A table set inside a great castle meeting room. Along the long table were 8 seats, one for each country's king or queen. Only 7 seats are filled. Silence and anger filled the room. Till one of the kings of a smaller country slams his fist down onto the table in anger.
“This beast, and demon have completely destroyed an entire kingdom!” The King shouted in anger.
“Well, what do you insist we do?” A queen from the otherside of the table asked.
Silence filled the chamber again. Each king and queen knew, that the most powerful and wealthy kingdom fell, that they do not have the power individually. One kingdom known for its trading routes had its largest trading town of Atlantis destroyed, by the very beast they had mentioned. If things continue as they are, all the countries could be removed by these two.
A Slender man, sitting at the farthest end of the table, wearing a heavy cloak obscuring most of his features, spoke up. “So what of this human? Sounds more like a demon.”
“The devil, incarnated. Wields flames from his hands, and commands them. Our reports from the army that attempted to capture him went missing. The horsemen were the only survivors.” The queen commented.
The gruffy fat man, with red hair who had spoken first, decided he should get his opinion out. “We should all march on that mountain and hell or high water we come back with both their heads!”
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Far away in a small room sat four cloaked and obscured individuals. The room was barely lit but the one candle’s flame which flicked gave barely enough light to see the four people gathered. The more feminine figure spoke up first.
“So, our spy has gathered that the kingdom of gold has been wiped off the map. Maybe the human, and its tamed beast can help us turn things around.” She suggested.
One of the bigger figures spoke up, “Though, they have helped, does not mean that they are on our side of this matter.”
“I agree, we may send someone to greet these two, but right now it's possible they will be as aggressive to us as they are to the great table.” The third masculine figure warned.
All three that had turned to the last member who had yet to speak yet, waiting for this member's opinion. The air went still, as the member seemed to be pondering over things. It took a while of sitting in silence before this member spoke up.
“I will handle this matter. Keep focused where our forces already are.” The figure, using something to distort their voice, got up and left after they finished speaking.
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I stood upon the top of my mountain, looking around to all the destruction that happened around it. It seemed that the mana which was trapped underground was holding the mountains up. It made me wonder if that had happened to cause the area in which Cataegis’ body is. I wonder what I could possibly do with mountains worth of mana stored inside of my soul space. It feels much bigger now, though I thought I was dying for days, with sudden pain waves.
It is baffling how mana works in such vast amounts. I don't ever remember hearing about soul spaces being forcibly enlarged. I think most dragons never really work on making their’s bigger. It made me wonder just how big a soul could be, or if they are different in each dragon. These are probably thoughts which may never get answered.
I sat there, as I took a piece of chocolate and started munching on it. Hickory had finally finished rebuilding his shack which he had been making chocolate in. It was interesting to see the tools and such he uses to make it. There are also many kinds. I couldn't help but smile happily at having chocolate again. It is nice to be able to sit down and have some nice chocolate. It makes me wonder if I could do more things with it.
I shook the idea out of my head, I shouldn't play too much with my food. Maybe I should grab some filling food. I had noticed the creatures which had lived inside of the mountain range had dispersed. I might have to try to find a new food source elsewhere. It shouldn't be too hard, but now I have to go farther for good food.
I sighed. I guess I just made hunting for food harder on myself. Looking down the mountain toward Hickory’s hut I can see had already returned back to working out, though he seems to be doing it with much more fervor than before.
I hope he is alright, for a human he is rather resilient, but humans are still small fragile beings. I know he will do his best. I smiled knowing that he is wanting to get stronger.
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Doing pull ups, I had only one burning thought in my mind. I can't let Lost lose herself to whatever she is hiding. I know it is dangerous if she does. She is hiding it well, but I saw that mask slip for a moment. The anger and hate which burned in her eyes, is something I would not want to see again. I know she told me she is weak for a dragon, but the things I have seen her do, she is one of the biggest and most powerful things around. It still scares me that there are things that can even hurt her.
If Lost is among the weakest, then I don't want to see examples of the strongest. I am not sure if this planet can survive it. Lost is like a walking catastrophe when she is careless. Also I don't really know how old she is, or how long she will live. She could very well outlive me. My mom told me when I was young, that she was younger then I am now when she met Lost for the first time. I haven't seen much change in Lost as I have grown older.
I really must grow stronger. I continue to do my pull ups, as I also tried to manage the fire mana around me, concentrating on it. I must be able to use mana and my own body if I want to be strong enough for her to not need to protect me.