The hallway of the Goddess's house, everlastingly bright as before. Genzo summoned a wooden chair from nowhere, sitting so intensely, making Athena awkward by his movements. So she asks, "Uhm, what brings you here?"
"Do you know where the land of Dragons is?" Genzo asks while sitting with a serious face.
While Athena, having a confused expression on what's going on, asks, "Why are you acting up all of the sudden?"
"Shush, don't mind it. The author just learned a new writing from a certain manhwa." Genzo responded.
Athena is utterly confused with a thought, "Is this the same Genzo I met previously? Never mind, he must have lost his mind." As she sighed, she lifts her finger, and a map pops up on top of Genzo.
He catches it and opened it up, and saw a red circle mark at North-East, at the right from the Kingdom of Sagonia at the north. "Is this where it is? I thought it was in a place where it's surrounded by wastelands." Genzo said.
"Heed no mind of the fact that it's close to Sagonia Kingdom. That is the location of where the Ancient Dimensional Portal is, a device that goes against the laws of Uthomia. I was planning on demolishing it, but to my surprise, the angels I sent reported that the Dragons have occupied the unknown Dimension." Athena explaineed.
"Huh, so the Dragons occupied an unknwon Dimension? But why though and at what reason?" Genzo asked.
"I don't truly know what is going on, but throughout my investigations, Dragons in the past 500 years were humiliated, hunted, and to be killed on sight from humans while the Dragon King have set a rule where Dragons are forbidden to attack every other races 1080 years ago due to a certain contract that I have no knowledge of. It is quite strange, to think my creations were able to create such a secretive barrier that had the power to block me, a Goddess." Athena relied.
Genzo just remembered something and ponders, "A contract from 1080 years ago and a individual who approached with a contract? If I remember correctly, the Great Mage is a party member of the Legendary Hero I don't know which year was it in 1000 years ago. My guess might be inccorect, so I have to ask her." Due to his curiosity, he asks Athena, "And who is that person might be?"
"I believe it was the name goes by Lloyd Anderson." Athena responded.
"I knew it." Genzo as he thought with a neutral face.
Meanwhile on the surface, Rameli woke up from the newfound comfortable bed, she looked everywhere but he is nowhere to be found as she thought. She gets out of bed and opened the fridge, bringing a cereal and a bowl with milk. She sat down the table, placed the bowl, poured the milk, and put the cereal then ate it and thinking about nothing while half asleep. "Man, I want to live a cozy life like this forever." As she thought to herself.
The door opened, appears to be Genzo has arrived. The moment he entered, he also sat down at the table and summoned a plate of steak with a tip of his finger. Rameli is amazed by it and wants it too, while Genzo is eating the steak, he also summoned a plate of steak for Rameli as well, she smiles gently and thanked him for it.
Thus, after eating breakfast, Genzo showed Rameli about a map with a mark. "Rameli, time to pack your things because we're about to go to the Dimension of Dragons." Genzo announced.
While Rameli is drinking milk, due to the shock of hearing such a thing, she spit all the milk from her mouth and shouted, "WHAT?!"
"What are you shocked for?"
"I mean, we're heading to the Dimension of Dragons, like, right now?!"
"Yeah."
"Aw men, I thought I could live such a cozy life like this forever."
"Why are you disappointed? I can just bring this house with me whenever I want, don't worry."
Rameli froze for a moment, in a flash, she already packed her things in her backpack, excited. "Let's go!" She said.
"Huh, never knew she wanted this kind ot lifestyle all these time. I guess that eases my troubles with her." Genzo thought.
They both stepped outside, Genzo raises his hand, absorbing the entire house without a trace. He quickly looked at Rameli, but it's quite unusual that she wasn't surprised, so he asks, "Why are you not surprised?"
Rameli got confused by a question out of nowhere and replies, "Huh? Was it uncomfortable...?"
"No no, it's just unusual because everything I do makes you surprised."
"Oh, well I already expected much. I know you're this powerful, I wouldn't be shocked if you destroyed a kingdom with an ease."
"Is that so?" Genzo has been relieved that he won't be annoyed by her shocked reactions.
As they have left the forest, they have found themselves in the desert up ahead. Genzo ponders to himself while looking at the map, "The route seems to be complicated all the way here, there are probably no carriages that would carry as along. So, the best solution is just for me to run."
Genzo looks at Rameli, making her awkward then asks, "What is it?"
Genzo is offering her a piggyback, "Here, since there are no carriages here, I'm going to run so we can arrive there in time."
Rameli is embarrassed at first, but she eventually rides Genzo at the back then thinks to herself while drooling, "HE'S- HE'S GIVING ME A PIGGYBACK!!! AAAAAAHHHH IT'S SO EMBARRASSING AND I LIKE IT AT THE SAME TIME!!! I'LL NEVER FORGET THIS MOMENT!"
