Before I knew it I had a smirk on my face.

Looking at my smirk out of nowhere made Hereon hesitant.

“Little one, what do you have to say for yourself?” asked Hereon after some time passed by.

I was waiting for that question as I had figured everything out. The god of death and the thing in front of me where very similar to each other on one aspect and I knew I could use that to my advantage.

“Tell me Hereon the Black, you are a curious fellow, are you not? Otherwise why would you even talk to someone who is like an ant in front of you if you weren’t curious about my hair and the eyes?”

Seemingly a little puzzled, Hereon urges me to explain myself by nodding.

“You are an elder Dragon called Hereon the Black who has lived for 10,000 years. After living for this long you must have seen many kingdoms rise and fall. You must’ve seen hundreds of generations of the living of this world pass away while you remained the same. All of them afraid of you.”

“This one has always been feared and this one has seen countless chapters of history occur in front of me only to fade away to be replaced by new.”

“Then tell me this Hereon the Black ……”

By this time, I had gained my confidence. I realized that my body was not shaking nor was it bent in fear but I was standing with my back straight and looking at this fearsome creature directly in the eyes. I felt like right now I controlled everything over here.

“….. are……you…..not…..bored?”

I deliberately spoke every work with a pause to increase its effect.

After hearing what I had to say Hereon stood still for a long time. From this I knew that either Hereon was too shocked that how could I know this or surprised that this was something he actually felt but never realized himself. Finally, Hereon replied to my question.

“Muhahahahahaha, I am surprised that a mere ant’s word could ring so true. A mere ant’s word could hold such power to make a supreme being like myself falter for a second there. This one knows what you are trying to do but this one is interested in what you have to say to save your life.”

“Then listen to this oh Hereon the black.” I reply while being a little dramatic.

“Allow me to be your entertainer. You have been bored for thousands of years so this time let my do something impossible, something which would even amaze and surprise you. Allow this lowly ant to change the world in front of your eyes” I continued.

“This one is not a fool. Many have said such world and a few may even have fulfilled their words but I have never cared about the affairs of mere mortals.” Replied Hereon back to me.

“I would not do something as simple as that, I would do something impossible. There exist 4 races in this world. From these 4, no race ever lives in harmony together. Exploiting this, the humans have defeated all the other 3 races to declare themselves the most powerful race……”

I stopped my words mid-sentence to wait for Hereon to catch up to what I’ve said by now.

“…. The impossible that I speak of would be to make the losers the winners. I shall do something that has never happened before, something imaginable even in legends and myths. I shall unite all 3 races that have been banished by the humans and I shall fight against the humans to break the balance of power. Humans are far too clever and powerful while the other races are far too arrogant to evolve themselves and are thus losing to the cycle of evolution. I shall change all that!” I loudly proclaimed in front of the Dragon

I waited for a moment so that the meaning of the words I had spoken would sink down inside Hereon’s mind.

“Tell me Hereon the Black, won’t it be something amusing to see the 3 races who have lost all fight against the humans who have become the ever powerful? Can you even imagine the elves working with the dwarfs or beast kin working with elves?”

Even I knew from the books that Elves and Dwarfs never got along but the beast kin part was a gamble. I only knew that Elves are always arrogant in books and consider themselves above all. I’ll need to investigate this late to understand the social standings better.

After a very long pause Hereon burst out laughing.

“Hahahahahahahahaha, it has been centuries since this one has laughed like this. I will not lie to you little one but even for me this idea of yours seems interesting. Even I would be amused with what you have just said. These 3 races have always never gotten along with each other so what you say will be fun to watch. But remember something little one, this road of yours is an impossible road to walk down. First uniting them all and second being able to fight the humans who have gotten stronger at a surprisingly fast pace.”

“I know the road I have to walk and that is why it is something not ordinary. If it was something ordinary, then how could I enjoy it?” I replied

And I believed doing this would even amuse that god of death too.

“Well you have guts that have impressed me little one. It seems you will do something to entertain this old Dragon then as a Dragon I need to give you something in return too. Tell me what is it you require of this one?”

“You can’t just give me some super power or magic power can you?”

“This one will have to disappoint you on that. But what I can tell you is that because you have been in contact with a small amount of god’s divine will, your body is comparatively stronger from the average human, your eyes are shaper, your mind is better and you even can learn things faster. Furthermore, from what I can sense, you have talent for magic too just like those humans.”

Well I was a little disappointed but it still better than nothing and I can work myself to improve.

I knew the things I wanted to ask of Hereon.

