Journey of the Dragon

Chapter forty six : Journey to the North Hill

 The battle between the Three Knights Storm of Nexus versus Mailon and his troops, has ended, with the crushing victory of the Three Knights. Meanwhile, the battle that occurred between Dragon and Krypt also ended, and Dragon managed to win the battle.

 Then, Dragon, who had been freed from the shackles of Stellan Flaur's spell stone, now decided to go to the northern hill, which was the residence of the evil sorcerer. After taking all his belongings, Dragon immediately turned his back to Princess Reina who was in a weak condition. Then suddenly Dragon said goodbye while walking away leaving the princess alone there on the river area.

 Princess Reina couldn't stop Dragon's footsteps, even though the Princess kept calling his name, so the Princess felt very annoyed and disappointed because she was left alone. But soon Rizu, Arci, and Holdi managed to find the whereabouts of the Princess, so now Princess Reina's condition was safe. But still, the Princess still felt unacceptable for Dragon's departure, who just left her, because there were still many things that she wanted to talk about with Dragon.

 This was a turning point for Dragon, after all he couldn't ignore the people who were currently experiencing the same fate as him, namely becoming tools that Stellan Flaur could use. Therefore Dragon will make vengeance against Stellan Flaur for all the deeds he has done. By now, Dragon had started his journey towards the northern cliff, where Flaur currently was.

 Stellan Flaur can no longer scout or know what Dragon is doing, because there are no more spell stones placed in Dragon's body, besides that the scout troops he sent to watch over Dragon have also now been defeated, so there are no more anything that can inform Flaur, regarding what kind of things Dragon is currently doing.

 Because of that, Flaur became very anxious, because he couldn't predict what Dragon would do next. Now, all he could do is prepare to await the arrival of the Dragon in his castle for sure, therefore, he immediately prepared whatever the things were needed to anticipate Dragon's arrival in his castle, which would surely bring bad things to Flaur.

 Dragon walked tirelessly day and night, through the path he had previously taken to get to the Nexus Royal Capital. He even prepared a lot of provisions to cross the Zuci desert at night, and luckily he did not meet his old friend, the giant snake of Zuci desert there, even though at this time nothing could prevent him from getting to his destination, because he was really wanted to get to the northern hill as soon as possible. The most important thing for him right now is just meeting and defeating Flaur, then after that finish, he can meet up with his friends again to explain about all the things that have happened.

 And the bonus is, if all goes well then he can continue his search for the Night Crow (The person who killed his teacher). Because that was the original purpose of Dragon's journey, before he had to get trapped and deal with the Stellan flaur.

 Now Dragon is in complete condition, with his Heat Flame sword, his magic rope, and Melinda on his shoulder, plus the Ghistory necklace that he puts around his neck. (Dragon managed to get back his Ghistory necklace, which had previously been in Princess Reina's hand. At that time, Dragon took it quietly while pushing the princess's body to avoid the Krypt attack). That way, now none of his belongings are left in the territory of the Nexus Kingdom.

 After traveling a very long distance, now Dragon is almost at his destination, namely the North Cliff. During the trip, Dragon also had a chance to chat with Melinda (the gold plate on his shoulder) about everything that had happened, and Melinda took it very seriously.

 "Whaaaaaat? !!" Said Melinda in response to Dragon's explanation.

 Then Melinda continued, "So all this time there has been an evil sorcererwho controlling you? So you are forced to carry out a theft attempt at Nexus Palace without being able to tell anyone about it ... So far you must have felt very difficult and burdened right? I- I want to cry. " Said Melinda.

 "You've already mentioned that a hundred times, stop being surprised ... It's all over, now we should focus on making settlement towards the Stellan flaur, who is the one who caused this to happen." Dragon replied in response to Melinda's words.

 "Yes you're right! let's get to his whereabouts. So that we can beat him up! "

 "Well, that's what we're going to do."

 "... Oh yeah, you also said that Stellan Flaur was a member of the Emperors Unity group right?" Asked Mellinda.

 "Yes, right. That's what he told me… And that is the reason why he has all the access to be able to obtain various power samples from the other members of the Emperors Unity. ”

 “Then, maybe he too is one of those people whose body is imbued with Darkros aura of darkness? So maybe he also has the same immortality as me and the other six members of the Emperors Unity. ” Said Melinda concluded.

 Members of the old Emperors unity:

1. Gold one

2. Merliana Aqua

3. Heatless

4. Hebi

5. Night crow

6. Grim Claw

7. Centaurion

8. Pandora

 Current Members of the Emperors Unity:

1. Gold one

2. Merliana Aqua

3. Heatless

4. Hebi

5. Night crow

6. Grim Claw

7. Stellan Flaur

 The person who was currently imbued with Darkros' aura of darkness:

1. Gold one

2. Merliana Aqua

3. Heatless

4. Hebi

5. Night crow

6. Grim Claw

7. Stellan Flaur

8. Mellinda

 Dragon said, “Yes, maybe… You said the number of Darkros aura of darkness was 8 right? One resides in you, six in each members of the previous Emperors unity, and one may be in the Stellan flaur. With that the number fits into 8 ... How do you think the best way to beat Stellan Flaur? " Dragon said questioningly.

