Lying down in a beautiful garden, staring up at the sky, looking at countless bright shining stars, I was curious, will I ever be able reach and explore all of them.
It feels like a dream of a naïve kid yet there is nothing impossible in this realm in which we mighty Dragon lives. We have power to turn cities into dust just by breathing , trample any castle under our feet's and with our abilities we can lay waste to a planet given enough time, but that is not my goal.
Our race has encountered and conquered many planets with their strength, subdued even demons in the past and held themselves as gods.
Because of that thinking we committed countless atrocities on other intelligent species and the result of which is now we are all sealed in the distant edge of the universe sharing only one third of the known universe.
But everything will be resolved after tomorrow's raid. The tyrannical rule of Dragon king will end tomorrow and there will be birth of a new King/Empress which will lead dragon realm to new heights, about which I don't give a damn.
I am happy as long as I can kill the king and get to venture the unknown which resides on the other side of our dragon realm. Thinking about the limitless possibility I clenched my fist in excitement and the area few feet around me which was filled with beautiful flowers and grass turned into small crater.
"Shit, Eva wouldn't like it." I cursed out loud waking up from my thoughts.
"I should find some servant and better clean up this mess" I thought. Just then I heard the rhythmic sound of footsteps approaching from behind and just by hearing them, I knew that it was too late.
I thought of just disappearing from this place using [Void Step] but realizing that the mana signature left behind will give me away I stayed rooted in place.
Considering I was the one who called Eva to meet me here… uggghh there were so many evidence and too little time, thinking in my mind I decided to just tell a different truth.
"Have you called me here to show me, the work of art you have made out of my beautiful garden, is it Alex?" Eva questioned me in angry tone.
"Because if that is what you are thinking, then you should better be prepared to face the consequences."
"Well, to tell you the truth, I was just too excited to meet you today that I lost control of my powers for a moment, you know how my power works don't you?" I told the different truth of course, if I told her that I was too excited to kill her father tomorrow god knows how our meeting will be like.
As per my deduction in the little time I had, I could only think of half assed idea of blaming my power, well i had total control over my power but sometimes a simple gesture of walking made space around me tremble that is why i made my power a escapegoat.
It has saved my life countless times and this is one of those instances.
I could see Eva's cheeks turning little red but before she could reply me I continued.
"You have whole night to scold me, but before that let me clean some uninvited bugs." I said annoyingly.
[Dragon Tongue: Show Yourself]
It was a very convenient ability to deal with much weaker opponent then us but required quite a bit of mana. But for a Primordial Dragon like me it was a teaspoon of mana from an infinite ocean.
A shadow bubble stretched out from Eva's shadow and a female dragon at the rank of Dragon King stepped out from shadow holding her breath with a terrified look on her face, understanding that I have overdid it, I released the restrain of dragon tongue.
Eva turned her attention from me toward the female dragon, "Didn't I tell you to not follow me?"
"I am sorry master, but king Azmath has specifically ordered me to stay with you and guard you all the time." She spoke while avoiding my gaze.
"let me give you some advice because you are new, if you want to survive as a caretaker of Eva, Keep two things in mind."
"First don't mess with her garden and second don't interfere when she is with me." I said in a mocking tone behind which a clear threat was hidden certainly Eva won't kill someone for messing with her garden but I will definitely kill her if these low level kings thugs interfere in out meeting.
"Just go and have some rest, don't worry about me Jennie." Eva said in an irritated tone because she knew that this peoples where more of a spy of king then caretaker while thinking this, she turned toward me.
"So what brings the mighty Primordial Void dragon Alex to this humble abode?" She said every word containing huge chunk of sarcasm.
"Come on Eva, There is no need to be this angry just because i destroyed few flowers." I said.
"You know I am not angry because of some flowers you have destroyed and you know it." She said her voice containing lots of worries; she paused and finally said what was on her mind." I don't want you to go on tomorrow's Raid."
I had an idea why she doesn't want me to go and it has been always like that since we have become close.
That is why I always used to avoid her whenever I have to go on a Raid, so that my determination doesn't waver, but I understood her worries and that is why some part of me wanted to meet her before I leave.
"Your worries are in vain, just like any other time dear, do you think there is anything that can harm me in that tower." I said with a wide smile on my face hoping to convince her but I knew that the real threat she was worried about was not tower but someone else.
