Chapter 182 - Lady Mengshee

A few hours pass by and then get suddenly woken up by Selshruuk.

"hey Collin, it's time to get up."

I open my eyes and ask with a groggy voice while sitting up.

"already? doesn't it take days to get there?"

He answers.

"I thought so too, but apparently we landed in a remote area in the north."

I ask.

"why is it remote?"

he replies.

"the cold weather in the north is very much similar to the ones in the Northern Tundra and you won't find any of my kind living here."

he then sighs.

"if we are really going to see this Lady Mengshee then it will takes weeks before we find any small settlements."

I ask him.

"maybe this was the only way to enter without getting detected by the Dragonoids?"

he replies.

"yeah, maybe."

Leonard enters and says.

"alright, we have arrived to our destination, it's time to go visit Lady Mengshee."

I ask as Felnor and Rosie start waking up.

"so does that mean we'll be traveling by foot to the nearest settlement."

he shakes his head.

"no, it means we are exactly where we are supposed to be."

while Felnor yawns, Rosie asks.

"did we stop moving?"

Leonard answers.

"yeah, so pack up some supplies, because we are about to visit Lady Mengshee."

Selshruuk chuckles.

"are you crazy? only wild beasts and the great dragons rule here in the north."

he responds.

"yes I'm well aware, but Lady Mengshee resides away from any settlements and cities in the Dragonoid's continent."

Felnor carries two packs that are already filled and asks.

"are we just going stand around and do nothing? or we going to start moving."

me and Rosie grab ourselves some packs and I respond.

"alright, you heard him we won't accomplish anything standing here."

after we finish packing everything we need, we climb up the ladder and leave the submersible through the hatch that leads us topside, and I immediately feel the cold wind hit me and I shout at Leonard.

"Lady Mengshee better be near, or it won't be the hypothermia that will kill you!"

he panics and plays around with his glasses.

"she will be there, I promise."

we carefully get off the top of the submersible and as we step foot on the snow covered ground, I think to myself.

"Leonard better be right, or we'll die of exposure."

Leonard takes the lead shouts while pointing at the nearest mountain.

"there is a large cave, Lady Mengshee resides inside it."

I sigh and begin to doubt him.

"maybe I shouldn't have blindly trusted him about all this."

while we walk forward in a huddled group so that we can warm each other up with our body heat, a massive gust of wind threatens to knock us down, I yell to everyone.

"stay low to the ground!"

I look up to snowy sky, and my jaw drops as I find out the source of the sudden gust of wind, a twenty five foot Dragon flies through the snowfall

leaving behind a misty trail behind it's massive wings and sharp tail, I stand up and say with a smile on my face.

"I never thought that I would ever get a chance to see a Dragon in my life."

Rosie also stands up to admire it.

"it's majestic isn't it?"

"yeah."

Leonard then grabs our attention when he shouts.

"let's keep moving, before the weather worsens."

as we keep moving forward and create some distance between us and the dragon, we hear it's faint roar echo through the sky, I then think to myself.

"okay at least this whole trip wasn't a total bust."

the base of the mountain that Leonard was pointing at earlier, finally comes into view as we finish climbing a steep hill, then Leonard shouts.

"there should be a huge cave entrance."

I look at the side of the mountain and there is no visible cave entrances, I then shout.

"what are you talking about!? there is none there!"

"trust me!"

we arrive at the base of the mountain, and still there is no cave in sight, I then shout.

"look Leonard it's not too late to turn back now!"

he shushes me and stares at the side of the mountain, Selshruuk then shouts at me.

"it looks like his lost his mind let's turn back now!"

I nod and shout.

"alright everyone let's go!"

but as we are turning around to head back to the submersible, Leonard shouts at the mountain.

"Lady Mengshee, it's me Leonard! I have returned!"

I then agree with Selshruuk and think to myself.

"alright, it looks like Leonard really did lose his mind."

as we start walking away.

a female voice shakes the mountain.

"Leonard did you really come back to me my darling!?"

surprised with what we just heard, we turn around to face the mountain again, and suddenly

rocks begin to slide to side, revealing a massive cave entrance that his about fifty feet in diameter, I look at it in awe and say.

