Journey of the Dragon

Chapter forty eight : Arrived at the Stellan flaur's Castle

 Dragon has made it through the forest area, inhabited by ferocious werewolves. Then finally Dragon learned the secret about the identities of those werewolves, who turned out to be Stellan Flaur's disobedient slaves. They were turned into wolves for disobeying and refusing to do Stellan Flaur's orders. They were transformed into werewolves by injecting the DNA Hybrid created by Grim Claw (one of the Emperors Unity members), who was Stellan Flaur's friend in terms of experimenting.

 Long story short, after successfully returning Rog (Former werewolf) to his original human form, Dragon continued his journey to Stellan Flaur's Castle at the top of the Hill. But unfortunately, Dragon's footsteps stopped because they were blocked by a bunch of Stellan Flaur Soldiers who were waiting for him, while carrying weapons in each of their hands.

 The battle between the Dragons against the Flaur soldiers finally happened and it couldn't be helped. Using the Heat flames sword and the help of Mellinda's daggers, Dragon fought to the death against a large number of Flaur soldiers, coupled with spears of destructive energy in their hands.

 But Over time, Dragon began to feel overwhelmed and was in a very desperate state, because the number of Soldiers was increasing and continued to arrive at the battlefield.

 But fortunately, Dragon's reinforcements also came to the place. They totaled 4 people, namely Princess Reina, Rizu, Arci, and Holdi. The four of them came there together with Mailon, who was used as a guide. their arrival there is for helping Dragon, they’re very useful to give support to Dragon in facing all his difficulties, especially when they see that Dragon is being attacked by the Flaur soldiers who are come with very large number there. So without saying much, Arci and Holdi immediately gave electric and tornado attacks to those enemy soldiers.

 Then, after leaving Mailon in bound condition, the Princess and Rizu immediately ran to fight all the Soldiers who were surrounding Dragon. Without fear, they fought against the Soldiers, numbering dozens of people armed with the spear of destruction. Princess Reina shot arrows from her bow, while the three Knights Storm of Nexus used their power to defeat the opponent.

 The Flaur Soldiers were overwhelmed by the attacks of the three Knights storm of Nexus. They were blown away by the wind, struck by electric currents, even hit by a powerful blow, which shattered their armor, as a result of the blow from Rizu (Who has the power to absorb natural energy).

 Not only that, the Flaur soldiers also still had to receive fire attacks from Dragon's Heat Flame sword, the onslaught they got made their numbers drastically reduced. But even so, the Flaur Soldiers who had been defeated and battered, still tried to get up and then returned to fight Dragon and his friends.

 They seem never to give up even though they have repeatedly received crushing attacks on their bodies. It seemed that Flaur had cast pain-relieving spells against all of them, they keep stand up, so that their numbers seemed endless, and the resistance that Dragon and his friends put up against the Flaur soldiers who were there seemed endless. But that was not a problem for Dragon and his friends, they still faced the onslaught of the Flaur soldiers with all their might, even though the Soldiers were very difficult to overthrow.

 While continuing to fight, Dragon also seemed to be trying to get himself out of the battle, because Dragon knew that the key to being able to stop the resistance of the Flaur soldiers completely was to defeat the person who had cast spells against them, that is none other than Stellan flaur, DDragonmust defeating that sorcerer soon, So the effect of the pain relief spell would disappear.

 In the middle of the battle, Princess Reina also continued try to attack the enemy while getting closer to Dragon, so that the two of them could talk to each other there. Then after Dragon was near Princess Reina, Dragon started greeting and asking questions.

 "Princess?? What are you doing here with the three Knights storm of Nexus? ” Dragon asked them all.

 Then immediately, Princess Reina hit Dragon's head hard with her bow, so that Dragon's facial expression turned to be shocked.

 After that Princess Reina said, “You deserve that !! … It's because you left me alone in the river area. ”

 "Y- yes i'm sorry ... It's because I know that the three Knights will soon come and find you there.” Dragon said to the princess.

 "Shut up! I still haven't forgiven you. " Said Princess Reina while continuing to shoot at her enemies.

