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Any-acreature-athat-asensed-aa-abeing-awith-aa-apowerful-aAura-awould-aretreat,-atheir-anatural-aself-preservation-ainstincts-afiring.-a
At-ahigher-alevels,-aan-aAura-acould-aeven-abe-aused-ato-aphysically-aattack-aan-aenemy.-a
Eren-asighed,-adeeply.-aHis-aeyes-aturned-apitch-ablack-aas-ahe-aslowly-ashifted-aaway-afrom-athe-agrave,-agazing-asouth.-a
An-aalmighty,-apowerful-aaura-abegan-ato-agather-aabout-ahim-aas-ahe-astared-aat-athe-aenormous-apillar,-asmall-ablades-aof-aenergy-aforming-aaround-ahis-ahead.-a
He-aclapped-ahis-ahands-atogether.-a
"Sundering-aMagic:-aRuler's-aEyes."-aRed-alight-ablasted-aout-aof-athe-aTitan's-aeyes-aas-ahe-atook-aon-aa-amystical-aappearance,-afloating-ain-athe-aair-aoff-athe-aground.-aEren's-aface-amoved-aup-aand-adown-athe-aland-apillar,-aas-aif-asearching-afor-asomething.-a
After-aa-afew-aintense,-asplit-aseconds,-aEren-asmiled-acruelly,-ano-amirth-avisible-aon-ahis-alips.-a
"CONDENSE!"-aHe-ashouted-aout,-aholding-ahis-abulging-aarms-awide.-a
Gradually,-ahis-a3-ameter-atall-abody-abegan-ato-ashrink,-acondensing-ain-aon-aitself.-aHis-aextremely-amuscular-aform-ashifted-ainward-aas-ahis-abody-ashrank,-abecoming-aincredibly-astrong.-a
From-aa-amonstrous-a3-ameters-atall-ato-aa-amuch-amore-anormal-a2-ameters-atall,-aEren-atransformed,-ahis-arobes-ashrinking-awith-ahim.-a
The-ainnate-aAbility-athat-apowerful-aTitans-agained,-aknown-asimply-aas-aCondense,-aand-aone-aof-athe-areasons-aTitans-awere-aa-adominant,-afierce-arace-adespite-atheir-alow-anumbers-aand-arelatively-alow-asensitivity-ato-amagic.-a
By-acondensing-atheir-aenormous-abody's-ato-aa-asmaller-asize,-aTitans-awere-aable-ato-amassively-aincrease-atheir-astrength-aand-adurability.-aThe-aonly-acost-awas-athe-arather-afierce-adrain-aon-aone's-aenergy.-a
Eren,-aa-aTitan-awith-aa-aLord-aClass-aSoul-aSpell-aMatrix,-acould-aonly-amaintain-athis-aform-afor-aaround-a30-aminutes.-a
Still,-ain-ahis-aeyes,-athat-awas-aplenty-aof-atime.-a
"Sundering-aMagic:-aHeart-aSeeking-aSpear."-aIn-aEren's-ahands,-aa-aslim,-adeadly-aspear-amade-aof-apure,-awhite-alight-aformed.-aIt-agave-aoff-aa-apowerful,-arippling-aAura,-aone-athat-apressed-adown-aon-aeveryone-anearby.-a
His-aform-ashivered-aand-avanished-aas-ahe-ablasted-aforward,-aheading-atowards-athe-aWorld-aBridge-aat-aa-abreakneck-apace,-aleaving-abehind-ahis-asubordinates.-a
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William's-aeyes-aopened-awide-aas-ahe-afelt-ahis-aspell-aexplode-ainto-asmithereens,-aenormous-awaves-aof-aenergy-awracking-ahis-avision.-aHis-aheart-adropped-awith-afear-aas-ahe-afelt-athe-aoverwhelming-aaura-athat-ahad-aappeared,-aalmost-aas-aif-ait-awas-abursting-aapart-athe-aheavens-athemselves.-a
He-aswallowed-ahard-aas-ahe-aheld-ahis-aright-ahand-aout,-agritting-ahis-ateeth-awith-adetermination.-aHe-atraced-athe-aAura,-ahis-asensitivity-ato-amagic-areaching-aits-apeak.-a
"It's-anow-aor-anever."-aHe-amade-ahis-achoice.-aThat-adragon-ahad-agiven-ahim-athis-anew-alife.-a
"Light-aMagic:-aHeaven's-aArmor."-aHe-acast-aone-aspell,-afeeling-aa-ahuge-aamount-aof-aenergy-adrain-afrom-ahim.-aMagic,-aglowing-awhite-aarmor-adescended,-acovering-ahis-abody.-a
"Light-aMagic:-aDisturbing-aLight"-aHe-athrew-aa-abeam-aof-alight-atowards-athe-aWorld-aBridge,-aand-avanished.