"My worries are in vain?" She looked straight into my eyes to find the right answers to her question but I was always good at hiding my true emotions, let's say destiny has trained me for this moment since my birth."You know too well after lifting the seal, king, leaders and guardian will definitely try to kill you." I know, I murmured under my breath."I don't know what preparations you have made to counter them; but it is definitely suicidal to go on this raid unless…." She looked at me and continued."You are planning to trick the king and leaders again just like you tricked them hundred thousand years ago?" she asked curiously."No." I replied in a serious tone."This raid will be as real as it can be." I was not fooling around anymore and I definitely have devised enough countermeasures for it to be successful.A hundred thousand year ago, i encountered an opportunity to break through and become a Primordial Dragon, but for that to happen I have to enrage king enough for him to
Stepping out of what seem to be the portal surrounded by Grey fog and electricity coursing through its edges from time to time, I was greeted with the familiar throne room.It was not as grand as king's throne room, but nevertheless it was to my liking.I had completed countless missions under king's command but he had never allocated me any domain or honor which was due, no matter how splendidly I have finished them.Therefore with my own power and by creating circumstances in which king couldn't refuse my request, I had claimed a moon as my domain in past.It was one of the moons near the planet on which king's castle was situated. It was mostly barren devoid of even oxygen, but with the vast amount of knowledge at our disposal, we had already devised a technology to turn neuter planets into habitable one.It does shorten the planets life but it can be used for millions of years and the benefit of this method outshines the drawbacks.On this whole planet there was only one city whic
We arrived at a planet far from my domain. It was a barren planet on the outside continuously leaking radiation and a large scar ran from its center to the other half of the planet. Inside the scar it was filled with Lava Rivers.The Planet was yet to be discovered by the dragon race and even if they did discover it, they wouldn't pay any attention to it because from one look it was visible that if they try to restore it, it will crumble to pieces.And therefore it was the perfect place for me to hide my trump card from king's prying eyes. In one of my mission to subdue or kill an X ranked magical beast I had encountered this planet and on further exploration I came to know that the planet which looked barren from outside was actually filled with life by various beast species inside the scar.The planet's size was equal to that of planet on which king lived and it had its own star deep inside the planet itself making environment there habitual for many species. From outside due to thi
The one who spoke this time was Demion, the youngest of all the retainers; and the 3rd strongest retainer.I had recruited him when he was just a Dragonight probably at the age of 100 years. I was on a mission issued to me by king to subdue some rebel dragons and that is when I encountered a young Dragon at the peak stage of Dragonight realm.Considering he belonged to the noble family, their eggs took at least 100 years to hatch and another 100 year or so for dragonling to evolve depending on the talent. That is why I could tell he was rare even among the geniuses to have come this far.But the thing that attracted my attention was that he was being hunted by the most powerful leader's family the 1st family.Intrigued by how the situation will unfold, I followed him from the shadow; saw him fight against other dragonight and even dragon lord realm soldiers with sword in his hands and without turning into his true dragon form.The first family had the ability to control flames to the
"I will give team 2 all the details I have, but remember do not rely solely on that because even I don't know what to expect once you guys enter the facility.""I had even tried to send spies in that location in the past, but none of them returned alive to report back to me not even roman." When said the name roman the mouth of all retainers hung open finally able to understand the difficulty of mission.In the past there used to be 7 retainers but one of them had died during his mission this much was known to all the retainers, but they were unaware of the specifics of the mission.Roman was the 2nd strongest retainer in my force whose death was a big loss to my force as well as my family; yeah the retainers are all my family. Apparently because of him I got to know that the facility had the summoning circle inside it and it was no ordinary summoning circle but to summon the Dragon king.Therefore even I couldn't make any careless move and roman was smart, he sacrificed himself befor
The atmosphere changed the moment the Z ranked beast had stepped foot out of portal, the sky began to turn red and sweat started to gather on the faces of all retainers. An X ranked beast has already been termed as the pinnacle of beast evolution in the universe, they were held as king of beasts each possessing uncommon ability and intelligence. But Z ranked beast whose existence was unknown to many, I knew what status they possessed even among beast. They were held as gods, not only having unique ability and intelligence but also having understanding of law, the rules that governs this world. "Are you certain you want to utilize that favor now?" He asked. "Yes." I said nodding my head. He was one of the trump card I had saved in order to deal with uncertainties kings would have planned. He was the only beast I couldn't subdue but killing him in past seemed too troublesome and wasteful and therefore I had told him to help me once when I need him. And this was certainly the situat
