Dragon Riders Online IC

Everyone

*Due to the rare bug, the program will address you in real name, we are currently working really hard to fix this issue*

All players could hear the announcement loud and clear, and it was followed by another,

*However, do not worry. Your real name would not be revealed*

Then every players were swallowed by bright light.


Samir

Bright light hit the face of Samir, forcing him to wake up. As soon as Samir eyes were open, he would be able to see a dragon egg lying on the floor.

Samir could hear the voice, it sounded like something was calling him...

"Samir", nope, he was not imagining it... somebody was definitely calling him... Was it coming from a dragon egg?


Ashley

As Ashley wake up from her sleep, she could see that there's a dragon egg. It was pure white; not a spot of black marks were on its shell. It started trembling, it looked cold. "Hold me" A demanding voice was heard from Ashley's ear.

Was it coming from the egg?


Cifujis

"I will eat you alive if you don't wake up!" A loud voice disturbed Cifujis' head. "I will bite you, and bite you! and...ummm.... and bite you!...."

As Cifujis wake up, he could see a dragon egg, trembling, and it sounded like the voice was coming from that egg.


Diana

Diana opened her eyes and looked around, and was taken aback. The decoration, the furniture, the placement of furniture... they were all looked like her own room. The only difference it had was that it had more windows than her ordinary house.

Another difference was that there was an egg. An egg that was bigger than ostrich's egg by small margin.

Diana smiled, and sighed in relief. "I am still in the game...." Then there was a voice. "Hey!" Surprised, Diana looked around. But she did not find anyone else.

"Hey! It's over here!" Said the voice, then Diana realized, it was coming from the egg.

She raised her eyebrow, she stepped closer to the egg and then as soon as she touched the egg, the black dragon egg started to shine in black glow, with a crack. A cute baby dragon showed its face.

Then with a sweet sound of 'Ding' three questions popped up to her as in game screen.

1. Diana, you have chosen Dragon of Freedom, why?

2. How are you going to treat your dragon?

3. What would you give him as special meal?

"What are the questions for?" said Diana, then answer came from Dragon, answering her with inner voice. "This is to create my personality."

Diana rolled her eyes and started typing.


Andrew

Andrew was surprised that the house was size of his room and it had same decoration as his real life room.

However, the difference was that it had dragon egg on his study table.

Andrew raised his eyebrow and came close to the egg. Andrew blinked, and stared at it. He was not so sure if this was real or was a game... Then there was a voice that surprised him. "It's rude to stare at lady!"

"What-?" Andrew slipped and fall to the ground, rubbing his head. "Owwww" Andrew stood up and looked at the egg once again.

"What are you doing, knucklehead! Come on and help me out of here!"

Andrew curled his lips, "I'm coming, no need to yell in my head."

And then as soon as Andrew touched its shell, the egg shined in bright grey light.

*crack*

With that sound, a baby dragon showed its face.

Then three questions popped up in his game screen.

"What are those?" Andrew asked, and the baby dragon answered him. "Your answers here will shape my personality, so don't screw it up, knucklehead."

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Samir

Samir blinked and looked around. Where had that light come from?

For a moment, he wasn't sure what was going on. He appeared to be in his room, but- no, that wasn't quite right. The blinds in his room were no longer damaged. The rough patches on the carpet were missing, and the ceiling no longer had that water stain in the carpet.

All the things he'd noted with displeasure as he'd laid in bed were gone. And there was something else - a large egg in the middle of the room. The surface was scaly, and the color a dark blue like a deep ocean. Samir crawled forward and peered at it intently. He thought he heard his name, like the ghost of a whisper. He leaned forward and put an ear to it when a sudden voice spoke. He gave a cry of surprise and fell back as it voiced three questions. Frowning, Samir contemplated them as he stared hard at the egg.

"It seemed like the best choice," he said in answer to the first question, shrugging. "I'm going to treat it... like my partner. And... I guess I'd give him one of my mom's special falafels. They're the best."

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Ashley

Ashley blinked and moved sleepily. Her hands moved across her expensive, plush comforter, and she sat up and looked around.

Her room was exactly the same as ever. Hadn't she been about to test that new game out? Had she fallen asleep before trying it?

Ashley got up and nearly tripped over something by the side of her bed. She blinked, staring at it for a few moments before acknowledging that it must be there.

It was like an enormous pearl, brilliantly white and flawless. She laid a hand to it and found the surface wonderfully smooth to the touch. As she did, the egg trembled and a voice spoke to her.

Hold it? She scooted forward and put her arms around it like holding a large white cat. It seemed to like that.

Then a voice spoke to her, asking her three questions.

"I chose a Guardian Dragon so I could defend people that need help," she answered easily. "I'm going to treat it like a friend. At least, I hope we can be friends."

As for the food, she had to consider this harder.

"You think you'd like angel food cake? It's my favorite," she said, smiling down at the egg and stroking its surface.

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 Current Character Image [Though currently Void of any Armor or Weapon]

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"Ugh, that was an in-your-face, bright light."
 
Cifujis raised his head and opened his eyes, he needed to blink for a few seconds so that he may adjust to his surroundings after that blindness inducing flash. The world around him seemed to be shrouded in darkness, it made him wonder if he really had gone blind, but then remembered that he was playing a game so his gamma or brightness settings must have altered.

 Cifujis waved his arms about, in hope of hitting some floating widget to open the settings menu. While doing so, he subconsciously found himself biting the air.

“bite you…bite you…” Cifujis mindlessly repeated to himself in his mind.

Giving up and thinking of it as a system bug that would probably fix by itself, Cifujis twirled around for the first time. To his surprise, he saw it, just a few feet away, apparently floating in midair or so it seemed from his distance. Cifujis cautiously approached the spherical item that was faintly pulsating with a purplish hue.

“Ah, the Dragon could be inside that thing.” Cifujis brought his right hand closer.

“I-I’ll really eat you!!”  A voice seemed to stutter from near Cifujis’s hand.

Cifujis, stopped his palm right above the trembling Dragon Egg. Was the egg shaking in fear or excitement? Was the Dragon really aggressive or simply attempting to put up that tough cookie act? Whatever the reason, the new player tried to test it.

“Oh, really? Okay then, I’ll just leave you be.” The Dragonless character started to slowly back away.

“Aaaah wait!! Don’t go… I’ll only bite you!!” The trembling voice resonated from within the egg.

Cifujis stopped and stared at the only lighted object in the room. At closer inspection, he noticed that it wasn't really floating but placed on top of a flat surface. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, his vision picked up more details that the dark-purplish light helped illuminating. There wasn't much but when Cifujis placed his hand on the flat surface he felt a familiar sensation coursing through the palm of his hand, triggering his memory. This flat surface had the same smooth texture of the table he remembered being in his apartment…. Outside the game.

“What’s going on here?” The revelation made him question his bearings. “Did I get booted out of the game? Is this why I can’t see any system widgets… wait, my room wasn't this dark, there is supposed to be a window spanning the length of the apartment.” Cifujis jerked his head to his front, to his sides, but only darkness peered back at him. He could somehow make out a few inconsistencies in the shape of shadows but there wasn't enough light being generated from the Dragon Egg that could reach those far off objects.

