Flying through the hole in the fog I feel myself being pulled and stretched slightly with a woozy feeling going through my head like I stood up too fast after laying down.
Opening my eyes I see darkness covered walls accented with purple colored liqiud flowing from the cracks in the floor and walls. "Where are we?"
I ask to Hyozanryu who doesn't seem effected by our travel at all. "We are in a lost gateway. It was broken down when that world collapsed to stop the shatterings spread. This is simply the door between our worlds."
The diamond dragon walks forward with commanding steps betraying his nervous demeanor. "I see, I feel like I should've known that already..Anyway where are your forces? We need to get them settled before we can try to recruit the other dragons to our cause."
Hyozanryu nods his head in a "follow me" motion and moves rumble surrounding the doorway on the other end of the room bringing light and noticeably hot air. "My forces are currently holding up the eastern front, even though we're outnumbered due to the colder mountian and rocky terrian we've been able to keep up."
Leading me out of the gateway I walk outside and let my eyes adjust while I respond. "The eastern front? Where are you fighting?" Rubbing my eyes I follow the dragon as they slowly go down the small mountain the gateway was hidden inside of.
"Predominantly we fight near our mountains with us defending. Even though we try to push them back they usually retreat before any meaning full damage can be done and with they're extra power they get from they're mountian we can't keep up."
Nodding along until I hear mountain I think. 'A field power bonus I think, after all they also said something about their mountians and they're terrain helping them. Although that seems a bit much, I thought they were losing to things like gorilla warfare and ambushes but they can even push into the enimies mainland?'
"Then something must be done hurry take me to your main base and let me see who we have on hand." Hyozanryu seeing the slight rushed look on my face nods and kneels down to allow me on his back.
Getting on and grabbing firmly the dragon takes off into the sky heading off Northwest towards multiple small mountains and hills with one main mountain in the middle.
Taking around an hour or so Hyozanryu makes it to a smaller hill near the base of the biggest mountain facing the South. As we come close multiple smaller dragons fly up to us and growl slightly though they almost immediately stop.
"Commander! You have returned! Come down we'll tend to whatever wounds you have quickly!" The small green dragon quickly flies down and starts to talk to other dragons while Hyozanryu is descending.
"So this is it?" Looking forward I see a small camp with only 3-4 actual buildings and a handful or so of tents. "No this is just one of the simple camps, we use it as fast acting renforcements. Its mainly armed with troop and soldier dragons."
Landing, I get off of their back. "I see then I need to quickly see what fronts we are fighting and how many extra fighters we have a long with a over view map of everything in the vicinity."
"Commander, Diamond Dragon! I see that your well. We have some healers for you to help with your recovery." A red dragon lands down with a thud. They are around 10ish feet long and seem about 1.5 times thickier than my torso. "General Garnet! Good to see you I have somethings I need of you."
The dragon nods it head at Hyozanryu and looks over at me. "Is that a prisoner? Or something we could use in someway?"
Before Hyozanryu can speak I intrupt them. "Don't call me prisoner again. From now own I'm above you in rank and you will treat me as such, am I clear?"
The dragon gets noticeably angry as I expect and I see a light and heat emit from its mouth before Hyozanryu interrupts. "Stop! This one is with me he is an important ally that says he can change the tide of this war. If any harm is done to him I'll have your tail on a spear!"
With that the general backs off with a surprised look. "Now we have items we need you to get for us so that we can start our plans. I need a overview map, all current fronts and future battlegrounds and all records of extra fighters and potential allies to be gained. Make it quick this is no time for slacking!"
Hyozanryu growls out orders which leaves the dragon stunned as they leave back into camp to get what they needed done.
They then look at me. "Was that really necessary?" Nodding at the dragon. "Yes it was if I didn't establish my position now they'll start questioning who I am. Better to do it now then later, plus its more direct by putting my foot down on the probably highest ranking dragon here the others wont try to challenge me as they know that I'm put before their general."
The diamond dragon says nothing but nods as both of us walk through the gate and into the camp.