My dragon system, p.98
My Dragon System, page 98
"I knew it, they're here." Van said, "Everyone run!"
But the students knew by just how fast the mysterious figure was coming towards them, they would have no hope of running away. Then finally, the figure had come into view.
A large black wolf around the size of a house.
"That looks like it's going to be a lot more difficult than those spiders." Said Bliss.
Everyone readied into a fighting position once again, but as they looked at the beast and could see it getting closer they could see people on top of the thing.
"Are there people on top of that thing?" A student asked.
"I think there waving."
As the beast got closer, they could also hear a voice yelling out at them.
"Hey, guys!" Max shouted, "Don't attack, it's us Max and the rest, we come in peace."
Just then a thump was felt on top of Max's head.
"What do you mean and the rest?" Professor Springett said with her fist clenched.
The wolf had come to a halt as it reached the village. Standing firm and strong. As the rest looked at the beast they couldn't believe what they were seeing. Max and the others were really riding on top of such a thing.
Noir then bent down to allow the others to climb off her and once they all had done, she started to walk over to a specific student. The rest of the students cleared a path for her. Still afraid that something might happen at any second.
Just looking at the beast they felt like if they got on it's bad side it would be able to finish them with a single swipe of its claw.
It carried on moving until it eventually reached Van. it started to sniff and look at him for a second and everyone watching gulped.
"Hey hey, calm down he's not food," Max said standing in between the two.
Noir then looked at the uniform of both of them and realised it was the same one Ray had told her to protect. Making sure to follow her masters order. She left the student alone and went to lie down away from the well but still inside the village.
"Oh, Springett I missed you so much!" Flynn said with tears running down his face as he came over to hug her.
"Hey, where are the rest of the students?" a student asked, "Shouldn't there be more."
As Springett pushed Flynn away from her she looked around to assess the situation, only two had died on their side while eight on hers.
"I'm afraid we ran into some trouble and they have been killed," Springett answered.
Some of the students once again broke down in tears. They were either close friends, while others were just afraid for their lives.
As Bliss, Kaito, Van and Max regrouped as a team together, they realised one person was missing.
"Was Nes one of the student's that died then?" Bliss asked.
"No, we thought he might have been with your group." Max replied," But I guess not."
"Do you think he could be out there on his own?" Kaito added.
"Possibly, I mean we don't even know if he was transported here in the first place." Bliss said, "How did you manage to find us?"
Max then pointed at Noir who was now peacefully sleeping to the side.
"That wolf saved us when we were in trouble, it seems to understand human language. I don't know why but it asked us to get on its back and that's when it suddenly changed direction. Maybe it got the scent off one of the students." Max said.
But what Max was saying didn't make any sense Bliss thought. Why would the wolf suddenly help them and how would it know what their scent was like? It had never met them before so it had to be something else that took them here.
Although Bliss didn't think too hard about it, in the situation they were in they needed all the help they could get.
That's when Springett came over to Bliss and her group, along with professor Flynn. "Bliss, Kaito," Springett said. "We came over here to ask you if you have any ideas on how to get back. You two are our top students after all and sometimes even impress us."
"I have a way we can get back." Kaito replied, "The circle that brought us here, before we left I looked at it in detail, I remember everything about it and I'm pretty confident I can reverse it."
The group's eyes had lit up and the new information that had been revealed to them.
"Hey, you're not so useless after all," Max said as he punched Kaito on the shoulder.
"There's a problem though," Kaito said.
"It's the power source, right?" Bliss asked.
Kaito nodded.
"To transport us all back we need something of equal power to the crystal back at Roland."
Chapter 295: True owner | My Dragon System
In the centre of the village, Kaito was busy at work drawing the teleportation circle. Thankfully he always carried a few writing crystals with him. The professors and bliss helped out too as Kaito gave them commands to what he had remembered.
The others including the professors were amazed. A teleportation circle was complicated and this one was even more so. How Kaito was able to remember everything about the circle was beyond them.
"So will we be able to go back home once the circle is done?" A student said.
"I hope so, the longer we stay here the less chance I think we have of surviving."
As Blake looked at the circle and the false hope the professors were giving the students, he couldn't stand it anymore and turned away in disgust. The professors had decided that it was best if they drew the magic circle anyway, even though they had no way to power it.
They would draw the circle for now and try to solve that problem for later, but Blake knew this and knew they had decided to keep it a secret from the rest of the students.
The circle had now gotten to the point where Bliss and the other professors could no longer help. It got far too complicated for them and they could only help with the start of the circle. They decided to make the rounds and check up on the students wellbeing.
While Max and the others were lying on Noir using her as some type of pillow.
"Hey, are you sure that thing won't eat you?" Bliss asked.
"Relax will you, we're best buds," Max replied.
