Dangerous Encounter

Sueong wraps up a huge mission, along with Hiouis and 3 other guild mates: Thatch, Roga, and Misu.

"I gotta say, Sueong, you're Ice dragon slayer magic is incredible." Thatch complements.

"Freezing those giant beasts wasn't a problem me whatsoever." Sueong shrugs, "Especially since all they do is recklessly charge, like mind-less bulls."

"You could say that again." Hiouis laughs.

"And you're not even in our ranks either, which is even more impressive." Roga said.

"Being in the same ranks doesn't matter, so don't underestimate me." Sueong gives Roga the look.

"Oh, It's not like that, I mean..." Roga tries explaining.

"Well, he's right." Misu chimes in, "Ranks don't matter, if you can fight, then that's all that matters."

"I concur." Thatch agrees.

Sueong smiles and nods to that.

"Heh heh... yeah, you're all right." Roga awkwardly chuckles and starches his head.

"Ha, you didn't stand a chance that time." Hiouis teases Roga, while flying.

"Oh, you little-" Roga mutters under his breath with a tick mark, which Hiouis sticks his tongue out.

They are now in a wasteland land area and around this time, "!" Sueong stops, "I sense incredible magic coming our way."

"What magic?" Hiouis asks.

"! Get back!" Thatch warns and they all get back as something comes in front of them.

"CRASH!" Out of the smoke comes a man with long dark blue hair, a black cloak, and scales on his arms and face, grinning after coming out.

"His magic level is off the charts!" Roga sweats in shock.

"Yeah, he's bad news..." Misu tightens her fist.

Sueong steps up and asks, "Who are you?"

The man speaks and eyes them, "I am Acnologia, the King of Dragons."

"The... king of dragons?" Sueong questions and doesn't get it.

"This guy...?" Hiouis doesn't get it either.

"I sense it, a dragon slayer is here." Acnologia grins wickedly, tightening his claws.

The group sense the bloodlust coming from him, sweating in shock.

"This guy must be a dragon slayer killer." Hiouis guess.

"My thoughts exactly..." Thatch agrees, "This is bad!" He then turns to Sueong, who's still in shock, "Sueong, you need to get out of here now!"

"What?!" Sueong asks in disbelief.

"We're no match for this guy! He's not an enemy we can take, especially head on, so just go!" Thatch tells him.

"We'll hold him off as long as we can, so get moving." Roga agrees.

"No, I'm fighting to-" Sueong insisted by is suddenly knocked out by Misu, who then catches him.

"No, we won't let you get slayed by this guy." Misu says to the unconscious sueong, "Hiouis, go on ahead and get him out of here!"

"Right!" Hiouis grabs sueong by the back and flies away.

The three turn to Acnologia, "Alright, you're dealing with-" Roga was about to say but he is suddenly stabbed through the chest, "GAH!" He spits out blood.

"Roga!" Misu and Thatch shout in shock as he drops to the ground, dead.

"Roga...!" Hiouis looks back and can only closes his eyes, not wanting to watch or wanting to leave them, but must.

"Misu let's go for that move!" Thatch nods to her and she nods back, **"Magic Combo: FLOWER SWORDS DANCE!"** They do a combination attack at Acnologia but the human dragon isn't fazed and simple eats the attack, "What?!" They both exclaim in shock.

"Thanks for the meal." Acnologia rubs his mouth before proceeding to stab them both through the chest, making them spit out blood violently, the same way as the dead Roga, "That's three down." Acnologia grins as they drop to the ground in a pool of blood.

He then looks and sees that Hiouis and Sueong are nowhere to be found, "Tsk, that cat got away with the dragon slayer." He scoffs, "Oh, well, I have better matters to attend to anyway." He then transforms into his Black Dragon form, sprouting is wings, "Now to go 'there'." He then flies off, leaving the three arcobaleno members dying.

Thatch slowly looks next to him, "Misu..." He sees that she's dead and blessed out, "Damn..." He then looks to the sky, "Thank god... at least Hiouis go away with Sueong... hope he's got far too... we can't afford to let one of our own die..." He mutters his last words before succumbing to his wounds, now dead and the wind breeze blows over their dead bodies.

**Meanwhile:**

Hiouis flies and stops near a sitting up ahead, in the forest.

"Phew, think we lost him." Hiouis sighs in relief and deactivates his wings, "But... thatch, Misu, and Roga." He sheds a tear for their sacrifice but stays strong, "You're sacrifices weren't in vain, I got Sueong away from him."

Sueong the wakes up, "Oh..." He rubs his head.

"You're awake." Hiouis checks on him.

"Hiouis... what happened-" He then recalls to Acnologia and Misu knocking him out, "Hold on! That guy with the cloak!" He recalls, "And what about thatch, misu, and Roga?!"

The cat lowers his head in a sad expression, "They... didn't make it."

"What...!" Sueong is shocked.

"They held that guy off as long as they could, but got killed in an instant." Hiouis explains even more.

"They were one of the higher ups in our guild and they died quickly to that guy?!" Sueong is in disbelief, "Damn!" He punches his fist to the ground, "I couldn't do anything!"

"It's a good thing Misu did knock you out, otherwise you would've been killed!" Hiouis states at him with a serious look, "They chose to be left behind so they could save you from that dragon king guy."

"..." Sueong is silent for a second.

"Sueong?" The cat questions his silences.

"That guy... I did sense an enormous amount of magic in him." He explains, "It's no doubt that he's dragon slayer as well... an evil one at that." He recognizes, "By the moment he sensed me with dragon slayer magic, his bloodlust awakened."

"Does he have a thing against dragon slayers or something? Even though he's one too?" Hiouis thinks with a paw on his chin and doesn't get it.

Sueong looks up at the evening sky, "Who knows... but that guy is dangerous and must be prepared for."