Mei wasn’t happy.

I had spent the rest of the morning reading the back part of the stat book. It had the different enemies and which zones they were in. It broke down armor and weapons. Every spell in the game was listed including where to find them and how they could be used. It even had a section on how to get the credentials to go to the next zones.

When Mei had got Up I had told her about creating the post to hunt the dragon.

“Are you crazy?” Mei demanded

“No.”

“Dragons are endgame monsters! You don’t just make a post for one.”

“I’ve been reading up on them.” I flipped my book around so she could see it. "Most dragons are difficult to kill because they take to the air. Arrows won’t pierce their scales and they can breathe fire on the attackers from above.”

“I know this.” Mei pushed the book back to me. "I’ve fought them before.”

“This one is in its lair.” I grabbed my map and pointed to where the cave was. "It can’t get fly while it’s underground.”

“No, it just eats you.” Mei shook her head. "You can’t kill the dragon by hacking at its head. You have to hit it under its scales.”

“I know.” I pinched my fingers to zoom in. It was another cool thing about the maps.

“These caves aren’t really caves.” I pointed at the different cave mouths around the same hill. “They’re really tunnels under the peaks.”

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“You want to do what? Attack it from multiple sides?”

I nodded. "If someone can keep its attention, then the rest of the group can get to it from another angle. With it trapped underground, we can take it out easily.”

Michael stumbled into the room. He yawned loudly. "Take what out?”

“A dragon.” Mei leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms

“A what?” Michael rubbed his eyes

“A dragon.” Mei repeated

Michael flashed me his best smile. "You’re joking right?”

I shook my head.

“Are you kidding?” He seemed a lot more awake now. "It takes fifty people to take down a dragon! How do you expect us to do it?”

“I’ve got a plan.” I started

“With a lot of flaws.” Mei leaned forward. "Which one of us is going to hold the dragon’s attention. Also how do you know which tunnel will connect to the one that the dragon is in?”

I flipped my book to the last page. "I made a list.”

Mei started reading the list. "Small iron shield, fireproof and illuminate spells? A spell book? Cleanse spell? Paralysis spell? I told you, you can’t handle the strain of casting spells.”

“I know.” I nodded. "I read up on it. I have to build up my tolerance to be able to cast multiple spells, especially in a fight.”

“You want me to cast them?” Mei shook her head. "I only have the illuminate and paralyze spells.”

“No, I’m going to enchant our gear.” I smiled

“It takes a very steady hand to enchant gear,” Michael said. "You aren’t just tracing a spell from a page onto your arm. You have to pick the rune up stroke by stroke and put it on the weapon or armor. One mistake and you have to start over.”

“I know.” I took a deep breath. "But I was going to major in art before I dropped when my parents died.”

Michael glanced over at Mei. The silence hung in the air until it became unbearably uncomfortable.

“Why a dragon?” Mei asked. "What happened to finding your brother?”

“You said Billy is always joining the toughest raids.” I bit my lip. "Do you think he’d try to take on a dragon?”