The Strongest Beast Tamer - 142 Deadly Dragons Part 1

The group walked around the street, weaving through the crowd following right behind Burnie as he led them to curry. When they entered the section of the street being dominated by curry’s the scent of spices overwhelmed them, their noses tingled.

“Oh yeah, that’s the kind of curry I’m looking for,” Lachlan said as his belly gurgled. He hadn’t eaten curry in a long time, never had the ingredients to ever make it since the evolution. Now however, with the spices and meat overflowing with flavour. Lachlan salivated at the thought before his nose led him to the source of the scent.

It was a vibrant street cart, covered in bright, hot colours. Near the front were piles of spices, all different colours and all producing different scents. The street vendor, seeing Lachlan’s reaction smiled with joy.

“Uh, yes, you’ve followed the scent of spices, followed it to my wonderful and great curry,” The Indian street vendor said proudly in her womanly voice. She sounded slightly old, yet kind and wise.

Lachlan nodded silently, looking at the spices in front of him. The woman laughed faintly, she began lighting the stoves, the flames covered the bottom of the woks. Pointing to Lachlan she said, “Now since you’ve shown me quite the sight, I’ll show you what I can do.”

Her hands moved like lightning, from spices to the pan, to the meat, to the pan. They moved in harmony, completely organised without much-wasted movement. Lachlan could already tell this woman has created curries for decades.

“You got a good nose Lachlan, this is the place I was leading you to.” Burnie came up from behind Lachlan and pat his shoulder before walking up to the vendor. “Yo Granny Aesha, the usual please.”

“Oh, Burnie, so you came back alive; good for you,” Aesha said in a sarcastic tone. “So, do you have money to pay for the curry this time? Or are you doing to leave an IOU before disappearing? How do you disappear in the first place, look at you, you’re so big and fat, not to mention loud and obnoxious.”

“Hold it right there Granny Aesha, no need to start insulting me. Because unlike others, I actually keep my word,” Burnie said as he whipped out his card. “I just got paid today so I’ll be able to pay you back.”

“Good, you better get paid a lot more with the amount of curry you eat tubby,” Granny Aesha said as she hit her spoon against the pan, she then pointed towards Lachlan. “Remember boy, although extremely nice, Burnie is horrible with money. He could spend all the money he’s earnt in a few hours if you get him to the right place.”

Lachlan chuckled faintly. “Don’t worry Granny Aesha, I won’t be giving any money to Burnie for him to spend in a day.”

“Good, keep it that way. Also, if he tries to invite you to the red light district you should tell him to piss off,” Granny Aesha said. “Let’s just say he likes to live his life to the fullest, all for about 20 minutes if he’s had a good day.”

“Wow, thanks Granny Aesha, they really needed to know that, didn’t they. Anyway, I’ve gotten better with my money and could you please just get me the usual,” Burnie said as his head leaned back. “Just saying, although everything she said is true, that doesn’t make me a horrible guide.”

“So, where were we going next?” Flynn asked.

“Obviously to get some clothes, you all stand out like a sore thumb. After that, I don’t really know, I suppose it wouldn’t be bad to get you somewhat acquainted with the city as a whole by walking you around the ceiling grids,” Burnie replied before placing his hand under his chin and going into a thinking pose. “Oh yeah, if those other three come back I could take you to get the food truck or cart or whatever you’re deciding on using to sell goods.”

Flynn shrugged his shoulders before walking up to the curry cart. “I suppose that doesn’t sound too bad. As long as the red light district stays off that list of places to go.”

“Don’t worry about that, I don’t go to the red light district anymore, I’m in a committed relationship,” Burnie explained with a bit of pride in his voice. “Been with her for 1 month so far, it’s going pretty well if I do say so myself.”

“It’s one of the snipers, isn’t it? Rosanne right?” Chloe asked abruptly. “I got a feeling there was some sexual tension between you two but you never displayed public affection for each other so I wasn’t so sure.”

“Damn, I though myself and Rosanne managed to hide our relationship quite effectively, you just got it all right without anyone telling you,” Burnie was taken aback, he didn’t think anyone would be able to guess who he was in a relationship so quickly.

“Yeah, that and the fact that Blain told me, but you know, he only confirmed my suspicion,” Chloe said as she flicked back her hair. She walked up to the curry cart, right behind Flynn before wrapping her arms around him. “Because similar to you, Flynn and I attempted to hide our relationship as well, lasted for about 3 months before my dad saw me with him, just wrong place at the wrong time.”

“Yeah, I think Rosanne’s dad hates me for some reason, maybe it’s because I beat him in a drinking contest. But that’s no reason to hate a guy, rather, he should be proud,” Burnie explained. “As for my parents, well, they absolutely love Rosanne.”

