บท 16: Fly away, Flamence!
"You are a godkin are you not?"
King Mohawk asked as he stared directly at Mays.
"What if I am?"
Mays was still with his poker face. He didn't really plan to reveal any of his secret to this king. Surprisingly, the king still had smiles on his face even with Mays's rudeness. He really could control his temper well.
"Then please take this. This king was told to pass on this badge to any godkin this king happened to meet. It was the symbol of The Alliance."
"You knew about The Alliance?"
This time, it was Mays himself who showed interest in the topic. In the meantime, Mays inspected the badge which the king had just handed to him. It was a silver badge with the symbol of The Alliance on top of it. He also found out that there was an inscription of the name of the kingdom etched behind the badge.
"Their ambassador came to this kingdom once. This king was also given several badges to be gifted to any godkin which came by this kingdom."
Mays grinned as he heard the explanation. This was a normal method used back in earth after all. These random kings of nearby kingdom were used as a recruiter for these scattered godkin. The main purpose of the badges was to identify who the recruiter was so that they could be rewarded by The Alliance. Simple yet effective approach.
"So I just need to go to Gulam Kingdom and its smooth sailing to The Alliance headquarter later on because of this badge?"
Mays deducted. He even asked the king for confirmation.
"As expected of a godkin. You catch on fast."
Again, the king praised Mays with a smile. He really had the talent to keep up a friendly atmosphere.
"Heh, its common sense. Anyways, since you deliberately come looking for me yourself, I couldn't just slander you without valid reason could I? Rest assured since I would put up a good word for you later."
Truth be told, Mays was quite impressed by this king. Even when most of the king's knights were about to rushed toward him because of how rude he was, the king managed to hold their rage with just a casual wave of his hand. He was a respectable king all right.
"Let's go guys. Our business here is done."
Mays walked away from the king, leaving the coliseum without being bothered by the glare of the crowd which were glued onto him. All his spirits followed his footstep together with Miur and the rest of their companion.
The king and all his knights watched the departing back of this grand character who won the martial art tournament without any effort. Princess Mintrina who stayed outside the coliseum stared at Mays and his companion before she walked into the coliseum toward her father.
"Royal father, why are you so respectful toward that person?"
Princess Mintrina asked with a puzzled expression. Her father was a king of a kingdom yet in front of that unknown personage, her father turned docile all of a sudden. There must be something that her father had been keeping her out of.
"Mintrina, have you ever heard about godkin?"
King Mohawk answered his daughter question with a question instead.
"Godkin? Ain't that just something from the legend of old?"
Princess Mintrina was a proud princess. She never regarded things such as legend to be true. She only believed in what she saw. As for the battle prowess shown by Mays previously, she admitted that it was totally on a level she couldn't even compare. But for her father to link that Mays, a fighter with unknown origin with the godkin, it was totally taking the joke too far.
"Heh, you're just too young. Those godkin were real. Just so you know, they once again appeared in this mundane world five years ago, participating in the Great War against the demon lord. Without them humankind was sure to perish."
The princess stood in awe after she heard the story. Her father never was the type to tell lies, especially not to her. Her father was a great fighter himself, a silver ranked fighter back in his prime. For his father to act amiably despite being a king, she now knew that these godkin were really people not to be trifled with.
Even the guards who listened to the king gulped their saliva in awe. They never knew of the existence of these so called godkin. They only knew that the human race won the Great War due to some helps from unknown parties.
Merry Kingdom was just a backwater kingdom after all. They didn't even send anyone to participate in the Great War. Only the king and several other who held top information within the country knew about the godkin.
"If that person ever wanted, he could destroy this kingdom with ease."
That casual remark from the king was muttered in low tone but the princess who stood beside the king heard it clearly. Individual powers on par with an empire. Such monstrosity really befit the name "Godkin".
Outside the coliseum, Mays's party separated into two.
Without much words, Mays and all his spirits bid farewell to Miur and the rest of the party. Miur tried her hardest to hold her tear but she couldn't. Her tears burst out soon after. Mays shakes his head as he patted Miur one last time before he departed.
"Be well! I'll visits RiverMug someday."
"Hu… hu… Don't you dare go back on your word!!"
And just like that, Mays walked away from the crowd under the gaze of hundreds of people who were present nearby. His next destination would be Gulam Kingdom, northwest of Mercia Kingdom. He still needed to travel through three big city and one small city before he could reach the border of Gulam Kingdom.
After Mays and his spirits walked out of the city gate, all six of them sat down at the outskirt of a forest. They obviously didn't plan to travel deep into the forest as it would be a total waste of time for sure.
"What do you plan to do now, master?"
Syaitona asked. She knew that her master would always come up with the best plan.
"We ain't going to travel slowly on horseback right? I hate horse riding."
Mira voiced her opinion. She hated horse riding with a passion.
"I don't mind whatever master choice is."
Damia commented with a straight face.
"Yeah… yeah. Whatever master wishes."
