Megan glanced after Yukali as she left, she was going with a man in a set of mage robes from the empire. Yet she could see something odd in the way he glanced at her Dragonkin friend. It wasn't a hostile look, rather he seemed nervous about something. Shaking her head, she was confident Yukali could handle herself. Then she followed the group to a quiet outdoor restaurant to plan their next move. After David had ordered an obnoxious amount of food, she began telling them about what they had found so far. "I wasn't able to tell how powerful the leader was, but I got a bad feeling about him." She finished.

Jack looked in deep contemplation for several seconds after she had spoken and finally said "I see. You did a good job Megan, though I suggest you take a more cautious approach in the future. On the approach here I tried examining the city around the well, unfortunately, whether from interference from the well or something else I wasn't able to get much information. There appears to be a strange energy mixture in the surrounding of the well."

"It smells like burnt crap in this city, there is a stench of foulness you only find with corruption as well." David interjected in between bites of his meal. "Always bad things happen when you start dealing with the Dragon of Corruption and her damn fanatics."

She asked "Are you talking about this Lamia they mentioned?"

"Well I'm not familiar with that name. It's certainly not the Dragons of Corruptions true name. Lamia could be referring to her or one of her followers. Either way all corruption comes from the Dragon of Corruption, the Betrayer and Devourer of all. Her energy is truly insidious, once it gets its hooks into your soul even the greatest will fall to her will."

"Well what's her true name then?" Veronica said.

David looked at her as if she was mad. "Speaking her name when there is corruption this close by is a sure sign of madness. Trapped as she may be in oblivion, her energy can still feel when you speak her name. It will seek you out for daring to speak her name. You don't want her attention drawn to you at all, thats tantamount to suicide." With that David returned to eating his meal.

Giving David a look of thoughtfulness, Jack continued "From the information you gave me Megan, I was able to narrow down the location of the tunnel to three likely spots where they might be able to dump dirt and rocks. Here take a look at your maps, I've marked them down."

Pulling up her map, she could see that there were now three glowing markers on her map. Jack had filled in the dark spots of the city, so she could see what he was talking about. Jack continued "The first one is located about a half mile out of the city. It's located in what appears to be a quarry. If this is the place, it allows them to dig right in plain sight, though it is pretty far out so it means that they would have to dig fairly far if they are aiming for the Well. We will have to be careful checking this place out."

Falaen grinned and said "Leave that place to me. I have several ideas on how to get in and out without anyone noticing. Do you know what kind of Quarry it is?"

"Looks to be clay." Jack said, then indicated the next one that was just on the edge of the city. "This one appears to be in the manufacturing area of this city. This area seems to be mainly dedicated to the crafting bricks and other things out of the clay dug from the quarry. Both of which would be a good way to get rid of stuff dug up."

"Well I can check that place out. I'll act as a potential buyer and see what I can find out." Veronica said.

"I'll give you some extra coin." Jack said, pulling out a bag of coins and handing it over to Veronica. He then went to the last marker. "This is the final one I can spot from above." The last marker was in the center of the city in the middle of a large open square. From the buildings nearby and the equipment in the square, I suspect that this location to be the training grounds of the Order of Purity."

"Wait... how exactly would they be able hide the digging there?" Falaen asked.

"By burning it. This area appears to have direct access to the well." Jack said.

She frowned and said "Given the attitude of these Monks, I don't see how we could get onto the grounds easily."

"Indeed. It would be dangerous to attempt to sneak onto it. If I were to get caught, they would not take it well. At the very least they would throw us out of the city, at the worst I fear they might throw us down the well. Plus I don't think going undercover will exactly work here given that they will probably know who we are." Falean said.

Jack nodded "For the moment we will put aside this one. After this meeting can you go check out the other two?" Falaen and Veronica nodded. "The next thing we need to do is figure out where exactly the Caves of Purification are. As Yukali will be going down there, she can probably ask one of the monks to find out where it is."

While Jack had been speaking, David had finished his meal and was now watching her closely. She glared at him and said "Why are you staring at me?"

