Author's Note: Woe, a huge reception of Reviews last time! Anyhow, Life of a Dragon Sequel 2.0 is complete! I was on Warcraft 3 and the RP community exploded as they got the news, it was a blast! It can be found on Epicwar if you wish to download it.
A.M.C. No, Alex didn't die he was rescued so it doesn't count as his one-time revival.
I'm sorry I can't answer Guests well. Make yourself a Username or some sort, please! As for newcomers, thank you for your kind words and I hope you will continue to enjoy Life of a Zero Dragon!
… I don't think I can do a good Henrietta, despite her being one of my favorite characters. Apologies if I make anyone cringe, but, at least, I'm not avoiding her existence. I won't ignore Kirche or Tabitha's existence either, I got plans… A big one.
Life of a Zero Dragon
Chapter 11: Of Kingdoms, Empires, Heroes and Dragons Part 2
A golden lights enveloped the form of a young dragonet, Cora Rune. Who had achieved the seventh level and maxed out her Hatchling Instinct hero ability. But the Chosen Dragon player couldn't help but feel like these levels after the number five held little significance since she could not grow into the Young Adult stage without first having a color.
But that was the problem, the locations of the Dragon Nests were unknown to her, even if there were the map's creeps placed in this new world it did not mean that segments of the terrain also carried over.
'I'm lucky that the creep's levels don't increase or else I would be having a rough time. But still, there is more out there than just the mindless creatures of Warcraft III.' Cora Rune thought to herself.
She turned herself towards the direction of the orphanage, 'I still have to reveal who I am to Tiffia and the children. At the very least I should converse with Tiffia." She said using the shortened name of the elven caretaker who had cared for her and all the orphans.
The Dragon player smiled, 'I can't help but be more reminded of Tolkien's elves more than High Elves when I see her. She sure has that facial expression of one.'
"It's back!" One of the children yelled in excitement, a young girl with long brown hair.
"Really? Wow, it got bigger!" A boy around the same age with blue hair said.
'This world sure has weird hair colors.' Cora thought once more as she passed by the squealing children that no doubt wanted to play a game of Dragons, Knights, and Princesses all over again.
She smirked, deciding to give them a small display. Cora approached the front of the house, before utilizing the Blink ability and disappear with a small blue light left behind.
The 5th Player teleported herself into the cottage, surprising Tiffania completely as the elven girl fumbled with a wooden stirring spoon and failing as it stumbled onto the floor.
"D-Don't surprise me like that!" Tiffania said as she bent down to pick up the fallen object.
"My apologies, I was entertaining the children," Cora said out loud.
"It's fine- Huh?" The half-elf blinked as she looked at the dragon, "Was that you that spoke?"
"Yes,"
"Oh… Well, you never told you me you could speak before."
"You're taking this rather lightly…"
"Is that a bad thing?"
"No, of course not!" The Dragon said, waving a paw in the air in denial.
Tiffania placed the wooden spoon on the counter, and leaned down to the Chosen Dragon's height, "You have a name?"
She didn't really expect this to go so smoothly, "Cora Rune…" The dragonet trailed off with a dumbfounded expression.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Tiffania Westwood." She smiled while reaching out in greeting.
"You know my claws are very sharp right?" Cora responded. "I could easily harm you with them. Not that I want too!"
She only continued to smile, "So, are you really a dragon?
"Yeah, I'm a Chosen Dragon."
"Chosen?"
Cora hovered herself from the floor and landed comfortable on a piece of furniture. "How we play a game of questions and answers while you cook? I am… Curious about the world, and you are about me?"
The first Chosen Dragon player, Saito Hiraga, observed the spectacle around him. It became very much apparent that the carriage held this nation's version of royalty. Now, since Saito is a roleplayer that knows bout Life of a Dragon, he is familiar with the concepts of Monarchs. The carriage, which was pulled by what-looked-like unicorns of all possible things, was surrounded by guardswomen carrying old-style muskets with bladed weaponry at their sides.
'The only question now, is what type of royalty Tristain has,' Saito thought to himself, familiar with the different types of leadership from the many roleplaying games he's played. Roleplayers, in particular, had many different versions of what they viewed as a Prince or Princess, from demon possession like in the map's old Human Kingdom lore, to complete badasses that fought against evil.
On the side note, his mind felt a little more at ease for some strange reason. Like something had lessened a burden upon it, it didn't notice it until after he had grown into a dragonet.
Perhaps it had something to do with the Growth System in the first place?
Unlike another, some other maps, Life of a Dragon Sequel's dragon Growth System didn't use the already premade transforming abilities or upgrading. If it had, it would be him transforming into one state to another. While upgrading, on the other hand, would have taken time as it slowly built his previous model into the new one.
But the Growth System used 100% Triggering.
He didn't know much about Triggering in general, but he did know the Growth System used it in a way that follows: When a Chosen Dragon reaches a certain level, it would create a new hero altogether, transfer the levels and items to the newly created hero, then remove the previous hero all together.
So, in technical terms, he was in a completely new body all over again.
But the runes on his paw carried over, so did they count as an item, or alter the current hero's abilities to include it?
'Too many questions,' Saito thought as he refocused his attention back to the matter at hand.
His gaze met the figure of a young girl stepping out of the carriage, wearing a white dress with a long violet-hued cape billowing behind her in the wind. The face adorned on her was a thing of beauty and elegance, masked perfectly with a kind smile that lifted his spirits with only a glance. On top of her head was adorned a small silver circuit-like object, with three gems placed throughout it.
"Who's that?" He spoke out loud.
"Quiet, Erisdar!" Louise Valliere scolded him soon after, reminding the Chosen Dragon about his secrecy of speech.
