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Chapter 537 - Arc 11.137: Dark Night Dragon part 2

-9 years later-

Location: Dragon King of Destruction's Temple, Bushyasta; Classroom

Φ In the very front of a classroom, a pale, thin Dragon with two great horns attached to both sides of its head that move upwards, holds its finger covered in blood and writes on a translucent board, as it says, "The Dragon Continent of Avesta is mainly split into four different nations administratively, even though we are all interconnected. The reason for this is the unification of all the different dragonic tribes that once existed individually under their respective Dragon King. While each tribe is unique, we roughly split them up into four groups.

The Shahāneh or the Royal Horns, who fall under the Dragon King of Truth, the Kshathra or Great horns, who fall under the Dragon King of Destruction, the Ike or Fierce horns, who fall under the Dragon King of War, and finally the Ekāgra or Focused horns, who fall under the Dragon King of Enlightenment. While there is some variation in the horns, you can essentially tell where a person is from based on this. Remember this Zaza, because you're royalt-." Turning her head, the Dragon looks into the class where she sees one chair stick out, and moving her head towards one of the window she sees it's wide open.

Rushing towards the window, she says, "No way, no way, no way, no way, no way, no way!"

As she arrives, she pokes her head outside of it were her eyes are greated to the sight of Dragon living on Mount Hara, a giant mountain that encompasses more space than all of Blestemate that rises up till it pierces the sky, across each level the Dragons live edged into the very body of it without any interruption, and at the very top were the Dragon's classroom rests, she look out searching for her missing student, but as her eyes come up empty, she grabs the window sill as she trembles and says, "ZAHHAK WERE DID YOU GO!!!!!"

-Break-

Location: 5th city of Mount Hara; Akəm-manah

Φ Through the city, Dragons of all types, though mainly those of lighter complexions, with great horns at the sides of their heads, walk around through the streets of the city.

Akəm-manah is deeply ingrained into the body of Mount Hara, being the furthest inside of any other point, and throughout every edge of the city are drawings, paintings, sculptures and all forms of art the mind could possibly entertain. Musicians sing, performers dance, as instruments roar at an intensity incapable of being captured fully by human ears, a chaotic mess that would overload a human's capacity for sensation, yet for each Dragon within the area, it is nothing more than a normal day, in which they all try to work towards their goals. Yet some wish to ruin that.

In front of a lone dancer, a group of men accost her, and say while surrounding her, "You're utterly mesmorising you know that."

Turning her face to avoid eye contact, the woman, well-dressed from head to toe with the only parts of her body showing being scales that can be seen through personal slits in her clothes, says, "I thank you for that, but I must be going. I need to practise for my performance."

"Aww, just ignore that, can't you train any other day?" one of the men says as they all move closer. The man closest to her points behind himself were a giant two-legged lizard with wings across its side stands. "My wyvern has gotten strong enough that I am permitted to fly around Hara legally, not many can do that nowadays. I can take you for a spin."

Moving back, the woman tries to make eyes with the people walking past, but they try to avoid eye contact as they scurry past her, so she looks down while trying to keep her hands close and says, "I really can't, the princes 10th birthday is soon to arrive, many will be putting on performances and if I don't try me and my troupe will be another group in a flood of dancers. We travelled all the way from our villages in the 1st realm to get here, so we need to try our best."

"Oh, a village girl, from the 1st realm? We never see your kind up here on the 5th floor of the 7th realm. That only means you should come with us so we can show you a good time, and fully take in the beauty of Mount Hara. Besides, it's not like country mice like you will ever do good in the face of the elites from all the other realms, as well as across the other Dragon Kings nations. It's best to just give up and make some memori-."

A slap from her hand rings across the man's face, and with her eyes locked on his, she says, "We practised our dancing every day since we were children for over 300 years, that might be a blip in the eyes of some of you, but for us, that's our entire existence. You can act like you're a stronger, better, and smarter than me all you want, you pest, but don't you dare talk down about all of the days of hard word me and my friends put into this, you lizard."

Anger reaches the man's face, and he quickly grabs her arm, then says, "I was being nice before, but if that's how you're going to be, I am just going take you."

Struggling to break his grip, she says, "L-let go of me."

"Not a chance. Now let's see your 1st realm trash find you all throughout Mount Hara days before a giant celebration."

She screams, yet the men continue to thug against her until a voice says, "LET HER GO YOU SCOUNDRALS!"

The faces of all the men turn up wards the rooftops of one of the buildings were a dark-skinned young boy dressed in black and red with a golden sash across his body, crosses his arms as a Dragonic Rabbit jumps across his two Royal horns.