"Hold on tight because this might be a little too fast." Genzo said while coating Rameli with his barrier.
"Huh?" Rameli's last words before Genzo ran.
At the speed of light, ignoring the laws of physics, exceeding the maximum speed limit of every being's in the universe. It appears like a teleportation yet it is by pure speed alone, no one can see one's movements once they have reached the speed of light. Genzo and Rameli has arrived at the corresponding location given by Athena, but the backlash of this speed is that, the wind force that goes along with, destroys everything in its path, no matter how indestructible it is or immovable, once the person runs at the speed of light, nothing can stop the immense condensation of wind, making it an ultimate weapon for speedsters, though that's not the case for Genzo.
The wind thus blows the entire Ancient Ruins into nothing for a few seconds after Genzo and Rameli arrived, leaving the Dimensional Tunnel Device openly exposed.
"Oh, it seems like we don't have to waste time searching for the Device. Are you ok Rameli?" Genzo turned around to look at Rameli, seemingly unconscious from the unexpected motion.
Light Speed is no joke, it could potentially erase someone's existence who isn't used to Light Speed.
Deep inside Rameli's dream, an unknown Elf woman being engulfed by the flames told her, "Rameli, this will be the end of our race, run away as far as possible and survive! You must not look away."
She ran away, without looking back. Everything is being devoured by the blue flames caused by an unknown entity, she breathes heavily as she run for her life, it was only a futile when a giant shadowed monster appeared on her back with a enormous scythe. She turned around, at that moment, she experienced the most traumatic fear in her life.
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*gasps*
She wakes up at the Hallway, she looked around her and thought, "Where am I...?"
"Oh, you woke up just in time. We're in the Dimension of Dragons. Though I thought it's gonna look like Hell but I was wrong, they seem civilized here just like a Kingdom." Genzo said.
Genzo may not be aware of this, a Dimensions are a bubble that orbits outside the universe, an important piece of secrets lies within this Dimension. Floating lands every where with ruined buildings on its surface, though not many know where it came from or how it got there, then Dragons in humanoid form while wandering around, acting like Humans to create this Civilization of Dragons, mimicking the Human Civilization.
Rameli trying to get up due to excitement, only collapsed because of the Mana around the Dimension is not connected through Uthomia. "My strength... It's like it's leaving my body..." She pondered.
Genzo took some time to figure out the situation, "I don't feel the Mana from Uthomia, it's rather strange that I'm sensing a whole different energy in this Dimension... Could it be...?" He pondered. He turns around, ready to ask Rameli about it only to found her struggling to maintain her body from control. Genzo held her shoulders, feeling her shivering and weakening. "I didn't think pure elves would need Mana from the World Tree to maintain their bodies...! I don't know what to do, what should I do?!" Genzo panicked from thinking about it.
Rameli reads his expression, a feeling of burdened — decided, "Genzo, I think I may not be able to accompany you any further from here... But I will wait for your return in Uthomia."
Genzo has seen her seriousness about the situation, so he princess carried her all the way to the Dimensional Portal and returned to Uthomia. The moment they stepped foot in Uthomia, Rameli regained her Mana — enough to maintain her body now. He let her stand up asking, "Are you alright on your own here outside? I am sorry that I'm unable to recreate Mana as I don't have the ability to imagine it."
"It's okay, Genzo. I can wait here, but do remember that while you're in another Dimension, the time here will pass faster than the time in the Dimension."
"Ok, I'll keep that in mind. Be safe out here."
Genzo enters once again into the Dimensional Portal, Rameli on the other hand, feels uncomfortable as she is unable to accompany him any further. All she can do now is look at the sky while the sun is setting down.
Somewhere in the Dragomania, a castle so huge that it surpassed the largest mountains. Inside, an enigmatic dragon slumbers in the center, overflowing with unfathomable mana surrounding its yellowish red scales, coming back in fourth like it's breathing within the scales of its body. Eventually wakes up due to an unknown entity entering his Dimension.
"I can sense an ominous energy from the entrance, this kind of energy is a threat to this galaxy..." The voice echoed through the never ending hallway.
The dragon stands up from his slumber, which caused an Earthquake near the castle, alarming all the Dragons that their "Emperor" has awoken.
Returning to Genzo, he seemed to be worried about Rameli but to no avail, he is inevitable because his journey is beyond every living's comprehension.
"Worrying about her do no good... I'm sure she can live without me for a couple hundreds of years. What I must prioritize is getting information about how they achieved this evolution."
