"I see then... once again thank you"
Reason #005
A billion years isn¡¯t that long if you are with people that you care about, I know this because I just spent a billion years touring a planet with the dragons and Ragnarok. Eventually their relationship got better, the dragons started looking at them like parental figures, somehow Zariel had ended up being the mother but he didn¡¯t mind.
He kept teaching the dragons about maths and science, they all had an advanced understanding of it all after a billion years but they all decided to stop after learning to that level except Taevarth who had decided to study on his own.
Ragnarok taught them more physical stuff, he basically put them through army training but much harsher, Taevarth hated it more than anything. All this time though, Rag never could grasp the concept of magic which frustrated him to no end especially when Zariel showed off with fancy magic shows.
And that brings us to how Zariel had improved, his magic had surpassed Master level and even Grandmaster level and had reached Primal level which in most worlds is only a level Old Gods can get to, Zariel had even discovered new forms of magic along with the dragons and could feel the presence of magic in the air.
Of course Zariel hadn¡¯t become a god but you couldn''t judge him by a system due to his rapid development. The dragons were equal to a low-level god and Ragnarok.. well who knew what system could judge his strength which didn¡¯t rely on mana but pure body functions.
By now all the dragons had reached the sizes of very large horses, even saying that was a bit of an understatement but too much of an overstatement to say they were the size of a house.
They had each gotten more mature, Lyth was less shy around them and Nerreth with her oriental dragon body had become longer and larger, she was disappointed she could no longer curl around Raggy when he was in sphere form.
Medreth looked much meaner. Somehow, he had gotten a permanent frown on his face even though he had a reptilian build and wasn¡¯t that grumpy of a person to get it, but he looked much more dangerous with his body becoming more lean thanks to Ragnarok¡¯s training which Medreth was more dedicated to than the rest.
Varenth had a mini forest growing on his back now, Zariel thought about how pretty it would be if Varenth became massive and had a real-life sized forest on his back with wildlife and birds.
Taevarth was slightly smaller than the rest and had dedicated himself to helping Zariel create an alphabet for their language, he was a complete bookworm still, after their alphabet was finished Taevarth said he would write books like the ones Zariel had told him about.
If you line the dragons up they would look incredibly intimidating considering their size and¡ well everything. But if people knew their personalities they probably wouldn¡¯t freak out like the primitive species wandering the earth had when they see they dragons flying overhead, yes flying! The dragon¡¯s wings had all grown, except Nerreth who had remained wingless but through her magic she had found a way to condense a pillow of water to take her anywhere she wanted.
That leads us to the present, where right now the group of seven are watching the tree¡¯s sway in the wind and the primitive lifeforms wander, there were beasts of many kinds. Even primitive humanoid species were living in caves and hunting, not taking any notice of them through one of Zariel¡¯s newfound magics he called Mind magic because it directly affected mind
None of the dragons could completely grasp this method, even Taevarth struggled. Mind magic relied upon knowledge of the mind and through Zariel¡¯s 4 degrees in psychology and experience in being a brain surgeon he had no problem grasping it.
¡°Zar, what are we going to do now? It¡¯s been a long time since we started exploring¡± Said Lyth, her pearl white scales glittering in the sun while she moved towards him. They were sitting on a very luscious green him shaded by one of the first trees to grow in the world.
¡°I don¡¯t know, we do have some uncompleted things to do like you guys need to finish Ragnorok¡¯s training-¡± Zariel heard Taevarth groan in the background ¡°-And I need to implement myself into the humanoid communities to find a way to teach them magic¡±
¡°But why, they are all such weak races and nowhere near as strong as us, shouldn¡¯t they just die out?¡± Chimed in Medreth, as helpful as always with his pessimistic and ruthless opinions.
"You will never find a girl with that attitude Smokey¡± Nerreth yelled out to him, she even woke from her nap just to say that. Zariel was impressed.
¡°And you¡¯ll never catch a guy with your frigging laziness Bubbles¡± Retorted Medreth, Zariel sighed, regretting ever teaching them any languages. He also wondered what they were talking about when they said ¡®catch a guy¡¯ or ¡®find a girl¡¯, as far as he knew they were no other dragons on this planet and they were all siblings¡
¡°Ah, remember Raggy when they were just tiny little dragonlings with wide eyes and cute faces, such innocence¡± Said Zariel leaning back on hands on the hill with his legs splayed out in front of him. He addressed Ragnarok with a happy manner, he had lost all resentment towards him after the first 500 years of wandering this planet. A billion years was too long to resent and not trust someone.
¡°Ho ho, yes I do, it makes beating my training into them so much more pleasing when you compare them from then and now¡± Said Raggy, with a glint of sadistic joy in his eye and his arms crossed over his chest, he was standing up and watching the tribesmen work.
Zariel had lent him the stick he used when educating them and they were unruly, he still hadn¡¯t found any other metal like it and nothing harder than it except the dragon¡¯s scales. The only ones not pleased by Zariel handing over the stick was the dragons.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.
