Bastard Dragon Arc: Intro

"I want a rematch."

"What? what do you mean a rematch? what's a rematch?"

"You don't know what a rematch is?!" He asked, raising his tone.

I looked at him for a few seconds and was about to talk but got beat to it.

"Don't do that, you can't win." Prince Malik said sitting on my couch cross-legged.

He looked over to Prince Malik and looked at me, "Who's this?"

"I was just about to ask you that" I replied to him.

"I am prince Malik, you are a man of great cowardice, you sit before me yet ask another of my identity, are you retarded?"

'Shit? did he just call the Prince of Binneniel Empire retarded? Isn't he here for diplomatic reasons?'

"Prince Malik of Qualis, I see... why do you say that?" His attitude toward speech changed.

"Did I hurt your ego? It's fine, I said you can't win at least not in five... no, ten years."

"Why would you say that?!" He yelled almost sounding like whining.

"Because it's the truth, you are a Prince, you should be wise I can't believe you are retarded. Look at me, he stood before you with no openings yet you dashed in like a dumb-headed beast and still got beaten. You think that will change over a night?"

'Hmm, word... I'm getting to like this Malik guy.' His speech tone might seem authoritative but he seems to be very knowledgeable, his favour scores with me were rising as he spoke to Prince Evan.

The prince tightened his fist where he sat, "You think I don't know that?!!!" He shouted at once and jumped on the table, straightway lunging at me by first jumping into the air.

'He's asking for it.'

~WHACK!~

With a straight kick into his stomach as he descended upon me, he went flying and smashed his body on the vase of flowers beside the wall opposite where I sat. He dropped to the floor and began to sob.

I thought he was dead but he rose but holding the lower side of his body, he shouted. "You humiliated me?!"

"Yea, I know and I will do that again if you piss me off."

"I'm the Prince of this very palace you stand in..."

"Yes, I'm quite aware of that."

"Do you not fear my father?"

"Are you your father?"

Malik stood up and began to whistle around, he paused and looked at the Prince, "Aren't you guys supposed to be friends?"

"He's supposed to serve me." Prince Evan responded.

"Come here."

"Huh?" He was puzzled by my sudden request.

"I said come here."

"Are you asking or are you commanding me?"

"Are you coming or not?"

He slowly moved over to my side, as he reached my side I grabbed his surplus white and pulled it back.

"Aooohhh aaaoooohhh aaaooohhggg...."

His yelling continued for as long as I decided to pull, how dare a kid thinks I should serve him.

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The Kingdom Of Vasea.

Capital City:: Avreadel

The throne room (during a court meeting)

"The attack on Iredale Fort tells us we can't continue to leave the elderwyrms with the excuse that they are the oldest of the dragon race."

"So what Earl Stahl, you want us to attack elderwyrms? Will you lead the front?"

The tall, orange-haired Earl Stahl fell silent as he was asked the question.

"As the Kingdom Minister of Defence, I dare to say this, your majesty."

"Proceed Ruthless." The king replied to the man who had shut Earl Stahl up with his question earlier.

"Binneniel Empire is pressing for the matters behind why the bastard dragon will suddenly decide to attack the Fort. As we know dragons are primordial beasts, and especially elderwyrms, they are elderwyrms because they have lived past a thousand years and they don't just move without reason."

"Don't forget it's the bastard dragon we are talking about, he's called the bastard dragon for a reason?"

"You are right Viscount Masur but this bastard dragon for over 50 years has not been active and has just been in his layers. Now the dragon's layer is very far from the Fort so we can't say that the Fort disturbed its peace in some way. Which meant someone or something provoked the dragon." He concluded.

"Well, that must've been one hell of a provocation." Duke Reinhold said. He bowed towards the king who nodded in response.

"We still have a lot of internal issues to deal with, we have the triad who continue to dissipate our national storage in the name of feeding the people, they challenge our monarch's worthiness to rule and dare to publicly call out a rebellion saying, they want to build a country for the commoners. That is very important Duke Ruthless. If we focus on these things you speak of, we will be left with no Kingdom to protect by the time you know it."

"A team is out there on the hunt for the triads."

"That was the same thing you say last time. Let me tell you all something funny. Do you know a Count of the neighbouring kingdom dares to challenge us over land and threatens to attack our kingdom? We are being ridiculed by a noble from another kingdom, that's insulting and is a result of how loosely we have handled our insides, other kingdoms have no respect for us anymore. Your majesty..."

"Yes, Reinhold."

"Let us bring back Arthur."

The entire hall began to murmur.

"Reinhold, Even though he is my son he dared to hold a sword to my throat, Arthur is a traitor."

"You majesty, Prince Arthur is the strongest man in this kingdom a symbol that kept both the commoners and the nobles together, yes he was arrogant, yes he tried to force his ideologies into you but he had the kingdom's best interest in heart. I think ten years of banishment is enough. The kingdom needs the crown Prince."

"This is a matter I will have to think over. Even though you speak of us paying more attention to our matters, we cannot fully ignore what is going on out there, what do you suggest we do?"

"Of course your highness, I hear Binneniel Empire is putting together some experts to investigate the matter, why don't we support them with a few investigators also." He answered the king.

"Fine, I will think on the matter about Arthur and talk about it during the next meeting."

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Pariport Palisade,

A free (unclaimed) plain between Resan Empire and Voyicuria.

"It should be around here..." After walking a few rounds a man in black armour and helmet said, accompanied by two girls, one was holding a magical staff while the other was not holding any visible weapon.

He touched the cliff next to him, withdrew his hand and slammed it with force.

~GRRRHHHIIIKKKKHHHGGGGLK~

The entire place shook with massive tremors.

Immediately the ground in front of them began to tear apart, the girls were about to step back in fear.

"Don't, it's just a middle-aged dragon." The man in armour said to them.

"You do realize that is insulting." A thick voice rang out from the smokescreen caused by the earthquake.

Even though the ladies were told not to fear they still couldn't resist the ferocious atmosphere and the pressure it came with, one tried her best to keep and stop her hand from shivering.

The dragon slowly revealed itself from the smokescreen, brown and made of rocky skin.

"What do you want Arthur or should I say Salient"

"Is that a way to greet a friend who spared you from dying?"

"Your presence is rather disturbing than pleasant, what do you want?"

"The bastard dragon attacked, and you know being a prominent mercenary, kingdoms come with absurd jobs. I've been given a job to hunt down and kill the bastard dragon, not me alone several of us high-ranked mercenaries. But I have a friend who knows about dragons so I thought I might use your knowledge."

"Your courage continues to amuse me, you want to fight an elderwyrm, do you think it will be possible?"

"I know it won't be easy, but aye baby boy, nothing is impossible."

"Your arrogance is unpleasant."

"Yea I know, I get that often," He replied with a chuckle.

"Going after the bastard dragon Ramires is an insane move, his an elderwyrm, his grasp of magic is very crazy, plus he is the oldest of black dragons, and he is called a bastard dragon because of his obsession with black magic. You will melt to your bones before you even get to draw your sword, you might have defeated me, but Ramires is another mountain far taller than I am."

"Then I'll just climb it like I climbed your mountain."

"Sheer arrogance will do you no good Arthur."

"Oh, it seems you forget, that this sheer arrogance is what brought your defeat. If you have no way to help me ill just take my leave." He said and turned.

"Ramires is proficient in using the night to his benefit, if you want to raise the possibility of defeating him, don't attack at night not that this will do you any good but he also fears the red dragon."

"Brelzred?"

"Yes, Brelzred."

"I see thank you for the info." He said and walked away as the dragon stared at his back.