Crowned

Arc 3, Chapter 77: Ruins.

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Lightbulb dragged Flower out of the inn, both girls ran for the dragon, which had been whining like a puppy outside. Flower stopped in her tracks as she took in what the beast was. Her eyes were wide and—for good reason. Lightbulb whipped her head back as she noticed Flower stopped. She took a breath, and tightened her grip on Flower's wrist. Flower yelped as she was dragged atop the back of the beast.

Lightbulb scrambled up, and Pat Baxter's side, ordering the dragon to head towards the temple at the peak of the city. Flower's gaze trailed over to the massive creatures in the distance. She studied the appearance of each them. And shakily spoke up upon recognition. "That's... Three..." She pointed to the one Lightbulb previously couldn't recognize.

"Yeah, I know. There's three of em' we gotta get out of here!" She bellowed, and rushed Baxter to hurry before they were seen and attacked.

Flower shook her head, "No, no! The— That!" She pointed towards the same creature again and Lightbulb, puzzled,  glanced back in suit.

"The weird amalgamation one, there?" She asked, looking between it, and Flower. She was wary and uncertain. Her movements and current lack of confidence showed for it.

Flower nodded, "I don't know what the other two are—But that one's Three." She replied shakily, as she clutched the large scales in her hands.

'Three', it looked massive, bigger than the other two. The spool, and the spring. Their eyes massive. Almost like round marbles. It's pupils were purplish... Looking into their eyes gave Lightbulb a sense of impending doom.

"What is it?!" She asked in panic, which made Flower flinch and look ahead back to Lightbulb directly.

"An Arch Demon!" Flower yelled back. "It's the one that attacked Dream Island the first time!" Flower yelled to speak over the chaos in the background. "—This city..."

Lightbulb narrowed her eyes in thought, "Three? Like... Four? The one in there?" She gestured at the temple ahead, Flower looked over and shook her head.

"No, X and Four ascended long ago." She replied, as if Lightbulb was an idiot. Flower didn't understand how Lightbulb knew so little... Though, they did supposedly come from a whole other dimensions... It still seemed baffling these people didn't know common knowledge.

"Ascended?" Lightbulb echoed, then raised a brow shortly after.

"I don't exactly know the details! All I know is that they used to be Arch Demons too—!" Flower was cut off as a large piece of debris flew by her head. She yelped and ducked down.

Lightbulb, however, was hit directly. She screamed and tumbled off the dragon, being knocked into a building. She clutched the side of her head. Lightbulb could feel the warm crimson liquid begin to pool in the crevices of her palm. She felt disgusted. "Uueegghh..." She groaned. Baxter then jumped out of the way of another piece of debris, Flower narrowly avoided it as well.

Lightbulb flinched, her cracked bleeding head lifted to see the Spool, which loomed over top of her. It's glowing eyes stared at her as if she was food. Lightbulb's eyes widened and she narrowly avoided a blow from it's arm which had morphed into a spike. It stabbed into the paved ground, and sunk deep below the floating Island's earth. She lost her balance and tumbled down. Her balms and knees took in most of the shock, her joints ached. The creature swiped it's arm through the ground. A crack shot through the pavement and crackled along the ground, Lightbulb barely had a chance to boost herself off the ground and float away from the attack made from the shadow being. She could feel the blood as it dripped down her back and onto the ground below. Her head pounding as it was both injured, and had been making a solid attempt to repair itself.