Draconian Leader PoV
What’s going on? A minute ago our sentries sent the alarm saying a ship was coming our way. I issued the order to go investigate who it was only to have them fire at us.
My mouth went dry when i flew up to see. Our tribe has 780 Draconian. We are one of the noblest races but even we know when we are beat.
As the ship gets close I turn pale. I’ve heard stories of them which are passed down from our ancestors. Beings that were the best at warring without using magic.
The clockworks, machines that held the highest technological power. If you combine them with dwarves they could gain power beyond most races.
Their only restriction is that they don’t have living beings regeneration, thank god. They are weak when low classed but if they can upgrade they become fierce.
To have a ship full of them as well as several elementals helping them is the true nightmare.
I fly down and start giving orders of retreat. We can’t fight them, I need to lower our losses so we will retreat and see their demands.
As i give the orders to retreat my daughter approaches.
Princess: ‘Father, what is going on?’
Leader: ‘Clockworks, they are attacking for some reason. Help send the call for retreat and let them land. It’s best not confronting them; they are monsters of war with the best weaponry.’
Princess: ‘Use magic to blast them.’
Leader: ‘SILENCE! DO NOT!!! ATTACK THEM! They are beyond our power. This ship seems ready for battling powerful enemies. We can’t beat them even with our numbers.’
She goes silent and the order is given. 200 of our men die because of that attack but we retreat inside and the gates are left open as a sign of giving up. I stand at the front as the ship follows the elementals. They fire two hooks to the ground and lower the ship some but leave the ship in the air anchored to the whale.
From the lower side of the ship an opening appears. I saw many small human sized clockwork jump down. When about 10 were down three large robots jumped down. On one of them were two people riding them.
The group walked over and the smaller clockwork came armed with weapons raised.
I walked up and bowed showing respect.
Leader: ‘May I ask what the reason for your attack was?’
Bulk: ‘Release the tiger people you are enslaving and we won’t kill all the draconian.’
I looked up shocked but then i notice the tiger man behind the clockwork sitting on the back of the other robot.
I looked at all of them and turned a bit pale. They were already upgraded to higher ranked clockwork. One was even demon shaped with six arms while one was an animal clockwork. This wasn’t an enemy we could just randomly confront.
Leader: ‘Why do you want to free them? They are simple animals.’
I instantly noticed a change in the sound coming from them. The amount of steam they were releasing became much faster and the gears were rattling.
Bulk: ‘We will say it once more. PEACEFULLY release the tiger people or we will attack.’
I heard the sound of several weapons getting armed coming from the ship and began trembling. Then the worst possible thing happened.
Princess: ‘Why should we listen to buckets of bolts like all of you? We are the proud Draconian. We don’t fear simple robots like you.’
Nova: ‘Wow she reminds me of the nasty girl you hate bro.’
A sudden whistle from the demon one caused me to shut my ears but I turned around and slapped my daughter.
Leader: ‘SILENCE!’
I hissed that with rage in my voice enough to make the girl shrink.
When I looked back the demon was also yelling at the clockwork girl. I calmed down a bit seeing how the clockwork wasn’t a mindless killer.
It would be better to release those animals and try to surprise attack them again after the clockwork leave.
Leader: ‘We will do as you say. We will let them go. Just don’t attack anymore.’
Nova: ‘Never show your face again near Greer and the others. Ugly old man.’
Veins appear on my head but I head back.
I gave the orders and the slaves were brought out and released.
The ship lowered and touched down allowing the tigers to enter. There were 80 slaves all young tiger men. They were easiest to train so we killed the adults while we kept the kids alive.
Bulk: ‘That’s all of them right?’
Before I could respond the demon nodded and they turned around. It was then i noticed several robotic bugs crawl from under me and run towards them.
I was lucky; if we had kept any everyone might have been killed.
They climbed in followed by the clockwork robots and the hooks were retracted before the ship was retracted.
