CHAPTER 35
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CHAPTER 35
Mission 35 : PLAN B : PROPOSE A MORE CALM ATTACK
GREY FINALLY OPENED his eyes upon hearing a yell from a familiar old man. "Grey! Thank goodness. You are alive, " his father greeted him from his sleep, giving a big tight hug. It was the father that he knew from his travels to his previous world. " You are back," he could not keep his tears from building up on his eyes.
He blinked few more times to wake him up. Instead of asking about himself, he remembered what happened before he left. Before he lost his consciousness. It was as if reading a cliffhanger chapter of a book. He wants to read the next one at that moment. So, he asked. "The war. What happened to the war? The dragon? The people?" he began to ask simultaneously.
He remembered it too well. The last time was he was at the battle with the dragon. Slowly, flashes of the last scene came to his mind as he closed his eyes.
He remembered clearly. He was having a battle with the mighty dragon -- the destructive villain of Enchantria. They were panting. They were both panting -- Grey and the dragon. They have been running.
Actually, it was just Grey who ran just to get out of the battle ground.
He began to deny the real reason why he did ran, as the dragon came after him. He said he just wanted to drink water and take a break from fighting. He kept denying it was just that.
But then, the dragoness did not believe those things he have said. She said that she does not have any ime for such childish acts.
Just when the dragon was about to leave him, Grey dipped his hand on the lake that he found nearby. That was what he was really going to. He needed water. Not to quench his thirst but to help him in fighting. He pulled out his hand and moved the body of water like a blanket. It flew towards the dragoness, showering her back. The water rolled down in her hard scales.
There, she was stopped from going back to the king. She tilted her head back to him and gave him the sharpest glare she could give him. She even asked him how dare he do that to her.
Well, he did not know he could do it the first time. He was just practicing secretly. He never thought he could manipulate the power of water. That shows how hard he have trained for the past days under the supervision of those in higher rank.
He said that he was just a powerless mortal that did not do anything. He was obvoiusly playing with her. It was as if provoking her to face him. Even if he knew in himself that he cannot really fight this mighty creature. He knows in himself that he was not capable of protecting the whole kingdom. Yet, he is trying so hard. What he is doing right that time was trying to get himself killed in a battle.
The dragoness faced him once more. She was about to fire another fire when he flicked his hands up. It turns out that the body of water did followed his command in his mind. A big splash of water went on her face. The water did extuinguish the fire she was about to breathe.
And there again, he played and smiled innocently. He kept denying that he did that even if it was reallly him who did that. He kept saying that he does not have any powers. He kept saying he was just a human, a mortal.
At that time, the dragoness can not use her fire anymore because she was wet. The next thing she did was crash him with her big tail. He was thrown a few meters from where he was standing.
Luckily, he have the princess on his back, back then. Patricia began to use her powers on him, healing his bruises.
The dragoness kept on attacking him with strength and not powers anymore. And so, the princess kept on healing him.
As minutes passed by, he can also feel his weakness. The healing spells on him began to get weaker and weaker. He looked at her and she was on her knees that time. She felt weak.
The dragoness smirked. She began to say what was happening. She is proclaiming that she had already won becouse his healer lacks stamina and could not take more of it.
With a final blow, the dragoness stomped at his whole body. It was too heavy for his small body that he can not fight it anymore. Until darkness devoured him, taking him back to the modern world.
There he began to search for this Enchantria kingdom. He thought it was just a dream until pixies bega to appear for him, taking his way back to this kingdom.
When he returned, he woke up in his own bed back in his town. He was back in his house .
It was the same scene when he woke up in his modern world. People were standing around him, waiting for him to be awakened.
There was a familiar sight of his editor in the modern world, rather, his cousin in the fantasy world of Enchantria. His name was Dio. Yes, he remembered. Then, his father, Habeck, who was as strong as a young man battling for the kingdom.
