Chapter 265: From One Battle Into Another
Dragons were fierce creatures, and Jason was already used to Ragnar’s intense and fiery personality. So seeing such a dull dragon made him a little annoyed as well. But Jason didn’t really mind since he knew that the dragon would still be useful in a fight. It was only on the same level as a Rook Rank II, and he would never be able to increase its power level, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t useful. In a fight to the death, one Rook Rank II was more than enough to tip most scales in his favour! Jason glanced at the large wound in the dragon’s chest. That was the wound Fenrir caused that finally killed the dragon, and Jason could only wonder how it was still moving around with a hole in its chest.
Azrael answered Jason’s question easily:
’Most reanimated creatures are capable of moving even with grievous injuries, my king. So long as they still possess their brain and most of their body parts, then I can take control of their body and move it however I wish. But if the creature suffers another serious wound after it is reanimated, then I will lose my control over it.’
Jason nodded. So that was why the Lich’s minions were so hard to take down in their last fight. Jason always had to destroy most of their body before they would finally die. If he just injured or cut them, then those bastards would keep coming back! Jason decided that he was going to make the Lich reanimate all of the minions that he had fought previously! Jason had fought against fifty Giant Paladins, dozens of Giant Worms, hundreds of flying undead creatures, and close to a thousand undead minions, and there were still many of them that Jason could use in a fight.
Jason would take all these monsters and keep them in his Alternate Dimension, and he would use them as fodder whenever he was in a battle against an army of magical beasts or enemy mages. This way, Jason wouldn’t have to worry about his Legion subordinates dying too quickly, and he could also preserve mana. Jason told the Lich to quickly go and do as it was told, and the Lich bowed before getting on the back of the reanimated dragon and taking off towards the battlefield.
Bite!
"Ow, you fucking animal."
Jason turned to Gina with a shocked look when she suddenly bit his neck with a little too much force. Gina blushed while giving Jason a proud grin, and Jason narrowed his eyes at her! Gina was about to apologise, but her eyes widened when Jason suddenly flung her over his shoulder and carried her like a sack of rice!
"Jason! What are you doing!?"
Gina cried out in shock as Jason held her legs tightly! She hit her hands against Jason’s back to try and make him let go, but she felt her entire body shake when Jason’s hand came down on her ass hard!
Slap!
"Eeek!! Jason!"
Gina felt a heavy blush rising on her cheek as a stinging sensation spread across her ass! She hit Jason’s back again and told him to let her down! Ragnar tilted its head to one side as it watched the two of them curiously, and Gina put her hands over her face in shame when she saw the looks she was getting from the monsters in Jason’s Legion! This was so embarrassing!
Jason chuckled and took mercy on her as he brought her down, and Gina punched Jason’s arm in anger before turning to storm away from him!
"Don’t wander too far, babe. We aren’t on Earth right now, so it might be dangerous."
"Leave me alone!"
Gina shouted back at Jason with a heavy blush on her face, and Jason chuckled as he watched her go. Jason would go get her in a few minutes when she calmed down, so he just let her explore for now.
’Help me. Please.’
Jason’s brow suddenly furrowed when he heard a voice echo through his mind! Jason put his hand to his forehead while turning around to see if there was anyone there, but he didn’t see anything! Jason remembered this voice—it was the same voice that had spoken to him when he was fighting against the Phantom!
’Who the fuck is this?’
Jason asked the system to try and track the source of the voice in his head, but the system sent back the same response as before:
[The system did not detect any anomaly in the user’s vicinity, and the message sent to the user did not possess any trace of aggressiveness or animosity. The system will attempt to trace the message, but it will likely not bring forth any results.]
’Just try, dammit.’
[Very well.]
The system went silent as it did its search, and Jason left it to work on that while he turned to look back at Gina. Gina had gone up to Raya, and the Queen Ant brought her head down and allowed Gina to trace her hand across its mandibles. One of the large Ironbladed Falcons came up from behind Gina and used its beak to poke her on the ass and Gina let out a scream as she accidentally activated her Gift and shot a wind arrow at the bird!
Slam!
Caw!
The falcon cried out as the wind arrow threw it back to the ground, and Jason laughed as Gina began to fret over the bird while apologising profusely. Gina had always been the kind of person to react first and ask questions later, so it was a bad idea for anyone to try to scare her like that!
Jason let out a sigh as he decided not to allow the strange message to bother him for now. He didn’t understand exactly what the messenger wanted him to do for them, but he couldn’t do anything until the system found more information about what was happening. Jason turned to the side when he got a message from the Lich saying he was almost done with the reanimation, and Jason petted Ragnar happily before he started to walk over to where Gina was still trying to get the falcon to forgive her.
This was everything that Jason had worked hard for, and he couldn’t help but feel completely fulfilled.
’My King! There is a problem!’
Jason stopped in his tracks when a message suddenly reached him from Earth. Jason had put Alpha and a few other subordinates in charge of guarding Riyala and the others at his place, and Jason’s eyes narrowed as the rest of Alpha’s message came through! Some people broke into his house and took Riyala!
Jason felt an intense surge of anger rising from his heart once he heard this, and he told Alpha to follow them and take Riyala into the shadow the first chance she got. Alpha responded that she understood, and Jason quickly sent a message to all his subordinates that it was time for them to leave. All the subordinates fell into the Alternate Dimension, and Gina turned to Jason to ask if everything was alright while coming over quickly. Jason leaned down to kiss Gina softly once she was close enough, pulled back a few seconds later and told Gina that they had to get back to Earth since Riyala was in trouble.
"New Jersey is being attacked by soldiers from Radaga, and Gaia is trying to use her as a bargaining chip to make them leave."
Gina’s eyes widened in shock.
"How are we going to get back before they send her away? You said we’re not on Earth, right?"
"I have a skill for that too. But I’ll need you to go into another Dimension for now."
Gina nodded and leaned up to give Jason a peck before frowning seriously.
"Call me out once we get back, okay?"
"Sure thing, babe."
Jason opened the Alternate Dimension and allowed Gina to fall inside before he turned his attention towards Azrael and asked if it was done reanimating the dead minions. The Lich said it was almost done, and Jason told it to hurry up while he used the [Eye of the King] to keep an eye on what was happening on Earth.