With a face full of confidence and innocence, he shouts, "WHAT KIND OF MEN ACCOST A WOMAN WHEN SHE WANTS TO BE LEFT ALONE! SHAME ON YOU!"

The man, grabbing the woman, sighs and says, "I don't know what hole you jumped out of, but you're a long way from your homeland, you Shahāneh. Don't try to interfere with our customs here."

As the man blinks, the boy disappears, and moments later, he feels his grip holding nothing, then, turning his head, he sees the young boy holding the woman's hands. "Young lady, I apologise that this unwashed, unmarried headend tried to sully you today. I would have you know The Dragon King of Destruction doesn't tolerate this behaviour, she is a very nice lady."

"Hey brat, who says you could touch what is mine!" the man says as he reaches violently towards both of them, but the child's massive tail swipes, and the man flies, causing a crater in the wall.

Turning to him, the boy says, "I am entertaining a beautiful lady, please keep your hands to yourself as I do so."

The rest of the Dragons around the man jump backwards, and soon all of their tails extend massively, with their lengths extending till they encompass all of their heights as they tense their muscles and growl at him.

Grabbing his rabbit, the young boy places it on the woman and says, "Please hold Jamshid, he kind of gets a bit rowdy in an uncontrollable way when I start a fight."

The boy turns, and the woman grabs him by the arm and says, "Please don't fight. You're just a boy, run. I can handle this by myself."

His eyes meet her, and as they do, he swoons and falls on his back, holding his heart, as he says, "Even though she is too weak to defend herself, she still thinks about protecting me. I am going to court this woman, and protect her as my sole and lone wife every day for the next hundred millennia!!!!!"

The Dragons rush at him, swing their large tails in the narrow passage, and the boy says, "Though first I need to return her honour to her."

In a moment, all of the adults' tails recoil away as the young boy's tail grows and splits into three, each of which is stronger and longer than any of the men.

He lunges out of the tiny alley, then stands in between and punches one of the men in the face, smashing them into the ground. Using the force of his punch, he jumps up into the air and then swings three of his tails around and smashes them into another three of the men, crushing them down.

Then, as he lands, he turns around to the two remaining men and says, "Now do you want to leave or do you want to continue this little game of ours?"

Anger fills both of their bodies, and they quickly bite their lips and jump backwards as they say, "Dragon blood battle arts; Blaze!"

And soon fire fills both of their mouth and two large breaths of flames rush toward the young boy, who bites his lip and says, "Dragon blood battle arts; Blaze!" then from his mouth, a gigantic flame roars forward, completely eclipsing both of them men and bathing them in flames that rage forward.

As the flames still cover the area in front of him, he moves back over to where the woman is and, grabbing her hands, his get's on one knee and says, "I promise now and forever more, I will love and take care of you as my one and only wife until this existence of mine comes to an end."

Still enraptured by the amazing power within the little boy, the woman's eyes look forward in confusion before she says, "Wait, what. Sorry, but that would be a no. I happen to be engaged."

He collapses on the ground as his sadness overtakes his body, and tears fill his eyes completely. "I see, that's understandable. A loyal woman is a great blessing to any man who has her. I should get over this, as heartbreak is just natural. Yet WHY, WHY DOES MY HEART ACHE SO BAD!"

The rabbit lets out a sigh, then jumps on the boy, slapping his face over and over again in pure annoyance, until the boy sits up and says, "You're right, Jamshid, I can't go around crying about this when I should be celebrating this woman's great news."

Jumping up with joy, the boy says, "I hope your marriage is great, lovely and wonderful!"

Smiling, she says, "Thank you very much, but are you sure you should be spending time on me, given the screams out there?"

Breaking out of his own thoughts, the boy hears the parade of screams in the streets, and runs out with the woman where they see a giant blazing gash carved right through the city that has annihilated all that stood in his path.

The boy's face fills with sweat as the reality of the situation falls upon him, and the woman beside him gives him a kiss on the cheek, then says, "I am sure you'll figure this out," before heading off.

The young boy puts his hands over his heart and stares at her as she walks away. "Jamshid, I think I am fine just being her secret boyfriend."

Jamshid begins to hit him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground in pain as he shouts, "I know, I know it's wrong, I can't stop loving her!!!"

"What the hell is going on here?"

Jamshid's attacks stop, and turning his head, the young boy sees a man wearing all black armour, and with sweat gushing from his face, he says, "Mister Hunting Dragon, you're looking rather great today."

The Dragon with a sphere in hand looks at all of the destruction, then down at the boy, and shouts, "ZAHHAK!!!!!!!"

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