CHAPTER 41: MADNESS UNDER PRESSURE

In village caverns, many of the cases people have died, in others, they are still breathing, but their bodies have suffered serious injuries.

ESTHER's aunt has passed away, the young woman has suffered severe burns and is being pulled out by a faucet, along with other people who threw it on her back.

There is much movement, of the few rescuers left in the villages, the other help headed towards the mountain of dragons.

On the other side of the sea, the harpies, manticoras and few dragons who returned to the kingdom of DWYER along with PALADIA AND TYPHOON.

They're approaching the dark castle carved into the mountain.

SHURUI and RYU have flown to the cavern where young dragons lie, the NABIH Councilman surrounded by fallen enemies.

Somewhere in the center of the cavern lies his father's body, severely wounded, bathed in his own blood.

An image that RYU can't understand, he doesn't want to believe.

His father lies on the body remains of a shattered dragon.

The wounds so deep that his father received, along with his bleeding, that it cost him his life.

There are still traces of magic on DRAKO's deathbed.

The area shines in the king's blood, with a slight silvery flash.

Which is disappearing soon after.

The tremor throughout the land of the council kingdom has stopped.

RYU looks at his father.

SHURUI approaches the ancient king, the young messenger swells in a sign of respect.

RYU doesn't know what to say or do, it's a very hard hit.

Behind him, he hears a familiar voice... it's DRAKE's voice.

Brother asks RYU: do you like what you see?

RYU flips out of place.

He sees the hard face of his brother, who is squeezing his jaw in anger.

The state of the firstborn is unfortunate, it comes bandaged from the torso, and head, has lost an eye.

It comes recharged aided by another dragon's shoulder.

He yells at her again: are you happy now?

His voice breaks: Where?... Where were you?

RYU looks at his brother who yells at him in despair.

RYU babbling... NARVAL AND FAE.

DRAKE: I know, of course I know... I know DRAKE cries heartbroken.

RYU's first reaction is to want to approach DRAKE, the dragon that helped his brother stops him with an ademan.

This is not the time, if he gets close, DRAKE will hurt him.

Drake's hatred and rancour, which he charges, is very great, has not diminished a bit, on the contrary, has increased with the loss of his father.

The friend helps DRAKE approach his father, being with him, helps him kneel next to DRAKO's body.

DRAKE hugs his father, cries like a child.

SHURUI thinks it's not healthy to keep things for so long, as it becomes unhealthy darkness.

That's why YONGHÉNG declared RYU king.

But will he be ready for the catastrophe that's coming over him?

He himself is not ready to be the councillor of this young king.

DRAKE yells at RYU to leave the cavern, claims he doesn't deserve to be there.

He probably went looking for the human girl.

RYU remembers that they have not found TYPHOON.

Ask SHURUI for help finding her.

DRAKE slows down his career by warning him that they took TYPHOON and PALADIA.

They were sighted with them.

All you have to do is recover and go rescue them... if DWYER plans to leave them alive.

RYU feels unarmed.

In fact, it is stupid that YONGHÉNG has made him king if he abandoned everything by going in search of his beloved PANDORA.

If I'd been there, maybe something was different... No... he doesn't really want to fool himself... remembers his father's words: instead of helping his brothers, did he go to save the girl from the new world?

Remember also when his father gave him that news... the moment King DRAKO gets his words stuck, he finally tells RYU that they found her mother, her young children, and councillors KIRIN and PYUA, who helped her out, all of them dead.

They were crushed by the roof of the cavern.

The king loves to see his son so emotionally affected, he gets a little closer, even his son, in a serious tone, tells his son that, he would not have existed.

There's no point in continuing to go around the matter and think about what happened and what would have happened if I'd done something different.

Besides, nothing guarantees that anything would have changed, or maybe he would have perished, too.

The duty of the protectors is to help the weakest.

He did his duty.

Now you'll have to take care of the life you saved.

Guilt invades RYU.

He was not defending anyone but him, rather, in his desire to see PANDORA, regardless of whether he had been forbidden.

He does not deserve to be king, he is not worthy of such a symbol.

RYU swells up in front of his brother.

He begs you to be the king to lead you.

DRAKE, run it from there.

He yells at him how stupid he is, he's still a stupid kid.

King... hahaha.

King of what RYU?

King of the dead? Hahaha

King of what?

DRAKE is carked with sound echoes that turn into wails and cries of pain and hatred.

SHURUI takes RYU out of the cave.

The important thing now is to help others.

DRAKE in a short voice says to his father: I never wanted to be king, father... I just wanted to remain your son... young DRAKE poses his face on his father's body.

His dragon friend stays with him.

As soon as they leave, they are informed by the leaders, who are present from the new chimneys of the large area.

Also of the dangers in various parts that will surely be all over the kingdom.

They have gathered all the bodies of the dead in a single immense cavern, it has been filled, many are still to be collected, they will use an adjoining one to form their cemetery.

Enemies have been taken off the mountain, throwing them into a ravine.

END OF CHAPTER 41