Chapter 3 Dragon Party

The lead boy who presumably killed the beast finally looked around and saw the duo. “We didn't catch your kill did we, though it looked like you were hesitant to kill the Elehorse. Oh by the way my name is Natael, head of the Dragon Party, we are an adventurous group. I will tell you about the others later but for now we have to get out of here before more of them come. Sasha, care to help with the beast. He said to a gi0rl who looked like she hated what she was doing.” “Aye, what a bother.” She walked to the beast and touched it, a blue magic circle appeared over the beast and sucked it inside. “Now let's get out of here.” The seven of them ran up to a cliff and hid behind it as they heard groaning sounds. Another member of the party conjured a tent to block the sun. “We can stay here for a while until the Elehorses finish their parade. It would be a terror if we are ambushed by them. But before that I would like us to introduce ourselves. As you know already, my name is Natael Feirysky. I possess two magical attributes, fire and light. Also I am the leader of this party. She is the only female of our team, her name is Sasha Grey, she is a very important factor to our party. Her power might not be as powerful but it's great, she uses Storage magic.” Sasha winked at Tsuoma coyly and he hastily looked away, his cheek reddening. “That's Zoro Stref.” He said pointing to a boy who was slurping something from a cup. “He uses summoning magic, he can summon animals, spirits and weapons.” Zoro grinned. “He is a weapon mage, he has proficiency in using any weapon especially the sword, his nickname is The Sword Mage.” He said pointing to another boy who was holding a sword masterfully. The boy looked at Tsuoma's sword and chuckled. “And last of all is our trump card. Miles Sora. He uses two kinds of magic. Spatial and Gravity magic.”

Tsuoma and Teruki looked among themselves wondering what they should say. Teruki stared hard at Tsuoma and he groaned. “We are Tsuoma and Teruki, don't mind about our surnames, anyway we are from Bultock.” Teruki looked like she wanted to puke but held it in.

“That's a city not under the Empress yet, though it's a bit far from where we come from, our city Luby has been taken over by the evil empress, Lizabetha.” Tsuoma sighed. The name of the city only just appeared in his head. “Your people must be well off, you know being under the protection of the summoning princess.”

Tsuoma chuckled nervously. Suddenly a blue light began flashing intermittently in his eyes as he saw many of the beasts assembling towards them. “Damn it they have sensed us, i should have sensed them earlier.”

Natael said as Sasha hastily stored everything.

An Elehorse used it's trunk to destroy the hiding spot and they all jumped away hastily. They all drew their weapons. Sasha with two daggers which looked new. Natael brought out a pure white sword pulsating with energy. Zoro held a long sword, Miles stood there without a weapon while Tsuoma and Teruki brought out their swords. An Elehorse dashes to Tsuoma who sped so fast raising dust in his wake and the next thing they all saw three of the Elehorses down.

“Wow, that was fast.” Sasha said surprised. The rest of the team were able to defeat the Elehorses without much trouble. None of them, the Elehorses could come near Miles. They were down pressed with a heavy gravitational pressure. They were squealing in pain as the gravitational force holding them down was too strong. Suddenly a roar sounded and they all had to cover their ears. Tsuoma saw the same light and saw a giant of the Elehorses. Standing at twenty feet, the Elehorse crushed the ground underneath it revealing craters as it walked.

Sasha whistled. “Now that will cost us a lot of money in the guild market, once we get it's large tusks. Guess a thousand dnars should help.” Tsuoma looked at her in horror. “You are not seriously going to attack that beast, right uh, Sasha.” “Of course, i will do it for the money you know.”

Natael patted Tsuoma's shoulder. “Don't worry, she can handle it, just watch, she is feared as the money goddess, meaning she can do anything for money. No one, not even an experienced thief can steal from her”

Sasha grinned and made a magic circle and from it a rope with a spike attached to it appeared. She ran to the beast and struck underneath it. The screaming was too much for Teruki to bear as she fell down holding her head. “I feel it's pain and agony, i don't know how I can. But the pain is unbearable. Please put it out of its misery immediately.” Tsuoma was shocked. Were her powers already manifesting.

Sasha was also surprised and she nodded. “With pleasure.“ She said and conjured a spiked net which went through the Elehorse keeping it down as it's life force was being drained. “Wait, what's the net doing?“ Tsuoma asked.

