Tales Of The Mighty Dragonair

Chapter 1003 – The Suspicious Enemy Base

Arthur didn't have to wait for so long. As he expected, there was a big group of enemies hidden under a grand concealing array at the north.

'We found them' Gege said before adding, 'over three million! I dunno how they moved them without getting noticed.'

"They must have used summoning gates," Arthur thought for a second, "how about the fight here?"

'We secured three islands and destroyed the rest,' Gege said, 'but there are many still coming this way.'

Before this all started, the dark angel mage ordered nearly all the islands to converge and gather around the main base. He never thought he would lose this badly to Arthur. But that wasn't the issue here.

These islands got the order to advance, but didn't get any other order after the destruction of the main base. So they were heading this way without stopping.

"How come we lost all these islands?" Arthur frowned. He thought that the islands were easy to secure after getting rid of the main base.

'Ding! This is because all islands have a self destruction array,' the system explained, 'Ding! The moment it's triggered, the entire island will be lost.'

"This… is a mean way to keep these islands off my hands," Arthur didn't like it. He wanted to secure as many islands as possible to expand fast and control this entire world in months. However this way meant he would lose at least two thirds if not more of these islands.

"Is there a way to solve this?"

'We sent Sara and her team to analyze the islands before attacking them,' the golden dragon said, 'she has a great team now. So hopefully she'll find a pattern there.'

"She, alone, isn't enough," Arthur shook his head, "send someone from the higher realmers with her as well. It's better to be someone well versed in arrays."

'Got it,' Gege handled this, 'but what about that big base of the enemies? They have walls and a castle there! It's like they were building this for a long time already.'

Arthur doubted this. After all, him coming here was the end result of many unforeseen circumstances. "Gather everyone and let's go to crush those bastards first," he said before adding, "if any island got closer, just notify me. I'll send a few originals to handle this."

'The closest island is a few hours away so…' Gege paused as the meaning in her words was obvious. The battle against the enemies would take much longer than a few hours.

"Let's get started then," Arthur said before suddenly asking, "are there any allies inside? Two girls perhaps?"

He was reminded by the two kidnapped by the enemies at the beginning of all this. However Gege's answer made him drop his hopes to the rock bottom.

'Not a shadow of them, sorry.'

"Sigh, then where are they hiding these two?" Arthur knew one way or another he would find his two friends taken by the enemies. If not now, then after conquering the entire world he would go and look at every inch here to find them.

Even if they were hidden inside a cave inside a forsaken desert, he would definitely find them.

"Woosh!"

He passed through a portal to find himself standing midair in front of a grand scene. Just like Gege described, this wasn't a last minute preparation at all.

Tall and mighty looking walls, one single gate that was separated from the land by a crossing bridge. The entire place was lined by a deep and dangerous looking trench, especially with these thick tongues of black fire rising from within.

And that wasn't everything. The inside was filled with endless turrets and defense towers, complicated layers of defensive shields covering the entire place. Arthur could see even smaller versions of these shields covering groups of turrets and towers.

On top of that, there was a big central castle in the middle. It was dark red in color like it just came out of hell. In the middle of it, there was a strange central pillar that rose high up in the sky like it was a big spear.

Arthur furrowed his brows when he looked at the energy emanated from this pillar. All the place was brimming in dark energy, but that pillar had a different color; it was green.

Like green fire was dancing around its tip. As if it was gathering up energy and was ready to unleash it at any second.

'What's wrong?' Gege sensed the change in Arthur's mood. 'Won't we start hitting that base now?'

"I think we shall send a few troops first to test it," Arthur slowly said while feeling more unease towards that distant pillar. For some reason, he felt like this base wasn't placed and built here out of coincidence.

It didn't seem like a marching army following the islands. In fact it looked more like a fixed base that operated for so long already. 

'That pillar over there doesn't look good,' the golden dragon slowly said.

'Ding! I feel a strange gush of energy coming from it,' the system also added.

"I don't like it either," Arthur shrugged, "let Doaf and Amera attack now. Also others are ordered to stay behind this place by a mile. No one is moving until I say so," Arthur slowly gave his orders before adding, "also bring a hundred of my originals out. Let's put that pillar under a direct test from the start."

'What about the shield?' Gege asked, 'the two can't crack this shield open.'

Arthur looked at the complicated pattern of the shield before adding, "take another hundred out. They will open the shield and then hit the inside of the base."

'Two hundred originals… That's a big force to be honest,' Gege sighed, 'then why do I feel you unsettled? They can crush this force without any problems!'

"I think otherwise," Arthur narrowed his eyes, "that base… It gives me a bad vibe right now. Let's just test it first and see what dirty tricks this place hides from my eyes."

'Ok,' Gege then summoned two hundred portals gathered in two different groups. The two hundred originals appeared with their shocking auras and giant bodies.. Just be their standing out there, the entire world kept rumbling like it couldn't tolerate their combined immense energy.