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Zero

(#9152606)

Intoner of Truth

Familiar

Silverstring Harp

Energy: 0/50

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Physical Attributes

Battle Stats

Measurements

Length

25.27 m

Wingspan

16.2 m

Weight

7645.61 kg

Genetics

White
Iridescent

White
Current

Midnight
Spines

Hatchday

Dec 28, 2014
(9 years)

Breed

Adult
Imperial

Eye Type

Plague
Pastel

Level 1 Imperial

EXP: 0 / 245

STR

AGI

DEF

QCK

INT

VIT

MND

Lineage

Parents

Haunted
Zero

Offspring

none

Biography

Intoner of Truth

A gifted Intoner with superhuman battle skills and expert swordsmanship. She is open and uninhibited with men, yet violent and lazy by nature. She constantly quarrels with her overly serious sister, One. The flower blooming in her right eye prolongs her life and has given her a unique body.

From the moment I was born, there was nothing. That's how I wound up with the name Zero.

I tried and failed to find value in my life. Even religion failed me, for I would have sooner fought and killed a god than pray to it. I took lives and felt nothing. I killed without regret. Right? Wrong? Sin? Redemption? I couldn't even work up the emerge to care. Like a child, I waited and hoped. Hoped for the moment when this sad shell of a life would finally be over.

Savage... I think you mean Intoner.

Once upon a time, many moons ago... There was an Intoner who was infected by a flower. This Intoner had five younger sisters... each of them cursed as well. Fearful of the flower's immense force, the Intoner began searching for a dragon. A dragon strong enough to kill every last Intoner...

Michael

Is that... a dragon!?
Do you humans always attack creatures as they peacefully soar through the sky? My name is Michael.
If you enjoy killing each other as much as you seem to, perhaps you'd allow me to join in the fun!
You. The girl in white. Who are you? You think to give me orders? Me? An 8000-year-old dragon? Witness the power of my fire as I turn you all to ash!
Goddammit! What are you doing!?
Stand still, girl, so I may smite you! I can't smite you unless you stop moving!
Not gonna happen, dumb***!

Hey! Hey, dragon! I'm still alive, you know!
Foolish girl! You dare taunt ME!? The Mightiest of the noble dragon race?
You death is nigh! My crimson flames shall serve as your funeral FIRE!
It's “funeral pyre,” you moron!
Gya! drat you! Shut your insolent mouth at once!

You still alive, girl.
Heh. drat right I do. Now kill me, if you can.
.....
Not yet. You and I have much to discuss.

That was my first encounter with Michael. He was stupid. And not nearly as strong as he thought.

I once thought it to be pure coincidence that we met. But when I think about it now, I perhaps see the hand of fate at work. Zero was a woman imprisoned within her flower's curse. A flower whose history deeply intertwines with the drago—
Hey! Quit narrating already!
Eh? Leave me alone, girl! I have a gravely important tale to impart.
Trust me. No one gives a poo poo. And where the hell are we going, anyway?
Bah! To think I chose to aid one with such uncouth and abhorrent taste in language.
Okay, first of all, enough with the bull**** fancy talk.
What!? You dare ridicule the 12,000 years of knowledge imparted to me by—
Huh? Didn't you say 8,000 years yesterday? Quit fudging the numbers.
Ridiculous! I would never stoop to the level of... fudging. Still... I suppose I could be convinced to try a piece if it was offered. Even a lofty dragon such as myself gets something of a sweet tooth from time to ti—
All right, all right. Stop!

So. Again. Where are we going?
I know about the flower within you, girl. It is intrinsically related to my proud dragon race...

Michael explained it like this... Dragons had been the natural enemies of the flower since ancient times. And dragons were the only creatures in existence that could destroy the flower. When he saw I was infected with it, it kind of... hit a nerve, I guess. Michael kept describing it with words like “destiny” and “preordained.” Annoying as hell, actually. But whatever.
All I needed was his help. The flower had become my sisters, and they had to be destroyed. And once that was done, I had to be destroyed as well. After I told him that, he stayed quiet for a while...
Apparently, it was a pretty agonizing decision for him. He'd been alive for a very, very long time. Long enough to know every kind of loss imaginable. And sometimes all that pain and loneliness got in the way of his thinking. But after a while... he whispered two words to me: “Very well.”

So NOW will you tell me where we're going?
The mountain.
Which mountain?
I believe it's called Mount Vern... smith? Burn... slice? Er...
Huh? Speak up!
The name doesn't matter! It's a holy mountain, all right?
Forgot it, did you?

