After a while, Shiko, Asuka and Princess Mayla arrived at the gates of the castle where Alba was waiting for them, the young woman was surprised to see the new clothes that her two new friends were wearing, and just like them, the princess was wearing different clothes. Asuka wore a pink button-down shirt with long sleeves very similar to the one she wore before, with the difference that this shirt did not have a collar, and the color of the sleeves was white, she wore a belt which made the functions of all the clothes easier to use, touching it to decide what to use (Objects, the map or some other tools), she wore shorts almost to his knees and boots to the same meeting point with his shorts. On the other hand, Shiko was not wearing the same waistcoat with a cape, but a shirt with sleeves that reached to his wrist, the shirt had a waist cape just like his vest, but thanks to the belt that Mirei gave him, he could see that it came out from the hip of the young man, on the other hand Mayla added to this belt the same function that Asuka's has, so Shiko no longer needed to draw his sword, but only make it magically appear, he wore blue pants, boots that reached to his calf and black gloves. Mayla was dressed in a magician's robe much like Ana's, and with a skirt that reached her knees, with boots that reached to her knee and her pearl necklace around her neck. Once they saw each other, they all decided to march out of the city, leaving the king in Ana's hands.
Once they left the city, they returned to the mountainous area through which they entered and the door was empty again, then Mayla stopped them to ask them:
-You have two other members waiting in the Sacredscream forest, don't you?-
To which the teen replied:
-Asuka: Yes, if it refers to the forest we saw.
-Mayla: I heard from Asuka that one of them lost one of his arms in battle.
-Shiko: Miss Mayla, what are you planning?
Mayla took out of her bag of items two strange capsules, handed them to Asuka and said:
-These capsules contain two more costumes for those members of the group, one of them is for the young man who lost his arm, the costume contains a magical arm which will make him feel like he has a new arm.
Asuka was very impressed, then replied:
-Princess, have you taken the trouble to create other costumes?
-Mayla: Now that I'm a member of your team you can't treat me like a princess, I'm part of your team so leave aside the formalities.
-Alba: The princ- I mean, Mayla is always that kind to everyone.
-Mayla: On the other hand, I would like our entire team to have a name like the Adventurer's Guilds, so that we can be recognized.
-Shiko: I'd like to! Thus, we will be known as the guild that saved the entire continent! … But I can't think of any names...
Asuka smiled proudly and said:
-I've already thought of one...-
She raised his right arm tightly and exclaimed:
-Fairy mania and saving world soldiers!
Shiko stared at her and thought, "If she's this bad with nicknames... I don't want to think about how I would put their children on them." Then he turned to her to say:
Asuka, that name is too long.
-Asuka: I'm a master with the names Ha!
-Mayla: … Let's leave this topic for another time...
When they decided to leave the place, suddenly a huge beast appeared, standing on its four legs five meters high, full of scales and with two large wings, a tail two meters long, a snout full of huge sharp fangs and black lightning-shaped marks in its eyes, this beast that appeared before the group of young people, It was a huge blue dragon. Everyone was stunned to see the beast, except for Mayla who greeted him with great joy and shouted:
- But it's my beautiful guardian Dreik! Long time to no see!
All the team turned to look at the cheerful young woman, and seeing the dragon once more, Shiko exclaimed:
-That thing is a guardian of yours!?
The huge dragon opened its mouth and began to laugh, then turned to the princess:
-Dreik: Nice to see you princess again, you are as beautiful as ever! For others, do not be afraid of my appearance, I am one more human who can transform into this... And I'm here, to join you, but before that, I'm here to clear up many of your doubts.
-Shiko: I've seen ninjas, I've seen giant skeleton scorpions, I've seen vampires, killer plants, but this? Damn, I'm more and more surprised by this world...
-Dreik: Princess Mayla, I suggest you hold the young man... I'm about to tell you why he and the others are here.
- On Command! - Mayla said, then she held Shiko and said:
-This is something that many people you are about to meet already know, I still know, but it had to come out of someone else's mouth!