I teleported outside the capital's outer boundary because the whole capital was surrounded by Anti teleportation array and other defensive measures in order to prevent any attack on the city. It was more like an impenetrable fortress than city. The Royal guards standing outside the gate sensing my presence opened the gates for me and sent the message to the main palace of my arrival. It was quite a hassle to travel from outer wall to the main palace in flying vehicles which took half an hour but nothing can be done about it. I could reach faster by flying but it was the process everyone has to follow. The flying vehicle was like a giant white egg, which used either mana crystal or Users own mana to fly from one place to another. It was faster and comfortable mode of travel at the speed which brock the sound barrier. It also helped in avoiding the accidents of Dragons crashing into each other while flying and fighting over it. From outside people couldn't see who was inside the veh
"We greet the Guardian." The present 6 leaders and 1 guardian stood on their seats and greeted me by folding their hands. Even if they didn't like it, it was an unspoken law in dragon realm to respect those stronger than you, nobody knew who created it but it was imprinted in the genes of every dragon since its birth."It is an honor for me as well, please take your seat." I said walking past them taking the seat designated for me.The conference room was not any less majestic than the Throne room of king where he had his seat high above all the other leaders which indicated his position. One level beneath him was two seats reserved for Guardian and then there were ten seats facing each other in two rows.Sometimes I thought if he had to make conference room look like throne room why even bother building one.But it indicated the king's pride that we will never be able to sit on same level as him. But nobody was unaware of his fake prestige which he always tried to maintain, why else
"As expected of leader mash, he killed one of the Retainers with just his breath." A dragon standing on the right spoke while all other dragon laughed but the expression on the face of mash contorted, deactivating his [Fire age] ability he looked at all other dragons."Fools, we have been fighting with his illusionary clones till now, his real body is somewhere else, spread out and find him." He shouted and everyone scattered including the leader mash around the teleportation dome.I had installed 3 devises around the teleportation dome and hid them perfectly so no one could find them but last devise was to be installed where the dragons were having a fight with my clones.I was able to fool the dragons because I had activated my [Illusion domain] the moment I spotted them but the moment my [Illusion domain] weakened a little the leader caught whim of my plan but I had done what I wanted to do and just the one last thing remained to be done.The dragons spread around the dome while 2
Jacob POVAfter separating from the main group I headed toward the 2nd teleportation blocking formation with 2 X ranked beast. Masking our presence as much as we could we headed toward the teleportation formation at full speed but even then I could feel a powerful presence heading toward us from behind but ignoring him we headed straight toward the teleportation array."Just focus on reaching and destroying the teleportation formation, we will have plenty of time to fight afterwards." I said sensing the eagerness of beasts to fight the leader tailing us.Out of the two beasts who were accompanying me one of name was rhino. He was a 20 meter tall muscular humanoid beast. His skin was so though that I doubt even demion's sword could pierce his skin and he had a 3 meter long sharp horn protruding from his head because of this feature he resembled a humanoid rhino but his ability lies somewhere else.The other beast, he was a spider type beast initially but after evolving into an X ranked
Agatha POVSeparating from Andrew and Jacob we marched towards the location where Emily was imprisoned and doing so we attracted the attention of all 3 leaders but sensing our intention they also split into 3 groups weakening their forces further.It didn't take too long for us to meet our opponent because she came flying toward us in her true dragon form and landed in front of us.Abby wauter also known as [embodiment of water] throughout the dragon realm. She has the absolute control over water in our surrounding and even the one flowing through veins of her opponent.The absolute control she exert over water has never seen before in the entire history of dragon realm, but she was not born with this ability, she stole it from someone, killing him in cold blood and absorbing his water essence, betraying the person she had loved once only to gain the position of a leader.She landed in front of us and all five of us stopped. Then Ethan, Celine and Bran once again started to run forwar
