She continued her march, a single goal in mind, but the longer she walked the more she wondered if it had been wise of her to come here. For there was only one reason as to why there was not a single creature in sight. It was as if nature itself knew her arrival in this place was wrong. But the time for regrets had long since passed, the only path ahead was forward.
"What a pity, I had thought you could prove to be an obstacle, but I guess the rumors about you are nothing but a bluff," she stopped for a moment, taking notice of the voice, "Oh? It seems I'm not the only intruder here."
Ryuko turned her gaze back, the figure standing before her was no doubt another Dragon, though it was hard to believe this was one of her kind, with her pale, white skin, a pair of horns adorned her head, her eyes, a cold golden yellow. She was also quite the tall one, a head above her, and her breasts, while smaller than Ryuko's, were still a fine pair. A smug grin was on her lips, it was clear she was expecting something from her, and yet she dared call Ryuko an intruder when they both had the same goal.
"If I were you, I'd be careful about what you say next. It's true, I came here for Albion's power, but you must have heard the rumors as well," Ryuko took a step forward, "I'm the one who is responsible for the tragedy that befell her kin."
It was a lie, of course, the only dragons she had devoured before were the shades in the Void. It was hardly fair to even call them dragons at that point. But the other was quick to catch on.
"A bluff? Well then, why don't you show me if there is truth to these words?" She was confident enough to walk forward and stand before her,
"Or are you going to tell me it's true, and you just can't help yourself because you're that hungry?"
Ryuko was starting to feel a little offended, though she didn't show it. "Very well, have it your way. You'll make for a fine snack."
She lunged forward, the other meeting her halfway and catching her arm mid swing. For a moment she merely grinned as she shoved the Dragon Knight slightly backwards. Ryuko was quick to regain her footing, glaring in anger at the stranger as she extended a hand forward. "Arise my legion!"
The pools of darkness started to manifest, quickly rising into the shape of the armored soldiers yet the stranger merely hummed softly. "Letting others do your dirty work? You grown soft 'Monarch'." The woman chimed as she watched the soldiers charge toward her. Yet it was a charge that never met its target. Instead the woman raised a hand and channeled some torent of magic through the air, bolts of white lightning surging as they impaled her knights and forced them to dissolve into nothing.
Almost instinctively she was about to call upon her champions, but then the realization hit her. Lancer had been send to the North of Fiore to prepare a meeting with the guild leader of Paradise dawn. Meanwhile her three other servants were currently aiding the Dragonborn in their first mission... Had she truly grown overconfident? Fine, if it was a fight with a dragon she wanted, then this woman would get one!
Ryuko dashed past her defeated soldiers, her arm distorting into the massive claw of a dragon as she swept toward them, yet for all their bravado the woman was truly strong, as evident in the fact she took the blow head-on! She could barely believe what she was seeing: The woman's body started to become covered in the familiar scales of her kin, and almost as if answering in return Ryuko transformed into her obsidian-scaled form. The two soon took flight, rocketing away the trees around them as the two dragons were locked into a clash of kin. Their magical breaths were even matched, the speed at which they moved seemed equal and the strength and fury of their attacks was akin to clashing blades. But why did Ryuko feel she was being ridiculed? As if this dragon was not showing her true power.
"What is the matter 'Monarch'? Surely you got more up your sleeve! Don't tell me this little display of strength is enough to deter you. It would be a shame if these dragons in the void lost their lives for no reason~"
Yet hearing these words only enraged Ryuko further: "DO NOT SAY ANOTHER WORD!" She roared in anger, recalling the sensation that ran across her being as she had consumed the void-tainted dragons, they were barely a shade of what they once were... but once upon a time they had been her kin. Was that why she was so angry right now?
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