-Dreik: It's been eight days since you came to this land... since then you have been entrusted with a mission, the mission to eliminate the Guardians who used to protect the entire continent... but the truth is that this has only been the beginning... Young man, this news is a hard thing to believe for you and your companions in your world, but the truth, you were meant to be here, the threat that is harming our world right now had already attacked once, but he was stopped by a powerful being, this being too old to be able to defeat the "menace", he could only seal it for a certain period of time to which in order to eliminate it completely, he chose an heir, it was then when he left his power distributed in humans from a world different from the one he belonged to...That's right, I mean your world. Then, he taught a person his dragon powers by making this type of forbidden magic known, I am one of the few who can execute it. To summarize what I just told you...
You are the core of that ancient hero's true power, and your companions complement you, the guardians retain enough power to be able to destroy the seal that holds such virtue in you, once all the guardians are dead, your seal will be broken and the fragments of powers that are in your companions will be absorbed by you, making you ready to face that "menace".
Everyone was very scared and surprised by Dreik's words, first, they saw Shiko again to see his reaction to the revelation that the dragon named Dreik had just made. Shiko, not knowing how to react, just got very scared and exclaimed:
- WHAT THE FUCK!?
-Dreik: Once your seal is destroyed and you absorb the power contained in your companions, you will be able to wear a legendary armor that that hero himself has forged before he died, next to that armor you will carry a sacred sword made especially for slaying demons. For now, the sword has been separated from the armor, so its whereabouts are unknown, but since you are here, I am sure that your destiny is to find it.
-Shiko: A human who turns into a dragon rest on me? If you live in this world, how did he transfer his power to me? Armor? Sword? Hold on! My doubts as to why I and my companions are here have been cleared up, but now I just have more doubts!
-Dreik: Be patient, I will be part of your mission to facilitate your work, the more you advance, the clearer your goal will be.
-Shiko: You say it because you're used to this beasts, dragons, demons, magic and stuff! But I come from such an ordinary world!?
It's like those stories from the series I watch where suddenly the protagonist travels to another world and suddenly he must save it because it's his duty since he was born! These things happen only in fantasies!
-Asuka: Actually... This whole situation is the same as what you just described... You're not the only one who feels this way, but after everything we've seen it's not so... so crazy.
-Shiko: When we came to this world, it was on our part to help the guardians to be freed, but now it turns out that it is my responsibility in all this! They are forcing me!
-Asuka: You're right... And do you plan to retire from all this after everything we've achieved?
-Shiko: ... I must think everything clearly... This is very confusing to me...
-Asuka: It was you who told me that we would succeed in our adventure the day we met, although now it is an obligation rather than your own will, your purpose to help them all has not changed.
-Shiko: ... ... You're right, I must calm down... It's just the same as before, only now I have a power out of nowhere capable of exterminating demons...
-Alba: Am I also part of all this?
-Mayla: You are! Your sisters knew, but they didn't want to tell you at the time because they knew you'd freak out.
-Alba: I see... and why did I get here before the core of power?
-Dreik: Somehow, that "menace" knew how to break the barrier between our worlds, and in one failed attempt it seems that you and your sisters were lured here.
After relaxing, Shiko took his confidence and serenity from before and said to the dragon:
-Hey! If you say you're a human and plan to help us, I hope you'll at least walk on two legs! It will be strange to walk with a dragon everywhere!
It was then that Dreik after hearing these words, started emanating an enormous glow that, inside him, it was more and more noticeable that the silhouette of the dragon was transforming into that of a human, when the flash ended, a young man no older than twenty years old, with blue hair and very disheveled, measuring one meter and ninety centimeters high, appeared. With dirty, torn clothes, long nails, and the same lightning marks as his eyes, this young man was the human form of the huge dragon. After transforming he told the whole team:
"Well, if you say that your whereabouts are the Sacredscream forest, come all to me so that we can instantly teleport there.
Everyone approached him, and when they were ready, he used his teleportation power making everyone be there as fast as possible, to where they just arrived to meet Lyn and Zene...
To be continued…