Drakkon and Hai were on the move through the forest within the outskirts of Orchidia. It seemed like there were a lot of people who had fled there. Still, they weren’t safe because there could have been random titans around the area, and the wildlife there could have taken a lot of people out. He wanted to see it play out for the time being, but then she had gotten into his head. He wished this was happening to another region because then he would have watched as bad things happened.

He was around Carmina and they were in the forest. He was on the branches of the tree as they were scouting for any survivors. The Dragon Slayer was using his nose to find them. It was the best way to scout them out and find the ones that needed their help.

“It seems like it’s just us two, for now, Carmina.” He said to her as he moved forward.

While he continued to move around he would take a sniff to try and single anybody out. That was when he heard a scream coming not too far from where they were. He sucked his teeth as it seemed like they were too late something had found them before they could. He moved through the forest to see that there was a group of people together, and it seemed like there was a random giant chomping on one of them. He shook his head as these guys were stupid to get caught.

Still, it was exciting to see the terror on their face. He would help them though before another became a victim. He closed the gap between him and that giant and he hit the nape and it would cease function falling to the ground and dropping the person who was dying. The people here looked frightened when they saw Drakkon and he had a smirk on his face.

“You guys will be alright.” He said to them as he looked over to Carmina.

“Do you have a healing spell? If not then I’ll put him out of his misery.” He said as the man was dying on the floor right now.

Drakkon only had a healing ability that benefitted him, so there was nothing he could do for this guy, but kill him on the spot.

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She followed behind the man as they went Rey was keeping the giants away from them as the went or as many as he could bait away if they were to get seen. Carmina was doing her best to try and keep an eye out for people that might be around them but she wasn't seeing people just the feet of the giants and some trails of animals alive and dead bodies of people and animals alike she was not ready for these kinds of sights but she knows that this is what war looked like and that was something that would need to be worked on and looked into for her to get more use to. She knows she didn't want to die so she was going to have to not lock up at the sight of it all so she pushed her self on as she followed the dragon slayer so he could see what there was ahead as he seemed to have caught a trail on someone then she also heard the screams that were taking place.

She was now starting to feel a weird blood rush in herself she wasn't sure if it was fear or if it was something else. She run following Drakkon as they went for the monster that had cornered some people and Drakkon seemed to get rid of the creature swiftly. Then he asked her if she had a healing spell. Carmina would shake her head then speak. "I can only used offensive, defense, self-buff and debuff spells I lack the ability to cast healing mages." She was a bit disappointed to have to say it but she had to be honest as she lacked the skill to cast something that could save her allies like that. She dug through her bag and pulled out a red bottle. "This is a healing potion but I don't think they would be able to drink it and it isn't that strong or fast acting." She had made this "Potion" herself so she knows that it works but she knows that it probably wouldn't be strong enough to help the person beat death if it was already knocking on their door as they needed to act fast and heal the man or find someone that could. She rushed over to the person to see how bad the wound was.
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Drakkon heard her and he looked at the person on the floor. He could see that they were severely injured, and he was hoping she had a high-level healing spell to help. He shook his head and looked at the man on the ground.

“That won’t help him, it’s too late for him then, but we shall make it quick then.” The Dragon Slayer said to her as he looked at the group of people.

“If you don’t enjoy the sight of blood, then I say look away because that is what there is going to be a lot of.” He said to the group.

They heard him as they were crying to see that this guy in their group had perished for saving someone else’s life. Drakkon had nodded as the man was crying as he was in so much pain, but he knew could feel that his life was withering away.

Drakkon went for a spot that would kill him, and make it quick. He didn’t want to take his head off for it would be messy to carry a head and a body separately. The blood oozed out of him as he swung his blade away to get rid of the blood. He looked at the people and wondered if anybody would carry the body.

“If you guys want to leave his body here we can, but if you don’t then the strongest amongst you should carry the body. I will take you guys to Rush Valley, so follow me and if you get left behind that is on you.” He ordered them around.

He wasn’t going to be here if they didn’t want him here. They saw how strong he was, and even though he was rude and seemed to not care about what he had just done, he was powerful enough to kill that giant. They knew they were safest with him. One of the people in the group picked the dead body up after wrapping him with a blanket. Drakkon nodded as it seemed like they were ready to go.

“Follow me we will go through the fastest path out of this place, but that means a lot of trouble probably.” He warned them before he walked off.

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Carmina wondered what she could really do about all of this as she put the potion away and she hoped that the path was going to be okay for these people as she sees one of the group walk over and lift the body as it was a hero to them. Carmina was not sure that the people of rush valley will really be welcoming to a dead body but she wasn't going to speak up and she was going to let it go for now as she wasn't sure if anything would come of it but it seemed that Drakkon was set in his mind about what he was doing and there was no way that she was going to mess with the man or risk him to turn on her as she was still leagues behind him and the gap was something that she couldn't over come and that was something she needed to work on in case he does double cross her.