“Hello!? Shiny object here! What else is there to take over your mind so?” The voice came back, snapping the wide-eyed person away from going into a panicky state.

Cifujis once again looked at the egg with his piercing gaze but somehow it felt soothing to the eyes. The pulsating aura made him think off sea-waves. “Alright, I’ll bite.”

“Huh!? NOOO!! Stay back!! Thant's my thing!” The voice screamed but Cifujis couldn't be stopped.

Grabbing the Purple Egg with both hands instantly sent a chill throughout his spine. The shell of an egg is usually supposed to be hard but this; this felt like jelly. It instantly collapsed in his grasp that he hadn't even applied that much force upon. A torrent of shimmering gooey fluid rolled off his hands, onto the table. Worried for an instance there, thinking maybe he did something wrong, squashed the dragon or worse…?

“Aaah now you've done it.”
<CHOMP!!!>

Cifujis right eye twitched, once or twice, maybe even thrice as he looked at his left hand. Grabbing onto it with its small mouth was the little critter. Covering its face with its feathery tail, it peeked up at Cifujis with its innocent tiny beady eyes, from within the seams.

It was not that he was angry at it or even annoyed, somehow Cifujis had half expected this outcome. But looking at this little thing, he doubted anyone could be angry at it… for long. “So, have you had your full? Are you going to let go now?” he calmly asked, trying not to sound gruff as to not send any fear to the munchkin.

The baby dragon tugged at the place between Cifujis’s thumb and forefinger, it felt more like as if it was chewing at it. “Not before you answer those questions.” Its meek, muffled voice left the critters mouth as it relentlessly held on, trying not to let go of this treat.
 
Cifujis let out a small sigh as he disapprovingly shook his head before looking away from the steel-blue toned, leathery skinned, snake-like creature which was supposed to be his terror inducing Dragon. This little thing could easily coil up, reaching only half the length of his arm, but oh well, only time would tell if it really turned out to become one of the majestic, awe inspiring dragons that were postured and advertised all over in the promotion videos and magazines for the DRO Game.
 
“Hmm.. let’s see what we got here.”

Cifujis noticed that, compared to earlier, the room had significantly lit up. Looking down, the dragon shone with a bright pale blue luminescent hue and the light seemed to be stretching outwards from it. He could now clearly notice the familiar table that which was supporting the resting dragon that was happily chomping away at Cifujis’s hand. It wasn't biting on it and he was sure if he used a little force, he would be able to jerk his hand free but for the time being, Cifujis let the little thing enjoy his victory over the tall man with the scary eyes.
 
1. Cifujis, you have chosen Spell-Eating-Moonlight-Chaos-Dragon, why?
“Magic. Magic makes the world go round and round and around the Merry-go-round we go. Moonlight and Spells and Chaos is considered magical, witchcrafty, sorcery right?”
2. How are you going to treat your dragon?
“With treats that it’ll happily enjoy.”
3. What would you give her as special meal?
Hmm…Cifujis looked down at the little thing that was still chewing on his hand…heh that’s an easy one, he thought.
“I’ll give it my hand or arm to chew on. It seems like it enjoys it, must be getting some kind of nourishment out of it.”
 
With the three questions, seemingly answered, Cifujis went back to focus on the task at hand.. which appeared to be a Dragon latched onto his hand.

“I hope you had your fill, but as promised, you should let go now. I need to take care of the lighting in my room. Probably light some candles as I prefer those over electric and natural lighting.”

Cifujis wiggled his left hand for the Dragon to get the message.

Samir

The moment Samir answered final question of the three questions, Samir could feel that his room started to expend in width as well as its height.

The egg was open, revealing the baby dragon, but that baby dragon stopped being as soon as it left the egg. The baby dragon was no longer baby, but a dragon. It was bigger than Samir; it was huge.

*Your Dragon has grown into teen dragon, size is about 12 meters!*

Samir could see the silent announcement passing through his interface; it seems from now on, announcements will be made in such a way.

The dragon looked down at Samir, "So are you going to buy that or going to cook for me?" The dragon's inner voice was spread to Samir's head. The voice was way more deeper than before, and it was energetic.

"You look so young though... You sure you got what it takes to be my rider, kid?"

*Your Dragon has a doubt about your ability! Look for Dragon Knight Eli for advice*


Ashley

"Pu-ah" A baby dragon finally revealed its face to Ashley; breaking out of its egg, it made a noise as if she could finally breathe.

She flew away from Ashley, and shook off remaining parts of the egg from its body. The baby dragon stared at Ashley for a moment, then suddenly, Ashley's spacious house started to expend even further. The house became much more wider and higher, then the baby dragon shined brilliant light. The baby dragon was no more baby dragon, it became way larger than Ashley.

*Your Dragon has grown into teen dragon, size is about 12 meters!*

Silent announcement made its appearance from her interface, signaling that dragon is now have enough strength to carry its rider to fly.

The dragon looked majestic, calm and mature. It had aura of powerful dragon. However, the voice of the dragon sounded rather childish and more like a primarily school girl.

"I love cakes" Said the dragon, "So are we going to eat it now? Are we going to fly outside to buy one?"

Then another series of silent announcement made its appearance to Ashley's interface.

*Your Dragon has learned Extra Skill; Shoulder Angel - dragon can shrink its size so as to travel more conveniently in towns, small enough to perch without strain on its master's shoulders (note: other skills cannot be used while this is active)!*

*Your Dragon has one empty skill slot! Find Dragon Crusader Isabella if you wish to add in new skill for your dragon!*



Cifujis

As Cifujis answered the last question, the dragon stopped chewing Cifujis hand, and flew further from him.

The dragon started shine in dark purple glow and Cifujis house started to expend its height and width. As the house stopped its expansion, the baby dragon was no longer baby dragon, but a dragon who was way bigger than Cifujis.

*Your Dragon has grown into teen dragon, size is about 12 meters!*

The dragon looked down at Cifujis, then suddenly another glow surrounded the dragon. The large dragon shrank its size, but also surprisingly she did not look like a dragon.

She looked like... a human?

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*You have unlocked a secret*

*Your Dragon learned new extra skill; Transformation - Human Form: Your dragon could transform into human form.*

"Now, don't you ever go back on your promise." Said the human who had dragon horns, her beautiful face was blushing, "You just made a huge promise, so don't you go back on your promise. You hear?"

*Uh-oh... I think you have complicated your life! Ask what you have done! Find Dragon Crusader Maximus*

Samir

Samir was taken aback when the baby dragon suddenly grew in a matter of moments. The once tiny creature was now quite large and eyeing him doubtfully.

"I'm not that young!" he protested, feeling his temper rise. A notification popped up quite suddenly, throwing him off balance for the moment so that he forgot his anger.

Dragon Knight Eli?

Samir contemplated the name, then took a look out the window.

"Well, I need to find some dragon knight. Are you going to let me fly you then?" he asked. The dragon merely watched him. He pursed his lips irritatedly.

"Fine. Come or stay if you want," he said, heading out the door. He'd have to find an NPC and get directions. Hopefully, it wouldn't be too far a trip.