¡°What fun days they were, I remember they all used to snuggle up on my bed even after I had put in the effort to make them their own room¡±
¡°Oi, don¡¯t talk like we aren¡¯t here, also we were young then that¡¯s embarrassing¡¡± Said Medreth
¡°Exactly Zariel even I¡¯m blushing, also quite down a bit the tribe is getting suspicious¡± Said Varenth was participating in the conversation for the first time.
Zariel sighed wondering what happened to those cute children, what Varenth was talking about before was the fact that although Zariel¡¯s magic hid them from sight he could not halt the could waves they generated.
At least not yet, he was close to finding a way but honestly the waves were fast and hard to catch and stop.
The tribe that was nearby the hill they were sitting at was an odd one, they all had skin like lizards with varying colours and scale patterns but they were human in shape with 2 legs they stood on and 2 arms they used for manual labour. It was mesmerizing just looking at them with all their scale colours and patterns which is why they were the groups favourite race because they looked like a cross between a human and a dragon.
There were other races too like the demonic race that were human except for their odd rich brown skin and weird hair colours plus the horns that grew out of their foreheads, they had absurd strength too. Ragnarok favoured this race the most because of their fighting spirit.
And beastman race which contained very human like figures with feathered and furry animal traits like cat and dog tails, dog snouts, bird wings or beaks or fur and maybe even feathers covering their whole bodies. It wasn¡¯t just cat and dog traits that they had, there were foxes and wolves, oxen, and tigers, all derived from animals that Zariel thought were just on Earth but seemed to populated this world too, obviously not every species from Earth was on this planet but the basic ones were.
But it seems this planet has done something to the animals, they soaked up the mana in the air and gained variant or elemental forms. Like foxes fur turning white and lightly being able to manipulate the wind, he once saw a tiger sleeping and it¡¯s fur turned green and when it woke up it could control the grass it lay upon.
Zariel decided to call the infected, mana beasts.
Then there were the humans and their 2 variants. The humans were exactly like what Zariel had in his previous world but there was a variant he named the elves from the fantasy book he read and he named them this because they fit the description.
The elves did differ a bit from normal stories, their skin was tinted green but everything was the same, long pointed ears with lean bodies designed for stealth. In fact, whenever the elves hunted for food they stalked their prey and waited until the right moment unlike the humans who used sheer numbers to overpower prey.
The 2
rd human species variant was the dwarves, a very short species who focused on muscles and strength or character, the dwarves had tinted red skin which made them look permanently furious. They were, unsurprisingly, the first to figure out how to make weapons but didn¡¯t tell the other tribes, it seems they were petty and secretive by nature. They were also on a completely different continent than the other races, in fact all of the races were on different contients from each other.
¡°What we have found out is that the planet had split into six continents, I say that after I have finished my job of informing the species about magic is we split up and choose a continent to look over and take care of so we can all have some space, and Nerreth shall have the ocean¡± Said Zariel after a long silence, they were all doubting him but nodded at the idea that Nerreth would take the ocean, she was the only one who could breathe underwater except for Zariel and Raggy. Technically Zariel didn''t need to breathe and Raggy never gave a specific reason why he could breathe underwater but Zariel just assumed that he probably had some chip implant.
¡°Hmmm, I agree a billion years is too long to be together without a break. Remember how many fights we have had recently?¡± Said Raggy, always the voice of reason.
¡°I agree too, I need some space and silence to finish my books¡± Said Taevarth
¡°I agree, I want some peace and quiet to sleep¡± Said Varenth with an odd determination, Zariel sighed. It was completely against the point to sleep the whole time away.
¡°I want a break from all this too, you all annoy me... at times¡± Said Medreth in his normal pissed off voice, Zariel was glad for the added ¡®at times¡¯. Believe it or not it was progress.
¡°I dunno what I would do if I was separated from you all but I would like some time alone¡± Said Lyth in a soft voice
¡°I just wanna curl up and just sleep, preferably in water so I think it¡¯s a great idea¡± Said Nerreth.
¡°I call dibs on the demon continent, I wanna teach them martial arts they seem like good and enthusiastic pupils unlike a certain someone¡± Ragnarok¡¯s eye¡¯s drifted over to Taevarth who was sleeping in the shade of the old tree.
¡°So it¡¯s agreed? As soon as you finish Raganrok¡¯s training and I complete my task?¡± Asked Zariel, his tone sounded almost relieved. He wasn¡¯t exactly looking forward to separating from the children he had raised and one of the only friends he¡¯d ever had but he thought they would put up a fight. Then he wondered¡ why didn¡¯t they put up a fight?
¡°Hey¡¡± Started Zariel, they all stiffened, ¡°What did you guys do?¡± He asked, they all looked around about to flee when Lyth spoke up.
¡°We¡¯re so sorry! We¡ burnt all suits, accidently, but you have to believe it was a complete accident!¡± cried out Lyth.
¡°Yeah! It was Medreth who lost control of his flames!¡± That was when Zariel stiffened, he didn¡¯t like the sound of that, he turned to Medreth with his eye twitching.
¡°Oi Medreth, you want to explain yourself?¡±
¡°Hey teacher it was an accident all right? I was just doing a small competition with Varenth-¡°
¡°HEY! Don¡¯t drag me into this it wasn¡¯t my fault!¡±
Medreth and Zariel ignored the panicked Varenth.
