I put the train back in my dimensional "pocket" and Demodragon started walking back to the

mountains, looking for caves.

"Ivan, use your head of land and water/ice, you should easily

to locate caves or subterranean areas.

We have to hide you! You can't stay like this. This is your fighting body!"

I followed without saying anything, terrified of Demodragon, terrified of dying again and of having to answer to mom...

I was afraid...fear,

fear...

always afraid...so much so that my tears formed a tiny little stream.

Demodragon: "Ivan... it's a torment to me, your tears... if you want us to be

"Buddies, respect me! I'm an arch-demon. Your pleas are painful for

me. I'm a freak from hell, and believe me, if your mama hadn't hammered me that I was had to take care of you, guide you and save you, a while ago I would've had you

torn to pieces, or at least make you a slave so that you become a demon under my

orders and join the army, finally get her here.

our objectives are 180 degrees if you can understand. And don't expect... I'm not your... friend, and I never will be. Another demon, a lower-level demon would be your "friend" for better to betray you, even possess you and take your body than all of us here are jealous.

We are not demons for nothing... ...do you understand?

If you can make the effort to understand, then we can get along.

We work in a hierarchy and that's indisputable. If you want to move up, you have to...

kill your boss and take his place. You only get one chance... a lot of people die and take his place.

transform into larvae that serve as food or juveniles at best

(eating rock and defecating the minerals until they disappear by division or

implosion).

The message had gotten through and I was even more afraid of them... in fact I didn't want to be there yet.

not take on the role of Demonlord and now take on the role of Evilgod (God).

bad) was making me sick.

It was because my stomach was empty that I couldn't throw up, but that was it.

like.

The joy of being alive gave way to nausea and regret about my past life.

I rallied from when I was a dragon, but all in all, I was happy in the end.

That I miss my family...

The meals of hoist, the rotten jokes of fomalhaut, Argentrix and his jokes...

But also everyone I knew before. Despite the betrayal of some who betrayed me

hurt my heart, I also had a loving human family. Too bad I didn't have

didn't take advantage of my father too... I mean, I got to see him alive one last time and...

and then on the plane. He must've finished when he heard I was dead... it was his first.

Boarding, I suppose... Endin, he may have taken off on a flying sheepskin...

He wrapped himself in it all the time. It kept him warm.

"IVAAAN!! STOP DREAMING!!!! GO AHEAD!!!!"

Demodragon used to pull me out of my absences... it pissed him off so much I didn't dare...

imagine... I bet he killed me several times in his head... I was sure of it because

...with his cruel little eyes and his grin...

I dare not imagine a human being in our presence. But Demodragon was scarier than

I... he was sweating hate and evil and chaos.

I was tall and a hydra, yes, and it was dark all around me, well, for miles...

...but I couldn't see my darkness.

Every once in a while, my aura would make a volcano erupt... shake the ground and make

...geysers and tree popping...

Was it me? Or Demodragon...??

And then there were lots of dragons, in fact I saw a lot of cruel eyes looking at me...

in my shadow.

All they wanted was to get out and ravage the world... an orgy of violence.

I saw in a kind of x-ray, a huge ancient cave whose entrance was under the

sand but with one or two small holes. A huge underground lake...

Through the darkness, we slipped inside and I could take a bath and refresh myself.

I was thirsty and the water was a blessing for me.

Drinking was disgusting for Demodragon... if it had been blood... it would have been something else.

As I lay in the lake, I watched the light pierce like a ray of sunlight, shining on this

titanic dome. It's like he's waiting for me.

Bored, I started to explore the cave, which was huge. It must have been making

kilometers and was sinking lower and lower.

After 10 kilometers and a few broken stalagmites that and the... and a few blows of

claws to widen the passage, the bottom lit up and I could see bloodletting and

cracks whose bottoms were filled with magma.

I continued over the cracks and into a huge reservoir of magma.

The dome was one kilometer high and 3 kilometers in diameter. I could fly

on the inside.

It was bright. There was a lava beach and a falaisea with a rebuttal that went...

the magmatic circus .

On the ledge, I could lie down all the way. The sea of lava was calm.

was not a volcano and there was even an island in the middle.

I could fly there and take refuge there. No one could even with today's means,

hurt me there.

I decided to make it my temporary lair.

Water above, a lake, a lava lake and an underground labyrinth. In fact, a

real underworld was there.

The light from the volcanic cracks even made trees grow there.

Phosphorescent algae or lichen produced light and an entire ecosystem was

found in those caves.

I had found a subterranean world. A jungle, creepers, waterfalls and even

dinosaurs ruled there.

It was awesome.

Now I'm the apex here!

I used to think this was the perfect place for my family to hide from men...

A few days later,

Neo-tokyo...

The city was in the middle of construction and the last layers of paint had just been applied.

deposited in the palace of sinistra completely demolished and rebuilt. We had demolished

inside and redo the roof in Japanese/Ming style.

Gala Ball.

The allies of the axis were all gathered, with their representatives and even a faction

dissident gold-dragon mob and their clique. They were there mostly to protect and

monitoring the astral dimensions, the ethaer and the darkness.

The enemy was well aware of Ivan's powers and the resulting defeat on Earth.

The dragons of darkness were promoted and were constantly surfing in the shadows.

The empire no longer made the mistake of cleansing and alienating factions...

desperate people who, in fact, were formidable enemies. There is nothing worse

as the enemy that someone so desperate...

