43 The ruins of the dragons

The ship docked on the shore of the lost island called the ruins of dragons. The whole crew got down and began an expedition to the island. They bid farewell to the Queen of the Mermaids and set off.

Ahmad rode the Metal Phoenix Ken to take a look from the sky about the shape of the island and its topography, the island was normal, a flat land covered with dense trees and in the east of the island the ruins of an old palace, they landed down and went into the forest towards the ruins.

The forest was full of fruit trees and wild animals and birds, Atlas was in the lead while Darius protecting the right and Doom on the left and behind them Ken while the crew led by Habel in the middle and Lillian and Glory in the back next to Ahmed, they were arguing all the time about the most trivial reasons and This stems from their jealousy, while Ahmed laughs because he knows what is happening.

Ahmed grabbed Lillian and pulled her towards him and hugged her with his left hand and kissed her and dragged Glory to the right and kissed her and said to them: "Stop arguing, let's enjoy the ride.", They blushed, stopped talking, and continued on their way, as if they were bewitched, when they got close to the ruins, they heard a loud voice yelling. "Get away from here. This place is not for strangers."

All the crew stopped and took a defensive position. Ahmed stepped forward and shouted, "show yourself", The voice answered, "Go away, stranger. We don't want your blood, but if you come any closer, don't blame us if we kill you." , Ahmet moved further forward and said "we do not have any bad intentions, we just want to cross to the island of dragons.", The voice shouted again: "Dragon Island is closed and does not accept strangers. Leave. This is our last warning."

Ahmet was angry and advanced towards the ruins. They went out of the forest and reached the ruins gate. The gate consisted of two stone dragons. As for the garden, it consisted of statues of dragons, most of which were broken. The castle was giant, with inscriptions in the ancient language and drawings representing the dominance of dragons over the rest of the races in ancient era.

The crew, led by Ahmed, advanced towards the castle, and when they reached the garden, a large shadow appeared above their heads, a large body that covered the sky above them , They raised their heads to see, there was a brown dragon that fluttered its wings creating a hurricane, he landed down in front of them and said : "You lowly beings who don't know their situation , I warned you, but you ignored my kindness, and now you bear my wrath."

Then he hit the ground with his wing, and it split in two, then released his terrifying aura that made everyone in the crew kneel, except Darius, Atlas ,Ahmet and Glory , The dragon was impressed by these four and then released a power called the dragon instinct that doubles the aura for a period of time, this instinct brought down Atlas, while the rest of the crew fainted, it was only Darius, Glory and Ahmet who remained standing, The dragon noticed that Darius and Glory were resisting very hard, but the pressure of the aura was heavy on them while Ahmet was relaxed, Ahmet released his aura in the Beyond phase and it was equal to the strength of this dragon, this made the dragon shocked by the presence of an entity with this strength and in this level.

The dragon used the rock breath attack and attacked Ahmet , who used the thunder spear to counter this attack, the dragon was surprised then he stopped and asked Ahmet "why you want to go to the island of dragons."

Ahmet replied, "I want to know more about the mask and about the disaster that befell the island because of the masked man."

The dragon was surprised, and signs of anger and bewilderment appeared on his face. Then he said, "What is your relationship with the masked man, with the mask, and with the disaster that has befallen us?"

Ahmet replied, "my motive is revenge, the masked man took everything from me and he is still today on the island of the seven races , I know that he is your enemy too, so I wanted to unite with you to finish him off."

The dragon said, "I don't know if the rest will agree, but I will personally come with you to take revenge, for my friends and family have taken from me, I will lead you on the road to the island of dragons and I will give you a permit to enter it, but the participation of all dragons in this war is limited to what you will say to convince them."

Ahmet advanced towards the dragon and told him that he would tell them his goal, but he would not try to convince them, because he sees that war and revenge need a preparation for death and self-sacrifice, and this is something that can only be by desire and self-conviction.

The dragon smiled and said to him, "I hope it is what we have been waiting for for so many years. I am the leader of the Earth Dragons Family. Rock Dragon Dave. You should know that dragons are divided into eleven families, and each family has a leader. Leaders are equal in strength, but they do not agree between them in many cases, and every family is isolated from the others , on the other hand, all families are under the rule of Dragon King the black dragon Darken, Families take turns guarding the gate every 100 years. A leader of one of the families is sent to guard each time. There are only two ways to bring dragons to war. The first is to convince eight family leaders, and the second way is to convince Darken, which is almost impossible. Darken only cares about strength and gains."

Ahmet sat down and then said, "It seems that you did not understand me. I am not asking for help. I am offering you an opportunity to take revenge. As for your coming or not, I do not care. I am here to search for information related to my enemy."

The rock dragon laughed loudly and said, "Well, I liked you, boy. Looks like I'm going to follow you to have my revenge, and also to see where fate will drag you."

The rest woke up and the crew headed towards the teleportation circle, led by the rock dragon Dave, who gifted Ahmet the symbol of the Earth's Dragon family, which proves his recognition of him, and likewise the map of the island.

Ahmet took advantage of the time used to arrive to the cercle and drew all the inscriptions and the writings in his private note.