Tales Of The Mighty Dragonair

'Ding! We are ready for you,' the system soon came back to tell the good news.

"Alright," Arthur didn't hesitate to take a paper and brush it out before he started to draw on it. He sat on the ground cross legged and started to move his arms unwillingly.

The system controlled his hands and drew what Gege told him about the topography of the place.

After five minutes of constant drawing, a map presented itself in front of Arthur's eyes. The place there was, surprisingly, a deep valley appearing all of sudden in the middle of the plains.

There was no single mountain peak or a hill there. "So that's why I couldn't see the tower earlier," he slowly muttered while tracking the lines he drew on the paths of those patrols.

"So these are the places of the traps... That's too much!" he checked the spaces between the lines drawn on the map. Surprisingly these spaces were wide and big, enough to make a small army of hundred mages to pass through.

'They can't fill all such distances with traps,' the golden dragon said, 'it must be a mind trap in itself.'

"Meaning?" Arthur didn't move his eyes away from the map while asking. He agreed with the golden dragon that this map had something fishy about it.

However he couldn't tell just from simply looking at it for a few moments.

'The traps can't be this huge,' the golden dragon said, 'so they just had parts covered in traps and others without.'

'But how can we tell the difference then?' Gege asked.

We can't,' the golden dragon was direct in his reply to her, 'we have only to avoid them by all means. It's a gamble, a high risk if we decide to go through any trap.'

"So we will stick to our plan," Arthur slowly nodded before folding the map and storing it away. "Have you found anything to help in distracting them?"

'Well, there are a couple arrays that can help but we don't have time to make them... So I would recommend a technique.'

"A technique?" Arthur didn't expect such an answer, "how can I learn such a technique so fast? I'd rather bet over the arrays!"

'Just wait until you hear it,' the golden dragon said, 'it needs a high and special form of energy unique to every mage. That's the hardest part of it, and I think you have that part covered.'

"The golden pearl you mean?" Arthur paused, "this technique doesn't require any specific type of energy?"

'Your energy isn't that bad,' the golden dragon said, 'I bet it's one of the highest forms of energy even in the high planes... but your only weakness is that it's so scarce.'

"I didn't have time to strengthen it yet," Arthur shrugged.

'I know, but this technique can be used only once by your current level of energy. If you try to reuse it again I can't guarantee your safety.'

'You mean the golden pearl energy will be depleted? I can support it anyway!'

'Sorry to disappoint you but I also calculated your help in my estimates,' the golden dragon said bluntly, 'so you have to select the best timing to use your technique. You only have one shot, so don't mess it up.'

Arthur paused while recalling the map again in his mind. "So in brief I shouldn't use it from the start, right?"

'Exactly,' the golden dragon agreed.

"Then what is this technique all about?"

'It's called the shooting stars descending from the heavens,' the golden dragon said, 'it's one of the ancient techniques that mages of these days don't know. But don't take my words wrong, this technique is really badass.'

"That's what I like," Arthur smirked evilly before adding, "but you said I can do it without much time, how can this be possible?"

'Ancient techniques were all driven from a single source,' the golden dragon said, 'in my bet they all hailed from the originals, but there is no concrete proof for that.'

"And?" Arthur wasn't in the mood to listen to such a history lesson from him.

'These techniques use mainly energy and not the way to channel the energy,' the golden dragon said, 'so this technique doesn't require your full control over the energy, but the type of energy is what matters.'

"Hmm... strange concept to be honest," Arthur slowly said, "that's why you said I can't use it more than once, right?"

'The one use will leak a lot of energy,' the golden dragon said, 'and as you don't have any control over the flow of your energy, you can't control the energy and prevent it from getting depleted. In fact...'

The golden dragon paused before adding, 'if not for Gege's help in replenishing the golden pearl, I wouldn't have thought of this as an option.'

Arthur didn't mind his remark. After all he thought of the three of them to be part of his power. "Is it powerful enough?" Arthur asked, "will it be enough to cause them to be scared?"

'It's a terrifying technique, so don't worry about that,' the golden dragon said, 'but I have another piece of bad news.'

"What?" Arthur didn't like the direction of this talk.

'You can't train in it,' the golden dragon slowly said, 'you have to try it out when the time comes to use it.'

"What?!!" this time Arthur was shocked, "how can I bet everything on something I know nothing about!"

'You have to trust me on this,' the golden dragon said, 'I know it seems illogical to ask you to do that, but if you tried this technique and it worked out then you will accidentally deplete all of your stores of the golden pearl energy.'

"But I can recharge it, right?"

'It will take a long time, plus making one single trial right will bring forth the technique. And believe me, it's very eye-catching. It's not advisable to try it except when you intend to actually use it.'

"..."

Arthur didn't know what to say. He couldn't even accept the mere fact of him trying out this technique just when he wanted it to work.

'Ding! Is there any other way to do it?' The system understood the line of thoughts of both the golden dragon and Arthur.

'Why won't he get into my world and train on it there?' Gege asked, 'the time difference there will be enough to make up for a good part of the lost energy.'

'Part and not totally replenish it,' the golden dragon said, 'this technique requires him to be in full shape. Plus it will pose a threat over your garden world.'

'No way!' Gege couldn't believe it, 'my body is very sturdy! Nothing can affect it!'

'I'm just stating the truth,' the golden dragon said, 'don't take it personally but this technique is way beyond your tolerance.'

'...'