Vali And The Dragon

Chapter 6

A/n: Not much to say here. Have a low quality BNHA pic. Sign language is well known in all four kingdoms.

Skyebrooke: Weaver is a god who works with lives similar to the fates. They are part of the Triad, a group of the three most powerful of the gods.

Skyrrmoni are getting more and more common now days, dragon-human hybrids. They resemble dragons that stand on their hind legs, using their tails as a sort of tripod-esque third leg. They do not have wings however, and they are better at swimming than almost any other species. They are often times bounty hunters and assassins.

Vali walked down the street with a slight limp. Reaan slithered next to him, offering to carry him, to which Vali declined. He continued to limp before the Naga decided to pick him up anyway. Vali struggled for a second before going limp. He then pulled himself up and onto Reaan's shoulders. Reaan jolted before steadying himself, pulling Vali up so he wouldn't fall back.

Reaan laughed before digging in his bag for something. He pulled out a small clay dog-like figure before putting it back. It had a skull for a face, and was oddly soft looking, with black fur-like puffs on the back, tail, and its tall ears as well.

They passed by a temple dedicated to the Triad. The Triad were three powerful gods with the power to do most anything, even change one's destiny. Reaan stopped to let Vali down, as he was struggling to climb down. Vali limped over to the temple, slipping inside to give an offering to Weaver. Weaver was the God of destiny after all, pulling the life-strings. Besides, if any of the Triad could help it was Weaver themself.

Reaan slithered into the entryway of the temple, watching as Vali set three small old-looking coins on Weaver's altar before ducking his head for a quick moment.

He stood up shakily and smiled at a young man with shorn black hair and tan robes designating him as a priest-in-training. The young man handed Vali a green ribbon with a charm of a spiderweb, a symbol of Weaver.

Vali put it in his pocket and smiled at Reaan as he passed by. He then walked to a board of jobs before getting pushed to the side by someone in heavy armour. He fell back, Reaan catching him in time to keep him from cracking his head open on the stones on the street.

The person who was responsible turned and offered a hand, still not saying a word. They did however use stiff, jerky hand movements to sign "sorry, didn't see."

Vali nodded before accepting the hand, hoisting himself up and took a better look at the entity inside. He could just barely see a glint inside before the armoured person turned and scanned the board, taking down a paper and turning away to walk off.

The person stopped and looked as though they were thinking. They turned back and held out the paper before signing awkwardly, "Go with? Easier for us" Vali hesitated before catching a glimpse of what the paper said.

'Person(s) needed to defeat monsters in swamps. Rewards: Health and Mana potions, spell scrolls, 500G per monster defeated'

Vali agreed, looking at Reaan to see if he'd come along as well. Reaan nodded and held up his sword. "Let's go then!" He said enthusiastically.

They made it to the swamps, chatting about different topics. It turns out that the bounty hunter is named Rush and was looking for a job in the village. "Lucky we met. I come with to fight." They insist before they swing themselves over a large fallen tree, lifting Reaan over as well. Vali scrambles over, almost falling. Reaan catches his arm, keeping him from falling.

Vali grins at Reaan before continuing on, sloshing through the swamp, twisting through the living net of roots of the mangrove trees. Rush trips, before they dive under the water, starting to swim between the roots.

Reaan sees something before Vali does, sending a fire spell at the thing, melting it to sludge, oozing along the ground. He looks at Vali with a grin, going over to collect some of the sludge. "Slime." He says quietly, little to no explanation other than that.

Rush growls, low and drawn out, pulling a long sword out of it's sheath. They face down a mossy, vine covered figure, it's eyes glowing a deep red. They duck and swirl, before ramming into the figure, ripping and slicing it apart.

Rush roars as they crush the skull of the thing, spraying bone shards everywhere. Reaan grabs some, both as spell and potion ingredients and for proof that they did in fact kill the monster

They continue, killing smaller monsters along the way. Rush takes out the most of them, and seems to enjoy attacking larger groups of monsters.

After a few hours, Reaan's knapsack is full of monster parts and everyone is sweaty and exhausted. Rush swims back, letting the cool water sooth their scales. Vali climbs through the trees, watching Reaan from above, making sure he stays safe. Reaan slithers along, trilling softly to himself.

After a little bit Vali gets bored, and climbs down to talk to Reaan. Rush continues to head back, checking the other two at regular intervals.

They reach the village, heading to the person that they got the job from. He accepts the monster parts and pays them. Rush goes to get something and comes back with a larger cart and another horse, a clydesdale smaller than Fenni.

They hitch both Fenni and the Clydesdale to the cart, helping Reaan in and setting everything into it before getting in themselves. Vali scrambles up, getting Reaan's help as he does so, before they leave the village, continuing to the next one to see what work they can find, and who they can help.

A/n: IM SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING!!!!!!
I've been so busy lately, I'll try to keep updating, but I can't promise irregular posting won't happen again.