"All I ask for is one day."

Under normal circumstances, with the exception of Khnurn, you would never catch Khalfani alongside any member of Fiore's government. Alas, this was not a normal circumstance. Sho and the commander united only because Khnurn was out and about doing whatever it was that he was doing. Through Sho, Khalfani could speak to his brother and so the two had met with only business in mind. Then of course the gods just had to throw something else in their lives to distract them from discussing pressing matters. The two men stood atop a mountain gazing over the city whilst a dragon completely annihilated everything in its path. The monster was enormous, with auburn scales and four horns protruding from its head. The citizens of Rush valley had gone through too much in the last month alone. This was really getting out of hand and to be quite frank, Khalfani himself was under an immense amount of pressure. The eighteen year old simply sighed at the thought of the battle to come.

Bloodshed. Everything always ended in bloodshed. That's all this life seemed to offer and he hated the sight of blood. The Dragon Slayer ran his fingers through his hair, glancing over at Anga and Xena sitting beside each other. It was almost as if they felt their companions pain, like they shared Khalfani's deepest emotions. Sho asked the commander if he was ready, causing the impassive Slayer to turn towards his acquaintance, then back to the dragon. "Always." he dourly said. Khal didn't ask in return because quite frankly he didn't care. All life had been drained from him long ago, he was just a body here to do what he knew needed to be done, for the future of his own legacy and for the future of humanity. Khalfani himself would probably not reap the benefits of what he expected to build, but that was okay. Contrary to what a lot of people may have believed, he wasn't aspiring to be this hero. Moreso, he was willing to become what the people needed.

Right now, as their screams of despair filled the air of Seighart, the fact that they needed a hero was undisguised.

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Sho was a mystery. He seemed to be the "look at the glass half full" type of guy, someone with life and energy that could revive anyone around him. It was interesting to see how excited he was about fighting a dragon, considering the people of Rush Valley were being eaten alive. The commander of Paradise Dawn raised an eyebrow, watching curiously as the Rune Knight slid down the mountain and made his way towards the dragon. Sho was completely different than Khnurn, how did a guy like that get stuck with someone so Stoic? With a sigh the commander turned to face the dragon, still standing atop a mountain. Khal tapped his chest, causing a magic circle to appear before his body began glowing a golden color, then he kicked off the ground and zoomed through the sky towards the dragon. Sho had been running beneath him, closing in on the commotion up ahead. With his dagger and shield, Khalfani was certain that this dragon wouldn't stand a chance against him by himself so having an ally only meant that the dragon would be slaughtered in to no time.

Or so he thought...

The common folk trampled over one another as they attempted to leave the premises whilst the auburn colored dragon swatted its horned tail all through buildings, crushing countless civilians and homes in the process. The sun eater was the first to arrive in close proximity to the dragon, his golden glow drawing the eyes of the people as they began to point towards him. By now they knew who Khalfani Atenhotep was and they knew him as Atenhotep. Revealing his Morningstar surname came with far too many problems, but the Atenhotep name was royal, thus, it brought more favorable reactions. Politics, as the commander of Paradise, was something he couldn't escape. "Alright you dumb fat lizard, let's do this." He said as he charged forward as the beast peered down and focused on the people. With his dagger pointed towards its left eye, Khalfani zoomed at full speed. The dragons iris shifted towards the godsblood and quickly its horned tail moved to slam Khalfani. However, he was far too quick as the tail just missed.


The Dragon was keen on proving its superiority though. It was almost as if it could smell that he was a dragon slayer. Either way, this was good. With the dragons attention averted to the guild master, Sho would be able to do some damage to the beast. Hopefully he was strong enough to do something healthy. The beast turned its head in the nick of time before opening its mouth widely. Just as Khalfani came within 3 meters of its lips he raised his shield and a beam of rock shards flew out towards him, knocking him back."Rghhgh." He grunted as the shield protected him. The attack was strong though, sending him back around twenty meters.

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It was just his luck that the dragon both him and Sho were fighting happened to be an element that he wasn't damn near immune too. It was annoying, to say the least, that he couldn't just use one spell and end the beast in one go. Truth be told, Khalfani was a great team player (most of the time) but he would be lying if he said he didn't want to do this on his own. It wasn't that he doubted Sho's capabilities, but moreso his alpha, dragon slayer instincts kicking in.

