"It said it had to swallow us though?" Haze walked up to the dragon as Lapis activated her shield as they carefully stepped towards the dragon, "It-it's a statue! How can we get it to swallow us."
"You're forgetting this is a different domain," Rail snapped to the head of the dragon and landed above it's eyes. "Maybe if Zack cut's off its head, there will be something in its mouth."
"Burst! Burst! Burst!" The man's voice appeared with the sound of a collapsing tree. Three branches snapped above Rail as she sighed and tried to flip down to open the dragon's mouth. "Damn it! How do you open this thing."
"Is it me, or did it's tail move?" Zack spun his sword as he wiped the dust off his head. "I'll just cut it in half. Should solve the issue."
"Wait, don't cut it!" Nicety said as she walked up to the dragon and brushed her hands against the spiky protrusions jutting out from it's shimmering body. "There is a sign here. If you cut it, we might lose the mission!"
"Burst! Burst!"
"Shit, not good," Zack sighed as he spun and slashed at the sound before his body twisted and bounced into the foliage growing beneath the trees. He skipped like a rock before he slid up and pushed off the ground, "That hurt more than I expected."
"Must be some type of long range attack..." Nicety read the inscription hiding underneath the massive dragon's body with her chest lightly bending forward, causing her white shirt to subtly touch the ground as the wind blew against her body. "Damn it. We're supposed to find four different fruit to feed the dragon."
"I know where they are," Helm nodded his head before he turned to the right. "By the way, is it me, or did something just move by that tree?"
"It was nothing," Rail sighed and looked up at a fruit dangling above the dragon. She sighed and snapped her fingers to get it, finding the small yellow fruit hanging lightly from the small twig right above the dragons mouth. "It's a shame we didn't think of getting this fruit."
"Pass it to me!" Zack smiled while Rail took out the fruit and threw it towards him, "Now this stupid statue is just supposed to eat it right?"
"Toss it in Zack. We don't know how long it will be until that guy attacks again!"
"Got it," Zack nodded his head and tossed the fruit towards the dragons mouth. It seemed to come alive as its coiling body seemed to jump and its once neutral eyes shimmered and exploded with killing intent.
It opened up its mouth towards the fruit and swallowed it before it dove towards Zack as he looked on with shock. Before he could pull out his blade, the dragon opened it's mouth and sucked him inside.
It slowly coiled back to its original position before its eyes glimmered and returned to the docile state.
"Three more fruit until I show you the way. Your friend tastes good, three more until I'm full."
"He.... Did it really just eat Zack..."
"Burst! Burst!"
The voice once again came from the east and burst towards Nicety as she held out her hand. She fired [phantom bullet[ into the sound before her body seemed to sweep up and spin in the air.
"Got a good one," A man appeared from thin air before he smiled and pulled out a dagger. "After this, you're dead."
"No you don't," Rail snapped her fingers and spun in the air before she kicked the man in the face. He was so caught off guard that he dropped the dagger as Nicety pointed her finger at his head.
"Why don't you burst asshole?" Nicety's hand turned purple before a beam off light shot out of her finger.
The man's head instantly burst open with blood drops raining out from his back. His eyes shot open with disbelief before he slightly smiled and disappeared.
"What? You-you shot him in the head? How did he disappear?" Haze ran towards Nicety as she rolled in the grass and spit out blood, "Is-is he like Mortality? Can he die more than once?"
"They might have a god that can reverse injuries," Rail crossed her arms and walked over to Helm, "Now new guy. Tell me where the next fruit is quick! We don't have time to lose!"