Tales of The Mighty Dragonair

Arthur said nothing more, as he let the other three explain things to the guests. Amidst all that, Lendy's eyes were fixed over him, from time to time, and he would return the look back.

The two were separated by Omgalden, and if the latter wasn't there, Arthur was sure this lady might leap to sit, shamelessly, inside his arms.

"Brother Willy, are you sure this is safe?" Torend asked, as he understood the general benefit of the pets, but he couldn't understand the process of absorbing a vital organ.

"Sure it is," Arthur replied, "but I have to say, if we know the main attributes of the mages, this process might be much more beneficial," he added, trying to pry over this long desired piece of knowledge.

"Brother Willy must be joking, who can assess the attributes except the high academies," Omgalden said, giving some clues, finally, to Arthur about this important topic.

"Oh, never knew that," Arthur honestly said, "anyway, this is something I came up with, and it really had a very great effect," he added, reassuring others.

"Great," Torend said, as he continued eating the meat. The dinner didn't last longer than this, as once finished, despite their craving for the meat, they wanted to see and experience the two processes of Arthur.

"Come on, let's go outside and start the final preparations," Arthur said, standing up from his place and inviting everyone else to move along with him. Before anyone could stand, Lendy stood first, as she grabbed Arthur's arm while smiling in a faint, faked redness on her loveable cheeks.

"Brother Willy, I forgot to ask about that strange fog thing around the place here," as they moved outside the mansion, Silver Falcon asked, "What is this strange magical fog?" he asked what he had in his mind.

"That's a simple thing I invented, it's called an array," Arthur simply replied, without giving any more info regarding the array.

Ron was in the lead, while Arthur moved amidst everyone, while Lendy was still attaching herself to him, without saying a word, but her body said it all to him.

As for others, they were glancing at the large number of the mages who were now picking up their weapons, and some of them were training. They felt how weak they were, but they also knew they were only mages for a small amount of time, which was something remarkable indeed.

What they didn't know was the fact these mages weren't real mages yet, as Arthur didn't give them the chance to couple with a monster, forming their inner demon. That meant their current strength was just the tip of the iceberg, not the end of their potential.

Arthur glanced at his new mages, once were villagers, and smiled in content. He would let them go to the forest first, hunt some monsters and return, then he would make them couple with monsters, before heading on their expedition.

As they reached the west side of the mansion, where Ron and the others had cleared the place for the newly arrived mages, Arthur felt their numbers weren't more than one thousand, or even less, but he was sure their strengths couldn't be underestimated.

"May I ask brother Omgalden how many mages did you bring with you?" Arthur asked.

"They are seven hundred and thirty two mages," Omgalden said with some pride, as this number consisted mainly of very strong mages, much stronger than mages Arthur already had.

"Good," Arthur nodded, before asking his real question he had in mind, "and how many mages did you leave behind for the black raven clan?"

Omgalden wasn't surprised by the question, as he expected it long time ago, "they have no more than five hundred," he replied.

"Hmm…" Arthur went silent, as this number wasn't low to be easily crushed in direct battle, or so high to be afraid of. However he decided to gather more intel later, just before marching to meet that nasty clan.

"Tell your boys to line up, I want one in each circle, and the others would wait until I finish," Arthur said, as he went ahead and started his final preparations. Ron had already drawn the circles using the blood ink Arthur used, and what remained now was the crucial rune stones.

After distributing them, Arthur then took a one horned monster, one after another, and let them all stand inside the ring, "come forth, one in each ring," he said, as the others were still shocked by the sightseeing of these monsters, despite acting docile.

The mages hesitated, looked at their bosses, who just nodded. The mages went ahead, and then Arthur left Ron in charge of finishing the process which didn't take much time at all.

Once the bubble burst, and the mages moved from inside, alone, with tattoos over their bodies, the eyes of Omgalden, Lendy, and Torend shone brightly. Their mages had gotten a strong boost, and just the thought of it made them very excited.

"Next," Ron yelled, as more mages came into the ring, while Arthur took out monsters again, and distributed the runes on the ground.

"Brother Willy, let me help you in putting these stones on the ground," Lendy suddenly showed up next to him, with her beautiful eyes glancing at these runes, trying to decipher them.

"No thanks, I can do it myself," Arthur firmly denied her request, without being rude he moved to another ring, finishing the making of these runes. Lendy's look was similar to the two next to her, as the three realized from the first time how important these runes were, and now they were sure the whole process was built upon it.

However even if they checked it, like Lendy just did, they wouldn't get any useful info regarding how to make it. The rocks were full of words, and some rocks had words different from others, which made them confused.

What they didn't know was that Arthur mixed some normal rocks, with no energy stored inside them at all, with the real runes, making them confused like this. A simple trick had saved him from great trouble.