The wyvern queen's massive body was enveloped in a golden mana.
Like a jigsaw, its body started breaking down, disappearing from the material plane.
In its place, a being materialized.
A humanoid. Half woman, Half wyvern.
Standing straight on two hind legs just like Hikari.
A giant just like her, just a bit over a head shorter than her.
A woman.
Long black hair. A pair of horns sticking out of her head.
Golden eyes. Pupils the shape of a slits.
Her body is covered in dense grey overlapping layers of hexagonal wyvern scales.
A pair of folded wings. As massive as her body.
A conspicuous, meaty wyvern tail behind her.
She walked slowly towards Hikari. Her claw screeched against the stone.
Hikari stood her ground, her sword still in her hand, staring tensely at the half wyvern's every move as she slowly closed the gap.
But the latter displayed no hostile intent. No signs of channel its mana.
It stopped.
It opened its mouth.
"Esh.. Ilks… Teuis… sie… Tal… iaule… Drak… neer.. "
Strange cryptic sounds came out of its mouth.
The sounds ring in Hikari's head.
"Hikari of RazenHeir" Hikari attempted a greeting.
The half wyvern continued speaking in cryptic language.
"Drak… neer… arti… lu…. "
Hikari felt a ringing sound in her ear as the half wyvern spoke.
Images of runes flashes before her.
"Yes, I cleared the trial." A blind guess at what the wyvern was trying to say.
The half wyvern paused. Hikari could feel traces of mana enveloping her as the half wyvern studied her.
"Drak… neer… "
"That same word again. I'm not your Drak neer"
"Drak… neer… "
Hikari gave the half wyvern a confused look.
The half wyvern's eyes widened.
Slowly, the half wyvern got on her knees, placed both claws on the ground, curled up, and lowered her head to the ground.
Her tail slithering above her as she tucked in her hind legs and pushed her bottom up.
She tilted her head backwards, maintaining eye contact with Hikari.
"Drak… neer… Drak… neer…"
She spoke her words faster.
The half wyvern began slowly crawling towards her. Keeping her head low as she approached Hikari's bare foot.
Hikari looked on in silence.
"Drak… neer… Drak… neer…"
Her chanting got more excited.
She pressed her face onto Hikari's foot, stuck out her tongue and ran it over the top.
Her long tongue was able to cover the surface, covering it with her slimy saliva.
"Drak… neer… hrue… Esh.. llks… liejin… Drak… neer… fei… "
She swallows the dirt. Then looks up at Hikari, giving an oddly wholesome smile.
" Esh… llks… hrue… liejin… Drak.. neer… fei…"
"It feels good, I guess." Hikari allowed her to continue. She could sense no killing intent.
The half wyvern lifted her head and smiled up at Hikari.
"Drak… neer…"
She lowered her head again, channeling a small amount of mana, releasing flames over the top of Hikari's foot to dry her saliva.
She gently peeled off the dried saliva with her claw.
"Esh.. llks… liejin… Drak… neer… fei… sil… "
The half wyvern began running her claws along the sides of Hikari's foot.
Hikari lifts her foot, tilting it backwards, balancing herself on her sword and the other foot.
The half wyvern ran her tongue alone Hikari's soles and between her toes.
Once done, she released a breath of flame to dry her saliva.
Hikari wriggled her toes as the ticklish claws scrapped the dried saliva off of her soles.
"Esh.. llks… tilps… Drak… neer… fei… pilas… "
The half wyvern began nimbling on Hikari's jagged toenails with her front teeth.
Hikari could feel the searing heat on her teeth that allowed her toenails which steel clippers could not make break.
After repeated nimbling at the same spot, she was able to break off a chunk of Hikari's toenail and swallow.
"Drak… neer… fei… pilas… fillas… ri… tuys…. tau… "
Hikari watched as the half wyvern clipped off her toenail one by one, swallowing each one.
"Does it actually taste good?"
"Jar… Drak… neer… "
The half wyvern swallows the last toenail.
She crawled back two steps and prostrated herself, looking up at Hikari.
Hikari checked her foot. It felt fresh, cleaner than if she had washed it back at the estate.
Her toenails that made it tricky to assemble her sock were shortened.
"You're pretty good at this."
"Esh.. llks…. hrues… Drak.. neer… hrues… "
"What's your name?"
The half wyvern wags her tail.
"Esh…. llks…. Yeela… pirr…. Tal… gue… bunr… "
Hikari stared at her with a confused look.
"Ella. I guess I'll call you Ella."
Ella rolled over, exposing her belly, and rolled back with her tail facing the ceiling.
She crawled around in circles in front of Hikari.
Hikari's stomach growls.
"I haven't eaten in a while."
The sound of the half wyvern's claws scratching on the stone.
"Drak… neer… tilis… Esh…. llks… tol… yau… "
The half wyvern turns around and crawls to the and then turns around.
She crawled in circles, further and further away from Hikari, beckoning Hikari to follow.
Hikari followed Ella, the name she gave to the half wyvern, to the edge of the arena.
Ella spread her wings, hopped out of the arena and flew upwards.
Hikari stood at the rim of the arena. The sight of thick vines dangling from above.
She took out her last remaining throwing dagger, and leapt onto the vines.