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"of course not. c'mon whats the worst that could happen in a safe zone" he shouts as he wanders off. ok lets see what they got as he wanders from shop to shop he sees the same basic goods everywhere. suddenly hollys voice rings out. "ok cool well you know where ill be" until he wanders into a more open shop surrounded by animals. well then this looks like my kinda place. "hello im looking for wyvern food" he says to the elderly man running the pet store. at wyvern the mans lifeless and bored eyes light up. "well ill be. its been too long since weve had a wyvern rider around here. i thought they had all given up" the old man replies "may i see your whistle?" he continues. paulus holds up the whistle from around his neck for the man to see. suddenly the old man pulls a sword out and says "well then shall we duel? i wish to see if the new generation has any skill" smirking. suddenly a new menu pops up that says new quest 'Help the old captain reminisce' Accept or Deny. Well this must be be those special class quest they mentioned would be premiering in this game. with a huge grin paulus slams the accept button and walks out to the field outside his tent and blows his whistle the be quickly greeted by Eldrid his wyvern "Hey buddy can you settle done for a few we got some work to do" and proceeds to hop on "bring it on old man". to his surprise the old man also pulls out a whistle but leaf shaped and emerald in color. As he blows it an armored elderly wyvern rises from the bushes where it was hidden until just a moment ago "As you wish" he pompously proclaims taking off in to the air "but don't regret it hahaha" "Well fu... what did i get myself into" Paulus says as he pulls his sword out and Eldrid jets up into the sky

as soon as he manages to pull Eldrid to a stop the old man rockets towards him with a war axe and Paulus just barely manages to block. the sound of steel echoing around him. before paulus even has a chance to think he feels a sharp pain in his leg as a wyvern claw sinks in dealing 4 damage and both wyverns sink their teeth into each other "Oh s**t" just before blocking another of the captains oppressively strong blows. even he can tell how this'll end if he doesn't break away with all his force he stabs his sword into the wyverns leg causing it to shriek in pain and reel back giving just a moment to fly away. well that didnt take long to force my hand taking a deep breath "c'mon Eldrid we cant end things here so quickly lets show him the FREEDOM OF THE SKIES" he shouts. as Eldrid takes off full speed he can do little more than hold the reins and his sword with a few quick turns paulus charges the old man who is looking even more interested in the fight than he was before. pulling back Paulus swings at the old man who just dodges the blow "My turn" he says with joy as he charges back and sinks his axe into paulus's side dealing 8 points of damage. With a quick turn paulus is able to barely land a blow on the captains shoulder dealing four damage. Activating defensive manuevers paulus pulls back sheathing his sword he pull his potion barely keeping hold as he ducks and weaves just staying out of range of the captain. popping the cap off it falls as he chugs as much as he can feeling an immediate relief in his leg and side. Rocketing up "DODGE THIS!" paulus yells as Eldrid releases a flurry of small fireball after fireball. the first 2 miss but when one nicks the captain it throws him off just enough to give an opening for the next one and one more dealing damage 8 damage and knocking him off center in his saddle. Seeing his only possibility paulus rockets drawing his sword he swings in a flyby attack knocking him completely back in his saddle and dealing 5 more damage. Sitting forward the captain says "congrats you've managed to impress me a bit. This old body isn't what it used to be at least but you've done well" as they both land he hobbles off his wyvernand chugs a potion for himself "Ahh that was fun. Now you said you needed wyvern food? lucky for you i just got some in stock. give me a moment" as he walks behind his tent to a few cargo boxes

As the old man was sorting through some crates Paulus opened his menu to his dismay immediately realizing how much time had passed and that holly was back on. "Dang it Ill need to hurry" i hope she wasnt waiting to long looking to the old man "Many thanks ill take 6 orders leave one unwrapped" as he transfers the funds to the shopkeeper he tosses the unwrapped to Eldrid "ok boy eat up and ill see you later" sending him on his way and running back off towards the fountain. sending a voice message "heyo sorry about that. i had a chance for a npc training battle with an old captain. and dang flying and dragons are SOOO awesome. ill be right there just need to fill up my potion and ill be ready to go"

