Pyramid of Light (II)

"What do you mean by that type of person? You make it sound like it's a very bad thing."

"Not at all. Just saying your attention span is short. Once you're done learning the skill, you probably want to move on to the next skill."

"Thanks."

"I don't mean anything bad." Agnis pouted. Her cute puffy cheeks made Zero want to poke at it to see if it was fluffy.

"I know." Zero chuckled. "I was just pulling your leg."

"For a second, I thought you were mad at me." She scowled.

"What if I was? What would you do?" Zero raised one of his eyebrows and examined her face. He could see her lips twitching at the unexpected question.

"Nothing." She gave up and sighed.

"What? Nothing? You just hurt my feelings, and would you do nothing?"

"Yes."

"That's inhumane. You're not going to console this broken heart?"

"Nope."

"Heartless," Zero whined. "I'm going to tell you to Zeraph."

"You wouldn't. That's so childish."

"I would." Zero stated. He couldn't help but feel happy at the slight tease that they were both having. "I would say. Agnis is a heartless bully who doesn't know compassion. She would skewer a man's heart and put salt and pepper on it. Then she would cook it in the oven and feed it to the dogs."

"Pft. Zeraph is not going to care. He's Zeraph. You failed on your comeback."

"You know what. I did not at all. I'm sure Zeraph will dish out a couple of jabs at you. He does throw in some wicked punches."

"What wicked punches? Were you guys just talking about me?" Zeraph stepped up from behind them. Both of them turned around to see him there.

"Zeraph! Welcome to let's tease Agnis, for she is a heartless devourer club."

"Oh? Where do I sign?" Zeraph wickedly grinned. "I mean, teasing is not my forte. I'm best in torturing, though."

"Ah ha...that doesn't sound like a wise move, Zeraph." Agnis laughed. "I mean, you torture? Seriously? Mr. Playboy torturing souls sounds like a highly impractical thing."

"I wouldn't be too sure about that." Zeraph happily replied. "I mean, I'm very good at it too. Just tell me who, and I'll get to business."

"Let's not." Agnes got up and patted Seraph's shoulder. "I mean, we don't want the prince charming spoiling his beautiful elven hands-on blood, do we? Girls throw themselves at you

from left and right. You need to make sure you catch them."

"I wouldn't want to, though. I would rather leave the catching to Zero here. But, if you know what I mean, he needs a bit of a push." Zeraph winked toward Zero.

Zero coughed to clear his throat. Then, he got up and elbowed Zeraph to shut up.

"Anyways, we're a couple of hours away from the City of Elements. Get ready to descend. We're

going in now."

"So soon?" Agnis asked, disappointed. "I was enjoying our time together here, you know."

"Yea, but we must talk with the Elven Queen before we intrude on their hospitality. I was going to do it yesterday, but I got caught up with something. So now here we are. Better to get it done than never."

The flying island slowly descended towards the City of Elements from the sky. Then, suddenly, an arrow sped past Zero's head and embedded itself onto the nearby tree.

Zero was momentarily stunned. He did not expect an attack all of a sudden.

"What the hell?" Zeraph scanned the ground. His hands were already on a bow and arrow. Even Agnis followed right behind him with hers. "Who in the right mind will da-"

Another arrow flew by, and this time last Seraph's head. With a thunk, it embedded itself into another tree, but this time the end was a rope tied to the other end. Zeraph barely dodged it in time before the arrow skewered his head. Instead, he slipped his sword in the middle of putting away his bow in one fluid motion and cut the rope in half.

"Gahhhhh!"

An unknown male's voice could be heard hurling down to their death.

"Are we being ambushed?" Agnis leaned over with her bow in front of her. Hundreds of arrows flew out from the trees and embedded themselves into the rock.

"We're being invaded!" Zero's voice shouted out in alarm.

Everyone nearby heard Zero's yell and quickly got into position, ready to fight. They cut through the flying arrows and the ropes, trying to stop the invasion from succeeding. But, again, thousands of thick bolts attached with ropes flew towards the flying island. This time a good sixty percent of the bolts embedded themselves into the solid ground.

"Damn it, why now? Is it even possible for Russ to get here in two days!" Zero cried out; he shifted into his dragon form. He slashed through the oncoming bolts and tore through the thick ropes.

Agnis jumped onto his back and put away her bow. Instead, she switched to her sword. Zero jumped off the cliff and skidded downwards on the side of the flying island. He pushed himself off the wall and onto the thick ropes. Each rope he viciously tore through each with his teeth and claw. Even Agnis brandished her sword to cut through the thick ropes pulling down the flying island.

"Incoming!" Zeraph yelled. He darted through another swarm of arrows that landed on the cliff's side.

Zero saw the third wave of arrows pelting downwards like rain. Agnis raised her hands. Blue flames curled out from the side of her magical item and into her hands. A blast of holy fire flew outwards, covering Zero and Agnes from the pelting arrows.

"What's going on?" Zero used his claws to jump onto the wall and pushed himself off towards the next rope. His hands curled around the ropes. He pulled himself up and skidded downwards toward the ground. He would find out the cause of this strange event even if he had to face the enemy head-on.

If it were thieves, he would ensure he slaughtered them before they got onto the Draconis Village.

"To your right, Zero!" Agnis yelled. She threw her sword at the incoming player. Her sword impaled the player through his chest, causing him to falter. Agnis jumped off his back and ran downwards. She pulled the sword from the man's chest and kicked him roughly off the rope.

Zero snapped at the air, where a man came jumping out from the tree. The man's knife clashed with Zero's teeth, causing the man to be pushed backward.

With a thump, Zero landed on the base of the forest floor. Looking around, he noticed wooden ballista-like objects hampered down onto the ground and reeling in the rope. Zero ran towards the machine and destroyed it in a fell swoop.