Drum woke up and walked outside. He had a mission to accomplish and couldn't wait forever. He hoped that the warriors of the village were back to defend the village.

When he was outside, he stopped when he recognised four familiar faces.

There was a girl looking exactly like Kuguru, but she was wearing a white coat with a green hat. She held a book in her hands.

The other one was a swordsman looking like Tasuku with a silver and blue armor with a blue cape.

The one looking like Baku was wearing some similar clothes than the one of Earth, but had a red scarf and a big hammer on his back.

The last one looked like Tetsuya and was even dancing like him. He wore a purple cloak with yellow short and brown pants.

Drum cleaned his eyes, thinking he was dreaming or hallucinating, but it wasn't the case. He walked toward Hitotaba, who was talking with the one looking like Tasuku.

The girl looking like Kuguru looked at Drum and asked, "Who is that?"

Hitotaba turned toward the dragon and replied, "This is Drum. He saved our village while he was gone."

He? Drum wondered.

"Hello there. I'm Sage, Kuguru," she said.

"I'm Legendary Brave, Tasuku."

"Craftsman, Baku."

"And I'm Dancing Magician, Tetsuya Yo."

Drum ears were ringing when he heard that, They have the same name. Those this mean there's a Gao version elf here? What is going on here?

"Drum. Thank you for staying here. Our warriors have returned and they are currently resting," Hitotaba said before bowing.

Drum pointed at the four, "What about them?"

They said at the same time, "I'm here to seal the hole that brought- Hey!"

Drum was sure they had the same objective, but weren't a team.

"I'm here to seal the hole that brought monster in our world," Tasuku said.

"So are we!" the other's replied.

They aren't a group at all. Drum concluded.

"You need magic to seal it yo," Tetsuya said.

"Enough please," Hitotaba said before turning to Drum. He gave him a piece of paper,

"I have to go now. My mission is to go to the Great Dungeon," Drum said.

"W-wait!" Hitotaba yelled.

"What is it?" Drum asked.

"You need to get supplies and our village is ready to give some for your mission," Hitotaba replied.

Chapter 59: Drum's Troublesome Training part 2

Drum marched before the four elves, who were still arguing, with his tail on the ground, Why did the hole between the two worlds had to be so far away? It's been four days already. It would have been faster with my drill, but I have to escort them because dad ordered me not to go alone. Drum felt his moral dropping pretty fast with his current situation and how the letter sent by his father was sent. If I don't disappoint him, it won't make him proud of me. Geez.

He stopped as they reached the entrance of the Great Dungeon. It was a large hole on the ground leading to a dark and brown cavern.

"This is the Great Dungeon," Kuguru said as she read the book.

Drum noticed they stopped arguing, "This place is dangerous right?"

"Exactly. This dungeon is filled with traps, monsters and something surely powerful that guards the hole that brings monsters from the Darkness Dragon world," Baku replied.

What is Azi's plan? Drum wondered. He asked, "Why is such a hole open in the first place?"

"That's something we don't know yo," Tetsuya replied.

Kuguru turned the pages of her book and replied, "It's said that those are scars caused by an ancient enemy millions of years ago known as the thousand years war. That's all we know, but most of them are linked to Darkness Dragon world, before Darkness Dragon lived there."

"Does Azi have something to do with this?" Drum asked.

Tasuku chuckled, "Unless he wants to die. You should know that Darkness Dragon is fighting against the monsters to survive in their world. They can't use those monsters for their own benefits."

"You should know that Darkness Dragon lived in one giant city, which is also a fortress. They never go outside of it unless they have a suicide mission," Kuguru replied.

"So they have nothing to do with this," Baku concluded.

I'm just wrong this time, Drum thought, sure that Azi and the Darkness Dragons had something evil planned, "Let's dive inside this dungeon."

"Follow me. I know where to go," Tasuku said.

"Are you sure you know where to go?" Kuguru asked.

Tasuku grumbled before replying, "Yes."

"Let's go," Drum asked.

Two hours later.

The group walked through a corridor sculpted on the brown rock. Drum remained behind and tried using his nose to sniff out any dangers, but they saw nothing so far.

"Where are we?" Baku grunted frustrated.

"We are getting closer to the breach," Tasuku replied.

"The Great Dungeon is big, but not that big," Kuguru countered.

Drum smelt nervousness coming from Tasuku. He asked, "Are you sure you know where to go?"

"I said yes," Tasuku replied.

"I'm not sure about that yo," Tetsuya replied.

Tasuku turned around and grunted, "What do you mean?"

The magician smiled and replied, "When we followed you, I noticed that we turned right four times when we reached branches and we keep doing it."

Everyone stopped and frowned at Tasuku. Drum was actually surprised that this Tasuku was different, but their background might show then. He's pretending to know everything.

"We are lost!" Baku yelled.

"We never should have followed you," Kuguru sighed.

Tasuku face turned red and defensively yelled, "Okay. We are lost. But the dungeon is different than before! I remembered that I only had to turn two times right last time I came here to reach the stairs leading to an inferior floor!"

Baku rolled his eyes while Tetsuya chuckled at the swordsman.

Kuguru asked, "You already came here?"

Tasuku nodded, "Yes. That's why I know where to go, but..."

Drum sniffed around and smelt nothing except them. He used his dragon eyes and looked around him. He noticed something, "The walls are different than those we were before reaching the first branch."

The four other gasped.

"Then something modified the dungeon," Kuguru exclaimed.

"So that's why," Tasuku said.

Drum stomach grunted. The dragon sighed, "Good thing we brought a lot of supplies, because we might be here longer than we thought."

