HPDBC Chapter 405 Proposal And Offer
Chapter 405 Proposal And Offer
Within an immense hall, mountain-sized piles of stone tablets, ancient tomes and weathered papyruses laid all around, usually, the place would be swarming with small figures walking upon two legs, but now, as night had settled in, the room with an open roof was flooded with darkness, an optimal environment for the mighty dragon at the center of it all to learn the secrets held within old scrolls, the ambient dark did not bother this one.
Dark of scales, thorn-like protrusions growing over the long and slender nape, upon the back and tail, with six limbs, four legs and two wings, this dragon was of a rather common shape otherwise, using the nimbleness granted by the two foremost limbs, carefully unrolling rolled-up piece of papers, flipping pages from books often meant to be put to use by beings much less voluminous as her.
This was one of the few hobbies this dragon had.
"Ariespes, still crawling under paper?" having landed remarkably softly, perched upon the wall right at the edge of this room's open roof, like a flame, Solast shone brightly against the dark of the night, his scales producing their own shine at all times, looking at the dark dragon, his tone warm.
"Solast... Have you already finished with your visit to the continents?" Ariespes only turned her neck to face him, not willing to move anything else as she had already found the perfect position to chain-read a bunch of things.
"I certainly did, but- Hum, I am not actually here for anything relating to that" the three-headed dragon twisted his necks into a knot.
"What for then?
I don't often receive any visitors here" Ariespes had indeed decided to establish her place of lecture and dwelling a bit further than most, choosing the side of a tall mountain, this place nearly always covered by the shadow of the natural formation, except during the warmest days of summer, perfect for a gloomy dragon such as herself, her last improvised voyage outside had been because Solast had come to ask for expertise concerning the undead, before that, she would only go and stretch her wings to gather more things to read, or to try and investigate the mysteries of the breath she was graced with.
Solast fidgeted around, looking in three different directions.
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"Well... Do you- You do know what time of the year this is, right?" the sun dragon had not expected to have to spell it out, this was not something one was supposed to forget about.
"Mmh? Well, it is just mating season, or am I missing something?" Ariespes was not at all making it easier.
"The decaying of your eggs, It is because of life" a voice reached out from the side, from a small figure standing atop a smaller pile of stone tablets, arms held behind their back, drenched in darkness that was somehow darker than what typically filled this room.
"Who- What do you mean it is because of life?" her interest was picked.
"The association of life and death, it is possible theoretically, but life is firmly against it, what holds traces of death is to be denied right that life has claimed as its own"
"Life is finite, and can thus procreate"
"Death is eternal, and can thus, not procreate"
"When both dare to exist into one, death tries to meld everything together, for it refuses nothing, even what is contrary to its core nature"
"Life on the other hand, is strongly attached to what it has created, it does not find death doing the same to be a good thing, therefore, a clash occurs, and your eggs end up rotten"
"...I already knew that it was because of this opposing nature between the two, but you claim that it is solely life that is to be blamed?"
"The conflict would not occur otherwise, necromancers who practise arts of death often find themselves wasting away early, it is not the effect of death solely, but also the life within which strongly reject"
The figure presented an oval shape, pale and covered with cracks that let a pinkish glow escape.
"This will solve the issue, I will give it to you, at a small price"
"All that you need to do, is make a promise with me"