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Ashley

Ashley gave a cry of surprise as the baby dragon broke through the shell. It was adorable, so innocent and cute looking. Ashley beamed at it and stoked its little head affectionately.

Then the dragon suddenly grew in size, outgrowing Ashley herself in a matter of moments. Now she was no longer adorable but majestic and radiant.

"Wow, you're beautiful," Ashley said, reaching a hand and patting its neck. "Sure, let's get you some cakes."

An alert came up in Ashley's interface, and she contemplated the message for a few moments.

"Dragon Crusader Isabella," she said, looking at the dragon. "You know who that is? No, I guess not. You just hatched, after all. Well, I guess we'll have to go and find out then, won't we? Ready, girl?"

Smiling, Ashley stroked the dragon's head before heading out the door.

Diana

As Diana answered the last question, her room expended and the baby dragon became a dragon of formidable size... Well, at least to her opinion.

The black dragon stared at Diana, "So, partner, you ready to prove yourself worthy of my power?"

Diana curled her lips, "I liked your personality when you were baby," The dragon looked like smirking, "Don't blame me, it was your answers that shaped my personality."

*It seems like you need to prove your worth, better meet Dragon Knight Eli!*

Diana sighed as the announcement disappeared; Diana stared at her Dragon.

"Well I guess, if you want a proof, time to do some quest." The black dragon snorted, "I look forward to it."

Diana and her dragon came out from the house, making their first step of their adventure.


Andrew

The baby dragon that had been calling Andrew as knucklehead, became a large and beautiful dragon. Well beautiful was not a good word... it looked majestic and powerful.

*You have unlocked potential of your dragon; "Charged Energy beam: Hyo gathers the spirit force to its mouth fires it at the target, dealing massive damage." was changed it to "Charged Destructive Beam: Hyo gathers spirit force to its mouth, and fires at the targeted area, engulfs the area with dark flame." And this became a extra skill.*

*You have opened your dragon's potential too early, you need to see Dragon Crusader Leon!*

Andrew blinked at the announcement and looked at his dragon.

"So... uhmmm Hyo?" Andrew called his dragon, the dragon looked at him. The sharp eyes looked at him with seriousness.

"I think we have to see Dragon Crusader Leon... You want to come with me?"

Hyo and Andrew's eyes were met and stared at each other. Hyo nodded, "I will follow your lead, Andrew."

Andrew gently smiled at the dragon, "Thanks for agreeing with me, Hyo. Let's go."

Andrew led his dragon, stepping out to the outside world. To find Dragon Crusader Leon...

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Cifujis Aoebwyn

The room seemed to have increased in area; that much was noticeable when the Dragon’s illumination spread around, though it did not last long, nor did the dragon and its mystical glow.

Cifujis silently read the messages that had popped up in a floating window. This meant that some aspects would always be visible even in low light conditions. Swiping at the window made it disappear. The action felt natural as not even an hour ago, he had interacted with similar objects.

Now what to do with his current situation. Cifujis pondered on how best to proceed. First off, he needed to address the lighting situation. In the short span that the larger Dragon had shed its glow on the objects in the room, Cifujis had noticed unlit Medieval Style Torch holders, lining the wall of the room.

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So getting something to light them with would be the first thing to buy. Cifujis calmly walked northeastwards where he had gotten a glimpse of the metal door. Ignoring the humanoid dragon until he laid hands on the door’s lock and unbolting it with one hand, he reached for the iron handle and then turned to face his Dragon partner.

“Hey, before we get to fulfilling promises, why don’t we start with finding our first treasure. The more treats we find, the merrier our journey will be. With the iridescent glow around the transformed Shy’fei becoming non-existent, Cifujis only had those yellowish-gold eyes to look at as positioning markers to determine as to where she stood. “I remember reading about this being, whose been going around using the name Dragon Crusader Maximus; we should seek this being and have him give us treats.” Even though he couldn’t see her, Cifujis got the feeling that he was clearly visible in her gaze, so he sent towards her, one of his devilishly charming smiles, “Come on, you and I, together as one, we’ll take on this world with style.” Cifujis laid out his hand in front of him, presenting it to his future partner in crime.

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Samir

"Hey, wait up, Kiddo!" Said the dragon and he followed Samir out. "Wow... So many dragons and humans..." The dragon commented as he came outside. The dragon admired the view as if it was work of an art.

The dragon looked at Samir, then he let out a sigh. "Alright kiddo, let's look for this Dragon Knight Eli." Said the dragon, showing off its back.

"I mean, look at the size of this place... It will take forever for us to find that person on feet. Besides, some place looks like you can only reach there by flying..." said the dragon, indicating the other parts of city. Some places were really far away from each other and it looked like one could only reach there by flying.

"Well, do you know how to read map?"

The dragon asked him, giving him the doubtful look.


Ashley

The majestic being nodded, "Whenever you are ready." She said it rather calmly, however, it changed its attitude when they finally came out side.

"Oh my gosh! Look! Look!" Said the majestic dragon excitedly, "So many dragons! So many people!" The dragon was walking right to the left, then left to the right; One could probably compare that behavior of a puppy circling around the pool, waiting for the right moment to jump in.

"Oh my gosh! I want to fly so much right now! I want to fly!" Said the dragon like a child, the dragon looked at Ashley with its puppy eyes.

"So are we going to fly, right now?" The dragon asked her as she was making dramatic plea.


Cifujis

The dragon in humanoid form frowned, "You are making fun of me, aren't you?" She sounded irritated, "I am not a baby and you should treat me like your equal." She crossed her arms, ignoring the hand that was presented in front of her. "Come out with better reason why we should look for this Dragon Crusader Maximus, then I will follow you out to the world with style."

The dragon girl walked towards the door easily and leaned her back on the door. "Do you even know what you just promised me?"

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Cifujis

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Cifujis Aoebwyn

The left side of his mouth slightly twitched as his invitation was left hanging. It wasn’t that he was treating her like a child.. well not entirely. Still, he needed to calm her down,

“Of course you are my equal, I just thought that I had to follow through with the answers that I gave. I did answer them stating that I would treat you by treating you, and that meant giving you things that makes you happy. If not meeting with DC-Maximus makes you happy then it is okay, we will not see him; but then you will have to find a way to turn back and forth from Dragon form and Human form, all on your own. If you can learn to change at will, then would that not mean, you accomplished something great and wouldn’t that entail that you deserve to be rewarded, and what would be the best way to reward you for going through this amazing feat? Why of course, what I promised, my hand here of which you have acquired such a taste for.” Cifujis slowly swayed his arm to the left and right… maybe in a little hypnotic way, “ I do keep my promises and you are my partner so we will take this world on together like equals. I apologize for not making it clearer before when I said we would do it as a one unit. Our relationship will not be of Master and Pet but as true partners.”

Cifujis once again presented his hand to her, “I once again offer you my hand, will you take it this time or reject my gesture of trust that I have placed in you. Because it’s not a simple act of simply shaking it, I am offering you a part of me, a precious part that one doesn’t part with that easily. That should show my level of devotion to you, but if that is not enough for you, then…” Cifujis walked a few feet away to his side, grabbing onto one of the steel torches, he yanked it off the wall and walked back towards Shy’fei, “I will happily slice away my arm and offer it to you for eternity.” Cifujis brought the sharp edge of the torch holder near to the underside of his left arm in an action of slicing it off.

