XVII. The Duty of a Warrior

Near the kingdom of Morkhex and Ssusilliam, more specifically in a planning camp, it was on one of the main roads between the two kingdoms and the distant lands. A considerable number of dragons from different lands and guilds were preparing for their combat. Although they came from different lands and each had their guild, each dragon was provided with better armor with the colors of the royalty of Morkhex, this implied that they fought for the kingdom, however, they still kept the small shield that they identified their guilds and lands of origin, in case of loss this would help them identify the corpses if they died. Everyone except Alexandra who could only use the armor that was made for her would be at a huge disadvantage if she separated from that armor, which is why in her case they only gave her the shield and talismans of the kingdom so that she could identify that she went with the troops.

"Everyone be quiet, Grand Commander Sur'Xhe will be about to explain the points of the mission !!" exclaimed a brown earth dragon with an authoritative voice.

"Thank you very much Lieutenant Roshu" thanked the commander and then looked at the dragons.

"He is the Grand Commander of Sur'Xhe."

"The legendary Sur'Xhe himself, what a great honor."

"He is the next candidate to be a Greater Dragon of the oceanic this year, incredible."

Alexandra noticed how many watched admiring the great prodigy of close combat, the Great Commander Sur'Xhe, a dragon of the oceanic race with an almost golden yellow color, that dragon was a great prodigy in combat tactics and advanced warfare. mission. Many were relieved hoping that with the guidance of this great dragon, they would all come out of danger alive. Everyone except Alexandra, while she was well-received, her mother warned her to be careful and not to let her guard down with anyone be it ally or enemy. There could be one or two planning to get rid of her mid-mission and make it look like an enemy-provoked death, which she took seriously from her experience with the late Kuketzi.

"First of all I owe you all a great apology for having resorted to unexpected recruitment, I know that leaving your guilds in the hands of young warriors even with lack of experience is unexpected and worrying for those who already have a good order established there. But as you all know, the Morkhex kingdom is under certain threat and it is the duty of all of us dragons to defend it, even to give our lives to ensure the well-being of the most important kingdom for dragons. " small murmurs were heard among those present, they were curious about this threat that was risking with the kingdom of kings and nobles "Calm down my fellow dragons, I will make sure that no one dies in this mission, I will do my best to see tomorrow together to Morkhex, but for those who do die, I promise that we will hold them in our memories and hearts as the kingdoms great heroes and for future generations and the kingdom will ensure that their names are never forgotten.

Each group of warriors wondered what kind of enemy they were facing? Attacking the most important kingdom of the dragons was rare, with how well guarded and protected it was and if necessary, they would always resort to increasing the troops as they had now done by increasing the defenses even more to guarantee the safety of the King of the dragons.

"The race of skeletal dragons will try to attack using a great horde of zombies against us and therefore we must respond against the threatened as good warriors who will defend the peace of the kingdom," said the oceanic dragon.

"Excuse me, Commander." Sur'Xhe looks at the dragon who raised his hand like the rest "did you say zombies?" he asked with fear in his voice.

"Are you scared of zombies friend? Do you want us to bring Mommy to protect you from them?" Several dragons laughed at such a mockery that a dragon made from the crowd towards the young dragon who seemed to shrug his shoulders in shame at his weakness.

"They should be afraid of them!" everyone watches as Alexandra raised her voice.

The dragon gestures to his two companions next to him wondering about the little creature, shortly after he approaches her to put her in her place.

"What is a small piece of soft meat like you going to know about zombies?" he asks with an intimidating look expecting her to hide with her tail between her legs.

To the surprise of this as of several, the human did not care about the look or the evident hostility towards her person.

"I know more about them than you do for sure" she takes a step forward showing firm against him.

"Yes, of course, I doubt that you have seen one in your life" the dragon moves to push her, but she takes his arm and manages to twist it a little.

"If you attack a zombie, it will not care about the wounds or attacks you make." she comments to everyone "Even so that does not seem to prevent them from moving and trying to kill you, the only way to stop it is to attack the head" she explains given a light blow to the dragon's forehead.

Many looks dumbfounded at the human, she had shared information that only the great warriors of high levels from the warriors level four to the Major Dragons themselves should know from her long experience in different kingdoms and enemies.

"Is that true" confirms Commander Sur'Xhe "It is impressive how a level three warrior is well informed about important aspects of this type of enemy, I am glad to know that we have someone as prepared as you in the group," he said praising the warrior.

"Even so, they are zombies we are talking about, these are not well known for following orders from anyone, show them a meat that breathes and is alive and you will see how it will try to attack it without any mercy" Torx points out to the rest of the group.

"If that's true, then we shouldn't worry as they would kill themselves right?" wonders a terrestrial dragon.

The oceanic dragon shakes his head, on his calm but serious face he had learned a terrible reality that everyone should know if they are expected to survive and save Morkhex and possibly save all the kingdoms. If not for the appearance of Captain Rellix, they could count on the Major Dragons and the other half of Ssusilliam's resistance and conflict-ending group, but they had to work with what they had and execute every move well to have a good victory with minimal casualties.

"In the past that was true, the zombies despite being valuable as efficient cannon fodder to weaken the enemies and let the living warriors finish the ones that the zombies started; they are not used because they do not recognize friend or enemy and would attack both to the enemy and themselves without hesitation. " He rests his chin on his two hands, fixing a serious look. "However, recently we have discovered that some skeletal dragons have a strange unique ability with zombies, this ability allows them to control these dead and thus handle them easily. Practically these dragons can do it. what we believed impossible in the past. " Commander Sur'Xhe finalizes the warriors seriously.

