Tales of Aria: The Legend of Damiano's Disk

Chapter 46: Kuraikaji, The Cobra King “So how are we going to do this?” Hagan asked as the group walked down the street toward Kuraikaji’s stronghold.

Aiden shrugged. “Pop in there and let ‘em have it, I guess.”

“You know it won’t be so simple,” Sezuni remarked.

“Why not?” Aiden argued. “We killed mosta the Cobras.

Kuraikaji might be pretty good at fightin’ but he’s not gonna stand a chance against all five of us.”

“Four,” Iris corrected. “Due to the excessive use of magic during our last phase of combat, I’ll be unable to conjure without first acquiring some rest.”

“I don’t have much left in me either,” Lucas added. “I might be able to make one more light orb, but I’m going to have to rely on my sword for the most part.”

Iris turned to Sezuni. “How’s your arm?”

“I’m ambidextrous,” she replied. “I’ll be fine.”

“What’s the deal with that eye patch, anyway?” Hagan queried, breaking a short silence. “Is Kuraikaji a part-time pirate or something?”

“It musta got gouged out a while ago,” Aiden answered.

“He’s always had it as long as I can remember.”

“He can’t be too tough with a big blind spot like that,” Hagan remarked.

Sezuni looked at him. “He didn’t become the leader of a thieves’ guild by losing fights, you know.”