30 Lost girl and monster kid (1/2)
Daren and his friends were reunited in front of the gates of Emerald Dawn. After their reunion they decided to leave the city and move to the kingdom of the south in order to obtain a power strong enough to defeat the goddess. When Daren made that suggestion the group looked at him confused wondering what he meant.
”It was only a little bit... But when Marceus and i combined our power, we managed to leave a wound on her...”
Gustav was surprised to hear that.
”You two? You wounded a god?”
”It happened right after she turned you into a statue... We rushed at her at full strenght and managed to leave a small scar on her hand...”
Lilith pondered for a bit.
”You think... You think it's because of your curse?”
Daren looked at her in agreement. It seems like she had the same theory as him.
”The reason why i was rejected... The reason why she didn't want his partner to be someone who beared a curse... Do you guys remmeber what she said?”
”She said if people heard that someone with a curse became a hero, more people would try to become cursed as well...”
”Correct... She rejected me because that idea terrifies her... Divine powers and cursed powers are opposite to each other... One comes from the gods and another comes from monsters...”
Gustav seemed to have figured out as well.
”So a curse is the only thing that can harm a god... Then her plan to rid the world of evil...”
”Evil to her probably means my power, the power of curses... She was using Marceus to clean the world of the one thing that can hurt her kind...”
Ria looked confused.
”If that's the case... Why didn't she kill you... Or us who were helping you?”
”Who knows... Maybe she wanted to save me for last...?”
Lilith wondered about that.
”Maybe she can't...? What if she wasn't trying to lock us...? What if she was trying to kill all of us right there? But for some reason she wasn't able to...?”
Auren joined the conversation as well.
”You think we have some kind of defense against her power...?”
Gustav stared at Daren.
”Yes... We have him! We spent the whole day with someoene whose powers come from cursed energy... Maybe Daren's ability acted as a shield for us...”
Daren wasn't convinced yet.
”Maybe... We don't have enough information to assume anything yet... All we know is that if we want to end her, we need the power of curses on our side.”
Ria looked scared for a moment.
”The power of curses...? You want all of us to get cursed...?”
”... Yes.”
”!!” x 4
Gustav looked worried for a moment but quickly started to show a resolved expression.
”... Then... How do we do this?”
”I want to return to my hometown... I know it's been two-hundred years... But i want to try to find clues on how i got this curse, i've had him ever since i was a baby... If i do i might figure it out a way to share with you...”
Auren started to imagine a baby Daren in his lion form and suddenly started to shiver. Ria dropped her fear and begun to look excited.
”Then... We all can turn into giant black lions as well?? That would be so cool!!!”
”'Cool' huh...? I'm not so sure... I never tried to investigate my onw curse that much... But it migth be a start... What do you all think?”
Gustav nodded. Auren as well. Ria looked as if she wanted to go as soon as possible. Lilith looked a bit worried but aggred too. Daren accepeted these answers.
”Then it's settled... Tomorow we leave to the kingdom of the south.”
Ria made an apologetic face.
”Ugh... I wish i could help by just teleporting us there... But i never visited that kingdom...”
”It's ok... Walking there will help us familiarize with the current world. We might find something usefull on our travel.”
Daren answered trying to ease her concern.
”We will be travelling as soon as the sun goes down two days from now... I want to be able to use my power to keep us safe in case we run into some sort of danger.”
Gustav seemed to agree.
”Good thinking... We have no idea what kind of new monsters appeared during the last centuries... It might be good to try and forget everything we think we knew so far and start from scratch...”
Gustav pulled Daren to the side and whispered something into his ear.
”You are basically our leader now Daren... There will be times when you might feel a little preassure but please try to bear it... The group needs a goal to focus on right now!”
”... I understand... I won't fail you!”
”Will you be ok?”
”I will! Leave it to me.”
The former candidates and candidates assistants took another day to preapare for their travel gathering supplies and information from the citizens. They finally decided to cross the gates and start their journey towards a new destination.