Anon The Dragon Slayer

You are Anon, a dragon slayer and part of a sacred order of said dragon slayers. Your company travels far and wide and takes jobs from many a king to slay deadly dragons threatening to devastate their kingdoms. This job you were currently on was different though. You and your two comrades Sir Gregory, and Sir Ruder, were sent to kill what many people have been calling the Dragon Lord. The dragon’s name was Quirog. He was a dragon of insurmountable power and no one could truly grasp how powerful he was. That’s why your company sent you three, you three were the best of the best, elites of elites, trained personally by the company’s own leader Sir Brumer III. It was said that he could kill fully grown dragons by himself with ease and could return from the battle almost unscathed.

The three of you crossed the entrance to the cave. You were fully decked out in your dragon slayer armor made up of the scales of countless dragons you had already slain. Your helmet even bore resemblance to a dragon’s head. You checked your waist and your hand fell onto the hilt of the long sword you always lugged around, it was crafted from the strongest metal and was forged by Dwarven Lords, next you checked your back and sure enough your crossbow was in the same place hanging off your back like it always was, the crossbow was unremarkable but what you shot out of it wasn’t, you had enchanters enchant your crossbow bolts so they could inflict lightning on whoever got hit by them, dragons were weak to lightning so your crossbow was quite the reliable weapon to pull out during a pinch. “I don’t like this, not one bit.” Sir Ruder said as he surveyed the cave.

Sir Ruder was always the cautious one and was almost always one step ahead of the enemy. In fact he had saved your life one time when you almost stepped on a trap that would have opened up a pit where you would have fallen to your demise. You trusted Sir Ruder with your life and always listened to his sound judgment. “Oh calm down, you’re overreacting, we’ll just get in there, kill that dragon, and get out with our lives its as simple as that.” Sir Gregory said casually as he strode in deeper into the cave.

Sir Gregory on the other hand was as carefree as could be, but where he lacked in investigative abilities he made up for with his fighting prowess. You had seen the man clash and parry against dragons twice his size, ever since you saw that you always promised yourself to never piss him off or else you’d probably be in for a bad time. As you make your way deeper into the cave you start to feel something, you don’t know what it is but it feels like something isn’t right. It took every fiber of your being not to turn tail and run for the hills right there but you press on with your comrades. You finally make it to a huge room in the cavern. The inside of the room was filled with jewels, gold, weapons, armor, and just about any other valuable you could think of but no dragon.

Noticing that there was no dragon in what was supposedly the dragon’s hoard put you on edge. You put your hand on the hilt of your sword and look over and see that your comrades have done the same. Ruder was eyeing the room cautiously, taking in every detail. Meanwhile Gregory was trying to listen for any sounds. “You dare trespass in my domain.” Came a gravely deep booming voice that sounded like it was coming from inside your head.

“What is your reasoning for entering my cave, speak now mortals or be destroyed right where you stand!” The voice yelled as you cringed from the pain of having someone yell in your head.

You step forward while unsheathing the sword at your hip and holding it aloft. “We are here to slay you Quirog and bring peace of mind to the world!” You yell into the empty cave.

You hear laughing coming from your head. “Really now, just you three are going to slay me? Fine I’ll entertain you!” Quirog yelled as he suddenly appeared before you.

He was a huge dragon, probably the biggest you’ve ever seen in your entire life of dragon slaying. His black scales gleamed even though there was no light coming into the cave. He also had bright serpent-like eyes that seemed to stare into your very soul. Quirog roared, you had to cover your ears it was so loud. After he was done roaring you stared at your comrades “I’ll lead the charge, you two follow me!” You yelled.

“Be careful Anon, we don’t know how strong that dragon is!” Ruder yelled back in worry.

You nodded to him as you rushed Quirog with your sword raised. You gave a battle cry as you finally reached him and swung your sword down, but before it could hit Quirog he slapped you away. You flew through the air and collided on the cave wall with a loud crack. You scream out in pain as you feel several of your ribs break then you fall to the ground. “Hahahaha, utterly weak!” Quirog says as he slowly walks up to you intent on finishing you.

“Anon!” Gregory yelled as he rushed to your aid.

“hmmm, so you intend to get in my way, very well I shall dispose of you as well.” Quirog said as Gregory unsheathed his claymore.

“Just try it dragon breath!” Gregory retorted as Quirog roared and swung one of his mighty claws at him.

Gregory blocked the mighty blow with his sword and entered into a struggle of power with Quirog. Gregory was obviously having some trouble if his strained face was any indication. You quickly fumbled around at the small pack on your waist and opened it up and got out a vial of red liquid. You quickly quaff the healing potion and feel it doing its job as your ribs are slowly being restored to their former glory. Gregory is still battling Quirog when the dragon suddenly swipes at him with his tail. “Gregory look out!” You yelled in warning but it was too late as Gregory got hit by the tail and ended up as a stain on the wall of the cave.

You gritted your teeth in anger as you started to get up despite all the pain. Your ribs were now back in working order and you were ready to get back into the fight. “You’ll pay for that you bastard!” You yelled in anger as you got your sword ready.

“Meaningless words coming from a worm, do you truly think you can defeat me?” Quirog said as you charged him with your sword held high.

Quirog tried to slap you away again, but this time you saw it coming and dodged just in the nick of time then swung quickly at his outstretched arm. Quirog roars as your sword pierces his flesh. “T-that sword, no sword has been able to pierce me before!” Quirog yelled in confusion as you smirked.

“Ya you like that, its the strongest metal in the world, mithril!” Quirog simply looked down at you in anger and opened his mouth.

“No you don’t!” Ruder yelled as he threw a few bombs that land and explode in the dragon’s mouth.

Quirog coughed and hacked as he stared angrily at Ruder. “Fine you can die first then!” Quirog grabbed Ruder before he could react and simply crushed him in his claws.

Ruder gave out a bloodcurdling scream before his life was quickly snuffed out and Quirog tossed his corpse aside. “Ruder, Gregory...” So many emotions were swirling in your head, fear, anger, sadness.

You quickly charged at the dragon “I’ll avenge you both, your deaths were not in vain!” You yelled as Quirog simply laughed.

“I won’t kill you boy, I know something even more fun,” Quirog said as his claws were quickly encased in phantasmal shadows.

You quickly pulled out your crossbow and fired at Quirog who simply didn’t move. The bolt bounced off his thick hide as he laughed. “Now then I shall send you to another dimension where you’ll never bother me again!” Quirog said as his claws quickly come down on you.

You quickly close your eyes and brace for the impact. You waited and wait but there was no pain. confused you open your eyes and all you see is black. You scream but for some reason you can’t hear yourself. So this is how I die, I’m sorry Ruder, Gregory, I couldn’t avenge you. You think to yourself as sleep quickly overtakes you and you black out.