>>6150432“HAAAAAAAAAA!!” you roar, thrusting your right hand, your only free hand as you're holding your daughter's presents in your left forward, firing a wide wave of ki. Your energy catches the flames well short of you, keeping the fire and heat away from you and your daughter. “How'd you end up here?”
“I don't know, my powers aren't working properly.” Chaya tells you, clenching her fists and clearly trying to transform. But her aura only flickers blue a moment before turning red, gold, and even green and violet before fading away, power shrinking. “I can't even fly like this.”
“We'll tell Towa when we get back, see if she knows. This probably happened to Ace, but he and Future Chaya weren't back from Conton when I'd left to get you.” you reply, the dragon ending its fire and weaving its neck aside, dodging your blast. But now it looks warily towards you and your daughter, you holding your left out to her. “Hold these, and be careful with them. I'll handle this.”
“Thanks.” she replies, sounding relieved and embarrassed all at the same time as you take to the air. Which you can get, having fought such a tremendous battle the day before only for it to leave you helpless, you've been there. Usually not on your feet, but you've been there. So you decide to wrap this up quick, gathering your ki for an Energy Javelin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxEvbOzUs60The dragon hiss/growls at you, then spreads its own wings, flapping them once, twice, three times to get itself airborne. But in that time you gathered and shaped your energy, firing it as a piercing lance of power down. Your spear flies true, piercing directly into the beast's skull, detonating after a moment. Completely obliterating the creature's head, sending bone shards, blood and brains flying in all directions. You even catch a tooth that went rocketing straight towards your right eye. The tooth is the size of your forearm, and deciding you'll give it to Chilli to make something out of, lower yourself back down to your daughter's level. Who is looking at the jade accessory you found, turning it over in her hands.
“This is really pretty. You found it down in the ruins, didn't you?” Chaya asks as you land, you nodding to her. “I thought so. It's got some kinda magic running through it, can't quite tell what.”
“Wait, you can detect magic?” you ask her, genuinely surprised. To which she laughs, handing you back the items as you raise your right to your forehead.
“Yeah, was something I gained after I got a handle on the divine power. But I can just tell if something's magic or not, and if it's benevolent or cursed. Don't worry, neither of these are cursed.”
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