*clang* *clang* *clang*
"That's enough Dexter" a man yelled
"But I could still *huff* go more, I'm not tire at all *huff*" Dexter exclaimed
"You can barely stand up right now, you need some rest to recover"
"But I *huff* need to get stronger"
"I know you want to but you can't push yourself this hard and from what I seen you've grown stronger since coming here, it seems like yesterday when you bumped into me and fell straight on your butt and now look at you"
"Stop it's embarrassing every time you bring that up, but your right I should let my body heal" starting to walk Dexter looked behind "I thought you said rest was important so are you coming too Theo"
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"Phew a bath was exactly what I needed, I guess Theo was right"
Getting out of the bath Dexter's body could be seen his once scrawny body was more toned and muscular, he even began growing out his hair so his once red hair from having it dyed was mixed with black.
"I should stop admiring myself in the mirror"
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"Where is Dexter? He was supposed to be here by now, why is he alway late" asked a young lady "He should be here any moment Princess" Theo answered, with a annoyed expression the Princess just kept quiet while waiting for Dexter
"I'm sorry for being late guys" Dexter could see all the annoyed expression on their faces
Dexter sat down as quietly as he could "Now that we have everyone here we can start" The princess then began the meeting with all the hero's party present. "As you all now we'll start our attack on the Demon King's Army by starting with his weakest duke Dantalion"
An orc who was barely fitting in the chair made for humans spoke up "Dexter needs more experience and isn't strong enough we should rethink this plan"
"Nar I know your worried about Dexter but I've trained him myself he is more than prepared and he sooner or later he will need to fight with a duke"
"Are you two going to argue the entire time" asked a man cloaked in a black robe; "I understand were both you guys are coming from but there is nothing to worry about Arathel and I already scouted out the area and came up with paths we can use to enter or escape incase of a emergency"
"I agree with Adam we came up with contingencies plans in case of emergency" Arathel nodding her head in agreement showing off her elven beauty.
*caught*
Dexter getting the attention of everyone "I know all of you have your concern but I can handle myself and I trust in all you guys and Princess Sofia" Sofia stood up and grasped Dexter hand "Thank you for putting your trust in us and I too believe we can defeat Dantalion"
"That's enough of you being lovey dovey with the Princess, keep that stuff in the bedroom" Erika just staring at the both of them with a blank expression.
In a flustered state Dexter quickly change the subject "Erika is right we should come up with a battle plan and begin to move out as quickly as possible"
.....
With a blank face Sofie just stares outside the window deep in thought only to lose her train of thought when she feels a hand on her shoulder. "Oh daughter of mine is everything going according to plan" not moving he answered "everything is going as planned, the hero is falling for my charm and innocent princess act" with a grin the king began to laugh "good everything is going according to the goddess plan"
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"Stop making excuses we're almost there or are you scared" Sofia mocking Dexter with a slight smile.
"Whos making excuses I'm just excited to fight Dantalion that's all" Dexter exclaimed.
"Lets see if you can keep saying that because we're already inside of Dantalion territory"
"Why did nobody tell me" Dexter screamed while taking his sword out.
"Shh enemies in front take your positions" Adam whispered and in a split second everyone got into place.
"There seems to be about 10 ogres walking toward us, all armed" Arathel told the group
With all of them in position they were prepared to fight with Dexter taking lead. The ogres noticing the hero's party started charging them.
"ROAR ROAR ROAR " with two ogres swinging their axe toward Dexter he dodge them and in one swoop he slashes at the ogre's neck which goes flying.
*whoosh* *thud* The ogre behind him who was ready to attack him goes down with a arrow between its eyes.
"Your welcome hero" Dexter see it's Arathel just laughing at him.
"Ice Flo-" Erika preparing to attack two ogres gets interrupted "Lions Fist" the two ogre in front of her begin to fall with holes through their stomachs.
"You stole my kills Nor"
"You should save your mana for the fight against Dantalio"
"Whatever just don't steal my prey again"
Dexter kills the last remaining ogre in a single strike.
"Is that all" asked Adam
"I thought it would be harder" Dexter responded "Don't get cocky we still need to fight Dantalion" Theo warned Dexter.
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As the group began to keep moving forward they faced ogres that charged at them, this went on for a while until they finally got to a village and saw Dantalion sitting on a throne made of dead ogres. When Dexter saw Dantalion He was surprised by the size of him he was taller than a ogre. He was surrounded by ogres in full armor
"How do we get to him he's surrounded by guards and there's almost a hundred ogres on standby " Erika looked at Dexter and began chanting "O Goddess of Winter Grant Me With A Cloud Of Ice..."
Noticing the clouds forming above them the ogres began shielding themselves. Dantalion looking at the clouds began to wait for what was coming.
"Rain Down Thousand Ice Spikes"
In a instant ice spike came raining down impaling all the orges, this lasted for 5 seconds but that was more than enough to reduce the village into nothing. Ice spikes filled the village and when it was over only a dozen or so of ogres have lived. In the chaos Dexter tried to find Dantalion to see if he has killed but to his surprise he saw Dantalion standing raising his arm when he looked up he saw the he used a ogre to block all the ice spikes from him.