After casting a rough detection spell, I saw that the palace was unusually full of guards and high-level soldiers.

The Knight Commander was there...but not on our side...unfortunately, that's what I feared most of all.

We were the "bad ones" but that didn't make the enchantress a rose without thorns. Plus she wants me dead for example for those who have the idea of being in their way.

With my dragon's eye, combined with the detection spell, amplified by my levels I understood that the castle was completely taken and that there was no escape.

More and more guards, at least a hundred of them, were approaching in groups, searching the palace from top to bottom, looking for hidden nobles or simply household staff. No one would be spared. Good or bad, it was a "Purge", an "example".

The new witch would be born in blood..or her own.

The guards were all in full armor and only their chins were visible, their eyes hidden behind a visor, giving them an even more ferocious look.

They now had a red cloak and the crest of the Enchantress, a golden griffin.

No wonder she doesn't like us... well, that's what I think. But I am a dragon and I am stubborn by nature.

The poor princess was at the end of her rope, but that wasn't the end of our problems. They were just beginning.

She clutched at my scales as she searched for a father or male figure in me to protect her.

"There is no doubt that now that there is only you left of the family, they will all try to kill you.

You're just an obstacle to their ambitions.And me too, even worse, they have my parents as hostages."

Princess: "Why did the Commander betray us?"

"From the taste of his blood, he must have been a family member a cousin or a brother who was ousted... No wonder he wants to take over."

"You have a choice now... run away, get revenge and take back what has been taken from you all your life!"

I had a small smile and then the princess stepped forward looking me in the eyes:" I don't want to die like this. We have to survive!"

I was proud of her because she also proved that she was strong.

Then Zalar "Can I interrupt you? Mir. You owe me a fight! En garde!"

Chlorophyll stood in front of me, arms outstretched. "Why, Zalar?

No one betrayed you..."

"Yes, they did! Him!!! And I really want to fight a dragon. And the scenery is great!"

Me:" Zalar... I'm not a hero! I'm just a young wyvern... I have some mage spells... Help and protect your princess!"

Zalar: "She's not my princess! I hate you all! Especially the nobility and those fat pigs lying in their blood."

Me: "Spiritual sword / Haste / Shield."

He finished his sentence with a violent arc over me as I ejected the princess to the side.

"Princess, run away through the service corridors and put yourself in a cul de sac"

Indeed, this is the best way to entrench yourself and avoid an attack from behind.

Taking advantage of my distraction, he jumped at my head and I received a terrible kick to the jaw.

A thin stream of blood flowed from my mouth, teeth had probably cut my cheek on impact.

I wiped it off and grunted.

Meanwhile, a well-trained guard was inspecting the corridors for runaways.

"The fleeing princess is not our priority... it's the nobles. We must put an end to this corrupt system once and for all.

Then one of the guards drooled and collapsed, choking.

The other one ran away.

He detected a well-worn dungeon spell: "Choking: All breathable air in a room is replaced by an invisible, choking gas, much like people drowning in a car pit from carbon monoxide build-up."

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The Princess, too, had learned her magic lessons well. And these spells were now more than necessary.

Zalar, sword in hand: "Mir... you speak like a human, not a beast!!! you don't lie to me twice... Who are you???"

We went around an invisible circle in the big gallery, as if to measure each other, but I knew I had no chance.

"As you lie, Mir... So, let me ask you another question: What is your purpose in life???"

"To survive! To live to survive!"

Zalar: "An animal argument! It's not very convincing and I'm going to stop you right there!"

"I'll ask you again then"

"Revenge on all those kings and queens who have screwed up my life!!!"

"That's irrelevant!" And so I summoned "Monster III"

And 3 shadow scorpions emerged from the ground.

They were each 4 meters long and were real killers. Especially since they could attack the shadows and dive into them.

In the meantime, my "system" had beeped several times mentioning that I had gone up a level and had reached level 16 with all the soldiers and knights I had killed.

The humans were giving me almost triple the experience of the other monsters but I hadn't read anything.

Just a bigger ringing with a trumpet sound that I could evolve.

But I was in the middle of a fight so those options were impossible for now.

"Zalar, If you put your revenge aside... we didn't do anything to you!"

"A dragon and his princess to rescue, I've always dreamed of being in one of those stories!!!"

"Zalar... Help us..."

"No way! The Enchantress promised..."

"You fool... I killed the Commander who planned everything... Your ally. He was also of royal blood... How do you know she's not also related to them?"

His eyes widened.

.

Guards rushed into the room to be greeted by the 3 enraged scorpions.

They leapt up, climbed the walls, ceiling and tables as if gravity did not exist and finally skewered the three guards who were cut open by the huge pincers.

