Dang, it! Dang, it! Dang, it! How long was I in there? How many did I spawn? Wait, how many did they kill? I bring up the semi-translucent tab to check my stats.

Stats Monsters Killed: 542 Characters Killed: 9577 Character versus Character Wins: 7 Character versus Character Loses: 0 Total Dungeons Cleared: 1 Copper Dungeons 0 Bronze Dungeons 0 Silver Dungeons 1 Gold Dungeons 0 Platinum Dungeons 0 Palladium Dungeons 0 Mithril Dungeons 0 Unobtainium Dungeons 0 Total Quests Completed: 0

Jesus Christ!!! How many was it before? Like, forty-something? So, the dragons killed over nine thousand people already!? And since none of their victims attacked me, it’s a pure kill and not even a combat one. That most likely means that I get no increase in stats also. I close the ‘Stats’ bar and open up the ‘Status’ bar to confirm.

Status Name Lilith Race Human Class Elementalist Health Points 755/755 (+1/sec) Mana Points 1805/1805 (+4/sec) Strength 49 Dexterity 73 Constitution 66 Intelligence 268 Willpower 176 Physical Resistance 103 Magical Resistance 281

Yeah, I expected as much— Ah, 1796!? That means—

“Freeze!” I shout without aiming, but it’s too late. Another water dragon rises, of the ever-growing lake about a hundred yards away. It appears head-first, its jaw pointed at the sky, like some summoned abomination. Water is flowing out of the blue dragon’s gaping maw like an overflowing manhole, except, like, fifty times worse!

And now I’m without the mana to do anything against them. And even though I’ll regenerate my mana points fast enough, actually dealing with them is going to be a whole other issue. I was planning to wear down one of these drakes using the adventurer’s as shields, but a whole flock of them? The whole point of making the dragon uncontrollable was to make it strong enough to pose a threat, not create a whole Dragon Apocalypse!

I might need to do some ‘leveling’ before I can solve this. Ack! I notice the water level rise—it’s already at my knees.

“Ahem!” I hear a familiar cough. It appears that the panther girl has finally stepped outside the Guild building. She takes a look around and then brings her left hand to her left ear and says, “Level 6 threat has appeared. Local adventurers too useless to handle it. Begin evacuation. Engage plan Omega.”

Woah are they seriously planning to help? Perhaps they’re not as bad as I suspect—

With a thunderous roar, the earth trembles and I fall over into the water, along with many other adventurers. I look up and see the Guild building rise into the sky, powered by over two dozen rocket engines, spewing hot flames and deafening, roaring noise, that sends nearly everyone flying away, except for me, panther girl, the grizzly bear and two metallic golems.

The girl herself suddenly has the top of her head open to the side like a can lid. Out of it two thin, metallic blades rise and unfold. They soon take shape of two giant propellers, each at least six feet long. Additional two metal rods pop out of the girl’s head forming handles which the girl grabs. The propellers begin spinning, picking up speed fast and with a ‘chuff, chuff, chuff-chuff-chuff’ sound the girl rises into the air, flying after the Guild building.

I rub my eyes in disbelief, pricking my skin with my fingernails to make sure I’m not sleeping.

“Ouch!” I wince from the pain and a tiny drop of blood forms, where I pricked my skin.

Meanwhile, the three circling water dragons see the gigantic, rectangle building rise to their level. One of them unleashes a water torrent at the Guild building, but it is repelled by a golden circular shield, made out of shining hexagons, that appears around the building.

The engines change their angle and the building flies diagonally side-ways and up, picking up speed. The dragons pursue the building at first, but with none of their attacks being successful, they eventually give up.

The Adventurer’s Guild flies away ever faster and soon, with one last spark of light like a glowing star, disappears in the distance.