"Dinner is served, my mistress." Lucille said as she entered the room where Obsi and Zell were sitting. "Tonight, we are having a feast from the sea, I do hope that you enjoy your meal."
"Thank you." Obsi said, getting up from her chair. "Come Zell, let us go eat."
Zell got up and followed her through the corridors until they reached a grand dining room. A massive chandelier hung from the ceiling made of pure diamond. A large table was the centerpiece of the room and sat directly under the chandelier. The table was made of an old strong oak and had a silk cloth running down the length of it. The table was completely adorned with all manner of seafood. Crabs, lobsters, sixteen different varieties of whole fish.
"Wow, this is quite the feast." Zell said as he took a seat at the table near the lobsters.
"This is a dragon's dinner." Obsi said. "It is the one thing I have missed the most about my home. Living in that cave all those years, oh how I have missed this."
"So, mistress, where have you been all these years?" Lucille asked.
Obsi answered with detail where she had been and what she had done for the past few thousand years. Zell ate his fill and found an empty room to sleep in while Obsi talked to her maid.
Zell slept comfortably in his bed, but his dreams were haunted by visions of his dead family. Just because he no longer felt the anguish, he once did does not mean it never crossed his mind. When the rays of the sun shone through the windows of the room he awoke from his nightmares. Getting up he put his clothes back on and exited the room.
He looked around for Obsi, but the house was massive, and he did not know which of the rooms was hers. Passing by the living room he found her sleeping on the couch surrounded by empty bottles of wine. Lucille passed out on the chair next to her.
"Looks like they decided to drink after dinner." Zell laughed. "Alright, I should head down to the elders and start my lessons." He said to himself as he exited the house and headed back down to where the elders were located.
As he entered their hall, he found the elders and Ocana waiting for him. "Welcome human!" Xalador yelled out. "I trust you slept well in the house of black?"
"Yes, it was nice." Zell replied. "I am ready to begin my training."
"Yes, I am most certain that you are." Xalador said. "Ocana has informed us of your level, two million is quite an impressive number. You should have no shortage of mana; we will not need to alter your training knowing this."
"Alter my training?" Zell asked.
"Yes, well a human is normally far weaker than a dragon." Xalador explained. "If we tried to teach a normal human as we taught a dragon, well the results would not be good for the human. However, you possess a strength that even surpasses ours. We do not need to change our methods for you. You can learn the dragon way."
"I understand." Zell said with a bow.
"First you must learn to feel magic." Excalibur said. "One you have gained a sense of the magic around you; the next time will be to differentiate between what is the real magic of the universe and what is the fake magic placed by the gods."
"To do this you must meditate in a special chamber." Sunea said. "We designed this chamber ages ago, it forces the magic out of a person and manifests it in a method they can see. We found this was the best way to grasp the concept. Normally a human's mana would expire as soon as they entered the chamber, but I think you will survive with your level."
"I will do my best." Zell said.
"Keep in mind that this is only a manifestation of your own magic." Xalador explained. "We will not know the nature of it until it reveals itself. Or should I say, you will not know the nature of it. We cannot go with you into the room, it is something you must do on your own."
"I understand." Zell said.
"I for one am excited for you to experience this training." Sunea said. "You will face a portion of yourself you have never met before. We dragons call our magic selves our true essence, you will be the first human who gets to experience this. I am curious as to what sort of affect it will have on you."
"The time is now human." Xalador said. "Steel yourself and follow us to the chamber of fate."
Zell followed the dragons and they led him through the city and into a small forest. After walking some distance, they found a building that was as if it were a white ball sitting in a clearing of trees. It was a perfect sphere and had seemingly no entrances.
"We have arrived." Xalador said. He stretched out his two arms and put his right and left index fingers together. With a switch motion he separated them, this caused the sphere to react.
The side of the sphere began to open as the crack appeared, a shining bright light pierced into the forest, so bright it could be seen in the day. The sphere cracked open large enough for one person to enter.
"Go inside human." Sunea said. "Sit in the center of the room and clear your mind of all your thoughts. Then and only then will you be able to understand the nature of magic. It will be the most difficult thing you have ever done."
"Alright." Zell said, looking around at the dragons. He nodded to each of them and started to walk inside the building. As he entered the door closed behind him, locking him inside.
"Now will be the true test of his will." Ocana said.
"Ocana dear." Sunea said. "Where is Obsi? She should be here for this."
"I do not know, elder." Ocana said. "I will go to the house of black and find her at once.." Ocana bowed and then left.