After Eldaro and others drag the team back to the camps. Lance and Natalie are sent to the healing tent and have several priests and doctors there to heal and take care of them. Matt decides to stay in the healing tent to watch Lance and Natalie while Sunset sits on the chair near the campfire and sighs because Eldaro and the armored warrior sit near her.
"So you are near death in that gate but you know what that monster is, right?" Eldaro said while cooking rice and curry.
"Fine, but first," Sunset points at the armored warrior "Who is this? Is that your bodyguard?"
"Eh.... no. She is my co-captain of this campaign," Eldaro says and gives Sunset a plate of curry and rice. "Careful you're saying, she is kind of a hothead," Eldaro turns to the warrior and sees that she is raising her spear while being blocked by Sunset's wooden staff, making him facepalm and sigh.
"Could you lower the spear and sit down, please? I don't wanna fight right now." Sunset suggested and the warrior stops and sits down near Eldaro "Okay..... can you please take off your helmet and introduce your name?
The warrior takes off her helmet, revealing her long, straight red hair with red eyes and a scar on her left eye. Sunset is kind of amazed by her appearance.
"So, you are a Witch that destroyed the Guardian right?" The red-haired girl said in an angry tone, making Sunset confused.
"eh.. not really. My team is there too, I will die if they are not there. By the way, can I know your name and why are you so angry about that Robot is destroyed," Sunset said while creating a fire dragon on her hoof, making the red-haired girl flinch back.
" eh... Sorry. My name is Rose, and the reason I am angry about your team destroyed that robot while I am going to challenge that robot is," Rose spinning her spear and slam it on the ground, "Now who are you and why do you have to hide your appearance, Witch?"
"Wow, you are really a hothead, aren't you?" Sunset smugs and tries to hide her appearance. " My name is Sunset, I...eh like to hide my appearance" Sunset nervous and that makes Rose stare at Sunset, her face is close to Sunset an inch, make Sunset more nervous. "EH..... can you please don't stare at me like that" Sunset pushes Rose's face away by her front hoof
"I don't believe you, not the fact that you defeated captain Eldaro there," Rose points at the Eldaro, make him feel embarrassing. "Now, I want you to reveal your appearance right now. Since only Eldaro knows your appearance and that makes me jealous," Rose demanded and Sunset shakes her head for the decline, making Rose even angrier.
"OK... Eldaro, how about discussing the monster inside?" Sunset avoids Rose's demand.
"Good idea, explain that monster inside the gate, please?" Eldaro agrees, making Rose stare harshly at him.
"Okay inside that gate is a Hydra," Sunset explains, Eldaro and Rose turn their heads to Sunset and are surprised, "Eh, don't tell me Hydra doesn't exist in this world."
"How can you not know about our world? Except you are an alien, we should know the basics about this world." Rose coughs for the embarrassment of her attitude "Oh sorry, anyway, the monster so-called Hydra is not existed," Sunset tilts her head as Rose continues, "Ok, I am more suspicious about you"
".... Really, then someone created this monster?" Sunset asks and eat her curry
"Yeah, and I am sure that Arkon created this thing to guard that portal. Since that monster appeared, it is not going somewhere but attacking someone that tries to pass it to enter the portal," Eldaro says as he pulls out some paper of some adventurers that used to go to the gate. "These are the adventurers that go to that gate before to challenge that Hydra but they end up as a corpse, making me have to deliver their body to their family." Then he looks at Sunset "you are the only team from now that survived and reported to me."
"Heh, thanks. we're going to challenge it again since I know how to kill it. Maybe I will share some information about this type of monster." Sunset explains. Eldaro nods while Rose huffs.
"I want to challenge you to a duel," Rose yells, making Sunset and Eldaro deadpanned.
"Eh, no. I am injured and I have no reason to fight you. If you wanna challenge someone, Eldaro is a good opponent for you there," Sunset points at Eldaro, but he puts her hoof down and shake his head.
"Sorry but I spare with him like thousands of times, I wanna challenge a new opponent, especially someone who can defeat a captain," Rose grins and stares at Sunset, making her sigh.
"Fine, but can you wait until I am fully recovered?" Sunset suggested and Rose nods "Okay,three days later, we will fight."
"Okay, don't ever hide from me. I will find you and drag you out to the duel," Rose threatens, making Sunset smirks. "Okay, I will hunt some monsters around, see ya soon."
By the time Rose geo away, Sunset and Eldaro sigh. They start talking and maybe explain about the present situation.
"So you mean, that monster is a Hydra. How did you know?" Eldaro asks and takes a small piece of paper for notes, an A4 paper, and a pencil in case he has to draw.
"Yeah, that Hydra is similar to the Hydra in my world. But I admit that it is like an upgrade of my world because it can breathe fire and fly while mine doesn't," she explains and Eldaro is taking note of what Sunset said.
"So can it can fly and breathe fire....." Eldaro asks and take an A4 paper "Okay what does it look like? And any specific about this monster."
"Red scale, have three dragon-like heads .... eh if your world has dragons, have claw-wings and very big," Sunset recalls the monster and Eldaro takes note and starts drawing the monster from what Sunset told him.
