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The dragons head turned to greet the coming pair.
"this is chapple, hes the son of matilas" said erigion to the dragon.
it looked at him puzzled.
"son?" it asked in a booming voice.
the dragon sniffed the air.
"this child does not smell like a son to me." it said.
chapple looked somewhat nervous.
"is their something you wish to tell us little miss?" the dragon asked
the child broke down into tears
"i...i...i just got....so used to...."the child said sobbingly.
"whoa whoa whoa just slow down" erigion said.
"your a she?" he asked confused.
the girl looked up at him with teary eyes.
"yes...."
erigion knelt down and handed her a small piece of cloth
"here dry your eyes little one." he said to her in a soothing voice

meanwhile inside stroud was unaware of the events outside and sat pondering about the old days, his thoughts turned to the battle fields of epica where he and his eight comrades had first met, they were in a unit of troops especially picked by the divine, they were a mysterious bunch the divine, not quite gods but almost there, they had knowledge far far advanced then any other and had lived for hundreds of years, they were the creators of the alloy diventius it was matched by no other material ever found and some wonder how it was created in the first place, thinking about all of this stroud then began to wonder on how he was able to melt his armor..nothing had ever penetrated it,yet he was able to melt it down with ease.
"puzzling" he thought aloud.

the door swung open
"i can guarantee you this you will find much more puzzling." said erigion.

stroud raised his eyebrow.

"seems your young man here is a fact a little miss" erigion informed him.
stroud looked at the child. now he actually looked it was obvious.
"well then" he said.
"it seems when her mother......passed.....during child birth matilas knew how the town would react to it...simple folk always react the same way, so he said it was a boy saving her from that ridiculous witch craft law they made a few decades ago." he explained.

stroud was in deep thought placing tiny pieces of details together...
"we need to go"he said.
"what?" erigion asked bewildered.
"we need to go NOW" stroud said in a voice that could not be ignored.

outside a deep rumbling could be heard.

erigion looked at stroud, and grabbed Irkalla.
"stay here little one" he said to the girl.
"through that door and to your left is a hatch, go down it and stay there until we come and collect you.do not open it at all costs." stroud said in a commanding voice..
something within him had changed the years of farming and priest hood had been erased in a single moment, for now he was a member of the legion again defending his and his seven fallen comrades honor. the very air around him demanding respect.

the child ran around the corner and hid in the cellar she bolted the door shut and ran to a corner where she curled up and began to cry.

"ERIGION! it is time" said the dragon from outside.

stroud looked at him and nodded.
"i need to get the valkan i will be with you shortly" he said

erigion had already armored himself up and was walking towards the door when he turned.

"15 years is a long time....you think we still have it?." he asked.
stroud looked at him and smiled.
"what we have you can NEVER lose" he said and disappeared into a doorway.

erigion walked outside. what he saw before him would of been terrifying to a normal man. he smiled at it.
"you again?" he asked it
the reply he got was a huge roar, which caused the dragon to rear up and give out and even greater roar.
erigion turned his attention to the number of minions around the huge beast before him.

"looks like a good warm up." he said to himself

the dragon lunged forth at the beast who at this moment was swinging its massive club at it.the dragon bit it in half and dived onto the wielder tearing at its throat with its powerful jaws, its flesh ripped with ease but instantly reformed it self when the dragon released its grip.

"WE HAVE A RE-GENERATOR" the dragon shouted at erigion.

he heard what the dragon had said but was too occupied with at least 13 grantians around him they were horrible little creatures almost orcish in their ways but even more vile and grotesque.
Irkalla sliced through their flesh with ease sending heads and limbs into the air around him, thick black blood now covered his armor and the surrounding land,one of the grantians grabbed his arm and swung an axe at his head, a flash of light severed it from its owner and sent it to the ground, stroud stood a few feet away holding the valkan which was glowing a soothing blue color, he quickly dived out of the way of the severed head of the re-generator, blood sprayed out of its veins and covered him.
"HA" laughed the booming voice of athilius.
the head regrew again.
erigion continued slicing at everything in front of him while stroud ran to his left and began to drive his blade into the grantians surrounding him.

"YOU HAVE TO KILL IT IN ONE ATTACK AND COMPLETELY DESTROY IT!" shouted erigion to the dragon.

stroud was jumping everywhere slicing whilst airborne taking off head like nobody's business.

"WELL THIS CERTAINLY KICKED OFF SOONER THAN IMAGINED EH?!" he shouted.

when he landed he rolled under the giants legs and sliced at its ankles causing it to fall with a mighty thud. it was then engulfed by intense heat as the dragon let loose its fiery breath upon it, still it got back up and carried on fighting, its attention suddenly turned to the house as though someone had commanded it to, ignoring all attacks thrown at it it walked onwards.
"ITS GOING FOR THE GIRL!" shouted stroud. as he finished off the last of the grantians.
"WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN" erigion screamed lunging towards the beast with Irkalla in hand.
athilius dived bombed from above and grasped its shoulders with its huge claws, with all its might he tore the beast in half tearing its organs and upper body from the lower.he flipped in mid air and unleashed a huge ball of huge energy on the bottom half incinerating it completely, still with half of it in his grip he flew straight up into heavens, it had already began to reform athilius stopped in the air and headed straight down so fast he was cutting the air around him, his skin began to flake and peal at the heat that he and the falling beast were generating, in his grasp the remains of the giant were rapidly being burned away, he just had to out live it and have it killed before the ground was upon them. the dragon picked up speed causing more heat..too late he hit the ground with an awesome force causing everything around it to collapse and explode, stroud and erigion were catapulted into the air.

there was silence.
the pair had recovered and ran to the landing spot of their dragon friend. what they saw horrified them, athilius wings were completely gone and his skull was exposed in places the thick dragon hide that once covered the mighty warrior now resembled torn and weathered cloth.
"forgive me my friends....i have failed you...." the dragons one remaining eye rolled back into its head...which was then crushed by a huge foot.
"ATHILIUS!" they shouted in unison.
a huge shadow loomed over the pair and began to let out a roaring laugh that cut the very soul of the two warriors.

the giant monster had used parts of their fallen friend to repair itself and it now walked towards the two.

out of nowhere a brilliant light engulfed everything and blinded the beast. stroud and erigion turned to see the young girl standing in the remains of strouds house holding his invention...the energy flow was massive and unlike none of them had ever seen before.
"YOU HURT MR ERIGIONS FRIEND!" she screamed.

for the first time the beast felt fear it knew its end was upon it
the entire world went quiet for what seemed an age, the only thing that could be heard was the deafening sound of shear nothingness, the energy released from the child sliced threw the air destroying all concept of reality around it bending and distorting it. the ball hit the beast and caused an explosion so big that it could be heard for miles and miles trees around the blast site were uprooted and the land was torn form the earth, and yet the two warriors and the girl were not harmed by this purest form of energy they were in engulfed by it but it felt like the gentle caress of a lover or the warn hug of your parents, it was bliss and filled the hearts of the three with warmth. on the other hand the beast was wailing with terror it didn't incinerate it like when stroud had fired it, instead the energy seemed to be torturing the thing tearing it apart and decintergrating it piece by piece, until finally all that remain was the head of the creature still wailing in agony.

"prepare to be judged" a voice form the child said

the monster evaporated into nothingness its last blood curdling screams echoing around the land.

then the girl dropped the gun and collapsed.