Drakkon had decided to take care of another quest that Herman had wanted them to take care of. It seemed like the man wanted wood that came from a sacred tree. It seemed like it had powers that would do him good in the future. He wasn’t sure what it was, but he figured that he would get him what he wanted. He was getting paid for this, after all, so he didn’t really mind it at all.

He wasn’t alone though, Drakkon had brought Hai and Carmina with him this time. He and Carmina had been doing a lot of work together on this island, and Hai was just an extra measure that things would go successful as this was a harder job to do than the others. They had walked through the place as they made their way to Aina Forest. This time it was just them alone, which he was fine with.

“I’m not sure what to expect Carmina, but make sure you have your guard up. We should get the tree and bring it to Herman. I’m pretty sure he will be surprised when he sees us bringing the big tree to him.” He said as he entered the forest.

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Carmina looked to Drakkon and she nodded her head and rested the axe on her shoulder. "It will be something to see when he gets the tree but I guess you would know that as the master of the guild and the man I serve." The last part was her teasing the man a little as she started to walk on the path toward where the trees were as they were told that the trees were hard to miss as they would be decorated in a respectful way to the spirits and she was sure that she would not be able to over look something that would stand out that much but she knew that she was also not really the best at this whole magic and working on things thing but she needed to be able to stand on her own or her master would probably never take her seriously.

She kept her eyes peeled for what these trees would be looking like and she could see some trees a ways up that looked as if they had things hanging on them and it makes her believe that she might have spotted them and she pointed her hand out to see if Drakkon also sees them or if it was just her that sees them at the moment.
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Drakkon had a smile on his face when he heard her words. They were both seeing this thing through. It was something he had failed to do when he was working with Alexandre. He hated that they didn’t finish these things together, but it was in the past. While they were moving, he would see the trees that they were looking for. It was like the information said, it wouldn’t be hard to find. That was good as he moved along the path along Carmina. It seemed like she had seen it too, which was a good thing.

“Yeah I guess I would, but you’re going to be there too, so don’t worry about that.” He said to her as he was thinking about this job right now.

“Do you want to try and cut the tree down? It would be good training and exercise for you.” He said to her wondering what she would say.

Hai stood quietly behind Drakkon as he was following them. The two of them were inching closer to the trees as they could see there were quite a few here.

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Hearing her master ask her to get to work on the tree she did so and it was clear that she was not use to chopping trees but she was not giving up as she gave her self buffs that enhanced her strength so her chops would do more damage and she wondered if this was what it felt like to be stronger than she was and if it was it felt good as she felt like this tree really shouldn't be and issue as the decor of the tree seemed to slightly jungle as her swings hit the tree and she was not caring if it was making noise as she was going to cut through the tree and she was going to not waste a second on the chops as she needed to get it done and she didn't what them to be getting ambushed by guards or any other thing that might come running from hearing the sound of the tree being chopped down.

Carmina's swings got better and more on the spot as she went getting use to the swing of the axe she was given and the power she was now having in er strikes as she cut deeply into the tree and her pride was not letting her slow down and she kind of wondered to herself if there was a way to use a spell to make the tree be cut faster out side of just buffing her own body and she took a second then a magical coating shot down the the axe and she struck the tree which made a loud striking noise as it meet the tree and the tree was looking like it was getting close to being cut through but she didn't want to risk that again as she kept driving her axe into the tree she was getting a work out from doing this and sweat was starting to run down her body from all the hard work.

Carmina took a second to wipe her brow with her arm and then get a drink of water from a bottle in her bag, she then let out a sigh and then got back to chopping the tree as she was going to make it fall soon and with one more strong swing of the axe the tree started to seem like it was was going to fall so she stepped back from it as she was hoping that she cut it right so the tree will fall away from them and not at them but she had never cut down a tree before so it was a coin toss if she had properly done it or not. She would look to her master as she had finally fell the tree and wondered if she had done good enough for him or if he had expected her to have fell the tree faster than she did and was going to scold her for her weakness under his watch she would have to be prepared for that.
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Drakkon waited for her to answer him, and it seemed like she was going to be the one to handle this. He was fine with that and he watched her get to work. it seemed like she was able to make herself stronger because of her magic. It was interesting to see and he watched her chop away. It seemed like she wasn’t strong enough to take it down in a few hits. Still, this was good training for her and he didn’t mind it. The key was to make sure that she didn’t give up.

As time continued to go by though things got closer to the end. It was then that he saw that the tree was falling. It tilted and when he saw that it was falling away from them, his heart was relaxed. He didn’t have to do anything to save them.

“Good job. I guess we can take this back to Herman now. He will be excited to have this I think.” He said to Carmina.

He looked over to Hai as he was going to need his strength to pick this up. It was then the Dragon roared and the two of them merged as one being. He was now approaching the tree to finish this quest.

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Carmina was standing there excited and proud of herself and then once her master got close something weird had happened and the stump started to shake and then a monster had broken forth from the stump and it looked pissed off and it spoke bluntly. "Who dares to fell a sacred tree! You will be punished!" The Tree spirit started to grow in size and seemed to grow thorned vines that ran along it's arms and it faintly glowed a deep earthy green. The monsters face looked like it was formed of wood with pieces that moved and rearranged to make the face seem to have expressions. The spirit reached into it self and pulled out a wooden club that it was going to use to smash them but the monsters look was set on Carmina the one that had out axe to the tree making her his main target to attack as it swung it's club down on Carmina she used a defensive shield of earth that stopped the bash of the club that had been aimed for her.

