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Chapter 5 - Liora

"Rex is that really you?" said the crying Liora, "yes" said Rex cheerfully, these two had been reunited after god knows how many years! They're pretty happy about it, "how did you beat the boss Rex?" asked Liora, "i did it with the help of these two people", he pointed at us and Liora looked at us in confusion.

"Who are you?" Liora asked us, "My name is Reine and this is my brother Akane." replied Reine. "Why did you help my brother?" asked Liora, "because he's helping us in return!" i replied. Liora understood that our deal will be a bargain for both sides.

"What are your magic dercse?" asked Liora, "i'm fire mountain and burst dragon, Reine is ice and electricity." i replied, "wow! your abilities are two unique ones like my thunder-storm dragon and

blizzard!" said Liora.

"c'mon why don't we go after you change your clothes these look hideous!" said Rex, "yeah" she replied. after about 5 minutes Liora got ready and we left for the exit but, "the one who captures miss Liora will get some of master"s will!" shouted a bulky looking swordsman.

"you go i'll handle this!" i shouted, they ran away to safety up the stairs while some guards went after us the over confident ones stayed here. "Ha! you think you can beat us?" he said taunting me,

"[Skill:Dragon Burst Ultra]!" i shouted and the black flame dragon started wreaking havoc.

Eventually it exploded defeating all the guards who did not flee and after that i started making my way towards the exit. "Liora!" said a voice from outside, Liora was trapped in the building like me she thought it was over for her, "i.....guess....it's...all.....over" she said in a sad tone.

"Don't joke around!" i shouted while got rid of the wood on top of her, she couldn't move so i took her to the exit in my arms. "Why are you helping us?" she asked me, "gotta keep up my end of the bargain don't i" i replied, "but you're not so rude! Is that really it?", she's got me, she's a pretty smart person.

"No, Rex is such a nice person that i can't bear to see him sad." i said, "I don't want cruel things to happen to friends, i don't know much about this world and its citizens but i want to protect the ones that are nice. I'm not exactly the picture of grace under fire but i try to save as many reliable and good people as i can." i continued.

"Oh so that's it." replied Liora, we stayed silent until i reached the exit, i broke through and put Liora on the ground. "Thanks so much Akane!" shouted Rex in joy, "save the thanks for when we reach the castle." i replied.

We used teleportation to reach the castle in an instant, we were really tired so today we got a new room, three beds on one side for boys and two beds on another side for girls. Liora was the center of attention as all the male guards looked at her, i mean i can't say that's weird but really guys, Rex turns a blind eye to this and whenever the subject is brought he replies with "i told you so."

With this we continued our daily routine, wake up, eat, train, take a break, train, eat and sleep. One day Rex said he wanted to to talk to me, what could be so important? "Oy! Your here Akane-Kun!" said Rex, "what do you want from me Rex?" i asked him.

"Is there someone you like?" asked Rex, what a weird question to ask me! "Not particularly." i replied, i know you like someone but not me Rex. "Oh well okay." said Rex slightly dissapointed, why does he care? "OK i get it!" said Rex, Rex is acting weird today maybe something is wrong with him?

Next day Rako told me exactly what was going on! Reine and Rex are now dating! "Y'now Rex should have told that to me earlier." i told Rako. this is an occasion to celebrate! But we won't do it.

"Okay! let's go clear a dungeon as celebration!" shouted Liora, "took my words out of my mouth!" i replied, this was exactly what i wanted to do! We can celebrate and level up at the same time, "deal we'll leave at noon tomorrow!" shouted Rex.

He seems to be really excited about this! I too want to see just how strong Liora is! So we set out to clear an easy dungeon with no mini-bosses! After all we don't want another tragedy like the last dungeon we went to!

We left the castle laughing and joking around, it was really fun! After some time we reached the dungeon entrance, "alright time to plow through this dungeon!" shouted Liora confidently, She's really confident! The last dungeon we went through was a disaster hopefully this one is a bit easier.

We entered the dungeon and i found out that Liora is no joke! She's about as strong as Rex and he's on par with me! After some time in the dungeon we finally found the boss room. "Oh god i thought it would take longer!" said Reine, "onwards!" shouted Liora.

The boss appeared, it was a being of fire called flamex. He looked powerful, the first thing he did was release intense flames which should have burned us but Liora made a blizzard barrier to protect, this was ridiculous the boss was unable to do anything to us because of Liora!

"This is boring." said Liora, "[Power-Up:Blizzard Slash]!", a blizzard appeared out of the tip of Liora's sword and hit the boss destroying him. "Whoa Liora you've outdone yourself!" said all of us together, "r-really? It was nothing special." said Liora, blushing.

We made our way to the castle and decided to rest today, Rex came up to me today and said "look what i found!", he had a little book in his hand. "This is Liora's diary!", why would anybody steal a woman's diary! That's just wrong whether your her brother or not!

"I found something in this!" said Rex, what could it be!, "I think she has a crush on you!" he said.