In the dusty remains of the relics room, Matt, Spike, David and Draugr were tidying up the ruble left behind from the fight with the golem.
David: Why do the girls never help out?
Matt: They don't feel responsible for the mess, so they never come to fix it.
Spike: You should talk, the Devil's Wind caused half of the mess, after you summoned it!
Matt: Well now we know that the Relics Room isn't as safe as we believe.
David: Yeh, why did the golem find us here, I thought this place was impossible to find without the portal, how did it find us?
Draugr: Mabey þat veitumk eittsvat vér gereigir
Spike: I'm sure it would make sense in English but in Old Norse, well it's all Greek to me.
Luna: Guys I found something!
She ran in with Ava behind her, holding a piece of paper in her hands. She placed it on a table and showed what it was, it was a wanted poster, of Spike!
Luna: The golem must have dropped it here yesterday, it says that Zalmore will pay 1 000 000 000 Zs to whoever brings him Spike's head on a platter, that's literally what it says.
Matt: What are Zs.
Spike: The currency of all monsters and mythical creatures. We also have Xs and Ys, 1000 Ys is 1 Z, 100 Ys is 1 X, and 1 X is equal to exactly $1.50.
Matt: That's about $150 000 000 000 000, he really wants you caught.
Spike: It's a universe record, every bounty hunter in the world is after me.
They looked at Spike with fear, and even more fear as they slowly looked upwards. A great shadow blocked out the sun, Spike turned around and saw a humungous monster with red skin, a horn coming out of the side of his head, wild black hair, fully black eyes with white pupils, and fangs coming out of its bottom jaw. It was about the size of half the Eiffel Tower, wore something like a tiger skin around its waist, and was holding a fancy mace with translucent yellow spikes.
Draugr: Oni!!!
Matt: English please.
Spike: No, that's what it's called, an Oni.
Oni: バトル鬼はあなたの賞金を欲しがっています。バトル鬼は今賞金を手に入れます。
Matt: Great, another monster we can't understand.
Oni: Battle-Oni can speak English if more convenient.
Matt: Oh, yes please it will be much appreciated.
Battle-Oni: Battle-Oni wants tiny dragon's bounty, Battle-Oni will get bounty now!
He lifted his mace in the air and swung it at Spike, Spike flew out of the way and the mace crashed into the ground, the impact made lightning to shoot in all directions, it was the Tishtrya Mace!
Matt: He has the Tishtrya Mace, how did he get that!?
He kept swinging the mace in all directions, launching lightning everywhere, it was being a lunatic! A lunatic with a desire to destroy everything!! Spike shot electricity out of its mouth and hit Battle-Oni, but instead of getting hurt, Battle-Oni just grew larger and became stronger, battling made him stronger and creepier.
Battle-Oni: Destroy tiny dragon, get bounty, become strongest Oni, destroy enemies.
Matt: Destroy enemies? What does that mean?
Battle-Oni: Surrender the dragon, and everyone gets their limbs shattered!
David: I thought it's nobody gets hurt.
Battle-Oni: It's not negotiating, Battle-Oni was stating intent.
David: That actually makes a lot of sense.
Battle-Oni swung the mace everywhere, turning the place into a lightning bath! Draugr grew to Battle-Oni's size and started wrestling him, it was a brutal warzone, the two were so focused that Battle-Oni actually dropped the mace and continued wrestling. David went to the mace and tried to pick it up (he clearly couldn't as he was the same size as the mace) the mace glowed for a second and shrank just enough for him to lift it.
David: Prepare to get smashed Oni.
David ran to Battle-Oni and hit the mace on his foot, he was shocked with so much electricity that he stopped moving and shrunk down until he was about 12 feet tall. David, Ava, and Draugr tied him up.
Battle-Oni: Battle-Oni wants you to let him go, Battle-Oni will be hurt if he doesn't get bounty, the Demi-demon will kill Battle-Oni if he doesn't.
Spike: Do you mean Zalmore?
Battle-Oni: Yes, the Demi-demon placed a curse on his followers, any of them who says his name or any of his weaknesses will be punished, of penalty of an instant, painful, and quick death!
Matt: So, you don't want to hurt us.
Battle-Oni: Battle-Oni has no interest in hurting others, only his enemy, the Demi-demon.
Matt: Isn't he one of his followers?
Spike: He's an Oni, all Onis are forced to obey him, even if they hate him.
Ava: That all makes sense except what's with the third person speaking.
Battle-Oni: Doesn't it make Battle-Oni sound tough?
Ava: No, it just sounds like you have had a lack of basic education.
Battle-Oni: Oh, Battle-Oni will try to break habit then.
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Dragon
FantasyThousands of years ago, the world was a land of peace, protected by the embodiment of thunder and storms themselves. Protected by the land, the dragons guarded the people as the people protected the land, it was a cycle of balance that lasted eterni...