"That's impossible!!" yelled the majority.

How is it possible that those monsters control the zombies? "One asks incredulously.

"It is not for disrespecting the great Commander Sur'Xhe," said the Guild Captain Flaming Scales approaching the commander "but I find myself in the need to ask how do they know that they can control that undead?" the captain questioned respectfully.

"More respect, how dare you doubt the word of Commander Sur'Xhe" the dragon is stopped by the commander.

"It was the last words of one of the survivors of the border control before; becoming a zombie" expressed the commander feeling bad for the poor survivor. "I understand your doubts and concerns my dragon brothers and sisters, these are dark times, and what happened there can be repeated in Morkhex because the most terrifying thing about the message was that that army is coming here while we are talking."

The dragons in that camp were discussing and expressing their ideas about the whole issue of the undead and as the skeletal race had a great advantage in this combat, it was already popular knowledge about that dangerous breath that altered the senses of dragons in combat.

Now they had an army of beings who do not feel pain and do not stop until they consume everything, simply all that made this so repudiated race of dragons more dangerous. They took three hours to plan each maneuver, movement, and tactic in case of emergency withdrawals, nothing was left to chance and they would be the best prepared to respond to such a threat as good warriors.

In another place, Magarai was with two other dragons with Greater Dragons titles also preparing their movements to finally capture or eliminate the fearsome Captain Rellix, who was known to be an anarchist leader who wanted to make a blow against the crown, who knows what she planned to do if she were to win the crown and title of a king, and she would not be allowed to do so either. In the past she was the one who led three coup attempts, where the last one was very close to killing the king, luckily the four Greaters Dragons managed to prevent it by being close to the king, however now there were only three and although that did not represent to the group a concern about their advantage against the captain, Magarai technically his mind and concentration were elsewhere.

"Are you still worried about that little human?" asked a winged dragon of orange colors and yellow stripes, she was the Greater Dragon of the winged ones and a good friend of Magarai.

"Sisser this breeding is something stressful, I hope you can handle this stress better than I can when you have your babies" the dragon commented to her friend.

"Hahaha calm Magarai, I am still very young and very free to want to think and tie myself to a commitment such as motherhood." she sits in front of her oceanic friend of hers "And if having a child makes you so melancholic and overly worried, I think it's better not to ever have one."

"It shows that you do not show empathy for your partner" she replies.

"You know I don't mean it my friend, but I still want to live without worrying about others other than me" affirms the winged dragon stretching her wings.

"Interesting how a winged dragon who claims to care about his personality has become a Greater Dragon of his race" comments an emerald-red dragon with the same Greater Dragon armor as his two companions, only that this one had the symbol of the terrestrial.

"If I do not protect order, my wonderful lifestyle will be ruined by crazy anarchists sick with power, you should know better than anyone Trilliux, you came from a home where a tyrant almost destroyed everything because of his corrupt ambition for power. " she points to the earth dragon who lets out a little laugh.

"Even so, showing some empathy for other beings, especially those who cannot defend themselves, makes us more just and connected to life." he clarifies passing cups of hot drink to each dragon. "Take this concoction, if we want to conjure up our elemental strength we must take it before hunting down that dangerous warrior" he ordered his two companions.

"I'm empathic, I just don't want to be an anguished and overprotective mother like our partner old Magarai, oops sorry" she nervously takes her cup hoping she hadn't offended the strongest of the Greater Dragon.

"It's funny how your Magarai, she can show that level of concern and empathy for someone who doesn't even look like us." he notices Magarai's gaze "Please don't take it the wrong way, it's just that I'm curious, you show the same symptoms of worry, anguish, and anxiety that a mother dragon shows for a baby that is a dragon."

"Is it so unnatural to love a human as if she were my daughter?" Magarai asks the terrestrial dragon to which he removes his glasses to clean it.

"Unnatural would not be the word that I would use, but if I would say that it is curious and as you know, terrestrial dragons are very curious by nature, all the great wonders built and created by us are linked by our great curiosity" affirms this, putting on his glasses again.

"That little human became an important part of me, if something happened to her and I wasn't there to stop it, then I ..." she clenches her fists and tenses her tail worrying her two companions.

"You talk like Ssaull before you leave us" comments Sisser taking a hand to calm her friend. "If you care so much about her, how about you prepare her with a special training that only Greater Dragons have to be almost invincible," she says to Magarai.

"Do not joke with that Sisser, that is sacred training and only a Greater Dragon can know about such training" he reproaches her friend.

"You are right Sisser" both dragons see Magarai who had a curious look.

"Hey Magarai don't take it the wrong way, I was just joking." she clarifies.

"You know that if you do that, you would be expelled and even worse you could end up both you and your daughter dead" the dragon stands in front of Magarai worried about her.

"Easy guys I have a plan to make everything work out for both of us and I can teach my daughter more techniques and mastery of combat." She clarified by thinking of a plan for her and her daughter.

A dragon entered the room with the Greater Dragons to inform that they had already located Captain Rellix, three warriors who were tracking her confirmed the same information and that it was time to act, the three Greater Dragons took the weapons symbols of their pride and talents as warriors, they had to finish off the anarchist warrior before she disappeared again. This would be the last night where Captain Rellix would be free and she would continue her conspiracy against the peaceful life of the dragons.