Samir

Samir stopped short at the side of the grand city sprawling out before him. It gave his dragon enough time to catch up.

"Wow..." he murmured, blinking in surprise. He'd never expected anything this well designed.

"Hey, stop calling me that," he said, annoyed, as he finally turned away from the grand city to look at his dragon. "But yeah, I guess you're right."

He approached the dragon from behind, trying to figure out how this riding thing would work.

"Of course I know," he protested, clambering onto the dragon's back. The scales were hard but smooth, so it was more comfortable than he'd been expecting. His legs were not very long though, and he grimaced as they stretched around the dragon's sizable body.

"All right, let's get flying," Samir said, grabbing onto the scaly neck and bracing himself.

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Ashley

Ashley gasped at the city of the grand, sprawling city all around them. Her eyes twinkled with excitement as she joined her dragon at the edge and gazed outward.

"This is amazing," she sighed, looking over at her dragon. It's very puppy-like behavior made her giggle, and she reached out to stroke the fine head.

"Yeah, let's fly!" she said happily, sliding onto the dragon's back. It's body was warm and its hide surprisingly soft. She braced herself, feeling nervous and very giddy for her first chance to fly.

Cifujis

The transformed dragon narrowed her eyes, "Are you now blackmailing me?" With a blink of an eye, she took the torch holder from  Cifujis' hand. "And it's not that I cannot transform myself back to dragon form."

The dragon girl sighed, "You are really inflexible... How are you going to be a good father with that kind of character? Besides, don't you know that you dragon riders are given self-regeneration ability the moment you made a contract with us? The more you hurt yourself, the more life force you would take from your dragon." The girl with horns sighed once more, "Come on, let's meet with this Dragon Crusader Maximus... I don't know why you need to meet him, but if you are that desperate, let's get this over with."

She opened the door that was behind her, and head out first. Letting Cifujis to follow her.


Samir

"Hold tight kiddo." said the dragon as he opened his wings, "It's going to be rough!"

*You have learned Extra Skill: Dragon Rider - You can ride your dragon! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

The dragon, with Samir on his back, jump from the edge, diving to the sky, like sky divers, they were passing through some cloud layers. Then all of the sudden, they soared to the sky once more. They were finally flying among the other dragon riders.

*You have learned Extra Skill: Map - You can now summon magical map to find friendly people! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

*Would you like to use your Map now?*

"So where are we going?" The dragon asked Samir.



Ashley

"Yay!" Said the majestic dragon, and as soon as Ashley slide to her back, without a moment of pause, the dragon just jumped forward.

At first, the dragon and its rider was falling hard, passing through some layers of clouds. It looked like they were going to drop to the ground. Then there was the sound of sails being popped due to the wind; the majestic white dragon finally opened its wings and they started soaring towards the sun. Soon they were with other dragon riders.

*You have learned Extra Skill: Dragon Rider - You can ride your dragon! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

*You have learned Extra Skill: Map - You can now summon magical map to find friendly people! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

*Would you like to summon your Map?*

"Uh.... So .... where is this person you talked about?" The dragon asked Ashley as it was not so sure if it was flying to the right direction.


Diana

"It looks so different from the magazine." Diana commented when she saw the vast sky full with dragon riders. "It looks so real, yet so fake..." Dragon shook its head, "You are really funny, human. You grow up from this place and you sound like you are here for the first time." Ashley raised her eyebrows, "What do you mean? This is my first time." the black dragon looked at Diana in shock. "Interesting, how did even get here then? Was your parents Dragon Riders?" Diana curled her lips, she was not so sure how to answer that question. "I guess?" The dragon stared at Diana, "You guess? I thought human knows about their parents more than Dragon knows about their parents...." Diana bite her lips, then sighed. "Enough of this, shall we start our first adventure? I need to find Dragon Knight Eli, I think she will give us some kind of quest that I could prove myself to you as your partner."

Dragon nooded, showing its back to Diana. "Alright then hop on. Let's find this Dragon Knight."

As Diana hopped onto black dragon's back, the black dragon opened its wings, steadily lifting itself from the ground. But that calm moment quickly deteriorated as it started to fly straight.

*You have learned Extra Skill: Dragon Rider - You can ride your dragon! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

Diana hold her dragon tight as it gained speed; the wind passed through her hair, softly stroking her hair with its gentle touch. Then suddenly, the dragon slowed down. However, she could still feel the wind and it was really relaxing.

*You have learned Extra Skill: Map - You can now summon magical map to find friendly people! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

"Hey, you have not told me where to go..." The black dragon commented, and waited for Diana to answer him back. Diana, who was enjoying the view, shook her head.

"Just give me second, Map." She called for the map, and from no where, 3D hologram appeared in front of her. The map had small green dots everywhere. However each small green dots had labels. Some of them had proper names and some of them had 'name' that sounded more like game IDs.

Anyways, her target was spotted. Green dot that had labelled Dragon Knight Eli was circling around the city in higher altitude, "It seems like the person we are looking for its right above us."

"The black dragon looked up, "Alright then, let's get this over with." With a burst of speed, it soared through the layers of clouds to reach Dragon Knight Eli.


Andrew

Andrew and Hyo came outside; Andrew smiled as the vast sky greeted him and his dragon. "This is so awesome, I can't wait to start my adventure." Said Andrew; there was excitement in his voice, his dragon looked like as if she was smiling too. Andrew looked at his dragon, Hyo and Hyo gave him a nod. Andrew quickly hopped on the back of his dragon comfortably.

"Alright, Hyo! Let's fly!"

Hyo opened her majestic wings and dove from the edge, she let the wind stroke her wings and then soon started soaring up to the sky, "HEE HA!" Andrew screamed out loud.

*You have learned Extra Skill: Dragon Rider - You can ride your dragon! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

Hyo stabilized herself in the mid air,  flying among the other dragon riders. "So where now?"  As Andrew about to answer her, he got the next silent announcement.

*You have learned Extra Skill: Map - You can now summon magical map to find friendly people! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

Andrew smiled and replied, "Give me second. Map!"

As Andrew call for the map, 3D holograms appeared in front of Andrew. He could see the green dots had labels and he used such information to search for his quest target, Crusader Leon.

There was Dragon Knight Eli and Chris on the same altitude, Dragon Crusader was on the next higher altitude than the Dragon Knights... But one of the Dragon Crusader was in the place that had legend mark of a Bar. It was Dragon Crusader Leon.

"It seems like they really love high places..." Andrew commented. "Well, funny enough, the person we are looking for is at the bar..."

Andrew scratched his head, "But I am so bad at reading maps..." Then he pressed the green dot that say Dragon Crusader Leon, well, he did that on curiosity, but it seems like that was the correct move and options appeared and there was 'go to where he is'.

Andrew pressed it, and Hyo replied. Her reply surprised Andrew. "Alright, I got the co-ordinates! We will get there soon!." And they took off to the bar.



