What happened next was history.Through the wisp"s perspective, Elric saw how the rest of the story unfolded. How Elric fought the Manananggal trying to protect an Eastern Dragon in human disguise. How he continually knocked to the death"s door only to be saved by a dragon blood transfusion and eventually reaching the corrupted Ancestral form to start the biggest rampage in history.
Elric was just too dumbfounded after knowing how it was all actually the Great Seer Mhata"s doing all along.
"She mentioned that my fate was in my hands, as it turns out, she was the one pulling the strings after all!" Elric thought with growing fury in his heart.
To sum it all for him, the real reason for his messy life was caused by her.
The Ancestral Dragon mentioned that Lesse"s blood transfusion to save him was the trigger for the offer of the Ancestral Dragon"s essence. She happens to be the first one to break the real barrier that was the overwhelming pride of the Dragons.
Did the Great Seer Mhata also foresee this? Is it the reason why she made those instructions with very specific details?
Now one question remains in Elric"s mind,
"Why the Great Seer Mhata? Is she really an enemy or a friend?"
Elric clearly recalls that the reason for Dash"s sudden appearance to save him was under the Great Seer Mhata"s instruction. The blue fire essence the turtle got also happens to be from her.
It was also under the guidance of the Greet Seer Mhata that Elric is still alive until now. But if so, why does she warn him of such a dangerous future?
"I have too many questions on top of my current problems. I still have to save my grandma"s body and those siblings. I have to get back to the Elemental Realm as soon as possible!"
Knowing that he doesn"t have much time left, Elric was just about to continue diving deeper to uncover more of the depths of the wisp"s memory when he suddenly felt a bad premonition.
His dangerous instincts had been flas.h.i.+ng red lights all along!
Swiftly he pulled his soul out of the ocean of the wisp"s memory and back to his body only to be greeted by ear-shattering and eye-blinding show.
CLAANG!~
BAAAM!BABABABABAAAM!~
BOOOM!~
CLANG! CLANG!~
BOOOOOOOM!~
"Hugo kid! Help!"
Dash"s panicking voice together with the series of explosions throughout the surroundings greeted Elric"s return. Upon a quick glance, he realized they were in the middle of a barrage from countless Arkhan s.h.i.+ps hovering above the sky.
They sent over invisible missiles, lazer cannons, and even dropping bombs that are strong enough to wipe an entire large house in one pop - all in efforts of trying to break the s.h.i.+eld barrier that Dash had set up to protect Elric"s body.
Dash was just about to collapse from the Arkhan"s relentless attacks as his energy barrier was thinning down the more powerful their weapons are.
"I only left for not less than 30 seconds and they managed to find us that fast?"
The time is much different in the soul realm, but the fact was that channeling over and shattering the memory of the wisp takes time. Reviewing them also takes time and if only have more, he would have gone deeper to uncover more truth.
Now, with the wisp pulsating weakly in his hand, Elric immediately lent a helping hand to Dash by channeling a healing spell to Dash"s gravely injured body.
As expected of the Dragon hunting race, the Arkhans were still committed to hunting the best Dragon out there. Through various secret channels and their wide range of surveillance systems, it did not take long for them to track Elric.
And the moment Elric put down his guard and his energy frequency calmed down, the Arkhans swiftly made their move to capture Elric. The only problem is the Lord of the Elemental realm, who happens to be capable of casting over a s.h.i.+elding spell for both of them.
"You did a good job friend." Elric commended as he swiftly turned around to face their countless enemies.
"Stay here. I will be back." Elric added before a sudden s.h.i.+ft from friendly to cold eyes.
***
"Report?"
Khan, the supreme commander, and father of the Arkhan race is currently inside the black orb located inside the middle of the enormous Arkhan s.h.i.+p.
He has a human form except for its pale white face and pure white eyes. There are glowing tattoo-like marks that resembled a circuit-chip embedded on the sides of his head.
