#powerful encounter

@ruinmakerr

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More and more, the Alatreon was losing his way through the volcano even more and it was making him annoyed about it. Even more so, he could feel the air around him getting more dusty with a nasty atmosphere covering the area. Noertal had a bad feeling about something, and considering what he is, he’d doubt that whoever is near would want to not attack the destructive beast. So he had his guards up and braced for anything that would happen.

It was getting even more dusty around here, the red powder staining the beast’s body with the intensity growing. Something was off about this, about the amount of red dust there was. Stopping midway through his tracks, the Alatreon carefully looked around the surrounding area he was in, searching for anything unusual or potentionally dangerous. If he recalls, there are multiple reasons why there is so much red dust all over the place. And, thanks to the help of his old friend Chammy, he quickly was able to know what was the reason behind this.

That one monster, Teo, he must be the one who left all these powder here. It also explains that it would be in a hot environment, but why put up a huge cloud of powder and just leave it be? That question left Noertal’s stomach churning, a more bad feeling was overtaking the air. Now that he knows what he’s dealing with, he needs to know where is the monster and what is their business with him.

As much as he has the ability to fight back, he doesn’t wishes to fight back. All this fighting changed the way he thought of the world, but the help of the old Elder Dragon, he wanted to find an alternate route than using destructive force. And, of course, hopefully, this monster can be reasoned with instead.

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Teo’s tail was wagging slowly behind him, while his eyes focused on the newcomer. That Alatreon seemed to have noticed his presence, given the way he started to glance around with a worried look. But Teo expected a more aggressive reaction. He had heard this species to be particularly dangerous and unstable... So the intruder’s reasonable behavior came a bit surprising.

He knew it was a risky supposition, but maybe that guy wasn’t a threat? Perhaps he was just lost, as well as that Gore Magala Teo had encountered so long ago. However, unlike the Gore, this Alatreon seemed to feel easier with the heat of the volcanic area, so probably much harder to neutralize if there was to be a fight...

After long, quiet seconds of hesitation, Teo put away the possibility of a surprise attack, and chose the diplomatic approach instead.

He spread his wings and gently moved them to scatter away the powder that was covering his body, becoming more visible to the other one farther below. He stayed indeed on the high piece of rock, estimating that, being the owner of the place, he had the right to stay above the intruder for a first encounter.

“Who are you?” he asked finally, with a loud, but emotionless voice.

There was a strange smell in the air that day. Teo’s spine gave a shudder when he realized it was the smell of a combination of different elements, which was new, and could only come from something powerful. An enemy? Hunters maybe?He moved toward the volcanic area of his territory, where the smell was escaping from. As he was walking on sharp rocky edges to stay high above the potential intruders, he noticed foot prints in the layer of ash that covered the ground. They belonged to a massive beast, walking on four legs, slightly bigger than himself. And the smell was starting to become worrying.

The Teostra frowned. He didn’t want to deal with that sort of enemy right now, but he had to protect his lands. Still walking high above the ground, he followed the track. Like every time he was nervous, a bit of powder escaped from his wings and started to scatter in the air nearby.

Quietly, he entered a cave leading to the inner part of a volcano. The intruder was there. He could see his silhouette, but most of all he could smell his power. Teo prevented himself from growling, in order not to be detected so soon, and silently stared at the newcomer. Obviously an Alatreon, considering the two characteristic horns on his forehead. He seemed a bit worried, probably because he was walking in foreign lands… If there had to be a fight, Teo thought he would take advantage of it.