Chapter 32: XXXII. Painful Farewell
Captains from different guilds entered the site where the human was supposed to be locked up, seeing the pathetic scaleless creature suffer and agonize in her cell before her execution would be a delight for your eyes. The moment the captains saw the guard on the ground and the cell quickly opened the alarms in their heads had sounded and they assumed that the human had somehow escaped from their confinement and that she would try to flee from Shairum, each guild was on the move. and each captain made sure that each dragon at their disposal was alert to catch the human and bring her back before them, the fact of not killing her before was because they wanted to have the glory of seeing how she begged for her life and they did not want to miss out. that taste.
"If the human escapes, it will be her heads that we will cut off!" shouted one of the captains as he joined a group of other dragons to search for the human himself.
"Hell! Just when she could finally make her pay" Drigielix slammed into a wall cracking it.
"Calm metal tail, she can't go far and less with those wounds that she had" clarifies the captain of the Brave Dragons guild.
"If you came to make fun of my appearance, better get lost I try to think where the human could hide," said Drigielix turning his back to the dragon.
"I could do that or I could help you see beyond the things that others cannot see" replies the brown earth dragon.
"What do you mean Kokum?" asks Drigielix looking at the captain.
"It is not strange that when Magarai goes to confront the murderer of her best friend, the human has been able to escape as if we were skeletal dragons" the dragon takes a seat and invited Captain Drigielix to do the same, but he rejects the offer.
"Better get straight to the point, a murderer is outside and we must catch her" he replies.
The dragon smiles very calmly and makes himself more comfortable in his seat, Drigielix saw this as a waste of time and he sets out to look for the human himself.
"Alexandra could not escape and even if she had, she cannot move so stealthily with her injuries, she should have stumbled around or bumped into another dragon. Don't you understand? Magarai in the end decided to save her daughter from us"
"Impossible, if she did that, she would be a criminal and she would lose everything for a human" replies the dragon.
"Drigielix don't be stupid" the dragon takes Drigielix's neck and puts it on the table, "Magarai chose her daughter over her friend, it is the same as saying that she betrayed us, her race, now she and his daughter must be on the run, and you know as well as I do that a dragon-like Magarai is difficult to defeat. Unless we all decide to attack her at the same time. "
Drigielix manages to remove the claws of Captain Kokum from above, however, what the terrestrial dragon had said made some sense, Magarai was in pain and at first, she looked angry with her daughter. The winged dragon witnessed how the oceanic dragon had said goodbye to her best friend, deeply apologized to her and after that, Magarai went to confront her daughter to honor her friend according to the words of the dragon herself, but if in Instead of honoring her dead friend, it was true what Captain Kokum said, so Magarai did not even feel pain for her friend, it was not normal that a dragon that suffered from a lost loved one would not be able to kill the murderer of a being Magarai was no different, she had in the past killed Captain Kuketzi in a duel when she learned that her daughter had disappeared and probably died.
"I know what you think. It's Magarai, the dragon doesn't forgive anyone and you're partly right, but since the day the ocean dragon brought that sack of scaleless meat to Shairum, part of her mind had changed and I'd bet it. that if the human said the necessary words, Magarai would save her "the dragon rises from his seat.
"Even if everything you say is true, you know that Magarai has been able to fight by herself against a lot of winged dragons, without having to kill them she brought them to the brink of collapse and they took their lives, she fights without hesitation even if it seems that she has no hope of life, she never gives up, she has a will and strength worthy of gods. So tell me Kokum. How would we fight against such a strong and terrifying adversary? " asks Drigielix to which the dragon smiles quite confidently.
"Simple, we must attack her daughter. Magarai is strong because when she is alone, her concentration and ability are perfect. After all, she has no distractions, and being a focused warrior, she does not waste time with unnecessary fears such as death, if she lives, she lives and if she dies, nobody cares. But, if you attack the human in her most vulnerable state, she will not be able to reach and maintain the same concentration in combat as she does alone. "
"You know that this will only bring out more of her fury and her desire to kill us, a dragon-like that would kill an entire army of dragons if we kill her daughter first than her" explains Drigielix.
"It may be so, it is a sacrifice that the weak will have to accept by offering their lives, but we the strong will be victorious. In Magarai and Kuketzi's combat, I noticed how the movements and their attacks were more direct and had little thought as it was known by the oceanic dragon. That was because when Magarai is in a state of fury, she doesn't think, she just reacts and that may be our chance to catch her off guard and finish her off before she becomes an unstoppable danger to the kingdoms. "
"But, that's only if you show that Magarai helped her daughter escape," Drigielix said even with doubt, a part of him was afraid of the idea of having to fight the dragon.
"Captains we need your help, Magarai is escaping with Alexandra!" Kokum smiles happily at the news while Drigielix is horrified.
