A flaming warrior

Chapter 45 Phoenix

"Dad, what's the problem?" I asked. "Cerberus," Sashi said. "Cerberus?" Chris asked, confused. "A three-headed demon dog. That's what came out of that portal that Rachel trapped and took with her when we found Terra. Oh, and speaking of Terra... she's not died. She's a slave now, but she's back," Dad said. "Fuck off. Now we need to deal with her," Tyler said, pissed. "Well, the good news is she won't be truly fighting you as she's just been walking around in these locations broken. Bad news...well," Dad paused. "NO!" Chloe yelled out. "We're not saving her," Chloe ordered, but Dad disagreed. "We may just have to, Chloe," Dad said. "I...if we save her, we'll take everything from her," Evie suggested. "Ughhh, fine. What do we do?" Chloe asked. "Well, if I need a squad to join me at this location, as another camp is there with signs of that cerberus dog. If it were there, we may be able to track it and get rid of it before it gets too powerful," Sashi said. "And if we don't stop it in time?" Chris said, worried. "Well, Ashley said it was so powerful they had to seal it, so it's probably the end of everything if we don't," Sashi said. "Alright, well, once you have a squad together, meet me here so we can take down this camp," Sashi said, ending the call.

"Me, Chris, Eva, and Tyler. Come on," I said. "Are you sure?" Eva asked, worried about me. "I will be fine. And if things get rough, I'll retreat," I told her. "Alright, fine," Eva said. "I'll fly over just in case," Leona said. We all flew out to meet up with Sashi at the location and immediately felt the heat of the desert. "Put on your ice armor; it should cool you all down," Dylan told us. "That is much better," Eva said, being relieved. "Oh, here," Sashi said, waving at us. "How big is the camp?" Tyler asked. "Same as the last one. Small but with a trap, most likely." Sashi told us. "I see a small crate in that big truck. Doesn't seem like anything else in it," Leona said, flying around in the clouds. "I'm not detecting any trap, though, so we might be good," Leona said. "I still sense something, though. Something is off, but come on, there are eight targets we need to take out," Sashi said as we all got ready and killed all the targets.

"That was easy. They need better guards," Eva said, reloading her shotgun. "Did you really need the gun?" Chris asked. "Just for fun," Eva said, going to the crate. "Ummm, guy, my wyvern is detecting something under the ground coming right towards you," Leona said, sounding worried. "I sense it too. What the hell is that coming this way at quick...LOOK!" Sashi said, pointing behind us as we turned and saw the ground moving quickly towards us. "Is there a way we can get that damn thing out of the ground?!" I asked. "I have no idea. Maybe if we blast the ground?" Sashi asked. "Well, let's try it," Chris said as we all got ready to blast the ground. "NOW!" Sashi yelled out as the thing got so close to us, but as we blasted it, it shot straight out of the ground onto its back.

"A Terracornyx?" Tuya asked, confused. "You know this thing?" Tyler asked. "Yeah, but I thought they were all killed years ago. Take this thing out. This is bad if it's still out here," Tuya said, worried. "Quick, get out of the sand nd somewhere where it can't feel you on the sand," Tuya told us. We quickly did as the Terracornyx went back underground. "Okay, what do you need to tell us? If it's how to beat this big ass thing, then we're all ears," Tyler said. "Well, it will ambush you a lot, but if you blast it out, it will pop out. Additionally, a deafening sound can damage it, although it may not always function properly. Additionally, its stomach should be its weakest point, although breaking those horns will help significantly, as they are very dangerous. Additionally, since it's in the desert, it should be easy to determine which element to use. And last thing. It will stab you, burrow to get you, and when it is close to defeat, a sandstorm is said to happen, so because of that storm." Tuya told us. "Well, good luck," Tuya said, getting off the coms. "So we need to break all three of its horns and its skin seems very tough...ughh, alright, let's try this. "Wait, does anyone else sense something else underground?" Chris asked. We then saw the monster chasing after something and was going full speed into a boulder, slamming into it and shooting out dazed. "Meow," Miriam said, coming out of the ground covered in sand. "I hate sand," She said, wanting to lick herself, but stopping. "Ew, never mind," She said. "Alright, let's go," Sashi said as we charged the monster." I still like to know how we're supposed to break the horns," Roku said. "I got the horns. Tyler and Sashi will help out," Eva told us. Chris, Miriam, and I went after just attacking its belly and body.

We all battled it, and this might have been the most brutal monster fight we had to deal with. It keeps getting underground and trying to ambush us, trying to stab us, which he cut us a lot, though it stabbed Miriam once and almost killed her. This was going on for forty minutes. Although after that, something changed in me; I was becoming increasingly angry, and my energy was no longer right. "Are you okay, Rachel?" Roku asked me, sensing my change. I said nothing. My body was starting to be covered in flames and black smoke; my eyes glowed a two-toned hue. "Sun and fire? She did it to?" Chris asked, shocked by the change I had undergone. "But what's with the dark energy?"

Eva asked, worried, but then realized the monster was coming at them quickly underground. "Yorisue, should we charge her?" Roku asked. "Let's do it," Yorisue said as they started giving me their energy, which powered me up even more. Everyone then noticed that the monster was charging right at me, which I luckily dodged, jumping into the air. "You're not doing this move alone," Chris said, powering up with me and placing his hand on my shoulder. "I hope this plan works, hun," Chris said, getting worried as the monster gets near us. "Phoenix," I said calmly as a large phoenix appeared behind us, ready to charge up a mouth beam. Chris held his hand out as well, charging up to blast the monster. His body turned like mine, and his energy spiked as well, but as the monster jumped out of the sand, my phoenix and Chris both blasted it with a powerful beam, destroying it