The entire mountain range shook violently and lava spewed out from every available crack. Harry knew that with the violence of volcano, it would erupt in less than an hour and so he needed to speed up the process.
Cynthia picked up a male body covered in fine linen and ran as fast as she could to the calmest part of the mountain.
She was already heavily injured and her movement had slowed down significantly, she struggled to evade the burning liquid whilst also trying to keep her balance on the troubled mountains.
She ducked to avoid a large rock piece and formed a lunar dome just in time to shield herself from an incoming lava spill, she leaped high into the night skies as the place she stood on shook violently.
Landing gracefully on quiet grounds, she dropped the body she was carrying. She sat in a lotus position as Harry prepared to return to his body, three large swords appeared in front of her which she stabbed into specific parts of Harry's body. Due to the condition she was in before coming here, Harry totally forgot to take along the mirror he used in possessing her so he had to resort to swords.
Bright silvery light shone around the mountain as Harry's soul stretched out of Cynthia into the swords, the light was so bright it invited a visitor. A large golden haired dragon emerged out of a crack on the apex of the mountain, it looked at Cynthia with a confused expression " another protector? Hmm" it immediately retreated into the mountains and the vibrations ceases instantly.
Cynthia let out a loud scream as Harry's final soul fragment finally found its way out of her, it passed through the swords she stabbed into his dead body. His eyes shut open and shone brightly, he pulled out the swords and stood up. 'He doesn't look bad', she thought casting an angry look at him for the condition he had left her. If she had the strength to stand she'd have rushed right at him and killed him a second time.
" After all this time, I'm finally back" Harry said in a thick voice as he assessed his body. He turned towards Cynthia who laid on the ground, he cast a creepy smile at her sending chills down her bones. " Thanks for playing your part in my resurrection, but your time's up", a white sword appeared in the air in front of him. He smiled as he gazes at the sword, it seemed to be his favourite when he was alive, " Good bye, Cynthia" he said as he waved his hand towards Cynthia sending the sword towards her.
Cynthia closed her eyes, pain clouded her heart but she was didn't have the strength to cry. She tried to at least let out a last gasp but it didn't come, she just lay there frozen. She couldn't think of anything, her mind was still a complete fog from her experiences in the last few days.
A large explosion occured as the sword hit its target. Harry was shocked by the explosive power if the sword, it was his best sword and a really powerful one but he was sure it didn't have that much explosive power.
As the fog cleared, he stretched his hand to call back his sword but it wouldn't reply. He took a few steps back, something was definitely up, this was more than a feeling, it was certain.
As the fog cleared completely, Harry stared at the figure in front of him in awe. It was a golden haired Dragon, ' I thought dragons were supposed to be extinct' he thought,fear was written all over his face. Dragons were one of the most dangerous species in the universe, one didn't just get into a fight with them.
" Surprised?" the dragon asked with mockery, she was a female. Two large reptiles lifted an almost unconscious Cynthia away from the arena, they seemed to work for the dragon.
Harry knew he was in trouble, the dragon was already almost totally golden which showed it's power level. The dragon released its intimidating aura as it took slow steps towards Harry, meanwhile Harry was choking. He couldn't bare the intensity of the dragon's aura. ' Why would the dragon help Cynthia? Dragons are proud beings and only flow with creatures of their power level and Cynthia obviously wasn't on that level so why help her?" he thought as he paid close attention to the dragon's movement.
Harry formed a dome of pure energy around himself to reduce the effect of the dragon's aura, he was almost totally out of breath. The dragon stopped at about three feet away from him, her eyes turned golden. Harry readied a shield made if pure energy reinforced metal, there was no telling what the dragon could do to him.
As soon as it was in range, the dragon poured out golden flames from its mouth, Harry reacted quickly and out up his shield to block it but it didn't last a few seconds as it melted away. Harry was terribly burnt by the flame, he had only met a dragon once and it was a kid dragon. This one was on a completely different level, his strongest defense couldn't even hold off probably one of its weakest attacks for a few seconds.
His only hope was to escape and he wasn't seeing the possibility of that happening. The dragon walked up to him and roared loudly, the roar sent him flying he hit hard against a rock. The dragon looked over him pitifully, " Never toy with a protector. A Lion cub today, is a future killer", she said as she vanished.
" So that was what that was about" Harry said obviously pissed, he helped himself up and moved away from the mountain, he could hearing blaring of sirens from afar signalling the arrival of security agent, he knew better than to wait for them.
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"I won't have you eat rice today" Bianca said to Alex as they both made for the dining hall,. " it's my best food soo.." he was cut short by Bianca " doesn't mean you should eat it everyday" she said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the counter.
They had become super close friends overtime that students had began speculating a possible relationship between them, a claim which they had denounced even though the both secretly had hopes.
After about thirty minutes, they both walked out of the dining hall. As they passed through one of the lobbies, they met a crowd of students gathered. They seemed particularly excited about something, Alex usually wouldn't bother himself about such things but Bianca seemed very interested in whatever it was so he decided to get a little closer.
Luckily for him, his roommates were just coming out of the crowd at that time.
Alex had formed a close bond with them and already ranked third in their group, he didn't go everywhere or do everything with them but they were all friends. " What's with the crowd?" Alex asked casually. During the short time they had spent together, Alex had discovered that his roommates never let their emotions get the best of them but even they seemed happy and that piqued his interest even more.
" The annual dorm contest is coming up" Apollo answered excitedly.
" And what exactly does that mean?" Alex asked still confused, " it's a contest were all four roommates fight against other roommates till they find the most powerful room, it's used for ranking" Bianca replied him. Alex nodded his head in response " by the way only males participate in the contest" Dolion added.
Bianca waved at Alex as she left for the female hostel, leaving the guys to themselves. That gesture didn't go down well with everyone though.
As they got to room 101, Alex sank into his bunk immediately. He liked the sound of a contest of that manner. Considering the power level of his roommates, he knew they were easily on the list of the top ten favourites to win the contest.
He had seen several abilities of the kids here and he could only imagine what it was like in the prime days of the supernatural beings.
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In a dimly lit room, the subhumans went through several files. Some files were arranged at the left side, some were at the center and some were arranged at the right hand side with big red X symbols over them.
" We're moving slowly, we need to take care of all of them in time to return to Xenol" their leader said harshly as she went through a file which had a fairly faded passport on it.
" We'll go for her first, her house seems to be extremely secured and so we'll have to rely on our speed. Remember these guards are not humans, they're demons I don't need to remind you how dangerous they can be. One mistake and you're gone, so follow my lead. Don't engage alone!" She emphasized ad they kitted up for their mission.
They all had black masks and all black attires to match, their leader brought out a compass to lead them to their victim's residence.
At full speed, they got there in about five minutes. They dropped a box of heavenly dust into the compound which of course attracted the security, heavenly dust by the way weakened demons making the box the perfect trap.
After ensuring the guards were all down, they snuck into the compound. Immediately they entered the house, they met their to be victim reading a magazine on a soffa. Without wasting time, one female pulled out a shiny knife and slit the throat if the woman.
Strangely, no blood came out of the woman's body, their leader took a closer look and realized that it was a dummy's throat they slit.
" Run! It's a set up" she commanded.