.Dragon's Legacy.

-26-

I jumped out of my bed as the huge shake and rushed to the window, wearing no more then my pants and binds.

It was only early morning but it looked so bright with all the flames.... Wait, flames?!

"Fucking cult." I cussed as they were the only reason the elves could be under attack.

I just grabbed my hip pouch and dagger sheath I tied around me, and bolted from my room in a sprint.

I looked both ways as Tra flew to me, and on the last possible second, had decided to not head for the outside.

I turned and ran up towards where I knew the royal quarter to be.

"My king, are you alright?!" I said in a worry running into him and the now awake queen and four guards. His hair was singed.

"Yes I am, we all are."

"We need go now." I said, forming icicles around my hands. "They are extremely bold to attack the castle."

"Yes. Lets move." I nodded, following behind, hands raised.

"And where if I may ask."

"The maze is supposed to lose those meaning harm to us but unfortunately we must consider those with strong magic can outsmart it but it harbors our safe house."

"Right."

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Going outside, I snapped out my hands, shooting down two black figures that went up in smoke with my icicles impaling a golden ring each.

"Shades?" I grumbled, "go on, I need to help!" I ran away from them, jumping up only to land on the much bigger Tra now carrying me up into the sky.

this shouldn't be hard.

I took a deep breath, hands lifted over my head before throwing them down and closing them tight before I dragged them upwards, heavy as if I was lifting many tonnes.

The red gem of my necklace lit with a bright red glow. When I was given it I was told its ability to store magic and I sure as hell was reaching deep into my own reserves.

Dragging the moisture out of what was burning to put the fire out.

"Holy fuck." I whispered, leaning against the spirit, absolutely done already and almost using up the magic stored up for over ten years in the ten seconds this took to do. "Land."

I sighed softly and shook my exhaustion away as I hoped off his back, foot hitting the ground and sending a ripple through it and tripping at least five cultists.

I reached into my pouch, pulling out four seeds, one between each finger and threw them at their feet, thorned vines sprouting from them and wrapping them all up.

I didn't watch their end as I was struck in the shoulder, the fire didn't burn me like, it hadn't in the bar and now I actually knew it was because I did really share my blood with Mystery tho the hit itself hurt.

"Eat shit!" I kicked at him, rock jumping up and being flung at him, crushing him.

I ran at the next and punched them in the jugular before with a flick of my wrist snapping it but it clicked, lucky me I was fast and the blood magic had just forced my wrist to the side enough to clink but not break, so I guess if I am close and do it in one second it is viable magic.

I spun on myself and yanked out my dagger, chucking them straight at two others.

When the second dagger passed through the forehead of the attacker, I saw many flicker out of existence, reducing the number of attackers by half at least, this means... That many of those we are currently being overwhelmed by are fakes and I need to find the real ones, won't be hard as I am sure they'll be coming for me.

I shot another icicle through a shade with no intention of letting it get close to me and knowing where the object bound to them was to quickly neutralize them.

Hopping back enough to strike one in the left shoulder and then right made my smirk as the magic sparked violently but just sparked, I don't yet have this fighting style mastered but can do a lot with it. I spun on my heel, slamming my other heel in the side of their head and guiding it down on the ground.

I was standing on it now, slashing water across their throat, oh I remember how guilty I was of my first kill but being a mage comes with killing our enemies in the job description.

"Fuck!" I jumped, an arrow striking straight through the top of my right foot, I could have at least put on my boots! IDIOT!!

I snapped my arm out only to have Tra shoot forth from behind me at the aggressors and bite down around their head, I saw the features get squashed as the deadly jaws snapped shut as he grabbed their shoulder and tore the head of the neck.

"Awesome." I grinned.

I felt another arrow fly by my face making my glare at were it came from as I stood on my left foot and broke the arrow head off and pulled it out of me, I know it will bleed more but it is worth being able to fight more stably.

I saw more blink out of existence as despite not being a fan, I was happy to see her face for once and she'd be able to tell which mages are the real ones.

"Always causing trouble." I took a deep breath and dragged my hand down my face at her comment.

"It is also very nice to see you Mystery." I said, looking at her. "Not too soon."

"Don't sass me young lady, you have a lot of explaining to do when the others arrive."

"Others?" I raised a brow.

"You thought I came alone? I just hurried here through the skies seeing the black smoke."

"Great."

"You owe us an explanation." 

"I--" An arrow whizzed by my face leaving a cut on it and Mystery caught it before it stabbed into her. I was brought back to the fight that's for sure. "I HAVE ENOUGH OF BEING YOUR TARGET MOTHERFUCKERS!!!" Tra roared, sending out a fire ball from his mouth as I made icicles impale all that I could reach.

"Target?" I heard her ask with an angry edge to her voice, mother had been a target too after all.

"Yeah.... I have lot more to say then you think."

"Then lets get this over with." With a simple glare and a wave a few of the people burst aflame and as they died so did the fakes vanish until there was none left and I had shot down the last of the shades coming at me.

"Well." I sighed in relief before turning to look into those red dragon eyes. "Lets talk."