Tales Of The Mighty Dragonair

Arthur just stood there in the middle of the air watching Cesile going to collect the remains of that giant, before she just gave him a silent glance, nodded her head, and then went to the sky, riding over the back of her huge pet, which started to move in unparalleled speed until she vanished entirely from everyone's eyesight.

Arthur took that simple nod as a sign for her appreciation for his performance in that battle, as he realized she was stalking them all the way from the clan to here.

Everything that happened must have occurred under her observation, but she decided not to interfere until things started to get out of control.

He had to admit, facing that merged mage and monster combo wasn't easy, or even possible at his current low rank and meager strength. He was sure in the near future he would be able to handle monsters like this one, but surely not now.

"Let's go back," Arthur simply said, as the whole place was frozen when that monster appeared for the first time. Even after its death, no mage from the falcon legion or from the shadow crows moved a single finger towards them, however Arthur didn't want to fight right now, especially with all these eyes fixated upon him.

Cesile was a very known figure, a celebrity in the academy. Her presence and her help wouldn't bypass this easily from the talks of everyone here, and even at the academy. Arthur knew since this moment, he was already considered a threat to everyone in the competition, and when he entered the academy, he would be considered a threat to others as well.

In fact he wasn't caring about their opinion of him, he only feared they might know all his strengths, and try to come up with suitable counters to his. So, he decided to act low, retreating now to keep the remaining cards hidden.

Just as they approached the Nystic clan camp, which was already on high alert since the beginning of everything, he saw his team standing on the outside gate of this camp, which consisted of many tents already, with an advanced wooden wall with ten meters heights and some defensive towers guarding it.

Arthur just patted on Ron's shoulder, motioning his head towards the ground, and they descended there smoothly and calmly like that.

"Are you the leader of this camp?" Arthur jumped as he instantly asked, directed his question towards the largest man in the group of mages blocking the way to the camp.

There were around three hundred mages standing between his mages and the inside of the camp, with Rayan nowhere to be seen.

"Yes, I'm, may I know your name?" the man replied, in some hesitance as he just saw what happened out there with Cesile. He recognized Cesile, as he received the news from the clan about what happened there.

"I'm Willy, the clan head of the golden lion clan," Arthur simply replied, before adding, "where is Rayan?"

"He is inside, being examined by one of our best shamans. Don't worry about him, but allow me to keep your company for a while, as I received the news about your arrival, only name not picture," he said, with some careful respect as he was thinking Arthur was the real deal.

Arthur didn't say another word, as he knew that leader was just being cautious. Arthur knew the leader was waiting for Rayan to wake up, then he would ask him to confirm his identity. That wasn't a worrying issue for him, as he was sure that things would go quite smoothly afterwards.

"What about them?" Arthur asked, pointing towards the far distant group of falcon mages and the shadow crows. "What are you planning to do with them?" he asked, as he wanted to know the response coming from the main clan.

"I have sent what happened here to the clan head himself, and still waiting for his orders," the man honestly replied, before adding, "it's a miracle you managed to rescue our young master from their hands. The shadow crows group is well known for their notorious deeds, many clans suffered on their hands, including ours," the leader of the camp added.

"I'm glad I managed to help," Arthur said, before chuckling as he added, "after all Rayan is a close friend of mine, any threat to him equals a direct threat to me."

Arthur's words seemed simple, and casual, however they were intentionally said, carrying a hidden message to this leader and his mages. The leader understood Arthur's words, and he just stayed silent, not saying anything more.

Arthur stayed with his crew outside the camp, while other camps' mages started to spy on things occurring here. The story about what happened was soon known to everyone, and hurriedly many messages were sent to their clans and guilds with the recent developments here.

This place was full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons, that was a fact Arthur was sure of. He couldn't prevent the spread of news here, and he didn't care about it, he just hoped when mages deliver the messages, they might decrease his actions here, making what he did seem quite unimpressive in comparison with Cesile's intervention.

Arthur didn't wait longer than thirty minutes here, as Rayan suddenly came from the inside, in a hurried unstable steps, with ashen white face, as he hurriedly shouted:

"Make way for him, he is my friend and our clan esteemed guest."

His words were heard and heeded by his mages posted here, and also were well heard by the spying eyes around the place. The words of Rayan weren't taken as seriously, as all mages in the academy knew about the developments inside the Nystic clan faction of the academy, and the current low rank of Rayan.

"I'm glad yo…" Arthur was about to say his greeting to Rayan when the latter just joined and hugged him, in a very strange move that startled even Arthur himself.