“This is thest one, Alice. Soon we won’t have to hide like this anymore. I know this is very boring. But thank you, Alice. You always apany me without ever betraying me for a second. Not like other people who im to be my best friend.”


    Growl!


    From the very dark sky that was covered by thick ck clouds, a yer could be seen flying on a giant ck dragon. He didn’t budge at all even though thunderous bolts of lightning kept appearing in front of him. It was so close, as if they were really right in his eyes.


    Somewhere far from the main cities of Ninecent, there was an ind whose existence had almost been forgotten because there was no ess to it other than flying. And that was why Yuujin was just able to go to that ce after his pet was strong enough to lift his weight.


    Although Yuujin could use the help of wind magic to fly there, he had tried it before and ended up falling into a very deep ocean full of scary monsters. It took a week for Yuujin to finally manage to break free from the ocean, and it was a really terrifying experience.


    Now, he could fly in peace at a height that surpassed even theyers of clouds below him without fear of falling into the ocean once again. He knew what even the developer didn’t know.


    The zone was referred to as an undetectable zone by the Last Shelter Online system. It was the Dark Zone. On an ind that had never been visited by anyone, there were various types of system defects gathered together. And in order to be a true terrorist, with the aim of ruining the game, Yuujin needed something from that ce.


    “Alice, I heard there is a dragon monster that guards the data there. Do you want to duel against it?”


    After reaching its full form, the legendary fly ck dragon had an A.I system like Nyx, and it could talk. Even so, the A.I ??system embedded in the dragon’s brain could be adjusted ording to what was taught and the habits of the tamer. So for now, WynterRain’s dragon had almost the exact same attitude as the legendary gamer’s pet, Yamaguchi Yuujin.


    “Let me finish it myself, Master. Finish what you want to do in that ce. And I wille to you after destroying the dragon,” Alice replied in a dragon’s voice that boomed over the increasingly hostile roar of thunder.


    “You are very reliable indeed, Alice. How about wepete? Who will finish the task sooner?” Yuujin challenged the dragon. He was always full of ideas to make things fun. Even Alice, the name of the ck dragon, had already guessed that Yuujin would ask for it.


    “You better prepare that Philippine bird meat,” Alice replied very confident that it could defeat its master this time. Yujin chuckled. He considered Alice’s reaction as a progress. Hisughter did not stop just like that and just got louder and louder.


    “Ha ha ha ha.”


    rrr!


    An extremely powerful lightning bolt suddenlynded on the ck dragon’s back while Yuujin wasughing. However, as if the lightning bolt was its food, the dragon pped its wings rapidly before shooting off at three times the previous speed. And its body was emitting white light, which then faded in seconds.


    “That was awesome, Alice!” Yuujin rubbed the back of the dragon’s neck with both hands, giving praise to the pet.


    The ind, which was located in the southernmost part of the Last Shelter Online world map, could finally be seen from a distance. It showed that the ind was very close to them. Without being asked by its master, the ck dragon swooped down and circled through the air like a meteor falling from outer space. It had calcted that it wouldnd right on the destinationnd.


    Growl!


    Crash!


    Alice gripped the top of a giant ck pyramid with its two hind legs. Itsrge and thick ws made the ss pyramid shatter, and the ss fell into the very dark room, hidden within.


    Hearing the noise that had just boomed, the guardian who had been curled up asleep at the bottom of the giant pyramid opened its eyes. A ck dragon with a body that looked much sturdier than Alice had turned its neck to look at the source of the sound.


    The dragon’s body looked very hard. It was very thick, as if theyers of armor were made to form the skin. The dragon was even bigger than Alice’s.


    This was Yuujin’s first time seeing the guardian monster. After seeing it in person, he slightly doubted Alice’s current abilities.


    “Are you sure you can beat it without me?” he asked, sounding like a teacher who cared about his one and only student.


    “We never know if we never try,” Alice replied in a booming voice. It was not afraid at all, and it got that attitude from its master. With a smaller body, his speed and movement were much more agile than the opponent’s. And that alone was enough to keep the ck dragon’s confidence.


    “You really have to prepare the bird meat for me, Master,” it said before flying off, leaving Yuujin who had descended to the surface of the giant pyramid to peek at the conditions inside.


    Growwall!


    While the two dragons were fighting fiercely out there, Yuujin rushed down into the pyramid through the ss that Alice had broken. With his current progressive stats, Yuujin didn’t need to create soft cushions of clouds or whirlwind on the ground below tond painlessly.


    Inside the giant pyramid, there was only darkness. And to find what he was looking for, Yuujin had to use a cube-shaped item that reminded him of a memory cube in the real world.


    Yuujin activated the cube with the same button as the memory cube, then the cube suddenly spun on the spot. It emitted a light of four different colours from all four sides. The color that reflected the four bloodlines in the game. Then, a transparent panel with red light appeared in front of Yuujin.


    There was a bar that continued to move in progress …


    [Initiating data transfer in progress]


    [Warning!]


    [This external patch insertion may lead to global system damage!]


    “Let’s start a new order. Shall we?”