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Desert Dragon

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by Michael Rogers


  Karol: "Any secwets?"

  Trevour: *He shook his head.* "Negative, little meister. There are no secret passages or any of the likes."

  Destiny: "Yeup.." *She meowed in a saddened-like manner.*

  Nathan: "Why did Dawn send us here?" *He took a step forward, feeling the rocky walls.* "What could have happened that isn't here now?"

  Luna: "Are you askin' us the questions? 'Cause how the fuck are we meant to know?"

  Trevour: "Madam." *He sounded unimpressed, as he covered Karol's ears.*

  Luna: "Gah-" *She sighed in an annoyed-like manner.* "My bad."

  Trevour: "Apology happily accepted." *She placed his hands away from Karol's head.*

  Karol: "What should we dooh?"

  Nathan: "Inspect this cave even more."

  Luna: "Dude, there's nothin' here."

  Trevour: "I'd have to respectfully concur with the madam, sir. There's no point in wasting anymore time."

  Nathan: "It means this whole trip was a waste."

  Trevour: *He looked down, triggering images of Rosemary, Alan and Felipe.* "I wouldn't say it was a complete waste, sir."

  Nathan: *He sighed in understanding, as if he realised what he said.* "Yeah.."

  Luna: "Let's go. We'll give Dawn and her bloody research a shit grade."

  Trevour: "Heh heh! Right you are, madam."

  Karol: "I'm tyred." *He pointed and whined like a child.*

  Nathan: (Damn.) *He frowned to himself and turned around to face the guild.* "Let's go."

  Trevour: "Okay, sir." *He turned around and started to walk down, ensuring not to scrape his armour on the walls.*

  Karol: "How are yooh feeling, Twevour?"

  Trevour: "Thanks to Lezard, I feel one hundred percent."

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  *Blake hissed to himself in anger, as he strutted past several trees, looking down at grains of sand in between grassy patches on the ground.*

  Blake: "Tara, that bitch! Trying to make me look bad!-" *He paused in mid-hiss and quickly spun around in shock, tilting his head to one side.*

  *Blake strutted towards a nearby tree and closed his eyes, placing his hand on it.*

  Blake: "What is Zazark that crazy bitch thinking? Why has his Neurons sky-rocketed?"

  *Blake hissed with widening eyes and stepped back, readying himself to flashstep.*

  Blake: "I didn't notice, but past Zazark's Neuron signature is the bratty guild's-" *He hissed to himself and flashstepped, leaving behind a faint buzzing sound.*

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  Lezard: *He leant back and sniffed, smiling in appreciation.* "My oh my."

  Rachael: "How are you feeling?"

  Lezard: "Still like a rodent-like Scoldrant underneath someone's boot, but I can keep my composure now."

  Rachael: "Hehe, a strange choice of imagery there."

  Lezard: "Bwarharh.. Oh, Razzypoo." *He blew into a handkerchief, causing juicy snot to be heard.*

  Champion: "Bwarh har?" *She hobbled around and faced Lezard and Rachael, as if she wasn't expecting to hear laughter.*

  Rachael: "Now we just have to wait for the others."

  Lezard: "Indeedly doo." *He sniffed and picked out each nostril with the same handkerchief.*

  Champion: "Perhaps you could tell us another joke, Lezard?"

  Lezard: "Ooo! Okies!" *He spoke with a blocked nose and reached into his robes, pulling out the pocket-sized book.*

  Rachael: "Nice." *She motioned the word with her lips and stuck her thumb up at the champion.*

  Champion: "You're welcome." *She also motioned the word with her lips, smiling slightly at Rachael in return.*

  Lezard: "Ooo, here's one! Did you know it takes three sheep to knit a jumper?"

  Rachael: "No?"

  Lezard: "Neither did I? I had no idea sheep knew how to knit! Bwarharh."

  Rachael: "Hehe, that was actually-"

  ?????: "Lame?" *A man's computerised voice caught the guild's attention.*

  Rachael: "Who?" *She looked over her shoulder, staring at Zazark in confusion.*

  Champion: "That uniform, a Black Brigade member."

  Lezard: *He rubbed his puffy eyes and lowered his book, glancing at Zazark in disgust.* "Eww, his skin is flaking off?"

  Rachael: "What has happened to you?" *She spoke with genuine concern even though he was an enemy.*

  Zazark: "Grrrergh." *He started to drool out from one side of his mouth, as he took a step forward.* "I need more power, more power!"

  Rachael: "Even his voice."

  Champion: *A heartbeat-like pulse thumped through her body, causing her to gasp in realisation.* "This power? I've felt it before."

