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clear, bright sun overhead, stuck in a reminiscent pattern.

“ She called me Osiris. You may, as well, if it is easier for you.

What may I call you, friend? ”

The Valstrax’s gaze shifted back over to the Hunter, awaiting their response with eagerness.

nudge with his beak. A simple gesture of kindness.

“ I go by many names and titles. You Hunters know me as the Valstrax, ‘the Red Comet’.

In times long past, I once had a name gifted to me by a young human girl, a Rider, you call them. ”

His head would shift, eyes gazing up at the

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The Elder watched the other, focusing on their expressions, finding solace in their enjoyment.

It wasn’t every day he could see someone enjoy the view as he did. Most who come here do so for the resources or. . . for hisself.

“ I am pleased you enjoy this, ” he responded, giving the other a

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like beetles, even the largest of Rathalos that guarded the lower skies.

off safely.

“ Many Hunters climb up here. It’s quite a remarkable feat, truly.

Bask in the light, for it is pure and radiant at this peak. ”

Short steps towards the edge, he casts his gaze upon the clouds below, occasionally seeing the very ground itself.

From here, they all looked

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“ My roost. ” He mumbled softly, his speed drastically slowly as they reached the peak.

Soon, paws touched down upon the ancient stone, his chest vents exhausting steam, those wing tips dimming like cooled iron, fresh from the forge.

The Valstrax lowered his body, allowing the Hunter to get

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higher than them.

It was the very Pinnacle itself, the throat of the world.

/His/ home.

It was serene. The sky above was a deep, dark blue, no longer shrouded by the atmospheric veil of the biosphere below them.

Mere seconds turned to minutes, the landscape below changing from biome to biome, from the many towns and castles, finally to a large, yet thin pillar that reached

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his sharp wings piercing the very fabric of the wind itself, before a halo of air appeared around his body, trailing behind.

The Valstrax exceeded the speed of sound. Once rushing air and noise was now muted, as though they were in the very void far beyond their earthly surroundings.

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“ You get used to it! ” He responded, nearly laughing until he remembered it would have disrupted the flow of energy.

Gradually, his speed increased, his frame shrinking, those blazing wings hugging tightly around his body.

The flow of air was now going over and under him,

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mwahahah you found my evil muse

by the presence of the Hunter.

capable of blistering speeds, yet as gentle as they come. Quite the story, huh?

Though, he could not turn his head, he’d speak in a booming voice to overpower the rush of air that hit his body, “ Having fun, Hunter!? ”

The wind whistled on by, his aerodynamic body only slightly hampered

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out gradually and sent the pair forward a near mach 1!

He’s holding back what he can, can’t hurt the poor Hunter.

The gradual increase in altitude only increased, with mere seconds before they pierced the heavens above, right above a patchy sea of clouds and sun rays.

Such a creature

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Once confirming they had secured themselves, both of those wings would arch at a downward angle.

Then, a jolt! He jumped several meters off the ground, before those wings were blazing into action.

The sudden thrust propelled them several more meters into the air, before those wings leveled

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combining with ambient oxygen and the dragon element stored within him, creating pure, raw energy.

“ If you must, your blades may be used to better hold on if my fines do not suffice.

Are you ready, Hunter? ” He asked, that long slender neck shifting as an eye gazed as the human.

rode.

“ Many can not handle the speed. Do let me know if any issues arise. ”

The vents in his chest were already glowing a bright crimson, the burners at the end of his wings diffusing pure dragon energy.

There was a soft whistle emanating from him, the air being sucked into his chest,

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“ Then come, we shall seek unknown skies. ”

The Valstrax rose, a towering stature once more, noble in every way.

The left wing unfurled, scales as sharp as any lying gently upon the grass, acting as steps for the Hunter.

Their radiance of silver, smoothly eroded from the winds in which he

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This is why I fuck with you and you're my top 1 monster, Valstrax.

You always keep shit real.

and also the youngest. whoops.

smartest valstrax out there

Some swayed by words to lay down their arms, others terrified, the more prestigious attacking him without a thought.

They all had a place in the ecosystem. A purpose. A reason to exist.

“ Have you thought of my offer? It surely is of no trouble to me, Hunter. ”

would create such things, he wondered.

“ The ones of gold and ferocity are surely not ones to be trifled, but it does please me that a human child is safe.

For that is what Hunters do, yes? Protect those that cannot protect themselves? ”

The Valstrax had come across many Hunters alike.

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Softly, he sighed, returning to view the Hunter, ” Echoes and whispers from those long past.

It is sad such a fall was from hubris. I do hope you find the answers you may yet seek in the ruins of /that/ palace. ”

Artificial life? That made his very scales tremble. What terrible minds

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“ Perhaps a ride may suffice, hm? To touch a sea of clouds, free from the problems below. ” The Valstrax offered, his attention being drawn to the side.

A clear lake of life, teeming with fish and plants below its surface.

The small ones were never enough to satiate his appetite.

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made their roost there.

They trouble you not, I hope. ”

It was odd, this Elder seemed very. . . intelligent. With age comes wisdom, one may surmise.

“ I would offer my assistance, but unfortunately, numerous times has your Guild labeled me a threat to an ecosystem I frequent not. ”

“ Ah, yes. The lands of a troubled past. Very curious that you now seem to venture out that way.

Is something amiss there? ”

An inquisitive head tilt, perhaps the Elder knew of the lands, but not of their current state.

“ I see the one of a thousand blades and the lord of seas has

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to lie and rest.

Even on the ground, he still towered over the man.

That piercing gaze could tear apart any villager with fear alone, not many would approach one of Elder classification anyhow.

“ How goes your hunts? ” He asked, revealing what could be seen as a fanged smile.

A soft bellow from the Elder’s throat, rumbling lightly of laughter.

“ I am of no risk to you, Hunter.

Unless your Guild has authorised an unfortunate hunt directed towards me. ”

Those silver scaled winged stretched out, before folding back against his sides, the Valstrax taking upon

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