 "My question hasn't been answered, why did you all come here?" Dragon said as if he could not believe that he had received help from the Nexus Kingdom parties, which had previously been chasing him so desperately.

 "Why do you ask like that? Our arrival here is of course to help the guest of honor of the Nexus Palace who is in trouble. " The princess answered the Dragon's question.

 “Guest of honor? Have you forgotten? I'm already a fugitive. " Dragon said while continuing to attack the opponent with a s***h of fire.

 "After you left me that night, me and the three Knights immediately returned to the Palace ... Then I told about everything that had happened, to my father and General Eagle. I guess now everyone in Nexus Palace is understands about your problem. ” Princess Reina replied.

 "What? Why did you do that? " Dragon asked again, because he felt that he did not deserve to receive help from the princess.

 "I'm just doing the things that I think right to do ... Isn't that okay ?!" Said Princess Reina.

 "Yes, of course you can. But ...”

 “Stop thinking about it! … Now, don't you want to say thank you? ” Princess Reina asked Dragon as she continued to fight against the Flaur soldiers.

 "Hmm, yes. Thank you very much ... I was very much helped. " Dragon said.

 Then Dragon asked again his helpers. "Then how did all of you get here almost at the same time as me?" Dragon asked curiously.

 "What are you riding to get here??" Princess Reina said in return.

 "On foot." Dragon replied.

 "We all ride horses, so of course we can all go faster than you, and can catch you up here."

 "O-oh."

 "In the morning after the incident at the river, I immediately asked my father's permission to follow you. Then after my father gave permission, then I and the three Knights Storm of Nexus immediately departed while carrying Mailon as a guide, our intention was so that we could get ahead of you, but you ended up arriving first ... Oh yeah, before leaving, my father told me, he want you to come to the Nexus Palace after the business in here is over, because he wanted to hear your own explanation directly. " Princess Reina said to Dragon.

 Then, while smiling, Dragon spoke in his mind, ("Either The king gave her permission, or she forced her father to give permission, huh?")

 Then Rizu also spoke to Dragon. “Yes… We already heard about your story from the princess. It turns out that you are the victim of the evil sorcerer who ruled this place, for the past two years the name of the sorcerer from the North Hill has being discussed all over the place, but because his presence is located in the territory of the Gold One Kingdom, we can't do anything to stop his actions ... But after he used you to do a steal attempt in the Nexus Palace, that means his crime has penetrated into the territory of the Nexus Kingdom, therefore General Eagle immediately gave permission to all of us to exterminate the Stellan flaur.” Said Rizu. (Since Rizu and company are official Knights of the Nexus Kingdom, all actions they take must be based on direct orders from the King or the General.)

 "You really are a reckless person huh." Said Arci to Dragon.

 "Hmm, You don't have to face all these problems alone. " Holdi said to Dragon.

 “Thank you, to all of you, for coming and helping me here, even though I did bad things at Nexus Palace, but you still came to help me ... I really appreciate the help from all of you, and maybe saying 'sorry' alone won't be enough to erase my mistake. that I have done. " Dragon said to all of them.

 "Don't give us the word 'sorry" ... Give us Stellan flaur. Let’s take him to the Nexus Palace! ” Said Rizu while beating up the Flaur Soldiers who were nearby him.

 "Okay, let’s do it!" Answered Dragon who looked excited while continuing to give attacks to the Flaur soldiers.

 Then Princess Reina began to give orders in the form of strategies to her friends. “Holdi! Arci! Direct your attacks towards the Soldiers that blocking Dragon's path, so Dragon can continue advancing towards the Stellan Flaur place. ”

 "Yes, princess !!" Said Holdi and Arci simultaneously, while carrying out the order.

 Then the Princess also gave orders to Rizu. "Rizu, you accompany Dragon while keeping away the Soldiers who are trying to block him!"

 "Oke! Princess." Said Rizu who looked so excited after receiving orders from Princess Reina.