¡°And my flames went a bit out of control¡± Said Medreth, Zariel frowned. He had thought himself lucky that maybe the vision Timera had seen hadn¡¯t some true but Medreth¡¯s magic going out of control was a warning.
¡°Maybe you just need some re-education, Raggy you still have The Stick?¡± Said Zariel, still furious his beautiful suits he had made Rag slave away to make were burnt to ashes and his students were about to flee before they even told him about it.
¡°Yes, so you aren¡¯t going to punish me?¡± Said Ragnarok, handing Zariel The Stick.
¡°Why? Did you have something to do with it?¡± He pointed the stick at Ragnarok.
¡°HE DID¡± Shouted Taevarth from across the hill, obviously very amused his siblings were about to get punished for their idiotic actions.
¡°How so Tae?¡± Said Zariel affectionately, knowing Taeravth would never participate in these kinds of things
¡°HE WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD VARENTH AND MEDRETH TO FIGHT AND MADE BETS WITH LYTH AND NERRETH¡± Zariel turned to them all and used earth magic to trap them in a shell of hardened mud..
¡°Sounds like you all need some re-education¡± A pissed off smile was creeping onto Zariel''s lips.
¡°W-wait Z-Zariel I c-can explain¡± Said Ragnarok, he dreaded The Stick even more than the dragons for he did not have their hard scales.
¡°No need¡± Said Zariel lightly, he had become so calm it was scarier than when he was furious.
The next out was filled with the shrill screams of those 6, some lizardmen villagers aware very confused by the screaming coming from an invisible source but just shrugged it off, they were not a very smart species.
Reason #006
After hours of beating Zariel finally stopped, each dragon had welts on their heads and Ragnarok¡ well let¡¯s not even mention his condition.
¡°All right so it¡¯s agreed we go our separate ways?¡± Said Zariel in a calm tone, he had vented most of his anger.
¡°My head hurts, I need healing magic!¡± Cried Lyth, healing magic was also a new form that Zariel had uncovered and Lyth was the only one able to use it.
¡°Same! How can you be so mean Zariel I thought you were the peaceful mother of the family¡± Said Ragnarok.
¡°You obviously don¡¯t know enough about mothers, and for the millionth time why am I the woman!¡± Retorted Zariel, clearly still upset he was designated the role of mother.
¡°Because you cook and clean and are kinder than Raggy, you take care of our wounds and when we are exhausted from training you look after us and cook us food, you clean up after us and scold Raggy when he is too mean, do you want me to continue?¡± Said Nerreth in a patronising manner.
¡°Ah no¡¡± Sighed Zariel resigned to his fate.
¡°Wait why has this become about your ¡®terrible¡¯ problem we are the ones in pain here! Lyth please use healing magic on us too!¡± Said Medreth after just regaining consciousness and saw a familiar white glow surrounding her welt that showed she was using magic.
¡°Nope! You guys deserve your punishment, I¡¯ll only heal Nerreth and maybe Raggy¡± replied Lyth obviously pissed she was punished ¡°I only bet 4 rabbits on Medreth jeez¡¡± she muttered in a quiet voice hoping Zariel wouldn¡¯t hear her.
¡°Ok, quiet I have to concentrate on a form to blend in, I¡¯m going to the draconian tribe first¡± As Zariel said this his body had already started to shimmer and his clothes were replaced with a tiger pelt covering the important parts and scales grew out of his pores and his face grew into a snout. He looked just like one of the tribesmen below the hill they were on.
¡°Woah, I¡¯ve never seen the illusion magic used like that before¡± muttered Taevarth, taking down notes in the earth. His memory was almost photographic so whenever he learnt something new he wrote it down to remember, in fact it had become a bad habit that annoyed Nerreth and Medreth to no end.
¡°Wait, Zariel are you just disguised or have you changed your whole form?¡± Asked Taevarth, thinking of the possibilities if Zariel had found a way to change forms.
¡°Oh yes, I was going to surprise you all but I sort of forgot, I found a variant of illusion magic that takes up a lot of mana but since that is not a problem for us it¡¯s fine, you can change form instead of just others perception of you! Isn¡¯t that great?¡± Zariel said cheerfully, oblivious to the dragons shaking in anger.
¡°So, this entire time when the life forms started evolving and we had to hide you had a way of making us able to live normally? Able to make us blend in?¡± Lyth said in a quiet but angry voice, the others nodding their head in agreement.
¡°W-well I have only just found it a couple of thousand years ago, and never found a use for it so it never really came up¡¡±
¡°So, you just forgot? This whole time? For a couple thousand years!¡± Lyth said slowly advancing, the others backed away. Although she was quiet and shy around strangers the others knew to never make Lyth angry for she was very dangerous when she got mad.
¡°You punished us for something similar so that means it is okay to punish you right?¡± continued Lyth, the dragons backed away even more.
¡°Well¡ not the same thing i-it¡¯s kind of different¡¡± Zariel held up his hands hoping she wouldn¡¯t attack.
