The Empire attacks the Desert Seal, and succeeds in destroying it. Inuart however, is nowhere to be found and all that remains is his harp. Caim goes to the imperial prison in the desert, and frees Verdelet. They find Furiae, only to learn that both Inuart and the Hierarch Verdelet have been captured by the Empire. The band heads to the Desert Seal to reconcile with Inuart.
Together, they attempt to protect the home of the faeries from burning. While Inuart and Furiae leave, they meet a blind man named Leonard who lost his sight when he made a pact with a malicious faerie. Unfortunately, they find the elf village completely destroyed. They head to the village of the elves, believing that Furiae will be safer there than at the castle. Though she feels some sympathy for Furiae's situation, she scoffs at Inuart's blind devotion to the Goddess, believing him to be an emotionally weak fool. The red dragon meets Caim's sister, Furiae, who is the goddess that protects the Seal, and his childhood friend Inuart. They soar together into the sky and destroy all the Imperial soldiers.
They join their souls, and the two are healed and become one. "A pact, or death!" Realizing that her life is more important than pride, the dragon tells Caim that they are bonded by their need to live and agrees to a pact. Seeing that the dragon is still hesitant, Caim demands an answer. "Worthy or not, I wish to live!" he tells her. Even though dying, the dragon holds on to her pride and asks him why he thinks he's worthy of pact with her. Severely wounded and near death, the dragon whispers, "Kill me if you desire.but you can never dirty my soul, wretched human!" Caim, bleeding badly and close to death himself from a deep wound in his back, rethinks his decision and in an act of desperation, demands a pact from the dragon. Memories of his parents' deaths at the hands of an evil black dragon flood his mind and in a rage, he lifts his sword to strike down the beast as an act of revenge. Wiser men choose not to be born.Īs Caim is trying to fend off an attack on the Castle of the Goddess by the Empire, he comes upon a captured red dragon.
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