Extra Skill: Dragon Rider - You can ride your dragon! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
This skill allows you to ride your dragon comfortably and is also the skill that could be mastered in no time.

Extra Skill: Map - You can now summon magical map to find friendly people! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
A skill ask players to shout/say 'Map' in order to see 3D hologram map that marks the players and NPC in the game. One could click on the green dots to see available options. One could press 'follow the target', 'go to where he/she is' or 'send message to him/her'. If you have pressed any one of the option as to interact with one of the green dots, your dragon would receive the co-ordinates to where to go automatically.

You could, however, also do it manually. But that would be hard and your dragon might get lost.

Samir felt a rush of adrenaline as he and Ocenyx swooped through the air, wind rustling through his hair and clothes. He couldn't help it; he whooped in excitement.

"This is awesome!" he breathed. He'd quite forgotten to complain about being called 'kiddo' again.

The interface gave a notification, and Samir curiously opened up the new map to look.

"Dragon Knight Eli, huh?" he mused. His eyes found the indicator, and he tapped it with his finger. Instantly, the dragon seemed to know where to go and changed course. He didn't particularly want to meet anyone else, but if it kept this adventure going, he was all for it.

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Ashley stared into the sky, mouth open wide in a silent laugh as she drank in the wonderful surroundings and feelings as she flew for the first time. She reached a hand and patted Zelenia's neck, admiring how even more majestic her dragon looked in flight.

A sudden alert in the system showed her the new map, and she looked through it interestedly before finding the name in question.

"Ah, here we go. Dragon Crusader Isabella," she said, tapping the icon. Her dragon swerved automatically toward the selected destination, and she settled contentedly on the dragon's back, waiting excitedly to meet this new person.

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Cifujis Aoebwyn
 
 
“Hold on a sec!! ” Cifujis chased after Shy’fei into the world, outside their dungeon themed room, “Did I hear you correctly!? You can change into your dragon form, whenever you wish to!!?” he exclaimed with excitement radiating in his voice.
 
Just like how the dragon-lady snatched the bladed weapon from Cifujis; in one fell swoop, Shy’fei was swept off her feet as Cifujis lifted her into the air and gave her a spin before landing her back onto her feet. Placing his left arm around her shoulders and hugging her right there and then, he ignored any onlookers as he started to walk in the same direction of Shy’fei, dragging her along, even if she resisted. “Now there is no pressing need for us to meet with that Maximus fellow. Our life is just perfect. You and I, living life, one step at a time, creating a family of little critters, you a mom, I a father, life will be just perfect…. Then again, how does that even work? To me, this is only a world that I entered only recently and so did you. As you pointed out, I do not know anything of this new world. I did not even know that I would have brought harm to you if you had not stopped me there. Maybe we do need to meet up with the Dragon Crusader Maximus; he might know a thing or two on what is happening to me. For one, I know that I am afraid of heights so to be honest I was actually quite relieved that you turned into this beautiful, alluring form, when you did. Because I thought that if you resembled us humans, you may not be able to fly and that would mean that I could avoid the skies. So in finding Maximus, it may be possible that he can inform me of a way where I could be in control of my movements when my feet leave solid ground. Then, I would be more than comfortable to soar the skies alongside you, my partner.” Cifujis gave the Dragon-lady that he was softly hugging, a reassuring smile.
 
“Oh! And as for the promise, here, you can chew away at my hand, as much as you want.” Cifujis raised his left arm to near Shy’fei’s lips, from his resting position on her shoulder, dangling in front of her chest. “To be honest, I never imagined you in this form, I always thought that I’d be dangling in midair, with one arm in your mouth, as you soared the skies as a magnificent Dragon, carrying me wherever our adventures led us. Nonetheless, I was, still am prepared for that. However, if you had something else in mind, when I offered you my hand… well let us just say that at the moment, it did not cross my mind but know, that I am ready to take any responsibilities if the time comes.” Cifujis lightly rubbed his head alongside the horn as if he was nuzzling her.. if she let him; still he  wasn’t letting her go anytime soon.
 
“Come to think of it, we need to find some information on Maximus’s usual whereabouts.” Cifujis spoke out loud.

Samir

"Hold me tight, kid! We are going to pick up some speed!" said the blue dragon, and as soon as it told Samir, it was flying through the thick layers of clouds; Samir was able to, actually, feel the softness of clouds and its coldness as they past through them.

"Hold." Said the voice of authority. "Where are you going exactly?" Samir's dragon stopped at the sudden appearance of the dragon and its rider. The dragon was same size as Samir's, but it carried weight of power and maturity. The mysterious dragon rider studied Samir and Samir's dragon, "My name is Eli, Queen of Combat. Who are you?"

Then all of the sudden, another dragon appeared with its rider; the black dragon and its rider slowly approached Samir and the Dragon Knight Eli.

"Are you Dragon Knight Eli?" Said the black dragon rider as she approached them. Dragon rider Eli raised her eyebrows. "Well, I am already busy with this blue dragon rider, so let me settle with his problem first."

The black dragon rider curled her lips and stared at Samir, then sighed. "Fine, I can wait..." The Dragon Knight Eli smiled gently, and said "thank you."

The Dragon Knight then turned her attention once more to Samir. "So young dragon rider, what is your name? why have you come to me?" She asked Samir gently.


Ashley

"Okie Dokie!" Said the majestic white dragon, and that was it. One flap, the whit dragon changed her direction, and soon it was heading towards the thick layers of clouds.

The softness, the coldness, and the moisture of clouds greeted Ashley as they travel through the thick layers of clouds.

When they finally came out, they were able to see three dragon riders. However, that moment was short lived. The majestic did not give a chance for Ashley to call out to them or let her interact with them. They were again travelling through another thick layer of the clouds.

As they came out, what they saw was a huge dragon that looked like it was made of ice; it did not look like it was melting, but they were several rainbows formed around the dragon.

"We have a guest." said the ice dragon, then something climbed on the dragon's head. The person was carrying large sword behind her back.

The dragon lowered her head and the person who was on top of its head was now clearly visible; the person had silky light blue hair, and her eyes color matched the sky that she was hovering with her dragon.

"Hello, it looks like you are looking for me. I am Dragon Crusader Isabella, I am also known as Guardian of Arka. What is your name, dragon rider? Why have you come to see me?"


Cifujis

Shy’fei looked at Cifujis irritated and escaped from his grasp by pushing away from her. "You? Father? Don't make me laugh." Shy’fei shook her head, and sighed, "I cannot believe this is the human I am going to be bound forever."

"And I don't need to chew your hand!" She commented as she gave Cifujis' a gentle(?), yet painful, slap on his back head.

Shy’fei sighed, then she spoke. "Map"

*You have learned Extra Skill: Map - You can now summon magical map to find friendly people! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

A 3D hollowgram appeared in front of Cifujis, Shy'Fei looked at the map and pointed Cifujis where they were and then she pointed at the green dot that was high up.

The map showed that Dragon Crusader Maximus was not far away from Dragon Crusader Isabella and a person called Olette.

