A new Enemy

"You will stay here and are not allowed to go into the forest until I know why those Beasts came here... I know you like to hunt and explore new things but right now it is too dangerous there so please do what I told you and stay here." Loken knew that Ragnar, for the sake of satisfying his curiosity would ignore any danger. Ragnar nodded and said: "Yes father I am going to stay here... can I eat more of this Ferocious Beasts though? It was a very satisfying and pleasing feeling after I ate it." Loken just patted Ragnar on the head... "Do as you please but do not overdo it... if you feel like something is not right, stop eating it."

Loken was worried that the Beasts inside Ragnar would sooner or later take over and that he might not be able to turn back to his Human side... A Demi-Human like Ragnar never existed before... a mix between Dragon and Human... Loken did not even know if he was a Demi-Human because Ragnar's mother should have been a Dragon too. He just turned into a Human because he adopted to the elemental life-force imbued into him. "Father before I forget about it, here please see if this is of any use to the clan" Ragnar then gave Loken the skin as well as some cans containing the land Dragon blood.

When Loken saw it he exclaimed, " So my guess was right it was an Earth-Dragon... keep the blood and try to add it to your meals... it will help you grow stronger." Ragnar looked very confused, so Loken added... "Dragon blood is known for strengthening your internal organs and bones... it will aid you to create a solid foundation so your body can always keep up with your spiritual powers." Ragnar then looked very happy and put it away. He then headed for his room and began to prepare more of the Earth-Dragon meat. He made a stew out of it and added some of the Dragon blood... he hoped to soften the tenderness of the meat by stewing it.

Meanwhile, Loken headed to the clan head Grom, as he entered his office he discovered that someone was standing next to Grom. That someone wore a gray robe and had long gray hair that was very smooth. He had blue eyes... the peculiar thing was that the pupils had slits and on his forehead, two gray horns on both sides and one golden horn in the middle were grown. "Sorry to bother you I will come back later," Loken said and turned around to leave. Grom looked to his guest and said: "That is Loken the one we were just talking about, what a coincidence."

The gray-robed man looked at Loken... his stare was very confusing to Loken he felt as if his entire being was seen through and nothing could be hidden before that person... "That man is powerful." was the only thing Loken could think of at the moment. After examining Loken the gray-robed man walked over and bowed his head to Loken and said: "Thank you for your service... I am very grateful for all the contributions you brought to the Stormcloud-domain, my name is Kunshu... I came here to ask your clan head for help and was wondering if you as well could help me?"

Loken looked at Kunshu and was very confused how could he transform into a Human... this was the first time Loken heard of something like this... he slowly regained his composure and said: "I am honored to meat Lord Kunshu... please do not lower your head to me you are the lord of this domain whereas I am a nobody... Could it be related to Ferocious Beasts traversing onto our territory that you seek my help?" Kunshu was slightly shocked but then turned to Grom and said: "You were right he is a clever one, and a well informed one as well." he paused and turned to Loken and asked, "Where did you get that information??"

Loken said: "My son just happened to see an Earth-Dragon corpse inside the forest... this startled me and was also the reason why I am here." Kunshu was not surprised by this information... he nodded and said: " Our troops have gained enormously due to the empowerment by the Adamantite and Obsidian you offered our domain. But we are simply too little numbers to cover the whole region and some of the Ferocious Beasts made it past our defenses.

"Lord Kunshu what is the reason for them to come here??" Grom asked. Kunshu's face turned serious and Loken and Grom looked at him with a worried expression... he then said: " The Lighninggoddomain is gathering some of their troops and gathered around some old ruins in the north...we want to form a team to investigate the situation up there to make planes for countermeasures. I learned from your clan head that you are very profound in disguising and hiding things... very useful for reconnaissance" Loken and Grom were both standing there spacing out, both of them were deep in thought. Grom thought this might be the chance for his clan to shine again. Loken, on the other hand, was thinking of many things... "What about Ragnar... if something goes wrong who will guide him... Who is going to accompany me... What about my teaching classes..."

"You do not have to worry I will send my best Rangers with you they will protect you with their lives... please help us... you are most familiar with the strength of the Beastman." Kunshu bowed again and pleaded for Loken to help him. "Please Lord Kunshu, please do not lower yourself before me... I am not worthy." Loken thought about it and said: "Okay since it is only reconnaissance I will help you... when do we head out?"

Meanwhile, up in the north, a wast and huge mountain, a huge gate carved into the walls were about to open... a ten-meter huge Beastman that had the appearance of a bear with very powerful arms and chest muscles was kneeling before an even bigger creature... It looked like it was made of rocks... with very spike wings... blades that stood sideways at its tail... a jaw filled with a lot of sharp teeth. The peculiar thing was that it was hollow... you could see right into its eye sockets and right through its ribs... it seems to be a Skeleton-Dragon but made of black sharp stones. The bear Beastman said: "Lord Ishiki, the preparations are finished we can enter the tomb" The giant 40 meters tall Dragon looked at the bear and said with a very shriveled voice, "Let someone stand guard at the gates... be prepared for attacks and ready the troops we are going inside"

The Dragon giving orders was one of the seven Dragonlords... this one was the Earth-Dragon Ishiki who was an ally of Raijin the Lightning-Dragon. He was a tier nine Lord level Dragon that was one of the leading commanders of the Lightninggoddomains army. He was tasked to find a new Blackiron vein... and see if something of use was hiding inside the ruins of a long forgotten and extinct race... Dwarfs.

Dwarfs became extinct long before the Battle of Human fall... they were eradicated by the Dragonking Bahamut himself for killing Dragonkin that used to live in that mountain area... the Dwarfs killed and fought the Dragons for territory and wealth, after killing them they sold the corpses of to other races like Beastman and Humans. Bahamut was enraged and his wrath was unfathomable... so he killed each and every Dwarf inside that mountain and sealed the door afterward... no one knew what was laying behind those doors and why the dwarfs were so obsessed with that place that they openly enraged the Dragonking.