  Rachael: "Yeah, we encountered him several times-"

  Champion: "No.. This power is not his own.. It has traces of Radiatons." *She spoke to herself in disbelief.*

  Zazark: "Fufufufufufufufufufufufu."

  Rachael: *She noticed Lezard's obvious sadness, causing her to frown in a protective-like manner.* "This is a bad time! Leave us alone!"

  Zazark: "I'm here for revenge because of you lowly dirty lamps! Fufufufu."

  Lezard: *He placed the book inside his robes and faced Zazark.* "Eww, the language hurts these old eardrums-"

  Zazark: "Harh!" *He pushed forward and blasted a metallic pole at Lezard, violently hitting him directly in the face.*

  Lezard: "Oof-" *His cone-shaped hat instantly blew off and he suddenly fell back, rolling across the sand.*

  Champion: *She gasped with widening eyes.* "The Rasticsplash in that Rostical-"

  Rachael: "Lezard!" *She screamed and stared at Lezard, watching him lay motionless on the sand.*

  Zazark: "My Neurons?" *He looked at his hands in shock and laughed.* "I am so powerful! Fufufufu! Fufufufufufu!"

  Rachael: "Tssk! Rock Pillar." *She kicked the ground and a pillar of rock shot up directly in front of Zazark.*

  Zazark: *He punched the rock pillar, causing it to crumble to pieces.* "Fufufufu."

  Rachael: "W-What?" *She lost her battle-ready posture.*

  Zazark: "This won't be like the last time.."

  Champion: "How did he-?" *She whispered to herself in shock.* "How did you obtain those Radiatons?!"

  Zazark: "Radiatons?"

  Champion: (He doesn't even know!-)

  Zazark: "STEELIGHT RETENTION" *He shot a steel pole at incredible speeds towards Rachael.*

  Rachael: "Grr-" *She quickly cartwheeled to the side, closely avoiding the pole, watching burst into the sand behind her.*

  Champion: *She glanced at the steel pole.* (He's able to somehow bypass the time needed to materialise the Rostical and shoot it almost instantaneously.)

  Zazark: "This is for my arm, dirty lamp! Fufufufu-" *He waved to the side, shooting a steel pole towards Rachael.*

  Champion: "MYSTIC SHIELD" *She shouted with an echoing voice and a glass-like shield raised in front of Rachael.*

  Zazark: *His eyes flashed an orange glyph, as he watched the steel pole shatter straight through the shield.* "Fufufu, too weak?"

  Champion: "Oh my?!"

  Rachael: *She gasped, staring at the steel pole in shock.* "Rock Pillar." *She punched upwards and a pillar of rock shot up underneath, throwing her high into the air.*

  *The pole violently hit the ground where Rachael stood, exploding the rock pillar she created.*

  Zazark: *He looked up and frowned, as a string of saliva oozed out from the side of his mouth.* "Dirty lamps! I will kill you both!"

  Rachael: *She landed and punched the ground with one fist.* "Why?"

  Nathan: "Air Slash." *He slashed his sword across and sliced a visible air slash directly towards Zazark's back.*

  Zazark: "More insects! MYSTIC SHIELD" *He shouted and a glass-like shield raised up behind him, blocking Nathan's Air Slash.*

  Champion: "Oh my?! He knows the Rostical Mystic Shield?"

  Luna: *She ran behind Nathan and pointed her bow at Zazark, pulling on an arrow made of lightning.* "Seraphic Volt."

  Des
tiny: "Yeup!" *She focused on Zazark and queued Luna to release the string, watching her shoot the arrow towards him.*

  Zazark: *He stepped to the side and watched Luna's arrow shoot through the shield and towards Rachael.* "Fufufu."

  Luna: "Shit!" *She grunted in realisation.* "Rachael!-"

  Rachael: "Rock Pillar." *She kicked the ground and a rock pillar shot out of the ground, blocking Luna's arrow.*

  Champion: "Be careful, he's different."

  Nathan: "There can't be much of a power difference since-"

  Zazark: *He flashstepped directly in front of Nathan and swung a steel pole across.* "Fufuf-"

  Nathan: *He quickly responded and raised the sword, watching Zazark's swing snap the sword like butter.* "W-What-?!"

  Zazark: *He flashstepped face to face with Nathan and violently punched him in the face, blasting him off his feet.* "Fufufu."

  Nathan: "Ga-rck-" *He hit the sand and tumbled onto his side, with his back facing Zazark.*

  Luna: "Nath-?!"

  Zazark: "STEELIGHT RETENTION" *He swayed to the side and a steel pole shot into Luna's stomach, causing her to wheeze forward in pain.*

  Rachael: "Luna!"

