Master Of None

Walker liked to think that he had the pride of dragons well figured out. He had seen the stories and compared it with what he had learned. Compared to what he knew, Light dragons were the only ones that held to the older beliefs that dragons were all powerful. Their pride was greater than the other dragons.

Even Terron and Ignus, who were the most stubborn of the royal dragons, had the ability to accept others. This proved that the dials the dragons had followed for so long were not what they believed wholly anymore.

Believing in only pride and one race being all powerful was hard to do. The dragons had seen the other races achieving other things they could not. Researching other things that they lacked. Runes being one of them.

The mage tower was also a massive draw to the dragons thus far. They had been limited by the places they moved with high elemental manas that they needed. Now that a mage tower was a possibility, the royal and non royal dragons could improved more. Walker had used this to ensure that the other royal dragons were well rewarded for their assistance.

While Walker had a minor fear that Rise would just attack him since he had been pushing her, that was not the case. Such an act would not befit her. She was a glorious light elemental dragon above all others. She had to maintain the appearance she had worked so hard to create.

"I will come to your small village and see what you are speaking about. If I gain control of it then it may see a day when it is purified." Rise saw this as a way for her to be able to properly guide the other races in to what they should be pursuing. In what they should be doing. However, this was all in her own mind and not what they would want themselves.

Of course Walker knew all this it was easy to see that Rise was just saying these things. Her alternative desires were easy to see. "Then you should be able to show me your village quickly as well. I was surprised when I got here to see that they do not hunt or anything here. Maybe you could explain that." Walker watched Rise take her dragonkin form. She looked annoyed when she met Walker's gaze again.

Walker was able to use the wind ripple skill to land carefully in the village with Rise by his side. She was looking carefully around as they walked from the center toward the open buildings. From what Walker could tell, this was not a normal occurrence. The dragonkin were moving away to remain at a far distance.

The other dragon villages would not be like this. The dragonkin reported to their royal dragon lord because they relied on them. These were not dragonkin that relied on Rise.

"Hmm, I thought that your dragonkin would greet me. Do you not follow that tradition here?" Hearing Walker mention tradition got to Rise again. She felt that he had come here to harp on things that were not important. But he had hit a solid point. Walker had learned that he had more power over Rise than he expected.

Since Walker was a younger royal dragon, he was not expected to know and follow everything perfectly. Instead, he seemed to know things and used them against Rise who was an older dragon. It made a decent amount of mental damage every time he used this tactic.

"You should understand that the brilliance of light needs to be seen everywhere. If they were to come closer they would cast shadows on us. That would diminish our light. This is out of their respect. It's the same for hunting. They must do so away from the village. How could they risk staining such a pure place?"

"Oh, so your dragonkin don't actually live or work here. They must live down the mountain. If they want a place to live they can come to Genesis too. It would be fine for them to hunt and eat there. Then you won't have to worry about them so much." This tested Rise's patience even more. She was closer and closer to losing the composure that she had crafted.

"So you do have places for eggs. Those should be the most recent generation?" Walker caught sight of a large nest near one of the larger buildings. The eggs were bathed in light from above which was helping them grow to be able to hatch sooner.

"Yes, we do care for our young here. These are the five eggs that we believe will hatch with high affinity." Rise was about to start bragging. It was natural that she would do so when showing the next generation of the light elemental dragon she expected to be representing her village.

"So you threw the ones you didn't think to be good enough away already? I guess I will see where your dragonkin hid them. They seem more caring than you when it comes to the young. And we don't want more rogue dragons around for Ventus to clean up.

"You come here to insult me at every turn-"

"Yes. I came here to put you in your place. I have seen the way that the others act when you are brought up. Your fellow royal dragons wish to see the world change with them and not without. You are the only one. So I will be blunt and give you exactly what you give out. I even bet my home on it because I want to see you learn. Until you do, I will treat you the way they see you treat them." Walker glared at Rise with intensity. She was being thrown loop for loop today.

"You may not see it, but in their eyes, you are a monster keeping them. This pristine white village is not lived in. It is not a home. It is not a place for them to grow. I understand that you did not come to help us because of your values but your dragonkin are clearly weaker. They lack the strength of a dragon experienced in battle." Walker didn't stop there though.

"These dragonkin clearly need to come and meet others of different elemental affinities. They will learn to be strong warriors and accept other races too. Then you can keep your perfect little village if you don't want them to have a home. I will also take the hatchlings that they are hiding. I can tell Rise. they are not blinded by your trusted ideals."

Rise was infuriated even more hearing that Walker was bringing up such things. The dragons she outcasted from her village could never be kept. They were gone. Nonexistent to her. But to hear that her servants would do something like keep them? A huge insult. But she could not argue against it. She saw the world in a twisted black and white.

"I guess I did not expect you to be so forward with your ways. I wanted to rest more but I should step in." Mordant rose from the shadows to Rise's dismay.

"I thought I felt the impurities in your mana." Rise was not happy to have Mordant there.

"Normally I would avoid you, Rise. But I am here with Walker. We had some good and bad moments lately which you missed. Even Terron came out from underground to help. You know that it is very hard to have that happen. A human warrior managed to impress him." These words sounded like some big lie created to mess with her. But Rise continued to listen.

"I want you to come to Genesis. I would be willing to bet my villages as well as his city. The place is not something you could understand. All of us have seen that our current ways are changing. If we remain the way we are, every other race will be stronger than the dragons. We have to adapt as well."

With another dragon saying these things, Rise had reached the end of her patience. "I agreed to come to his home. I will take everything if I am not impressed. Do whatever you want for the day. I will leave for there tomorrow. Now leave me be." The order was growled out to Walker and Mordant. But after she had left to return to the sky, Mordant smiled a little.

"I know we will have trouble with her for a long time. She has been like this for as long as I have known her. But she won't have a problem learning something new. Once she realizes that others are out there that can fight against dragons, she will change whatever she has to." The pride that Rise had would work in their favor. Mordant was sure of it.

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