Aloha added.
Silvia didn't say anything as she stared at Mays who was deep in his own thought.
"I don't wanna waste time anymore since I have enough information about this world already. Wait a bit, ill summon Flamence."
Mays immediately summoned his archive cube and he entered the cubic room right away. He looked at the top row of his Mount rack, searching for his favorite mount.
Flamence was a Crystal Flame Dragon.
Dragons were top tier mounts back in HeavensTale, the only legend tier mounts. There were a total of fifteen different type of dragon mounts available and of course Mays had them all in his archive. The main reason why this Crystal Flame Dragon became his favorite mount was solely because of its crimson color suited his theme. All his gears were crimson in color so he needed a crimson colored mount to match it.
"Roaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrr!!"
Flamence roared soon after he was summoned. This was the first time it had a real dragon body. Mays was totally in awe since this was also his first time looking at a real dragon up close. A dragon which he could touch using both his hands.
"It's kind of warm."
Mays commented as his hand touched the scale of Flamence. It felt real.
"Hehehe master was touched. Master was totally touched when he saw Flamence again hehe!"
Mira shouted in delight as she noticed how Mays acted. She finds the way Mays acted somewhat funny. Currently Mira was already on top of Flamence's head, observing Mays's weird action from up above.
"Master, you couldn't be missing Flamence that much right? Hehehe."
Mira really was unbridled. She said whatever she wanted and do whatever she felt like doing. Mays sighed as he had no plan on explaining what he felt or thought to her. To Mays, Mira was just like a little sister who was way too hyperactive. He do hope that Mira would tone it down a little bit though. Soon enough, Damia appeared behind Mira and smacked her head.
"Stop being rude to master!"
"Sorry, Mira ain't sorry hehe!!"
Mira pretended to apologize as she ran from Damia. As Mira hide behind Mays, she stuck out her tongue toward Damia to mock her. Damia was at a loss as she didn't want to drag Mira from behind Mays since it might inconvenient her master even if just a little.
"Ouch, ouch, sorry, sorry, I really meant it!!"
Damia smiled as she saw Syaitona who also stood behind Mays pinched Mira's cheek.
"Repent as nobody who laughed at Master survived the torture of the great Syaitona hahahahha!!"
Syaitona laughed mightily as she pinched Mira's check harder. She was totally into it. Aloha just shakes her head as she didn't know what she should do. Mays who witnessed all these just smiled as he thought that this cheerful everyday occurrence was totally a kind of happiness in its own way.
"That's it. No more playing. Let's get going."
Mays immediately rode on top of Flamence.
Flamence was a medium sized dragon. Its single horn had a crystal metallic lustre while most of its body were crimson red. On top of its head was the silver metallic head gear which made Flamence looked even grander than other dragons.
There were three main category for dragon's size. Large one was those whose size exceed twenty meters while small one was those with the size below ten meters. Medium one which Flamence was categorized in was those between ten to twenty meters in size.
On top of Flamence's back was a carriage latched in between its wing. The size of the carriage was quite large, fitting for ten people to ride in. Back in HeavensTale, mounts could be equipped with gears. But of course, these mounts use different type of gears compared to players and spirits.
Since mount's gear were not archievable item, Mays didn't collect them. These mount gears didn't even boost the mount in stats at all. Their only function were mostly for decorations. Even Flamence only got two mount gears equipped which was the carriage on top of it and also the silver metallic head cover.
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Dragons were being of legends. Their existence was so rare that almost nobody had seen them in the past centuries. That was prior to the Great War five years ago though. During that Great War, there were more than a thousand dragon seen flooding the sky, battling each other in a death match.
Today, at the outskirt of Mercia Kingdom, a lone dragon soared through the sky with speed beyond imagination for normal humans. Several city guards reported the sighting of that one particular dragon but nobody could describe the dragon in details.
The only similar points from these various sighting reports was that the dragon flew too fast leaving only a trail of crimson light on its path. That dragon was none other than Flamence. With how fast Flamence flew, Mays arrived at the border of Gulam Kingdom within hours.
Right at the border of the kingdom, there was a huge castle located in the middle of the plain. Mays who was on top of Flamence saw hundreds of guards inside the castle, staring at Flemence with fear totally shown in their eyes.
Not long after, the leader of these guards walked forward before he shouted.
"This is the Gulam Kingdom territory. We don't know who you are or what your intention are but a dragon is totally on top of our list of beings which we need to chase out of our kingdom!"
The guard leader was totally nervous when he shouted. He tried his best to hide it but everyone who heard his voice would notice for sure. If this dragon really attacked, this small castle wouldn't hold for sure.
The lives of these hundreds of people would be reduced to nothing and the dragon would even walked away without a scratch. That's how formidable a dragon was.
The only reason why the guard leader braved himself to shout out was because he saw the carriage on top of the dragon's back. This dragon was not a stray dragon for sure. It even had a majestic head cover on it.
