Chapter 67
The Dragonkin then flares his aura and also says;
"Ark Ember, come to me if you dare."
Ark looks in the direction of the Dragonkin and thinks, 'Interresting.' Then he says to Hollow;
"You go and kill the rest, i will go to him."
Hollow looks at him and nods, not a worry in her eyes. She has blind faith in her man. She starts flying in the other direction.
Ark then starts kicking the air and flies in the direction of the Dragonkin. In a few moments he sees the silver forest, then he sees the Dragonkin warrior and lands in front of it. He looks at him for a moment and says;
"Who are you? And i hope you can back up your words. Because i haven't had a fun fight for a while now. Only schemers and playing in the dark. I had enough of those."
The Dragonkin looks at him and sees the calm looking eyes with no worry in them. He says;
"I am Syragoth Roarkyn, and i know that right now you have your powers sealed by a curse, why are you so calm about it?"
Ark raises an eyebrow and is a little bit impressed;
"How do you know that? And why wouldn't i be calm about it? I actually prefer it like this, the only one who could pose a threat to me right now is maybe the 'Old One' with his army of Celestials."
Syragoth is also surprised by Ark, but not by his words. But about his arrogance, how could he not even put him in his eyes? Syragoth starts to feel angry, 'I will show you that the 'Old One' is not the only one who can threaten you.'
Then he doesn't say anything anymore, he just makes a step and appears in front of Ark, his punch already one millimeter away from Ark's nose.
Before Ark manages to do anything, he is hit, the powerful punch sending him flying back from the direction he came, he breaks a few trees and a few stones, and he stops after he bounces like a ball a few times against the Earth. He slides for a few meters then he stops with his face facing the sky, for a moment he just stays like that, 'That mother*****, that actually hurt.' Then he puts his hand on his nose and feels something warm, he looks at his fingers and sees blood, 'Oohh, then i guess this will be fun.'
He gets up he pats the dirt off of him and then he looks at the Dragonkin in the distance, he smiles and starts running, a shockwave destroys the earth beneath his feet, and a trail of destruction remains behind him. In a second, he is back in front of Syragoth, and he also raises his punch to hit him, and just when he thinks that something is wrong, because he sees him that he doesn't put any defense up. Is like he is waiting for him. And that is right Syragoth was waiting for Ark, when he sees him about half a meter away from him in the motion of punching, he opens his mouth, and he fires a dragon breath.
Ark looks with big eyes at the incoming fire breath and thinks, 'Oohh Sh*t, he got me.' in the last millisecond, he puts his hands in front of him and then the breath hits, again he is sent flying back from where he came from, his hands burned till the bone, his body on fire, his skin melting in some places, and in some the bones can be seen. But before he manages to even make sense of up and down, he sees Syragoth waiting for him.
He tries to stop his body and take control of the pace, but again he sees a dragon breath coming towards him. He manages to kick the Earth beneath him a little bit, and that sends him to the side in the last second, the breath just missing by a hair. The heat still making some burns on his skin. But he managed to avoid it, or else he would've really lost his hair there, he would be bold right now.
Syragoth also stops and looks at Ark. Then he says;
"So, what did you say about that the only one who could threaten you, is the 'Old One'. I seem to do a pretty god job."
Ark looks at him with questioning eyes, his body almost healed already. He again asks;
"Who are you old man? Why didn't i heard about you until now?
Because someone that fights like you, there is no chance that he is 'Unknown'. Not many could make a fool out of myself like that."
He looks at him and answers;
"You are only half right, i was known all over the Dimension's at one point in time. But now i am 'Unknown' to many, because they were not born when the Dimensions were my plaything."
Before he manages to say another word, he sees Ark appearing in front of him, his punch one millimeter away from his nose. But he only moves his head to the side, in that one millisecond he managed to avoid what Ark couldn't. When the punch is behind his head a little bit, Ark's body is still coming towards him, he raises his knee and hits Ark in his stomach, the hit making more damages than even the breath, because Ark was moving at almost top speed, and he didn't hit the brakes at all, so the knee felt like it split him in two. A shock wave forms that sends even the Earth flying around them, Syragoth not moving even one bit from his spot. Ark coiled like a pretzel, his internal organs shifting form their spot. He falls to the ground, and he almost loses his consciousness', the hit really hurt him.
But before he manages to get his breath back, he sees Syragoth again preparing his fire breath. Ark knows that if he takes the breath in his condition, he will lose more than just his hair now.
He puts his hands on the ground and makes a back flip, then he sees the breath hitting the spot where he was. The Earth is sent flying and the heat melting it turning into lava. He jumps back and avoids the scorching heat. Then again, he stops and looks at the Dragonkin. For the first time he meets someone who is a better close fighter than him. But Ark only smiles at this thought. He knows that he needs to give it his all if he wants to see tomorrow, for him that is something unbelievable. He starts to laugh out loud and says;
"I'm really glad that i meet you, i will give it my all now. So please don't die to soon."
Ark then closes his eyes, then he opens them, and his entire aura is chanced, he is like a berserk that received a free pass to do anything he wants. A free pass to destruction.
Syragoth sees the change and he also gets serious, again he sees Ark appear in front of him with the same punch. But is a feint. He gets down and punches towards his liver, but Syragoth raises his knee towards his face, if Ark continues with the punch, then he will take a knee in the face. Ark smiles and in the last moment he stops his punch, then he switches to a side sweep, aiming for the leg that is on the ground, Syragoth tries to stop his knee, but he is a beat to late. He is swept off his feet and before he manages to control his body in the air, he is hit with a leg whip like in 'Capoeira' directly in his face. That sends him headfirst towards the ground and his head makes a shockwave when it hits. Ark backs off and looks at Syragoth's bloody nose and smiles.
Then Syragoth gets up and looks at Ark, he was fooled, he thought that Ark will attack him like a berserk. But everything was calculated like a machine. Now he knows that Ark didn't lose his cool, on the contrary he is even more focused now.
He wipes his bloody nose, and he starts walking towards Ark, but now a yellow aura surrounds his body, Ark feels something wrong from his yellow aura, is like it pulls something in.
But he doesn't have time to think to much, because a fire breath comes towards him. He takes a step to the side and avoids it. But Syragoth is behind him, is like he knew that that is where he will be. He tries to kick Ark' back, but Ark doesn't turn, he goes a step forward and the kick misses, then Ark jumps up and makes a kicking back flip, Syragoth puts his hands above his head and stops him. Then he grabs Ark's leg and wants to fire a breath, but Ark starts spinning and it breaks free from his hand.
They look towards one another, and Ark feels again, something wrong, like Syragoth took something from him when it grabbed his leg, then he hears him say;
"What happened? Do you feel a little bit weaker? Well don't worry about that, it's just me taking some of your power."