Tales of The Mighty Dragonair

Arthur considered himself ready. This battle, after all, was delayed for more than two years at least. His enemies were well prepared for him.

Just thinking about taking them out of surprise was out of the question. He knew they were well prepared and would never be allowed to take them by surprise this time.

So in times when surprise attacks wouldn't work, only brute and overwhelming strength would. He had already gathered his entire armies together. He learnt many techniques to suit this battle.

If all this wasn't enough, then he didn't know what else he should do. So once reached the lake city, he didn't delay or pause at all and went directly towards the sky.

When he reached high altitude, just above the clouds, he could see a faint luster taking the shape of a great sphere hanging midair. Its presence seemed to not stir anything around, making it look like it wasn't even there.

Yet the more Arthur saw it, this bright green luster marking that big sphere with a radius exceeding two hundred meters at least, the more he became uneasy.

He was now considered the strongest person in this world, only one step away from breaking through to the higher realm. He even doubted that he would meet up with any matching enemy high up there.

Yet with all his current strength and with all his advantages, he couldn't feel anything from this sphere. Even with his own special eyes, all he could see was flickers of lights dancing from time to time around this sphere.

"Get Amera, Doaf, Jude, the crow, and their top fighters here," he said in a gratified tone while narrowing his eyes. He stood tens of meters away from that sphere, and yet he could feel nothing coming out from it.

This made him wary of his enemies even more than ever. He thought he reached a peak where nothing could touch or stand against him. Yet that sphere in front of him made him realize how deeply wrong he was.

This sphere's energy wasn't detected even with his high energy. He couldn't believe something like that would happen without the presence of a stronger form of energy inside that prison world.

Or else he should have been able to detect this sphere a long time ago.

Just the presence of such danger lurking nearby without being able to detect it became an instant threat to him. If his desire to crush that prison world before stemmed up from his will to unify this world, then at this moment he only wanted to go up there to challenge that energy and prove his supremacy.

Something like a higher form of energy for him was a challenge, a direct challenge which he wouldn't accept to exist. 

"Woosh!"

"Woosh!"

"Woosh!"

Without any delay, a lot of portals flashed around him before a group of a thousand people appeared led by his generals. He didn't give them any heed while speaking in low tone:

"Get ready, this fight seems to be a desperate one."

"We can face anything, my liege," Jude seemed more respectful to Arthur than ever. 

Arthur didn't know that his decision to go up to the prison world and crush it left a deep impression on many of his forces. They weren't like the originals, feeling sentimental about his actions. Instead this was a clear demonstration of Arthur's might and his bravery.

Going directly and personally towards the den of the enemies was a brave move indeed. Some would consider it a foolish step, but to those who accompanied Arthur all this time knew this man, this youngster who created miracles piling on top of each other, wasn't a foolish or an impulsive man.

He never did something without a certain percent of certainty in his victory. Perhaps this was the reason behind all his legends that he created all this time in front of their eyes.

And just knowing they were about to witness another miracle made everyone respect him more. In their eyes, without Arthur there would be no Hope Empire at all, they would never have the chance to grow stronger and see different ways of becoming superpowers like the way he showed to them.

"Don't get overheated," Arthur warned, "this fight is destined to be hard."

He felt a strange vibe coming up from his forces around. They looked like they were intoxicated and dulled with the consecutive serials of victories under his leadership.

Yes he knew he did a lot of miracles already, but that didn't mean they should lower their guards. As far as he was concerned, his enemies weren't lowering their guard against him and they were doing their best to crush him and his forces and empire.

To win a fight, one had to show his utmost respect to his enemies in battle. Even if the enemies were weak and scattered, without enough respect to their strength and might, one could end up losing his life.

"Follow me," he slowly moved towards that sphere up ahead. Against all his expectations, there was no shield protecting the sphere at all.

It was like his enemies were simply inviting him and his forces to come, accepting the challenge in public and not fearing to face him.

And that made Arthur more wary about the upcoming fight.

"Flash!"

It was a simple step yet the world around changed drastically once taken. Arthur stood in midair, seeing a strange scene in front of him.

He thought a lot about this prison world. From the name, he thought the world would be a floating island, so big to be called a world. Inside there would be cages imprisoning the originals and preventing them from leaving.

He even thought that the ground would be made entirely out of the purple ore mixed with something that could hinder the power and limit the abilities of the originals.

He thought that this world might also be a big world of its own, like his garden world, like the many pocket worlds he visited and crushed before.

Yet he never expected himself to stand in midair, just at the position he stood before taking that step.. Instead of his empire and grand cities filling the horizon, the world showed a gray picture of a desolate land below his feet.