"oh shit, there was a cave entrance here."

Leonard looks back at us and shouts.

"hurry up, Lady Mengshee won't keep it open forever!"

we all look at each other and then quickly make our way to the cave entrance, and after we enter the cave, the rocks close behind us, leaving us standing around on the dark until the same female voice shouts in a foreign language, that lights up the massive space, and then we are all frozen stiff as we see find ourselves face to fave with a thirty foot dragon, I try not to freak out and chant to myself.

"platinum eyes."

but Leonard steps in front of me, while waving with both of his arms to stop me and says.

"Collin wait, this is Lady Mengshee."

the dragon leans in closer and speaks.

"Leonard my love, what brings you here after leaving me for hundreds of years?"

he chuckles nervously.

"I wanted to come back, but I got caught up in my work and I just couldn't find the time."

Lady Mengshee turns her head away from us and makes an audible cl.i.c.k.i.n.g sound with her tongue.

"liar."

he replies.

"sorry, but I'm here now."

Lady Mengshee sighs letting out some hot breath that blows in our faces.

"I suppose so."

he then asks her.

"hey can you transform out of your dragon form?"

she answers.

"of course my love, I didn't mean to scare your friends."

the massive dragon spins in a circle kicking up a huge cloud of dust around her, and then as the dust settles, she emerges from it looking very much like a human with red hair and yellow eyes, but she also has a dragon like tail and the two curved horns coming from the corners of her forehead that a normal human wouldn't have, she then asks.

"so what brings you here?"

Leonard puts his hand on my shoulder and asks.

"remember that offer you gave me a long time ago, about training me to become stronger? well can you help him instead?"

she smiles.

"is that really it? well of course I can."

he sighs.

"thank you."

she walks up to him in a seductive manner, and gives him a long kiss, that leaves us all staring at them completely stunned about what is happening, she then steps back and says.

"oh didn't he tell you, I turned him into a man hundreds of years ago, and ever since then I've been madly in love with him."

I grin at Leonard and give him a thumbs up.

"good job."

she walks towards me and asks.

"so otherworlder, are you prepared to undertake my training?"

unsure on how she knows that I'm came from another world I ask.

"how do you know?"

she smiles.

"don't worry you little head about it, I just know."

Leonard looks at me and asks.

"you came from another world?"

I nod.

"yeah."

Lady Mengshee laughs.

"you somehow manage to attract many otherworlders, my love."

surprised by what she said, he ask.

"what? who else was an otherworlder?"

she replies.

"I promise I'll tell you another time."

Felnor looks at me and asks.

"is that why, you manage to befriend other races?

I shake.

"no, I just judge individuals, by who they are on the inside instead of their outward appearance."

Sleshruuk who has been quiet the whole time, and seemingly unfazed about me being from another world, finally speaks.

"oh I know who she is."

I ask.

"who is she?"

he replies.

"the Dragon God of Death, Mors."

she chuckles.

"no one has called me that in a long time."

Selshruuk goes down on his hands and knees and says.

"we are not worthy to be in your presence."

she sighs.

"there is no need for that, stand up."

Lady Mengshee then looks at Rosie and Felnor and asks.

"so am I also training them?"

I nod.

"if it is possible."

she points at Selshruuk and Felnor.

"they won't survive my training."

she then points at me and Rosie.

"but those two have a chance of surviving."

Leonard replies.

"that's fine."

Selshruuk asks me.

"what do you want us to do?"

I reply.

"spar with each other while I train with Lady Mengshee."

Rosie asks me.

"what about me?"

I reply.

"you stay here with them."

she shake her head.

"no, you heard her, I have a chance of surviving her training."

I try to reply but she interrupts me."

"don't even try to stop me, because I'm going whether you like it or not."

I sigh.

"alright, but if it becomes too much for you, just stop okay?"

she nods.

"yes."

Lady Mengshee then gestures with her hand to follow her.

"come on along then, we've got a lot of work to do."

she blows a kiss to Leonard and says.

"I'll try my hardest to take care of the my love."