129 Unending Mystery (1/2)

Once Greyson was carried over to a bed by his grandfather, Elder Brevre took off to looks for signs of a struggle. Before long he came upon a spot, but there was no sign of Aeos or any other body. By this time, he could not sense any sign of the use of the dark element either. Severely frowning, he decided to investigate this later and headed off towards the Time Dragon territory. However, once he got there, he was completely shocked.

”What happened here?”

All around the area was completely empty. From the low-level Beastmen to the high-level Ancestor, every Time Dragon tribe member was gone. The houses and caves were still perfectly intact, so nothing to indicate they were attacked. It was as if everyone just packed up their things and left. Seeing such a suspicious situation, Brevre felt more inclined to believe his grandson's story. Knowing this situation was much larger than he anticipated, he knew he could not keep this to himself. Tilting his head up towards the sky, he released a loud roar. Casting a spell, the Snow Dragon insignia appeared in the air. The other leaders would most likely respond right away, thus after releasing the message, Brevre flew towards the main cave in the Light Dragon territory.

Upon arriving, he noticed he was the last to arrive. The rest of the high-level dragons were present for the meeting.

”Alright, Brevre, spit it out. What was so critically important that you released your emergency signal?” An impatient Fire Dragon spoke first.

”Stay calm, Tansae. You know I would not call for a meeting this serious if the situation were not such.”

”Don't listen to him, Brevre. We all recognize your character. Just report what is going on.”

”Haven't you all noticed one of the Dragon tribes is missing?” Brevre remarked sarcastically as if in disbelief they had not perceived anything wrong.

”Hm?” At once, the elders all looked around. Finally, they all managed to catch on.

”Where is Phanos? And the rest of the Time Dragon elders?”

Typically, the Time Dragons were small in number and did not heavily participate in any of the discussions. Elder Brevre was not too surprised that they did not notice right away.

”Don't bother looking. They are no longer here. I already checked before I sent out the signal. The entire tribe down to the low-level members are all gone. Not a single one is left. I did not look around closely, I wanted to make sure to let you all know first. My grandson and granddaughter were both attacked by Aeos. I know Phanos' son is not just friends with them, so I thought I should warn the rest of you guys. Are any of your children or grandchildren missing?”

Specifically, he looked towards the Fire, Wind, Dark, and Earth sides. He knew the rest of the children in that group were from those tribes. Most of them looked calm since they had seen all their children just earlier, however, one of the Wind Dragon major elders looked concerned. This was Cerul's father, Elder Felle.

”Felle?”

”I heard Cerul mentioning something about meeting up with the usual group before he left.” He turned a ghastly pale as the color faded from his face.

”Where did he say they were meeting?”

”I don't know. That damn boy never told me anything. It was only after endless badgering that I managed to convince him to even let me know he was leaving.” Unable to keep calm, the anxious Elder Felle already began to transform and flew out to scour the mountains.

”We all should help look. This could be serious.” The Light Dragon King ultimately spoke up to command the rest. Everyone nodded and left one-by-one. No matter how large an area the Dragon Tribe territory spanned, with so many powerful elders flying over Cerul was found in next to no time. He did not travel too far in the first place. Aeos knew that meeting spots far away would have seemed suspicious as they invariably met within the tribe boundaries. One of the Dark Dragon elders roared to gather the attention of the others. Grasping the meaning, everyone flew over towards the elder. With his speed, Felle was the first to arrive on the scene.

”No! Cerul!” All the elders within earshot could hear his desperate cries. Cerul was lying peacefully on the ground, still and cold. None of the elders could sense his heartbeat or warm blood flowing. Shaking their heads, they knew nothing could be done. However, their hearts only grew colder after seeing the death of a young dragon. The Time Dragons betrayed everyone? In all of their millions of years alive, nothing even close to betrayal occurred in their tribe.