"So, what's up with you, tough guy? Why do you have the same signature of Sai's energy?"
Katara spoke directly at Braudain
"His name is Braudain, a war general of Sai's world, Saykrandae"
"Mhm, Braudain... Is that two beautiful ladies right there also came from Saykrandae?"
"Yes, they did"
"Why are they here? Are they visiting, taking a vacation, or something?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
The residents of Saykrandae and Sai were silent. Katara hasn't heard of the news yet since it just happened six months ago. Plus Katara was busy roaming the universe, trying to study and find records about time travel
"Saykrandae was destroyed by a Demon Lord"
"..."
Katara was speechless as she narrowed her eyes at Sai
"We'll talk about that later. You're grounded, Sai! This Braudain guy is more important and mysterious"
"..."
Braudain kept quiet and kept glancing at Philip for his decision if he should tell Katara
Meanwhile, Philip is also weighing the option, consequences, and advantages of telling Katara and Sai Braudain's identity
"Katara..."
"Yeah?"
"Can we meet at your plane for a second?"
*Doom*
Both Katara and Philip blinked and they immediately transferred to Katara's [Plane of Malediction]. Only both of them transferred and no one else
"Haaah...!"
Philip took a very deep breath after the influence of the [Plane of Malediction] overwhelmed him
He looked around and the [Plane of Malediction] is different from what he can remember
The rotten arms that he cut previously has regrown and became bigger. Hands cover the entire arms and wrap around the bones and flesh. The platform also became bigger and more powerful
"I see that you have unlocked the potential of your platform, huh?"
The platform is different from before. Previously, it has magic circles drawn on the platform, but Katara took advantage of the cracks that Philip created from the past
The inscriptions on the platform is like a spider web within a spider web. There are still magic circles with the sections, but it looks like it was split apart and shifted transformly
Philip's eyes widened the more he looked at the markings and inscriptions. Even the embeddings have arrays and markings within them and Philip was impressed
"This is amazing!"
"Of course! Thanks to you for smashing it hundred of years ago"
"Yeah, impressive that you managed to search for the secrets. There's no such thing as coincidences and everything has meaning"
"Yeah, I learned that the hard way... So, why do you want us to meet here?"
"Sumpaka!"
"Hey! You can't call her like that, only I could call her"
*Fwoosh*
[Why have you called me, Philip?]
"Huh? Since when do you answer anyone else's call?"
[He's the Fate Controller, of course I have to answer]
"Huh?"
Katara looked at Sumpaka with extreme confusion
[So, what is it that you wanted?]
"..."
Philip gazed at Katara. He then gazed back at Sumpaka and didn't care that Katara is around
"What are your thoughts on Braudain?"
[Krrrrr...]
Sumpaka lifted her head up eye and his eyes glowed maroon. She is looking through Katara's eyes in the real world towards Braudain
[Hm?!! This can't be! How?!!!]
Sumpaka exclaimed loudly and threw a commotion in the [Plane of Malediction]
"Huh? What's happening?"
Katara asked
[Who is he?! What is he?!]
"Direct descendant... Draconic Dracotaur"
[I-impossible!!]
"Where is Saykeraborne right now?!!"
"Lost... Missing. Remember the Divine Council that I told earlier? They did that"
[WHAT?!?!?!!!]
Sumpaka screamed and shook the [Plane of Malediction]. Katara covered her ears as the platform shook violently
"How about this?"
Philip closed his eyes and the [Disaster Crest] shone on his head
[---!!!]
Sumpaka was speechless as she took a few steps back
"..."
Katara just watched Sumpaka and looked at Philip's forehead in interest. Seems like Katara doesn't have an idea of the [Disaster Crest]
"I'm working on bringing Saykeraborne back to Sai..."
[But how do you have a Dragon Crest on you?]
"What do you mean?"
[A Dragon Crest can only be given upon death! Did you kill Saykeraborne?!!]
"He let me kill him in an alternate timeline. It is when Sai lost control of manifesting her Plane of Existence and destroyed half of the universe. The universe in that timeline was warped beyond existence... It was a dystopian universe"
[He let you kill him?! But it's impossible for a mortal to kill a Universal Dragon, a Draconic Echelon at that!]
"It's possible for my power... Besides, have you heard earlier of my Weapon Duality Mastery?"
[I don't think that was enough... What timeline did you meet him?]
"Quadrillion years into the future"
[Then that makes it even more impossible!]
"I don't know what to tell you, but I did it... I even got his Disaster Shard"
[YOU WHAT?!!?!!]
"Do you believe me now?"
