Tales Of The Mighty Dragonair

Chapter 35 - Start With Cooking Pythons

Though he was excited, he was exhausted. Like others around him, they already worked hard, apart from the girls, and thus when everything ended, they didn't have the spirit to go and check their doings, like Arthur.

The day was almost over, as they worked so hard to secure this area. The place was good as it had a water source nearby, and that made them drink water, fresh water, not just stored water for days.

Arthur watched them drinking from the bucket shaped wooden reservoir that Madly did. this little girl didn't stay still after all, he sighed as he went as well to drink from the water.

They were all tired, but he knew, very well, that what he was going to do next would make them very energetic. After everyone drank, and ate some of their stored meat, he started to speak up, by saying:

"Good work everyone, this place will be our home in this forest."

They all sat on the wooden logs, covered with some soft leaves, forming like beds, taking their breaths and marveling, finally their actions.

"Do you really think this place would stand still after we leave?" Ron asked, as he doubted the optimistic opinion of his young master. He usually got used to this young master optimistic temper, always felt good about something without even thinking.

"Don't worry about that," Arthur vaguely replied, as he knew this place would stand still as long as no humans messed with it. He also intended, once he settled things back home, to recruit some strong troops and send them here to settle.

What he did to this team wasn't just a mere fluke. He wanted to copy this experience, and start with the kids below nine years old. Having a new generation of mages would change everything in the future, so this place had to stand, and they had to use it optimally as well.

"Now what?" Lily asked, as she was now much better than before. Her wounds healed up, as her healing ability was boasted by her strength.

"We will try and make everyone get a pet from them," Arthur pointed to the docile pythons next to them. they laid there, just helplessly, without any resistance at all. Arthur wasn't surprised as the others, as monsters shared this common law.

Monsters were loyal species, couldn't live without being loyal to someone, or some higher monster. they also recognized only strength, and that made subduing them easy, and hard at the same time.

"Don't look at me like this," Arthur chuckled, as everyone looked in a strange funny way towards him, like he was insane, "these monsters aren't just normal grade four, they are horned monsters. The bear who led Don's group was a horned one, and it was so freakishly strong. You can't be unsatisfied with a pet like this."

He tried to convince them, as he, himself, was very scared of snakes, so he understood their first reaction. However, as he pushed aside his fears, they also had to do the same.

"Are they worth it?" Ouly asked, "won't they mess with out abilities?" he added.

"Well, if you would couple with them, or absorb them, then yes they might affect your abilities. What I'm talking about is a pet, a monster that can be summoned anytime, without the need to do anything. It will be always beside you, a card you could use in times of stress.

And beside that, they are fairly strong in their own way. They are horned monsters, ones that could beat my Don, and Lily's Birdy easily without breaking a sweat. Besides, I know for sure they were weakened, and so this isn't all their strength."

"Weakened?" Madly suddenly asked, "Why?"

"I will tell you all later, but now let's not waste time. I need to couple myself with that python over there, but I would lose consciousness for a long time. leaving you here, undefended, would be a mistake."

Finally he told them why he did all this work. They now understood why he suddenly got fervent about building the post, going all out like this, even after the end of such a big battle. They nodded their heads, feeling the care he was giving to them, and now they started to accept the idea of having pets.

"Can I have another pet?" Lily asked, as she already had one.

"Ahem," Arthur paused, as he tried to think of an answer, "actually I can't tell. Let's try it out first, if it worked then fine, if not, then at least you will be the only one in the group with a flying monster."

Lily felt some satisfaction from her reply, as she rubbed the feathers of her pet with more passion. "We need to start now," Arthur said, as he went towards the place of the pythons, with the others by his side, and Don.

"Don, go and grab every single killed monster here."

To start making the pet contract, he needed blood. Though he had the bear blood ready, this blood was lowly grade, in comparison to these pythons.

So, Arthur intended to start cutting the meat, and on the way he would collect the blood he needed. Don grabbed the pythons, one by one, and put them in one side of the camp. Arthur had some extra seasoning from last time, though he doubted it would be enough to cook all these monsters.

He didn't have time to go out for now, so he decided to work with what he got, besides he wasn't the only chief here anymore.

"Grab this part well, yes, I will now dissect it," Ouly took the lead, as he started dissecting these pythons, while Arthur searched for the toxic glands, with the more precious detoxification glands.

Once he got them, he started storing them, each in a separate place, and told the others about their places. He then went on, and helped Ouly in cutting the pythons.

There was some gain here, as the bones of these pythons were, somehow, flexible and long, so Arthur thought they might be great materials for forging arrows. He had a good bow, but the arrows he had weren't that good, not like the arrows he pictured making from these bones.

Enthusiastic by this, he went on rampage to collect all the bones, not leaving any single one there. what remained, though, were the heads of these pythons, parts he didn't want to throw as well.

Before, he had to throw away many things, as he didn't have the means or the place to store them. Now, he had a camp under his disposal, and he planned to forge a storage ring. These two, alone, changed his options dramatically.

So, he stored the heads on one side, and began to cut the meat with the help of Ouly, who didn't stop talking about how to make the most beautiful meat ever, and the ingredients he learnt from Arthur, and the techniques of cooking, even the fire temperature and the way to make good fire told them about it.

However, none of them was this passionate about hearing or learning this, at least not from him. Arthur just sighed, helplessly, as cultivators who weren't interested in cooking back in his world, weren't few, but their life spans were.

He just hoped they didn't ditch all Ouly had told them, as this might save their lives later.