Chase stood in pure shock.
"I am not fighting you!"
"He is not fighting you!"
Both him and Zephyr yelled.
"Why not? I'll go easy, and he needs training. Killing a Hollow aint easy, but it's not gonna teach him anything other than how to fight without holding back..."
"That is all he needs to learn..."
Zephyr frowned, his chibi figure folding his arms.
Chase didn't know who's side to take, he just didn't want to get turned into an eternal light bulb.
Lithica looked him up and down, then summoning an orb of light into his right hand.
"Yeah, I'd say he has a chance of surviving my full strength. Which means we fight!"
"No it does not mean that!"
Zephyr was pure outrage, and had begun flailing his arms around like a wild animal.
"Why not?"
Lithica looked sad as he asked.
"Because he needs to preserve his strength, the coming days lie the most important and he cannot waste energy on fighting an idiot made of light."
Lithica frowned.
"Ah, I do understand your worry; however, Chase's energy reserves are quite impressive for a sixteen year old. So I doubt that he would have trouble regaining energy before that big raid."
"What big raid?"
Chase asked.
"Nothing."
Zephyr stated before Lithica could open his mouth.
"Then I propose a two versus one..."
Zephyr had a look on his face that was either pure amazement that Lithica had just challenged him of all people, and shock that he had the audacity to challenge the both of them.
Lithica grinned.
"No no, I ask that we both get to fight you dear dragon..."
Zephyr's face darkened.
"I cannot break my vows... I will not harm the boy in any way."
Lithica's grin grew quite wicked.
"Why not? He needs training, and needs to learn how to fight unfair battles. Plus, If I am going to serve him right, I need to learn how to fight on the battlefield with him. If worst scenario your true form attracts a god of death, then we will kill them. No big deal!"
"No- No big deal?"
Chase couldn't believe that the angel had just said that.
"Yes, I have killed a lesser god before, how do you think I grew sentience? I did a favor for another god and in return I was given life..."
"The lesser gods are not the problem..."
Zephyr said sadly.
"Ah..."
Lithica looked as if he knew what Zephyr was getting at, but Chase had no clue what the secret meaning behind their conversation was.
"So, it is personal?"
Zephyr nodded.
"I would rather not fight The Grand Paladin... So... Just use your true form anyway!"
"Are you an idiot!?"
Zephyr screamed, causing birds to fly away from the branches they were once resting on.
Chase noticed a strange familiarity in his dragon mentor...
'He sounds like Poppy...'
"Fine! We may fight, but I will drag Chase to the underworld if the worst comes. And I will not bring you with us."
Lithica shrugged.
"So be it, I doubt Zen is scared of you though, he may just let it be and use your presence as entertainment or something."
Then Zephyr's form shifted, and the branch that they were standing on was completely pulverized underneath the weight of the crimson dragon.
Chase began falling, which had become a recurring thing in recent days.
Then a hand grabbed his and next thing Chase knew he was being flown to the ground by Lithica.
"Alright young warrior, I ask that you do not hold back, even against your own mentor."
He grinned as his wings flapped back and forth, then the two of them turned around to greet the dragon that was toppling over trees as it walked.
"I cannot help you with flight though, downside of having devil blood is you can't fly unless you are a dragon. So try to stay grounded, I will attack from above and give air support."
"Noted."
Then they charged the dragon, and the force of Lithica's wings shattered the ground below.
Chase lowered himself into a sprint, and summoned Phoenix Flare to guard him.
The feathers hovered around him as he sprinted toward his mentor.
The dragon crashed its foot into the ground, but Chase had jumped before the impact.
Grabbing onto the chain that was wrapped around Zephyr's waist, he tried to stab the dragon but was immediately greeted with unbreakable skin.
'Welp! so much for that!'
He let himself fall back to the ground, and was immediately grabbed by Lithica.
"No luck with the stabby stabby huh?"
"Not at all!"
Chase yelled with the wind crushing into his face.
He had to strain his eyes when looking at the celestial because of how damn bright he was.
He insisted on wearing nothing but white baggy pants, saying that it was because it gave him aura or something that made no sense to Chase, before they had set out this morning.
So his skin was glistening with golden ruins along his abdomen and chest, blinding Chase even more.
Then he threw Chase at the dragon with an unforeseen amount of strength.
Chase grabbed onto Zephyr's neck, pulling himself on top of the dragon.
Summoning an insane amount of flames around his body, he let himself lose control as he turned into a bomb of fire and flames.