Shy'Fei looked at Cifujis, "That's how you find them." she said it like a teacher teaching a school kid.

Then a blink of an eye, Shy'Fei was not in human form. She was in the form of eastern dragon. "Let's meet this Maximus and get this over with. Get on."

Shy'Fei said to Cifujis, and her tone sounded like she was somewhat in bad mood.

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Cifujis

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Cifujis Aoebwyn
 
 While studying the map Cifujis noticed that his objective was up above the world so high… well in the clouds that is.
 
“This might be tricky. He thought. “I will need something to occupy my mind with, if I want to survive.
 
Cifujis looked upon the Dragon transforming into her original form, once done, she told him to get on.
 
“Well whatever, I tried being friendly to her, but for some reason this NPC just won’t agree or accept any commands or speech patterns. She’s been fighting me at every turn from the get-go, maybe this has to do with that bug that the GM’s had mentioned before the bright flash?” He contemplated some more in his mind.
 
For the moment, Cifujis thought it would be best simply ignore Shy’fei and her mood swings from now on, so he silently climbed up onto her back.
 
“Just have to not look down. View to the horizon or the sky and I should be fine… probably.” He pressed on the objective highlighted dot that read Dragon Crusader Maximus.
 
With such thoughts, Cifujis leaned forward onto the dragon’s back to minimize wind thrust; basically so as to not get blown off and then attempted to open up as many menus he could to start reading about the game’s lore and important characters, starting with Maximus. He had read up on the game before he had acquired it, when he had listed it on his wish list but he thought a refresher would be nice and they may have made updates since that time.

So this was Dragon Knight Eli then. Samir hadn't expected a girl. She and her dragon were not much bigger than them, but carried an aura of authority they certainly didn't have. He shifted uncomfortably.

A black dragon approached and interrupted their conversation. She looked annoyed, but relented. Samir shot her a glare, then turned back to the dragon knight.

"Uh, my name..." Samir said, scratching his head. Did they want his real name or his game name?

"Uh, Retica, I guess," he supplied, then added. "I got a message about my dragon doubting my ability. Said to come find you."

He looked down at Ocenyx, pursing his lips irritatedly.

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Ashley gasped in surprise and wonder at the sight of the majestic ice dragon, her brilliant body casting rainbows in the sunlight.

"You're beautiful," she said to the dragon, then cleared her throat. Maybe you weren't supposed to go around fawning over everyone else's dragons. She looked up at the rider, an equally bold looking woman, and smiled.

"Umm, I came to find Dragon Crusader Isabella. Something about filling a skill slot?"

Cifujis

It was very silent ride to the high sky. Cifujis' dragon did not speak, nor did Cifujis.

That disturbed silent ride of Cifujis' was the silent announcement that notified Cifujis that he automatically learned a skill.

*You have learned Extra Skill: Dragon Rider - You can ride your dragon! (Novice Tier) ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆*

The silent trip was only interesting or somewhat amusing as Cifujis' dragon went through the thick layers of clouds. Soon Cifujis and his dragon reached where two Dragon Crusaders were. One looked like busy with another rider.

Cifujis' dragon turned left and there it was. A massive blue dragon with futuristic weapons on its arms and back. Its tail looked like some kind of radar that could spot hostiles. The blue dragon stared at Cifujis and his dragon. On top of the armored dragon's head, there was its rider.

"I must say you are very interesting individual." The rider commented. "Your dragon doesn't look like ordinary new born dragon, somehow, it matured really fast..."

The rider of armored dragon, like his dragon, were wearing full armor. It almost made him looked lika robot too. He jumped from his dragon's head, "Megazoid" said the man and the armored dragon raised its arm open and the rider landed on it gently.

"What is your name, dragon rider? why have you come to see me?" He asked, calm and collected.


Samir

Eli blew her hair upwards, it looked like Samir was not the only one who came to see her with same question. "You sure that's your name?" she asked, "If not, you better tell me yours right now." Eli looked irritated, in any case, she continued. "Alright then, let me ask you some questions... How many times have you addressed your dragon by the name?"

Then another question was raised "did you two introduce yourself to another?"

One may say Eli was joking, but she gave them that look. She was not joking, she looked serious.


Ashley

Crusader Isabella looked at Ashley and raised her eyebrows. "I think I stated that you are looking at Crusader Isabella right now." said Isabella, she looked quite distant, but there was a hint of amusement of her tone. "Well, rider, you have failed to answer my question." Isabella commented at Ashley's answer. "So back to my question, who are you?" said Isabella with authority.

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Cifujis Aoebwyn
 
 Sometime in between the flight, Cifujis happened to look down… actually it was tough not to as the opened menus themselves were translucent enough to make him see all those uninviting sharp points that appeared like pits of spikes, ready to impale any who were unfortunate enough to fall onto them. Sure the guy knew that the closer he would get to them, the larger they would become, revealing them to be nothing but cathedral like roof tops, wide enough to break his fall or shatter on impact but not impale him, for all to see his foolishness. Still that did not stop his body for rejecting the mode of transport. If it was not for the announcement in the next few seconds, he was sure that this time he would lose consciousness as the world around him would black out, instead of in a blinding flash of light.
 
The silent message of him becoming a novice leveled Dragon Rider, instantly brought a change to his mental and biological state. The feeling of nausea was quickly dissipating and a sense of relief taking over. Though he did not feel completely out of the woods, he did feel more confident than the start of his journey. Thinking that this must be a game mechanic of the Virtual Reality module kicking in, altering his brain patterns, Cifujis believed that for once, he might have finally found a chance to heal himself; who would have thought, that a potential cure for one plagued by a fear of heights, was for all things, hidden in a game. Well he did but hey; all those years he spent working on the job as a Repo-man, were finally giving fruit.
 
As Cifujis continued scanning his surroundings he felt that deep down his fear was still rooted inside as when he tried to move his lower body, he found it paralyzed. His mind may be saying that it is okay, but his body that conditioned itself to always halt inches away from taking those leaps off the swimming pool’s diving board; those very deeply rooted muscle memories were in their own way saving the newly made dragon rider from moving about and risk falling off the dragon’s smooth, leathery body.
 
When Shy’fei slowed down to a stop in front of the armored dragon that blocked Cifujis’s view of the horizon itself, a sense of calm once again took over. His mind may have been duped into thinking that they had reached upon land. The dragon and not too far off from its side was another and they could be considered like floating landmasses.
 
The Dragon lowered its arm and jumping on top of it was the Dragon Rider that Cifujis had only seen still pictures off. Up close and personal, this figure looked even more menacing. That full body armored suit was sleek and tough looking. Cifujis instantly thought that if he could gain an armor as such, jumping off high towers would be a something he could do repeatedly while laughing at the top of his lungs, albeit looking like a suicidal maniac. However, for someone who has for his entire life, been mentally afraid of injuring himself to the point of death from simple leaps of faith that he has seen people younger than him achieve, the scene in front of him, of someone having gained such an ability to survive extreme sports was overwhelming enough.
 