There was also the princess who was as fragile and delicate as a flower, but would always try her best just to save the kingdom. She was the one who healed him and lend her powers whenever he was hit back at the duel. He checks were stained with burned twigs from the trees. Her pale arms gained some bruises. The expensive long dress she was wearing were ripped. Yet, she was still pretty.
Another one who was was there was the captain herself. Like the princess, she was covered and stained of black charcoal from the burnt trees. She was fully armored in metal. Her metal head shield were on her hand. Her hair was as messy as the chaos.
If Grey was only a woman, he thought, he would fall for this cool woman. The captain was really a handsome maiden.
The captain answered , "We lost," she mumbled in deep voice.
"What do you mean we lost? " he asked again.
"The villagers took shelter to the nearby remote town here. We moved back. We cannot win this time, " she answered.
"Sadly, even father gathered all his men and moved to Pereisha for a while, " the princess said.
His forehead crumpled.
"That is for a while. We are still thinking of our next move," the captain said.
Then, from the wooden door of his room, came a knock of hurriedness.
No one answered for it, but the door opened. There came running was the vice - captain, crying like a baby.
"Greeeeey!" he cries and plunged on top of him, embracing him. "Oh, Gri - Gri."
That made him grunt of pain. His body is still sore from the battle he has been through.
"That hurts! Hurry get off me. Get him off me, please!"
But the vice-captain even embraced him tighter. "We thought we lost you, stupid!" the vice-captain said, moving slightly away from him. He wiped his tears.
"I thought I'm lost too. But I found a way back, " he smiled gladly.
"You were asleep for two days. We thought you would never wake up, " the captain explained.
"We waited for you."
Like the captain, the vice-captain was wearing a fully armoured body suit.
He noticed the blood scratched on the vice captain's arm.
"What happened there? " he asked that.
"Well, be grateful that I sacrificed this beautiful skin of mine just to save you," he said.
He scowled.
"He came when you lost your consciousness. We couldn't defeat the dragon that easily," the princess narrated.
"The dragon did this. He scratched my beautiful skin!" the vice -captain cried on once again.
Then, a light bulb popped on top of his mind.
"I think I know how to defeat the dragon, " he said.
"How? Do you have a plan? " the captain asked with crumpled forehead.
"I think so. But I am not sure if this one would work," he said. "I need to see the king. I am going to propose a plan."
"What kind of plan?"
"A weird kind of plan. A plan to defeat the dragon, who was a 'she' , not a 'he' . " he smirked.
After Grey has gained his strength, the captain and vice - captain accompanied him to Persha, to where the king and his men took shelter. They saw them debating on how to attack at the dragon who was now at the palace. It took over.
"He is here , your highness ," the commander said for him. It was the prince.
He nearly forgot about this guy. Like him, he also have powers. It was the former prince. But he sacrificed his title just to save the kingdom. That alone is a noble deed as one of the royal bloods.
The king signaled the other captains of the other squads to go with their own group.
"I think I have something to discuss with this man, " he said.
Four of them - - him, the captain, the vice - captain, and the king himself went inside a huge tent.
There was a table in the center that they can discuss such matter.
"First of all, thank you for saving my life. If it wasn't for you, I'd be not here anymore. You have the highest gratitude I could offer. "
"Oh that was nothing, " he answered in sarcasm.
He just nearly died, he thought.
The commander cleared his throat. That made him focus on his goal.
"I would like to propose something that could help us defeat the dragon , " he said.
"What is that?"
"But first, I want to ask you guys to stay still here. Until we fully execute our plan. A plan that is more calm than this chaotic war."
"We would like to hear it first," the commander said. He looks interested.
"I don't think we need more men in order to defeat the dragon. I think we only need one man."
"One man?" the king asked, trying to make sure that he is hearing the right words.
He said, "Yes. One man. A handsome man."
They all crumpled their foreheads.
He nodded. "Because the dragon is a maiden."
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