Dawn- An age of Darkness

"Ha ha ha…hi?" I tried my best to retain my composure but my beating heart- more like blitzing heart- and sweat glands wouldn\'t let me. 

The dragon released a massive breath. It would have been better if its breath wasn\'t as hot as the dessert. 

He then smelt me.  "You reek of us!"

Wait, what?

Was this dragon a pervert of some sort?

I didn\'t say anything so the dragon continued. "Back then, that was Damsel\'s. How- how did this happen?" The voice was deep and filled with malice. But he seemed so calm now

For a second there I thought it\'d go berserk if I tried to talk to it. But my fears didn\'t come to fruition. I didn\'t know why but this felt easy. Like someone suddenly flipped the difficulty level from Nightmare to normal mode. If that were the case, why couldn\'t they do it sooner?

"I met Damsel. They gave this to me." I figured it was the best way to deal with one of these things. The monsters were too monstrous. Last time someone had to die for me to live. So this time I tried to think rationally and act as docile as possible. 

"They gave it to you?" He let out another breath. "I see. I heard that a mortal afflicted with that wretched snake killed one of our own but it seems I might have been mistaken." As it talked smoke raised from its nose holes. 

This thing is definitely trouble. 

I was kind of confused at what this guy was saying but I didn\'t let it show. After all, I didn\'t know much to begin with. But one thing was clear; Trerortra\'s name or his sword was something that would not exist in my reality for the next couple of hours or so.

"Back then, I saw from your eyes… Got any idea why that happened?" So I tried changing the subject. 

"It seems you are connected to us. To our souls. You possessed a fragment of that snake but now your soul is turning like his…."

Huh? You mean I\'m turning into a snake? Hey! You\'re a snake too!

It was not comforting. Personally, I didn\'t really like snakes all that much. And now I was turning into one? And not to mention, something that big?

"What do you mean?" I tried to keep up a smiling face but I couldn\'t maintain it. I was freaking out inside.

He didn\'t feel the obligation to reply. His attention was on the kid behind me.

The kid was by the lady\'s side and shivered. I could hear his shivers. He was leaking through not just his eyes but some other places too.

"Why did you destroy this village? I believe you destroyed the last one as well…" This village was new. So I assumed he was the one who destroyed the last one. Since the damn thing wouldn\'t answer me I tried to ask something else.

"I did no such thing! I only flew above when a mere mortal attacked me! I had to show prejudice! That thing over there smells the same as the one who attacked me. Bring it to me and I shall spare these vermin!" No wonder it was glaring so much at the kid.

You did no such thing, huh? 

He was spouting nonsense and ordering me around. One life for the whole village- it wasn\'t a bad deal. It was just, I didn\'t like it.

  "Sorry to say but I can\'t do that. You see you already killed his family and only he remains. Don\'t you think he would be better off living his life alone? I mean that sounds like a good punishment. You should know that."

I tried to steer him in another direction. I couldn\'t beat him as I was and that was clear. But that didn\'t change the fact that I had to contend with all this. I couldn\'t just let someone die in front of me like that. It was just cruel. However, I couldn\'t piss him up too much either. So I lied about him being alone. The woman on the ground might survive. So I had to keep the boy alive.

"YOU DARE TALK BACK TO ME!" It howled and my ears hurt. But I was accustomed to loud screeches and didn\'t really care.

Naturally… act natural….

But at this point, acting natural seemed more like a joke.

"So you want to end his misery in an instant? I suppose that would be more merciful. You are a god after all." I still had a smile on my face. 

This is a bad idea.

He let out another breath and rose up, flapping his wings. "It seems you do have some intelligence. Remember well mortal, next time we meet, you will die. I am only letting you go this time in respect to my brethren\'s wish. And you were wise to hide that vile sword and shield from me…" A wicked noise filled the air. He was laughing. And he knew I had the sword. Maybe I shouldn\'t have taken gods lightly. "Next time, will be your last, apostle of Trerortra!" He broke the sound barrier as he flew and it made a very painful boom.

Brethren\'s wish huh? What a joke.

But Trerortra\'s apostle? 

Apostle!!

Yet, again I didn\'t really know much about the world to even draw a conclusion.

The stone stopped glowing and my hand became numb. In fact, all my senses were duller than they\'d ever been. I could still move it but I needed rest. I fell on my knees and sweated like crazy. My crystalline arm dispersed. 

I suppose I should have seen this coming if nothing else.

Well, at least my right arm still worked, for now.

"How-how were you able to talk to that thing?" All this time Dick was playing spectator. But he did a good job at it. At least he didn\'t do anything funny.

"You mean you can\'t?"

"Hell no!" He was glaring at me in disbelief. The poor guy was disappointed, angry, and frustrated all at once. Never knew he could show off so much emotion other than pure perverseness.

"Ohhh?"

"You were right, she\'s alive!" Lianne said. It took her long enough.. But I guess, this was necessary to prevent that dragon god monster thingy from turning them into ash.