Carmina files through her brain and finds a few spells she could use as she had been burning through her spells wishing to protect herself and those around them. She saw Rey flying over head and leading the monsters away and she felt lucky that she was not alone out here but she needed to be able to handle her self and once the group was ready they started following Drakkon and Carmina kept herself ready to use spells if she had too but that was something that she hoped to not have to use as she was not really a fighter and they were pretty close range spells but she needed to make the most of what she had on hand so she would do this.

The group was kind of watching Drakkon close so she knows that they are holding a bit of resentment toward him even if what he did was the right thing but what was to say the man couldn't have made it to rush valley, then another thing clicked in her head. she hurried and got close to him so she could speak in a hushed voice to him. "Drakkon won't that body lure beasts to us? or those monsters?" She wanted to hear what he had to say so she could understand the though process.
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Drakkon was walking through the forest as he had gone straight through the forest. He knew where he was going, but he knew that there were going to be things that would be heading in their direction. While he was moving through the area, he looked over to Carmina as had approached him. When he heard her question, he chuckled a bit as if she wasn’t wrong about that. Still, he didn’t care about any of the monsters or beastly creatures coming toward them.

“You aren’t wrong Mina. I think the body will lure a few things that can’t help themselves. Still, if I told them to leave the body, then they would have been annoyed. I would have had to beat some sense to them, and that wouldn’t be well.” He explained to Carmina.

They had kept moving without stopping, and he was keeping his guard up for anything that came their way. The group was annoyed about him, but at the same time, they knew he was strong enough to protect them. They knew those two were their best bet to stay alive.

It was then that Drakkon’s ear twitched as he heard something heading his way. Well, it was heading toward the man who had the dead body on his back. When it appeared, it had roared ready to attack the man. Drakkon was already on the move as he had met the big bear right there, and he had swung his Enma. He had flipped his blade to hit the bear. They were in his territory and disturbing him, so he didn’t feel it was right to kill the beast. It would fall on the ground, and the person would drop to the floor.

They all were scared as they saw the events unfold. They looked over to Drakkon as they were wondering if they were going to keep moving even after what just happened.

“We keep moving. This is going to happen, but this is the quickest way out of here. If we keep moving, we should be out of here in no time. Get up and keep going.” He said to them as he turned his back to them and kept walking.

His eyes looked in Carmina’s direction wondering what she was doing.

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Carmina was relieved to hear that the man had thought as she did about the body maybe working as a lure for beasts but it was clear that he wasn't worried about the chance of creatures coming after them and she was going to stay closer to the people they were escorting she could protect them if something was to keep coming as she needed something but she wasn't sure what she could even grab as a weapon, and she really had to wonder what that Yuurei person could make or offer her as she was probably not going to have enough to cover something that was too pricy and if he was a straight black smith and she was asking for a custom piece, it was probably going to come with a big price tag that she might not be able to cover and that makes things a bit rougher.

She also saw the beast coming and she used an earth shield to protect the people while Drakkon had moved to deal with the beast that had come running out at them but she saw that the man hadn't killed the beast and she wondered why but she was not going to question the man on his methods as she was not a powerful mage and that made her more of a problem to have walking around with them but she was going to keep pushing for the place that she needed to get to and she was not going to stay down if she could help it and that was something she would follow as she let the shield down and she was going to follow the man as the people looked at her and she nodded.

They stayed following Drakkon as they went, they were in trouble no matter what they did, monsters, creatures and beasts running around the forest right now that could come for her at anytime and might even try to kill her but she was not going to back down as she believed in Drakkon to lead them out but she was going to have to be careful that they were also protected as Drakkon could fight while she worked on keeping the group safe with defensive spells.
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Drakkon didn’t want to hear anybody complaining about his methods here. He had a plan and after he was done here, he would move on from this place. He had to figure out why this had even happened in the first place. Well, honestly, he didn’t care, but if it was somebody trying to harm Lumikki, then they would pay for it with their life.

The Dragon Slayer kept moving, he made sure to be on guard as they were getting closer to the end of the forest. It was a good thing honestly and he couldn’t wait to get them away from him. While he had done that, he had caught a whiff of a few things making their way towards all of them. He shook his head as if this was going to be annoying. He looked at the group that was behind him, and he waved his arm away to activate his spell.

It was then feathers that made their way to the group of people there and formed dragon wings that covered them. The giants had jumped out of the trees and slammed onto the wings but had failed to get their prey. Drakkon shook his head when he saw this and figured that it was time to handle the remnants of what was left of the city.

“I guess I have things to kill.” He said out loud as he pushed forward.

He flapped his wings as it sent him into the air and got around the giant. When he did that, he would cut the head off clean as it fell to the ground and the giant did the same thing. It was then a giant had tried to attack Drakkon as it saw their comrade perish. He saw this, turned around and blocked the attack, and was pushed away.

He had a smirk on his face as he could see there were a few of them that weren’t paying to them and were trying to destroy the defense spell. His eyes looked at the one that was closest to him and decided to handle this first. He figured that Carmina would do her best as well, so he didn’t have to worry about her at the moment.

