While in the dungeon of Castroll, the shouts and screams of a group can be heard throughout its halls. The earth shakes and trembles with the weight of whatever is chasing them.
"YOU JUST HAD TO POKE THE BEAR DIDN'T YOU!" A feminine voice shouted with both fear and fury.
"I'M SORRY OK!? I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A SHAPESHIFTER!" A masculine voice retorted with a hit of worry yet still carrying a bored tone.
"YOU NEVER THINK DO YOU AKIRA!?" The female voice shouted back with worry spilling into venom in her tone.
"Whatever Ashley" The male voice retorted, worry no longer in his voice.
Before they could continue, a loud booming sound was heard, stopping in what seemed to be a clearing inside the cave full of grass and a small pond with crystals jutting from the roof that was replicating sunlight. Turning their head to see what it was, they saw a large fireball heading toward them at a ludicrous speed. Seeing this, the third member of the group who was previously silent jumps forward with a yell.
"Sage art of the jaded dragon first stance: DRAGONS DEN!" with a voice filled with power and a wide smile on his face, the third member blocks the attack with ease. Looking back at his friends he smiles and gives them a thumbs up.
The man was 6 '0 in his early twenties with dark skin and a strong muscular build like that of a boxer, with spiky dark blue hair done in a manbun with the bangs in his face. He has black eyes and wolf-like ears on his head and a tail signifying his race as a beast man, wearing only cargo pants and boots.
"Nice save Totara," Akira said with a small smile trying to ignore the elf.
"DON'T TRY TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT YOU STINKER!" Ashley shouted with her anger rising to new heights.
"Ok guys, you two can have your lover quarrel later ok? For now, let's deal with the bigger issue like, I don't know, THE S RANK MONSTER!" Totara stopped the previous argument, with annoyance clear in his voice while trying to get them to deal with the bigger pro into the stance he learned, only to be greeted by the shapeshifter running full speed at them. Honestly, he doesn't get why those two can't seem to get along. Sighing, he turns and gets into his fighting stance to face the beast.
Sighing at what Totara said Akira turned to face his female companion with what seemed to be a dry look yet his eyes told her all she needed to hear, walking past him Ashley patted his shoulder with a small smile on her face and stood next to Totara while putting on what seemed to be a silver and gold bracelet which both had intricate carvings on them.
The first one, was a full silver bracelet, with strange hieroglyphs depicting flames and encrusted with diamonds and obsidian. While the gold has a mix of iron in it, has weird words of a language long lost to time, and is adorned with rubies and Apache tears.
With another sigh, Akira joined his friends as they stared down the S-rank beast whose form had changed once more to that of a Hellwing serpent. 40 ft long, with scales a blood red, the wings of a bat and falcon, a wingspan of 84 feet, a row of razor-sharp teeth, long fangs dripping with venomous ooze, peered at us with sickly silted green eyes.
"Does anyone have any ideas, because I'm fresh out of good ones" Totara asked, while keeping his eyes on the beast.
"Ummm, slap it?" Ashley asked, with a slight chuckle as beads of sweat dripped down her face.
"Well, I mean we could always run away,'' Akira said, summoning a pair of intricately designed sickles. They're icy blue with a runic pattern etched into them, and the handles are made up of pale blue ice. Frigid enough that a whitish haze emits from them. The handles are wrapped in deep blue leather, and at the base sits diamond-shaped pommels.
"I like Ash's plan better," Totara said, still in stance, his hands wielded high. Covering them are arm braces, one wrist strapped with steel as black as night while the other is pearlescent ivory, each engraved with dragons whose sapphire eyes seem to peer into the soul.
looking at each other, with a small nod Totara dropped his Dragon's den and bolted toward the serpent at speeds faster than most A-rank adventures to meet the beast halfway in a clash of might stop its momentum, slightly lightly behind him Ashley fired a volley of swords and javelins made of fire to draw it's attention, allowing Totara to land a heave left on the snakes head slightly dazing it.
Reeling back from the hit the Hellwing hissed at the two only to let out a cry of pain as a deep gash appeared on its side, turning its head to where it was cut the beast caught a glimpse of a black figure who landed next to the other fools. With a roar, the serpent darted forward at the trio with blinding speed with the intent of killing them slowly.
Seeing this first and coming up with a plan Ashley darted forward to meet the beast, turning her head to face her friends she smiled at them and turned back to the swiftly approaching snake, catching this the other two waited for the right moment. seeing that she had the snake's full attention the young elf smirks wickedly and decides to put her plan into action.
With a swift kick off the ground the elf mage flew over the snake, and with great agility turned her body in the air and released a massive arrow made of condensed fire right at the hellwing's head stunning it just long enough for Totara to land a devastating right jab on the beast jaw send the beast to the ground with a loud thud.
Seeing his moment to shine, Akira could not help but chuckle a bit before rushing in with speed one-third the speed of sound, nearing the downed monster he finally called out his technique.
"KURAOKAMI MAW!" Its name called an Ice Dragon formed around Akira and with a roar it tore through the S-rank monster's body leaving the air chilled and the ground frozen behind it before dissipating. looking behind him he saw Totara sitting on the back half of the beast while Ashley stood next to him both having smiles on their faces.
Looking back at them with a smile, Akira shot them a thumbs up.
As the trio regrouped and left the area, they missed the back half of the beast, melted, rose, and reshaped into a monster far more dangerous than its previous form. With beady black eyes filled with hate and anger, it stalked its way after the group, all the while an ancient melodic voice could be heard laughing in sadistic glee.
"LET THE REAL FUN BEGIN" it said as it trailed off with the howl of the wind.
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Name: Akira Rose Dell
Moniker: ?
Rank: Mid B - low A rank adventurer
Power: Unknown
Fighting style: Unknown
Race: Human
Skills: Kuraokami's maw, ?
Personality: Akira to many who don't know him will see him as cold and don't care, but to those who have gotten past his cold exterior he is kind and caring in his own way tho he will hardly show it.
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Name: Ashley Redwood
Moniker: Flame Princess, ?
Rank: Mid B - low A rank adventurer
Power: Fire manipulation
Fighting style: Unknown
Race: Elf
skills: Fire sword creation, Fire arrow creation, Fire javelin creation.
Personality: Ashley is kind and caring with a strong spirit, she has always been ready for an adventure and very easygoing, But when the going gets tough she's ready for anything with a smile.
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Name: Totara Direson
Moniker: ?
Rank: A-rank adventurer
Power: ?
Fighting style Unknown
Race: Beast man
Skills: Sage art of the jaded dragon first stance: Dragons den, ?
Personality: Totara has always had a sense of justice and pride, he never lets his pride get the better of him and is always ready to save a life no matter what. After all, he always dreamed of being a hero.