New Dawn vs. Tridrakon

"This 'S Rank' artefact has a shadow skill, does any of you mind if I take it? And I'll give up the reward from this mission," said Nox.

"Are you kidding us? This artefact was entirely acquired by you, besides, none of us use the Dark element except for you Nox," said Raunos.

"Yeah, you're the only one who can make use of it," said Aurora.

Team Apocalyptia agrees that Nox gets the artifact '𝕾𝖍𝖆𝖉𝖔𝖜 𝕮𝖆𝖕𝖊'.

"Then I'll make sure our team gets first place for that 'S Rank' Artefact," said Nox.

"Then that's a promise, as for the 3 A rank artefacts, you're also free to do what you like with them, or if you want to distribute them, keep them till we get the other 4, then decide how to share them all," said Raunos.

"Good idea!" said Aetos, Suddenly Nox's right eye glowed and he predicted a disaster coming at an alarming speed.

"GUUYS!!! GET DOWN!!!!" shouted Nox, Lucia immediately activated her Light barrier, and then a large-scale attack obliterated the surrounding area around Team Apocalyptia, causing a big explosion in the hunting ground...

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Meanwhile, at FangRoar City, Lyra and General Thane led by Mister Aurelli, went to the underground of the Inn where two more figures sat at a round table.

" It's nice to meet you again Lyra," said a gentle female voice.

"It's my honor, Holy Angel," said Lyra, the one that greeted her is the Holy Angel, the title given to Holy Angel City's City Lord.

"Just call me by my name Lyra," said Emma Silverleaf, She's the so-called 'Holy Angel', she's the patriarch of the Elven Silverleaf Family and the City Lord of Holy Angel City, She also holds the position of President of The New Dawn Alliance, as for her class she's an 'Archer ArchMage' that uses the Element of Ice.

" Welcome Lyra, long time no see," said a male voice.

"It's nice to meet you Senior Zephyr," replied Lyra.

" If only this meeting was held somewhere else, cause I really hate basements, couldn't we hold this meeting in an open space?" said Zephyr Aerion, he's the City Lord of Aerion City, he's a genius astronomy researcher, and he likes high places so much that he made his whole city a flying City, he's also the one who helped Lyra establish her floating castle, he's a Cavalry Archmage that uses Gravity magic.

"Hahah.. what a genius, holding a secret meeting out in the open," said Aurelli, he seems to be at odds with Aerion.

"I know you like high places like your flying City, but this meeting gotta be a secret, bear with it mister Zephyr," said Emma.

"Since you want it this way, I can only accept the angel's wish," replied Zephyr.

"Since everyone is here, we're gonna start the meeting. As you all know, this time's Big Seven Reunion is unusual, it takes place in FangRoar City instead of the capital," said Emma.

"It's an odd timing as well," said Lyra.

"FangRoar's move shows not only how confident he is to defeat us, but he's also confident that the king is gonna pass away soon," said Emma.

"Almost as if he's behind all of it," said Zephyr.

"I have intel that the king is poisoned," said Aurelli.

"What?? Then this matter isn't as simple as we anticipated, and we all know who's most proficient in poison..." said Zephyr.

"You mean Arachne City..." said Lyra, Arachne City is the 4th on the Big Seven Ranking, and its City Lord is proficient in poison, she's also the only Curse High Mage in the kingdom, the complete opposite of Lyra and her thought of rival.

"It can't be, her poison everyone is well aware of, so let's not jump to conclusions, without evidence we can't do much!" said Emma.

"It might be Arachne City, but I'm more suspicious about Ryūshiro City," said Lyra.

"But Ryūjin has nothing to do with poison," said Zephyr, and 'Ryūjin' is Ryūshiro City's City Lord, it's 2nd on the ranking.

"If Arachne did a move, it would be too suspicious, but what if the poisoning is done by someone you couldn't be suspicious of?" asked Lyra.

"It can't be FangRoar too cause there are too many eyes on him. Then it might be Ryūshiro City, but they don't have any poison Archmage," said Emma.

"Yes, but their contracted Powerhouse is a half-breed," said Lyra, referring to the Powerhouse contracted beast of Ryūshiro City, the three City lords feel shocked, wondering how could they never think about the race of one of the most terrifying contracted beasts in the kingdom.

"That's true, That bastard Ryūjin's contracted beast called " Raiden" is a half Dragon half cobra, so it might be able to produce poison," said Aurelli.

"That's not the point Aurelli, Lyra means the incident in which Ryūshiro City acquired that Beast, it's still unknown to this day, but one thing is certain, they got it from outside the borders.

Raiden is Ryūshiro City's Powerhouse, a level 24 (almost 25) beast, it's considered the closest to reaching a Calamity level, despite it being a mixed blood Dragon, half dragon/half Cobra, Owned by Takemori Ryūjin. This beast is the strongest contracted beast in the kingdom thanks to his dragon background, with power exceeding 9,700,000. Its Danger level is: ★★★ ★★★ ★★★ (9 golden stars)

"How is it that we never thought of this!" said Zephyr.

