirected the h trees to create a straight path cutting deep into the woods Hisa spell well above his capacities, his , and the s penetrated his shoulder, ripping out a chunk of flesh as sharp claere drilling into his waist, ripping his lower body apart fro him scream in pain

Little Flaony from its dear friend filled its world A second before, it had been satisfied to defeat an ene hatred the dragon felt now, that previous loathing had been nothing but a firefly in front of the sun Seeing the elf who had first offered shelter to an unknown beast then a honited a bottoilecreature

Without any hesitation Little Fla every weapon at its disposal to tear him apart

Injure him

break him

Rip him in a thousand pieces

Make him suffer

Little Fla, even as the monster retaliated; the beast didn’t care and surrendered its whole being to the overwhelth tothe pain and wounds it got in return

So arose, slowly changing the body to allow h its frail fraon welco out even y it had stored away, accelerating the abnormal metamorphosis

Bones were creaking and breaking, the whole structure of its anato hot pressure

After the end of the changes to its build, the infernolike water, the features that had been defining thethe body

Finally, the raging heat invaded the inner its soul and blood on fire, and the dog slowly stopped resisting, agonizingly dying

Blood pouring out of his deathly wounds, Eldrin could barely see the se hellhound out of anger A blackish gray hue of aura and ht a little The loud cries of wrath and the wails of pain fro noise, yet he hi froon

The hound was fighting back, and had clawed at the painful assailant in his flank over and over again, yet the black and red fury’s attacks continued regardless of the wounds it was incurring With each passing second, the dark swirl of raas intensifying and even started glowing slightly

With a painful cough the elf realized that the cloud of energy and force was slowly changing the beast’s for it to dig deeper and deeper in the side of the nohi out more and more of his flesh, muscles and innards

Falling to the ground after a final clash, the hellhound’s last breath escaped his lips and he died, resentfully glaring at his opponent

The potent energy swirling around Little Fla one shaky step after the other towards the reot a closer view of the injuries running through the torn powerless bodyits way over

Tears and gashes were spilling cri froa lifetime’s worth of tears over its friend’s fatal wounds

Ignoring the pain Eldrin hauled his upper half in an upright position and sh he was surprised by its new for from his lips

“Is that you Little Flah now”

The short sentence was all he round In front of his eyes appeared the deep blue sky, as his ability to see and the feelings left in his arms started to fade Suddenly the unfaht, and even olden eye onto its face, the little dragon weeping evenelf’s face

Seeing soret, as well as a feeling of gratitude; the short tiether was the best ti now toLittle Flaht of himself

“Don’t cry! You’re a good girl”

Then, with a last smile, his vision went black