Tales of The Mighty Dragonair

"I won't let this happen! Over my dead body!" he shouted out from the depth of his lungs while holding the staff like a stick, summoning all his energy to attack the already forming a shield of energy with his mightiest strike he could muster right now.

"Rumble!"

"Boom!"

The two sounds appeared at the same moment, where the shield rumbled from the mighty attack Ronald used, yet he was met with a far stronger hit, sending him flying backward to smash the ground in an explosive sound.

"Don't bother, this line was made entirely by your blood. Not a single attack from you will harm it, so give up already and lie low until the contract is finished."

"Over my dead body!" Ronald bitterly shouted, with a far sore state than even the one he had when he used the curse. Arthur thought he would use another foolish attack, either at the shield of the contract or directed at him.

Yet Ronald raised his head to the sky while shouting:

"You promised if I ever wanted your aid you will come, and I'm ready to pay the cost!" Ronald then hit the just sealed wound, reopening it, and his blood gushed out again.

"What are you doing? Do you want to kill yourself?" Arthur smirked while he was having bad omen inside him. He knew taking down such a monster wouldn't be easy, even if he was totally wasted like this.

And in the next moment, his omen was proven right!

"Rumble!"

"Thunder!"

"Boom!"

The entire world above the two changed, as the sky was literally cracked open, showing off an enormous monster's head. The edges of the crack were getting pulled by two huge hands with three fingers each; all covered in fur.

The monster's head was like the monster phantom that once appeared behind Roland. And at this moment, the system jumped in to deliver more news.

"Ding! The Golam giant monster is trying to cross from a higher realm to here. Despite he is trespassing against all laws, the world's will here is very weak and can't handle him."

And this wasn't the end, as the entire world kept shaking while more gap was created for the monster to pass his upper part through it. It wouldn't take long until this monster would appear here, and thus it would be the end of Arthur for real this time.

"Ding! Can you summon the master?"

"Again? that's impossible! I can't use such a crazy technique two times in a row or else I would be dead!"

"Ding! Then I have a proposition for you."

Arthur suddenly felt weird, as the system seemed scheming something and Arthur just felt bad about it. "Is it a quest?" he asked.

"Ding! It's a world class mission issued not by me but from the world's will."

The words of the system were weird, and that intensified the feeling Arthur had, making it more real. "Is it this bad?" he asked.

"Ding! You can't call a catastrophe bad, as it holds a disaster it also carries an equal opportunity in it, right?"

Arthur shook his head helplessly while glancing at Ronald who was just sitting in his place, motionless, watching with a dumb smile the descent of the monster he called forth.

"You prefer to serve such a hideous monster than to serve me?" Arthur sighed, as this reckless decision of Ronald made things quite impossible for him now.

"Humph," Ronald didn't even glance at him, or bother to reply. Arthur knew that completing the contract would take quite the time. After all, this contract would be enforced upon Ronald, not by his own will, so it would take time.

Much more time than that was needed for that monster to descend from the sky.

"Alright, I have no other choice here, do I?"

"Ding! Believe me you will like both options."

"There are two missions?!!" Arthur was speechless for a moment there while the system laughed, for the first time since appearing in Arthur's life. "Ding! There are two options for you to choose from, and which one to choose is up to you."

"Alright, then tell Mr. magician," Arthur laughed as well despite the desperate situation he was now at.

"Ding! The world's will here is weak, and it craves for energy. That monster is something that can help it grow and heal, so it came up with these two options for you to choose from."

Arthur was much curious about this world's will identity and attitude. Was it like the heavens back in his days? Or was it something entirely different and new?

"Ding! First, you need to cause significant injury to the monster before the world's will seal that portal and force the monster back to where it came from. The second is to help it kill the monster."

"Kill what?" Arthur instantly remarked with widening eyes and bulged neck veins. He knew he was greedy for any chance, yet he never was suicidal!

"Ding! You aren't required to kill it, instead you are asked to trap the monster here for sometime."

"You mean to just be a punching bag for the monster?"

"Ding! Not like this, indeed. I have a plan and believe me, it will work for your best interest. The reward the world's will is offering is really generous. I recommend considering this as your only choice."

Arthur took in a large flow of cold air before he demanded: "Tell me the details then."

"Ding! If you agreed on this and completed the task, you will gain support from the world's will to link your city directly towards your star map. Also, the world's will offer an upgrade to the underground Fey Line diagram you are using in your city.

Plus, you may call upon every single living in this world, with a voice reaching everywhere. You can offer to those far away and not heard or still hesitant to join you an invitation, directly cutting short the trouble of seeking them personally.

Also, you will get one tenth of this monster's full body, not just a stick or a bone. And the most interesting part here is an offer for your protection for one time when you go to your dragonair upgrade step."

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