Dawn- An age of Darkness

"You sure seem busy!" I was a bit flustered to be almost caught in the act, but I calmed myself.

Jori had been with a lot of adventurers. I didn\'t know what they were doing but things weren\'t looking too pretty.

"Guess I don\'t have to explain all that much. Anyway, the guild will like to issue a quest for you. Occupy those damn things as long as the evacuation goes. I know you\'ve got the skills and guts. If you need help we\'re all here for you." He had conviction in his eyes. They all had. They weren\'t just doing this for money or glory. They were doing it for the people. 

I most certainly hoped so.

I couldn\'t have asked for anything better.

  The opportunity just flew my way. Now no one would get in my way and they\'d help me achieve my goal too. "I need wings. And how far has the evacuation proceeded?"

"We haven\'t even started yet!" One of the guys handed me wings. The guy\'s voice was so loud that it was like he was yelling in my ear. I guess I already knew that. 

The wings were made from leather and feathers. "But would you be able to fly with these? I mean no offense but don\'t you need magic?" The adventurer was skeptical.

In that case, things will be rough. 

"If you see any of my companions let them know where I\'m going. And don\'t send in weaklings. I don\'t want them dying on me." I tried a sound a little cool, but I was definitely out of my depth.

Besides, I didn\'t want more deaths on my conscience.

"Are you even listening to me?" 

I ignored the loud guy and put on the wings. 

Let\'s see, how about. 

I covered it with mana and hovered. "Woah! Ah! Ohh!" I was basically drifting around. I had no control at all. 

Calm down! Calm down. Think of it as a game. 

I went back and forth, left and right, up and down, and almost crashed into a nearby building. This was worse than my voyage at sea. 

But I kept on trying.

I controlled my breathing and eventually, the swaying stopped, more like stabilized. 

"I\'d expect no less from you. Anyway, if I ran into them I\'ll let them know. And if you have to fight in the town take it southeast. We\'re evacuating the people to the north," Jori explained.

"Gotcha."

"Good luck, my lovely Daarc." His last words and the tone sent a chill down my spine. 

I focused my mana and slowly went up. 

My shoulder feels heavy… 

I turned to look and the brown bunny was here yet again. But I had bigger things to worry about than bunnies or spirits. 

But yeah, it did feel better to know that I had some company.

Every dragon was going on a frenzy but the leader was hovering in the middle of the city looking all pretty. The dragons were all around me but they hadn\'t noticed me yet. 

This was my chance and I couldn\'t miss it.

I brought out my bow: it was already loaded with seven arrows. My aim was terrible but the target was very big. I didn\'t even have time to practice with my new bow: so I was counting on that one shot I took just outside. But it didn\'t matter now. "Alright bunny buns. Do your thing."

I received a purr in reply and my body glowed in a soft azure glow. 

So you really are a spirit.

The dragons around me noticed me almost immediately. 

Better make this quick. 

  I could barely hover so dodging midair was nigh impossible. I quickly took aim and shot an arrow coated with ice.

A dragon was very close to me. Immediately, I stopped sending mana to the wings and managed to escape the fire, by falling down. I got ignition. In fact, now my wings were literally on fire. Oh no! 

But the fire went out before I could react. I poured mana again and didn\'t fall to my death.

"That was close. Thank you bunny buns."

A massive roar echoed throughout the town. It was the so-called god. The arrow must have hit him: I didn\'t see it though. I grinned and shouted. "Yo. Reptilian filths. How\'s it going? I hope it\'s not too cold for you. All these arrows that is!" I fired as fast as I could and coated them with ice. Seven arrows went his way in a blink of an eye. It was the best I could do. Not bad for my first combat with bows but nothing great either. Lianne could have done much better. I didn\'t even want to think about what Jowy could have done: that guy was a genius when it came to crossbows. 

I missed most of them and didn\'t do much damage. But now I had their attention. "Why don\'t we head over there and squash some reptiles for fun?" I taunted them and started to descend in a southeast angle.

I was shaking a bit. I didn\'t have the fear of heights, but I didn\'t like reptiles. After what I\'d been to, I didn\'t want to like them either. 

I changed direction and jumped down. I rolled to break my fall. My leg almost snapped and the bones that were broken before now were hurting more than enough, but I had to run. I ran for the south while sipping on potions. All the while dodging for my life: it was like I was on steroids or something. 

The road had a slight downward slope, so running was easier.

I had the god and seven out of the nine dragons on my tail. They weren\'t that many of them to be called an army but considering how strong just one was, I wouldn\'t have been surprised if they could obliterate a country or two. So having them on my tail was kind of hot. Really hot. If it weren\'t for the robe, I\'d be burnt already. I was still being steamed alive though.

Just like Jori said there weren\'t many people here. But there were still some. "Hey, you there! Run north!"

A man was in front and he basically fell on his knees seeing all the dragons that were trailing me. I didn\'t have time for this. So I kicked him out of the road. He\'d hate me but at least he won\'t die: I hoped.

But because of him I just lost momentum and fire came for me. The robe was pretty resilient and I didn\'t catch fire but I did feel some of the heat. I wasn\'t in the full range of the breath attack and yet I could feel the immense heat. If I took it directly I\'d probably end up charred. And, since I didn\'t want to die, I didn\'t want that.

Runn!!!