Flamence landed in front of the castle and soon after, a young man in grey robe walked out from the carriage. The young man was Mays. As he walked toward the castle's gate, the guard leader from earlier welcomed him as he opened the gate wide.
"Sorry for your inconvenient but this humble guard must follow our procedure. Could dear sir be kind enough to grace us with your grand name and also the motives behind this sudden visits?"
The guard leader was still wary of Mays. His tone was borderline normal, way too polite for someone who was interrogating others. He kept reminding himself not to anger this mysterious person in front of him at all cost. One wrong word and chaos would surely erupted in the kingdom.
"My name is Mays and I am a godkin. This badge is a proof that I have no ill will toward your kingdom."
Mays tossed the badge he got from King Mohawk to the guard leader. The guard leader inspected the badge for a while before he nodded. There was even a smile on his face now.
"Thank you for your cooperation Sir Mays. This guard was just doing his job to the utmost. Feel free to venture inside the kingdom."
As a border guards, these leaders had totally been briefed about these godkin and their need to travel into the kingdom. Gulam Kingdom was after all the only kingdom around the vicinity which had a portal gate connected directly toward the Holy Cloud Empire.
Mays smiled as he looked at the badge in his palm. He never knew that this thing could be quite handy. He was even prepared to break through by force if needed. He was just too lazy to bother about these small stuff.
Flamence immediately soared through the sky since Mays himself was in a rush to go to Holy Cloud Empire. He needed to verify the safety of both his younger brother and his so called lover with his own eyes.
"San… Ria… wait for me!"
Mays clenched his fist as he stood on top of Flamence's head, watching the scenery underneath. Even when the dragon flew with its utmost speed, the surrounding area was still clearly visible to the current Mays.
San was his younger brother, his only blood relative back in earth. Mays really cared for his younger brother. Ria on the other hand, was someone whom he had a complicated relationship with. Mays lied to Miur back in Merry City. Truth be told, he never met Ria even once back on earth. They only spent time together in HeavensTale as they were actually worlds apart in real life.
But still, Ria was without a doubt someone he cared the most. As antisocial as he was, Mays basically had few friends except those who he met online. The number of people Mays really treated as friends numbered less than ten. Among those ten, Ria was undoubtedly the one he treasured most.
Mays treated others with indifference most of the time but there were also times where he was ruthless beyond words. Once someone had been marked as his enemy, he wouldn't spare any effort on making his enemy suffer considerably. That was just the way he was.
Gula-gula City was the capital of Gulam Kingdom. Currently, all the available personel inside Gula-gula City was mobilized to defend the city as they saw something terrifying flew toward them with speed as fast as lightning.
"Rang the emergency bell!"
"Troop, ready yourself."
They were still not informed yet about this personage who traveled into the kingdom riding a dragon from the border guards hence these people were preparing for a battle with this unknown personage. That moment Flamence came to a halt in front of Gula-gula City, almost every guard present stood in shock as their face turned pale from fear.
A medium sized dragon was flapping its wing in front of the city entrance. These city guards had never saw a dragon in their whole life. Cold sweat covered their forehead as they gulped down their saliva. They were totally shocked by the presence of this mighty being in front of them.
"DD… DDDRAGOOOON!!!"
"It's a dragon!"
Some of the newly recruited guards panicked the moment they saw the dragon up close. Its fierce fang and claw was totally something humans should fear. Even when the dragon stayed at one spot without moving, most of the guards trembled in fear before leaving their post one after another.
"I am the captain of the city guards, Ardolan. Are... oh!"
The captain had not finished with his greetings but Mays already tossed the badge at him. It was obvious that Mays was quite irritated with all this useless formalities. He just wanted to travel to the Holy Cloud Empire as soon as possible.
"So, can I use your portal gate?"
Mays asked with his usual indifferent tone. He didn't even came out from the carriage this time. Only his right arm was outside the carriage, the very same hand that tossed the badges toward the guard captain earlier.
"Of course Sir. You are totally welcomed to use it anytime you wants."
"So… where is the portal gate?"
Mays asked right away.
"It was located in the middle of the city, beside the royal palace. Esteemed sir would recognize it right away, a semicircle shaped gate with a height of over thirty meters. Surrounding the gate was a giant magic circle which would only activated when enough magical power was poured into it."
The guard captain described the portal gate in great details for Mays. Flamence who was idle all these time soared toward the sky as it flew directly toward the center of Gula-gula City. Its destination was the portal gate as per ordered by Mays.
The portal gate looked totally the same as the one in HeavensTale. When Flamence get into the activation range of the portal gate, Mays immediately fueled up the magic circle to activate the portal gate. Flamence flew into the activated warped portal right away.
They soon disappeared from the sky of Gulam Kingdom without notifying anyone else. Only rumours about a crimson dragon which passed by the kingdom reverberated in every inn and bar alike as nobody knew the real reason of the passing of that legendary creature.
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