He shrugged and said "Well I was thinking you do not belong here."

"Excuse me?" She was pissed at this kid. "What the fuck are are you saying to me?"

He held up his hands "I meant no offense. When I was saying that Miss Yukali was not a Dragon, I happened to glance at you and noticed a few things about you were off. Now that I've had some time to think about it, I have come to the realization that you do not belong here in this universe. Of course when I'm saying you, I mean your race."

Jack looked at David curiously and said "Please Explain David."

David snorted and said "Look it would take me a week to explain simple cosmology to you and you probably wouldn't understand half of what I said to you. I'll simplify it as best I can, imagine a vast field of strings. Each of these strings is in fact a separate universe, though that is misusing the term but whatever. Now this world lies within one of those strings. Between the strings is the void where the True Dragons are born and weird shit occurs. What you need to know is that each string vibrates in a certain manner, kind of like a musical instrument when you pluck the strings. Now this vibration is passed down to the matter and energy that is inside of those strings."

"So you can sense this vibration and that I am vibrating differently?" She asked him.

"Well kind of." David said. "I can sort of taste the area around me and sense the vibrations from that. I can tell the matter that comprises your body definitely came from this world. However that energy signature excluding the one from Jack, the one that's inherent in you. I can tell that came from a different Universe. What's more interesting is if I'm right it definitely came from a True Dragon."

Veronica glanced at her and then back at David and said "Wait are you saying she has Draconic Energy? Does that make her part Dragon?"

"Hardly." David Rolled his eyes. "Just having Draconic Energy doesn't make you a Dragon. You must also have the soul of a Dragon or remake your soul into one. From what I can tell the Energy appears to be more or less tied to her race. Probably as some form of gift from a True Dragon."

She sank into thought, and recalled back to her meeting with Naia Mah last night. Her claims were too fantastic to be believed yet here was another person claiming something similar. "Last night, I met someone from my race who believes that the Succubus race was in fact pulled from a different world long ago by a group of incredibly powerful sorcerers. She believes that the Source of their power came from a Succubi Queen who allowed access to the core there power. When they came to this world they lost access to the power." She then went into detail about what Naia Mah had told her.

David scratched his head in thought and finally said "If I had a guess the Succubi Queens were allowed to directly access a pool of power set aside by the True Dragons, kind of like how a priest or a paladin gains access to their gods energies. Then other Succubi could access the power through their Queen. There probably was a set of rules to allow a Succubus to become a Source. These rules were probably kept secret so a bunch of Succubi Queens didn't appear at once."

"Would it be possible to figure out which True Dragon it was, and could we then contact them?" Veronica asked.

"Maybe my mom might know. But contacting them would not be a good idea. It could easily take it as a form of insult and destroy this world with a thought. It's best to only talk to a True Dragon when you are either really powerful or have a backer that is just as powerful. Though if she figures out how to use her energy, the True Dragon might talk with her."

"I'm afraid my system side seems to have little information on how to deal with Draconic Energy. Do you think you could help train Megan on how to use it David?" Jack asked.

David scoffed and said "Why would..." Then he looked over at Megan then back at Jack. "You know what; I can train her on one condition, however."

"As long as it's reasonable, what is it?" Jack asked.

"Look as fun as it is travelling around with you, I would prefer having some time to myself." David said. "For training her, I want a few nights free to do my thing. I can promise that I won't get into trouble and that I will be on my best behavior."

Jack looked at him for a time in thought and than said "As long as you agree to stay within the city and respect the laws you will be free to spend the night as you wish. But you will report to Veronica or Myself in the morning. Plus you will only be free to go after you train Megan first."

"Great." David let out a smile and than looked at Megan "I'm ready to teach you whenever you are ready to learn."

Jack gave a shake of his head at David's excitement and said "I'm planning on taking a walk around the city to see what I can't spot myself. It might be late when I get back to the Inn, will there be any issues getting a room at that time?"

"No there shouldn't be. Now that the monthly ceremony is over, the rooms should be opening up from what I have heard." She said. "I can get a few rooms for your use just to be safe."

