Chapter 396: Kaiser Dragon
"Spot! Can you move back faster!" I shouted.
"I"m already using all my power! This Kaiser Dragon"s lung is too powerful! Roy, prepare a portal!" Spot shouted back.
"Aaaah! We"re going to get eaten!" Victoria is panicked.
Did I overestimate my air magic again? I shouldn"t have tried it. I"m just wasting my mana here. This way, I won"t be able to fight the angels if we meet them later.
The sucking power of the dragon is too strong. Despite inhaling so much calming gas, there"s no visible effect on the dragon. It still looking at us in anger. Should I add happiness gas?
Let"s do that. When someone is happy and calm, everything else won"t matter to them.
We still get closer and closer into his mouth. The smell is really bad. And just one tooth of the dragon is about as big as Spot"s head. We"re going to die like this.
I guess it"s time to escape. Let"s look for the Angels" Sanctuary next time. We still have a few months left before we take actions.
"Spot, we"re lea- wait a minute. The dragon"s mouth is closing."
When I was about to tell Spot that we"re leaving, the Kaiser Dragon"s mouth is closing and we"re no longer being sucked in.
"Spot, keep your distance ahead of the dragon. Let"s see if it"s already calmed down and we can communicate," I said.
"…Roy, you"re crazy if you think that you can communicate with a dragon. But let"s try it!" Spot said.
We take a distance from the dragon as we finally able to see its whole face. And we need to get so far away just to be able to see its whole face!
"h.e.l.lo! I come in peace! Can you talk?"
Oh, it has been a while since I said that word.
"Who… are… you…?"
Unlike before, the voice this time is much slower. I guess the dragon is being careful to not kill us accidentally. Unlike before when it said "Kill!".
Let"s introduce ourselves first before we get to know about the dragon.
"My name is Roy. An Aura user and summoner. This little thing is a Black Slime, Victoria, and the Serpent I"m riding is called Spot. Nice to meet you."
"Hmm… Aura user… been… a… while…" the Kaiser Dragon said slowly.
You talk too slow! Must be difficult being big.
"And… Black… Slime… Not… Javier…?" the Kaiser Dragon asked.
"Wait, you know Javier?" I asked.
"Old… friend…"
"Oh, I see… well, actually, this Black Slime was Javier. There"s a story as to how it became Victoria," I said.
"Tell… me…"
Well, if this dragon is an old friend of Javier, he must have met Javier less than a thousand years ago. After the Black Slime was given a name. Let"s tell this Kaiser Dragon about Javier, and everything we can say to it.
Turns out, this Kaiser Dragon is a male, and his name is Alejandro.
Alejandro has been friend with Javier long before they have their own names. Just Kaiser Dragon and Black Slime. Their last meeting was Javier telling him his name, and giving the Kaiser Dragon the name Alejandro.
We told Alejandro about the truth of Javier, humans world, and the cult while I still using my magic to make Alejandro inhale as much calming magic as possible.
"So… that"s… what… happened…" Alejandro said slowly.
"Umm… you can speak normally. No need to be so slow," I said.
"Understood. Anyway, the Monsters World is going to ruin because of the cult? If it was anyone else who said that, I will think that they are crazy. But if it"s you who knows Javier, then I"ll trust you," Alejandro said. This time, he speaks faster than before.
"Then, will you help us? I"m a summoner, but if you don"t want to make a contract with me, it will still be helpful if you can help us," I said.
"…no. I can only act normally now because of your magic that makes me calm. After you stopped using your magic, I will return to be in bad mood again. After all, the source of my current mood is still here," Alejandro said.
"Hmm? You said that the reason you changed is still there? And you know it? Why won"t you make it go? It should be easy for you, right?" I asked.
"I can"t do it alone. And I keep scaring other who approaches me, so I can"t ask for help," Alejandro said.
"Then, I"ll do it. What should I do?" I asked.
What is it that makes a Kaiser Dragon, someone so powerful and big that can eat Spot even in his original size whole? It must be something dangerous.