They were eaten alive before the venom could take effect.

"The knights died on both sides. And the Commander is dead. The mission is failed!"

"Unless I kill the princess!"

"Like I'm going to let you!"

The leader of the knights came through the main gate.

"Zalar! That's good work... Get rid of it!"

"The wyvern killed the Commander!"

"That's not true!!! then she ran off again. "Zalar, I count on you to eliminate this abomination... I'll take care of the princess!"

I had taken the opportunity to strengthen my protections like any good mage and I had thrown shield3 on the scorpions.

I kept the hero at bay and took the opportunity to buffer myself a bit, like "Sharp Wings" and "Sharp Claws."

He jumped on me and was met by the edge of my spirit sword, which wavered on impact and disappeared.

In one swift movement, he received my tail in his back like a huge whip that sent him crashing into the false wooden wall decorating the room.

Taking advantage of the blow, I cast a devastating spell in a closed room: Stinking Cloud... with my levelw, it was toxic, like a dragon's breath.

He coughed, his lungs on fire, and then, with a mad gesture, he followed me through the glass and we fell one floor, into the castle courtyard.

He was panting with intoxication "This is not legit!!!"

"I'm a mage!"

"No... you are a dragon..."

And when he wanted to run at me: Spell: "Reverse gravity".

We felt ourselves being lifted up and falling in the opposite direction.

He was gesticulating in the air like a parachutist in free fall but I had my wings.

A sharp blow!

He dodged but without support, he did a crazy pirouette without gravity.

I opened my mouth: "Lightning!"

The bow was absorbed by the enchanted sword. But some of it passed.

Then he laughed. "Well... Mir... but it's over!

He summoned "Walk on air" and, like inverted steps under his feet, he ran and leapt on my back and thrust his sword towards my heart.

I fell down in fright, fear and pain, screaming "Please!

The sword had not yet reached the heart and I was desperate.

Zalar: "Give me one reason to spare you..."

"I could send you back to earth"

"HAHAHA. That's a good one... and what do you know about earth? "He pressed the blade a little more and it was sinking little by little, a few centimeters from the heart.

I spread my wings to avoid crashing or hurting myself more

"Hamburgers!! Macdo!! the fries.. Coke..."

These were the first words that came to my mind.

Zalar was no longer laughing.

"The enchantress promised us a return trip..."

"That's impossible...they don't know...No hero ever came back not one!!!"

SPAF. I was on the ground and he was holding the sword but not pushing it any further...

"Please, Zalar... I too would like to go back... but ... I have a loving family here. "

"And what if the enchantress doesn't make it... or if she lies?"

"An Antenna!!! I can make an antenna and contact the crew of Maxime and Sacha's ship.. You saw their guns..right?"

He sighed...

Then, he withdrew the sword with a sharp blow and I could breathe again...

I was shaking all over.

"Zalar... Help us... it's not too late... we'll crush the Republican troops and I promise you'll be able to drink sodas again..."

He pointed his sword at my eye...

"Mir... Let's say they do come here...how do we get back...we're on Alpha...it would take a century to get back, assuming the ship can make the reverse trip..."

"Zalar... how do you think I ended up here?"

"Were you summoned?"

"No...not at all...I'm a specialist, I mean I figured out how to teleport...but actually...the computer wasn't powerful enough and only a part of me got here..and I got reincarnated..as a Dragon...because of the energy...well it's complicated but if you let me live long enough we can leave and come back as we want... There are possibilities here that there are not on earth.

"Okay, Mir...let's go rescue your princess but...I'm disappointed in you...even as a dragon."

"I'm just a young dragon barely a teenager over-vitalised in magic and science. And in my other life, I was a 'crazy lab4! A big bald head with a slug-like physique...I can't fight.... Maybe later."

"Chlorophyll, why are you helping him and not coming to join the republic?"

"I love Chlorophyll. She's MY princess... sorry, but a dragon is possessive by nature and if you want your trip back, the witch isn't going to help you... At best, she'll let you live like a dick in the forest screaming, who's coming to fight me?"

He laughed. At least you have a sense of humor... For that, I like you, Mir, and the fact that you fought without running away showed that you were at least brave. But don't get your hopes up. If I beat you, others will too!"

"We must put The Princess back on the throne as Empress and rally the nobles who will want to avenge their own sacrificed here. That way we'll save time."

"What for?"

"I have a plan... with those up there!" and we'll need all the industry in the empire here."

Zalar: "You're going to set up the earthlings? "

"Exactly. We'll rule, but they'll rule..." If they came here, others will come. They are colonists and military..."