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Carmina looked at the man as he seemed to sense something and then react and protect them and she started moving the group as Drakkon was keeping the giant monsters busy and she casted a few attacks aimed for the monsters necks to make them slow down a bit and maybe help Drakkon to find an opening to strike them as well as she keept them moving and if something else pops out she makes defensive spells to block them. Rey went that way as well striking on the giants that might have been getting attracted to the fighting that was happening over that way and Rey was keeping the extra monsters from getting to Drakkon that were being attracted from the fighting blasting them with wind and water spell and then firing a lightning one that tore through the giant it hit. Rey was not looking to be some kind of savior he just knows that Drakkon was the one that was going to make sure that Carmina made it out safe.

Rey flew off to keep fighting as Carmina was doing her best to keep the group together as some of them were starting to slow down and panic. "We need to keep moving I am sorry but unless you want to die we need to get out of the area now as if we are close there is a chance a body will fall on us and we don't want master Drakkon to have to worry about that do we?" She knows her guild master probably wouldn't even think twice about it but she was trying to keep them in line and moving the way she wanted them to go so she was telling a bit of a white lie but she figured that it was for the better so they weren't in the way and she was able to seemingly bring them back to their senses as she needed to make sure that she and these people make it to rush valley which she wasn't even fully sure where it was she had never really come to the north of this country and had mostly stayed in the west as she was kind of scared to travel the country alone as a woman of her appearance and her lack of power and weapon she was going to need someone to help her stay protected and that was not as easy as that sounds.
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Drakkon had looked at Carmina and it seemed like she was trying to get these people away from the fighting. He didn’t care about that, but it was good that she wanted to do that. He looked over to the giant that had hit him, and he noticed that he wasn’t alone. This was perfect, and he was going to get rid of them right now. His wings flapped as he was in the air, and he waited for them to come to him. They ran to him without hesitating, and he figured they would. One of them had tried to grab him but failed as the Devourer had dodged the attempt. It was then his danger sense kicked in and he noticed that another was coming straight at him.

He looked at the creature, and it had its mouth wide open. It was trying to eat Drakkon, which made him laugh. These things were going on their instincts to kill humans it seemed. He would move around it. Drakkon ended up above it as it had missed eating the son of chaos. Still, its neck was visible to him, and he was going to take it out right now. He pushed forward with his wings, and he would use his blades to cut through the neck of the giant. When he did that, it seemed like the other giant had pushed forward already to attack Drakkon.

He saw this and he put his blades in front of him as he was grabbed for a split second. It was then he would rotate around the hand, and he had cut through the creature’s hand. It was then he watched the hand regenerate, which made him chuckle to see such an event unfold. This was fun and interesting, but he was going to have to call it quits right here. He disappeared, or rather that was how it looked. He moved around and behind the monster, and he would cut through its neck with massive power. The head came off falling to the ground, it was then he looked around to see if there were any more, but he saw they were in the clear.

“We should be safe now. I know we’re almost at the end, we should be safe, so hurry up and gather yourself, and let's move.” They said to the crowd as he landed on the ground.

He nodded toward Carmina, and he started walking, leading them to their destination. It didn’t take them that long, but the group would indeed be out of the forest. He looked to see that everything was clear, and the giants weren’t around here. They would be able to make it to Rush Valley without a problem. Still, Drakkon wanted to know who had orchestrated all of this and he knew they would find out if they searched.

“Are you okay to continue following me on this journey, Carmina?” He asked her curious as to what she had to say.


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Carmina was moving and fighting with all that she could to keep the group safe from the threats of the forest she was not sure that she was really going to be able to take care of it like he should but she was going to keep fighting till she makes it out of this place with them and to the next place that she could find safe for them but she was not sure that she should really be trusted with this as she was not someone that they could count on and that kind of made her sad a bit but she was going to keep doing her pest as she didn't want anyone to end up hurt or lost to the wilds up her and that was something that she was going to keep pushing herself if she can but there were many things that she could do but there were nothing that she could do that would fully matter but she was not going to let herself worry.

The group was staying close to her as they wanted to live and get their friend to the place that was safe so they could be taken care of the right way and wasn't just left out here to be eaten by some beast that was hungry as to them he died a hero but to some people it would seem like it was just a waste of time to bring it along but Carmina understood their want to have it but the risk it added was not really worth it and that was something that she was going to keep to herself when the man had finally rejoined them and made sure they were on the right path and the group stayed behind her as they were getting close to the way out of the forest and Carmina looked to them.

The people were seeming to stay closer to her than to Drakkon but she guessed he wouldn't care about that so she was just going to let them keep doing it and she was going to keep her head on her shoulders and make sure that they make it out of this place as fast as they could and as safe as they could. Carmina was going to keep pushing herself to the point of exhaustion if she had too and that was just a simple thing that they needed to keep too. Once they broke loose of the forest and they saw the city and they started hurrying off to the city. Carmina answered the man. "Of course I am gonna stay going with you."
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