“I have only 3 requests then. The first being that I want you to tell me all about the war and your pact with humans and secondly I need a piece of your scale which can help others identify that it’s from you. The third is I need some equipment for battle or farming.”

Each request had a reason. Information was the most important thing especially for a guy like me who just came here with no knowledge thus the first request. The second request is so that I can use a piece of his scale to act like his messenger in front of others who fear Hereon. This would sooth things out at the beginning. The third one is pretty obvious one.

“The war started 150 years ago and ended 100 years ago. The humans created new calendars which starts from the day war ended and so right now is Year 100. All 4 races were like water and oil against each other thus they had no harmony between each other. The humans follow the religion of Kratos with Kratos as their god. One day an oracle from the god declared war on all other beings beside humans. The other races were declared as demons or taboo creatures. After which the humans started the great war which engulfed the whole world. The humans had from a long time made themselves stronger. The humans who used to be in the bottom of this food change developed themselves and became stronger while the others remained the same. The 3 races watched as one by one the other race was defeated never helping the other against this common threat of humans. Each believing themselves to be the strongest. Eventually, the war was over 50 years later and the humans won while the rest of the world was made into slaves.”

There is something that I need to ask of importance that could help me here.

“Tell me Hereon the Black, how did the humans become this strong?”

“Let this one tell you this little one, each race has a special attribute of its own. The beast kin have the body as strong as the beasts, the dwarfs have short yet sturdy bodies making them king of the mountains with their additional knowledge of weapons, the elves have the ability to control nature and they possess the most remarkable marksmen ship while the humans who were the weakest had people who could use magic.”

Hereon paused there so that I could understand what he just said. After a moment he continues ahead.

“The humans have the weakest bodies, they have no minds like dwarfs to make weapons and have no help from the nature. Furthermore, only 1 person from 100 people can have the ability to use magic. They had all the odds against them but they were persistent and they used their valuable resources of magicians very wisely. They were a clever lot and made various strategies and made some strong stone castles that no other race could break down. They used their wits and blind faith in their god to win.”

By now I understood the whole actual picture of what had actual happened. It was enough for me to connect a few more dots and finally see the bigger picture. This was more than enough for me to work on.

Seeing that I understood this all, Hereon removed a part of his scale and handed it over to me.

“Anyone who touches it will understand that this scale is of Hereon the Black.”

After seeing the second request being completed I waited for Hereon the complete the last request.

“I have some equipment from the knights and heroes who come to challenge me. They may not be a lot but they are around 50 pieces. They will be enough for the start. The rest is your job. After this I will not help you anymore and remember this oh little one, if you fail then I shall kill you myself in such a way that even your soul would be eaten by me and you wouldn’t be able to go to your gods.”

Listen to the last sentence sent a shiver down my spine but I was prepared this time. It wouldn’t be something daring if I wasn’t pushed to the corner.

“Before you receive your equipment I want you to conquer this forest first. This will also aid in your mission. After you’ve done so then only this one will give you the equipment and as a bonus this one will give you a hint about something which will assist you greatly.”

It seems like this jungle will be my first stop them. From the way Hereon has said thing this is another challenge he has given to me and some trick must be there for him to give me this task.

“I accept it!” I replied.

“Good good little one, then I shall guide you about another thing too. You will eventually learn it yourself but this will speed up things. The language of this world is of magic. Every race speaks a different language but everyone can understand it because when a word is being said, the meaning of that word is transmitted to the other person. If a large amount of people believe that a sound produced has a fixed meaning then whenever that sound is made, others would understand its meaning even if they don’t speak the language as long as a large body of beings believe in the meaning. This means you can freely talk to any race without the language barrier.”

This was really a good piece of news. I hadn’t even thought about the language of this world and how to speak.

Wait a second, for all this time I’ve been speaking the language of my previous world so how does Hereon understand me then when no one here believes in the language in speak?

“This one understands what you are thinking, let me tell you this that because I am an ancient being that is why if a language that even only a single person believes in, we ancient beings can understand the meaning behind it. But others cannot and so for that I shall grant you the power ability to speak the language of this world.”

With that I felt light glowing around me for a second only to disappear like it nothing changed.

Hereon points towards a direction and speaks

“This one suggests you going in that direction. Do not disappoint this one then.”

Hearing that I turn myself towards the direction Hereon pointed towards and start to walk

I have now taken the first step in breaking away from the ordinary and into the extraordinary. I now had a goal and a direction.

‘Well this will be a fun ride’