"Sorry," He whispered quietly in reply.
Saito took notice that the Princess looked towards their direction, eyes widening ever so little before returning back to the previous expression. Player 1 turned his attention back towards his master- No, wait a moment.
'When did? Nah, probably because she keeps saying it so often,' He chuckled inside his head. Still, he had seen that Louise held a rather soft expression when observing the Princess.
"Isn't she beautiful?" Siesta commented.
He looked back at the Princess, 'She is cute for a Princess, but isn't it written rule for Princess to be beautiful?' He could recall countless Roleplaying Games that had pretty-appearing royalty.
Only for the Princess to stab you in the back, get kidnapped for you to rescue, be useless altogether, or join your party to be the main healer.
'Dang it Saito, this isn't one of you RPG games!'
His absence in paying attention to his own thoughts caused him to not notice the royalty's approach to them. Siesta and Louise bowing down immediately while Saito only stood there on all four paws.
He's a Dragon, not to mention he's only half of Louise total height on all four. So he doesn't have to bow down, not that he would anyway.
"Louise, it is so good to meet you again," A gentle voice came out from the lips of the Princess.
"I'm honored by your presence, Princess. I thank you for your kind words," Louise Francoise Le Blanc De Valliere replied.
"Anges," The Princess said, Saito now taking notice of the blond musketeer Captain behind the royal girl.
"Yes Princess?" Angels spoke with a firm and commanding tone.
"Could you prepare a room for a more private conversation with my dear friend Louise?" She asked.
The Musketeer bowed graciously before making her way elsewhere to most likely followed the orders given to her.
"No your Highness, you don't have to pay attention to one such as myself…" Louise trailed off in rejection.
'What happened to the normally spitfire Louise?' Saito Hiraga thought to himself, arching a brow at the display of humility. Isn't Louise like fourteen or something compared to the Princess who's probably well many years older?
"Stand up Louise, let's go discuss elsewhere away from the public's eye." She answered.
Louise Valliere stood, and then they followed the Princess.
Asuna Godiva has spent the better most of her days as a Chosen Dragon scouring the surrounding landscape of the rather huge lake. If she could haggle of guess, it's size could be considered a rival to the Great Lakes of the United States. At any case, Player 3 had only just reached the fifth level as a Warcraft Hero, choosing her female gender as she grown into the Dragonet stage. She had while scouting out the area, encountered several common forest creatures that provided her experience points necessary for the Leveling process.
Having the Bulky Bulk ability for being a Strength Attribute helped.
It had been of great relief to see the golden light enveloped her form, and even better when she had grown into a Dragonet. It showed that despite being in an entirely new world in a foreign body, there was still the familiarity tied to Warcraft III's Life of a Dragon Sequel.
In any case, none of that was relevant to her current problem.
Asuna had little to no idea where or how to proceed towards.
The Chosen Dragon lay on top a rock just short of the water's edge, brief observation during her time here are pointed that the water levels had risen and sunk the nearby human-like town. Not to mention, the days that passed it expanded just a bit more.
"Huh?" Asuna Godiva said to herself, "I don't think water moves like that…"
The water began to shift, drawing towards a more outer area which then lifted and began forming into a humanoid shape. The Chosen Dragon felt anxious as she prepared to a possible fight against some mythical water creature of the deep.
"Unknown being that roams around my shores, what are you?"
'The water just spoke to me,' Asuna thought to herself. "I'm Asuna Godiva, who are you?"
"I ask what you are, not the title you call yourself. Your form resembles that of Rhyme Dragons, but there is a sleeping energy within you and the differences between yourself and those are great."
'It says I resemble these Rhyme Dragons, yet then comments how different I am to them?' The Chosen Dragon said to herself.
"I am a Chosen Dragon," She replied.
The formed water remained silent, before answering, "Chosen Dragon, I sense in you something that even for I, A Spirit of Water, consider a long time ago." It paused briefly before continuing, "Listen, Chosen Dragon, Listen."
So marked Asuna's beginning…
A blinding light enveloped Artos Archway's vision as he left the protective enchantments of the map's starting area. Once recollecting himself, the Chosen Dragon player immediately noticed that this was not the Orangebark Forest in the slightest.
For one, Artos very well knew that the words 'Gallia' had nothing in coming with the Human Kingdom of Kayla. It appeared that the cave's exit had been transported to another mountainside in a foreign country, just short of a traveling road.
He strangely could read the language as if it was English, then again, all Warcraft III language was English so it shouldn't be too much of a surprise.
"First order of business, find a Dragon Nest," He said out loud.
Perhaps following the road could prove fruitful?
Current Status:
Chosen Dragon Player 1: Saito Hiraga - Alive - Dragonet (Agility) Level 5
Chosen Dragon Player 2: Alex Storm - Alive - Hatchling (Strength) Level 2
Chosen Dragon Player 3: Asuna Godiva - Alive - Dragonet (Strength) Level 5
Chosen Dragon Player 4: Artos Archway - Alive - Dragonet (Agility) Level 7
Chosen Dragon Player 5: Cora Rune - Alive- Dragonet (Intelligence) Level 7
Dragon Slayer Player 6: Celdrahil - Alive - Slayer Level 7
Dragon Catcher Player 7: Rosina - Alive - Catcher Level 8
The Human Kingdom Player 8: Aylmer and Abigail - Alive - Royalty of Human Kingdom
The Fel Empire Player 9: Grom - Alive - King of Fel Empire
Mercenary Player 10: Elizabeth Loyal - Alive - Sorceress Level 2
Observer Map Maker: Map Maker - Alive - The World Editor