“It's slowly draining it's life force and without pain, anyway we need the tusks.“ She walked over to the Elehorse and conjured a sword which she used to cut off the tusks. Now we will gain a lot and get recognised.“ Tsuoma sighed and looked at Teruki. “Did she just use empathy?“ He asked in his mind. The goddess replied him thus. “Just like your geographical eyes, she also gained a unique ability and you also have another ability. The eye of truth, it allows you see everything about others including their underwear. The goddess chuckled after saying that. Anyway I will continue to be with you in your mind until I make a body for myself, it will take a while to do that.“ “Whatever, goddess, by the way what can I call you, I can't keep saying goddess you know.“ “Why don't you give me a name, Tsuoma, besides once you name me you claim me.“ He facepalmed himself and groaned. “Are you ok man?“ Natael asked in concern. “Yes sure, let's go on.“ The goddess laughed in Tsuoma's mind. “That shocked you uh, come on, it's good having a goddess at your neck and call you know and besides am sure the demonic Lord is possessing someone, we and the demons have been at war for a long time and we have been summoning heroes to help us. It wasn't easy to get your soul because I feared you would be filled with rage after your best friend killed you instead your soul was calm and even wishing for your friend to not blame himself. Your soul was too pure I had to take it before it got corrupted. And since your soul was interwoven with that of Teruki, it had to come with you, now the both of you have gained powers more than anyone in this world, you have to develop your powers and abilities. So any questions?“

Tsuoma thought about it. “Yea, who is now in charge of reincarnation and summoning?“ “Oh, my clone is there and I also have trustworthy friends to do the job and once it's a difficult soul I can vanish to the spirit world to help out.“ “That's amazing, okay i will call you Sigrid.“ “nice, a Viking name uh. That's thoughtful but i am not a Viking goddess but it's okay by me, my name is Sigrid, pleasure to serve you master.“ Tsuoma chuckled nervously and ruffled his curly hair.

They got to the city of Luby as shown on a sign board by the entrance of the city. and Tsuoma marveled at it. He saw elves, humans, halflings, dwarfs and many others moving around the city. The city was built in a rectangular shape and everyone could see everything that happened. They passed through some guards and Natael waved at them and one of them stared at him angrily. “The guards here are not obligated to help us with whatever we need, since we believe in the goddess, the queen has corrupted everyone here, not with her magic but by her ideas, all of the citizens hate us and don't even come near us, well who cares about stuff like that, though some here secretly respect us and wait for the princess to come help. Anyway there are five guilds in city, only our guild is offered C class missions because the head of the guild masters don't like us. We may be the strongest guild but that's all to it. We can't travel to another city because the queen placed a curse, our limit is the desert, anything else is emptiness.

Tsuoma looked around and saw how everyone were struggling. His appraisal eyes/eyes of truth opened and he saw that many of them had various sicknesses. Malnutrition amid others. A boy ran passed him and grabbed his sword. “Hey, that's mine, give it back.“ Tsuoma gave chase. The boy ran fast but his thin and malnourished legs couldn't run fast. Most of the marketers began shouting at the boy as they threw rocks at him. Some guards heard the commotion and came to check.

They heard what happened and pursued the boy hotly. They passed the Dragon Party. One of the guards threw a dagger at the boy. The boy fell and the guards rounded up on him and beat him mercilessly. Teruki groaned and keeled down as she felt the boy's pain. Tsuoma and Natael got to the boy who was holding the sword tightly. They were able to stop the guards from beating him. Tsuoma saw the boy's attributes and saw he was very weak. “Why little boy, you shouldn't have done that, it's a crime.“ The boy began to weep , he returned Tsuoma's sword and the guards surrounded him beating him again, The Dragon Party were about to move out of the alley when Tsuoma had a flash, a vision. He saw the boy standing near a bed and on the bed was a woman who was shivering. She was sick, that was why the boy took to stealing to help her. “Interesting, the appraisal eyes can see one's memories.“ He thought to the goddess. “Yes, anyway what's your plan for him, the guards are intent on killing him, you should just leave him be.“

Tsuoma saw the boy shaking in fear, it wasn't the boy's choice to steal, he had to do it to survive. He couldn't forgive himself if the boy died because of him. “You are not seriously trying to save him, Tsuoma, you haven't even discovered your magical powers, you will die, besides these guards use dark magic, you don't even have transformation magic. Just forget it.“ The goddess said trying to convince Tsuoma to stay out of the fight. “Then what hero would that make me, to abandon someone in need, if magic won't work, then my indestructible sword would do the job.“ He looked at Teruki and the others, they sighed and nodded. They turned back and attacked the guards. The guards were completely taken by surprise. Tsuoma sliced one in the mouth, the rest held their own against the guards defeating them flawlessly.

“Come boy, let's go to your mama before more of them come.“ The boy's eyes glittered with tears, he cleaned them with a determined look in his eyes. “Please tell me who you are sir.“

Tsuoma grinned and tucked his sword in its sheath. “My name is Tsuoma, these are my friends from the Dragon Party, I need you to take me to see your mother. Perhaps there's something I can do for her.“ The boy smiled widely and ran forward, they followed him watching their backs in case any of the guards appeared to be following them.