Emyrs was flying cautiously but soon the beast in the sky was close enough for Emyrs to see without using his enhanced abilities.
'It's wounded.' Emyrs thought. He felt no empathy. Instead he felt relieved. If it was healthy then he may have had to retreat and lose out on this opportunity.
He was prepared for an evolution. He did not care now. He would sleep for another three hundred years, if he had to, just to get this beast's DNA.
But this was as reckless as Emyrs would allow himself to be. He needed a plan.
Brute force was not an option. Wounded or not, he would be no match for this creature if he fought it head on.
It's scales were black with hints of purple. It's smallest teeth were the size of full grown pine trees. Its obsidian wings blacked out the sun as it circled the forest.
Each time it flapped its massive wings, the trees below would be completely stripped of their leaves. Older trees would even fall down. It was chaos.
But Emyrs still wanted to take his chances. The problem though was that he did not know what type it was!
It gave no signs of what its ablities were and if Emyrs tried to use [Mind's Eye], his instincts told him this beast would know and attack him.
All Emyrs wanted was its blood. It was already wounded. So blood was definitely available. He would get some of it and he would leave. Fuck it, he would flee.
He could not use [Blood Frenzy] either, although he had more control of his berserker mode every time he levelled up, this 'do or die' skill seemed to interfere with his recovery abilities in battle and multiply his exhaustion.
Emyrs was about to formulate a plan when a voice entered his head.
[Enoch: A being of great power is trying to invade your mind. Information is being pushed through. Systems are failing to resist.]
[You have learned Dranconic. The language of Dragons.] A notification popped up.
Emyrs was so surprised and shaken that he unconsciously took a step back.
[Did you think that because I am wounded and you used your little hiding ability that I would not sense you? I am not so weak as to not feel your avarice and not defend myself.] - ....
Emyrs was too stunned to speak.
[You smell old and your soul smells even older! You are older than my father but a lot weaker than me. That is sad. I could have used you but I have no use for the old and frail. Die!!!] - ....
Just like that the circling dragon broke its pattern and charged Emyrs. It roared and Emyrs felt his powerful eardrums being overwhelmed.
'What could have wounded this creature?!' Was all he could think when it flew over him unleashing a massive inferno over the Demon Vampire.
Emyrs wasted no time. He ran. He ran for his life. He moved faster than he had ever moved before stepping sideways, forward then zigzagging along the way, leaving afterimages that even confused the dragon's keen eyes!
But this was not enough. The dragon went lower, closer to the forest fire that it had started.
[Listen to this, Old one, and if you survive, you are worthy of praise!] - Dragon.
The dragon's voice rang out in Emyrs' head. It flew over Emyrs, completely covering him in its shadow.
BOOM!!!! BOOM!!!
It was like two huge sonic bombs had gone off one after the other!
A few trees were completely destroyed. The ground cracked. Scorched soil was sent flying into the and rained back down.
Emyrs was tossed into the air like a rag doll and landed like trash thrown onto the sidewalk.
'What the Hell was that?!' Emyrs thought as he tried to recover. His body had cuts all over.
He tasted blood and spat it out. It was his own! He was wounded!
His ears did not want to stop ringing. His vision was blurred.
But his rapid healing was already kicking in.
[You survived my heartbeat! I am pleasantly surprised. If you live long enough maybe you will tell me what you are.]
'Heartbeat?!' Emyrs was shaken but even more importantly, his pride and body were wounded by this fucker's heartbeat?!
Emyrs was desparate and close to losing his sanity. Not desperate and mad enough to use his forbidden ultimate skill but dammit, close to it.
How long before the next one? Dragons are big creatures.
The bigger they are the slower their heartbeat. If Emyrs was lucky, he'd have some time.
It turned around and flew over him again!
BOOM!!!! BOOM!!!
It happend all over again! This time when Emyrs fell back down he began coughing up even more blood.
"Infuriating!" Emyrs dared not risk using [Blood Frenzy] either. He was not sure he could win if his recovery speed was slower.
[Ha! You survived another round. I shall grant you a gift. I shall let you know my name. I am...] the dragon had began to speak but was interrupted.
[Shut up, you talkative, overgrown lizard!] Emyrs thought back.
He began releasing killing intent that spread to even untouched areas of the forest.
If any beasts had remained after the fight had started they would have been incapacitated by Emyrs' fury but they had all fled when the dragon arrived.
Emyrs had fought Demon worms that lived underground and the annoying things had gravity abilities that made them harder to kill.
The first one to attack him had targeted him but the other thirty he fought, he searched for himself to get their gravity abilities, and one unique skill in particular was perfect to put this dragon down!
[ The world skill Pin Down and the Game skill Gravity Lock have combined to form Uniqe skill Gravity Pin.] This was the notification he received that day.
[The Unique skill Gravity Pin has been actived.]
The dragon came back. But this time an unseen force grabbed it and pulled it down into the ground! The dragon did a 360 and went down head first then flipped onto its back.
Emyrs did not have much time. [Gravity Pin] was supposed to stop it from moving completely but the dragon was clearly fighting it. And the dragon was winning.
Emyrs flew into the sky. Summoned his sword. He would bury it in the dragon's chest if he had to lose his own life to take this fucker down! Retreat was impossible.
"Do you think you are the only one that can breathe fire?!" Emyrs shouted.
He was flying directly above the dragon. The beast stopped moving and actually looked at his adversary. The dragon's purple eyes locked with the golden eyes of the vampire.
[Show me.] - Dragon
These two words infuriated Emyrs. He took a deep breathe. His chest was partially revealed and a bright, orange glow was showing from deep within.
It rose to his throat and came out of his mouth with a deadly ferocity. The flames started yellow, turned orange then became red but Emyrs was angry, the fire changed again and finally a hell of blue baptised the dragon's face.
He directed his fire at the dragon's horned head. Then stopped. The flames died down. Emyrs waited to see the result of his fury.
BOOM!!!! BOOM!!!!
[Gravity Pin has been negated.]
One of Emyrs' wings got torn. He fell out of the sky and was met by the dragon's tail!
He got tail whipped and thrown deep into the forest. Emyrs was unconscious, wounded and without anyway to defend himself.