Journey To The Nix River (Part 1)

While Jay was sitting down near a tree and listening to the Chicken Lord speak, Heda and Nuggets went to the teleportation tower of the academy.

--- Golden Moon Academy, Teleportation Tower ---

The moment Heda and Nuggets arrived at the teleportation tower, Prince Frederick and Jill were talking to each other happily.

"Umm, excuse me, is this a bad time?" Heda asked politely since she thought that these two people in front of her are what humans call 'lovers.'

"(I'm guessing that this two are a part of Jay's guild based on the emblem pinned on the little girl's chest.) Not really. I was actually waiting for the both of you. Let's go." Prince Frederick said as he gestured Heda to follow him towards the teleportation gate.

"Mister, may I ask, who are you exactly?" Heda asked since she never saw the prince before and he is behaving as if both of them were really good friends.

"Oh? You don't know who I am? " Prince Frederick was surprised to know that someone actually does not know him. So he introduced himself to Heda.

After prince Frederick introduced himself, Heda was surprised to learn that the prince was actually waiting for them so she did not waste any time and just stepped onto the teleportation gate while Nuggets was perching on her shoulder.

"My prince, are you leaving already?" Jill asked while pouting, as if she did not want the prince to leave her alone.

"Don't worry, I'll be back in 10 minutes. I just need to do something really quick..." Prince Frederick said as he also stepped into the teleportation gate.

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--- Golden Fortress, Throne Room ---

"Little lady, I just wanted to tell you that I've already dispatched around 50 Builders and 5 of my black knights towards the Nix River. They left this early morning and should reach the place two days from now. As for the construction materials, it is all within this storage ring." Prince Frederick said as he handed over a bronze colored ring to Heda.

Heda immediately checked the contents of the storage ring and was shocked with what she saw. Hundreds and thousands of construction materials filled up the storage ring. Different kinds of wood, stone, minerals, and even magicka crystals.

"Umm... I don't know how our guild can pay for this... umm..." Heda said since she was not sure if Jay payed for all of this already or not.

"Hahaha! Don't worry. This is just a small request Jay asked. You may leave now and go on your business." Prince Frederick said happily as he suddenly jumped off a window and flew through the skies, rushing to get back to the floating island, forgetting the fact that he can use the teleportation gate.

"Okay then... Let's go Nuggets." Heda said while she kept on thinking a lot of things and left the castle.

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After a few minutes of walking, Heda reached the front gates of the city and she saw two people standing really far away from the gates as if they were criminals that were to be killed on sight. They were even hiding behind some large sized rocks. She only saw them through her 'Monster Vision', a passive skill she had due to her originally being a monster. She recognized Lydia immediately since she already saw her back at Ulruk village, but she was wondering who the other guy was.

The unknown guy was wearing a rusty set of iron armor. He had a neat haircut and black hair.

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"Jay only sent one person? And his pet chicken?" Lydia frowned as she thought Jay did not plan things well since he only sent Heda and Nuggets.

As for Philson, he just stood beside her, like a statue, waiting. The moment Heda approached them, Lydia immediately asked, "Hey, where's the rest of the group? Don't tell me you are the only one who is going?"

Heda nodded her head and told Lydia about what Prince Frederick told her earlier.

"Alright then. So the only one I have to carry is both of you right?" Lydia asked while having thoughts that Jay was getting more and more mysterious every moment that passes.

"Nope. You just have to carry that guy. I believe his name is Philson right? As for Nuggets, she can choose who she wants to ride on." Heda said casually as she suddenly let Nuggets jump off her shoulder and transformed into her original form.

A floating eyeball with two gigantic wings and four tentacle-like tails.

"Interesting." Lydia said softly as she suddenly started turning back into her dragon form.

She was as tall as Greengarden's walls. She had silver colored scales, her tail were covered with bony spikes, her eyes had a bluish color to it, and thin strands of magicka that was violet in color flowed covered her entire body.

When Philson saw Lydia and Heda transforming, he almost collapsed from shock and thought, "What?! A dragon and a demonic beast? But how?"

While having a lot of thoughts on his mind, Lydia's voice sounded through his head.

"Get on already."

Knowing that it was his choice to join Jay's guild, he decided not to hesitate any further and climbed onto Lydia's back. As for Nuggets, she also jumped onto Lydia's back since she did not know how she was supposed to mount onto Heda, with all her slimy tentacles and large eyeball.

ROARRRR~~~

After roaring, Lydia went into flight and immediately went towards the directions Jay gave her from before. Heda also followed behind her.

Both of them were too fast in their flight that none of the knights guarding Greengarden's walls noticed both of them. As for the roar, they thought it was just a random monster on the nearby forest.

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