"So you're saying it's true? Kinona, your son!" Kagura said then stood up, alerting the maids.
"Kagura, shhhhhHHHHHH!! If my husband is alerted to Ashen's secret, our miracle is gone..! I need this...you need this, we all know he's going to kill Ericus.." Kinona said.
Kagura sat back in her seat then looked at the roof. "How should we prepare if things go south? After all, he hasn't had it for long."
"He's a Dragon. He has Hyper Evolution. He's a prodigy! He's the Dragon of Miracles! He's MY son! Things will never go south. He might not have Primal Potential like Ishia does, he might not even be the reincarnation of an Ancient Dragon, but I know with his potential he can become something more. He is the reincarnation of the First Ryujinkami. His Legendary Potential will not fail him. He's been training since he was a little serpent. Nothing ever goes south for him. He has never known true defeat." Kinona said.
Kagura looked at Kinona then gently held her hand. "Hearing how much faith you have in Ashen...I have no choice but to believe you."
Kinona looked at Kagura and her dragon tail swayed a bit. She smiled and nodded. "We have to trust in Ashen and Pandora..~"
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"Lord Ashen?" The tiny dragon approached Ashen. "Divine Dragon and Devil, I have a request."
Ragnarok made his presence known and it frightened a few of the dragons. "What is your request, Little Dragonling?"
"Allow me to join your army!" She said then bowed down.
Ashen looked down at the little dragon then reached his hand out from his dark cloak and held it over her head. "Mati...are you sure you want to join me and my army for Realm Domination..?"
'Realm Domination..?' Soca thought to himself. 'I thought he was just stopping at our universe. Maybe even two or three..! Just what is he planning..?'
Mati nodded and her cute pink eyes glowed a bit. "My Dragon Spells can prove to be effective in battle for all allies and deadly for all foolish mongrels who stand in our way!"
"Foolish? Mongrels..? Where the hell did she learn to speak like that from?" Mati's mom asked.
Pandora looked at Ashen then gave an awkward smile. Harold shook his head and cleared his throat. Hime giggled and a bead of sweat rolled down her cheek. Cipi placed a hand on her hip with a disapproving face at Ashen.
"Why am I not surprised all the eyes shoot at you, Brother?" Ishia asked and sighed.
"Why do you all look at me and ignore the fact Ragnarok is literally next to me?" Ashen asked.
"Because I don't waste my time speaking to mortals I could give two shits about." Ragnarok said.
"Wow, thanks demon guy." Silas said.
"Harsh..." Cecilia said.
"Don't worry, he's never spoken to me either." Harold said with a cold face.
Ashen sighed then looked at Mati. "Anyway, Sage Mati...you will be with Ishia's group which contains Silas and Cecilia."
"To add onto the group business, me and Ashen are the King and Queen. We have our own separate tiers. The "Retainers" as we call it has Ionara, The War Chimera, Sora, The Anima Oracle, Harold, The Willbreaker, and Hime, The Sacred Oracle! The Guardians have Cipi and Soca, temporarily." Pandora said.
Ashen pointed at Mati's father. "You are the leader of this endangered tribe. Keep this village safe. The Dragon Stream be with you.."
The village waved everyone off and wished then well. Pandora happily waved goodbye back to the dragons and blew them kisses goodbye.
"Mei." Ashen said.
"Sorry. I'm just gonna miss them. They just feel like family now!" Pandora said and playfully bumped into Ashen.
Ashen smiled and looked ahead. "I wish I'll have the same reaction to some of your people."
"I'm sure you'll love some of them." Pandora smiled.
Mati walked next to Silas and slightly blushed. She used her dragon tail to get his attention.
Silas looked at Mati and smiled at her. "Mati right?"
"Y-Yeah...Looks like we'll be working together. I hope I'll be as useful as you all are to Lord Ashen.." Mati said shyly, hugging her dragon staff.
Ishia gave Mati a deadly side eye. 'Why is she acting brand new around Silas. Just a second ago...we were just talking to each other just fine. She was not acting like this.'
"Geez can you exert any more deadly aura my way? I almost feel freaking safe over here!" Cecilia said then cast a light barrier around herself.
Mati looked over at Ishia then gave a sly smirk. Ishia rose her eyebrow near to the top of her forehead. That's how surprised she was.
'Ooohh...so she's got the hots for Silas huh? Well I saw and connected with him first! You're gonna have to try harder than that to win him!' Ishia thought to herself.
Hime bonked Ishia's head softly with her staff. "Keep it under control missy. Your deadly aura is suffocating."
Ishia grunted and held her head then the deadly aura disappeared. "Sorry, I was just thinking of all the people I could kill with my bare hands."
"And that's the spirit we will be needing because Xavier's been expecting us." Ashen said as he stood on the top of the hill. He noticed a knight in white armor guarding the Dragon Totem. "Oh...blocking the totem. How cute.."
Soca looked around at the battlefield. "We have some Elite Units, a few Grand Units here and there, and one Legend Unit. The Legend Unit is a retainer of Xavier. His name is Reinhein. A powerhouse specializing in pure strength and defense."
