Draimon: Fracture: Erasend- Book 1: Deascension

Chapter 25: Guardian

Bioro repeatedly lunged at Biora, who was in fake Dragon mode. Biora had gotten accustomed to using the form, and the two were in a dance of attacking and dodging each other's blows.

"We will face her two on one. Try to overpower it," Bioro sent to Biora.

"I will stay in this shape," Biora replied, "If we become overpowered. Then we will fuse?"

"We shall. We will kill it. By any means." Bioro slashed at Biora using two short elemental blades, Biora countering with solar energy.

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I stood before the destroyed Elemontol-minion and sent it back into the ground. I had many years to train, so I decided to train for several and sleep the rest. If resting for a short while increased my power enough to destroy the one that killed my mother, then that should be enough. I was not taking any chances against those two things.

When I had recovered my elemental energy, I raised vines to slam down onto the ground. I even performed the Elemontol's move and sent vines just below the ground and then rose the up, so they took up the earth. I turned a patch of vine ground into bark, then summoned a vine through the bark to coat it. I de-webbed my wings to make them six long vines. I charged them and then slashed them through the air, leaving yellow lines in the air for a brief moment.

Then I de-charged my vines and charged my front legs instead. I stood on my hind legs and swiped down to slam down onto the ground. I used the vines on my back to hold me up, this felt strange at first, but I quickly got used to darted around and striking with my claws, head, and hind claws. Finally, I fired a large beam of solar energy from my mouth, then a single shot split shot, and then a fast one that exploded the ground.

I was ready, so I laid down to sleep. I would wake when the battle began. In my dreams, I kept repeatedly training, practising all my techniques. After this battle and the cycle is over, then I would fight not for myself. I would fight for others and try to save those I could. Though I would have to fight alone and be sure to save those near-death. I would not let any Dragon go through what I went through. When I woke, I found my body had changed like before, but this time I had grown larger, rough bark now coated my tail and was tipped with a large brown blade, my claws and teeth, and horn were now sharp bark as well. The rest of my body was the same, just taller with more bark patches. I started walking towards the wall when a head and neck came from the vines of the ground.

"Can you move, please? I have to go," I asked.

"Of course but, may I ask something of you first?" vines came outward from the neck, "then I will let you pass," the head said.

"What is it?" I asked.

"If you live, then come and find me in this area. I will tell you more then," the tentacles lowered, "that is all I ask of you."

I passed the head and was about to fly off but not before asking, "what are you, you are not like any Dragon I have seen, and I do not sense your core," the head was silent for a moment. "Well, you can not see my core as this is not my real body. This is just a way to talk to you. I will show you my true form when you come back."