His eyes are sharp and are currently watching over the whole situation of the vast Arkhan mother s.h.i.+p.
"We have tracked the current Alpha Dragon and found out that his energy frequency has dropped incredibly low. It may be that he had reached his limit and has finally collapsed from the previous fights with the Dragon kings and their subordinates."
A reply came through the communication channel that was embedded in the circuit marks on the side of his face.
"Continue."
"We tried to capture him but there is a giant turtle protecting him. We tried to take it down but an energy s.h.i.+eld is currently covering them."
"Break it by force. That turtle had been fighting for quite a while now, he shouldn"t have much energy left. We are coming over so stale them while you can. We will get that Dragon no matter what."
"Yes, supreme commander."
Due to their last encounter with the Guardians, the current state of the Arkhan mother s.h.i.+p is far from its perfect state. The floating s.h.i.+p as big as a one-kilometer island is filled with towering buildings with an extremely futuristic military base design.
Hundreds of defensive lazer cannons are and rail guns filled each corner of this futuristic s.h.i.+p.
However, the Guardians that attacked them an hour ago still managed to put a good fight, damaging significant places responsible for the operation of the ma.s.sive s.h.i.+p.
"Those Guardian pilots did well in destroying our turbo engines and invisibility prism. However, at the end of the day, it is still I who will get that Dragon." Khan thought to himself as his white eyes glared with murderous intent.
"The moment, I get my hands on him, it is your race that I will extinguish first."
Visible from the outside, Arkhan citizens who happen to have an incredibly close resemblance to the Guardian race, are scrambling here and there at a rapid pace, doing their best to mend the damages and cooperating with the higher-ups in their current operation.
The few s.h.i.+ps that the Guardians sent were indeed incredibly skilled pilots. Despite their number and power disadvantage, they still managed to push the Arkhan mother s.h.i.+p on the corner while beating down his own men on their best fighter aircraft.
He even has to drag the fight to the human eyes just to tilt the battle on their side, but in the end, those little critters still managed to break down one of the elephant"s legs.
With the turbo engine down due to a Guardian pilot resorting to suicide diving, the ma.s.sive Arkhan s.h.i.+p is now unable to escape its pursuers as easily as before.
And with the invisibility prism responsible for the s.h.i.+p"s cloaking ability also shattered to pieces, their gigantic island mother s.h.i.+p is now visible from the public"s eyes - not to mention to the Guardian"s surveillance.
Right now, Khan is controlling the entire ma.s.sive s.h.i.+p with his own mind. Pus.h.i.+ng it as fast as possible to Elric"s location and capture him for his final breakthrough.
"How many minutes before the Guardians arrive?" Khan asked a certain member of his clan responsible for long-range surveillance and radar tracking.
In just one second, a snappy replied came, "The closest incoming waves Guardians will arrive in exactly two minutes and three seconds. Next wave in four minutes and another wave in five. All coming from different directions."
"And their main force?"
"Ten minutes and thirty-five seconds before their arrival. Unless they start attacking us with long-range weapons according to our database, we only have eight minutes in that case. Our people are trying to buy is more time but I am afraid the Guardians are going full force this time. Our men don"t even last a second against their Alpha battles.h.i.+p."
It took a moment before Khan gave his response from the report.
"So small. But it should be enough. By the time they arrive here, only death is waiting for them.
Tell everyone to initiate the overcharge. We are going to use the Red Line."
"The red line?!" A fearful voice from the member on the other line came. It seems he happens to know the danger of using such a method.
"But-but-"
"I know the risk."
"But we will lose-"
"That is my final command." A cold and determined voice came out of Khan"s mouth as the communication has finally been cut.
Seconds later, he could not help but smile wickedly while his mouth started to drool profusely.
"WHAHAHAAHA!"
Like a madman, he started laughing with excited shaking and eyes wide open in antic.i.p.ation.
"That Dragon is mine. And no one is gonna stop me! Even if I have to sacrifice all of my people, the path to the G.o.dly ascension is mine!"