𝔇𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔬𝔫 ℌ𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰

Chapter 10 Two Weeks

The raft drifted along the water in a slow motion the small waves splashing along the walls of the raft as if trying to get on with me. A few bumps would happen every now and then but nothing to serious to the point I'd have to rethink my choices. When the waves eventually began to calm down I closed my eyes for a bit allowing the waves rock me to sleep.

I opened my eyes a few moments later and I saw a blurry blob of blue and white. Rubbing my eyes my vision began to come back and I saw Iko standing in front of me with a bright smile. He had more features of a dragon, such as his eyes were both black with a blue dot his white hair was longer, and his arms were completely covered in scales.

He also now had blue wings along with a sharp white tail with misty blue tips. I shivered as he stepped closer to me with a smile. "Hello my dear relative, I see you came to visit me again, so how are you?" I remained silent, unsure how to answer him as his smile became a frown the longer I remained silent. "It's quite rude to not acknowledge the person who is speaking to you." I remained silent as he let out an exhausted sigh and stopped walking.

"I guess you're not here to make small talk." I shook my head still feeling nervous as his new wings flared up. "Then why are you here?" I looked away feeling his glare dig into my soul. He let out a heavy sigh. "So you actually plan to kill me." I looked at him, shock and confused on how he knew about my plan. "However, I am impressed that someone as weak as you has the guts to actually face me."

I glared at him feeling anger burn inside me like fire. "I'm not weak." Iko let out a laugh and crossed his arms. "You nearly lost last time." His eyes seemed to glow an unnatural shade of blue when he finished speaking. I backed away when a weird smile began to form on his face. "Let's make a deal. You have two weeks to defeat me. If you win, I won't go on with my invasion and you may continue to live in peace for generations to come, however if I win, I'll move the date closer."

Thinking about it I realized he just wanted to waste my time. "Two weeks will just waste time. It'll be February by the time those weeks end. I'm not going to risk a fight with you now." Iko's wings flared up a bit more his tail also began to grow a few spikes. "When I invade the kingdoms, I'll be sure to attack your home first, so I can tell your family, that you are the reason they are going to die."

I remained still as Iko began to fade and I began to close my eyes. I opened them up and saw I was still on the raft, I was able to spot land but, I only halfway through the water which pushed me to attempt to punch some water. Sighing I reached for the stick I was using as an oar to row me faster across the water as floating across it was annoying me.

I eventually reached land and I jumped off the raft when it bumped into the edge of the shore. I reached over the stick that floated in the water but it began to sink which surprised me. I began to back away feeling uneasy as the water sent small waves towards me. Soon something began to emerge from the water sending chills down my spine.

The creature that came from the water had turquoise scales and green stripes along with blue eyes. 'Why do I keep running into nest?' The water creature was a water dragon and it was sadly known as one of the hardest dragons to kill. I reached into my bag for my knife but the dragon saw me and let out a low growl.

I let out a sigh of defeat and pulled out the knife ready to run if needed. The dragon approached me and let out a roar that sounded drowned out. It began to run towards me, the spikes on its nose clearly sharpened and ready to kill. I felt the impact as it ran into me but none of the spikes were able to actually cut me.

I managed to stab its nose before I went flying due to impact and some of the blue blood it has splattered on me. I began to bounce off the ground and I was sent into a bush giving me some cushion with the soft leaves. The water dragon was running towards me once again and the slosh of its water made wings were telling me that it was moving fast and that I had to move faster.