Instead, she had found herself remaining within the wilderness, preferring to refrain from needless contact with the outside world unless truly necessary, and she still had the company she desired in the form of Maple. However, it was during Maple's trip to Hargeon that this story took place.
In the aftermath of the conflict between her party and the cult that resurrected the aspect of that vile ancient dragon, Ryuko had decided to retreat into the underground caverns that were once the domain of her former enemy. Why, one might wonder: Because right now Ryuko was not exactly... hospitable.
Every now and then the cavern became filled with tremors, monstrous apparations visibly chasing the last remnants of the cult's survivors while at the center of the cavern, on a platform overlooking the place she was towering above all else:
Ryuko - The Oblivion Dragon
Her eyes gazed coldly at the sight unfolding before her, of how the cultists were being hunted down like cattle for the slaughter by the Ajin that were crawling from their portals. However, at the bottom of her claws, dissolving amidst small puddles of lava were the corpses of several cultists foolish enough to try to attack her directly.
"If only I had this power before they unleashed that terror upon Caelum..." the dragon grumbled, yet sensing the presence of a stranger she turned her gaze further toward the entrance where several of the Ajin were starting to crowd around an unfamiliar traveler, a samurai she might have thought them to be.
"Halt Ajin, He is not your prey." Ryuko's cold command made the Ajin take several steps away from Ghost, returning to the darkness as Ryuko in her dragon form gazed down upon the young wanderer. "What brings you to this fallen city stranger?"