Plan Successfully Failed!

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In response to Michael's threat, the knight just silently glares at him, which wasn't really the reaction he was expecting.

"Really? Alright... I'll, er, cut your nuts off..." he says, lowering his sword to the man's waist, causing his body to tense up. "Ah, that got a reaction... Now, fly towards your buddies or 'Retard-Jr' gets beheaded." he states, but yet again, the knight refuses to move.

"God, you guys really suck." he mutters, grabbing the guy's hair and cutting his throat, almost instantly causing the dragon to start going berserk... Yeah, Michael had forgotten about that, and now the thing was spewing fire in all directions...

The children from earlier could be heard screaming as their house is covered in napalm-like fire. And soon enough the building collapses, undoubtedly crushing them beneath it. Michael felt a little guilty for it, but he wasn't in any position to help...

So, once he forces himself to ignore the fact he was responsible for the death of an entire family, he leaps from the back of the dragon and onto a nearby building, deciding to let the other dragon knights deal with the berserk beast.

This turns out to work well in his favour, as four dragon knights descend and begin hovering over the town while casting restraining spells towards the dragon, attempting to stop it from burning the entire town down.

The rest of the dragon knights also descend, circling around the team of four protectively to prevent him from releasing the beast... Unfortunately for them, they were now in range for Blink Strike.

Michael sprints over the rooftops while dodging spellfire, ducking low, sidestepping, jumping over low sweeping earth spells... Once at the end of the roof, he leaps as high as he can while whispering "Blink Strike!"

A nearby dragon knight's head is cut from his shoulders as Michael appears behind him, his dragon roaring in a rage as it twists in midair to try and attack him. Michael just tightly holds onto its neck, however, leaping off and using Blink Strike again when another knight comes into range.

Obviously, they knew how Blink Strike functioned now though, so he was greeted with wand-sword as he appears atop the knight's dragon. Michael locks blades with the knight who seems to be trying to push him off of his dragon. Indeed, it was steadily working, as Michael's foothold wasn't all that stable...

Michael allows the man to push him however, leaning backwards as an ice spear shoots towards his previous location, piercing straight through the attacking knight and sending him tumbling to the ground below.

Michael sends a grin over at the dragon knight who'd cast the ice spear, the man's face paling as he realises that he'd just killed one of his comrades. The staring contest doesn't last long though as the dragon beneath Michael goes into a rage at the death of its rider, an increasingly common phenomenon when Michael was involved.

No other dragon knights approach Michael after the sudden deaths of two of their comrades, forcing him to hold onto the raging dragon as it flies towards the ground. It leaves large skid marks in the dirt with its claws as it hits the floor, afterwards beginning to roll in an attempt to squish Michael under its weight...

Michael yet again pounces away, getting out of view of the dragon knights and becoming invisible again... The dragon that was following him roars after his 'vanishes', the tracking spell only allowing the mages to observe him.

He makes his way to the roof of a nearby building and surveys the town as all the rampaging dragons begin laying waste to it... The dragon knights were doing their best to try and stop them, but their concern over Michael attacking them again and trying to evacuate the civilians was making it incredibly difficult.

Despite Michael following Tiffania's plan to try and avoid killing innocents, things had ended up like this anyway... "I hope she won't be mad." he mutters, looking over towards the bar where he'd left her.

With the dragon knights now busy dealing with their rampaging dragons, Michael decides to leave them to it while he deals with a particular person... That fat bitch Tatiana who supposedly ruled this place.

His eyes scan the town and are drawn towards the largest building present. A luxurious mansion sitting at the opposite end of Cendri. Before that though... He needed to get Tiffania out of this area before the dragons bury her in the cellar... That, or set the place on fire... If that happened she'd probably suffocate there, right?

He shakes his head, unsure if the cellar was safe or not, and deciding not to risk it. Thus, with the dragon knights currently busy, he makes his way towards the bar.

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Earlier :

Tiffania had been silently waiting in this cellar for who knows how long now. She wasn't sure what was happening outside, and aside from the occasion rumble that'd cause dust to draft down from the ceiling, she'd have thought that Michael would've been done by now.

She considers praying to Brimir for his safety before discarding it with more spite than she'd anticipated. Despite being an elf, her father taught her of Brimir, wanting her to eventually be accepted by people as proof that Elves weren't evil... Not that Tiffania was aware of that part.

She tightly grips her gifted wand and sword and was about to try to find Michael when the sound of a door opening makes her go silent.

"Hey, you sure this place is empty? Won't the old man be here?" a young yet mature voice tentatively asks.

"Aha! Don't you know that Elf-lover psycho landed around here? People got evacuated already." an older voice says, walking in but pausing as they walk behind the bar. "W-what? I-is he dead?" they ask, most likely having found the mind-erased bar owner who'd tried to attack her and Michael earlier.

The duo of thieves gives the old man's body a few kicks that are all audible to Tiffania before finally concluding that if he wasn't already dead, he would be soon enough. "Whatever, let's just steal all the drink we can and leave before anyone notices... I heard this guy's got some expensive shit brewin' below for the Lord." the voice says and Tiffania can hear them approaching the hatch of the cellar.