The spirit seeing that the barrier was holding up sent the thorned vines into the ground to go in from under the barrier to try and grab her before she could react but Carmina use fire and darkness spells to burn and drain the vines to keep them from getting to her and she ran out of the barrier as she was not sure if the monster that was enraged had even seen that she had left the barrier as he bashed the club onto it more as if he was trying to get to a prize inside of the spell. The monster was fully ignoring Drakkon and his strange form as it was solely focused on Carmina and killing her for her felling of a sacred tree that was protected by him and he was not going to let her get away with this.

Carmina kept going as she took cover and flipped through the magics in her mind hoping to find one that she could use to help her to fight the spirit as it seemed to be ignoring Drakkon she wondered if this was some form of test from her master in survival or if this was a creature that was just fully after her and wanted nothing to do with her master that she was who it wanted to get rid of. She would fire off spells that were darkness element to slow the monster that was after her and she had to wonder if this was how her life was going to end or if there was something that could be done that might be able to spare her life. She figured that Drakkon is going to destroy it but she needed to survive untill the other man did that. Carmina was calling on as much mana as she could as she fired more darkness spells at her would be attacker she needed to get a weapon and this was even more a sign to her needing to do that, as she was empty handed and she needed to make the most of what she can do but lacking a weapon was catching up to her.
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Drakkon was getting ready to grab it, but then his danger sense kicked in. That wasn’t good, he thought this was going to be simple, but he guessed wrong. It was then he saw the spiritual creature asking who did this to his tree. He looked over to Carmina and it seemed like the creature already knew. When he watched it grow bigger, he had prepared himself. He was not going to allow anything bad to happen to Carmina. Still, it seemed like that thing was quick to attack as it had tried to harm her. Still, she was able to block it without a problem, which was good.

He watched their fight as he saw that she was doing her best to fight this thing. it was angry indeed, but he wouldn’t allow her to be harmed. Whatever she did on her own was fine by him, but while he was around, he would not allow anything bad to happen.

“Hey, I know she took your tree down, but you can’t touch my apprentice. She’s value to me, so you can’t damage the hardware.” They said to the creature as they swung their Enma and Yamato on its back.

He would land on the ground when he did that as he looked at the creature wondering if it was still standing. Still, he was glad that Carmina fought and didn’t just allow it to take advantage of her.

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The monstrous spirit stopped his attacks as he heard the other man speak to him, the monster rested the club he was using on his shoulder and the pieces slide across the wooden base of it's body. "You can not tell me who I may or may not harm, I am a sacred spirit a lesser deity, I will smite who I wish with my over grown anger and you will have no say. Be gone pest!" He swung his arm and thorned vines would then spring forward from the ground to head for Drakkon. The spirit wished to seek blood from the man. The monster didn't watch his vines attacks on the man only moved once again to try and kill the woman that had fell his tree as in the end he cared not for the man's words just that he get the blood of the woman to use and attempt to regrow his tree.

The spirits thunderous voice rang out as he saw she was no longer in the barrier she had made. "Where are you, you tree cutting wench! I Promise to smash your body swiftly it will be an instant death nothing to prolonged!" The spirit saw her then raised his club as he was going to attempt to smash the woman again with it as he wanted his pound of flesh for the oaked flesh she had just chopped and laid bare on the ground lifeless and destroyed. Carmina readied herself to use a barrier but she was not sure if it would raise in time to protect her or if this was her end being smashed by a giant wooden club by the hands of a spirit.
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Drakkon had damaged the damn thing, but it was still standing. That was not fun at all, and he decided to continue his onslaught. He saw he had been attacked, but the Devourer would activate his defensive spell to stop himself from being harmed. A fire aura had covered him, forming as an armor. He would be pushed back as it seemed like the spiritual being had his sights on Carmina. He had a smirk on his face as it seemed like he was going to hit her.

The Devourer disappeared from where he was and ended up next to Carmina. A smirk on his face as he swung his Yamato to block the attack, and then swung Enma attacking the spiritual being once again. It was then that it had been hit and it stumbled back. It didn’t think anything of the first two attacks prior, but it seemed like this man was powerful. He felt himself drifting and Drakkon inhaled consuming the creature as it had become mana. It was not enjoyable though as it hurt his stomach, but it was what it was.

“Are you alright? We should take this to Herman and get paid.” He said to her as he would move to the tree.

He put his Enma away and created a rift with Yamato. He picked up the tree and moved through the rift with Carmina as well.

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Carmina saw her master act swiftly and stop the monster that had come from the stump of the fallen tree's vines that had went toward him with a blazing shield and the vines were wasted from it but the monster had not cared to bother with her master it had wanted to have her head not his and so it had started it's swing down with the club and the hope she had was fleeting a little as she knew she had messed up and she wondered if this thing was more than it looked or if it had something up it's sleeve she held strong as she saw her master move swiftly to her side and not even waste a second as he stopped the attack and then slashed the creature that had threatened her life and it appeared as he had damaged it and then he did something that Carmina had not thought possible.

She watched as her master consumed the spirit like he was taking a very deep inhale of air that was something that she had not expected from him. She had heard that dragon slayers could eat magic but that was actually the first time that she had seen one actually eat magic and that was something that she kind of wished that she could do but she knows that is something that she could not possibly do and she guessed a lot of people would like to learn magic like she does but that was not something that she was wanting to worry about as she followed her master to drop off the felled tree to their contractor.
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