[A few hours later - Dodo Nest]
In the command room, the military officers, the Matriarch, and the artificial dodo gathered again to discuss what to do for the future.
"Explain the general situation" the Matriarch ordered while staring toward the Annoying dodo.
[After the incident with the vortex, we've detected an increment of mana density in the whole sector, it is extremely small and actually, it won't influence the lifeforms that inhabit the sector, for now, but if it continues to increase at this speed, in around ten or twenty years we should be able to see some changes]
"Princess, what kind of changes are we talking about?" the Commander asked tilting his head
[Well, right now the human society is based on the weapons for managing their power, but what would happen is some people start using mana? Those common weapons would become useless, and when this happens, the situation will become quite chaotic, to add salt to the injury, they could also be invaded by other races, we don't know when the other mystical races will try to return, and most importantly, we don't know their numbers]
"Can't we kick their ass as we've done with the dragons?" the Commander asked again
[Yes, but we only succeeded because that portal allowed us to sent an attack on the other side, if they changed it into something that works as a one-way-only portal, then, we wouldn't be able to stop them.]
After a brief pause, she continued
[Besides, it isn't like we have infinite ammunition, so this would only be a temporary solution]
"Once they learn that we have so many powerful weapons they will definitely target us, right?" the dodo Matriarch asked while pointing toward a monitor on the side, filled with the names and images of all the weapons at their disposal.
[Probably, if all of them join in a temporary alliance to get rid of us, we will surely have some problems]
Silence descended into the room, probably, every dodo was thinking about how to get revenge on the lizards and then run away.
"We don't need to fight them directly, we could just teach how to fight with the mana to the humans, when it comes to numbers, no mystical race can compare with them" the dodo Matriarch seemed quite happy to make others fight her battles.
[If we help the humans a little and give them power, they will ask for more, and when we will refuse we would just end up with another enemy...
What about controlling them from the shadows, without them even noticing our presence?]
"How?" one of the officers asked instinctively
[Give me more energy and resources, I should be able to build a system to spread to all humans, after doing so we can give them all the information they will need to become stronger as a reward for fighting our enemies] the hologram replied with a cruel smirk on her face.
"You are a genius, I would have never thought about something like this, maybe from now on I should call you Smart dodo.." The Matriarch praised her
[Hm… There are a lot of novels and comics with systems invented by the humans … I just copied them] the hologram replied embarrassed
"...Annoying dodo, you know what? I am ashamed by myself for not realizing it sooner…" she mumbled after realizing her mistake.
" I should learn more about those humans, maybe I will find something useful"
The Matriarch said while searching on the internet about those systems, but after seeing the results she froze.
"Hell, they surely like this kind of things, there are thousands of novels and comics with those systems… " She said with a shocked expression
[Indeed, I think it will be easy for them to adapt to a system like this] The hologram replied with a giggle, after all, she too liked reading those novels
"That is settled then, I think it is fine for everyone, right?"
Every dodo nodded
"How much time do you need to complete all the preparations?" the dodo Matriarch asked
[At least ten years, you know, we need to strengthen our monitoring systems all over the world] the hologram answered with a smile while thinking 'Finally! More energy, it's so tasty…'
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[ Five days before - Dragon land]
A huge golden dragon at the top of a mountain watched millions of dragons gathered below him, ten meters tall, thirty meters long, and with an imposing aura around him.
He mumbled while a black dragon, with blue eyes who sat behind him, looked toward him.
" The time has come"
"Yes, father" The black dragon replied respectfully, before leaving the mountain, and leaving the king alone
The Celestial core within the dragon king released a powerful aura, silencing all dragons in the region and making his voice resonate across the whole region
"Brothers and sisters; a long time ago, our ancestors came to this land, they left our home, saving us from those demons; they left hoping that one they, we would be able to become stronger, strong enough to push back the demons and return to our home; we fought generation after generation in the Celestial plane with the other races, we never submitted to anyone; while those weaklings submitted, one after the another; we still fought, spreading our wings and flying high in the sky; fighting head-on hordes of enemies, all those hordes fell under our breaths, we gathered resources while searching for a way to return home…
And after thousands of failures… We succeeded! "
When the last word left his mouth, every dragon listening to him roared, showing their joy
" The time has come, it's time to write the history of our race and show those demons the meaning of despair! "
After shouting this last sentence he turned toward his son, a silver dragon with blue eyes, seven meters tall and twenty-one meters long.
He was in front of a closed gate, with the help of the research team behind him, they released their Celestial energy and proceeded to open the gate, the heart of every dragon beating faster and faster, in the end, the gate opened, and a portal started opening, the mana from the Earth greeted them as if to invite them to enter.
However, when the silver dragon touched the portal, a golden beam of light hit him, it passed through the silver dragon, killing him on the spot while also killing the members of the research team behind him, after a second of silence, the portal exploded, killing or injuring every dragon close to it.
Under the watch of millions of dragons, the prince died.
The king reached his son's corpse, looking at him with eyes filled with anger and pain, Even his soul had already disappeared, the king roared at the sky, the sky over the region already darkened as if affected by the wave of negative emotions coming from the dragons.
The king couldn't take it anymore and flew off, opening the gate toward the Celestial plane, that day will be the last day for every being that will see him in the Celestial plane.
Not long after he left, another dragon came over the corpse of the silver dragon, the same black dragon that talked with the king before.
"Brother…" she said with a painful expression on her face, while tears of dark energy fell from her eyes, but after looking toward the gate, her expression changed from pain into complete shock
"... How did he…?"
After calming herself a little, she spread her wings and took off toward her home while mumbling
" Wait for me"