 Then immediately the path for Dragon to pass began to open wide, after Holdi and Arci kept away the Flaur Soldiers who were trying to block him. Therefore, Dragon immediately ran while accompanied by Rizu, who was trying to keep the Soldiers who kept coming to Dragon. Because they are all very persistent and won't let Dragon pass easily.

 Then after going through many obstacles, Dragon was finally able to be free from the battle area, thanks to the help he received from Rizu and his friends, who were still beating up the enemy vigorously. Furthermore, Dragon only had to keep running all the way to the Flaur Castle which was quite close, and the evil sorcerer was certainly waiting for Dragon to arrive there.

 Meanwhile Flaur, who was casually sitting on his throne chair, started talking to himself.

 “Hmm, it shouldn't be like this… Dragon should be able to get the Aporion ball and then he brought it to me! But because of the help from friends he received along the way, all of my plans were gradually failing! ... Even now, my plans to catch him, have failed again. Due to the presence of that Princess and her three stupid Knights… Damn it! ” Said Flaur who seemed to be very annoyed by the situation that was happening in the area where he lived.

 Then a few moments later, someone started breaking in and managed to open the door of the room where Stellan Flaur was currently in. So it made Flaur so shocked that he immediately stood up from his throne chair, while continuing to watch the arrival of the person who had broken the front door wide open. That person was none other than Dragon, who had finally reached his destination.

 Without saying much, with a sharp gaze, Dragon walked over to Stellan Flaur while holding the Heat flame sword that was burning the flames in his hand, so it made Flaur feel threatened, then without flinching Flaur started talking to Dragon, who was still walking towards him.

 “Oh, it's Dragon. Finally you back, I heard you came and bringing some friends out there? "

 "That's the last thing you'll hear." Dragon said as he continued walking.

 "Hmm ... I've been waiting for your arrival all this time, and now, while you've come, let's talk about everything carefully." Said Flaur to Dragon.

 "There's nothing to talk about ... I will beat you up straight away, after that I will free all the servants you hold in this castle." Dragon said with a very serious facial expression.

 "You want to beat me ?? .. Haha, ahahhaahah. " Flaur suddenly burst out laughing. So it stopped Dragon's steps.

 "What are you laughing at?" Asked Dragon who felt confused.

 "I just feel funny, hearing you said wanting to beat me up, as the Sorcerer of the North Hill." Flaur replied.

 "Maybe i’m nothing to you, therefore you will be known as a sorcerer who has been beaten by ordinary people." Dragon said with a smile.

 "You sure are very confident huh."

 “Get ready! You will immediately pay for everything you have done!” Dragon said firmly to Flaur.

 "I should have asked you the same thing, Dragon ... Are you ready?" Flaur said in return.

 "What do you mean? Let's start fighting. ” Dragon said excitedly.

 After that, Flaur started to say some more lines that were quite shocking to Dragon. "Hmm ... Since a long time ago, you never changed huh."

 "Huh? Since long time ago?" Dragon wondered.

 "Yes, since a long time ago you always challenged people that you could not beat ... It will always turn bad for you, Dragon." Said Stellan flaur.

 "W- What do you mean by that? Do you know me?” Dragon felt even more confused by the words from Flaur.

 Then Flaur began to open his mask so that his true face could be shown to Dragon clearly, while Dragon still seemed to be amazed at the actions his enemy was doing.

When he saw the real face of Stellan Flaur, then immediately Dragon's face turned pale, and his mouth couldn't stop gaping, because he was seeing something he really couldn't believe, even it made him feel very dumbfounded.

 At this time, Dragon was looking at the person he thought had been dead for a long time ago, namely his old friend, 'Kai'.

 (Kai's character has been told in the first chapter)

 Kai was Dragon's friend from his childhood until he became a Soldier of the Fulcan Kingdom. Dragon never heard news about his friend again since the Fulcan Kingdom lost the battle against the Distra Kingdom 2 years ago. Actually Dragon already thought that Kai had died in the war, but it turned out that at this time, the figure of his old friend was standing in front of him, bearing the name as Stellan Flaur, the Sorcerer of the north Hill.