"You should have seen it though it was worth the wait" blowing his whistle Eldrid returns giving me a look i could swear was annoyance "Yeah yeah we got work to do" He says patting its neck "I'll let you rest in a bit this shouldn't take too long" taking a look at the caravan he sees a slew of different goods and plain weapons. Well i guess it makes sense why youd need those out here. gonna have to keep an extra careful eye out. saddling up and taking out his beginner rations and takes a bite. choking it down he thinks ok yeah i should have gone for the medium rations after all... that was something else. with a quick look to Silica he says "Ok im heading up ill give you a call if i see anything" as he takes off just barely in control

Soaring above the the twilight made it difficult to see far keeping his eyes posted to the path ahead of them and looking for any little lights or sign of movement. Suddenly a shriek takes his eyes off the ground. "looks like 1.. 2.. 3.. no 5 raiders up here." as five raiders on dragons drop into his view "I'll do my best to keep them busy up here you need to get things moving down there as soon as you can ill catch up as soon as i finish these guys. we cant really afford to risk these guys swinging in on the caravan" "Hey guys over here" he yells shooting a fireball in there direction. as the first takes notices and charges him I activate defensive manuevers and do a barrel roll to the side just holding on and avoiding his attack "Really is that the best you can do? Ive seen rocks fly better than that!" as they all turn their attention to him "Well then let the fun begin" as he draws his blade and fires a few fireballs

Ducking and weaving he continues to avoid their attacks but with this many and their mobility was definitely more difficult then he had expected. C'mon..... can you slow down for just one moment so i can attack. taking a quick look around he counts four "What the where is the last one..." he says as he notices on diving towards the caravan "DAMMIT no you don't " he activates freedom of the skies diving and cutting him off just in time at a price as the raider slams into him causing them both to tumble a few feet. pulling at the reigns paulus manages to recover a bit and with a lucky stab as they fumble and struggle he sinks his blade into their leather helmet killing the raider immediately. he places himself between them and the caravan. hovering unable to move from his position he continues to adjust enough to just block anyone from charging in "Damn i cant move too much up here. how are things going? can you get moving soon? " as he fires a few more fireballs at anyone who tries to edge forward

with sword at the ready he watches closely when the sound changes down below.waiting and waiting for just the right and just as they turn to look down "Finally" he says with a sigh of relief and charges for the largest of the remaining 4 slashing him in surprise and knocking him off his ride "Ha i knew Silica could do it" just three left and i have all the freedom i need "Eldrid come on lets show them how a real rider does it" activating Freedom of the Skies he dives up and around them. With their purpose gone they panic not sure whether to chase or run another is knocked out of the sky as a large fireball smashes into him. "Run while you can haha this caravan is under the protection of Paulus and Silica" As they hover there for a moment they turn and take off in the opposite direction. Ok i better catch up quickly before i lose them taking off in the direction the caravan was heading flying low and close to catch sight of them

Flying low and quickly Paulus scans through the treetops "C'mon... where are you..." did they really get that far ahead of me i hope Silica is okay he thinks to himself. I know it was unavoidable but still slowing for a moment to open the map he looks over and sees her friend icon on the map just a bit further north. With a quick click he brings up her health and energy bar and then closes all the windows. "Okay lets just go a little further to meet up with them shouldn't be too far." remembering the map they were at the edge of the forest so they must have bolted out completely. With a flick he tells Eldrid to go forward however he notices Eldrid is moving much slower than usual. "Oh are you reaching your limit before you need to rest?" Lowering Eldrids speed and height he takes him into a glide in Silicas direction "Its okay if we can just get that far you can have a snack and rest all you like" softly petting the wyverns side shortly he sees the edge of the forest and the caravan that he slowly lowers himself to