Germ and Henry continued their training well into the night. Both of them had decided quickly to take their chosen mission seriously. Too many people have died already and many more would. The war between humanity and the dragons raged on through the ages and it seemed that most of the dragons wanted to end it completely in the worst way possible. Both of the new slayers learned about their capabilities and limits as well. Pushing passed limitations was important, but knowing them intimately was even more useful.
The portals poured out energy in a constant barrage at the pair now as they ramped up the training. A few bruises and cuts meant nothing in the long run when the dragons would bleed everything dry. Germ was lucky in gaining a greater power to heal and mend herself from the ravages of brutal conflagrations. Henry learned he was capable of creating special energy barriers and found himself moving quicker than he had in his entire life. They were both progressing faster than Vargfreid even dreamed of.
" Both of you " Varg shouted at Germ and Henry after an intensive portal run." That is enough for today. I want to tell you a few things before we retire for the night".
Germ climbed up onto a dragon dummy and let her feet hang off of it. Henry likewise followed to sit except he chose the much safer ground of the floor. Varg smiled at his audience of two. Any audience was a good one to Varg, who enjoyed telling stories. Stories was always something that made Varg feel better. He was also fond of history dealing with most subjects, especially his own kind and family.
" Slayers have been a part and parcel to dragon history since primordial times" Varg went on with wide sweeping motions of his arms. " No one knows what truly brought about these humans with such special gifts. All we know is that the Slayers have been around probably as long as dragons and humans cohabitated the world".
Germ smirked. " Kind of like the whole chicken and egg theory of what came first. In this case I'm pretty sure dragons came before humans if I had a guess".
" Such intelligence from you good, Slayer. In fact I know both of you will be wise in dealing with your duties" Varg complimented as he went on with his verbose , " The reason we know a good deal about Slayers is that a pair of lovers existed that was one of my kind and one of yours" looking about to see each of their reactions." Well in a manner of speaking. You see, the deities of old knew about slayers quite intimately. Before the war between the deities and dragons began, we were allied in some purpose".
Both Germ and Henry sucked up the knowledge that they had been gaining from this ancient species. Neither of them had even believed dragons existed until very recently. Lives that paralleled in some ways and were as distant as could be in others. Lives that crossed each other by something more than happenstance. Henry has been searching for the missing daughter of a politician amongst much scandal. Finding her was a complete surprise and even more so that they shared a similar fate now. Slayers of these ancient beasts that hid among the humans as their own.
This dragon and deity caused such an uproar in both families. It was quite an ominous thing as that it had been foretold by many seers and prophets of old. The bigger problem was that neither side could figure out these prophecies fully. You know how anyone gets with such things. They all wanted to base it off if their perspectives. A massive war started over perspectives and control. Both sides , you see, also like to control everything".
Both Germ and Henry made faces at that. The dragon was completely right , in general most individuals seem to want to control others. That is even worse when power is involved as it corrupts even the virtuous. The Slayers, they had both already known were to be weapons against the dragons.
" The couple were attacked outright and eventually ostracized for being together. Well, anyway , Slayers have been a constant in the world for most of the time. There were periods, long stretches of time that Slayers were not empowered or perhaps did not have the stressful dangers that bring on their form of Chrysalis. It takes a major impactful moment to get the balances just right that bring a Slayer into their power" Varg eyed them both for a brief momentary pause. " Before you both ask we , the council of Python, are helping you to train because we seek the full harmony of balance we once had. There is about to be cataclysmic changes for everyone and we want to make sure the correct temperance that is needed is kept up. The Queen is evil and ruthless and will stop at nothing to have complete control. She must be stopped before the true dark age begins".