Thanks to the extra strength that Magarai had received from the relic of her race, she had released a great attack of boiling water, managing to knock down the dragons that blocked the entrance of Shairum's resin as if they were simple paper. When Magarai closed her mouth he was able to pay attention to the intoxicating force that her body experienced thanks to the relic of her race, with this energy she could be able to fight battles for two full days and two nights. The dragon looks through her shoulder at some warriors that ran and flew to her position, she could feel her desire for her blood and the intensity of that desire, she smiles confidently because with this extra-strength she could kill them effortlessly.
"Let's keep running, we just want to escape, we are not anarchists or murderers," says Alexandra, appealing to the reason and justice of her mother.
She obeys her daughter and runs very fast, she orders the human not to take her eyes off her enemies, Alexandra sees how more groups of dragons were running in pursuit of both. Alexandra could see how the winged dragons launched cutting winds in her direction, with the relic the human manages to cut those attacks without problems, this was something impossible because only the winged dragons and certain spells could do that kind of thing, but with the help of the holy relic, Alexandra could do it effortlessly.
"How did she do it?"
"I didn't even see him use any magical force"
"Let's not waste time and keep attacking"
Some warriors chased beast lizards to move faster and thus prevent the oceanic dragon from marking more distance between them and the oceanic dragon with her daughter.
"Shit, lizard beasts," says Alexandra.
"Damn, in less than four minutes they'll catch us at least that." the dragon stops to see the lizard beasts approaching them "When I say now, you circularly move the chain in us"
"What?"
"Just do what I say!" the dragon when she sees the beast lizards close enough to her and she jumps "Now !!" she shoots several bursts of water while Alexandra moves the chain as her mother indicated in the form of protection.
The dragon not only manages to knock down the five dragons and ride on a beast lizard, but it had also incapacitated four of them so that they would not run back to their owners by hurting their legs, the beast that Magarai rode with her daughter, and the dragon presses a point of the neck of the creature so that it understands that now it must obey her or there will be a consequence and with this now they could flee more quickly and avoid being cornered with these fast creatures.
"Damn it! Now they can run faster" Kokum said getting up from the ground.
Drigielix smiles as if seeing how things were going as he expected.
"Pay attention" the dragon makes a sign indicating to the other winged ones to recite spells. "After having survived that battle with the explosive zombies, I came up with a plan in case Magarai tried to use our beast lizards and as you see friend, she took the bait." Kokum watches the winged dragon smile without understanding anything " You said that to face Magarai there should be sacrificed, so be it, but I will not sacrifice the dragons, only the animals and beasts at our disposal to catch them. "
The terrestrial dragon watches the beast that both females were riding go into flames in a fast and violent way, that surprise attack had caught both warriors burning part of their bodies and causing them to throw themselves to the ground, rolling on the ground abruptly, that explosion Fire had been unexpected and put the dragon as well as the human on alert.
"Knowing Magarai would have been enough to bring down the dragons and their means of transport, she can run towards a water path perfectly and escape without requiring a lizard beast, but as you said Kokum, she watches over the safety of her daughter, He will look for the quickest option to ensure the safety of his daughter and will not think well of the risks while he is focusing on us and his daughter at the same time. " Drigielix offers the earth dragon his hand so that they both go to heaven and hunt both warriors from there.
"Are you okay Alexandra?" the dragon quickly stands up and helps her daughter up.
"Yes, because of my fangs, they'll make things easy for us. Look!"
The human points the dragon to at least six-winged dragons in the sky, among them she recognized Captain Drigielix, he threw with his fellow winged gusts of winds, Alexandra responds by blocking the attacks of winds with the relic, despite not having Even her body completely recovered by the potion, she manages to defend herself and her mother.
"What kind of weapon does she have?" Drigielix wondered, he did not know that Alexandra had a weapon that cut the wind that the winged ones threw.
"I don't know, it's like she has the power of a divine dragon." Kokum responds "Let's see if you defend yourself against this" the terrestrial dragon spits a great blaze of fire in their direction, but Magarai responds with his blast of water, this causes a clash of both elements.
Alexandra sees how archer dragons attacked with her arrows and others with flames of fires, they would take advantage of Magarai's distraction to attack her while she was distracted. The human uses her relic and her shield to block all the projectiles and fires that she was going against her mother, one of the arrows tear the human's heel and the fire caused the human to suffer from the metal hot from her glove. With an idea she uses the relic to direct fire at Drigielix and his earth companion, causing them to dodge interrupting the dragon's attack.
"It doesn't seem like it's going to end, it's as if all of Shairum came out just for us"
Alexandra commented taking her mother's hand to continue running, despite the pain in her left foot, she would run and support her mother more actively in combat. The dragon stops midway with her back to her daughter.
