The Dragon Rider's Chronicles

Matthais laughed heartily. Very good, Sikstaxen. She followed Sanz into the rocks keeping pace through the canyons.


Be careful we don't want to hit those rocks.


Then the waves began to crash over the edge. Follow a canyon away from the spray. Find a place to land where you can't be seen. She followed his commands and Matthais quickly dismounted and crawled up a small hill to peered out over the beach at his companions.
 
Kenzo finally stopped his barrage, stowing his odachi and resuming his seat in the saddle. He and Bane into the air, surveying the area, waiting for Sanz to reappear...
 
Auntyrmarun put a bubble of psychic energy in front of his head and began to fly out of the crevice. What Bane and Kenzo would have seen was a massive wave heading straight towards them as Auntyrmarun and Sanz flew out of the crags. The two of them flew right underneath Bane, water splashing all over the pyrius dragon as they blasted past
 
A burst of wind and steam blasted off of Bane and Kenzo as they rid themselves of the water that came crashing upon them. Without hesitation they were in hot persuit of Sanz, and they were gaining rapidly: it was nigh impossible to outrun someone skilled in wind magic, after all.
 
Sanz was still turned around, looking straight behind at the pyrius dragon. He turned around and gripped onto the saddle tightly


Climb, clouds.


Auntyrmarun flapped once against the water, sending them climbing quickly, and breaking the cloud cover. The psychic dragon closed the gap of cloud cover behind them with the application of psychic energy
 
Alright, looks like they're occupied with each other. Matthais climbed down and jumped into the saddle and strapped his legs in. Let's climb above the clouds and see if we can't catch them up there.


Sikstaxen flapped her mighty wings and bore them into the sky.
 
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"You aren't escaping into the clouds," Kenzo muttered, and drew his odachi again. He sent a powerful and wide wind-slash into the clouds as he followed, dispersing the clouds in the immediate area. It wouldn't be that easy to evade Kenzo, especially in the air. Satisfied, he stowed his odachi and tightly gripped the saddle, leaning forward. Stay on their...tail, Bane.


Of course, Bane replied, shooting up after Auntyrmarun into the sky. Once again, the gap was closing rapidly...
 
Sanz took a deep breath as the clouds broke around them. He could not explain what he thought of next with words, so he sent a picture instead. Auntyrmarun was a tad shocked, but instantly let out a purr and flew straight towards a section of the dispersed clouds. Sanz reached down and slowly loosened the straps holding his legs.
 
Sikstaxen burst through the clouds and started coasting over them looking for the other two. Matthais just managed to see Auntyrmarun dive into a cloud.


There! Stay above the clouds and move over there! Sikstaxen flew towards the disturbed clouds.
 
Bane was in hot persuit of Auntyrmarun, and flew up adjacent. Kenzo grabbed his odachi and sent a wind-slash straight at them. This one wasn't sharp, it was more of a gale of wind smashing into them.
 
As Bane flew at them, Sanz calmly, and quickly, let go of the saddle. He flew backwards immediately, as Auntyrmarun dropped down, falling through the cloud layer. Sanz flew right past Kenzo, straightening his body to fly faster as he dropped in altitude
 
Sikstaxen dived into the clouds after the other dragons. She barely dodged Bane and Kenzo in their speedy descent. Soon she burst through the cloud layer and saw Sanz falling... without his dragon.


We should probably do something about that.
 
Kenzo had leapt out of his saddle as soon as he saw Sanz go past him. He was diving straight at Sanz, With Bane spiraling around them as they fell through the air. "Quite the brazen move, there," Kenzo shouted calmly over the sound of rushing wind, "But it won't be enough to evade me. Now, I do believe we were unable to duel earlier. What say you that we start now?" His arms were crossed as they fell until he finished speaking, at which point he put his right hand on the grip of his katana, ready to draw it. His eyes bore into Sanz, emotionless.
 
Sanz's eyes narrowed as he fell alongside the dark elf


"I have already said such would be unwise, even in the best of circumstances. Much less in such a situation as now."


Sanz flipped backward, and as he fell through the cloud level caught a scaled tail that was flying in the opposite direction. The force felt like it was going to tear his arm out of his socket, but he held on nonetheless as Auntyrmarun flew off to the side. He probably actually would have lost his arm if Auntyrmarun hadn't telekinetically slowed his fall
 
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As soon as Sanz disappeared at the (literal) tail end of Auntyrmarun, Kenzo started slowing his velocity with wind magic. Meanwhile, Bane went into a dive, and as soon as they were even with each other (both in position and velocity) Kenzo entered the saddle. Once he was ready, Bane exited the dive, skimming the water's surface, and launched upwards once more after Sanz.
 
Sanz looked behind him and let out a sigh. This man was not going to let it go so easily . . .