"My back is itchy," Alejandro said.
"…what?"
"Like I said, my back is itchy," Alejandro repeated his words.
"…that"s it?"
"Just look at my body! You should be able to see why I"m in constant bad mood all the time! I even hear rumors about me being the scariest monsters in the last few thousand years even though the reason is because I can"t scratch my own back," Alejandro said.
His body? Well, even with my Divine Vision, I can"t see everything since he"s too big. But if the reason is that his back is itchy and he can"t handle it, then…
"Your limbs are too short. And your neck won"t help you look at your back. It"s also short. Rather, compared to your body, everything else about you is much smaller," I said.
Short arms, short legs, short tail, and short neck. All those combined and it"s impossible for him to scratch his back. And he had it for thousands of years already?
Just how big is the tick on his back?
This time, I used Divine Vision to see his back. Just the range that I can see. And I was surprised to see that his back has become an ecosystem with many monsters inhabiting it.
"…Alejandro, you have become a living ecosystem. There"s a forest on your back, water source, probably from the rain, and monsters living on your back," I explained to Alejandro what I can see with my Divine Vision. And that"s not everything on his back.
"What!? Oh, I heard about Aura users a little from Javier. He can"t help me since he has no power, but I still listened to him talking about everything he experienced as a summoned monster. You are strong, right? Then I want to ask you to take care of everything on my back and scratch it," Alejandro said.
So, in the end, I still have to scratch his back?
Well, at least I won"t get bored looking for the Angel"s Sanctuary all the time. I can take my time defeating monsters on Alejandro"s back.
"What do you think, Spot?" I asked.
"If it"s just defeating monsters, as long as none of them are as strong as a dragon, I should be able to help," Spot said.
"Then, let"s stop our search again today and spend the rest of the day clearing up his back. It"s weird to see so many trees rooted on his back," I said.
It should be painful for Alejandro since living beings are living on his back. But he only feels itchy?
"That"s the case. We will help you defeat the monsters and scratch your back. And then, will you help me destroying the cult?" I asked.
"Yes. Though I will not make a contract with you. I"ll just be like Spot and help you whenever I could," Alejandro said.
"But how will you help us? I don"t think my portal is big enough for you to fit in. You won"t be able to get into my world because of your size. Can you change your size like Spot?"
"No. But I can use magic. You can just open a portal big enough for my magic," Alejandro said.
"That might be a good idea. But what kind of magic can you use?"
"Highly destructive magic," Alejandro said.
With his size, probably what he meant by highly destructive is something even bigger than Spot"s breath attack. Now I"m interested.
"Other than that, I can use Dragon"s Intimidation. No one able to stand still when they feel my intimidation. And many has fainted from it. It should be useful for you," Alejandro said.
"Yeah, that might be good. Can you try it on me now?" I asked.
"Sure. But because of your magic, I"m too calm. So the effect is lessened by a lot," Alejandro said.
"Alright. Spot, Victoria, brace yourself," I said.
And then, Alejandro used his intimidation.
I feel intimidated by it. My body and my mind are telling me to get away as far as possible, but I endure it with using Aura and my will to protect myself.
It"s over. I endured it, but the two monsters didn"t. They both fainted and now we"re free falling from the sky.
I quickly run and grab Victoria who falls from my shoulder, and quickly wake Spot up.
"Spot, wake up! You"re falling!"
After using various means to wake him up, he finally awakes as he looked up to the sky in fear.
"Roy, try to not get his help as much as possible," Spot said.
"…yeah. That was too powerful, but it might be useful. Next time, I"ll tell you to escape before he did it again," I said.
And that was Dragon"s Intimidation when the power is lessened since I make him calmer. Just how powerful is his real power?
Anyway, to get his help, I need to clean his back from the monsters and everything that shouldn"t be on top of a living being. I guess one day will be too difficult for it.
It hasn"t been long, but let"s ask the others if they want to come.