Tales Of The Mighty Dragonair

"I don't accept that," Arthur strictly said, "this is the main defense against our enemies. Without it we are doomed," he stated the simple and harsh truth, "so do your best and try to finish it in the shortest time."

"I… will do my best," Deem didn't want to promise something he couldn't afford.

"Doaf will help," Arthur said to reassure him, "after all he came from up there and knows advanced things we don't. try to ask him all the time and learn any of his knowledge and wisdom."

"Thanks for the teachings lord," Deem respectively said before Arthur said:

"Go now, arrange things so your absence won't delay things here."

"I will."

"And try to make the fortress impregnable, after all this connection array is our best weapon."

"I will build three," Deem promised before retiring.

'You were somehow harsh on him,' the golden dragon said, 'he seemed quite unconfident in doing the task.'

"He is my best man in arrays," Arthur sighed, "if he couldn't do it, then no one could."

'We can try to ask the help of the tree,' Gege suddenly said.

"She can?"

'Well, she is able to connect to every corner of the world here, and so she can do that… I hope.'

Arthur knew Gege was just speculating here. "Go and ask here, if there is a way she can help then it would be great."

'Ding! What are you planning to do now?' the system asked.

"Do you have a suggestion?" Arthur knew his system was asking to give him something in return… a mission or a task.

'Ding! If you are free you can either advance your dragonair's grade or work on your dragomancer ability.'

The eyes of Arthur shone brightly as he said:

"The dragomancer ability for sure. What should I do? Just tell."

'This won't appeal to you,' the golden dragon sighed.

"What?"

'Ding! It's a mission that's hard to achieve,' the system said before sighing, 'Ding! It's related to that world.'

"The original soul world?" Arthur was speechless there for a moment, "don't tell me you want to help release him."

'Ding! The opposite.'

'He wants you to kill him.'

"For what?"

'It's the request of the world's will,' the golden dragon said.

'Ding! The world will change its requirements. She wants you to help and kill him.'

"That…" Arthur paused before adding, "sigh, I have many things to care about. Enemies to deal with, a quest to win over, and a world to conquer."

'Ding! The rewards can be negotiated with the world's will if you want,' the system suddenly said.

"Like?"

'Ding! The connection you seek… I can ask for her help.'

"That…" Arthur was really allured by that offer but he also was sane enough not to agree at once. "Let us wait for the efforts of Doaf and Deem. Also Gege went to the tree, she might come back with good news."

'Sorry,' suddenly Gege said, 'she can't do that with her current state.'

"She wants to evolve?" Arthur somehow expected such a result.

'In fact that's normal,' Gege sighed, 'I even offered her to use my energy and yours, but she said this isn't something we can achieve. If it was your world then we can, but the upper realms have some sort of blocking barrier that would prove to be hard to crack.'

"Sigh, then we got only Deem and Doaf," Arthur turned his gaze around, "I hope they succeed."

'Ding! If they failed?' the system asked.

"Alright," Arthur sighed, "go and negotiate the terms with her. After all I need a back up plan ready to be executed."

'Ding! Give me a minute.'

The system seemed quite excited about this and Arthur noticed that but didn't speak. for the next hours he kept himself inside the city, walking and observing the hard work of his men.

He was pleased by what he saw, and he knew this city would be such a magnificent place.

During this time Doaf returned and spoke with him, and he explained what he wanted to do. Doaf then went to meet Deem and Arthur just waited.

'Ding! She finally agrees,' the system came suddenly to speak after a long time of silence, 'Ding! She wants you to do that the next day, or else the deal would be off.'

"This… one day only?" Arthur was speechless, "why is the hurry?"

'Ding! This is frankly something I don't know, but she stressed on the timing,' the system said before adding, 'Ding! I tried to elongate the time, but she said something about the constellation position and the weakness of the chains during this period.'

'The constellation curse? No f*cking way!' the goden dragon suddenly exclaimed in shock, 'are we inside a constellation set?!!'

"What are you talking about?" Arthur didn't understand like the other two beings inside his mind who stayed silent, waiting for the explanation of the golden dragon.

'Damn! Those higher up clans are really ruthless,' the golden dragon cursed first before adding, 'we need to fulfill this role at once, or else we can't go back ever.'

"Can you slow down and explain in plain words?"

'The universe is built over many planets, but some worlds are unique. We used to call them the sky graves, as whomever sent there can't live enough to return back.'

"…"

Arthur didn't get yet what the golden dragon meant, so he added:

'This place… this part of the universe isn't built over a normal planet, but over a group of planets where they intersect from different dimensions.'

"And?"

'Ding! We aren't only living in our time, but also can live inside other time periods,' the system suddenly said, 'Ding! This explains why that being is still alive after all this time… it's not confined in a prison of his own, he is already living inside a grand prison… this world!'

"I swear I don't understand a single word out of what you two just said!!" Arthur's patience was running thin.