'Or it's one of those ancient monsters,' the golden dragon said, 'but if it's the latter then the monster would have appeared the moment that Marcos started forming his array.'
'To help him?' Gege asked.
'No, to stop him,' the golden dragon said, 'it's a known fact that those ancient monsters are very hostile to each other.'
'Damn!' Arthur cursed, 'even to their kin?'
'Yeah, that's their nature,' the golden dragon said, 'they won't accept to share their trophies with anyone, even one of their kin.'
'So it's a monster of the caliber of the Golam, right?' Gege said before adding in a confident tone, 'we managed to handle one Golam before, killing another won't be a problem to us.'
'I have to say you are wrong,' the golden dragon said before correcting her, 'the level of this world is much, much higher than the world we fought the golden dragon at. That means the monster here is on a whole different level than that Golam.'
'We killed one of them once,' Arthur said, 'and I can kill another today.'
'You have to,' the golden dragon said, 'or else your dreams of putting that chick here will vanish.'
Arthur nodded before focusing all over the journey. 'Gege, how are things outside?' he asked.
'They are attacking the array,' Gege slowly said, 'but it seems all their attacks are ineffective…' she paused before suddenly saying, 'but there is a good piece of news.'
'Then tell…' Arthur was dying to hear some good news now.
'Some crossed the portal already,' she said, 'and they are now helping Amera in taking down the array and organizing the forces up there.'
'How many of them came?' Arthur asked with anticipation.
'One thousand so far,' Gege said, 'and more are crossing. That's plus Doaf's actions.'
'What did he do?'
'He managed to call all the forces who crossed from his world,' Gege said, 'right now only a small portion are standing on Marcos' side and all the forces up there are slaughtering them.'
'Ding! killing them won't change the situation,' the system said. 'Ding! We need to kill the head of the snake to win this.'
'I hope when the time comes, killing him won't be too late,' Arthur sighed, 'anyway let them be ready to kill Marcos once the protective shield vanishes.'
'They already plan on doing so,' Gege said, 'after all they are completely surrounding that sky array and waiting for him to exit that protective shield.'
'I have a proposition,' the golden dragon suddenly said.
'About dealing with that array?' Arthur asked.
'No, about dealing with whatever lies inside that throne room of that world's will,' the golden said before adding, 'we can try our best to release that sleeping girl out there and buy her some time.'
'Go on…' Arthur didn't hurry to judge as he asked to hear more.
'The throne is empty, which is a much easier task to take the throne off the hands of an existing world's will,' the golden dragon said, 'so we can handle whatever lies inside that room and give that girl a chance to get the throne.'
'Can this happen?' Arthur was skeptical about this plan.
'It can, provided that we defend her in an efficient way,' the golden dragon said, 'the process of taking over the throne is simple, but it requires time. Any interruption in the process will result in her trying all over again.'
'So you propose instead of being aggressive on the offense we change to be defensive, right?' Arthur asked, trying to make sure he got his words right.
'Yup, but don't forget you are fighting with your soul,' the golden dragon warned, 'and compared with beings in these higher realms your soul power is so weak.'
Arthur knew his golden dragon had a point here but he didn't totally agree with him.
'They might be stronger than me in soul power, but they lack the spiritual power I have,' he said, 'so I still have a good chance here.'
'I'm not saying you won't have a chance,' the golden dragon corrected, 'but I don't want you to think this will be easy.'
Arthur knew the golden dragon was worried about him, but he totally believed in himself.
So he refrained from getting into the discussion that erupted about the ways to fight and help him in that upcoming challenge. He focused on the world around, trying to get deeper to the core and find that room.
'Is that… it?'
After half an hour of constant looking he finally spotted something flashing in different light at the distance. It was shining in bright white light that seemed a bit eye catchy amidst all that redness around.
'It's the room,' the golden dragon said.
'Ding! Indeed it is,' the system confirmed, 'Ding! I advise you to take a pause and examine the surroundings first.'
'If you think that monster will be waiting outside then you are mistaken,' the golden dragon had to disagree, 'it's inside the room and there is no time to look around.'
'I'll take a look nonetheless,' Arthur said, 'Gege, tell Doaf and Amera to dispatch some to protect me.'
'On that.'
Arthur then got near that place fast. The closer he got the more shining it became until he reached a very close distance to it.
For him it was like a bright white sun in the middle of a dark red sky.
'Let's take a look around,' he then started to circle the room as fast as he could while being vigilant.
'Told you,' as he finished his recon, the golden dragon said, 'there is nothing here to worry about.'
'I had to be sure,' Arthur slowly said, 'now it's the real show.'
He moved fast towards the room and the moment he got so near, he felt a strange suction force that grabbed him unwillingly towards the room. The traction force was irresistible.
'It's like that force,' he slowly said while his eyes were blind by the shiny light coming from the room, 'like when I went to level up my dragonair power.'
'Ding! I also feel the same,' the system confirmed his speculations.
"Boom!"
Yet the next moment a loud bang happened before Arthur felt himself penetrating through some kind of a membrane.
Then the bright lights went off and he had to wait for a couple of stressful seconds before his eyes got used to the dim light inside.
'Don't move a muscle!' the golden dragon suddenly warned in a very gratified tone, 'this is a hell of a nightmare for all of us!'
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