Khalfani wanted to tear this beast limb from limb, bring it back to the guild, and have Amir and Azure find out more about the damn thing. Were there more of them coming? How many more of them were there? Why were they attacking? The North was dealing with back to back monster attacks and Khalfani really couldn't take it anymore. The Dragon Slayer was prepared to end it all, build walls, and move from there. The King had refused to send any troops to help with anything. From the titan attack to the dragon attack, only a few guilds had sent support. It was something Khalfani would never forget.

More time, it was something that he wasn't upset about. It only secured his thoughts about the North being a free region- or at least free from the government. Sho would be the last to step foot here without every single whispering person watching them. Khalfani was curious about the Rune Knights ability. As he pushed himself up off the ground he watched Sho run up the arm of the beast before hurting its eye. The magic was clear, but not invisible. Wind magic maybe? The way the force of mana rippled through the air was different than how the normal element of wind would operate, even infused with magic.

The commander pushed himself off the ground, his flight spell still activated and flew towards the dragon with his speed picking up over time. Perhaps all it took was one strike for this to end now that Sho had blurred its vision. The dragon twisted and turned to get the Knight off, but Khalfani was swift enough to move and still land a worthy attack. Dagger in hand, he sliced across the Dragons neck, causing a tear in its skin to release a flow of blood. That wasn't all though. Khalfani, now behind the dragon turned and swung his arm diagonally, releasing a slice of light straight towards it's neck.

The head. Always go for the damn head. This was the first time the rogue prince had fought a dragon but he was certain it wouldn't be the last. Somewhere down the line was a dragon waiting for him to consume them, a light one, probably master of everything ethereal or something like that. Khals spell would only it the dragon, causing it to roar out with whatever it had left in that voice box. The dragon was severely injured now. Between Sho's attacks and his own, it would come to an end rather quickly. The two of them had kept the dragon occupied long enough for the towns folk to get as far as they could from the battle. Still, many of them were scrambling to evacuate. Someone had to help them.

"You finish them off and I'll help the rest of these folks evacuate!" The commander shouted as he soared t ground level, picking folks off and dropping them off further away. The people of Sieghart may have not been important to the Knight, but they damn sure were important to the Desiertan. Their safety was first priority, always. As Khalfani dropped them off, he would return to pick up others. Hopefully Sho was doing well on his own but from the looks of things he was more than capable. Not to mention Sieka had chosen him to walk lands beside him. If his older brother had chosen him, then it was likely that he was indeed worthy.

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Sho was more than capable it would appear. Khalfani's attack had done the trick by creating a gash on the back of the dragons neck all the way through, enough to cause it to bellow about and bleed from the wound. The dragon stopped and what seemed to be dance as it tried to control its body. It had been losing too much blood now. Between Sho's attacks and the attacks from the dragon slayer himself, it became evident that the creature was beat. Khalfani needn't do anything more, instead his focus was on the townsfolk that had been running for their lives. Paradise Dawn and allies had literally just cleaned and rebuilt Rush Valley. Khalfani flew towards the people, picking some of them up and moving them away to safety.

Khalfani was swift enough to do it a couple of times, defending the other citizens as they ran to safety. It was a good thing that not too many buildings had been destroyed in this mess. The clean up would be Tedious and Khalfani really didn't have the drive to do it a second time. With their dagger in hand they turned towards Sho after helping folks to see where he was at. To his surprise the Dragon had literally already been down. Khal had been so focused on evacuating folks that he didn't hear what would have been a large thumping sound of the dragons body on the ground. The commander sighed of relief. Thank god that was over.

Wiping his forehead as if he had been sweating despite not a single drop of sweat being produced, he flew over to the scene where the dragon had fallen. Immediately he thought about things to collect and put into his museum. The head was a clear take, so before Sho could even take it (if he had been thinking about it) Khalfani landed in front of it and picked it up. "Dibs" He said before smirking at the Knight. Slowly his smile faded as he realized Sho was actually a Rune Knight. He wasn't like any of the other though, that much was true just by him being in the North to begin with. Khalfani paused, thinking about what exactly he should say to Sho. With a sigh, he opened his mouth and did what he thought a leader should do regardless of the circumstance.

"Thank you... Sieghart won't forget this." He said facing show wherever he was. The Slayer balanced the dragons head in his hands atop his own head, still hovering about five meters off the ground as he kept it from falling and taking anymore damage. The head leaked blood, still fresh cut off from its body. The Commander of Paradise Dawn looked around at the city, evaluating just how much of it had been destroyed. "If you should ever leave the Pig corporation, there's always a place for you at Paradise Dawn." Khalfani said with his usual cold tone. Sho was definitely a worthy fighter. He had the guts and willpower that Paradise Dawn Members prided themselves in. It all made sense now.

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