¡°Oi Lyth, beat him up real good, the stick is right here¡± Said Raggy, finally awaking from the consciousness he had been drifting in and out of.
¡°Ah, my dear students and children are all grown up haha¡ ¡° Zariel smiled although it wasn¡¯t a full one, he looked pretty pitiable.
¡°You always taught us to be creative Zariel, perhaps we can put this stick to other uses¡± Medreth smiled, seeing any reptile smile is one of the most haunting things a man can see.
After an hour of a relatively loud series of screaming and very confused nearby tribesmen Zariel lay panting on the rolling hills.
¡°You guys got violent, who taught you all that?¡± panted out Zariel
¡°¡±¡±¡±¡± Ragnarok¡±¡±¡±¡± they all replied simultaneously and with dull eyes like it brought back unpleasant memories.
Zariel cast an accusing glare and smiled wryly at the mess of a body lying a few metres from them.
Raggy was just faking so he wouldn¡¯t get beaten again, he shivered unconsciously¡ ¡°never again¡¡± thought Ragnarok, ¡°Never. Again¡±.
Zariel got up and brushed himself off with the others giggling and joking around.
¡°Now that¡¯s over, we should get to work¡± He put on a serious face, the others also stopped whatever they were doing and turned to face him.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.
¡°So goodbye then? It¡¯s long flight from this specific continent to any other and one of us is going to have to drop off Raggy at the Demon Continent¡± Lyth looked around as she said this, every dragon was avoiding eye contact except Nerreth who Lyth was glaring at.
¡°Really guys? I thought we were friends, siblings seriously I can¡¯t believe I would be abandoned like this after we have spent a billi-¡¡±
¡°You really don¡¯t want to carry Ragnarok do you?¡± interrupted Zariel
¡°It¡¯s just that he is really heavy and my water magic takes a lot of effort to maintain and with an extra weight¡¡± complained Nerreth
¡°Ok ok, Varenth you take Ragnarok, the dwarven continent is closer to the demon continent¡±
¡°Aw man really? He isn¡¯t going to be comfortable on my back it¡¯s literally a forest up there¡±
¡°Varenth don¡¯t argue with me, you¡¯re taking him and that is final¡±
¡°But-¡°
¡°No buts, you¡¯re going¡±
Zariel gave Varenth a meaningful glare, Varenth made an annoyed sound and walked away
¡°Don¡¯t turn your back on me like that, that attitude is not acceptable in this family and you know it! I only ask for one task¡±
¡°Sure mum geez. How come Nerreth gets to skip out and I don¡¯t even get a chance to?¡± Varenth huffed.
¡°Because she has a valid excuse, now we are ending this conversation
¡°Oooh touch¨¦¡± called out Ragnarok, still lying down on his back beaten and bloody and forgetting he was supposed to play dead.
¡°Shut up Raggy, I really regret teaching you the English language¡± Zariel said in a pissed off tone.
¡°Oooh touch¨¦¡± chimed in Taevarth from the far away tree he had been sleeping next to.
¡°Ok that¡¯s it I¡¯m leaving, goodbye guys see you in a couple million years¡± Zariel walked away waving a hand behind his back at the others, they all murmured their farewells and flew off, except for Varenth who was having trouble picking up Raggy¡¯s exhausted form.
Zariel walked down the hill to the tribesmen, the men were not yet back from hunting it seems as all the women and children were the only ones visible. His disguise still held as he walked through the village, Zariel got some odd looks but their intelligence wasn¡¯t large enough to question him yet. Well at least that¡¯s what he thought until a young child, probably only 9 or 10 years old ran up to him.
¡°Are you important?¡± said the child, it was an odd question with jerky pronunciation but understandable. Zariel felt something special about the child, something odd or out of place compared to the others in the tribe.
¡°Yes¡± said Zariel, part of his goal of spreading knowledge about magic was knowing the races better and he had a feeling that following this child might help him achieve that goal.
The child grabbed his arm and dragged him to one of the crudely built huts, made with walls of mud, and sticks and animal skins and roofs of leaves and more animal skins that looked decayed and rotting. It smelled like a cross between a slaughter house and a gym locker room, it was unfortunate Zariel knew exactly how those places smelled. His nose caught another smell between those two horrible stenches, it was a sick person¡¯s smell, like vomit and death.
¡°Help her¡± said the child as it pointed towards the tent, his eyes pleaded with Zariel¡¯s, there was such desperation in them the boy refused to show in his face.
Zariel nodded, with a grim line of determination set on his mouth. As he parted the large leaves that acted as a door he saw a young girl probably the same age as the child, perhaps they were siblings or young friends but that didn¡¯t matter as Zariel saw the girl¡¯s condition. As experienced as he was with medicine she was too far gone for him to help with normal methods.
Zariel looked around the tent, there was dried meat hanging from hooks and containers made from clay he was certain contained water. The boy was standing in a corner watching him.
¡°This could be a chance to show them magic¡¡± thought Zariel, teaching the younger generations would be easier but not all of them have an affinity for magic.
