Chapter 21: The Silent Forest

Later that night...

Elizabeth has left the inn and now stands just outside the forest.

Ara: "Are you really sure about this? I still don't know who is hiding out in this forest."

Elizabeth enters the forest as she enters Wyvern Hunter form.

Elizabeth: "Just let me know that when we find him, you tell me everything you know."

She develops her shield.

Ara: "(in head) You're the strangest incarnation yet. No one has ever been both advocate for the destruction and saving of humans."

The woods begin to whistle in the night breeze.

Meanwhile...

An orange Wyvern with dark grey eyes and legs scarred beyond complete repair is currently awakening in the middle of a vast field covered in faded pink flowers.

Wyvern: "(yawning) Thankfully this place is still here."

He gently gets up as to avoid crushing as many flowers as possible.

Wyvern: "One day, they will find and sully this land. I won't let that happen."

He's about ready to fly as something triggers his senses.

Wyvern: "The Star is on the way..."

He does a quick hover off of the ground and moves to a more barren piece of the field.

Wyvern: "All humans do is take and kill both life and each other. They must disappear."

He lands back on the ground, now awaiting his opponent...

90 minutes later...

Elizabeth has fought against countless smaller creatures hiding throughout the forest and can see a large field ahead of her.

Ara: "(thinking) Someone territorial in a place like this..."

Elizabeth: "Just wait a second. We should be meeting-"

???: "-very shortly?"

The Wyvern has spotted them through the trees with Ara recognizing him immediately.

Ara: "Lupus."

Elizabeth steps into the field.

Lupus: "So Ara was one of the first to fail again?"

Elizabeth holds her shield out.

Elizabeth: "You'll join her soon enough."

Lupus watches as one flower bends beneath her feet.

Lupus: "Life will not disappear because of human folly!"

Ara: "Lupus values the lives of living things more than his own life. He won't let these flowers bend."

Elizabeth: "He also won't let me come out of here in one piece."

Elizabeth leaps over to the trunk of a nearby tree and holds herself up in one of the higher branches.

Lupus: "You can't run girl."

Elizabeth starts hopping between the trees to try and keep herself protected and so she can get behind him easier.

Elizabeth: "You think I'm trying to run?"

Elizabeth gets behind Lupus.

Lupus: "You'll wish you were."

He grabs Elizabeth in a flash without even looking at her.

Ara: "He's the most aware out of any Constellation! You can't surprise him like that!"

He tosses her into the air.

Elizabeth: "(in pain) Thanks for the late tip!"

Lupus soars into the sky to chase after her.

Lupus: "I'll wrap this up in one blow."

Elizabeth defends a punch from Lupus with her shield.

Lupus: "I almost forgot about you Ara."

Ara: "(in head) It's a shield vs spear fight!"

Elizabeth can't attack against the onslaught of attacks coming her way.

Lupus: "You'll only make the flames burn longer."

Elizabeth is being punched straight into the stratosphere.

Ara: "You need to think of something fast!"

However, little does anyone know that Elizabeth is studying her opponent.

Elizabeth: "My opening is..."

Lupus's attacks pause for a moment.

Elizabeth: "... now!"

Elizabeth parries the punch and staggers Lupus.

Lupus: "Huh?!"

Elizabeth disengages the Break and rockets straight into his gut.

Elizabeth: "I told you I'd be fine Ara!"

Elizabeth begins a series of rapid punches straight into the diaphragm.

Lupus: "(coughing blood) You were studying me?!"

Elizabeth: "When you keep getting hit, you tend to see a pattern."

They're rocketing back into the ground at mach speeds.

Lupus: "(in head) I'm finished."

Ara: "The one thing Lupus values more than anything else is his honor and care for life. He's so protective over it that is puts in really bad situations."

Lupus's body begins to break apart into yellow light before they touch the ground.

Lupus: "(weakly) That's why my body will break in peace."

His body breaks apart into yellow light as Elizabeth touches the ground...

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