"Sorry, my world doesn't have one, from my experience. But it has many in our childhood tales, some people imagine what dragons look like and draw it into the storybooks." Eldaro explains while he is drawing "and.... dragons always play a role as the bad guy, heck I don't know why dragon kidnaps the princess for what though?" He outrage
"eh... can you calm down?" Sunset asks, Eldaro nods as Sunset continues, "Good, my world has dragons, but...... you know they do not seem friendly even if Celestia tries to talk to them. All we have just a pact that no one touches others," She signs "I just wish ponies and dragons come together though."
"Now I am jealous of your world now," Eldaro stops his drawing "Sometimes I wish my world had other sentient creatures to talk to," then he put the pencil down "Maybe my wish is granted when I meet you now, silly wish right?" He laughs. The words about his world make Sunset think a lot.
"I see, but not all aliens are friendly, you know?" Sunset retorts.
"Nah, I am speaking with a friendly alien now. I don't care if all aliens are friendly or not," Eldaro waves his hand to retort.
"Okay, you got me. Anyway, you draw the Hydra, right?" Sunset asks and Eldaro nods. Sunset asks him, "Can you show me?" Eldaro shows his picture that drawing the Hydra, make her appreciated "Now that the Hydra I talking about, you draw very similar to that one."
"Thanks, that's why my team gave me for drawing the new monster whenever it was founded," Eldaro says proudly.
"oh sorry I forgot to tell it can grow another head whenever one head is chopped off," Sunset recalls, make Eldaro's eyes widen
"What? Then how can you slay it?" Eldaro asks.
"Well, you have to chop all the heads at the same time. No head no growing," Sunset explains, Eldaro takes notes "another way is to chop one head out and use some spell to prevent it growing back. This way is quite slow but safe. The problem is you have to chop the first head."
"Thank you for your information Sunset, this will be good for our future encounters." Eldaro cheers, Sunset nods
"OK, now I have to sleep. By the way, just make sure no one sees my appearance," Sunset says as Eldaro thumps up, Sunset nods and goes to the sleeping tent.
In the bush, Rose sees them talking and laughing very friendly, but she can't hear what they are talking about. That makes her jealous and wanna smash Sunset down to see her appearance.
Sunset comes to the sleeping tent. By the time she is going to go inside the tent, she suddenly stops midway and start looking at the sky, and sighs.
" You can go out now, Rose," Sunset creates a fire dragon. "I don't wanna burn you alive," She turns herself to the brush. Rose is coming out from that brush and surprised.
"How can you know that I am watching you?" Rose bursts out, "I am hiding that carefully and you can see me."
"I feel your mana and your sense is near me so that's all," Sunset explains, "Look, can we wait until the duel cause I am very tired today. And also no peeking in my tent."
"Fine, I will crush you into pieces," Rose starts leaving with an angry feeling. "Just wait and see," Sunset rolls her eyes.
Inside Sunset's body
Sunset goes to her sleeping tent, lies down, and closes her eyes for sleep. She then opens her eyes and sees the familiar hall but this time it has some crack. She is confused and turns to the dragon that hugs her as usual, he is sleeping while his head is on Sunset's shoulder.
"Can you get up, please?" she nudges him " I have many things to ask here."
The white dragon slowly opens his eyes and sees Sunset is on. He yawns and hugs Sunset closer "What is it? Something related to magic?" He asks in a sleepy tone.
"I didn't know the spirit must sleep. Anyway, why does the hall have some cracks here?" She is confused.
"Ask your body. Not me because this hall is your body at all," Whitty said while still snuggling Sunset.
"I see. Now please get up and I will practice please?" Sunset demands. Whitty lets go of her and prepare to heal spell
"I suggest you should use all mana in 1-2 hours," Whitty says as he takes out some papers and a pencil. " Then I will teach you more about spells and stuff"
" Okay. So what will you teach me?" Sunset confused.
"I'm not telling. Besides, you aren't curious about that scale you have huh? " Whitty points at the dragon scale on her knees.
"Oh, right. Do I slowly turn into a dragon or something?" Sunset asks while rubbing her knees and feeling the scales.
" Yes, it is. That is the cost of my full power," Whitty explains as Sunset glares at him "now, now being a dragon is not bad right. Besides, it must be in a few years not a few days," Sunset facehoofs by Whitty sentence.
"Can you have something to restrain it or something to boost it?" Sunset asks
"Oh yes. I can make you a seal to not become a dragon. But.. if you activate it, you will be in pain a lot besides you becoming a dragon in 5 minutes. And you will not Sunset, the pony; it will be Sunset the dragon," Whitty explains.
Sunset thinks awhile "Can it replace my body even if my pony body is like... Eh you know lost a hoof or being a poison"
"Yes. It will be like if your body lost a hoof or all hooves. Your new body will be perfect, not lost anything. Just one condition that you must activate it before you die though," Whitty explains, Sunset smiles at it.
"I hope I don't have to activate it."
Whitty uses a finger to her chest, making her cry in pain. A moment later, her chest now has a dragon sign in a magic circle on it. "Hope you can keep your pony body."
"Thanks. Anyway, I think I have the solution to my theory," Sunset summons fire dragon and Ice dragon and make them fly around. She starts concentrating on the spell, of course, she gets exploded, she stands up after that and tries again. Whitty faceclaw and know that this will be a long day.