"We must keep running if they keep getting closer; winged, terrestrial and oceanic will surround us in a matter of seconds" Alexandra watches as her mother takes off part of her armor to have better mobility in combat. "Mom we must run"
"You keep moving Alexandra, I will beat you for as long as I can, hopefully even when I finish I will be able to meet you, and if not, well, at least I will know that you will be safe" the dragon turns to see her daughter with a maternal smile, this was to inspire calm and affection in his little daughter.
"Mother please keep running, we can do it, please she keeps running with me" she takes her mother's hand so they go together.
"Alexandra, you are my daughter and my greatest pride, you must make yourself safe, but I am a warrior, I must defend the just and the innocent as Greater Dragon, and what kind of warrior would defend those values if she fled the conflict." the dragon clenches her fists as the human notices "If I want to honor my pride as a dragon, as a warrior and as your mother, I will die fighting so you can be safe if I have to, so daughter please run as hard as can and hide your scent. I promise you that everything will be fine when you are away and find Ssaull "
Magarai's tone of voice did not reflect aggressiveness or hatred, she sounded calm and confident, it seemed that she was at peace with herself and with everything, it was the look of someone who would give his all to win or die with honor as a true warrior I would do it, Alexandra when she looked at the smile of the dragon and the way she walked without fear towards the enemy, panic had controlled the human and without thinking she surrounds her mother's neck with the relic. Most of the warriors who had come to the place see how the human subdued the dragon
"Stop there !! Stay back or she will die" said the human desperately.
"Ale .... xandra ... ack" Magarai puts his hands on her neck visibly suffocated.
"How cute, you think you can fool us, a human subduing the strongest of dragons as if she were a skeletal dragon," Kokum said laughing.
"I expected more from you, Alexandra. Do you think you can save your mother by making us believe that she subdued her?" Drigielix responds, disappointed in the human.
Magarai despite the actions of the human manages to understand what her daughter was doing thanks to the words of the dragons. Her daughter wanted to save her, if the dragons thought that the dragon was hostage to the human, she could come out better for the day than the human from the situation.
"I don't know if it's too much to ask, please Colaza of the Moon, I beg you, give me the power to save my mother," she whispered with the dragon listening to her. "Maybe I couldn't do it myself, but what can I tell you, this damn relic of the oceanic ones does give me a lot of advantage," she says with a smug smile.
The dragons were silent as they watched the human suffocate the dragon, Alexandra exerted enough force to subdue her mother, but not enough so that the dragon's life was not in danger.
"Ok Alexandra, if there was a hint of respect for you for the past that we shared as companions, with that stupidity that you let loose it made me lose it completely, better keep quiet that only makes you look more desperate and pathetic." Drigielix responds offended.
"Yes !! We all know that humans cannot dominate a holy relic of our species !!" said an oceanic warrior much more annoying than any non-oceanic dragon.
"Please Colaza of the Moon, help me."
After saying that, the gem in the center of the tip of the chain shines making the eyes of all the oceanic people also shine, the dragons were scared and amazed at the same time when they observed this unexpected event. That glow lasted a few seconds and the oceanic recognized that the chain that the human used to subdue Magarai was a sacred relic. The relic tells the human that if she released Magarai the relic would give both of them an escape window so they could flee from the enemies, but in return the relic, Alexandra and Magarai would be weak and if they did not manage to get away and hide later of it, both would be finished, Alexandra would be willing to take advantage of that, but she would not let Magarai be a banished warrior, the human brings her face close to Magarai's ear.
"Thank you very much for everything mom, please don't try to look for me and don't do stupid things, if you want to continue defending your warrior pride, then do it with those who need you more than me. I love you mom"
Alexandra whispered, making her mother cry in pain, intuiting what those words meant, she wanted to tell her that she shouldn't do it, Magarai wouldn't accept it, but the human takes advantage and with the relic, she hits the dragon's neck hard causing a bleeding wound. But not dangerous, he had to appear credible if he wanted to save her, and he had to show that it would do really, but not lethal, harm.
"Bye mom, I wish I had been the daughter you deserved to have, a dragon instead of a filthy human like me." Alexandra throws the tip of the relic into the sky "Now !!"
A strong flash appears suddenly, a great screech also which only affected dragons and a current of wind-whipped several dragons of all races leaving them out of combat. Alexandra vomited because as she warned of the relic, this would not only use up the relic's forces, but also the few human forces. Barely her legs could support her and she felt that it was difficult for her to breathe as if she had spent a year running without rest, it was a miracle that she did not pass out.
Alexandra, who barely took a step, ends up falling to the ground seeing how the gem of the relic had turned completely black, it was a sign that now it was only her, so the human stands up again ignoring the null energy that she had and begins to move to turn one last time to see the dragon who was her mother since she was a baby, with tears she says goodbye and barely walks to mark the distance between her and all the dragons. A group of dragons that was near the area could witness that strange magical explosion that group of assassins began to smile, this was a sign that the relic had lost all its power, and therefore its prey would be easy to catch and annihilate, it was time to search for the relic for his dark captain.