A small girl suddenly ran up from behind the group, she had sweat covering her forehead, it was Valentina. “Hey, we found a great place to put our food business, the only problem is that it’s currently run by a gang called the Deadly Dragons.”

Burnie stood with abruptly. “We need to get your parents out of there immediately; out of all the gangs in this city the Deadly Dragons are out the top. Because unlike most gangs, they don’t hesitate to kill any obstacles.”

“Ah, before you go here’s your curries!” Granny Aesha shouted, holding onto a few bags, filled with containers of curries. Lachlan swiftly reached out and grabbed the bag, Flynn quickly paid for it all using card.

The group began running, Lachlan was holding onto Valentina. “Which way?”

“This way, I know a shortcut!” Burnie shouted as he began to move closer to the wall.

The group nodded towards each other and followed. They weaved through the crowd like lightning, leaving nothing but a breeze. They followed Burnie through the crowd and into an alleyway, there was a wall at the end but that didn’t stop Burnie. Kicking off he began to do parkour, kicking off from one building to the other, slowly but surely lifting himself high enough to jump over the wall.

The group didn’t take much notice of the wall, Lachlan held onto Valentina tightly while Chloe lifted up Flynn. The group leapt over the wall in one go, they landed on the floor with a thump but that didn’t even phase them.

The continued to follow Burnie until he finally halted himself at the exit of the alleyway. The group did the same, they could hear chattering from around the corner, it sounded like drunken slurs.

“The boss would kill us if he finds us drinking on the job,” One of the lackey’s said with fear in his voice. “At the very least keep the bottle hidden and try to keep your back straight.”

“But why? I’m not afraid of our boss, he can suck me off for all I care-” The sober lackey wrapped his hand around the other one’s mouth. He brought his face close and smiled. There was the sound of electricity before a thump, a body lay of the floor silently.

“Ah yes, but unfortunately, I am afraid of the boss,” The man said as he grabbed the dead one’s cheeks. “Sigh, you can only blame your death on yourself, the boss has eyes and ears everywhere around this area. Those words that came out of your mouth would have gotten you killed, I merely made it faster and a lot less painful.”

Standing up he looked towards the alleyway. “You know, I know you’re there, there’s no need to continue hiding.”

Burnie sighed before walking out, he gestured to the others to stay where they were. The man stood on his toes before going back down. “I know there’s more of you, come on, come on out right now before I force you out.”

The man’s shadow split, it swiftly merged with the alleyway’s darkness. Simon sighed softly before shaking his head and holding out his hand. A bright light burst from it before slowly floating in the air, Lachlan and Joe both helped as well, creating balls of fire to surround them.

“Oh, elemental users, such a pain in the ass,” The man sighed. “Well, I suppose I should be heading off now. But I will be telling my boss about you, he’ll be really interested in the fact that people still dare to trespass.”

The man began to walk away, Burnie’s knees were bent, he was ready to throw himself at the man but before he could do that the shadow beneath the man began to wriggle. ‘Tsk, another shadow element beast.’

That was what he thought until he saw shadow tentacles shoot out and wrap themselves around the man’s leg, dragging half of his body into the darkness. ‘Goddamnit, the rest of you need to join the fight before I get my ass killed.”

Tattoos glowed across his body, he smiled widely as he looked towards Burnie. “You know, I never knew the infamous explorer Burnie had a shadow element beast, quite the shocker. I always thought you had those bears.”

The man’s eyes suddenly dilated, they were shaking as fear consumed him, he felt as though his mind was tearing apart. “Wait, wait, wait, pretend I never said anything, pretend you never saw anything come on I’ll pay you. Just don’t kill my beasts, please don’t kill them.”

Burnie shrugged his shoulders. “Unfortunately, I really do only have bears, this ain’t my doing.”

“Indeed, it’s mine,” Georgia emerged from the shadows, she walked up to the man before squatting down and grabbing his hair. “Now, do tell, how do we see your boss, we’re going to need him to relocate.”

The man laughed maniacally. “You think the boss would listen to your orders, you don’t know what you’re getting yourself into missy. You should just be on your knees, sucking us off as we kill all your fr-”

The man began to bang his hand against the ground, his mouth clenched tightly as his whole body was shaking. “Okay, okay, I’ll take you to see my boss just don’t kill my beasts.”

“Well then, bring them all back to you and I won’t,” Georgia threatened.

The man nodded silently, a shadow from the alleyway shot towards the man and merged with him. Georgia yanked the man out of the shadow before nodded towards it, a shadow then merged with hers.

“Alright, hurry up and take us to him,” Georgia said as she pushed the man. “You can all come out now, I’ve got ourselves an escort to the boss!”

The group walked out of the alleyway, the man’s eyes widened at the sight of the armour, his eyes sparkled in marvel and awe before he faintly laughed. “So I was beaten by a group of cosplayers, oh my day could not get any worse than this.”