..-a
'I'm-agetting-aclose.'-aDrago-athought-aas-ahe-arushed-aupward.-a
His-aclambering-aRed-aSalamander-alegs-aate-aup-athe-amiles-ain-ano-atime-aat-aall.-aHe-ahad-aalready-ascaled-atwo-athirds-aof-athe-aheight-aof-athe-avisible-aportion-aof-athe-aWorld-aBridge,-aand-awas-anearing-athe-aarea-awhere-athe-aportal-aexisted,-atransporting-athe-aWorld-aBridge-ainto-afractured-aspace.-a
The-acloser-ahe-agot-ato-athis-asection-aof-athe-abridge,-athe-amore-auneasy-ahe-afelt.
The-aedges-aof-athe-aportals-awere-aquite-afar-afrom-athe-abridge.-aHe-acouldn't-ajudge-ait-aaccurately,-abut-ahe-aguessed-athey-awere-aat-aleast-aa-amile-aor-atwo-aaway,-amaybe-athree.-a
As-ahe-astudied-athem,-atrying-ato-aget-aa-abetter-aunderstanding,-aonce-aagain-ahe-afelt-aan-aodd,-atingling-asensation-ain-athe-aback-aof-ahis-amind,-alike-aa-asixth-asense-agoing-aoff,-awarning-ahim.-a
He-alooked-aaround,-aunsure-awhat-ato-ado.
A-asplit-asecond-alater,-aa-ahuge-ashockwave-aslammed-ainto-ahim,-ablasting-ahim-aa-ahundred-ameters-aaway.-aRocky-adebris,-adirt,-aand-agrass-arained-adown,-acascading-ain-athe-aair-ain-aa-achaotic-amess,-awhile-aa-afew-anearby-atrees-ashuddered-aand-asnapped,-abroken.-a
Drago-ahad-ano-atime-ato-areact-aat-aall-aas-ahe-alanded-adown-ahard,-asmashing-ainto-athe-aground.-aHe-amanaged-ato-acover-ahis-aface-awith-ahis-aarms,-abut-athe-arest-aof-ahis-abody-awas-apeppered-awith-ashards-aof-arock,-aseveral-aof-athem-astabbing-ainto-ahis-aarms-aand-alegs.-a
His-amind-awas-adazed-aand-aeverything-ablurry-aas-ahe-atried-ato-afocus,-alooking-atowards-athe-asource-aof-athe-ashockwave.-a
A-ahuge,-afifty-ameter-awide-aweb-aof-acracks,-acentered-aat-aa-alarge-aten-ameter-awide-acrater-ahad-aformed-aon-athe-aWorld-aBridge.-aDust-aand-adebris-arose-afrom-athe-acrater,-apainting-athe-aair-aa-adim-abrown.-a
Standing-ain-athe-amidst-aof-athis-acrater-awas-aa-ared-skinned-amuscular-ahumanoid-awith-ashort-awhite-ahair,-awielding-aa-aglowing-awhite-aspear,-aemitting-aan-aAura-athat-awas-adevastatingly-apowerful.-aThe-aair-aitself-aseemed-ato-atwist-aand-adistort-avery-aslightly-aaround-ahim.-a
"YOU!-aKILLER!-aOF!-aMY!-aGRETA!"-aA-apowerful-avoice-athundered-aout,-ashocking-aDrago-aonce-amore-adue-ato-aits-asheer-avolume.-aHe-afelt-ahis-aeardrums-atremble-aand-arupture-aslightly,-ahis-abody-aautomatically-aregenerating-athem.-a
Even-aif-ahe-awanted-ato,-aDrago-awas-acompletely-aunable-ato-aphysically-areact-afor-aa-abrief-amoment.-aDespite-athe-afact-athat-ahe-ahad-abeen-aon-aguard,-acarefully-alooking-aat-ahis-aenvironment,-athe-asheer-asurprise-aand-aimpact-aon-ahis-abody-asent-ahim-atemporarily-ainto-ashock.
