Tales Of The Mighty Dragonair

"He will," Arthur firmly nodded, "either against Amera or against the array here."

'Ding! saying it like this makes me think he will choose to come here.'

"Nah, he won't risk exposing himself to his master," Arthur shook his head, "he will need to first conquer Amera's plan to secure himself a bit longer. Even if he came with us to that world, as long as no master is there then he will be able to pull out his plans like before."

The system went into silence this time and didn't argue with Arthur. As for the latter, Arthur kept himself busy thinking about all the options here before a bird's wing came to him all of sudden.

"I'm in place," it was Amera informing him about her location and current status. Then another bird's wing came. "Doaf is coming to you, so keep your eye open over that traitor."

'Ding! should I alarm Gege now?'

Arthur thought a little about that before deciding something. "Let her be informed with this plan and also let her inform the tree to keep a constant eye over everyone here."

'Ding! everyone?' The system was surprised to hear that.

"If he decided to go over the two arrays then he would divide up his forces, right?" Arthur slowly said, "let's hope he won't be this smart or nervous or else we'll face a great problem dealing with both attacks."

'Ding! I trust Amera will be able to handle anything coming at her,' the system said, 'Ding! I'll inform Gege then.'

Just as the system went into silence, Arthur spotted the distant shadow of Doaf coming at him.

And he wasn't alone.

"He also came," he slowly muttered while gazing at the fast approaching Marcos. "He is restless then."

Arthur began to think about what he should say but he didn't have much time before the two landed in front of him.

"Is it true?" Doaf was the first to speak the moment he landed there. "Can she connect to the grandmaster and summon him?"

"I doubt she can do it," Marcos didn't give Arthur any chance to speak before adding, "if so then why didn't she move earlier and summon him?"

Arthur smiled as that sneaky bastard was smart and calm headed to think and see through their hastily prepared trap.

And he knew he had to provide a logical explanation here or else the entire plan would fail.

"Well she can do it before but I stopped her from doing so," he calmly said.

"How is that possible?" Doaf was very doubtful of these words.

"Because she will be in a state of great weakness after that," Arthur slowly said before adding, "and it's not an exaggeration to say she would lose her life if not treated soon by her people."

A sudden realization hit Doaf before Marcos expressed his doubts.

"Do you mean she waited till the link with her world was established to use that? Why not wait until she gets there?"

"Because she won't be able to summon my godfather by then," Arthur simply said, "after all she will use the beacon Doaf launched from before as a guide to reach my godfather. Without it she won't be able to reach anyone, even her master."

Marcos seemed not convinced with this logic while Doaf nodded in understanding. "So she had to do it here before going to her world, right?"

"That's true,"' Arthur nodded, "she asked for it again and this time I can't refuse."

He pointed towards the portal and the world lying beyond before adding, "having this connection now granted that she won't lose her life."

"Let her die, why care so much about a girl from another clan?" Marcos rudely said Arthur wanted to start a war with him at this moment.

However he controlled his emotions and calmly said:

"Because she is my woman."

"There are plenty of beautiful girls out there in our clan," Marcos kept acting rude, "why select and help someone from an alien clan?"

"She is my girl," Arthur said in a tone that wasn't negotiable, "and I'll forgive your trespassing this time. But be careful with your tongue, I don't accept any comments on my girls."

Marcos glanced silently towards Arthur who glanced in the same way back to him. The two kept gazing up at each other while the tension rose exponentially in the atmosphere.

"Hey, chill out you two," Doaf had to step in, "we are in the same team here."

"Humph, I started to doubt that," Marcos sneered before turning to leave, "I'll be sure to notify my grandmaster with these rash actions of his adopted son."

Arthur didn't like the threatening tone in Marcos words. "Don't bother, soon in less than one hour he will be personally here and I'll make sure to say all the things I had in my mind about you."

"If not for master you won't be alive after saying that to me," Marcos stopped and turned to glance at Arthur with threatening eyes.

"If not for master you won't be alive at all," Arthur shortly laughed, "if I know you are such a bastard then I wouldn't have saved your pretty ass back there and left you to die."

"What did you say?" Marcos' body emitted a terrifying aura but Arthur stood calmly there gazing at him without flinching.

"Hey hey, don't let a trivial thing like this cause unneeded trouble," Doaf moved fast to stand between the two, "and you should treat the young master with more respect."

"He isn't my young master," Marcos sneered as he turned to leave, "he is just a weak arrogant kid my grandmaster picked from the side of a nameless street in a worthless world."

"Marcos… watch your tongue!" Doaf was enraged but Marcos already was leaving the place.

"Stay beside him, but a word of advice from an old friend… step away from him as you'll only get yourself killed."

Marcos flew fast away from the mountain peak, leaving Doaf stupefied while looking in deep shock towards his back.

"Sorry about that," Doaf turned next to Arthur, "he is just traumatized from losing our home. He doesn't know you or what you did so far."

Arthur's smile went wider as he casually waved his hand as if he didn't care about what just happened. "Don't mind him, after all that what a traitor should act in front of me."

"A… what?!!" Doaf was more shocked this time than ever. "What do you mean by that?"

Arthur glanced calmly at the serious face of Daof before taking a deep breath. "Tell me, is this the man you considered a friend for a long time?" Arthur asked, not directly answering the question.