The Ignorant Strong Man

Some of the weaker people fell to the ground, with the stronger one barely staying up. The sole people who withstood the pressure were Vatue and the Dragon.

"Hey! Why did you do that!" The Dragon thundered.

"What-ever do you mean? Why did you all storm the church and kill the main priest and a lot of the workers?" The man responded.

"Are you stupid? We escaped the church! They had us in a dungeon!" The Dragon seethed. "I have never seen the sun until today! The only memories of it I have are from my bloodline inheritance!" He roared.

"He's right! I was brought in there for no reason when I tried to sign up to be an adventurer!" Vatue added on.

"Well, why would the church do that?" The man questioned.

"We don't know! But they said we were disgusting animals!" Vatue responded.

"What... Show me where the prison is, then!" The man yelled in disbelief.

"Alright, come with us." Vatue and the Dragon said simultaneously.

The man floated down to them, and they walked back into the church, which still had shocked workers inside (Who had no idea about the dungeon), and went to the huge, now torn down the door and went inside the hallway. Some prisoners were still leaving, and some still stood in their cells, believing if they left they would be killed.

"What the... How... How could the church do this?" The man looked around in shock, as they continued down the hall. After a bit, Vatue and the Dragon showed him the dead animals in the second room, and the Dragons holding place in the third room. The man was silent with shock the entire time.

After all that, they once more left the dungeon, this time making sure EVERYONE still alive left with them, and exited the church. The man then allowed every single ex-slave to leave in peace after giving each 1 silver to live for a year without a job. A lot of the ex-slaves ended up sticking together, as they might have become friends in the dungeon as prison mates or the sort. Soon, the whole crowd had dispersed, and the man was ready to talk to Vatue and the dragon.

They wanted to go to a restaurant, but the Dragon was way too big for that. After a bit of talking, it was discovered that the Dragon could change his form, to a semi-dragon or to his full dragon state. It turns out that his natural state is full Dragon, but in semi-dragon, he looks a lot like a human and can hide his wings, tail, and horns with magic. The final thing they learned from the Dragon was that dragons have excellent magic. They are considered the 'God Of Magic' together as a species. Apparently, as a gold dragon, one of the few types of non-evil dragons, he excels in fire and sun magic and is weaker in water and moon type magic.

Of course, this system applies only to dragons and royal mages. There are very few people/species that can cast magic. Usually, humans use items to manipulate mana and use the item's skills, while magic creatures use their own skills. Therefore, magic in this world is very underdeveloped.

'Hey system, is there any way I could use magic?' Basmon asked the system.

<Yes. Due to the fact that you are a mythical tier, once you reach rank A you can use magic. Please, do not try to cast magic before reaching rank A, as it could easily backfire>

'Wonderful... But I still can't tell if that is the systems response or the voice that was fading...' Basmon thought.

After such, the Dragon went to his semi-dragon state, and they walked towards the more expensive part of the city.

"Hey Dragon, what's your name? We can't keep calling you Dragon..." Vatue asked.

"Hmm... I don't have one. Why don't you choose one for me?" The Dragon asked.

'Dad! I have no clue how to name him! Help!' Vatue immediately requested Basmon's help. Basmon, who was on Vatues back still, responded. 'Hmm... Toothless. I liked that movie when I was younger.'

'What? No. What's a movie? And toothless is a dumb name. Please help me seriously.' Vatue telepathically responded, exasperated.

'Haha... Alright, how about Jityss, The Eternal One?' Basmon suggested.

'Good Idea!!! Thank you, dad!' Vatue said, then told the Dragon.

"How about Jityss, The Eternal One?" Vatue asked.

"Hmm... I like it! It sounds powerful! Yes! I shall be Jityss, The Eternal One! But my friends can just call me Jityss!" Jityss said.

Soon, they got to a large building, made of solid Ulram wood, some of the most expensive wood, only growing in the coldest parts of the continent. They walked towards the door and met a greeter.

"Welcome! Sir Vasile! And who might these people be?" The greeter said cheerfully.

"Yes! These are my friends, Vatue and Jityss!" Vasile responded.

"Oh! Welcome! What interesting names you have!" The greeter said, inviting them inside.