As he's about to enter the Gates, lies behind the Gates are hundreds of Humanoid Dragons and Pure Dragons awaiting, preparing for an attack. The moment Genzo opened the Gates, they immediately launched everything in their power into one attack, all at the same time. However, as the dusts were blown away, Genzo appears to be fine, unscratched by an ambush.
All of them were in shocked, the Commander of the Dragon Army is dumbfounded, "How can this be?! An attack capable of destroying a continent, only to see that all of it was futile?! That man is not someone to be underestimated." He thought.
While Genzo, scoffing off the dusts that the attack caused ponders, "As expected, I'm not welcomed everywhere I go."
He extends his arm high up, then slashed horizontally, wiping out all of them with bare hands. Because of this, the Dimension stated to crumble, the sky islands are collapsing, falling to the Abyss. But miraculously, everything stopped and restoring to where it originally positioned from.
"What an amazing magic this is, if I see the user using this ability, I might have a favor at hand, giving me easier time for restoration my mess." Genzo pondered to himself.
Even though the Dimension repaired itself, the dead dragons that had died by the hands of Genzo, did not return.
And so on, Genzo continues to walk on his path, while not knowing what lies at the end of the trail.
However, the Dragon Commander managed to live, seeing a slight chance of escaping such annihilation, he crawls from the debris while looking at Genzo's movements, but the moment he looked in front of him, Genzo is there, sitting menacingly in front of him, "Ah, someone is alive." He said.
A sheer aura that triggers any being's instincts to run away. The Dragon Commander is devoured by fear, a fear of death, after seeing his soldiers dies without a trace by a monster.
Genzo seeing him shiver as if he's about to be eradicated from existence, took time to think about how to calm him down, "Hey man, I only did this for self defense, don't think of me like a madman. I promise I won't attack you if you answer me honestly. Why did you attack me?" He asked.
"B- Because you seem like a- a threat sir! I- I was only doing my job..! T- The Dragon Emperor ordered that we must eliminate intruders who dare enter this Dimension of ours!" The Dragon Commander obediently answered honestly through fear.
"Oho? May I know who this Dragon Emperor is?"
"H- He is known as the God of Destruction from Uthomia in the Ancient Era! We are just mere creations of his..! Not many know his origins except those who are close to him dearly!"
"What else?"
"I- I don't know! That's the only thing I know about him! Please spare me, I've already spitted the information I only know!"
"Ok then, I'll spare you."
"Thank you sir–"
Genzo put his palm on the Dragon Commander's forehead.
"But I'll have you forget everything that's happened today."
"Huh?"
An electric shock from Genzo's palm caused the Commander to scream in pain, falling into unconsciousness. Genzo left the scene, forward to his path.
"Oh, I seem to forget to ask about the whereabouts of this Dragon Emperor... Oh well, I'll eventually find it anyway."
As he walks from the road, he looks around and sees Dragons in human form, living as if they were human, which made Genzo thinking, "It is indeed strange, the Dragons, supposedly the Apex Predators of the seven races, are mimicking the actions of humanity. There is a possibility that the Dragon King had some connection with humans. Ohoho, there's gonna be a ton of stories behind this~" He smiled so creepily that it creeps out the nearby Dragons who seen him.
From the distance in front of Genzo, a small light appears within the darkness, which made Genzo unbothered but at the very moment, an enormous fire beam strike down Genzo, completely annihilated everything in its path in an instant.
A mysterious figure, breathing with smokes coming out as it inhales, says with a menacing voice, "Who dares intrude my territory, make a ruckus, and killed my soldiers?"
As the beam of pure fire disappears, Genzo, seemingly fine and unscratched after a sneak attack, even his clothes are fine as new. "Who are you? You know, anyone who attacks me dies with regreys in mind, right?" Said with a slight angered expression.
"Insolence! I will kill you without leaving a trace of your ashes!" The mysterious figure shouted in anger. It charges another fire breath.
"I should finish this quickly as it only cause more death if this goes on." Genzo thought as he jump at the speed of sound, ready to throw his fist.
But, the attack charged instantly.
"Pure Fire: The Beam of Annihilation"
The attack hit Genzo, blowing him away at the distance due to being mid-air. But he landed on the ground, pushed the ground with his right leg, completely running at the speed of light, caughting the mysterious enemy off-guard. He punched the mysterious enemy in an instant, smashing him into 30 floating buildings, collapsing in destruction.
*cough* *cough*
"What... the hell... happened...?" The mysterious enemy bleeding on the verge of dying.
"And here I was wondering who is it, but you seem unique than any Dragons here... I assume you're the Dragon Emperor?" Genzo walking in front of him with a straight face.
"Who...? What in the world are you...?"
"Who I am isn't important, your injuries... It looks severe than I thought, I controlled my strength to a minimun so I can interrogate you."