The-apower-athat-athe-abeing-ain-athe-acrater-aheld-awas-asimply-atoo-agreat.-a
"DIE!"-a
In-athe-ainstant-athat-athe-ared-skinned-aman-ayelled-aout,-aseveral-athings-ahappened.-a
The-ared-skinned-aman's-aarm-ablurred-aas-ait-athrew-athe-awhite-aspear-ait-aheld-ain-aits-ahand-aforward.-aThe-aspear-atwisted-ain-amidair,-ashivering-aalong-aits-aentire-alength-aas-ait-ablazed-adirectly-atowards-aDrago.-a
Drago-amanaged-ato-arecover-aenough-ato-aforcibly-aactivate-athe-aremaining-aKing-aClass-aAura-aremnants-ain-ahis-aSoul,-aunleashing-aa-apowerful,-aAura-athat-aslammed-aback-ainto-athe-aone-athe-aattacker-awas-agiving-aoff.-a
At-athe-asame-atime,-ahe-amade-ahis-abody-atransform,-aknowing-ahe'd-abeen-afound-aout.-aUsing-ahis-apractice-afrom-abefore,-ahe-awilled-ahis-abody-ato-ashift-ainto-ahis-amuch-astronger-aMyyr-aDragon-aform,-awithout-ahaving-ato-awaste-atime-atelling-aAusra.-a
The-atransformation-atook-aonly-aan-ainstant,-ahis-aRed-aSalamander-aform-astretching-aand-aexpanding,-aelongating-ato-athat-aof-aa-a3-ameter-alarge-aemerald-scaled-adragon.-a
The-aAura-ahe-aunleashed-acaused-athe-aman-ato-astumble-aback,-ahis-aeyes-ashaking.-aHe-aleapt-abackwards-amore-athan-aa-ahundred-ameters,-atemporarily-aretreating.-a
The-awhite-aspear-acrossed-athe-adistance-abetween-aDrago-aand-athe-ared-skinned-aman-ain-aa-afraction-aof-aa-asecond.-a
Before-athat-afraction-aof-aa-asecond-aended,-ahowever,-aanother-aperson-aappeared.-a
A-aman-awearing-aa-aplate-aof-aglowing,-awhite-aarmor,-agiving-aoff-aa-afaint,-acalming-alight,-acame-ainto-aexistence-aright-ain-afront-aof-athe-aflying-aspear,-ajust-aa-afew-ameters-aaway-afrom-aDrago.-aThe-aman's-ahands-awere-aheld-aout-ain-afront-aof-ahim,-aas-aif-ahe-awas-atrying-ato-ablock-athe-aspear.-aHe-alooked-alike-aa-aheavenly-aangel-afrom-alegend,-amysterious-aand-acalm.-a
THUD
WHOOSH
The-aspear-acollided-awith-athe-afigure-ain-awhite-aarmor,-aslipping-abetween-ahis-ahands.-aImmediately-athe-aman-awas-athrown-abackwards,-acolliding-awith-aDrago.-aThe-aarmor-aseemed-ato-aabsorb-athe-amajority-aof-athe-aforce,-acausing-aDrago-ato-afall-aonly-aa-afew-ameters.-aA-asmall-ashockwave-arang-aout-aat-athe
-aimpact-aand-aspeed-aof-athe-aattack.
A-aringing-asound-aechoed-ain-ahis-aears-aas-ahis-avisions-awavered-aand-athen-arestored-aitself,-ahis-ahearing-agradually-acreeping-aback.-a
Drago,-afor-athe-asecond-atime,-astruggled-ato-ahis-afeet,-ahis-aheart-apounding.-aHe-acontinued-ato-agive-aoff-athe-aawe-ainspiring-aAura-aof-aa-aKing-aClass-abeast,-athe-aremnants-ahe-ahad-aabsorbed-afrom-athe-adead-aWizard's-abones.-aHe-aglanced-aaround-ablearily,-atrying-ato-aget-ahis-abearings.-a
The-aman-awho-ahad-asaved-ahis-alife-alay-aon-athe-aground-anext-ato-ahim,-aa-alarge-awhite-aspear-astruck-athrough-ahis-achest.-aHis-awhite-aarmor-awas-acrumbling,-aglowing-aparticles-afrom-ait-adissipating-ain-athe-aair.-aAfter-aa-amoment,-athe-aspear-avanished.-a
Slowly,-athat-aglowing-awhite-aarmor-afaded.