"Then in the meeting, everyone should be careful, we might get poisoned," said Aurelli.

"If FangRoar wants us dead, there are far easier ways than using poison," said Aerion.

"But it still wouldn't hurt to exert utmost caution," said Emma.

"I can detect poison, but just to stay on the safe side, don't drink or eat anything they offer," said Lyra.

"You're brilliant despite your young age Lyra," said Zephyr.

"Senior must be joking, I'm still far from what I wanna be," replied Lyra

"I see that you all brought your contracted beasts, Good thinking, though I hope we won't need to use them," said Emma.

"They won't dare as long as we have our 'S Rank' mage here," said Aurelli.

"Please don't joke around mister Aurelli, if anything, we have the Demigod Thane to help us balance our shortcomings," said Lyra.

"I'm at your command Master Lyra," said Thane.

"Alright then let's go meet the Tridrakon!" said Emma, the 5 of them went to the castle of FangRoar.

At the Tiger Palace in front of the meeting room, stood the five of them waiting to be received, then a General among FangRoar's ranks approached them.

"Hello the leaders of New Dawn, I'm General Gunnar, Please leave your contracted beasts here and head inside," said Gunnar Stormborn.

"How uncourteous, he leaves you to welcome us instead of welcoming us himself," said Aurelli, feeling humiliated that FangRoar didn't step in to welcome them personally, since New Dawn Alliance has always been prosperous, however after losing Blackwater City, the situation changed in Tridrakon's favor.

"And Please note that this is a reunion for only the 7 leaders of the kingdom, no other person is allowed," said Gunnar while faking a smile.

"No matter what, I'm getting in with Master Lyra," said Thane.

"Don't force me, I'm just following orders," said Gunnar, arrogantly looking down on Thane.

"You're following your master's orders, we don't have to follow them," said Thane while releasing a suffocating pressure.

"Hoho you don't seem to understand..." said Gunnar who was overwhelmed by the pressure, but still didn't plan to back down, until a voice sounded from inside the meeting hall "𝐋𝖾𝗍 ɦ𝗂ꭑ 𝗂𐓣" the voice contains a terrifying amount of pressure, showcasing a great Charisma and fearless attitude.

"Please get in," said Gunnar, He's the strongest tier 10 soldier in the kingdom, yet he still couldn't break free from the shackles of tier 10, The name Gunnar means warrior, and he is a Tank Archmage that uses Rock element, he's assigned as a General in FangRoar's City.

The New Dawn Alliance members enter the meeting room with Thane, The room is huge, but they instantly notice the vile intentions of the host, FangRoar's seat is in the middle, and it's higher and far from the remaining seats, while the others have to sit aligned with each other, respectively 3 seats facing each other, and FangRoar acts arrogantly with his seat and remains high and mighty, showing the hierarchy early on.

Behind FangRoar's seat naps a Giant creature, it's the contracted beast of FangRoar, a huge tiger who growls and silently watches over the guests, his growls resound in the hall, all this setting was made to show superiority, showing FangRoar's personality, Pandemon FangRoar is the City Lord of the 1st City on the Big Seven ranking 'FangRoar City', He's a Spearman Archmage that excels both in spiritual energy and Magic, which allowed him to be the second Demigod and is now considered the strongest person in the kingdom.

( The bastard sits high and tall, while we sit in low chairs..) thought Aurelli.

( He tells us not to bring contracted beasts in, yet his beast is right behind him, and not even concealing its power!) thought Zephyr.

( I understand why he treats us like this, after all, we were always at odds, but why are Ryūshiro and Arachne City accepting to be treated this way as well?!) thought Lyra.

Pandemon FangRoar raises his hand, looking at the New Dawn Alliance leaders., "You may take your seats," he said.

(This bastard, we were going to sit even without his permission, yet he does it as if we're following his orders) thought Aurelli, they took their places, except that there was no seat arranged for General Thane, he stood by Lyra's side.

"Master FangRoar looks healthier than ever," said Emma.

"And you're 'still' beautiful as always," replied FangRoar.

( She's still beautiful? Does he mean to shame her for her age? Elves live a long life though) thought Zephyr.

( I'm barely holding myself back from punching him in the face!!!) thought Aurelli.

"You don't look too well mister Aurelli hehe," said a female voice with a sinister smile.

"No! I'm totally fine," said Aurelli while sweating.

That female is Arachne's voice, the woman that's said to be more vicious than a spider, but what happens next, will mark the events of this meeting, both Arachne and Ryūjin stand from their seats, and bow to FangRoar, it keeps the New Dawn Alliance wondering why those two are submitting to FangRoar.