¡°Watch¡± he simply said, and hovered his hand over the young girl¡¯s face, her scales were peeling off and her lips were bloodied. Although his normal medical knowledge only applied to humans and normal pets because of his 8 years as a veterinarian he could gather she was dying, that was certain.
A glow started from Zariel¡¯s hand, it was a warm yellow light that had white glowing particles that moved and covered the girl¡¯s body. The boy¡¯s eyes widened in fascination, Zariel moved a finger to his lips with his other hand. The boy stayed put and watched without making a sound.
The blood on the girl¡¯s lips seemed to be eaten by the particles and scales became more colourful. Her eyes fluttered opened to reveal a bright, neon irises, it was a racial trait that her the whole species had, in her case she had neon purple while the boy looking astounded in a corner had neon blue eyes like Zariel.
¡°Th-thank you¡± the boy said quietly, he walked to the girl¡¯s side wary of Zariel.
¡°You¡¯re welcome, who is she?¡± He asked, trying to maintain basic sentences.
¡°¡Friend¡± the boy looked away and although it was difficult to tell due to the scales on his face Zariel swore he could see the boy blush.
¡°Ah young love, so sweet and innocent, too bad it¡¯ll never last¡± thought Zariel seeing how the boy looked at the girl with such care and love.
The girl had her eyes open but hadn¡¯t spoken yet, it wasn¡¯t a good sign if she wasn¡¯t responsive yet and Zariel didn¡¯t know the limits of healing magic, whether it was restricted to physical injuries or it could reach a high enough level to heal insanity or other mental disorders.
¡°How?¡± the boy asked, he had taken a break from checking up on the girl.
¡°Magic¡± replied Zariel, that was all that needed saying.
¡°Teach me¡± said the boy, his eyes full of curiosity.
Zariel had checked the mana particles surrounding the boy before, his mana affinity in general was mediocre but Zariel didn¡¯t need a genius student he just needed a person the spread magic, a patient zero.
¡°Gladly¡± Zariel smiled, as always, his plan was working.
At the time, two dragons were circling the tribes village where Zariel was. One was pitch black with a golden underbelly and the other was covered by a cloud but you could faintly see a hint of a dark blue that stood out against the azure sky.
¡°There he goes again, with that damn habit¡± said the blue one, sounding pissed off.
¡°What habit?¡±
¡°His need to teach others things, it¡¯s like an obsession to him. If someone doesn¡¯t know something he makes his job for them to know what it is, the history of it and how to say it in 8 different languages¡±
¡°I¡¯ve noticed that, it¡¯s not a bad habit¡±
The blue dragon snorted.
¡°Maybe not to you, unlike us normal folks you actually want to know that stuff¡±
¡°Not everybody is perfect, you especially should know that¡±
¡°What¡¯s that supposed to mean?¡±
¡°Absolutely nothing, you¡¯re perfect just the way you are¡please don¡¯t hit me¡±
The two figures started to fly off, with a lone figure watching from outside the hut it had just been in.
¡°What were those kids doing up there, they should have left for their continents¡ never mind that I should get back¡± Zariel¡¯s eyes gleamed ¡°I have a lot of work to do¡±
Reason #007
It had been 10 years since I had started teaching the Draconian race magic, I had also taught them some fighting techniques but not much. Hand to hand combat and weapon wielding was more Raggy¡¯s thing. I also taught them the english language, not the one I spoke with the dragons and Raggy, call me petty but I wanted that to be a special thing for us.
Revin nodded, I knew Mari had a child on the way, Mari was the little girl I had saved and who had mated with Revin, she was apparently the gem of the village but I didn¡¯t really see her beauty in the romantic way, probably because I wasn¡¯t into lizards.
¡°Mari has come far as well; your child will certainly be gifted¡±
The rest of the dragons are having the same problem too, Varenth and Medreth have been less active in their teachings to the races they were overlooking, I had to give them a telepathic scolding before they decided to teach the races English and magic properly, I worry for the Humans and Dwarves futures.
Lyth and Nerreth were doing just fine, Lyth said the beastmen weren¡¯t the brightest people but were ambitious and strong, their extra appendages and animal organs came in handy with daily life of hunting and building and working.
Nerreth said there was a evolved species of fish here, they weren¡¯t quite like humans but had enough sentience to have factions and families, she said that they didn¡¯t look to be finished evolving but they were certainly far behind the other races.
Reason #008
{Extracts of the hidden journal of the Wise Black Dragon Taevarth, Dragon of the Elves, found in a cave in Mt Greer, the tallest mountain of the Elven Kingdom}
Taevarth Journal Entry #1
I have started this record to keep track of the happenings while Zariel is asleep, it has been 3 hours since Zariel began his slumber, my brothers and sisters all learnt to shift form to humans, although we yet to grasp a ¡®normal¡¯ form we can enter tribes without much worry of them treating us like a threat.
Taevarth Journal Entry #13
Zariel has been asleep for 6000 years now, thecivilizationsare steadily growing, the Elves I watch over and guide have become more peaceful. Zariel told me of the mistakes people on his planet made with pollution and the beauty on his earth had declined, I saw how sad he was about that so when he awakens I shall make sure he comes to my continent seeing the beauty he spoke about with such sadness. I told the Elves that preservation of the worlds nature is important to the future, they have designated themselves as the guardians of nature, they have experimented with magic and I believe they are onto something to help the plants and trees.
