Orion and the Decaying Ekzykes

Orion (P.O.V)

I was making my way to the occasional roars, on the way there I saw some big roots coming out of the ground and big mushrooms of rot?.

At some point the roars stopped but the thuds of dragon can still be heard with ears like mine from this distance. I began to see the form of the dragon, his scales are pale white with patches blighted by scarlet rot the same rot that plagues the rigion of caelid.

Before fighting him I made some preparations, I crafted some firebombs with the crafting kit that Gowry gave me as a compensation, said he didn't need it as much as me.

I began to approach the dragon stealthily as he began to lie down to sleep, i got to his tail and channeled magic to my katana, about a quarter of it, a bit too much but oh well..., and unleashed a vertical arc to his tail.

The dragon unleashed a roar of pain as his tail was cut off from his body,from his mouth rot came out, I take my katana in one hand, I ran up his back and up his spine and stabbed my katana in, I took one of my daggers out, and stabbed repeatedly hearing the cries of the dragon i smiled sadistically behind the mask that was tainted with his blood that was gushing out from the wounds, I began to use more magic in through my katana, blue lights, as if flames, ate everything of him, inside out, fortunately, I have the information from Gowry that his heart won't be affected, that is if I don't go overboard.

The dragon began thrashing around, trying to swat me away with his wings, his roar sending shockwaves, but my katana was holding me with ease.

His movements began to be more sluggish and weak, his roars sounding more like whimpering, if you can call it that with his rough voice, than roars.

Finallly he stopped, dead, i got down with blood dripping down from me, I was red with his blood and i can feel the scarlet rot trying to take effect on my body, but for some reason every time it is stopped by something.

'hmmm... well it's useful but annoying that I don't know what this is... step by step... i have time'

I get to his ribcage and slash it open, blood dripped down like a crimson river, i put my hand in and grasp the heart of the dragon and begin tearing it out, blood vessels coming out with it.

I look at it in my hand radiating power and continue to beat vivaciously on my hand while it has a savage look to it, the heart has a peculiar beauty to it, I couldn't continue admiring as another headache assaulted my brain again.

'ugh... it's becoming annoying but I think i hould get used to it'

In this new memory, I see myself holding a dragon heart in my hand exactly as i'm doing now, but it disappeared, and allong with this memory additional informations appeared on my mind about a space that i can use to store items and even living beings, and time is stopped inside of it.

I got my senses back, and stored the dragon heart and got it out again, it seems natural and not out of place for me after i got those memories back.

I will not use it on me as it won't work on me now, not until I know all about my body and the thing that is protecting it from anything harmful, as it would be a waste if it doesn't work on me.

I didn't see the body of the dragon deisintigrating into yellow orbs with black dots at the center, when i looked they were already entering my body through my chest and informations about them, apparently they are called runes and are used as currency in this era it seems, as I think about how much i have a number appeared on my mind.

196.647