//------------------------------// // Round 2: Kings of The Sea & Tyrants of Wind // Story: Monster Hunting: No Way! // by GhostlyDarkness //------------------------------// "Hey folks are you ready for another round of monster hunting action," the familiar voice of the announcer boomed through the arena. "So how are you feeling Twilight?" Rain asked as they were waiting at humongous gates to the arena. "I'm feeling alright, just a little nervous. Do you know what monster we have to go up against now?" she asked exhaustedly. "If you two would just quiet down and listen to the announcer you'll find out," Soul said sounding irritated. "The next round will be against a formidable foe the one and only King of the Sea, the Lagiacrus!" the announcer said as the sounds of a cheering crowd could be heard. "The teams will be separated in this round for safety and less confusion." "What's a Lagiacrus?" Twilight asked curiously. "It's a beast that is said to be the King of The Sea, its vicious and has special organs that produces electricity underwater and prevent it from shocking itself," Soul answered. "It has somewhat of blue scales with spikes on it's back that glows when its filled with electricity. It's said to have a couple subspecies of it as well." "I see sounds dangerous and intriguing," Twilight answered rubbing her chin. "You can swim right Twi?" Rain asked. "Uhh well..." Twilight tried to answer. "Teams enter the arena!" the announcer interrupted. Twilight looked back at Rain with an expression of fear and nervousness. Rain smiled back at her, "don't worry it'll be fine," he said reassuring her. She nodded before following Soul through the gates into what seemed like wide deep lake. "Time to dive," Rain said running ahead and diving in. "C'mon," Soul said before diving in as well. Twilight looked hesitant before taking a deep breath and diving in after her friends. Underneath the surface was surprisingly clear, open, and deep. A beast of intimidating looks of orange eyes that seemed to be locked in an eternal scowl with dark bluish green scales seemed to be waiting for them. She tried to speak, but quickly remembered they were underwater and quickly rushed towards the surface for a breath of air. Soon Soul and Rain resurfaced as well. "What's wrong?" Twilight asked curiously. "It's scared out of its mind its all the way in the corner and staying there," Rain answered. Twilight looked down through the water and sure enough the creature was all the way at the bottom curled up in the corner barely moving. "Something isn't right, these creatures are tough things to scare," Soul pointed out. "A more powerful monster must be nearby." Rain looked up and felt tiny droplets of water falling from the sky. The sky turned stormy and wind whipped up violently. "I think we might be caught in a huge storm," he said as he got out of the arena. "Folks it seems that a Kushla Daora was spotted close to the city, All high ranking hunters are required to help with the hunt. The tournament will be postponed," the announcer's voiced echoed through the building. "I guess we're hunting ourselves our first elder dragon," Rain said smiling. "Yeah first" Soul said sarcastically as he chuckled. Suddenly a man wearing a yellow robe came running up to them seeming very panicked. "Please help! Please help!" the man said. "What's wrong?" Twilight asked calmly. "There's two of them! There's two Daoras and one is a Rusted Kushla Doara!" the man yelled. "What's the difference between a normal Kushla Daora and a rusted one?" Twilight asked curiously. The man looked ready to explain, but Soul cut him short. "Simple one has a rust color and we need to kill that one first," he said before the man could answer. "Where is it exactly?" Soul demanded. "It's that way with the other one," the man said pointing to the city gate that led to the plains. "Let's go!" Soul ordered before rushing off to the gate. As they were leaving the Death Trio were also leaving in the same direction. "Where do you think you're going?" Smoke asked. "None of your business," Rain retorted. "Would you two put aside your petty rivalry for one second!" Soul and Reaper seemed to yell in unison. "Anyway we're going to need to cooperate there are two of them..." Soul said. "...so we're going to need to split up and take them down as a team," Reaper finished. The two of them looked at each other and back at the group and nodded. They had reached the gate and slowly went through, two sets of blue eyes quickly looked towards them. One seemed to have lighter shinier scales while the other one had a deep red and brown rusted look to its scales. They seemed unpleased to have to deal with more hunters. "Alright Reaper you and your team take the normal one, we'll take the rusted one," Soul said firmly. Smoke looked ready to argue, but Reaper grabbed him and pulled him away. "Are you ready Twi?" Rain asked smirking. Twilight turned to him and returned the smirk, "isn't a hunter always ready?" she said.