'Yo Cap, the dragon seems to be awake' I heard a monotonous report

I hurriedly look at the dragon and noticed it staring at me

I hurriedly pulled out Azazel from his scabbard and dashed forward, the dragon reacted and tried to raise its body but it didn't make it in time

My blade was pointed at its neck before it can open its mouth and breathe fire

"Stay down or you will die" I threatened

"How dare you threaten me?!" The dragon raised its claws and swiped them

'Lilith, strength'

I jumped back before dashing forward again and with the aid of the thrusters, I managed to reach dragon's head and land a straight punch on its snout. The dragon moved back as it shook its head in pain, I didn't miss this chance and pursued the dragon before slashing the dragon's left leg

The dragon collapsed and looked at me in contempt

"Looks like you won't go down easy... why don't we have a deal, If I beat you, you will have to follow me from now on but if you win, you're free to go along with my corpse" I stated

"Hooh? and here I thought dragons were arrogant" The dragon replied

"I'll take that as a yes? do you know any healing magic?" I asked

"What? you don't want me using healing magic?" The dragon stated

"No, You can use it whenever you want, I just wanted to fight you uninjured" I stated my reason

"That will be the cause of your death" The dragon looked at me, its eyes red with anger. Did it think that I was looking down on it?

The dragon roared before being covered in greenish light, the wound on its leg was healed. It then proceeded to give me a despising look

"Are you ready?" I ignored the stare and asked

"Die human" It roared before flinging its tail, I dashed forward before jumping, I spun mid-air and brandished Azazel, I slashed as soon as I reached my striking range. The dragon used its wings as a shield, I slashed through the wing's skin but what met me was a claw. I blocked with Azazel before being thrown, I recovered mid-air and managed to land on my feet.

The dragon started to flap its wings in order to ascend to the air, however, the damage that the right wing sustained earlier disabled the dragon from escaping into the skies. It looked at me in anger before gathering fire in its lungs, I started moving just as the dragon released its fire breath. Its head followed me as I dashed, trying to escape the flames.

The dragon stopped but our surroundings were on fire, luckily, Brunhilde and the others were safe. I switched to speed before bursting forward like a bullet, I reached the dragon and it tried to swallow me whole but I dashed to the side and sent a kick towards the side of its belly. I held Azazel like Brunhilde would hold her rapier

Lilith predicted all of the Dragon's weak spots and using that as a guide, I started stabbing. The dragon collapsed

"HOW?!" The dragon wailed before lashing out its tail

I jumped away before observing the dragon, did I hit any of its critical organs? maybe I went too far

"CURSED HUMAN!" It roared before forcefully standing up and charging towards me, mouth agape

I guess if it's still that energetic then it should survive a couple more blows, I dashed forward, meeting the dragon's charge head on. The dragon spewed fire but I raised my palm and countered with some gamma blasts, from the outside it seemed like the dragon was wrapped in fire while I was surrounded by dusts of crimson red and neon green.

Using the thrusters on my back I propelled myself forward before tackling the dragon, the dragon was pushed back and was a bit fazed it kept shaking its head from side to side. I dashed forward before punching out, aiming for the dragon's chest. My punch landed cleanly and left a deep mark before pushing the dragon and hitting the side of the mountain, it collapsed on the ground with a grunt

"I win, I believe that we have a deal" I stated as I approached the dragon

The dragon looked at me before forcefully standing up, it slashed its claws but it was not aimed at me but towards its own neck. I immediately switched to speed and grabbed the claw before stepping on the dragon's neck

"What the hell are you doing?" I asked

"I cannot allow myself to be under a human" The dragon stated

"Even if we had a deal?"

"My pride won't allow me to"

"But I need you"

The dragon looked at me as the hue of its eyes turned yellow

"W-What?! a human as strong as you won't be needing me" The dragon replied

Wait, what?

"My victory is by all means luck, you are strong, also I need your help" The dragon had a weird reaction to my words so I reused it in case it will trigger the same effect

"So... someone needs me... human, we had a deal... I am Shinku" The dragon introduced itself

"I am Zeno Abbadon, those back there are my companions"

"Well then, since I am going to follow you, I will have to turn into a much more fitting form, also I will need to form a contract with master" Shinku gently put me down on the ground

The dragon looked at me and uttered incoherent words, I guess they're chants for a spell because I can hear Lilith talk about her sensors going haywire

"Huh? did I make a mistake?" Shinku muttered

"What's wrong?" I asked

"I can't seem to feel any mana from you" Shinku stated

"Ah, I don't have mana" I monotonously replied

"Something came up?" Brunhilde spoke out from behind me

"Yes, Master Zeno doesn't seem to have any mana" Shinku replied to Brunhilde before realizing something

"Wait, aren't you afraid of me human?"

"Nope because Zeno is here" Brunhilde started observing Shinku from up close

Shinku was a bit surprised and shy, I have no idea why

I looked behind me and I noticed that the trio was observing from a distance, I beckoned them and they meekly approached

"I see, so you wanted to form a contract with Zeno" Brunhilde stated

"Yes... but" Shinku lowered his head in embarrassment

"I see, I see. Well, is there any other way to form a contract?" I kinda understood the situation

"Master, you managed to fire off that weird light earlier? since you don't use mana, what did you use?" Shinku asked

"I used this" I raised my arm just enough for everyone to see

Coiling snakes of electricity wrapped themselves around my arm before vanishing

"Oh! you use thunder!" Shinku spoke out

"Yes" Close enough

"Then... please imbue me with your.... power" Shinku stated as if I was going to take her first time

I was grossed out, I am in no way into men but this has to be done...

"T-Tell me how to do it" I asked, if I didn't have my mask on, I'm sure my eyebrows would be twitching

"You'll have to-to... touch my chest and discharge" Shinku squirmed which sent chills down my spine

I hesitated for a moment before placing my arms on Shinku's chest, electricity started to coil around my arms as Shinku whimpered

A few moments later, Shinku seemed to be wrapped in lightning.

"Yes, I am now successfully a follower of Master Zeno" Shinku stated as he started transforming into a human?

"What the hell?" I had no idea what was going on

A few moments later, Shinku turned into a human, a blue hair white-eyed female human

Wait, hold up, Shinku was a female?

"You're a female?" I asked, what the hell?!

"The sacred dragon ritual?!" While the others had another question

"...Yes" Shinku replied with embarrassment