Tales Of The Mighty Dragonair

The old star map changed drastically and now it was like a small cosmos in itself. Arthur once stepped inside it; he couldn't believe that the small one plane star map turned into a globular shaped small galaxy that was filled with many stars.

"Damn!" he stood on the edge of a spiral path that could take him either to the front or to the next higher level.

What made him curse in shock was the presence of a large star that seemed so shiny like a sun. something told him that this was linked to a specific place, one place only.

And that place popped up instantly in his mind; it was his original world, the world he started all this from.

"Sigh, why didn't I come here earlier?" he blamed himself. Right now he found that everywhere he went must have a star representing it here. Even the higher worlds must have stars linked to them here.

And that meant if he wanted to travel from one world to another then all he could do was to just get in here and jump inside the star he wanted.

"I… need to study this place more," he muttered to himself while walking inside the star map. The place was huger than he initially thought, and there were even higher numbers of stars than the worlds he already went to.

"So I can now use one of these to get rid of that portal," he said to himself, reminding himself of the reason why he came here in the first place. "Gege, why didn't you say something before?" he couldn't help but feel a little angry at her.

He could have evaded a lot of trouble, especially Aemie's trouble. He could easily escape the trap the higher realmers sat for him through the cloud.

He could easily come here after reaching there.

'You are wrong,' but Gege had to speak and defend herself, 'the star map didn't reach such a stage until you dealt with the tower.'

"At least I could have avoided Aemie," Arthur could only shake his head in regret, "why didn't you notify me earlier?"

Gege went into silence for a while before she finally said, 'I… didn't come here in person to check all the upgrades. I know the star map absorbed a lot of energy back then and I checked it in a hurry and it was still in the process of upgrading.'

Arthur could only shake his head and swallow what she offered as an excuse. He knew no matter how discontent he was right now he couldn't travel back in time and change what happened.

And overall he had now a way to deal with that annoying portal.

The next moment he opened his eyes while gazing at the distance. "Can you take me there?" he asked, "we have little time to waste."

'I can teleport you on two times,' Gege said, 'it won't take a lot of time.'

"Great," Arthur nodded, "how can we start linking the portal to my star map?"

'Ding! Have you selected the world you'll send the portal to?' the system asked.

'You should choose the higher world you appeared first at,' the golden dragon said in resentment, 'this will be a fair payback for what you experienced there.'

"I was thinking of the same thing," Arthur flashed inside the portal that appeared before appearing hundreds of miles away before another portal appeared, "but how can we link the portal to my star map?"

'We can use an array,' the golden dragon simply said, 'or you can go up there and touch it. Once done, you can take it all inside your star map.'

"Going up there would be risky," Arthur appeared out of the second portal to see the giant portal and that gigantic pagoda descending slowly from the portal. "I don't guarantee that this pagoda is safe to get near it for now."

'We also need to see about that array,' Gege said, 'we need to prepare teams to activate the sealing array fast.'

'It's the supporting array kid,' the golden dragon corrected her, 'and we can easily use those inside your body. After all, this array isn't so hard to make.'

'Ding! You can tell me and I'll explain things to the teams inside,' the system said.

'And tell me about the array to link the star map with the portal,' Gege said, 'I'll help Arthur to perform it.'

"Alright," Arthur nodded, "let's start taking down this damned portal and pagoda."

The golden dragon didn't hesitate to tell the two about the two arrays. The system started to do his task. He entered into Gege's world and started to select those who will be tasked with such important tasks.

As for Gege, she started to gather up all the materials needed for the two arrays.

"Now all that remains is that army," Arthur changed his mind about the ground army, "we can't let them interfere in the next task."

Dealing with the pagoda wouldn't be any different than dealing with the tower from before. The stakes were the same, and he couldn't be disturbed under any circumstances.

Plus those supporting the array around the pagoda couldn't be touched as well.

'You should bring everyone out,' the golden dragon said.

"Not everyone," Arthur took a deep breath, "let's start with our forces. If we needed, we could take out the rest of Aemie's forces."

'What about that monster?' Gege suddenly asked, 'do you need her help?'

Since the last war, that gigantic octopus like monster remained in the Golam's lake. After the upgrades Gege gained, the lake got enhanced greatly.

That made the monster not mad as Arthur and others expected, instead she showed excitement expressions and also some gratitude.

"We can… use the upgrade chip to lure her out," Arthur slowly said, "but leave her as our last resort."

Despite things seeming to be going in his direction, he was still worried that those enemies might pull something crazier at the desperate moments.

So having such a card hidden and ready to be deployed at any moment would be for the best for him.

'I'll inform her at least,' Gege said, 'I bet she will be excited to go out and fight in this war.'

"Something tells me she won't wait for too long for that," Arthur slowly said, "how about materials needed for the arrays?"

'I'm about to finish gathering them now.'

"Alright," Arthur took out a bird's wing and started summoning Amera with it. "Take Doaf out," he said as things reached such a desperate moment.

He needed all the capable fighters to be ready and well aware of all the developments so far.

He also wanted them to be aware of what was on the stake here. They weren't fighting a normal army, they were fighting against extinction.

Any misstep in the plan and they would all die.

He didn't wait for them for too long. In the next few minutes, Amera came with Nicole and a small group of those who looked so tough and very experienced mages of the elite army.

And Doaf appeared after their arrival from the portal Gege brought.

"What's happening?" Nicole seemed to be shaken by that portal and the gigantic pagoda, "what's that pagoda?"

"It's an ancient weapon," Arthur slowly said, "it's like the tower."

"That tower?!!" Doaf was shocked while Amera turned around to gaze at the pagoda, "you can't be serious, right?"

"They seem to have plenty of such mass destruction weapons," Arthur could only say the truth, "and they are aiming at killing all of us right here right now."

His words left a great depressive toll over everyone around. Even those elites coming to secure Nicole and Amera were frightened when they heard that.

Arthur realized they might have been to the war on their planet where he dealt with the tower. They realized how bad things were, and how urgent they needed to act.

"Tell me you have a way to deal with that thing!" Doaf said while pointing out towards the pagoda.

And Arthur nodded.

"I just need support," he slowly said, "your support to stop anyone from interfering."

"Those fries?" Amera couldn't help but sneer, "leave them to us. We were just toying earlier with them, right boys?"

The elites around nodded in unison as they agreed to her declaration. Arthur knew she wasn't bluffing but he didn't only mean them.

"See that huge portal over there?" Arthur pointed to it before adding, "it can pour out endless armies."

"That…" Amera's face changed, "how can we stop them then?"

"I have a way," Arthur slowly said, "but I also need you to handle things until I'm ready to act."

Amera and Doaf realized his meaning. It seemed he was planning something that would take quite some time to get ready and would attract the enemy's attention without doubt.

"Then we'll need all the mages inside," Nicole stressfully said, "we'll need everyone."

"I'll get my own army out," Arthur turned to her before adding, "if you wanted, you can get inside my world for now."

"Humph, as if this will shield me when you die," she wasn't stupid as she knew that world would shatter the same moment Arthur's soul would be.

"The mechas won't do well against them," Amera said before pointing to the portal when she saw the reaction on Arthur's face, "I meant them."

"Then you'll leave those flies here to my mechas and you can handle anything coming out from that portal… deal?"

And everyone could only nod in agreement to his logical offer.