Soon, the earth started to shake a bit, but Marco looked just really annoyed instead of fearful. And now, a giant shadow came in front of him, it was a green dragon, it had folded wings, curved horns, and many sharp teeths, he was sizing up Marco with her yellow eyes.
Then it lowered its head, and opened the moth, revealing a big red tongue and behind the tongue there was a lady with long horns and long red hair.
Dragon Girl: Oh, a human? What a rare prey…
Marco closed his eyes and started to contemplate his life, he did its best to not get noticed from the monster, and she came here herself only from his smell… It will be a bit hard fighting her but not anything dangerous.
He looked at the Dragon Girl in the face with an annoyed look and his body started glowing golden.
Dragon Girl: Oh? That is something unique, I wonder if y-
*Pow*
Marco punched the dragon girl in her human cheek, but it didn't looked like it did any serious damage, even if she got hurt.
Dragon Girl: You son of a bitch, I don't care about your pathetic semen any longer! I will simply crush and incinerate you!
Marco: 'Wow… It doesn't look like she seen people who reacted against her…'
The dragon girl raised her claw and brought it down at Marco, who used Gnome's powers and countered it with a fist of his.
This "Smart" idea… Wasn't that smart… The attacks collided and Marco felt vibrations on his entire body, under him was a crater, and his knees were bent, meaning that he was taking a really huge burden on his body, it was completely different from Yamata no Orochi, the dragon girl is really dangerous.
Dragon Girl: Tch… You little kid…
The dragon closed its mouth and glared at Marco with its lizard eyes, she started to get really serious.
Dragon Girl: Let's see how much yo-
Marco used Sylph's powers and jumped at a wall, before ricochetting back at the Dragon's head, throwing a kick on its jaws on the sides, but the dragon's scales were strong enough to resist the attack, it opened its mouth and almost bite Marco, who used the Dragon's jaws as a platform to jump away.
And like a spring, he jumped back at the dragon, this time aiming still at the jaw, but under it, the hit was a bit heavier than the last one, but its scales resisted again, Marco used the head of the Dragon as a platform to jump away.
He jumped on the ceiling and slammed down at the skull of the dragon, this time he enlarged his fist, delivering a really heavy hit that managed to break some scales.
But before Marco could jump away again, he saw something really hot incoming, and instinctively used Sylph's powers to create a wind barrier.
Fortunately he used Sylph and not Undine, otherwise he would be burned from the dragon breath together with the water barrier he didn't used.
The wind barrier separated the dragon breath in two ways, and successfully protected Marco, when the fire stopped, Marco looked in front of him and seen only a tail slamming on the barrier, which was easily broken and smashed against Marco.
Marco: Guh…
After that, he was slammed at a wall, but didn't got heavy damage, he then immediately moved and dodged an incoming claw before falling over the claw, then he rushed at the head of the dragon through the limb.
While he did so, he opened a palm and charged a bijuudama and dodged another claw, he slowly runned over the shoulder of the dragon and reached its head, where he slammed the bijuudama on the face.
It exploded and flung Marco away, but when the smoke was cleared, it revealed the dragon who had a really damaged mouth, revealing broken teeth, ripped off flesh, and if he looked better, he could see the original body of the dragon girl from the holes created from the attack.
Dragon Girl: I'll kill you!!
The dragon reared back its head and breathed fire again at him, Marco stomped the ground and a stone wall was created, then she smashed the wall with her claw, but Marco wasn't there.
Still with the open mouth, the dragon girl tried to locate Marco, when an explosion over her head happened, creating a smokescreen.
The dragon closed its mouth to avoid getting blinded and used her lizard eyes on the dragon's head, but he couldn't find Marco anywher-
*Booom*
A big explosion appeared, but this one was really strong and it immediately blowed away the smoke screen, Marco was already inside the dragon mouth before it closed and used a wind bijuudama against the main body, sealing her.
Marco fell in the ground, a bit tired, and deactivated the Chakra Gate, in front of him there was a giant lizard, who ran away immediately when it saw Marco.
Marco: Huff… That was really taxing for my mind…
He was thinking as fast as he could about the next move since if he gets too tired he would lose, and his normal attacks didn't anything at the dragon girl. Alice came out from her hiding place and slithered to him.
Alice: That was a good strategy against the dragon, I thought you would use Serene Mind to beat her easier, but I didn't expected you would enter the dragon's mouth and use a bijuudama.