 "Those dark aura of Darkros only give immortality, in the form of youthfulness (longevity) to the people he lives with, it doesn't mean that the person he lives with can become immune to any attack ... That means, all of us can still be killed." Said Melinda.

 "What do you mean ‘us'? You are not one of them, even though you were granted immortality by Darkros' aura of darkness. But it wasn't on purpose. "

 “Yes- it's ... But still, I am a substitute for one of the Emperors unity members named 'Pandora', and Stellan Flaur seems to be a substitute for the Emperors unity member called 'Centaurion' ... Our role is only to fill in the blanks, and until now I don't know what my real role should be? As for Stellan flaur, he has already set his own path by becoming the most feared Sorcerer on the North Cliff. " Melinda said.

 “Don't say that, just don't equate yourself with them. They are just people who like to bring misery to others. Try to remember again, in the past, Pandora had locked you in another dimension so that now your form has become a gold plate. And what's worse, Pandora also put Darkros aura of darkness on you, so you are forced to live life as a gold plate forever. Whereas she instead disappeared so that you can continue to suffer in solitude.”

 "Yes, come to think of it, I wanted to cry ... Sob sob." Melinda feeling sad.

 “Don't assume that there are 8 members of the Emperors unity anymore, and don't count yourself as one of them. The members of the current Emperors Unity are only 7 people, because you are not included! ... Gold one coup Distra Kingdom and managed to control that great Kingdom. And according to Krypt, Hebi is the mastermind behind the creation of a destructive monster called the monsters Grood. Then Night crow, is the person who has killed my teacher, while Flaur is the person who has colonized and enslaved the people of the small villages. And who knows what things the other three members of the Emperors Unity were doing? (Namely Merliana, Heatless, and Grim claw). Surely they are not doing good either. " Dragon said that because he really hated the Emperors Unity group.

 Dragon said emphasizing to Melinda that even though Melinda resided in the dark aura of Darkros which gave her immortality, Melinda should not consider herself as one of members of the Emperors unity. Because there were only 7 members of the Emperors unity who were truly evil and obedient to Darkros' prophecy, namely Gold one, Stellan flaur, Night crow, Hebi, Grim claw, Heatless, and Merliana aqua. That is what Dragon believes, and he doesn't want Melinda to be equalized or included in the ranks of these names. Since Melinda had absolutely no ambition to resurrect Darkros, she was only a victim of Pandora.

Now Melinda is even more convinced that her decision to follow and help Dragon is the right decision to make, and it is a role she must play as one of the owners of immortality. He will continue to be Dragon's traveling companion and help him to face all the hardships that Dragon must face. Besides that, Dragon is also a student of the late Dragon Knight, Mellinda's comrade in the past. And don't forget, that Dragon is also the person chosen by Ghistory's necklace as the true owner, so it makes him the strongest candidate to be able to stop Darkros' bad influence that is spread through by the Emperors unity members across the land of Azhuloth.

 After going through a very long journey, Dragon finally arrived at the northern hill region, or rather near the forest of death that surrounded the hill area. To get to Flaur Castle which is at the top of the Hill, Dragon must first be able to pass through the forest of death, even though there is another way in the form of a steep cliff wall on the east side of the area, but to get there Dragon must take a further detour, and it will take longer time. Therefore Dragon prefers to enter and pass through the Forest of Death right now.

 Even though he already knew that was danger lurking in there. Namely, hungry werewolves with claws and fangs that were ready to tear Dragon's body. But Dragon was not afraid at all, because with all the equipment he currently had, facing those werewolves would be an easy matter for Dragon.

 Then it was time for Dragon to feel what he had felt when he first entered the forest area, a tense atmosphere immediately felt as soon as Dragon stepped into the forest area. Because something greeted Dragon in there was the darkness and the cold atmosphere that seemed to pierce the skin, making Dragon's whole body feel goosebumps, but Dragon tried to ignore that feeling, he continued to move forward so that he could soon arrive at Flaur's Castle, which was at the top of the Hill.

 The more Dragon entered the deepest area in the forest of death, then it felt more and more tense for Dragon, because there were creatures watching him from a distance. Sharp eyes watched Dragon from behind in the darkness, that enveloped the place, and Dragon already knew that soon bad things would happen.

 It turned out that it was true, suddenly in front of Dragon there were large, hairy figures standing to block Dragon's footsteps. Dragon's meeting with these figures felt like a meeting with old friends, because they all knew that Dragon was a very difficult prey to catch, so suddenly Dragon found that he was already surrounded from various directions.

 The figures of those werewolves looked fierce and scary, they appeared from the front, back, left and right of the Dragon. This time they really would not let that prey escape like it had happened before, they were all also ready to give Dragon a lethal attack, while growling and preparing their claws. Meanwhile, Dragon immediately raised two daggers in his hand, to face these creatures.

 “Oh, I really miss you guys. Now, let's play! ” Dragon said while watching them all one by one.

 The battle between Dragon and dozens of werewolves who inhabit the forest of death is about to happen.