And there it is folks. The moment of truth. Orchid vs The Dragon.

Now I'm going to be a bit meta here, but I know this isn't a battle we're suppose to win. Let's be honest; this is an adult dragon with no way any of us could take it down, even if we had a fortress of level 1 warriors giving us some covering fire. I have no idea how Orchid could survive if the dragon actually bothers to attack him, and the fall from here alone could very well do him in (Though fortunately rage does half the fall damage, so it might save his bacon). But for the grace of god I go.

In case you didn't already pick it up, but I have my good buddy [url=https://youtu.be/wVNyTtEaI7k?t=61]Mumen Rider[/url] to thank for Orchid's courage. For those who can't watch the video, I'll sum it up as best I can: I think we always had the option to not fight the dragon. Realistically, even a young dragon would be too much for level 1's like us. Mechanically speaking it's pointlessly suicidal. Pragmatically speaking, we aren't even being paid to save this village. Kyra may have some investment since it's her home but even so, there's no sense in throwing away our lives for a fruitless endeavor. Honestly this entire mess in Greenest may be too much for just a small band of adventurers to handle. A gang of bandits is one thing, but I'm almost certain we face an army. But you know, if we didn't want to deal with it, our adventure would have ended back at the caravan, where we could have simply said no. Someone has to go and fight, and there just isn't any more time to wait. It sucks, because unlike Mumen Rider I don't think there's going to be a hero who'll come in and save us.

So we'll have to be the heroes instead, and do our part.

Sorry for the speech there, I just feel like this is probs something Orchid would have wanted to say in the very likely chance he dies. Perhaps if Hekazu is merciful, he could give something to this effect as Orchid's last words. Either way, my turn is over. Yo go, [@The Harbinger of Ferocity].