Marco: Her scales were too hard, and using Serene Mind would made me even more tired mentally than how I am now…
Suddenly, something patted his back, attracting his attention, the sensation the being behind him gave was only… Hot.
Marco turned around, expecting another monster, but it was his target, Salamander.
She looked like a dark skinned girl around his age, she had big red eyes, and a red tattoo that started from her nether region to her sides, instead of hair, like the Lava Girl, she had fire, and released magical power that took the shape of a chinese dragon made of fire around her.
Marco: So… You are the fourth spirit…
Salamander: Indeed, I'm the flame spirit Salamander. I know that you came to me seeking my power. In addition, you have already borrowed the power of Sylph, Gnome and Undine.
Marco: That speeds things up, will you give me the test so I can borrow your power?
Salamander: Like the others did, show me your power.
Marco used the Chakra Gate, when Alice came to his ear and said something to him.
Alice: Be careful, the Chakra Gate will not be enough for her.
Marco took a serious expression and got ready to attack her.
Marco: Don't worry, I'll win.
*Ding*
*Special Quest: Win against Salamander.*
Alice smiled and nodded, before she slithered away.
Salamander: You seem really confident about victory.
Marco smirked and took a straight posture, before pointing at her with his index finger.
Marco: Remember my words, "I'll take the responsibility for everything that comes out from my mouth", if I say I will win, I will, if I say that I will slay gods, I will. If I used my previous gates I would have certainly won once I reached the 4th, but even if I am using this version of the gates…
Then Marco's index finger turned back at the hand, and brought the thumb down.
Marco: I will get you to lend me your power.
*Ding*
*Special Quest: Make Salamander lend her power over the fire.
Salamander sized up Marco and grinned.
Salamander: I like that sentence… "I'll take the responsibility for everything that comes out from my mouth", not many people can say that and demonstrate it, but you are already on my good side, be happy for this.
Marco brought down the arm and took an heavy breath, his eyes turned blank and released a calm presence.
*Ding*
*Serene Mind activated, duration: 0:20*
Salamander: Hoh? You can use Serene Mind as well, then I'll be serious too!
Salamander extended her arm and the fire dragon around her flew at Marco, however…
*Step*
…
*Step*
He appeared beside Salamander, who didn't expected this turn of events and so didn't seen him move, under his feet there was a trace of Sylph's powers.
And before she could react, unexpectedly a third arm appeared from Marco's side and slammed on her, she got a bit hurt and backed some steps away, but it wasn't strong enough to bring her to her knees, her eyebrow twitched and looked excitedly at Marco.
Salamander: Alright… I underestimated you.
*Duration: 0:19*
The time wasn't long enough for Marco to win against Salamander at her 100%, in an instant, his mind turned to another direction.
*Ding*
*Serene Mind activated, using Kurama Mode…*
Suddenly the aura around Marco looked more controlled, and a haori started to create itself around Marco, the insides were completely black, and the markings at Marco's chest inverted, where it was golden, now it's black, and where it was black now it's golden.
On top of his head, his two horns looked a bit bigger, his eyes looked like it was in his base form, crimson, but they had slits instead of human pupils, but unlike the original that Naruto used, he didn't had whiskers, and thanks god he didn't have them…
*Ding*
*Temporary Kurama Mode activated, duration: 0:10*
Salamander: Wha- OOF!
His strength drastically increased, and so did his speed and reflexes, he threw a punch that not even Salamander was able to clearly see, she saw only a blur before she felt pain all over her chest, and was flung against the wall, creating a small crater.
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The Dragon Girl stood in front of Marco, both of them looked at each other's eyes, and finally Marco interrupted the silence with a serious tone.
Marco: Vaat hin mid wah zu'u, uv dinok fent bo fah hi. (Swear your loyalty to me, or death shall come to you.)
The Dragon Girl stood silent, and murmured only some words in return, while bowing down its head.
Dragon Girl: Faal Dovahkiin los het… (The Dragonborn is here…)
Alice came from her hiding place with a frown and shouted.
Alice: Marco, this is not Skyrim!
[SPECIAL QUESTS]
1st. Kick Gabriel's ass
2nd. Achieve coexistence between Monsters and Humans
3rd. Kill Illias
4th. Return to Lucifina's grave
5th. Visit every places in Illias Continent, Sentora and Hellgondo
6th. Turn back to Sabasa Kingdom
7th. Win against Salamander
8th. Make Salamander lend her power over the fire