Beach . . . Land


Auntrymarun was concerned, but flew up to the nearest stretch of beach, slowing down and settling into the sand
 
Bane landed not far away, and Kenzo leapt off onto the sand, drawing his wooden katana. "I do not wish to be pushy, but as a warrior, it is in my nature to wish to skirmish with strong opponents. If you would do me the honor of being my opponent, I would be most grateful." He started calmly walking around Sanz, maintaining a fixed distance as he strafed. His eyes continued to stare into Sanz's own.
 
Sikstaxen just kept diving past their antics as the two crazy members of the group managed to not die a most horrible, splatty death. She pulled up just above the beach.


Head up the dune from where they are, I have a feeling we will need to be nearby, Matthais thought.
 
Sanz let out a sigh and dropped down from Auntyrmarun's back


Be wary


He stepped forward and pulled the massive blade from his back out of his sheathe


"If you are so desperate for combat, I will indulge . . . but I will warn you: fight as if you life depended on it."


The sword was brought up over his head


"Because regardless of the opponent . . ."


Sanz's eyes widened as his teeth ground together into a snarl


"I CANNOT HOLD BACK!"


With seconds he was directly in front of Kenzo, and a geyser of sand flew up in the air from where his blade slammed down . . .
 
Ardra sighed at their shenanigans. Majeir, let's go flying a bit. Leave the boys to settle their silly little squabbles. Majeir chose to go towards the waves, flying above them and looking down into the water. ....can I see how you see this? Ardra closed her eyes as she attempted to connect to the Merera dragon. The image was a bit fuzzy at first, but sharpened as the psychic link grew stronger. The feeling of looking down while being the one who was actually flying was a bit.....disorienting.


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Neera flew far above the clouds in silent harmony with Eldran. ....you know don't you? You know my secret. Neera's voice in the link was filled with resignation.


Eldran sighed. Why do you hide what you are? Among us, you are meant to be a legend. Your spirit is strong and your veins flow with-


Don't say it! Neera interrupted. I don't know if it's even possible. Mother said it was true but I don't know what to think. It just doesn't seem possible


You'll have to accept it eventually and the sooner you do, the better for all of us.


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Kestus and Dezeld were flying out over the open ocean. So, fire first or ice first?


I'd say scorch them with fire first, then freeze them ice so they can't heal the burns from the fire. Dezeld mused. We want the maximum amount of damage and the maximum amount of incapacitation.


It's hard to practice this though. Kestus sighed. We don't know what it will do if we don't actually practice on living targets.


Point taken. I'll take that into consideration.


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Iris followed the call farther and farther away. Finally, she came to a small bay area filled with coral reefs. She looked around, trying to find the source. There were many rocks online the shore line and Iris walked along them for a bit, looking. Suddenly, she felt like she was right next to the source. But she saw nothing but a giant rock with a bit of coral on it that seemed to be moving a bit.....wait, moving?
 
If Kenzo hadn't taken a step back, his head would've been split open. "I would have it no other way," he said as he launched into a counter attack. "There is no point in a fight where anyone does not fight a full strength!"


Even though he said that, he still wasn't using his wind magic to sharpen his blows. He was definitely using earth magic to make his weapon extremely durable, though; he would need to, facing an opponent with such strength, and such a massive weapon.


Kenzo attacked with speed and ferocity not reflected in his eyes. His plan was to not give Sanz a chance to go on the offensive, which could be bad for Kenzo's survival.
 
Sanz's blade sung through the air with the twisted beauty of battle. Against only a single blade, his mind fueled only by instinct found its chance. From beyond the blade of his opponent, he thrust forward with the blade, and while still outstretched, turned it to the side and spun with all his force, leaving a dent in the sand around him.
 
Kenzo flipped backwards to dodge the blow, but immediately lunged forward to continue his assault. He refused to allow Sanz to control the battle. In between sword attacks, he used his left hand to send waves of wind at Sanz, each wave like being bashed with an invisible kite shield.
 
Sanz was pushed back repeatedly. Every time he charged, his blade was deflected, and then he was pushed back with the force that he could not see. His teeth grit together as his pupils dilated further than they already had


"GRAAAAAAAAAGH!"


His blade dove down, half-buried in the sand, and the resulting swing seemed to create a mini-storm made out of flying sand. Sanz dashed right through it, his blade coming directly down torward Kenzo
 
Kenzo's eyes widened slightly as Sanz came charging to him. However, his plan seemed to have worked, at least a bit: Sanz's blind charge would leave him wide open. Kenzo leapt into the air, dodging the massive blow that would have split him in twain moments later, and in a forward somersaulting motion, brought his blade smashing into the back of Sanz's head, landing behind him.
 
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