Chapter 230 - How to Slay a Dragon

Bidding the commander farewell we quickly picked up our weapons and my coat making our exit back into the city. "Hmmm, now the trouble is, how are we gonna find Paul...." Anna began to ponder.

"You can't sense him either?" I questioned in a little curious if it's just me that can kinda sense where he is.

"No one can, he's more or less perfected his ability to mask his presence even to the point of manipulating it to make him feel like a mundane human," Anna explained.

"Ohh..." I answered nodding like we were in the same boat.

Quickly trying to concentrate on his location, his distinctive warmth radiated from the middle district. "Let's try... this way." I smiled pointing in his direction.

"Sure." Anna shrugged.

"So do you know what he's up to?" I question curiously.

"He's most likely compensating those families that lost loved ones and lively hoods." She answered.

"Can I help carry your shield or lance?" I questioned.

"It's alright just kinda annoying how c.u.mbersome my lance is." She sighed holding it resting it on her shoulder as we walked.

"Ohhh do you think it'll fit in my bag?" I questioned opening my pouch.

"Oh! Let's see!" She said excitedly passing her lance through the opening of the bag, "I really hope the opening large enough." She smiled excitedly.

Like magic, the lance passed through the opening comically disappearing into the bag despite being only a fraction of the size.

"Emilia you're a lifesaver!" She smiled gleefully and proceeded to walk towards Paul.

"So your lance shoots those white iridescent beams, or is that something you do?" I questioned making conversation.

"That is something my Lance does," She answered.

"Ohh so it's a magical lance?" I questioned.

"Yes, my lance belonged to my uncle before me and before him belonged to a great knight who fought side by side with my grandfather. Long ago during my grandfather's era dragons reigned over our land enslaving humans and it's inhabitants forging warring kingdoms. Until two dragons came to the aid of Humans one Gold dragon named-" She began to explain and added what seemed to be two names but in another language, I've never heard before that sounded very harsh with very weird hisses.

"What language is that?" I questioned.

"That is Draconic the language in which dragons speak." She answered making me stop and look at her in shock.

"Dragons have their own language?" I asked in shock.

"Yes.... many races have their own language, just the most commonly spoken language her is common." She answered.

"I see....." I nodded in understanding.

"So these two Dragons along with my Grandfather uspured each kingdom one by one and uniting the land under one rules. This lance belonged to one of my Grandfathers most trusted knights and was blessed by the two Dragons giving it Dragon slaying properties." She explained.

"Paul told me Dragons are almost indestructible. Is that true?" I questioned.

"Even in the texts of my kingdom said Dragons are nay indestructible, their scales are immune to all forms of magic, except dragon slaying magic, magic used by dragons themselves. They are also harder than any metal forged by mortal hands, only magical weaponry blessed by dragons and forged in dragon fire can pierce the scales of a Dragon." She answered.

"Woah....." I uttered in shock how stacked the odds were to even defeat a Dragon.

"Yes, fortunate for us Dragons have long since vanished from here, and the reason why any remaining dragon scale armours or weapons forged or imbued with Dragon claws or teeth are Legendary in status." She answered.

"So there are a few things remaining?" I questioned.

"Yes but very few, my grandfather was lucky that he was chosen by two dragons. The only other way to even craft such amour or weaponry, is by using the special organ dragons have that allows them to breathe fire, the weaponsmith or armoursmith must use the organ of a freshly slain Dragon to forge the armour or weapon within a day before the organ dies out." She answered making me instantly feel a little sorry for dragons. "But even then through the process of making such an item renders the smith's hands useless burned beyond healing even through magical means." She concluded.

"Surely no one would be crazy enough," I uttered in shock.

"There are many that try and only a few succeed," Anna answered.

"But you'd need a dragon-slaying weapon to even win a fight," I asked in disbelief.

"Their scales are nearly indestructible, but between and under the scales, if you hit it at the right angle with enough force and a magical weapon you might be able to cause some damage and harm." She answered.

"So how many weapons are out there that have these Dragon Slaying properties?" I questioned.

"So the few I know of are, Scarlet and my armour are the only two in existence that is forged purely from Dragon Scales, mine was my fathers who were given to him by his father which was forged for him by two dragons, Scarlet's armour is only rumoured to be made from pure Dragon scales, no one actually knows. There are also two scalemail armours, one made with several different colours of dragon scales and one made from green dragon scales. For weapons most famous would be Scarlet's Sword, there's also my lance, a Pair of long swords one called Caliburn and another called Excaliber. There is also Tatsumasa and Fang of Bahamut made from the fangs of a dragon." She answered making me imagine in awe.

"Amazing..." I wondered in amazement.

"And apparently Paul along with a few other notable sorcerers are the rare few who know Dragon Slaying Magic." Anna smiled making me smile in even more amazement.

"So his magic can slay dragons!" I asked in awe.

"Well I haven't personally witnessed him use it himself, but I have no doubt he'll be able to, one day you should spectate him, you'll be wowed." Anna smiled as we made our way through checkpoints and guards letting us through without any question.

"So you have any idea where we're heading?" She questioned as we entered the slightly busier middle district, despite being very chilly there were still a lot of citizens walking around doing trades and conversing with one another. I closed my eyes and began to focus, his warmth began to radiate to me originating from the lower district.

"I assume he's heading to the lower district, if he really is here to help those in need, it would most likely be lower district citizens," I smiled

"Ah, you make a good point." Anna smiled back and nodded.

"So that creature we fought earlier, was that the same thing you guys are going to try and vanquish?" I questioned.

"Well the description is very close to what Paul described and it's abilities are nearly the same. So most likely." She answered.

"Are you all going to be okay?" I questioned feeling a little worried.

"We should be okay, we're a lot stronger than your small team back there." Anna smiled.

"You guys will take care though right?" I questioned.

"You have nothing to worry about each of us alone are formidable individuals and we trained and fight together as well." Anna smiled.

"So back there, at the monster was that all you?" I questioned.

"Of course not, we all played a pivotal role." She smiled.

"What I meant, was it you who destroyed the creature? The last thing I saw was Daisy vanishing from existence." I questioned.

"Ahhh, that would be my fault, sorry for making you worry." She chuckled.

"How?" I gasped in shock.

"You know the two daggers that were gifted to me by my father and mother?" She asked.

"I remember," I answered.

"Like my parents love for me, they can never be separated, I can at will teleport to either of them or call them back to me." She smiled.

"Right..." I answered nodding in understanding

"It was a very quick series of actions, I firstly closed the distance between me and Daisy using one dagger while throwing one high into the sky, before teleporting to the one in the air, I quickly tossed the one attached to Daisy in the head of the monster. Sending her into the sky and then going back to the monsters head, I plunged my spear into its head. Since Daisy uses a blunt weapon, the force she would need to deal a fatal blow would be far beyond her or my means." Anna explained.

"Okay, that makes sense," I answered.

"So to counteract its regenerative ability I drove my lance through its head blasting it to weaken it and exposing its soft innards, allowing Daisy to land a strong enough blow driving my lance completely through its head." She answered.

"Wow, and Daisy knew what to do, in that very instant?!" I questioned in shock.

"To be honest it was a total shot in the dark, even when I managed to send her in the sky she was on the verge of collapsing, I don't know myself how she was able to gauge what was going on and do the right thing," Anna answered.

"Hmmmm...." I began to wonder, so it must have been Serra after all that guided her.....