[Dragon Shards are the most sacred pieces among Universal Dragons... If you have that, then I have no choice but to respect you even more]
"Alright... I think the reason is obvious as to why I want to bring back Saykeraborne for Sai, right?"
[Yes, I understand]
"This Disaster Crest will also wake up the present Saykeraborne from whatever the Divine Council did to him, as future Saykeraborne told me"
[I'm looking forward to what you're able to do]
"Alright, one last thing..."
[...]
"What do you think of that pole inside Braudain's ear?"
[Inside his ear? Let me look closer...]
Sumpaka's eyes glowed maroon once again and she looked closer towards Braudain's ear with Katara's eyes
[Hm... A mythical weapon?]
"Anything else?"
[Hmmm... I'm not seeing anything more]
"Do you know anything about the Dragon King?"
[Yeah? He died ages ago, since the Dawn of Creation]
"What happened to his corpse?"
[It scattered across the universe]
"That polearm is one of his rib spine... All worlds possess a Mythical Dragon Spine and Braudain was chosen as one"
[Interesting... I didn't know that...]
"Do you know anything about the Nirvana Jade Palace?"
[Also a myth... It's a place where supreme gods are born]
"Hm, I see... Have you met or heard of the Buddha? Or Tathagata or Gautama Buddha?"
[A human god who has achieved enlightenment and ascended to the higher realms, yes. He was talked about in the Heavenly Realm]
"What about the Monkey King, Sun Wukong?"
[A monster. An enemy of all gods and divine beings. A taboo and a disgrace to the divine... But he's incredibly powerful that us Universal Dragons needed to take him down]
"I see... That's it for me. Thank you for the talk"
[Alright, see you next time]
"By the way... Do you think I should tell everyone, including Katara and Sai, about Saykeraborne?"
[I don't think you should, but talking about the Mythical Dragon Spine should be okay]
"Alright, can you tell that to Katara?"
[Hey, Sai!]
"Yes Sumpaka?"
[Do not ask anything anymore about Braudain, okay?]
"Sure, so what is he?"
*Smack*
[I just said don't ask anymore]
Katara was smacked on the ground
[Alright, let me return both of you back]
*Doom*
Philip and Katara returned back in the Dining Hall. Time resumed after five seconds before they went to the [Plane of Malediction]
"So, what is Braudain?"
Sai asked once again
"It's just his polearm... It is called a Mythical Dragon Spine"
"Mythical Dragon Spine?"
"Do you guys know Journey to the West? Sun Wukong's pole? It's the same thing"
"Oooooh!"
"...!"
"..."
Everyone became interested and excited. Everyone knew the story of the Journey to the West and the story of the Monkey King
"What is that?"
Sai asked and Ken also seemed interested
"Mythical Dragon Spine is what it is... The dragon rib spine of the Dragon King--"
Philip explained everything about Mythical Dragon Spine and the Nirvana Jade Palace
"All worlds apparently have one Mythical Dragon Spine in them and if all spines are collected, one could build the Nirvana Jade Palace... I don't know what the Nirvana Jade Palace do or mean, but it's apparently a very sacred place"
"So, Braudain's spine belonged to my world? What about this world?"
"It depends... It's either already taken or it's still around being dormant and untouched"
"Can we scavenge hunt for it someday and obtain it ourselves?"
"We could... But it feels like someone is already about to obtain it"
"Huh?! Really?? Who is it?"
"I don't know... Just a hunch"
Philip looked at the sky in a distance longingly, like he's reminiscing about a special someone
"Do you plan on collecting all Mythical Dragon Spines across the universe?"
Katara asked
"Probably? I'm very interested in the Nirvana Jade Palace, but I don't I'll be able to collect all pillars considering the number of worlds in the universe, right?"
"Yeah, in my own knowledge, there are at least more than a million worlds that have civilizations in them... If what you say about Mythical Dragon Spines existing in worlds that has life"
Sai confirmed to Philip since she's a World Goddess. This much information is basic knowledge to all World Deities
"Maybe someday... But that is at the bottom of my plans for now at least"
"I see I see..."
"So, that's what I'm sensing from Braudain?"
Sai asked genuinely
"Pretty much!"
Philip lied
"..."
Meanwhile, Chibi Sai has her head turned at Philip while gazing at him with innocent eyes and genuine smile
"..."
Philip smiled back at her
"Now that that's out of the way... I'm going to address another elephant in the room..."
Katara's eyebrows curled down as anger, curiosity, and disappointment is apparent on her face
"Sai and... Alucard? What are your relationship with each other?!!"
'Ah...'
Philip couldn't help but smile internally after imagining Sai and Alucard's love story