Taevarth Journal Entry #29
Zariel had been asleep for 231 000 years now, the Elves lifespans are increasing, from the meeting I am having with the others it seems my race has the longest lifespan at 130 years, I''m sure it will keep increasing. The oldest Dwarf was 110, Draconian at 103, the Beastmen at 94, Demons at 89, Humans at 43 and the Mer-people as we have started calling the race Nerreth looks over is 23. I have gotten this information from my sibings who told me who the oldest member of their race was, I shall study further into this, I can¡¯t wait to see how old the races will be able to live until they stop evolving.
Taevarth Journal Entry #47
Zariel has been asleep for roughly 40 000 years, Medreth has started to change, he''s less aggressive and more... cunning, he''s planning something I know it and the others do too, even Raggy is suspicious. I distract myself with work to forget about the fact our family is changing and Zariel is gone for now. So, I¡¯ll just continue with the updates of the humanoid species evolutions.
The highest lifespan of each species had increased dramatically, the Elves can live up to 300 years now, the Demons at 260, the Mer-people who were the biggest increase were up to 220 the Dwarves at 180, Draconians at 150, Beastmen at 140 and Humans at 120, the human growth rate has slowed but I have figured out that the higher a person is in mana the longer they live, since Elves seem to have the highest affinity for magic they have the longest lifespan, us dragons are basically magical creatures so I believe our lifespan will be incredibly long.
Taevarth Journal Entry #52
Zariel has been asleep for about roughly 500 000 000 years now, he should be awakening in another 500 000 000 years. We have been watching over the world as he has said, we have looked after the different species. The humans being raised by Medreth have become greedy and hot tempered, Medreth says he has nothing to do with it but I suspect he pointed them in the wrong direction. He always liked chaos and now that Zariel isn''t here he believes he can do what he likes, even Varenth, Medreths sidekick, tried talking some sense into him but nothing worked, Medreth encourages the humans to enslave the other species and that they are the superior race, humans were the oldest race but certainly not the superior one, the other species are getting angrier and the other dragons cannot hold them back much longer, there will be a war and for the first time in a long time us dragons will have to leave our caves.
Taevarth Journal Entry #66
It has been 900 000 000 years since Zariel first went to sleep and there have been many wars, we had to fight Medreth and locked him in a cage deep under the earth, we found more of that metal that Zariel used to make a stick and beat us with and smelted it to make the cage, I still have nightmares about the day we caged Medreth and his screams of fury. Varenth named the metal Zarilian in memory of the days that all that metal was used for was to teach us a lesson, we do not speak of Zariel to the other species, he is a much more powerful existence than us and the other species believed we were the apex predators, as selfish as it was we needed to remain that way for us to remain on top.
Taevarth Journal Entry #100
Civilisation is so much more peaceful and advanced, there has not been a war in 500 years and they have found a way used magic to help with their everyday needs, they use magic enchant objects with mana and certainaffinitieslike a sword with the fire affinity will burn someone as it cuts through them. They enchant carriage with air magic so they don''t have to use wheels and the rides are much smoother, although those enchanted carriages are incredibly expensive, only royalty and incredibly important or corrupt nobles tend to have them.
Zariel should be waking up soon, the worst part about him waking up will be explaining where Medreth is and what has happened to his Draconians, Raggy was so depressed by it when he had the seal Medreth with us, although he''d never tell us this Medreth was his favourite, and we were okay with that, they suited each other but no one expected Medreth to go so... wrong.
We are all gathering at Zariel''s cask today, we can''t go into the cave with our real dragon forms, we''ve grown quite a lot, but we are staying in our dragon forms for sentimentalities sake.
The Draconians had their capital city next to this mountain which caused all the crystals in the cave to be mined out. They didn''t even realise how important the cave was to their history but I couldn''t blame them for that. As a final note, I will say this, welcome back Zariel, I¡¯m sorry about the world you have come into.
I had spent my time dreaming, and talking with Timera, I learned that this hibernation thing is for immortals to rest their minds, for them to live so long without taking a break is dangerous, Timera said because it was my first hibernation it would be longer than the rest. As long as I slept at least once a week from now on my hibernations in the future would be cut down significantly. The time I spent dreaming was mainly just random crap my brain comes up with, I don''t get the movies I watched where the actors dream of their memories, I''''ve never had that and I have way more memories than them. Unfortunately, I started to dream of my memories which made me pissed I could no longer be mad at those unrealistic movies, I dreamt of the dragons and of the days I was on Earth, I dreamt of the Draconians and of Revin and Mari and their little child l''ll never see, wasn''t much of a loss though considering that reptile babies aren¡¯t that cute except when they''re my little dragons.
After what seemed like only a couple of hours I opened my eyes, to absolute darkness, for a second I thought I hadn''t opened my eyes it was so dark. I lifted my arm up to feel the cold stone that was my cask, I sighed remembering a billion years had passed, the dragons will be so big. They grow up too fast, I wasn''t there for it but I moved on quickly, I wanted to see them soon so I used magic to melt the lid away.
