Chapter 396 Dreki (1/2)
After moving on from their conversations, the five Originals made their way over to the other Half-Dragons, who were surrounded by some of the Villagers and the Dragons.
”Now then, as planned, we will choose one of us to become the Lord of this town. Is that alright with everyone now?” Eisen asked, and the Black Half-Dragon glared at him and clicked his tongue. ”Fine, but that doesn't mean we're going to let you just do whatever you want, got it? If any of you do some-”
”Just shut up already!” The Black Dragoness yelled out angrily, ”What the hell's gotten into you?! Shut it and stop acting like an idiot!” She screamed at her son, who just looked at her with a surprised expression, before Eisen chuckled to loosen things up a little bit.
”Don't worry, it's fine that he's worried. Or rather, it's completely normal. But I don't mind you having a say in it, under one condition.” Eisen told them with a grin, and not only the half-dragons, but also the actual dragons looked at the old man confused and surprised.
”You will all have to join your friend here in becoming the new Lord's Squires.” Eisen explained as he placed his hands on both Kiron's and the Bronze Half-Dragon's shoulders, before the former looked at his Grandfather confused.
”Wait, G-Grandfather, but-” He started, but Eisen just chuckled slightly, ”I thought it would be nice for you to be the Lord, after all, you're the one with the greatest connection to this place.” The old man told the Crystal Half-Dragon, and he just stared back at him. ”Are... Are you sure?” Kiron asked, seemingly not against the idea, even if he was still unsure if it was a good idea.
”Yes, I'm sure. It should help your leadership abilities a fair bit, at least. But still, are you alright with these three becoming your Squires as well?” Eisen asked him, and the Half-Dragon slowly nodded his head.
”Of course! I'll be able to shape them into some good fighters!” He exclaimed gleefully, and Eisen chuckled in response while nodding his head, turning back toward the three Half-Dragons in question. ”Then let's hope these three will take up this chance as well.” The old man said, and they stared at Eisen as if humiliated.
Although then, one of them chose to step forward.
”I... I would like to become a... Squire, was it? I don't know what it means, but if it allows me to help out, then I would love to do whatever it takes.” The Silver Half-Dragoness exclaimed, before the Red one looked at her confused while grabbing her arm.
”What do you mean? You can't be serious!” She said angrily, ”You don't even know what it is, so how can you agree like that?”
Without hesitation, Kiron slowly stepped forward and placed his hand into the center of the chest. ”A Squire is one learning to be a Knight. A Knight, on the other hand, is someone wholly dedicates his complete being to a cause or a lord. The cause being justice, and in this case the Lord being my Grandfather. At the cost of their life, they will do whatever they may to make sure both their cause and lord survive beyond them... Even if I pledged not to lay down my life so easily.” Kiron said with a slight smile, more than just happily remembering the pledge from back then, before he slowly turned back to the Half-Dragons in front of him to convince them.
”Please, I can see that you have great potential. You may have acted rashly, but your reason was the protection of your people, and that is a cause one can only call honorable. Let me teach you what it means to be a Knight, and become the strength of Justice.” Kiron told them with a soft smile on his face, but the Black Half-Dragon just once more clicked his tongue loudly.
”Talking about justice or whatever... If you can make me stronger so that I'm not gonna lose next time we fight, I'm in.” He said with a rather annoyed voice and stepped closer toward Kiron, while the Silver Half-Dragon also made sure to finally do what she meant to do, while the Red Half-Dragon just stood there confused.
”What about you? Will you join us as well?” Kiron asked her, before she just started grinding her teeth. ”Fine, but only for Silver... If you do anything to hurt her, I'll cut your throat open.” The Red one replied, and Eisen smirked slightly in response, seeing that Kiron was growing in such a way.
”Now then, let's get started, shall we? Everyone that can at least think they'll be able to stack some stones on top of each other, gather up around here and wait for a while, please.” Eisen told them and quickly cracked his knuckles before handing the Town Core to Kiron together with the box containing the Core Guardian, and then looked over at his fellow Originals.
”Do you guys want to stay here? It shouldn't take too long, I just want to make sure everything is working properly.” Eisen explained, and the others quickly nodded their heads, before the old man started to figure out some roles that each Original should fill.
”Jyuuk, grow some strong wood, please. For different things, of course, but we'll need to have the materials ready for construction. Brody, see what places should be reinforced for defense against the more common monsters we've seen so far. Then Xenia, try to flatten the ground some more and destroy whatever buildings may be abandoned without doing too much damage to the materials. And at last, Evalia... Come up with a few good architectural designs that fit to the island.” Eisen told all of them, and everyone quickly got to work with these things, while the six Dragons stepped up to Eisen as well, looking up to them nervously.