Arad was once tasked by the dark elf goddess Elis to find and free the shadow drakaina from her madness. It was supposed to be a simple mission: find her, then cure her. He was sure at the start that all he needed to do was find the drakaina for the goddess to pull some miracle and heal her, but he was wrong.
The goddess would've done that on her own long ago, and Arad was certain that finding the shadow drakaina would've been easy for her even without his help.
But the fact that the goddess didn't cure her when he first met her made Arad certain that Elis wanted him to cure the shadow drakaina because she couldn't. Awfully similar to the situation of some maids who live with him. A sickness that not even the gods can cure, and somewhat they expect him to be able to do it.
"You aren't running away this time." Arad approached, and the massive, terrifying drakaina took a few steps back. She could feel it in her bones. She isn't his opponent and can't even hope to scratch him.