They had a quick lunch and prepared to continue their quest.

"Drum. Maybe you can find the original path we have to take with your eyes," Kuguru suggested.

"Yeah. Use your super eyes yo!" Tetsuya cheerfully said.

Drum nodded and turned around. With his eyes, they returned to their original path, weapons ready for anything.

"Those monsters from Darkness Dragon world must have dug up in here," Baku said.

"We almost reach the stairs," Tasuku said.

They found the stairs and climbed down to the inferior level of the dungeon. Drum took the lead, in case there was something only his skills would be useful for. They heard a loud sound and saw swinging blades coming at them. They dashed down the stairs while dodging the blade.

Once they were at the inferior floor, they stopped and recuperated.

"This is where things get really dangerous," Tasuku warned.

"More dangerous!" The other's, except Baku yelled.

"The dangerous traps are here. My ancestors crafted some of them after all," Baku said with a grin.

"Do not worry. With my dragon skills, we won't-" Drum walked on something that sunk in.

They heard a loud sound. The four elves walked to another path, out of whatever was coming. Drum didn't have time and saw a giant rock coming at him.

"GYAH!" Drum yelled before running away as fast as he could for a while. "I'm in so much trouble now!"

He took a glance behind him and knew he was about to get crushed. He had one thing in mind to survive this; he turned into his chibi form and rolled at a corner. The boulder passed just an inch from his snout before rolling away.

Drum returned to his real form, his body covered with sweat and whined, "I sacrificed the delicious pudding for that. Dammit, how did I even end up in this mess?" Drum remembered it, "Oh yeah."

He heard footstep behind him and turned around. He grabbed his drill and was ready to fight anything that would come after him. He felt on his knee in exhaustion, sure it was his end if whatever was coming at him was a treat.

What he saw was some small dark monsters looking like moving sponge by the way they crawled at him. He pointed his drill at them. He saw those things throwing something looking like acids on him. The dragon ducked and the attack hit the wall behind him, letting out a loud sound as the rock melted.

Drum gulped, "One hit and I'm dead. Stupid small darkness monster," Drum opened his mouth and breathed fire. He melted a few of them, but more were coming at him. One jumped at him and Drum shoved it away.

"I'm outnumber," Drum grunted as he noticed they blocking the way he came. He turned around and ran away as fast as he could. He continued until he reached a room. He stopped and realised it was a dead end, "I'm dead."

He then saw a small altar at the middle of the room. It was the sculpture of a dragon, looking like the Fang Slade Terrestrial clan. He walked closer, wanting to know what it was before dying. He read the message on the sculpture, "For my descendant. To become a great warrior and a ruler, you must lead those around you to reach victory. Become a leader to awake your ancestral power."

He saw over it a hole with the form of a dragon hand. Drum put his hand in it, hoping something would appear to save him, by miracle. It shined around his hand and a card came out of it with a powerful light.

"A spellcard!" Drum yelled, hoping it would save him. He grabbed the card and looked at it, it was blank. "Dammit! Nothing!"

He heard something and turned around. He saw the monsters coming at him. Drum grunted and prepared to fight for his life when a gust of wind threw them around. Tasuku came with his sword and slashed a few of them. Baku crushed other's with his hammer while Tetsuya kicked them with his magical dance. Drum found it erratic as they each fight without any coordination's or helping each other's, like protecting Kuguru as she was a mage and not a warrior.

Drum ignored that problem and took his chance to engage the battle with them. It wasn't long before they all defeated the monsters.

"Are you alright?" Tasuku asked.

Drum lightly smiled and replied, "Yes. Thanks for coming just in time."

"Those were the small fry, but there were a lot of them," Baku commented.

No one wanted to admit that it was a good thing they didn't come alone here.

"They aren't those who changed the dungeon in the upper floor." Drum commented.

"I guess it was the expedition after my first time," Tasuku commented.

"When was it," Kuguru asked.

"50 years ago," Tasuku replied.

Drum coughed loudly, "F-fifty. How old are you?"

"112 years old. I'm an elf remember," Tasuku replied.

Drum jaw was completely opened, he realised that he was much older than the human Tasuku, but looking exactly like him.

"My expedition was 80 years ago when I was an apprentice. Anyway, we have to find the hole leading to Darkness Dragon world," Tasuku said.

They kept walked in the dungeon and toward their destination.

Drum looked at the blank card in his claw and wondered what the card was, Dad must obtain that card before he rule over the clan. Am I a good leader?

Drum returned to his focus and saw a large hole. The group stopped.

"Behind the hole, the breach is here. You should let me handle it," Tasuku said.

"I can do it too," Baku replied.

Drum grumbled and took the lead. They entered in the room. Drum noticed that it was a large one with smoke coming from the cliff. There was a small platform on which they were and a stone bridge. Drum knew that a mistake was fatal. At the other side of the bridge, Drum saw a hole leading to Darkness Dragon world. The hole was as black as he imagined the heart of a Darkness dragon would be.

"We just have to seal it before-" Tasuku was cut when the ground trembled.

The five saw a giant monster coming out of the magma. It was a large one with black skin, blue fur around his throat and his back. He had red eyes with large fang.

"Oh! Oh! We are in trouble!" Tetsuya yelled. He realised something and yelled, "Yo!"

Drum was about to charge when the monster yelled. His breath was so strong that it pushed Drum back to the side of his allies.

Drum coughed and replied, "You're right," What are we going to do? We are so close.

AC: This is the end of chapter 59.

Next is: Drum's Troublesome Training part 3

After this: Tetsuya Was In Her Way.