  Luna: "Gak-" *She coughed out an orange string of saliva and struggled to breathe, causing Destiny to hiss in pain.*

  Zazark: "Why is this guild shouting each other's names? Fufufufu-"

  Champion: "ICICLE EDGE" *She raised her arm and watched ice spears materialise in the air, queuing her to shoot them down towards Zazark.*

  Zazark: "MYSTIC SHIELD" *He laughed behind a glass-like shield, watching the ice spears shatter against it.*

  *Trevour hobbled onto the shore and sighed, as he carried Karol on his back.*

  Trevour: *He paused with a dropping jaw, staring at Zazark and the guild members on the sand.* "W-What is happening here?"

  Karol: "Loona! Nafan!" *He slid off Trevour's back and started to run towards Luna to see if she was okay.* "Loona-"

  Trevour: *He noticed Zazark focus his attention on to Karol.* "Little meister!-"

  Zazark: *He suddenly flicked a whip which was engulfed in sparks and flicked it towards Karol, watching it wrap around his neck.* "Fufufu-"

  Karol: "Eergh-" *He squealed in pain and slid onto his knees, as if the whip paralysed him.*

  Zazark: "Away!" *He flicked his wrist and threw Karol in the air, violently slamming him onto the ground.*

  Karol: "Eeeeeek!" *He shouted in pain and held his shoulder.*

  Champion: "His landing just dislocated his shoulder-"

  Karol: "Whaaah!"

  Trevour: "Little meister!-"

  Rachael: *She stood up straight and looked past Zazark, staring at Trevour in concern.* "Trev! This guy is different for some reason!"

  Champion: "In the span of five minutes, it's just down to me, Rachael and Trevour.." *She spoke to herself, as if she was analysing the situation.*

  Zazark: "The Consultants want you back alive! But.. I want you dead. You and your entire guild!"

  ?????: "You know how to get yourself in trouble? Perhaps you're just a bad guild?" *A man stepped onto the shore, glancing at Rachael.*

  Rachael: *She looked at the man, slightly startled.* "Alan?"

  Trevour: "Brother?" *He looked shocked, intensely staring at Alan.*

  Alan: "So we meet again, Zazark."

  Zazark: "Fufufufufu." *He hiccuped and laughed.*

  Rachael: "Is he losing his mind?"

  Champion and Alan: "Yes."

  Alan: "A few members from my village were taken by this disease."

  Champion: "This same corruption.. These Radiatons I've felt before.. I'm curious." *She whispered to herself in curiosity, as if she was getting an idea.*

  Zazark: "You!" *He growled with his computerised voice and stepped forward in rage.*

  Trevour: "What are you doing here, brother?"

  Alan: "I was going to disown you, with our one last battle. But it seems you're already busy."

  Luna: "Who gives a shit wat you think!-" *She spoke on her breath, as she gargled blood.*

  Destiny: "Yeup-" *She floated around Luna's head.*

  Trevour: "Unfortunately, madam.. I do." *He spoke to Luna, noticing she struggled to keep consciousness.*

  Luna: "Aye?" *She sounded and looked surprised.*

  Destiny: "Yeup?" *She fell onto the sand, as if the pain stopped her from floating.*

  Trevour: "Leave now, brother!"

  Alan: "I no longer care. I don't want a weakling in my family anymore."

  Trevour: *He looked hurt.* "Brother.."

  Rachael: "Enough of this shit!" *She shouted at Alan.* "Stop talking like you're better than him-"

  Alan: "Better than him? But I am."

  Trevour: "..."

  Alan: "If he was stronger, our parents would still be alive! Do you seriously think we'd let you go so easily?"

  Trevour: "Stop this!"

  Zazark: "You noisy dirty lamp!"

  Trevour: "Pardon me?" *He looked at Zazark.*

  Zazark: *He flashstepped directly in front of Trevour and watched his which straighten like a sword.* "Fufufu-"

  Trevour: *He kicked the ground and watched a brown glyph flash underneath his feet.* "DUST-"

  Zazark: *He suddenly jabbed the whip into the ground, causing vein-like whips to erupt into the air.* "Tangrowth Slash."

  Trevour: *A whip shot through his armour, piercing into his shoulder.* "Ouch!-"

  Zazark: "Fufufu." *He ripped the whip out of the ground and flashstepped directly in front of the champion, whacking her across the face with a steel pole.*

  Champion: "Oh my!" *She screamed in pain and slid across the shore on one side, glancing at the sand with double vision.*

  Alan: (The Battling Oxident champion. Very powerful on the Rostical side of things, but almost pathetic on the physical side of things.)

