13 Chased by a Dragon (1/2)
Oli was running now, trying to escape before Trada would inevitably fall. He retraced his steps exactly, quickly passing the flaming crater from before. He ran for a couple of minutes before someone caught him by surprise.
”Oli!” Rathe's voice broke the tension from the distance, ”We finally—”
”What are you doing with that!?” Vloz interrupted.
Oli reached them but kept running. When Vloz began to run beside him, Oli said, ”It's a dragon egg and there's another dragon after it so we have to hurry and escape.”
”HUH!?” Rathe almost fell off Vloz's back when he heard the news. ”Oli, you mean that giant beast from before is after that?”
”Yup! So less talking and more running!”
”Vloz! Take Oli away!” Rathe bellowed as he rolled off the leopard's back. ”Don't you dare think about me at a time like this. Besides, that dragon wouldn't even bother with me while he's looking for that egg. I'll catch up later, now go!”
”But Uncle—”
Vloz immediately pulled Oli onto his back, activated his aura, and took off at high speed. Oli tried to lift his head to look back but couldn't due to Vloz's speed. He clung to the leopard with all his might, as the egg was braced between his chest and Vloz's back.
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”Out of my way Trada. I must slaughter that little pest. Who knows? If I'm lucky I'll get to massacre his whole troop to pay for his sins.”
”Never! You won't get that boy or my child!” she ignored the many wounds that kept growing on her body and paid no mind to the blood being lost.
Her breathing was weak and inconsistent, but her eyes were resolute and sure of her purpose. Without fail she blocked Brak's every attempt to escape, even if she had to use her body.
”Did you take a liking to that boy, Trada? He's a weakling destined to die in my clutches, he'll never escape me. But you've lasted a few minutes and that's already more than I thought you'd be capable of. For that, let me share something special,” Brak's aura pooled around his wings and formed a serrated sword along the outer edge, ”Try to stop this one!”
With a flash of golden energy, Brak launched himself straight into Trada, letting a rain of blood and black scales fall to the ground. She coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood before regaining her composure and staring back at him in silence.
”Not bad Trada, but how many of those can you take?”
Without warning he attacked again, letting his serrated aura and scales slice her defenses to pieces.
She tried to use her aura as a shield but was too weak to form any real defense. After three seconds Brak stopped right behind Trada as she lost consciousness and fell to the ground below.