Revealing-aa-aface-aDrago-arecognized.-a
A-aslim,-ahandsome-aface-awith-apiercing-ablue-aeyes-aand-aa-awarm,-afriendly-asmile.-aThe-aface-aof-athe-aWizard-ahe-ahad-asaved,-aleft-abehind-ain-athat-aforest.-a
He-astared-aat-athe-aman-ain-acomplete-ashock.-a
"William?"-aHe-asputtered-aout,-ain-adisbelief,
"You-asaved-ame?"-a
William-aRobel-aglanced-aup,-aan-aexhausted-alook-ain-ahis-aeyes.-aHis-aface-awas-apale-aas-ahe-agrabbed-aat-ahis-achest.-aThe-aspear-ahad-adrilled-aa-alarge-ahole-astraight-athrough-ahis-aheart,-ashattering-ahis-ainnate-abarrier-ain-aan-ainstant,-aeven-athrough-athe-astrongest-aprotective-aspell-ahe-aknew-ahow-ato-acast.-aBlood-abegan-ato-aspurt-afrom-athe-awound,-aa-agruesome-asight.-a
He-ashrugged-aas-ahe-alooked-aat-aDrago.-a
"Yea-yeah,"-aHe-acoughed,-ablood-aspattering-aout-aof-ahis-alips,-a
"Yeah,-aI-adid.-aThough-ait-amight-aall-abe-apointless-ain-athe-aend.-aI-adid."-aThe-ayoung-aWizard-ain-ahis-atwenties-agave-ahim-aa-acrimson-asmile,-afilled-awith-apride.
"Why?"-aThe-aonly-aquestion-aDrago-acould-athink-aof-aas-ahe-astared-aat-aWill,-ahis-adraconic-abody-ashaking.-a
The-aWizard-agave-ahim-aan-aeven-alarger-asmile,
"Because-ait-afelt-alike-athe-aright-athing-ato-ado."-a
His-aeyes-agradually-aclosed,-aand-ahis-ahead-alaid-aback.
His-achest-arose-aonce-amore,-aand-athen-afell.-a
And-adid-anot-arise-aagain.-a
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###-aChapter-a26-a--aTaking-aLife
The-ahuman-abrain-acan-asurvive-aanywhere-afrom-a3-ato-a6-aminutes-aafter-athe-acessation-aof-ablood-acirculation-aand-abreathing.-a
Any-aamount-alonger-athan-athis-awill-acause-apermanent-ainjury-aor-adeath.-a
Drago-ahad-alearned-athis-atidbit-ain-aa-ahealth-aclass-ahe-ahad-ataken,-aback-aon-aearth-awhen-ahe-awas-ain-acollege.-aHe-adidn't-aknow-aif-athe-asame-alogic-aapplied-ahere,-ain-athe-astrange-auniverse.-a
This-athought-arocked-ain-ahis-amind-aas-ahe-astared-aat-aWilliam's-abody,-ashaken-ato-ahis-avery-acore.-a
A-aman,-aalmost-aa-astranger,-ahad-ajust-agiven-ahis-alife-ato-aprotect-ahim.-aTrue,-ahe'd-asaved-athis-aman's-alife-aearlier,-abut-ahe-ahadn't-aexpected-aanything-aback-afrom-aWilliam.-a
To-ahave-asomeone-asacrifice-atheir-alife-ato-aprotect-ayou…-ait-awas-aa-afeeling-ahe-ahad-anever-aexperienced-abefore.-a
Time-aseemed-ato-aslow-adown-aas-ahe-aglanced-aup,-alooking-atowards-athe-ared-skinned-aman-athat-ahad-ajust-aattacked.-a
And-athen-aback-ato-aWilliam's-aunmoving-abody.-a
Drago's-aheart-aseemed-ato-afreeze.-a
He-afelt-ahis-amind-aenter-aa-acool,-acalm-astate.-aHe-abegan-ato-aanalyze-aeverything-aaround-ahim,-ahis-athoughts-aracing-aat-aa-asupernatural-aspeed.-a
'Power…-aPower.'
'I-aneed-apower.'
'If-aI-ahad-apower,-anone-aof-athis-awould-ahave-ahappened.'-a
'NONE-aOF-aTHIS-aWOULD-aHAVE-aHAPPENED.'-aHis-athoughts-abegan-ato-abecome-aconfused,-ahis-amind-atrembling,-ahis-acool-amental-astate-amelting.-a
'I-aneed-apower.-aI.-aNeed.-aPower.'-aHis-asoul-aitself-abegan-ato-atremble,
He-acould-anot-aprotect-ahimself.-aHe-acould-anot-aprotect-aothers.-a
Someone-ahad-aalready-adied,-ato-aprotect-ahim.-a
'I-ajust-awanted-ato-alive.'