  Rachael: (Ch-Champion!-) *She thought to herself with widening eyes.*

  Champion: "Such power-" *She wheezed and calmly closed her eyes, as she fell unconscious.*

  Alan: "This is the power of your guild? You're all just as weak as Trevour!"

  Rachael: *Anger filled her body.* "...-"

  Zazark: "Fufufu.. I will kill you all regardless-"

  Rachael: "Ground Fissure." *She violently punched the ground in a hammer-like motion, causing the ground to crack in a zigzagged pattern towards Zazark.*

  Trevour: "A new Azure Burst!-"

  Zazark: *He watched four eruptions of rock pillars jab towards him, smashing into each other.* "Fufufufu."

  Trevour: "A direct hit-" *He watched Zazark's image disappear in the small dirt cloud, causing him to look confused.* "No!"

  Rachael: *She looked up with a gasp, intensely staring at Zazark in the air.* "How-?"

  Zazark: *He glared at Rachael with his eerie yellow eyes.* "STEELIGHT RETENTION" *He threw a steel pole downwards and tightened his fingers, increasing the pool's speed.*

  Rachael: "Rock Pillar." *She kicked the ground and a pillar of rock shot up in front of her.*

  Zazark: "Fufufu." *He watched the steel pole smash through Rachael's rock pillar and hit her in the neck, as he landed on both feet.*

  Trevour: "Boss?"

  Rachael: *She slid back, as the pole continued to push forward.* "K-K-?"

  Trevour: "DIRTCLOUD TALONS" *He quickly scratched the air with his free hand towards Rachael and strings of sand spiralled around the pole, blasting it away from her.*

  Rachael: "K-Hrh-" *She held her neck and took short, squeak-like breaths, collapsing to all fours.*

  Zazark: "Now you're all down. Time to finish you off-"

  Alan: "Sorry, sir. That will not be happening." *He took a step forward and a pulse of sand ringed around him before blowing away.*

  Zazark: "Fufufu. I beat you once before-"

  Alan: "Ougi."

  *Sand slowly spewed out of the ground behind Zazark and piled up, giving the illusion it was a miniature volcano.*

  Zazark: "Fufufu-" *He chuckle
d, as if he didn't care about Alan's Ougi.*

  Trevour: (Alan using his Ougi at the start of a match? He might not show it, but he must be worried about Zazark-)

  Zazark: *His skin continued to flake off his body, revealing a darker shade of scale-like skin underneath.* "Fufufufu."

  Alan: "Rock Copies." *He watched the sand pile start to take shape, revealing another copy of himself.*

  Trevour: *He held his shoulder, watching blood run down his arm.* (Oh, why in the Astragons did this happen?)

  Alan: *The copy behind Zazark jumped forward, smashing a wave of rock towards the back of his head.* "Herh!"

  Zazark: "MYSTIC SHIELD" *He watched small pebbles blow past him from behind.*

  Alan: *He punched the shield, causing it to crack.* "Damn."

  Alan: "PIERCING LAND" *He kicked the ground and opened his hand at a large sheet of rock, watching a massive hammer burst out of it.*

  Zazark: "STEELIGHT RETENTION" *He spun around and flicked the whip towards the copy behind him.*

  Alan: *He ducked under the whip and spread his arms, causing an explosion of rock to expand from his fists, forming themselves into boxer-like gloves.* "Herh!" *He jumped forward and punched towards Zazark.*

  Zazark: "Fufu-" *He blocked Alan's fists with his palms, causing his arms to crack.* "Fu?"

  Alan: *He smirked, knowing how strong his punches were.* "Heh heh-"

  Alan: *He grabbed the stone hammer and watched his copy continue to throw punches at Zazark.* (You may have defeated me before, but I know from the get-go, to attack you with all I got-)

  Zazark: *He watched the skin on his arm flake off with every punch he blocked.* (Even with the new quality of my Neurons, his punches are hurting me?)

  Alan: *He flashstepped behind Zazark, raising the hammer.* "...-" *He swung the mallet and slammed it against Zazark's head, knocking him to the side.*

  Zazark: *He staggered to the side, glaring behind him to the Alan with the rock hammer.* "You dirty lamp-"

  Alan: *He jumped forward, raising his boxer-like gloves.* "Only a Meister has the right to punish other Meisters!"

  Zazark: *He chuckled and faced Alan, as he punched him in the face.* "Fufufu-"

  Alan: *He staggered back, startled.* "Blast-"

  Alan: *He ran past his other copy and slammed the hammer downwards, crushing Zazark's feet.* "Harh!"

  Zazark: *He flicked the whip, slashing Alan's face.* "Fufufu-" *He looked to his other side and threw a steel pole into the other Alan, knocking him back.*

 

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