The unicorn queen Majestia, dressed in her most beautiful gown, was immediately attracted

by the charm and charisma it exuded. The power and also its magical part,

being one of the surviving tails of Hakumen. But when he died, he was just a youkai...

powerful. Even when diminished, he was a formidable enemy.

But his plans were different...

Renaitre Hakumen was a pretext to get the support of the other two surviving tails.

He wanted to use them to strengthen his power as Supreme Commander, a Youkai.

supreme.

Souls and bloody massacres and oceans of fear, very little for him.

And that's what Majestia liked, to be himself and not another.

The party went off without accident and everything seemed calm and serene but their network

information had sent the dragons to defend the darkness because they were

knew that the rocket train had disappeared without a trace and that either it was a

teleportation or it was either the work of hellish forces or a shadow dragon.

The emperor did not fail to compliment Majestia who returned the compliment with a

information.

"Ishtar asks us to watch out for the forces of evil"

The emperor was not unaware of this...

Majestia: "Dear Emperor Yamamoto... "In times of trouble, when an evil gnaws at you

the world and that we don't have solutions, we go ahead and make up

groups of heroes, soldiers who are the elite of the elite and these groups are balanced

but the best. In some cases they are "invited" by magical rituals and they are

are drawn from their world to ours and in passing they receive the blessing of

our gods and goddesses.

We will organize games, jousts and events to bring together the best of the

better."

Yamamoto, performing a perfect dance move, replied:

"I see you prefer quality to quantity. You make an excellent queen!"

Majesty blushed with the compliment.

She liked the Emperor.

The Americans were for her nameless boors, barbarians with gadgets,

with no manners and no presence...

Yamamoto, on the other hand, wielded power in name and body.Meanwhile, I went back to the lake and played with the rocket train...

I was doing "Tchouuk tchouuuk" and I made it climb the walls. That was my only occupation.

But seeing me playing with Tiamat's body, it really hurt Demodragon.

And, besides, he didn't want to go back into my shadow. I actually had no control over him...he was obeying Tiamat's demands, period. I was just a piece of shit to him, hurting and dishonoring his mistress / creator. We couldn't really talk about mother.

She was an infernal dragon. Not a living thing like us. A lich or an undead lord was closer to us than to him...

But waves passed through the hole and sometimes weird images and sounds from me were transmitted. which didn't make sense but they could see that the train was being dragged all over the place.

A technician would get nauseous... "THE TRAIN IS HANGED LIKE A DINKY TOY .... The dimensions Goldur quoted are exact.

The creature does have five heads ...

But Higgins wasn't watching, he was listening.

"Tchouk Tchouk???? "

No... it's not possible... Ivan used to make onomatopoeia like this when they played...

He'd play with the rocket train???

Higgins, asking the technician: "Do you know how to locate him??????"

Operator: "No, it's like he's in a world, in a world..."

Higgins thinks ... yes, that's it ... he hid himself ... provided it's Ivan, but if it's the archidemon ... he must be kidding us by showing that he's assimilated Ivan ... He's a psychopathic monster...

Goldur's right...

Siege of Majestia:

Army chiefs gathered with the Japanese generals were watching the screen with the positions of the enemy troops...

General Yason: "There is a sudden movement of all the troops, they are regrouping as if for an evacuation."

Prince Regent Will. (Magestia has taken her place as queen, Will is still king but regent.):

Do you have an idea? That's not usual.

Yason: "Indeed, it is sudden and abnormal. Either they make way for a major attack but the position is abnormal. And what worries me is the timing. We've detected that the satellite was reactivated for a few moments, probably to send a message. And by the time it's deciphered, transmitted and analysed... Orders were immediately given and we see the troops on the move."

Magestia: "And what more do you know, with your information network...?"

Yason: "Our undercover agents don't know any more but that it was top secret but one message was very clear: "Retreat to earth. The portals are going to be sealed off, we have to prepare for the final battle. Ethernia is lost. All forces available to save mankind must return to defend Earth."

The congregation remained silent.

Yason turned to the queen.

"Is there any danger in this world that is so frightening? An unknown force? An army?

Magestia sighed. The army of darkness is strong but not invincible. Bhaal has already been defeated. Ivan also broke his teeth, which cost him his life, and also got rid of an equally dangerous monster... Hakumen...

Yason smiles at the pronunciation of this name...

Magestia: "I know nothing, but Ishtar, one of the goddesses of the human pantheon warned us that the time of trials had come. You should investigate this message they received...

On our side, we will proceed with the invocation ceremony of the Divine Chosen, the heroes...

they will be men and women like you and me, but they will need to be trained in all combat techniques, including yours and your weaponry.

In our ancient writings, these heroes had defeated demon lords and vanquished the evil god who promised to return for revenge.

Your coming to this world is not innocent. These wars and battles have awakened ancestral times, prophecies. All before here was calm. There was more than 1,000 years of peace...

Those times we criticized and cursed now seem like a memory we will regret. Many will regret those times.

I don't blame you, but your technology will turn this paradise into a technological inferno... If you don't do it, someone else will. But you have a wonderful culture and you too have known defeat and humiliation and learned wisdom.

I hope I'm not mistaken..."

Navarre thought back on those words and took a step back. And if the unicorns had been wrong... What if Ivan was right... the stains... their mistakes, their blessing... if it wasn't more than forgiveness... or giving them back their strength for the trials to come????