The Knight of Azteca, Nick Venom [good summer reads .txt] 📗

knight watched as the nimble rabbits outmaneuvered the slower Roxie.  She struggled to keep up with the rabbits, disappointing the knight. Roxie had no motivation to be praised by the knight, instead, feeling scornful towards him. He was no different than any of her past masters. This lack of motivation slowed her down. The knight shook his head before turning towards the door. Roxie noticed him, stopping, and looking down at the ground. She was familiar with the sight of people turning their backs on her. Somehow, this caused the floodgates to be open. Roxie crouched down. She covered her face with her arms. The knight sighed before turning around. He quickly looked around the surrounding area before a small bluish-purple portal appeared next to him. He dug his hand into the portal, taking a red potion out. He walked up to Roxie and handed her the potion. Roxie peeked out from her huddle and noticed the potion. She shook her head, refusing the potion. “I won’t drink it again!” She declared.

The knight shook his head before laying the potion next to her. He continued without her to the next floor. Meanwhile, Roxie stayed behind. She cried softly to herself, receiving the pity of the rabbits. However, she glanced at the potion a couple of times. After hesitating for a minute, she reached out and grabbed it. The rabbits started their attacks up again, pummeling her with physical attacks. She swiftly drank the potion in a few gulps before discarding the bottle. The reddish potion ignited a fire under her as her wings---which were only a few inches in length---suddenly grew to its normal five-feet length. Roxie, stunned, stared at herself and her wings. Tears began streaming down her cheeks as fond memories of her wings began flooding into her brain. Now with her wings intact, Roxie glared at the rabbits that---minutes ago---were pitying and attacking her. She gripped the dagger tightly before sprinting towards the rabbits, slashing them apart. A skill---Holy Light---overtook her dagger, forming a barrier of light over it. She cut through the rabbits at a terrifying speed, to the knight’s amazement.

 He didn’t venture into the next floor, instead, waiting on the stairs for Roxie to show her true power. He wasn’t disappointed anymore.

 

TBC…

Episode Six "Dire Wolf Ambush"

After Roxie slaughtered every rabbit on the first floor, she made her way through the entire dungeon. After completing the knight’s task, she fell unconscious. The knight carried Roxie’s body from the dungeon to his inn. He laid her there where she began to recover her mana until she could move again. Unfortunately, her wings shrank to a few inches, instead of the five feet in length---on each side---that the potion granted her.

A week after her slaughter-fest, the knight took Roxie to the adventurers guild where he found a quest to partake in. The quest would require them to venture---alongside another party---with a caravan to the city of Dragazin. Fortunately, the knight wanted to expand his sights and chose the guarding mission for that reason solely. Roxie was dragged along.

The knight led Roxie to the main entrance of Marksberry. Waiting for them were four adventurers and eight carriages. The leader of the caravan was an elderly merchant who looked to be on death’s door. The man used a cane to walk around. He wore a black tuxedo with a vibrant red tie. He walked up to the knight and Roxie as they waited for the caravan to begin rolling. “You must be the other adventurers that accepted this quest. I’m Freddy.” He said, slowly extending his hand. The knight reached his hand out, shielded in his armor, and shook Freddy’s hand. Freddy glanced at Roxie before turning around and heading to the other adventurer party. He passed by three of the adventurers but stopped at the fourth one. He leaned in and whispered something in the adventurer’s ear. The adventurer nodded her head. Freddy nodded, heading towards the front of the caravan. 

The leader of the party walked over to the knight and Roxie. The leader was a male teenager with short black hair that went down to his nape---shorter on the front side. He wore lightweight leather armor with pieces of iron armor pieced onto it. The makeshift leather/iron combination didn’t impress the knight. “I’m Rix, nice to meet you.” He said in a strong and clear voice. However, the knight didn’t exchange pleasantries with Rix, instead, motioning for Roxie to talk. 

“I-It’s nice to meet you.”

Rix looked slightly taken aback by the knight’s silence. He expected every adventurer to be chatty and obnoxious. “Well, I’m the leader of Hollow Peak. Behind me are my party members.” He then motioned to behind him. 

“I’m Holly, the second-in-command of sorts.” She stated. Her frilly blonde locks dangled in front of her eyes, obscuring them. She wore leather armor like Rix. Unlike Rix, she had dark skin.

“Smoke,” muttered the only non-human in the party. Smoke was a dragonkin, reaching seven feet in height and towering over his comrades. He had green scales. Also, he wore scattered pieces of iron that protected his vitals. None of the iron protected non-fatal parts of his body. 

“I’m Tori.” The fourth adventurer remarked. She was the one who talked to Freddy. She extended her hand to the knight, unlike the others, but received the same treatment as Freddy. Roxie was forced to speak for both of them. 