I sat up and looked around and realised something, I was no longer in the cave.
{Nerreth POV}
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It had been a while since we had gathered outside the cave to wait for Zariel, Taevarth was the most excited since he could not stop talking. I sat on my cloud waiting for him to come out. We had all stayed in dragon form because it was the form Zariel was most familiar with.
"Maybe you got the day wrong?" said Ragnarok after Taevarths initial excitment had died slightly, now he frowned.
"I think something is wrong..." Varenth said.
"I agree, wasn''t there meant to be something protecting the cask outside the cave, they were your golems right Varenth?" Taevarth inquired, sounding worried.
"That''s what I meant before, normally I can sense my creations once I''m at a certain distance, and I can''t sense anything, not my golems and not Zariel''s mana trail"
"Oh shit..." Raggy said quietly, all the dragons turned into human form and ventured into the cave to check on the room Zariel was in, we saw a hole in the wall at the back of the cave, it led into a room that looked carved with mana, inside it was... empty.
"Who could have done this? The humans? The enslaved most of the Draconians and explored this continent, it wouldn''t be a surprise if they found this cave"
"It was probably those damn human heroes, always adventuring and shit, they probably thought Zariels cask was anartifactfrom the ancient times"
"Okay we split up and go to each of our countries capital cities and ask if they have they cask, we don''t know for sure it''s the humans, they''ve changed their ways" I said, Taevarth looked heartbroken, even though he was the most intelligent out of all of us he had always been the most childish and the most adoring of Zariel.
"Whose going to ask the Draconians and the Humans, they don''t have a dragon overwatcher" said Raggy, Ivolunteeredfor the role and we all separated to find Zariel.
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It seemed the room I was in was a treasury or a storage room of sorts. There were piles of golden coins and chests with swords and shields laying about, the room was massive with white colums and a hard smooth floor, I didn''t know what any of the materials were but that wasn''t what was important, I needed to know where I was.
I tried using telepathy with the dragons to no avail, it seems I can''t get a good lock on their minds for some reason. Suddenly I heard a creaking at the massive doors at the front of the room, they were engraved with two angels on either side holding the inner frame of the door, looking like they were the ones pulling the door open. When they door was wide enough I saw who was actually opening the door, two soldiers were pushing with all their might, I had hoped so because those doors looked to be several tonnes.
As the soldiers pushed the doors I inspected them, they were human it seems and not that strong, I could analyse that much at least. Walking between the doors that were now opened enough for three humans to walk shoulder to shoulder through, a man in a white mantle with a golden trim, he wore a dark blue robe underneath the mantle and looked regal, kingly. I realised as soon as I looked at his head he was a king after all, he had a crown made out of a dark silver like the stick I used to ''educate'' the dragonlings and Ragnarok with... perhaps they found more? His face looked to be in the early 50''s with a short, red beard and stern eyes and face, like a army general who had seen too many wars.
"Who are you? Did you come out of the Dragon''s Cask?" his eyes narrowed, he looked pissed but not surprised... interesting.
"I did indeed, was I expected?" I swung my cane in a circle, it was a good cane so I buried it with me in the cask.
"You were, the great dragons themselves expect you, whatever you have done I hope you get punished justly, seize him!"
"Yes my king!" the soldiers responded simultaniously, they marched towards me.
Arrest me? What had I done? And the dragons asked for me? did they perhaps arrange for me to be here I wonder? The soldiers grabbed my arms and dragged me out of thetreasury, they hauled me along the corridors with the king in tow, I tried to make some conversation to make the trip less boring.
"So what''s been happening these past billion years? Anything cool? Gosh I hope something cool happened otherwise I''ll have to do something drastic"
The king and guards tensed at that.
"Not like blow up the city! I''m not evil... well the dragons might think I''m evil but kids always go into that stage where everyone is the enemy, the lessons I taught them were valuable I swear, I have been thinking since you said that whole thing about ''dragons and punishment and justice'' and I realised the dragons description of me may have been the wrong impression"
The king humphed and sneered at me.
"the great Blue Dragon Lady Nerreth said you would not put up a fight, it seems she was right... the dragons gathered at our palace and said we had in our treasury an evil man inside a cask of a coffin, they said this man uses brute force for the most petty of things and leaves people behind for his own selfish reasons"
I sighed and shook my head.
"Kids am I right?" I chuckled, no one laughed. I decided to let thing go with the flow, it would be funny to see their shocked faces when I greeted them. I stayed silent and let them lead me to the dragons, I started to sense somefamiliarpulls, I noticed it was the minds of the dragons but they were blocked off... like they had walls. I smiled, they had certainly grown.
"We are here great dragons of this world, we have brought the evil one. please deliver punishment!" the king bowed down as well as the massive crowd that had gathered, we were on what seemed to be a plateau off the palace, it was absolutely colossal with a barrier around it, a large crowd of what I can only assume were nobles and other members of the royal family were here. Good.
another thing that was there were 5 figures I knew very well, but there were supposed to be six. I was grateful that Nerreth, Taevarth, Lyth, Varenth and Ragnarok were here but... Medreth was not. All the dragons were in their dragon forms, they had gotten much bigger, almost as big a 4 story building but they could easily fit on the plateau. Raggy was
Guards let me go while I was deep in thought, everyone had hateful looks on their faces, the dragons were absolute here, anyone who was hated by the dragons was hated by the public that revered them, it seems even Raggy was a point of influence.