Cifujis was snapped back to the present as the Dragon Crusader questioned him.
“Huh!? Oh, name, introductions, right. I believe I go by many names but for the time being, you may address me as, Aoebwyn and over here is Shy’fei. She is very friendly and enthusiastic to meet you. Apparently, she has been going on about some promises that I may have made with her but it seems like she may have other intentions than what I had in mind. It also seems like she knows more about you than she lets on but will not share with me. To further cement that notion, she will not believe me when I tell her that you could solve our problems by sharing valuable information, but hey, she wants this to be over with so please help her. I cannot bare to see my partner in such disarray for you see, I deeply care for her.” Cifujis waved his left arm, "I even offered her my Left Arm to feed on but since she transformed into her Anthropomorphic state, she seems to have lost the acquired taste for it.”
 
Cifujis ended with hosting a worried expression displayed on his face. His words maybe twisted about, but his core emotions and intentions were still pure and true.

Samir flushed under her critical gaze. It wasn't his fault the system was confusing with the names!

"Oh, uh, Samir," he corrected, half-embarrassed and half-annoyed. When she mentioned the dragon's name, however, he blinked in surprise before turning to look at his dragon. He found the large blue eyes looking back at him.

"Well... no..." he murmured. He felt very stupid when she put it so bluntly. Looking back at his dragon, he offered a hesitant smile.

"Hi, I'm Samir," he said. "And your name is?"

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Ashley flinched at Isabella's tone.

"Sorry," she said, blushing. "I'm Ashley. And this is..."

She trailed off. Actually, she'd never gotten her dragon's name.

Cifujis

"Yup, I can see the problem here already." said the Iron knight. "You are acting like you know your partner too well."

The man sighed, "I was like you once, I acted like I know my partner too well." The man looked at Shy'fei and Aoebwyn, "My name is Maximus, and this blue dragon, my partner, Megazoid. The problem I see between you and your dragon is that you are assuming too much about your dragon, and your dragon is too closed minded."

Maximus, then all of the sudden, burst into laughter. "This reminds me of my past too much that I can't help it, but laugh at it. Talk about Karma." Then he snapped his finger, which made a loud noise, to draw attention of Cifujis' and his Shy'fei, "Dragon Rider Aoebwyn, and Dragon Shy'fei, you two came here for an answer. Go down to earth and hunt for rogue dragon Drei Soul. You will find your answer when you meet it."

Shy'fei stared at the crusader. The crusader seemed to get what the dragon was thinking about. "Oh don't worry, it's not going to be hard dragon for you to kill. But you two might learn something important. Now go. After finishing it off, come and find me."

The Iron Knight jumped behind to his dragon's back. The blue dragon stared at Shy'fei and Aoebwyn. The dragon spoke in robotic manner. "You have your mission. Leave."

Shy'fei turned her head and look at Aoebwyn; waiting for his nod that he was ready to go down to earth and look for this rogue dragon Drei Soul.

The moment, Aoebwyn gave a nod to Shy'fei, silent announcement would appear.

*You have a new Message from Maximus*

*You have received a quest!*

*You have received a new coordinates!*

It seems those announcements are interactive announcements.


Samir

Samir's dragon looked at him in much softer fashion, and his eyes had much more respect. "Hi Samir, my name is Ocenyx."

Then, all of the sudden, dark blue light surrounded Samir and his dragon. It was absorbed into Samir.

Eli smiled gently at them. "Now, you two have successfully acknowledge your friendship." Eli sighed, and continued "Many new riders assumes that they know their dragon's name and vice versa. Well, how do we become strangers to acquaintances? How we become acquaintances to friends? Those steps are what you have to take to earn your dragon's respect, loyalty and love. Don't forget that young rider."

Then Eli gave them a thoughtful look, "Hmm, as a celebration, go down to earth and search for Giant Blue Pig. One will be enough as a meal for your young dragon."

*You and your dragon are friends*

*You have received a new message from Eli*

*You have received a quest!*

*You have received a new coordinates!*

"You ready for an adventure, Samir?" The dragon asked his rider with softer and gentler tone.

It looks like the announcements are interactive announcements.


Ashley

"And this is?" Isabella asked Ashley again, she furrowed her eyebrows, looking at Ashley and her dragon. "Oh, you have not introduced each other."

Then Isabella became silent. She looked at Ashley and her dragon once more. Then looked far away. Then she looked at them again. It looked like she was waiting for something to happen between Ashley and her dragon.

Ashley's dragon looked at Ashley, confused. "What does she want us to do?"

Samir nodded solemnly at the dragon knight, then turned his gaze to his dragon. Ocenyx seemed to have changed his disposition quite drastically, and Samir felt relieved that things seemed to have taken a turn for the better.

"A giant blue pig, huh?" he murmured, petting Ocenyx's head. "Well, if it sound good to you..."

He climbed on his dragon's back, smiling. This ride should be more fun than the last. As Ocenyx took to the air, Samir turned to look back at Eli and waved.

"Thanks!" he called.

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Ashley put her hands to her mouth, caught halfway between amused and mortified.

"I think we're supposed to introduce ourselves," she said, blushing as she lowered her hands. "I guess we were both so caught up in the excitement that we forgot."

She gave a little bow to the dragon, then smiled.

"I'm Ashley. It's a pleasure to meet you."

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Cifujis Aoebwyn


Cifujis thought that the knight made some valid points so he thought it unnecessary to answer back, especially after the stern voice of Megazoid telling them to leave.


Cifujis nodded at Shy’fei, “All righty then, meet a dragon, kill a dragon, whatever it is; let’s do this together so that we can finally trust each other and be friends.” He gave her a reassuring smile as he saw how worried she was at the mention of killing the rouge dragon, Drei Soul.


When the announcements popped up in his field of view, Cifujis pushed them to the side as he approached Shy’fei, ready to mount her and head off towards their quest.

Clicking onto the Quest icon, the new quest transferred into his quest log, soon followed by its co-ordinates. After clicking on the coordinate’s announcement, it became as the active destination on the mini map that popped up on the right center of his field of view.


“Okay, now to get into the details.” Cifujis spoke out aloud. “Let’s see what Maximus has to say and then read the details of the quest.” The Gamer, clicked onto the last unopened announcement and waited for the message inside, before he would go on to read on about their current active quest about the rouge dragon, Drei Soul.

“It could be quite possible that they may need to make a stopover at the shops to get some gear before heading into battle or he could rely on his dragon’s abilities to come out unscathed. Thinking of which, Cifujis needed to ask Shy’fei how they plan to deal with Drei Soul... Ah, we could do that once we gather more information on the quest, maybe we would not even need to fight it to death or fight it at all. There could be many possibilities or routes to take in completing the quest of defeating the rouge dragon. First things first, let us read before strategizing.” Cifujis silently pondered on his own. Though later on, as they would be heading towards the general location of their quest and after reading the material in the announcements, he would ask Shy’fei about if she gained any special abilities that could aid them in their quest.

Samir

"Your welcome." Eli replied to the shout of the boy.

As soon as Samir sat on Ocenyx's back, the dragon dive to the open sky. The dive happened fast, but manageable for Samir. "So Samir, I take that you are not use to this world's magic, right?" Said Ocenyx in gentle tone.