Andrew POV9 days after gathering the evidence, we 5 retainer with 4 other beast infiltrated the royal palace. Only Sam, Ethan and Jacob has physically infiltrated the royal palace while rest of us were hidden inside the [Dark dimension] a separate space created using Sam's ability.Just like how 5th leader Abby had opened the rift, Jacob stood in front of the wall and broke the crystal containing the Mana signature of 5th leader Abby.The mana broke out of the crystal to which Jacob guided toward the part of wall where a rune was engraved."It is right time to inform our forces outside the capital to start their operation." Jacob said and I sent the signal to Resistance and Sam forces to initiate their operation.Soon the space started to fluctuate in front of us and a small rift opened. Immediately Sam hid Ethan and Jacob inside his [Dark dimension] and he also vanished into darkness.When the rift opened 2 Dragon King stepped outside the rift, they were probably guard and looked ar
Jacob POVIt has been four and a half month since we have finished meeting with resistance forces and gathered beast and retainers force inside the inner capital.Even if we have found out that Emily was held captive somewhere underground Royal palace, the palace itself was that of a size of small city and considering how clever king was the facility could be hidden anywhere.Due to the risk involved in infiltrating the Royal palace and getting caught, only i and Ethan decided to infiltrate the royal palace and locate the facility first, but even after searching for 4 months we didn't have the clue, as to where this huge facility must be.Ethan was the 5th strongest retainer among us, whose ability was to phase through any objects. His phasing ability can also be shared with other if he physically touches them. His ability also completely erased someone's presence physically and spiritually. Combined with my illusion ability I made both of us invisible and we were able to infiltrate r
I thought of sealing Demion inside the [Quick seal] for now and work something out with the help of other beasts in next floor but soon an unexpected thing happened.Demion's body started to swell and turn red; it uncontrollably released white flames and blood started to leak out of Demion's mouth.Soon an ear piercing roar was heard from Demion's mouth while he was unconscious, his soul slowly fading.I thought what was happening to him, was it some kind of side effect of using [Soul sacrifice] , but in the past nothing like this has ever happened and he had already paid the price by sacrificing almost 90% of his soul leaving his soul weaker than Dragon kings realm dragons.But soon my confusion turned into astonishment as I could see that between white flames, there was a faint purple glow.This idiot was evolving from dragon monarch to pseudo primordial dragon. Once he has evolved his path to become a primordial dragon was paved, no matter how much time it would take.But he has se
Azmath POVIt has been a week since I have cleared 99th floor and was waiting for other's arrival.I thought at first that seeing me climb the tower with him, Alex would show his competitive spirit and try to reach the 99th floor before me, but he has not which only meant he is buying time for whatever he has planned.But I don't have to worry about him, since he can't run away from me this time.Having nothing to do but wait I arrived at the massive 200 meter golden circular portal frame, which can only be activated by Guardian Alex, a fine arrangement made by previous guardian Adam thinking that he can free his bloodline from my grasp but his actions will be the reason for the annihilation of his bloodline.My focus shifted from the portal frame to my space rune where I had stored many items but one particular crystal attracted my attention. I retrieved it and could see that soon cracks started to appear on its surface and in the next second it shattered leaving a black gas behind w
When my white flames were about to overpower him, he activated his final ability [Inferno Domain] and our surrounding became more hot, my senses alerted me to distance myself from morris and I did so but morris grabbed me, his body pulsing with lava from within, his wound, I could see visible black and red lines of lava, which was enough to melt me in an instance, if touched him and therefore I had to build distance between us as soon as possible.Not caring about consequences I accumulated the white flames in my mouth and bit the neck of morris in doing so my own mouth was burned and started to melt, my skull and teeth became visible but ignoring the pain I tore a huge chunk of meat from morris neck and morris released me from his grip throwing away from him and crashed on the ground.My attack just now had not weakened him much because his [Inferno domain] was still active. I had heard about his domain skill but sensing it firsthand, I could say that the rumors were understated.Our
[Void Slash]Swishhhh…A silent wind passed between me and morris. When I lowered the sword [Aurora], there was nothing but empty space between me and morris but I had to face a great difficulty cutting the empty air because I was not only cutting the air but space itself.There were many conditions which needed to be satisfied to perform this technique and one of them was to have an unbreakable sword. If I had tried to perform this attack with my sword [Punisher] it would have broken halfway through because this 12th sword technique put that much pressure on the user and sword.There were very few known swords in the dragon realm, which were capable of cutting space without breaking, one of them was [Aurora] in my hand and other was king Azmath's draconic weapon.Right now what I was using was not a void based ability but a realization of small part of law of void I have gained with the help of Lord Alex and its compatibility with my sword technique.This ability on top of consuming