'I-adidn't-awant-ato-ahurt-aanyone.'-a
'I-adidn't-awant-aanyone-ato-adie-afor-ame.'
'I-adidn't-awant-aany-aof-athis.'-a
'I-aDID-aNOT-aWANT-aANY-aOF-aTHIS.'-aHis-avoice-ascreamed-ainside-ahis-ahead,-areverberating-athroughout-ahis-asoul.-a
His-aeyes-abegan-ato-aemit-aa-asmall,-awhite-alight-athat-agave-aoff-aa-avery-aminute,-apure-aaura.
Something-ainside-aDrago-asnapped.-a
'My-asoul-atwists-aFate,'-aHe-athought,-astaring-aback-aup-aat-athe-ared-skinned-aman,-a'Fate-ais-aaffected-aby-amy-awill.-aMY-aWILL.'-a
Faint-areverberations-abegan-ato-aemanate-afrom-ahis-asoul,-aso-afaint-aas-ato-abe-aindiscernible,-aeven-ato-aDrago-ahimself.-aIn-athe-adeepest-arecess-aof-ahis-asoul,-aa-afaint,-aintangible-atendril-aof-adarkness-abecame-avisible-afor-aa-asplit-asecond,-abut-athen-avanished-ainstantly.
'COME-aFORWARD.'
..
"Shit."-aEren-amuttered,-ahis-anormally-ared-aface-aflushed-aa-adark-ashade,-afear-aand-aanger-amixed-abetween-ahim.-a
"It's-aactually-aa-aKing-aClass-abeast."-aThe-aAura-athe-adragon-agave-aoff-ain-afront-aof-ahim-awas-aimpossible-ato-amistake.-aThe-ared-ahaze-athat-awas-astarting-ato-adescend,-athe-aprimal-afear-ahe-afelt-ain-ahis-abones.-aIts-atrue,-adraconic-aform-ahad-abeen-arevealed,-ashedding-athe-aRed-aSalamander-adisguise.-a
Every-asingle-acell-ain-ahis-abody-awas-ascreaming-aat-ahim-ato-aflee,-ato-aget-aaway.-a
His-achest-aheaved-aas-ahe-astared-aat-athe-aemerald-scaled-adragon,-ahis-adesire-afor-avengeance-afighting-apowerfully-ain-ahim.-a
"It's-astill-athere…-aMaybe-ait's-aweakened?"-aEven-aunder-athe-aextreme-aterror-ainflicted-aby-asuch-aa-apowerful-aKing-aClass-aAura,-aEren-awas-astill-aa-aLord-aClass-aTitan.-aAs-ahe-alooked-aat-athe-acreature-abefore-ahim,-ahe-acouldn't-asense-aa-apowerful-aphysical-athreat.-a
However,-ait-ahad-ablocked-ahis-alast-aattack-aso-aeasily,-aforcing-asome-atype-aof-afloating-aprotection-apuppet-aor-asomething-ain-afront-aof-aitself.-a
As-ahis-abody-atrembled,-aa-athought-astruck-ahim.-a
If-ahe-awanted-ato-akill-athis-acreature,-ahe-awould-aneed-ato-aget-aup-aclose-aand-apersonal.-aHe'd-ause-athe-amost-apowerful-aspell-ahe-aknew.-a
He-aneeded-ato-astep-aforward,-aand-aphysically-aengage-athe-adragon,-ataking-ait-aout-aonce-aand-afor-aall.-a
It-awould-ablock-aany-along-arange-aattacks-ahe-asent-aat-ait.-aHe-aneeded-ato-amake-ause-aof-ahis-apowerful-aphysique,-aand-acripple-ait-ain-aone-ablow.-a
"Sundering-aMagic:-aOsiren's-aLance."-aA-aLord-aClass-aspell,-aone-athat-atook-aalmost-aall-athe-aenergy-ahe-ahad-aleft.-aOsiren's-aLance-awas-aa-aspell-aentirely-afocused-aon-apiercing.-aUnlike-aother-aspells,-athis-aone-adidn't-adevastate-athe-asurroundings,-aits-aarea-aof-aeffect-awas-aquite-asmall.-a
It-awas-asimply-agood-aat-aone-athing.-a
Piercing-athrough-aanything-aand-aeverything.-a