The student's once in a while would come over to Max to pay their respects to the wolf and to get a closer look. Max at this moment felt like he was a king, rumours were going around that he had managed to tame such a powerful beast and he liked it.
However, there was one student who was afraid to get close.
"Van what are you doing come on," Max said.
Van slowly started to move over but Noir paid him no attention, unlike last time. Van had bad experiences with beasts and he still felt like this one had come over for him, he was sure of it.
As Bliss watched him, she realised there must have been a fear deeply rooted inside of him. This went a lot deeper than the rest of them thought.
Then Van was finally close enough to the point where he held out his hand and started to stroke Noir's fur.
"Nice dogggg doggy" Van said with a shaky voice.
The other two laughed as they saw the scene. That's when a little girl had come over as well.
"Do you mind if I pet the cute dog as well please?" It was Norah, the princess of another kingdom.
"I don't think it's a dog but sure go right ahead," Max said, but as he said these words, he had another intention behind them. He knew girls couldn't resist cute things like this and soon they would have the princess of a kingdom over on their side.
Then though, Max realised something, the wolf didn't look cute at all. In fact, although the other students had come over, it was more out of fear. Norah was the first one to call the thing cute.
"Thank you for protecting us back there." She said in a soft voice. "You are my hero." Then she spread out her arm's wide and dived into Noir's fur.
The other students seeing this and seeing no reaction to the thing, really felt strange. Their whole life they had been told beasts where dangerous. That on instinct they would attack and kill humans. On top of their useful beast cores, this led humans to always hunt beasts.
But here, seeing a little girl hug a giant wolf beast so peacefully, they were starting to think that maybe what they were taught was wrong.
Just then Flynn and Springett had finished checking up on all the students. Some were hungry but it was hard to tell if it was day or night here, for the sky was always a purple murky colour. If the beasts didn't kill them, they would soon die of thirst and hunger. They needed to find a power source for the circle.
Springett started to look at Noir, and wondered if the beast core inside her would be powerful enough to power it. But she quickly gave up on that idea. The wolf was their saviour and after seeing it fight, even if they were all at full strength, she was unsure if they could take it on with all of them.
"I wonder who's its owner?" Springett said.
"What do you mean, isn't it Max?" Norah said as she now laid with her back on the beast next to Max.
"No, you know as well as I do that the beast protected us and Max at first was just as afraid as the rest of us when he first saw it." Said professor Springett, "But for a beast to be this comfortable around humans, it must have a human owner. It's the only thing that makes sense."
"Well, there is that kingdom that raises beasts as pets, right?" Bliss said, "Maybe someone from there is here, or their owner had died."
"I don't think so, this beast is too powerful for that, only a few would have the power to control something like this and they wouldn't send their men out here on their own."
Nori's eyes suddenly opened as she could feel something getting closer. She suddenly stood up on her feet causing Norah and Max to fall to the ground and bang their head.
"What happened?" Max said.
Noir's tail started to wag intensely as she could sense the man getting even closer. She then took off at lightning speed.
"Do you think it's the enemy, are they attacking us?"
The group stared into the direction of where Noir had run off to and all the students were now focused on it as well. Slowly a figure started to appear with Noir walking behind him.
And into view came a red-headed spiky-haired boy, with gauntlets on his hand and a black armadillo chest piece.
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Chapter 296: Nes and Nes | My Dragon System
Being in the shadow world, Ray needed his full abilities to fight, he not only needed to use his magic skills but his fighting skills as a knight and his other abilities as well. So he decided there was no need to disguise himself while in the shadow world.
He could have disguised himself as the adventurer Nes but it had been a long time since he had just been him. He would only use adventurer Nes when he had to talk to the Red wing members as a whole.
The leader of the Red wings was to remain a mystery to most, a powerful man that was rarely seen that they could rely on.
This way he also wouldn't reveal to the student's that he was the student Nes as well.
As the others saw the young adult walk through to the village, with the large wolf calmly following behind him, they all had one thought. This person was strong. They didn't need to see him fight but unlike the rest of them there was no fear of him being in the shadow continent and it was clear he was the master of the beast.
"Hey, do you think that boy is the one who owns the wolf then?" Bliss asked.
"It would seem like it but the question is, is he friend or foe?" Springett replied.
As Flynn looked at the person closer, he noticed the red hair. "Wait isn't he a part of your special unit Bliss, he has red hair?"
"No, I know what everyone looks like in that unit and this person I have never seen before."
While the students were worried and discussing just who the mysterious man was, there was one person who decided to step forward.
"Ray?" Max said. "Is it really you?"
Shocked that Max was friendly with the beast, they were now shocked again that Max also knew this stranger.
"Wait you know this person?" Bliss said.
"I think so, unless I'm imagining things but I think he's my sister's boyfriend."