"Interrogate me? Hahaha, who are you to interrogate me, the Dragon Emperor, Kratos?!"
Kratos exploded his Mana, blowing everything to oblivion. Of course it has no effect on Genzo, but Kratos transformed into Humanoid, floating in the air.
Genzo is interested on what's going on, waiting for him to fully transform. Kratos closed his two hands, absorbing all the flames existing in the Dimension, changing the shape of his humanoid form, turning his Unbreakable Dragon Scales into Armor, turning his fangs into Blades at the sides of his hands, and blazing wings of blue fire behind his back.
"Oho, let's see how you're fully capable of..." Genzo shouted but got obliterated when Kratos rushed towards him at the speed of light punched his faces, then attacked with "Blazing Fist: Destruction of the Lords" with his fist, erasing everything into nothing.
While Kratos is breathing heavily, Genzo's about to punch him, but he managed to dodge it then spin kicked Genzo's head with "The Kick of Blazing Flare"
The floating island they were on, crumbles down due to a powerful force on its surface, unable to recover due to continuous destructive attacks.
Genzo jumps backwards to launch an attack, yet Kratos instantly gets behind him and punched him again with "Blazing Fist: Destruction of the Lords"
Genzo blew from a distance then saw a glowing ray of light, Kratos charged an attack with his breath, his hands, and his wings, attacking all at once. "Ultimate Annihilation: The End of All Things"
Numerous beam of pure fire headed to Genzo, but he vanished. Kratos got confused where he went.
"I'm over here!" Genzo behind him shouted then jumped from the floating debris and punched his torso with the same strength when he killed Asmephord.
The Dimension is shattering, the Dragons are evacuating using their wings while others were obliterated from existence. The Dimension of Dragons known as "Dragomania," no longer exists.
Kratos landed from a floating debri while coughing his blood, his torso is also heavily damaged, yet he doesn't want to give up. He jumped in zigzags with the floating debris everywhere, then punched Genzo with "Omnidirectional Punch of the Dragon Emperor"
A continious punches everywhere, making Genzo unable to attack while defending. "This guy... He is more stronger than that Demon! This is getting exciting!" Genzo pondered.
At the slight chance, Genzo threw his fist to where Kratos is about to attack, punched through his head with a back fist. Kratos flew away because of the power of that punch but maintained his balance mid-air with his Blue Fire wings, but in 0.1 second, Genzo instantly got in front of Kratos, punching his face again, Kratos flew but Genzo got into behind Kratos and double hammerfist his head, launching him into a big floating land after penetrating through 27 floating debris.
Kratos, in falling near unconscious, bleeding everywhere, causing his body to be paralyzed, tried his hardest to move. But Genzo has already landed in front of him, thus for the first time, the Dragon Emperor, Kratos, has felt true fear. He is sweating intensively, shivering down his spine, tears coming out from his eyes, and a little scream.
"This man... Cannot be beaten...! There is no way a human is capable of this much raw strength without mana...! He... He is much stronger than the Goddess herself!!!" Kratos's thoughts while trying to run away with his paralyzed body.
"Man, that was such an exciting fight! I'm sure of it that you're much stronger than that so-called Demon King." Genzo said while walking towards him.
"He... He is the one who killed that maniac?! The world... Uthomia is in danger with this man to be left alone, doing what he wants to!"
Genzo put his palm into Kratos's damaged torso, and him fearing what Genzo might do to him. But a green glowing energy surrounds Kratos.
"This energy... It can't be... He's healing me...?" Kratos thought to himself.
"That was an exciting battle, not gonna lie. But, the weight behind your attacks, it doesn't seem like you were enjoying it, rather, you were risking your life to protect your kind. And that made me feel guilty about fighting with you."
Kratos took a second to stare at Genzo's sincere expression. "I guess I mistook him as a villain. Someone with this power could decide to rule the entire world, yet this man, he only seek fight like some kind of savage and kind as well. Athena, you just brought a random monster." He pondered.
"Oh, also... Can I meet the person who fixes the mess around this Dimension?" Genzo asked.
"What do you mean? This Dimension had that ever since we started living here. There's no being that could attain such powerful recovery magic that only works on its domain."
"Is that so... I guess I'll leave it at that."
After a few hours has passed, the Dimension is almost at its normal state after recovering with Genzo's energy after Kratos told him, "How to accelerate its recovery? You only need to fuel it with Mana..."
Genzo then spreads his energy around the Dimension, which made Kratos shocked after witnessing he had this much unfathomable energy left with him even while fighting with him just a moment ago.
The Dragons that supposedly evacuated, returned after hearing the announcement from Kratos that the threat is no longer dangerous, thus, Kratos and Genzo formed alliance.
---End Chapter---