"Watch your step." (Greyson)
"You know you're supposed to say that before the other person slips right?" (Anna)
Greyson reached down his hand, helping Anna to her feet as he suppressed a chuckle. Anna tried to force a foe look of anger on her face, but it also slipped, making her chuckle.
"If I'm honest, I said that without thinking." (Greyson)
"Noted." (Anna)
They kept walking till signs of flames flowing in the distance, smoke rising in the air, causing Anna and Greyson to stop.
"Thats not a good sign, is it?" (Anna)
Greyson clenched his fist, worry evident as Anna looked ahead. Forcing ahead, breaking through the tree line, Anna saw a sight that caught her breath.
Flames shrouded the town. A creature is only told in stories, told to children, or seen in movies. It moved through the burning houses along the streets, chasing humans like a cat playfully chasing a mouse. It seemed excited, its tail swaying as it stared at its prey like entertainment. A dragon made of flesh, scales, and bone, eyes like a cat, but cruel, sharp horns protruding atop its head like a crown. It swiped its talons forward, bisecting a human too close to the dragon's dead body before they hit the ground. The distance blurred the expression on the person's face, but Anna couldn't stop herself. She grabbed Greyson, stepping back. Seeing the same sight, Greyson nearly rushed past Anna, but she held firm on his arm, stopping him. Even though he could keep moving forward, he stopped. He could rush in without a thought, but a single hand holding him back made him stop in his tracks.
"It's too late." (Anna)
Greyson seemed to speak in anger, his teeth clenched.
"We can't sit and do nothing." (Greyson)
"Us doing anything right now, we would fail. We will die for nothing, we would fail saving one lest all either way." (Anna)
He looked down, watching as the remaining survivors were set on fire from breath spraying down onto them as their flesh burned away, falling to ash, blood, flesh, and flames, corpses of the streets remain.
"We barely faced a spider a third of the size of that... we can't fight that Dragon." (Anna)
Anna took a shaking breath, having seen the same sight of the remaining survivors, the dragon was chasing, being burned alive in seconds. Greyson took a shuddering breath and pointed at the dragon, turning his head to look at Anna.
"Then let's get strong enough to face that." (Greyson)
Anna snorted, shaking her head before sighing.
"You're serious, aren't you?" (Anna)
Greyson turned his head and glared, looking at the dragon disdainfully, not answering Anna. Not like she needed an answer for that.
"Then let's see if your friends are alive still." (Anna)
Anna looked at Greyson.
"You will need a party to face that. I can use game references to cope with this, right?" (Anna)
Greyson snorted, looking at Anna with a serious expression, looking at her before looking back at the dragon. It had turned around, not even bothering to eat the corpses of those it killed.
"Fine by me. We have a future boss monster to face." (Greyson)