The dragon had lived for millennia. He had fought thousands of battles. He had lost count of how many people and other creatures he had killed. In the end, all that remained was a mountain of smoldering castles and half-burnt corpses. And over the sand and endless years... everything the dragon once believed in had become as ashes in the wind.

This place is nice and all, but why are we here, exactly?
According to our lore, the flower you carry will bring ruin upon the entire world.
That's what they tell me... As such, it is my duty to kill you on this very spot.
Ooo-kay?
And yet... I have concerns about this. If I believed every cradle tale my elders told me, I would be no better than you foolish, lowborn humans.
Look, what's the deal? Are you going to kill me or not?
I must test your strength.
Huh?
A hideous clutch of monsters call this mountain home. If you have the strength to defeat them, you likely have the strength to suppress your curse. Overcome this trial, and I will grant you the right to live.
*flies into the air* It will not be easy.
Hey, wait a... Hey! Get back here, ***hole! What kind of ridiculous reason is that!? Don't leave me alone on this poo poo heap, you goddamn idiot!

Michael was different from your typical dragon. Dragons are usually intelligent. Dignified. Reluctant to deal with people. Michael tried to act the part, but there was something... off about the whole thing. And what's more, he seemed to take an actual interest in the human race. So I tried to take advantage of that good-natured friendliness... in order to fulfill my own goals.

You managed to survive.
I can't BELIEVE you made me climb this bull**** mountain!
You didn't climb it.
Oh, whatever!
Hurry along. We need to go.
Go where?
Next up is the Land of Forests, where—
What!? You didn't say anything about doing more of this crap!
And when did I say this was all there was? You need to pay closer attention. Otherwise, someone will end up swindling you.
Shut your trap, would you!?
Climb on. Let's go.

Two months later...

You know, you've taken me to a lot of bad places... but this dank s***hole really takes the cake.
Hmm? Is that fear I detect? From an Intoner?
Shut UP!
This will be your final test of strength, Zero.
Who do I fight now?
Me! Prove your strength by besting me in combat! If you are so able, I shall grant your wish. I, Michael, the strongest of all dragons, will become your friend and companion, and together, we shall overcome every obstacle the flower sees fit to place in our path!
How many times have I told you to knock off the formal bull****? ...And I never asked for a friend.
Begin!
Hey, come on now! Wait a second! I didn't ask for this! Besides, you aren't the “strongest” of anything! Stupidest maybe, but not the strongest.
Enough of your insipid prattle! If you don't want to die, then raise your guard!
Son of a b****... Isn't this a little sudden?
Crap! I'm a dead girl if one of those fireballs hits me!

Is that all you've got, accursed Intoner!?
Hey, it's kinda tough to get motivated all spur-of-the-moment like this.
Do not insult me like some baseborn human! Attack me with all of your might!

...Somewhere slong the line, I started to enjoy talking with Michael. You always hear about how no one can live alone. And according to Michael, it was the same with dragons. He once mentioned—almost casually—that for him, being alone was no different from being dead. I found it hard to believe a dragon could ever feel such loneliness. But I guess they can. ...Or Michael could, at least. He was too stupid to lie to me about it. And it was clear he wanted me to feel the same.

Gyaaagh...
You... You all right?
Never show mercy to your foes! You have five sisters left to kill! How can you accomplish such if you cannot even finish this task!?
I know that, all right?

After living for all these millennia... After losing all that I loved and believed in... All that remained inside me was loneliness. I thought I would never speak to another person again. But as for why I desired to be with Zero, I cannot say. Perhaps I was... expecting something from it. A release from the eternal cycle... that bound me to the world for all time.

Nnngh... Y-You... have done well... You humans are a truly annoying lot. But, as promised, I will fight alongside you. It might even prove to be... simulating.
I think you mean "stimulating" ...Michael.

The night he chose to fight the Intoner, the dragon had a dream. The boy was a friend, one he fought with long ago. The dragon was shaking. Shaking with the fear of yet another battle. With the fear of yet another loss. As the dragon headed for a broken world, the boy stood silent—

Mikhail

Zero...
This is it. Once the flower's in full bloom, you have to destroy it.
Okay...
There's one more thing I need to tell you.
What?
You've grown strong... Mikhail.
*sniffle* Zero... Zero, you big dummy...

Hey, Zero?
Yeah?
I... I had a lot of fun.
With you. I mean. It was fun being with you.
The killing was hard. It was really hard, but...
Stop repeating things.
But getting to be with you, Zero.
Getting to eat next to you...
Getting to fly around with you...
Getting to have you yell at me...
And then getting to be friends again...
It was really, really fun.
I'm glad. Mikhail.
Yeah?
It's... almost time.
...Okay.
Good night... Zero...

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