"There is a dragon's presence here as well." Cipi said. "Their energy feels like Long's...no...it feels like Zyre's."
"An ally of Zyre. Long's death has been reported. We now have an entire faction of the dragon race against us." Harold said.
Ashen chuckled then laughed. He transformed into his Monster Form then looked down at Xavier's Forces. "That makes this bloodbath all the more greater...killing every last member of my stepfather's faction is very much...enjoyable..."
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"Commander Long is dead. A few scouters found his body...mutilated. Nothing but dried flesh, scales, and bones. He's been absorbed." A knight reported to Zyre.
"I know who did it, and I want you to hunt that fucking dragon down and bring me his head." Zyre said.
"But My Lord...Prince Ashen is a monster. We can't beat him. Look what he did to Commander Long!" The Knight said worriedly.
Zyre stood up slowly and gave the knight a death stare. His draconic aura filled the throne room. "You dare to combat my orders especially when I'm in this mood..? I will not repeat myself. I don't give a shit if he's a Monster, an alien, or whatever! You will kill him and bring me his head...Do I make myself clear..?"
"Y-Yes sir..!" The Knight said then ran off.
Zyre slammed his fist against the dragon statue then his eyes glowed brightly. "Kinona...you have some explaining to do.."
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"We're taking some heavy dama-" The knight started.
Ionara gripped the neck of the knight then snapped it. She smirked then threw him aside and ran ahead to the wave of soldiers. "Master Ashen!"
Ashen landed on the ground and looked at the wave of soldiers. He chuckled and crossed his arm. "Ionara."
Ionara stood beside Ashen then twirled her axe. "Shall we?"
Ashen stood in his spot and his eyes began to glow. "After you."
Ionara roared then dashed toward the wave of soldiers. The soldiers charged toward Ionara and the battle begun. Ionara hacked and slashed through the waves then began to kill off the soldiers one by one. Ashen teleported next to Ionara then began to spam Lightspeed Blitz at the soldiers.
Ashen dodged one of the Elite Knight's attack then trapped the soldier using his shadow. "Kill." He said then corrupted the Elite Knight with his words alone.
The Knight's armor turned black then a dark aura surged around his body. He began to rush his own allies and killed them off one by one with Ionara and Ashen.
"Wooo!~ Missed me!" Sora said as she dodged a beam of light from some of the mages. She dashed toward the mages then dodged their light attacks then punched one of them in their stomach.
The mage coughed blood then fell onto her knees. Sora hopped up and down getting pumped up.
"I hope you weren't thinking about having all the fun by yourself." Ishia said as she walked toward Sora.
Sora looked back and smiled at Ishia. "Well well, if it isn't the Demon's little sister."
Ishia looked at all the swordmasters and sages that appeared around them. "You could use a little help."
"As if, I was fine by myself." Sora said then transformed into her Oracle Form.
"I beg to differ." Ishia said then transformed into her Dragon Form.
Sora used Warp Strike against one of the swordmasters then warped to him and pressed one of her Power Beads against him then it exploded. Ishia flew to one of the sages and dodged their attack then gripped their face and unleashed a powerful energy blast and an explosion happened. The enemy units began to charge at them.
Sora used her Flash Barrage to deal with the waves of enemies the fought off. Ishia used her Draco Rush against the foes she fought off. Soon the two were back to back.
"Heh...you talked a big game. Seems your stamina isn't fit for this." Ishia bantered.
"Oh is that why you're in the same corner as me?" Sora asked.
"I just came to give morale support." Ishia said with a smirk.
"You can take your support and shove it up your ass, you need to support me by helping me deal with these Grand Units." Sora said with a smile.
Ishia let out a giggle then looked ahead. "Go!"
Sora unleashed multiple Warp Strikes at Ishia and she used her force field to deflect the Warp Strikes at the enemy forces. Ishia performed hand gestures and turned her force field into a mirror barrier. Sora fired multiple spheres of divine energy at the force field and the force field reflected the sphere's of light at the enemy striking them all down one by one.
"Now!" Sora bellowed.
Ishia roared and her force field shined brightly a rainbow color. Her aura surged powerfully. "Anima Devastation!"
A massive explosion happened and the explosion killed the remaining of the Grand Units around them.
"WOOO! Now that's what I call some great strategy!" Pandora said as she watched from the sky. She sensed powerful energy heading toward her and she dodged the rush attack.
The woman stopped herself and slowly straightened herself up and looked at Pandora. "Xovia won't lose to your kind." She said and summoned her red glowing trident.
"The Legendary Hero, Asamona. You think you stand any chance against the likes of us?" Pandora asked.
"The others might not be able to pose as much of a threat to you, but you had to dodge me. I am a Legend Class Hero. You will not underestimate me!" Asamona said and pointed her trident at Pandora.
Pandora chuckled softly then summoned Aestrea. "Five minutes...Five minutes is all I need."
"Enough talk! Let the battle commence!" Asamona bellowed and flew to Pandora at high speeds.
To Be Continued....