They all climbed onto the back of that creature then shot up flying high into the air. The view below looked very clean. Cold wind blew hard bringing the smell of tree sap and wet leaves into their noses. White clouds passed slowly around them. From above the rows of high mountains wooden temples and some village buildings looked united with the green land.
01 stared at that view with a calm face. He smiled looking at the expanse of clouds. "So peaceful," 01 said softly. "I am a bit lazy to train now."
"Ugh fuck peace," 02 muttered dramatically. The blonde haired woman leaned her back hard against the monster’s back then folded both her hands in front of her chest with pouted lips.
"Ugh shut up do not ruin my peaceful time," 01 said.
"Only stupid and weak people like peace!" 02 shouted at 01. She leaned her body forward and pointed right in front of 01’s face using her index finger.
01 clenched his jaw. The veins on his neck bulged slightly. "Agh then why am I smart and strong huh?"
"Because you are handsome!" 02 answered without hesitation.
01 touched his forehead with his palm. "Ugh damn my peaceful moment is ruined because of that damn woman, what is wrong with her." He took a long breath. "Yeah yeah whatever."
01 turned his head slowly toward 02.
02 raised her eyebrows. "Why?"
01 without small talk immediately laid his body sideways and slept right on 02’s lap. "I want to sleep wake me up when we arrive."
"Why on my lap?!" 02 asked confused with widened eyes. Her mouth protested. Her fingers went down touching and softly stroking 01’s pink hair strands.
"Soft," 01 answered briefly. After saying that he immediately closed his eyes.
Salksha saw that incident from the front. She tilted her head staring flatly at the two of them. Are they dating? Ugh do dating people act like that? No is that important right now, Salksha thought in her head.
Salksha directed her gaze to Sa hu beside her. "What do you think Sa"
Salksha’s words stopped instantly seeing Sa hu who looked very nervous. The red robed dragon girl sat stiffly. She looked straight ahead with a very serious facial expression while squeezing her own knees.
Is she nervous or scared? Ugh whatever, Salksha thought. She turned her body back to face straight ahead.
After several hours of journey piercing through the cold air they arrived at a mountain range. All the trees in that mountain range had thick bright red leaves. Those red leaves fell swept by the wind. Inside that mountain area there was a large river flow. That river water emitted a bright blue color. The sound of flowing water hitting the rocks sounded very clear. Right at the end of the blue river flow there was a very wide and pitch black stone cave mouth.
Slap!
02 slapped the cheek of 01 who was sleeping soundly. "We have arrived arrived!!!!"
01’s eyes instantly snapped open. His body reacted quickly with a killing reflex. He swung his hand almost slashing 02’s neck. There were small sparks of fire coming out from between his fingers. After realizing the face in front of him was 02 01 held back his attack.
01 bit his lip then slapped 02’s cheek back hard.
Slap!
"Stupid woman!!!" 01 shouted in annoyance.
On the other hand Salksha was still staring at them with a flat face. Are they dating? she thought.
"Agh it hurts you idiot!!" 02 shouted. She held her reddened left cheek. Her red eyes glared sharply at 01. Her right hand raised high into the air again preparing to return the slap.
"Enough enough you two, we have arrived, save the romance for later," Salksha said. She raised one hand with an open palm toward the two of them trying to separate them. Her face looked flat seeing the behavior of her two comrades.
That giant leopard furred and jade scaled creature lowered its altitude slowly. Its four paws that glowed blue landed stepping on the rocky ground on the edge of the river flow. The sound of rippling water sounded very close.
01 jumped down first. His boots crunched stepping on the wet gravel. He swung his right hand to the side. A dark long sword with glowing red patterns appeared in his grasp. 01’s red eyes stared straight at the pitch black giant stone cave mouth across the river.
"This place..." 01 said softly.
02 also jumped from the monster’s back. She landed with a very neat and elegant movement without losing her balance. She smiled cheerfully looking at the light reflection of the blue river water and the falling red leaves around her. "So beautiful.."
"So awful.." 01 muttered. The cold air blowing out from inside the stone cave brought the metallic stench of fresh blood mixed with the smell of rotting meat piercing his nose.
"W we have arrived... at that creature’s place.." Sa hu muttered. She climbed down slowly. The dragon girl’s face looked pale. Both her hands tightly squeezed the ends of her red robe. Her shoulders looked slightly trembling.
"Did you say the creatures here average around level seventy?" Salksha asked. She walked closer to Sa hu while adjusting the collar of her black shirt. Her blue eyes also stared sharply into the darkness inside the cave.
Sa hu nodded slowly. "Yes.." She swallowed her saliva with difficulty. "The ruler of this place is level one hundred and twenty..."
"One hundred and twenty..." 01 repeated the number. He lowered his head then massaged the bridge of his nose using his left index finger and thumb. "That bastard sent us here while he is playing chess..."
"Wait he is playing chess?" Salksha chimed in. She turned her head quickly looking at 01’s back with a slightly surprised facial expression.
"One hundred and twenty?!" 02 repeated the number with a very cheerful tone. She immediately spun her body around and stepped closer to 01. Both her hands clenched tightly in front of her chest. "Did you hear that did you hear that?! Finally we can unleash our full strength after so long!"
"Ugh so lazy I am so lazy..." 01 said while slowly shaking his head looking at 02’s cheerful face. He turned his body back facing the cave letting the sword in his right hand drawn downward.