In-ahis-ahand,-aa-ashort,-ared-alance-aappeared.-aOne-athat-agave-aoff-ajust-athe-afaintest-ahint-aof-aAura.-a
One-aof-ahis-agreatest-aspells.-a
Eren-asnarled-aas-ahe-alooked-atowards-athe-afoul-abeast,-ahis-aeyes-ared-awith-arage.-a
He-awould-agive-athis-aeverything-ahe-ahad.-a
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Drago-awatched-adispassionately-aas-athe-ared-skinned-aman-aleapt-aforward,-ahis-abody-ablurring.-aThe-aman's-amovements-awere-aincredibly-afast,-aarriving-ain-afront-aof-ahis-adraconic-abody-ain-aan-ainstant.-aSmall-acraters-aformed-ain-athe-aground-aas-athe-ared-skinned-aman-alanded,-acrashing-adown-aa-ameter-afrom-ahim.-a
Even-aif-ahe-ahad-awanted-ato-adodge,-ahe-awould-ahave-abeen-aphysically-aunable-ato.-a
'This-aappears-ato-abe-aa-aLord-aClass-aTitan,-ain-aits-aCondensed-aform.'-aAusra's-avoice-aechoed-ain-ahis-amind,-ainforming-ahim-aof-awhat-ahe-awas-afacing-ain-athe-asplit-asecond-abefore-ahe-awas-aattacked.-a
"DIE-aBEAST!"-aThe-aTitan's-a
voice-awas-aincredibly-aloud-aas-ahe-athrust-aforward-awith-aa-agleaming,-ared-alance.-a
A-alance-athat-aplunged-adirectly-ainto-aDrago's-achest.-a
The-afeeling-aof-abeing-astabbed-afelt,-ato-aDrago,-aas-aif-ahe-ahad-ajust-abeen-apunched.-aHe-acould-afeel-athe-amuscles-ain-ahis-achest-atwist-ain-apain,-ablack-ablood-abursting-aout-aof-ahis-amouth-aas-aone-aof-ahis-alungs-awas-apierced,-ajust-abarely-amissing-ahis-aheart.-aHis-abody-awas-asmashed-abackwards-aseveral-ameters-aby-athe-aforce-aof-athe-aimpact,-abut-athe-aspear-aremained-awithin-ahim,-aas-adid-athe-abeing-ain-afront-aof-ahim.-a
The-ared-aspear-apierced-acleanly-athrough-ahim-awithout-aeven-athe-afaintest-ahint-aof-aresistance,-astill-aclutched-ain-athe-aTitan's-ahand.-aIt-awas-aalmost-alike-ahis-ascales,-abones,-aand-amuscles-adidn't-aexist-aat-aall,-aand-athe-aspear-awas-asimply-astabbing-ainto-athe-aair.-a
Behind-aDrago,-aa-asmall,-a4-inch-wide-atunnel-aformed-ain-athe-aWorld-aBridge-aas-aan-aincredibly-apowerful-aforce-ashot-aforward-afrom-athe-aspear,-aannihilating-arock,-astone,-aand-aanything-athat-agot-ain-aits-away-afor-anearly-a3-amiles.-a
"Blaargh!"-aEven-amore-ablood-aexploded-aout-aof-ahis-amouth-aas-athe-aman-atwisted-athe-alance,-aglaring-adown-aat-ahim.-a
Drago-alooked-aat-athe-aTitan,-ahis-adraconic-amouth-astretched-aup-ain-aa-atwisted,-amirthless-agrin,
"You-ashould-ahave-agone-afor-athe-ahead."-a
'AUSRA,-aABSORB-aHIM.'-aHe-amentally-aroared.-a
'The-asafeguards-aleft-aby-aHi-'-aAusra-abegan-ato-arespond.-a
'ABSORB.-aHIM.'-aDrago-acut-aAusra-aoff,-ataking-acommand-aand-awilling-awith-aevery-afiber-aof-ahis-abeing.-a
A-ablinding-aflash-aof-awhite-alight-ashot-aout-afrom-athe-avery-adepths-aof-ahis-aSoul,-aobeying-ahis-acommands.
One-aof-ahis-atwo-aremaining-aAbsorptions-aactivated.-a
This-alight-acompletely-aencompassed-athe-ared-skinned-aman-ain-afront-aof-ahim.-a