"The moment you and I made the bond, the contract. I felt something alien from you. In any case, do you want to visit the shop?" The dragon asked him once more.

Samir could see the interactive announcements blinking; it looked like it wanted Samir to make a gesture of touching the announcements.


Ashley

The guardian dragon looked embarrassed as well, "Hi, Ashley, my name is Zelenia. Nice to meet you."

As soon as the sentence was finished glowing white light surrounded Ashley and Zelenia, soon the white light was absorbed into Ashley.

Isabella, who had been watching them silently, opened her mouth. "You have finally acknowledge each other as life partners." She smiled warmly, but that smile quickly disappeared "Now, tell me. Rider Ashley, why have you come here?"


Cifujis

*You have activated new co-ordinates*

Details of Your Quest

Spoiler:

Message From Maximus

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Shy'fei suddenly stopped her course and turned, they were at the weapon shop. With no effort Aoebwyn was at the ground and Shy'fei was in human form. She looked at the door of weapon shop and looked at Aoebwyn.

"You should buy a weapon. Fighting a dragon with your bare hands, is a dumbest idea." She commented, crossing her arms.


Diana

As Samir left, Eli turned her attention to Diana. Diana lips were curled.

"I am guessing I will be doing same thing as him." Diana commented. Eli eyebrows were furrowed, "Huh?"

Diana sighed and then dropped herself from the black dragon's back to the floating land. "Hey, nice to meet you. My name is Diana." The black dragon looked at her, gave an acknowledging nod. "My name is Ban. Nice to meet you, Diana."

Then black glowing aurora surrounded them, the dark glowing aurora was absorbed by Diana.

Eli saw what happened between those two silently. She only smiled when the aurora was fully absorbed to Diana's body. "Good, you learned by looking at the boy." Diana looked at Eli in little confusion, "Uh... so... do I get the same mission as the boy?" Eli gave her a confused look as well. "I don't know what you are talking about it." Then Eli's lip showed dissatisfaction, "And hey, where is your manner. Who are you and why have you come here?" Diana was taken aback from Eli's reaction then coughed little, clearing her throat. "I am Diana, and this is my dragon, Ban." Eli soften her serious look. "Name is Eli and I am Dragon Knight. My partner is Gale." Diana looked at Ban and then at Eli. "Well, actually, I came with Ban to ask you a question of how to make our relationship better... but that was solved so... I am little lost.." Eli eyebrows were furrowed, then snapped her finger. She looked like she got an idea. "Oh, if you got nothing to do, then how about this? Go and hunt the rogue dragon called Xi Xi. She had been attacking very weak riders these days, and she hides really well. But she will definitely attack you and your dragon. If you go prepare, I'm sure you can win."

Diana blinked her eyes, once, twice.. "What? You are sending me to fight a rogue dragon?" Eli nodded, "Yes, it shouldn't be hard for you and caliber of your dragon." Diana bit her lips. 'She is planning to send me, the new rider, to fight a rogue dragon? I don't even know how fighting system works in this game!!'

As Diana was hesitating to say yes to Eli's request, it was Ban who replied, "Got it. It will be done." Diana was surprised as Ban made the call, Diana curled her lips and she was on Ban's back once again.

As they started to flying away from Eli, Diana could see the interactive announcements. She disregarded them, right now, she had to ask her dragon. But before she could ask him, the dragon asked her. "Where are you from? The moment you and I made the contract of this partnership, I feel you are not from here, but somewhere else..." Said the dragon in serious manner.

Diana blinked her eyes, "What are you implying?"


Andrew

"Hi, name is Andrew. Nice to meet you, Dragon Crusader Leon."

Andrew smiled at the crusader who was drinking his warm tea, the crusader looked at Andrew, surprised. But soon he became calm and collected, "So are you here to hear about how to make you and your dragon relationship better?" Andrew shook his head, "No, I don't think I have a problem with Hyo." The crusader's eyes studied Andrew carefully, then he asked again. "Then why did you come to me?" Andrew looked at Leon, little confused. For the first time, he was experiencing a game that NPC being so interactive with players. "Uh.... My dragon needs to learn a new skill......"

There was an awkward silence between Andrew and Leon.

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Shy'Fei

“Ah, so there really was more to it all. Hmm... Finding out why Drei Soul is classified as a rogue dragon, would come handy in the future. It also appears as if something strange is also going on with it. Sounds of a wild dragon… could have become cursed; interesting, very interesting indeed…” Cifujis spoke aloud so that the dragon could hear his thoughts on the messages he received from Maximus.

Lost in thought, before he knew it, Shy’fei landed in front of the Weapons Shop and already turned into her walking form.
"You should buy a weapon. Fighting a dragon with your bare hands, is a dumbest idea." She commented, crossing her arms.

“Oh! Where have you brought us? The weapons shop? I see, well maybe we’ll find some good treasure in there.” The surprised man remarked, as he was expecting them to heading towards the rogue dragon.

Pushing through the wooden double doors that were a good two feet taller than him, made Cifujis wonder if there were any seven to eight feet giants roaming about in this world. For a huge door, surprisingly it gave way without much resistance; at a second inspection, he figured out that the door was fitted with mechanical gears that made opening the doors an autonomous feat, thus the wood used was mostly for aesthetics, something a classic gamer could appreciate in this modern era.

Walking inside, Cifujis had to take a moment to take in the vast beauty of the interior architecture. The best way to describe it would be as if walking into a museum like, art gallery, of sorts. displayed in glass shelves, lined up from the ground to double the customer's height; Cifujis noticed that there were different sections for all the variety of weapon types, or atleast that was the kind of impression that he got at first glance. Moving forth, one would notice, there was a dedicated sector for the assorted ranged weapons, another for bladed weapons and even one for the modern projectile blasting weapons like rifles, energy blasters and so on. For an enthusiast, this would easily, be considered a candy shop experience. Though the plethora of options, really made Cifujis wonder what the prices of such stuff would be. For sure, majority of the items would be beyond his current levels equipping requirements.

Turning to his partner, Cifujis asked her opinion on the matter. “Shy’fei, what do you think of this place? It sure looks like a treasure trove. What do you think we should examine first? Do swords sound fine or should I go for something that would be a much better compliment to your power set?”

Cifujis looked about at the different sectors of the weapons shop, waiting to make up his mind as for which to head to first. “If you see something nice for yourself, anything, do tell me and I’ll see if I can get it for you, on the spot.”

Samir and Ocenyx took to the sky once more, but this time felt different from the first. Samir smiled at the sensation of the dive and the wind rustling through his hair.

Ocenyx was speaking to him, and he dragged his eyes away from the amazing view down to his dragon.

"Something alien? What do you mean?" he asked, perplexed. He agreed to visit the show, however. It wouldn't hurt to take a look at the supplies he might need.

In the meantime, he saw his announcements blinking and decided to check them out. Tentatively, he reached out a finger and touched them.


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Ashley smiled as her bond was officially solidified with her dragon.

"Zelenia. Wow, that's beautiful," she said. After a moment, she realized Isabella was still there and turned to her.

"Oh, we were told to see you about... adding a skill?"

In the excitement, she'd nearly forgotten about it.