"Come forward" said Nerreth in a queenly tone, I saw the others trying not to giggle or laugh. I was biting my lip trying not to laugh either, all eyes were on me so the public didn''t see them trying not laugh, some smirked probably mistaking me trying not to laugh as nervousness.
"You havecommitteda severe crime against this world Zariel" said Varenth speaking up.
"Come closer" Lyth said quietly, she was in front of new people so her shyness must be acting up.
I walked right up to Nerreth at the front Raggy was leaning against her cloud she was hovering on, her body had gotten much longer and was curled up in a pile upon the cloud. She leant down to my face. I heard the audience gasp, they probably thought she was going to eat me.
"Your crime against this world, is not walking on its earth and speaking to its inhabitants and learning its culture... welcome back Zariel" she nuzzled me with her snout which was a tall as me, I pat her on the head and everyone else came forward, I gave Raggy a hug and a pat on the back, he hit me so hard on the back I almost fell forward, his strength had always been so abnormal for someone so old looking.
Taevarth nuzzled me like a puppy unlike Nerreth''s calmness. I would have thought the situations would be switched but we all change I guess. Varenth put an earth pillar beneath my feet and raised me to his eyesight.
"It''s good to see you Zariel but Medreth..."
People gasped as soon as they heard the name, I turned to see faces of horror and fear. I sighed and turned back to Varenth,
"What has that boy done now?"
¡°He¡ started a war, the humans he commanded destroyed and enslaved many people¡ the Draconians were scattered, half of them are slaves and the other half are hiding in their capital city and haven''t come out in years, their birthrate is low and their population wasn¡¯t that big to begin with when the war started, they were forced to fight to protect their land and the results were disastrous¡± Ragnarok was the one who spoke since it looked like Varenth was too distraught, now that I think about it Medreth was Raggy¡¯s favourite student, no wonder Raggy had been so quiet.
¡°Medreth did this?¡± I asked.
¡°Yes, we have him in a Zarilian cage¡ we named the metal after you, it¡¯s what the kings crown is made of and that stick you used to beat us with that damn stick¡± Lyth finally spoke out, not sounding as shy anymore. The others shuddered when The Stick was mentioned.
I glanced over to the king and his crown, the man was sweating like a pig. Probably because he just realised that he insulted a man who acts like a leader to the most powerful beings on this planet.
¡°I see now¡ where is the cage?¡± I looked back at them who all had downcast faces.
¡°The lava pit where we were born, he has been in there, Zirilian doesn¡¯t melt and Medreth was immune to the lavas heat¡± Taevarth said glumly, I knew none of them were happy about sealing their brother away.
¡°I was told about a vision once, where Medreth rose some lava figures against the rest of us, attacking us, I realise now I may have taken the vision in the wrong context, perhaps it¡¯s wasn¡¯t as literal as I thought, take me to him¡±
The king looked up at me with fear in his eyes, all the other people in the area did the same.
¡°Lo- lord Zariel, I am sorry for my behaviour before, you should know I hold the dragons in the highest regard and I had never even hear-¡°
I waved my hand at the crowed of people and they all collapsed, at least the king stopped his incessant voice.
¡°What did you do?¡± Lyth asked, looking ready to cast healing magic.
¡°Relax, I wiped their memories of the past 3 hours and put them to sleep, so no one remembers me or you guys, is that okay? Although they will be a little confused as to why they¡¯re passed out here but I¡¯m sure weirder things have happened, I think¡± I was confused by Lyth being so protective. She knew me well enough to know I wouldn¡¯t kill them.
¡°Yes¡ yes that¡¯s fine¡± she backed off. I smiled and clapped my hands to get their attention and distract them from the depressing mood they had been in since Medreth was mentioned.
¡°Right! I¡¯ve been asleep for a while guys in case you hadn¡¯t noticed so the world has moved on without me, as I can already see from this castle and its inhabitants, so we¡¯ll go to a nice place and have a long chat and then we¡¯ll go see Medreth and I¡¯ll see if I can do anything to help him, that sound good?¡±
They all nodded and spread their wings, Raggy whistled and summoned a Roc, they seemed to have evolved since I last saw them, they had grown and their wingspan was five men wide, it also seemed to have gotten more eyes, it had four eyes now still a red colour. Their feather colour had stayed the same with a dark black and brown. Raggy jumped on its back without its complaint but as soon as I neared it, it screeched at me like I was its mortal enemy.
¡°Sorry Zariel, they¡¯re trained to only let demons and I ride them, you¡¯ll have to fly yourself¡± he smirked and flew off, I guess they were all pretty pissed at me leaving to get some shut eye.
¡°Not like I had a choice¡¡± I muttered and used Air Magic to fly into the air and catch up with my family.