It was... a dragon? Why was a dragon staring at me? I quickly jumped up and used Shadow step to go onto another tree. The dragon became alert and fired a beam of fire at me, I barely was able to dodge, the beam melted everything in it's path. I readied some Shadow blades that hovered over my shoulder and head, I changed the output to about 500% and shot it at the dragon, there was an explosion... but the dragon was unharmed?
"Fuck...", I thought. I continue to go from tree to tree, the dragon continued attacking me. I fired all sorts of magic spells at it, some caused minor wounds despite these spells having the capability to destroy cities, but even then the dragon regenerated.
I had an idea.... maybe the dragon was... immune to magic? I had no other way than to run away, so instead of dodging the whole time, I quickly tried to flee, but the dragon could easily keep up. I dodged attacks and set the trees on fire, but a dragon is immune to fire so it didn't stop him. I quickly opened my map and saw there was a huge crater about 500 meters north, I quickly rushed there and used burst step to fly above it, the dragon, not expecting it fell down, allowing me to rush away, it wasn't for long though as the dragon started flying up again.
"Seems like I got away...", I thought. I could hear the dragon's roars but I just kept running and getting away from it. Alright... 15 kilometers until the next kingdom... I have to reach it.
While running I thought about a million things, why was the dragon there? Why didn't it attack while I slept? Why.... why... why? I kept thinking... but more importantly... it was immune to magic. I had no way of damaging it seriously, even my 2000% spell was ineffective. But I didn't think more about it, I just kept on running.
About 3 hours later, I saw the kingdom's walls. I had multiple choices, but due to my appearance as a child, I thought that I wouldn't go in with the main entrance again. I just used burst step to go over the walls, I landed on a roof and sat down to calm down a bit.
"A dragon... heard these things are like crazy rare... makes sense though... fucking strong...", I thought. Suddenly I felt a tap on the shoulder. My eyes widened in shock... I thought I went in unnoticed?
The person spoke up behind me, it was a deep voice, "Hello, young man. Where did you come from?", he asked. "I- I uhh... I live here...", I lied. "Liar. Let me ask you again. Where did y-", he couldn't even finish his sentence. I used burst step and catapulted myself behind him, I put him into a chokehold, though I couldn't see his face. He had a long black hood and robe on, I saw a dagger shining on his waist, his hand reaching there.
"Fucking child!", he screamed as he pulled the dagger out, my mind was racing, he turned around and tried to cut me but I managed to dodge. I caught his hand but got cut on my forarm, I stared in his face. "Who are you.", I asked, "And what do you want from me."
The man laughed to himself... "A kid managed to stop me... you must be strong..", he snickered. Suddenly, the man delivered a strong kick to my head, causing me to stumble and fall off the roof. I barely managed to break my fall a little but the man jumped down, aiming the dagger at my head. I moved my head to the side a little so he's miss.
"Let's... talk... okay?", I asked. I saw a smile on the man's face. "Very well, young man.", he said. "So. Where. did. you. come. from. child.", he asked. "From the woods. I fled from a dragon.", I answered. "Oh, come on. If you want to lie to me, say something believable. A dragon? Seriously?", he laughed to himself. "If it was a dragon, you'd be dead, child."
"I'm serious. You might not see it when looking at me, but I have good mastery over two magics.", I said. "Still, to escape a dragon it'd take much more than just magic.", he said. "But it's true.", I insisted. "Now onto my questions. Who the hell are you and what do you want from me.", I asked. "I cannot tell you a name, I am a part of the king's assassins. We registered a person entering, despite not getting a report from the guards at the gates.", he explained.
"Ass...assins?", I questioned. The man nodded. "That's right. Assassins."
"May I know... where I am, which kingdom to be exact?", I asked. "The kingdom of Leonor", the man answered. "And where are you from, child?", he asked. "The kingdom of Darrigan...", I said. He looked at me, confusion on his face. "That far? Are you here with your parents or something... no, why would you enter like this but your parents not?", he thought. "Long story. I got teleported in this area, went with a few adventurers on a little adventure, a few got killed, I fled and ran into that desert, ended up in the woods, got woken up by that dragon I told you about, ran here after trapping it in that crater.", I explained. "Damn kid, you've been through some shit.", he sighed.
"I need to take you with me, child.", he said. "We'll decide what to do with you. Maybe we can send you back to darrigan.", he spoke out. "REALLY? THAT WOULD BE GREAT!", I said. The man laughed to himself and helped me up. "Will you follow me then?", he asked. I simply nodded and followed him towards the center of the kingdom, the castle. He opened the gates and accompanied me towards the throne room, he knocked on the door, a deep, old sounding voice wished for us to enter, and there he sat, on a throne out of gold, the king of Leonor.