“With introductions out of the way, let’s begin the trip.” Rix declared, signaling Freddy to start the caravan. Freddy nodded and ordered the caravan to begin rolling. 

“Last stop! Dragazin!” Freddy declared while Hollow Peak and the knight and Roxie followed behind on an empty carriage. Hollow Peak’s members sat on one side of the carriage while the knight and Roxie sat on the opposite side. Rix attempted to engage in a conversation with the knight, but he refused, creating a tense atmosphere that lasted for a large portion of the trip.

After five somewhat peaceful days on the carriages, Freddy declared an emergency. A pack of Dire Wolves had emerged from the forests and crept closer to the caravan. Hollow Peak disembarked from the carriage and went towards where the Dire Wolves were. Meanwhile, the knight and Roxie took their time getting off the carriage.

At the front of the caravan, Freddy stopped the entire line of carriages and hid in his carriage with the other merchants doing the same. Fortunately for the caravan, Hollow Peak rushed to their aid and pushed the Dire Wolves back. However, the Dire Wolves wouldn’t allow the party to leave. The leader of the pack---who had a large scar going across its face---appeared. It let out a roar that threw Hollow Peak into the air, slamming them into the ground violently. 

The knight and Roxie followed after Hollow Peak, encountering less wind than them. Roxie, however, was slightly pushed back while the knight remained standing like an iron wall. He opened the small portal and took out a Spirit Bow with purple-colored arrows. He equipped one of the arrows on the bowstring and drew it back. Roxie was memorized by his figure---a knight in shining armor wielding a longbow with the setting sun casting light onto the shiny armor.

“Die,” The knight remarked, letting go of the arrow and launching it towards the Dire Wolves. The leader ignored the attack, underestimating the arrow’s power. It tore through the leader in one go, scaring the other Dire Wolves of the pack. The frightening power that the knight displayed forced the Dire Wolves to retreat, giving the merchants a victory. Freddy was dumbfounded by the knight’s incredible power with a bow---which surpassed even the strongest archer in the land. 

“He can’t be underestimated.”

 

TBC…

Episode Seven "Wyvern"

Freddy praised the knight for his strength. The other adventurers and merchants agreed, thanking the knight for protecting them. Once everybody said their thanks, they dispersed and entered their carriages. The knight shook the praises and thanks off before jumping into his carriage. Roxie followed behind him, admiring the knight. 

The knight waited on his carriage with Roxie as the caravan continued trudging through the dirt roads. The tension began to die out as the threat was extinguished. The peaceful atmosphere reentered suddenly. However, it disappeared as soon as it appeared. A loud ground-trembling roar erupted. The knight peered out of the carriage and at the ocean-colored sky. A red wyvern roared as it neared the caravan. Freddy was forced to stop the caravan. Hollow Peak jumped out of the carriages and prepared their defenses. They brandished their weapons, pointing them at the wyvern. The knight and Roxie jumped out and brandished their weapons. “Kill,” He muttered while pointing his sword at the wyvern.

Meanwhile, the Hollow Peak adventurers launched magic attacks and arrows at the wyvern, who swiftly maneuvered around them before launching a dive attack. Rix activated an attack similar to Wind Slash at the wyvern, but the attack bounced off the obsidian-scales. He attempted a few more attacks, but none pierced the scales. Holly brandished a wooden shield and dashed towards the grounded wyvern. The wyvern used its tail to discard Holly before focusing on Tori and Smoke. The wyvern didn’t consider Rix a threat, leaving him behind.

Smoke activated the skill ‘Hellfire’---a skill that, when used, will launch walls of hellfire into the air. He threw Hellfire in the wyvern’s way. The wyvern charged through the wall and smacked into Smoke, throwing him fifty feet away. Tori watched Smoke’s attack fail, prompting her to use her hail mary attack. She activated ‘Silent Steps’ and ‘Assassination’---two skills that are tied to her profession. She used Silent Steps to flank the wyvern and attempted to use Assassination to stab the wyvern’s eyes and blind it. However, the wyvern had a skill that tracked her location, stabbing her in the gut with its tail. It picked Tori up before discarding her. Rix---watching his team fall apart---activated a skill that he had saved up. An actual hail mary attack; the skill ‘Hail Mary’. The skill would use his life source and take ten years from him for instant destructive powers. He had used this skill once before. 

Rix charged towards the wyvern with the skill slowly activating but was prevented by Roxie. She stood in front of him and held her hand out. “What are you doing? My friends are dying!”

“Wyvern’s going to die. Your friends will be saved.” She whispered.

“Wyvern’s gonna die? My friends will be saved?” He repeated. “The wyvern is still kicking!” He shouted while pointing at the wyvern. “It’s not-”

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