Peacock Flamebird

The next instant, the Dream beast felt a strong tinge in his rod.

"Moooo!" The black bovine bellowed ecstatically.

On hearing the bellowing, Zheng turned to the beast and cursed,

"F*king Cow!"

The Dream released his juice and freed itself from the cow. Its eyes were so crazed with streams of pleasure that it staggered as it walked away.

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Location: the Dream bison's island.

Meanwhile, Emperor Gerald was chilling in a hammock hanging between two palm trees. The hammock was made out of leather. He was sipping a self-made juice from a coconut cup. He took a deep sip and happily said,

"Ah, it feels good to be away from the chaos and silly debates."

He frowned upon recalling one of the silly debates he witnessed. With the frown, he said in a mocking voice,

"My lord, I suggest that four bridges be built beside the existing bridge."

"Which leads to a vastly spaced street? On a two-way street?" The emperor said this with his normal voice. "Humans are dumb; building four more bridges leading into a one-way street that has traffic issues will lead to chaos."

"How in the world did that Mr. Redbun get to be a senator of planning for Stobzhan City?"

He inhaled and exhaled slowly. He readjusted to get more comfort.

Suddenly, Emperor Gerald picked up a signal. The signal felt like a sound wave that regular humans couldn't pick up, but he could. However, his brain deduced that the signal was summoning him to a place. He sat up, waiting for the signal to return to be sure it wasn't his mind playing tricks. He didn't trust that he heard the signal. The signal didn't return, and Emperor Gerald relaxed back on his hammock.

He lamented with a calm voice, "Freaking stress is messing with my mind. I should really consider getting a prime minister to run my empire."

"It's just that my kind can't be trusted with lucrative responsibilities."

The Emperor sighed, shaking his head.

The signal returned, and the emperor sat up. This time, the signal persisted. He traced the direction of the signal coming from the direction of Mainland Camelot. He sensed the aura of a mystical beast within the signal, which was strange. The mythical beast was heading to the eastern wall of Mainland Camelot.

The Emperor was confused about what was emitting the signals. He was very sure that the signal was not from the mythical beast heading to Mainland Camelot. But he was thankful that he received a warning about an incoming threat. He jumped down from the hammock and darted away, transforming into the Red dragon. The fiery beast soared into the sky.

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Location: Eastern part of Mainland Camelot.

Brave City and the City of Flames were the two cities behind the eastern wall. The mystical beast headed for the wall was a dragon called the Peacock Flamebird. It had the body of a western dragon but the tails of a peacock, which were humongous to match its body's size.

On the wallwalks of the eastern walls, the soldiers stationed here were nervous but they held their nerves as they braced to face the incoming threat.

"Shoot the warning smokes! A mystical beast is approaching!" One of the few senior-ranked soldiers yelled.

Three soldiers got a cannon, loaded it with the smoke agent, and pointed the cannon's nozzle at the sky. The cannon was ignited, and soon it fired a red ball towards the sky, which left a thick trail of red smoke. At a great height, the red ball exploded into a conspicuous cloud of red smoke.

The citizens of the two close cities recognized what the cloud of smoke implied. Hence, chaos broke out among the citizens of Brave City and the City of Flames. Everyone was running to secure their important people or belongings, not caring about whom they would hurt in their selfish, mindless efforts. Soldiers were deployed into both cities to control and suppress the chaos.

The Peacock Flamebird was airborne and could be seen by the soldiers stationed on the wall.

The most senior-ranked soldier on the wall ordered, "Someone identify that heaven-forsaken beast."

Five soldiers, each of them producing a big documentation book, browsed through it. One of them found it and said ecstatically,

"I found it. I found it."

The top-ranked senior soldier barked, "Spill it out, you imbecile, and you better be sure you are correct. If not, hold your shit."

The former soldier replied, "Sir, the beast is a Peacock Flamebird. It is a dragon!"

The revelation struck a grim chord within the top-ranked soldier. He lamented in a low voice,

"Dear heavens, we are done for."

Down at the cities behind the wall, the soldiers had successfully controlled the chaos. They were currently evacuating the citizens to a safe zone.

Information had reached other cities that were immediately after City of Flames and Brave City that there was an incoming mystical beast. Evacuation in these cities had begun.

Lieutenant Mark was the soldier in charge of the evacuation in Brave City.

Lieutenant Mark asked his assistant, "How much time do we have till the beast arrives?"

His assistant was a lady with a slim, athletic build. Her name was Martha. Just like the lieutenant, she was dressed in an indigo jacket over a white long-sleeved shirt and indigo trousers.

Martha replied, "I will make inquiries."

She had a quiver of arrows hanging over her back. She pulled out a piece of paper, followed by a pen, from the left side pocket of her trousers. She scribbled some text on it and wrapped it around an arrow with an adhesive substance from her trouser pocket.

Martha unbuckled the crossbow from her hip belt. She used the crossbow to fire the arrow to the top of the border wall.

"Message from below!" A soldier yelled after Martha's arrow landed inside the wallwalk.

The arrow was passed to one of the few senior-ranked officers. The officer recognised the message was from Lieutenant Mark.

The latter soldier asked, "Who knows the estimated time of arrival of the demon?"

A quick reply followed: "Two minutes."

The information was passed down to Lieutenant Mark via a piece of paper with an arrow.