They went to a table in the corner and sat down waiting for a waiter.

"Alright... Let us talk now. Could you tell me what you all know?" Vasile requested quietly.

"Yes... Alright. I was born in the back room, so I do not know much. Everything I know is from memories passed down through my bloodline. That is everything for me." Jityss whispered.

"Mhm. As for me, I went to the church to get some money, as I want some items and a skill book but was rejected for being 'A lowly monster' then captured and taken into the dungeon. Once inside, I noticed the walls lined with prisoners, all looking half dead. That is the extent to my knowledge." Vatue stated, then asked Basmon something.

'Dad... Do you mind if I tell this nice man about you?' Vatue requested.

'I guess... Sure. Just be careful no one overhears you.' Basmon said.

"Right. Then how did you escape?" Vasile asked.

"Umm... Well. My dad helped us." Vatue responded.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, my dad helped us escape. He is a sentient item, who hatched me."

"Oh? That's interesting... I have only met a sentient item once in my life..."

"Yes... And he did something to the dragon, who ended up freeing all of us." Vatue said.

"Yes... He somehow teleported into my room, and freed me." Jityss stated.

"Oh? Could he talk to us?" Vasile requested.

"I think. He is the bow on my back..." Vatue Remarked.

'Yes. I can speak, but only telepathically. Basmon telepathically responded to Vasile.

"Oh! That scared me!" Vasile joked.

'Right. Anyways, I have a skill that can let me teleport. That aside-'

"Wait! Teleportation skills are super rare! How do you have one?" Vasile asked.

'I have it naturally. Anyways, after a couple of minutes of walking, I went into the second room, where I found a lot of almost dead/dead wild animals and a huge door. I then went to the next room, with Jityss. After a bit of conversation, he instructed me on how to free him. There was some sort of ball on the table with a bunch of mana strands all tangled up, which I had to undo. Then we left. You pretty much know the rest.' Basmon responded.

"Oh... How interesting! To think you could do that! I like you! Hey Vatue, how much to buy him?" Vasile joked.

"Hello! My name is Rugil, and I will be serving you." A voice interrupted their conversation, shocking all of them.

"Oh! Yes, Yes... Right, thank you, Ms. Rugil." Vasile stuttered.

"Yep! Right, so do you all know what you would like to drink?" Ms. Rugil questioned.

"Um... Water for all of us." Vasile muttered.

Ms. Rugil then handed them some menus and left.

"Right... What should we get? I haven't ever been to a restaurant..." Vatue asked.

"Me too." Jityss added on.

"Right, I forgot. I guess I'll recommend you both Seared Void Skink, which is a seared lizard. It tastes amazing, kind of like chicken but it can even raise your mana capacity! Only works once though, sadly..." Vasile suggested.

"What! There is food that can raise your mana capacity!" Vatue and Jityss said in shock.

"Yes. It also tastes amazing! Even though I have had it before, I will be having it again." Vasile said.

"What? But then it must cost a fortune!" Jityss questioned.

"Oh, just 1 gold coin for a meal." Vasile responded.

Vatue and Jityss just looked at him in shock.

"Are you rich?" Vatue asked.

"I guess... I mean my dad's the king?" Vasile responded.

"WHAT!!! I think you need to explain your background to us!" Jityss commanded.

"Oh... It's not that interesting. My dad is the king, my mum is the queen. I am the firstborn, out of 4 boys... I have one younger sister too." Vasile said cooly.

"YOU'RE ROYALTY???" Jityss said in shock.

"Yeah? Why?" Vasile asked.

'Surely you realize that 3 silver is enough for a commoners family to survive a year, right?' Basmon finally said something.

"Really? How do they eat?" Vasile asked, seeming cocky but he genuinely did not know.

'They don't eat such good food! Wow!' Basmon exclaimed.

"Well... It's fine. I have enough money, and I heard that Vatue wanted to buy some items and skill books... So I'll give you 1 platinum coin..." Vasile announced.

'What! What's a platinum coin?!?" Basmon asked.

"Oh... I guess most people don't know about it. It is worth 100 Gold coins." Vasile said without blinking.

Everyone else just stared at him in shock, even Vatue who did not understand a lot about money yet.