The ship lifted up above the trees and village and flew overtop the village and began doing a slow turn as it moved forward. I was trembling as I watch our near extinction experience had just passed.
As the ship left my view I slump down and I put my hand to my chest.
Princess: ‘Why did you comply so readily?’
Leader: ‘We can’t win against them. They got scout bugs inside without me noticing until they pulled them out. If we had kept any slaves, we would have died.’
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She finally realized how dangerous they were. It was a good experience for her to learn early on. She is too hotheaded so it’s best to learn about it now.
I go back inside and start breathing to calm down. I give the orders to repair any structural damage.
Princess PoV
Father is too much of a coward. There is no race better than draconian. I won’t let any of the others say otherwise.
I will prove that draconian are the strongest. I will start by beating the clockworks that the guys always make so much fuss about.
I wait for night to fall. I take flight and start to look for their base. I found them at the central plateau after two nights of searching. The tiger people were being put to training to fight. I saw a dwarf with a strange robot that was letting out lots of smoke.
I saw them smithing and several tiger people crafting using the parts he was making. I then saw what it was. On some of the training tiger people they had a basic skeleton of a powersuit that dwarfs have.
I frown seeing that.
I fear that getting tech will make them too strong. I need to take care of it soon before they get to strong.
I return home to sleep. I need to be at my best.
The mining and rebuilding was going well. We were reinforcing the walls just in case they attack again. We were trying to make machine weapons but we didn’t know how to make it without take a model.
I fall in bed and go to sleep.
Half way through the night i heard sounds of battle. I jump out of bed and run out.
Princess: ‘Father! What is all this…Oh my god!’
Outside, all over the place, were dungeon monsters attacking the town. Bats of many types were all over the place. Many of the rock monsters were all over the ground and digging their way under the walls and began attacking.
Leader: ‘We are being attacked by the monsters. Run Annabeth. Please ask for help from the clockworks. I’m sure they can help.’
Princess: ‘Why do we need to ask for help! We are strong!’
Leader: ‘But not against these numbers. There are 3 dungeons full of minion monsters attack. Hurry and get help or else we will all die.’
I frown and start crying but i spread my wings and start flying.
On my way out i started to get attacked by the bats. I easily evaded them but several still hit me. They clawed my right side and my left leg. I still flew away but now I had a group of monsters behind me.
I now understood why father said we needed them. These monsters were already level 150 we were only level 100 at best.
I flew as fast as possible while getting a few scratches on the way. As I neared the place they were at I couldn’t stop or I would be caught so i did the only thing I could. I rushed in.
I saw the robots on the edge of the cliff raise their weapons so with a strong flap I rose upwards. At once I heard the bullets flying. They hit all the monsters making them fall and change their target to them.
I was hit on the right leg but I fly over the base before I let myself drop from exhaustion. I used my wings as best I could to slow down as best as I could before I crashed right onto the deck of the ship.
My vision was blurry but i saw the large metal feet of that demon.
Princess: ‘Help...monsters are...attacking us.’
That was all i could say before everything blacked out.
Techno PoV
At my feet was the girl that made Nova say something that pissed me off.
She was scratched all over but also had bullet shots.
Techno: ”Guys get her inside and bandage her up. Get the weapons ready guys. We are going hunting. A new hunting ground has showed up. Let’s go enjoy the prey.”
Victor: ‘Oi! Now enough sets of armor is made for the tigers yet.’
Techno: ”Those who have it will be on the land. Those who don’t will use guns to attack from the sky.”
With that everyone got on and the weapons were loaded all over the top deck and some were prepared on the lowest deck. We would open the hatch to drop off the people. Asura, Bulk, and Nova will go down with some clockwork robots and fight below. The rest were going to blast the air monsters.
We worked quickly to arm the ship and soon set off. This would be our first good fight since we arrived so let’s make it fun. The targets are 5-7 times our level so it’s going to be much more interesting of a fight.
Techno: ”Let’s go have fun.”
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Princess draconian
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Normal Female draconian
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Male Draconian
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