"Huh!!!" The group surrounding Max all had the same reaction. They knew Max was a noble but not form one of the big families. To know someone who was able to command such a powerful beast as this.
They started to wonder who Max sister had manged to snag.
Of course, what Max had also said wasn't true. Max had only assumed that the two of them were an item. Every time Max would hear from his sister it would always be about Ray this, or Ray has done this for the city, and I don't know what Ray is doing. The amount she talked about Ray, he could only assume the two were together.
When Ray finally got close to the village, he allowed Noir to go back and lie down in the spot he was in before. He always felt bad for her being stuck in the system but there weren't many chances where he could bring her out and she could roam about freely.
Seeing the village, Ray was quite surprised to find all the students here, he had decided to follow the strange energy source that was drawing him here. The energy had long gone but he still wondered what it was only to find out that all the students had arrived.
"Is this your beast?" Springett asked.
"Yes," Ray replied.
Springett then got down on one knee and bowed down to Ray.
"Thank you, when we were in deep trouble your beast saved our lives."
It was a strange sight for Ray to see. While in the academy he always saw Springett as a threat, someone who was out to expose his secret but now she was here bowing down to him.
"Please stand up."
As Ray looked at all the students and his group of friends at Roland, he had to remember he was no longer playing the role of a student and had no clue who these people were. As he looked at Max, Max had raised his hand and gave half a wave.
"Do you remember me?" Max said pointing at himself.
"Yes, I wouldn't forget Slyvia's brothers."
"So it really is you?" Max said rushing over. "I wasn't sure at first but, I mean what are you even doing here, why are you in the shadow continent?"
Ray was unsure of how much Max knew but thought Slyvia would have at least told him about the Red wings and Avrion.
"I am here on a secret mission form the Red wings, I felt something and just happened to pass by."
Kaito who had been busy drawing the magic circle suddenly stopped and immediately rushed over. He took Ray by the hand and started shaking it up and down.
"Nice to meet you sir, my name is Kaito, I have heard so much about the red wings." Kaito then started to look Ray all over. As if he was looking for something.
"Are you really from the red wings, I don't see the mark on you anywhere?"
Ray was under no such contract so his body didn't bear the mark of the Red wings, nor did any of his equipment show it either. Which made Kaito suspicious. From what he had gathered, these two things were on every member of a Red wing.
"Because of the secret mission, I bear no marking," Ray replied.
"Hey Kaito, you know about the Red wings?" Max said, "Well I can guarantee what Ray is saying is true, my sister runs most of their operations."
Kaito attention was now suddenly on Max.
"Really." He said as his eyes lit up. "If you don't mind please, can we visit Avrion one day, will you take me with you."
"Of course, just please calm down, you're kinda creeping me out."
Kaito then let go of Max's hands before heading back to the magic circle to continue his work.
The group continued to ask Ray all sorts of questions but it was mainly about what he had seen or if he knew of a way back.
But there was one question deep on Max's mind. However, he decided not to let it be known to the others. The last time Max had seen Ray was in the tournament. Sure, Ray was strong back then but strong enough to venture into the Shadow continent on his own? No, unless he had a huge power boost in the short time frame. Then Max started to look at Noir, he had no clue Ray could control a beast like this.
That's when something had clicked inside of Max's brain, he realised why the wolf had looked so similar, He had seen it that one time being used by the adventurer who had saved their lives form the Dark Guild leader. It looked like an exact replica only a bigger version of it.
"Wait wasn't that adventures name Nes as well. If the Nes here is using the same wolf and wasn't Nes the leader of the Red wings and then the Nes in school!"
It had all caught on. Max lifted his hand and pointed out at Nes. "Aren't you…" But before Max could finish his last words, Ray immediately went over to the other side and covered his mouth.
"Me and my friend here are just going to have a little talk," Ray said.
Chapter 297: Blake unhappy | My Dragon System
Having the same name as someone, Ray never thought he would get caught, people had the same name all the time and after meeting Max he realised he was incredibly slow when it came to these types of things.
Even with the fact that Max had met Ray and Nes before, he never thought he would be able to uncover his secret.
But somehow, he had done. In fact, Max himself was quite pleased, if he hadn't seen Noir back in the arena through the dust cloud at that time, he thought he would have never been able to make the connection between the two of them.
Ray and Max then went off to one side to talk things out.
"Wait, you're Nes, you've been with us this whole time?" Max said.
"Just keep quiet about it, what I said earlier is true and I really am on a secret mission but it's to do with Roland," Ray replied.
Then Max started to look around and spotted Van sitting on his own.
"Now it makes sense, it has to be something to do with Van, why else would you be so attached to a stranger who you just came in school for." Max said, "So are you also the leader of the Red wings, the Nes who saved us back then?"