"Do that and-" Jack said when he was interrupted by Falaen.

"I've just discovered there is someone watching us."

Jack narrowed his eyes in a frosty glare and asked "Where?"

"He's on the second floor of the building across the street. He has been trying to keep out of sight, but I managed to catch his appearance in the window."

She frowned in concern and said "Do you think it's the corruption cult? Did they track me down after I had burned their hideout?"

"No." Jack shook his head. "I can't get a good reading, but from what I can tell from his armor he is likely with the Order of Purification." He sighed and said "I guess it appears that Ravenhawk is keeping his word on keeping a close eye on me. Do you see anyone else keeping an eye on us?" Jack asked Falaen.

Falaen shook her head. "No, at least not as obviously as the guy in the window. I've spotted some monks casually glancing at us, but they walked off."

"How dare he!" Veronica said, anger filling her voice. "If you command it My Lord I will have a word with this spy."

"Thank you for your support Veronica, but I will handle this myself. This might actually be a good way for me to get onto the training grounds. I'm guessing he will follow me. So we will split up, Falaen and Veronica do be careful. If you manage to find anything that even suggests that the location you are scouting is the location of the tunnel go to the inn and wait for the rest of us. David please take training Megan seriously." He paused then looked at her. "Megan, you are important to me as a friend and User so please don't take any unnecessary risks."

She looked at him, and she could see the concern in his eyes and didn't know what to think. So she simply gave him a curt nod and stood up when the other's stood. "See you guys later." She said and then they all split up. She looked at David and said "Now how are we going to do this training?"

He smirked and said "Since I'm going to be teaching you just call me Sensei."

"Kid, don't go pushing it, I'm not going to call you Sensei. I'll call you by your name and that it." Megan said.

"Fine, whatever." David said. "There is a place near here that would be perfect to begin your training."

"Lead the way then." She said, stepping aside. David nodded and began to take the back streets through the city.

As they walked, David said "Before I begin training you, there are a few things you must understand about Draconic Energy. Unlike the other energies which have rules and generalizations, Draconic Energy is primal when you get down to it. When working with it, you must be careful, or it will rapidly spin out of control. It's one of the reasons Young Dragons have a habit of breathing fire at random times."

"Why is that?" She asked curiously as they crossed a street.

"Draconic Energy when it goes wild can damage the body if they don't release it. The easiest and fastest method to do so is to simply breath out the energy in a form of flames, or whatever particular energy flavor the Dragon has picked up."

"Flavor?"

"While Draconic Energy is wild and crazy at times, it has a really surprising ability to merge with other energies quite easily. Possibly due to where Draconic Energy comes from. For example if a Dragon hangs around plants for a long time, they can pick up Plant Energy into their energy. Also when Draconic Energy combines, it can cause an exponential increase in strength which makes Dragons more likely to seek out other sources of energy to work with."

"Wait, would that explain why that Draconic energy suddenly exploded in me? Could it be because I signed a contract with Jack, when I accessed the power of his energy combined with the Draconic Energy?"

David shrugged "It's entirely possible. How a systems energy works with Draconic Energy I'm unsure. It's hard to say, it really depends on what the True Dragon was thinking when it gave your Race a bit of its power. You see even though it's your power now it's still tied to its source and is affected by the thoughts of the True Dragon. As much as I love my mom, I have to admit I don't understand her half the time. She doesn't think the same as you or I, and most of the True Dragons are the same."

He sighed and continued "I've heard of a True Dragon that split their mind into billions of individuals just to populate a dead world that they had found. Another one likes to take one sock out of a clothes dryer every so often for whatever reason. The only ones who can explain why they do anything are True Dragons and they don't like speaking about themselves. So while your contract with Jack could have awoken that energy within you, it could also just have been the whim of the True Dragon."

She frowned considering his words. "I see, so where exactly is this area you are taking me too?"

"Right here." David said, they had gone down the alley and had arrived at an empty lot in between two dilapidated buildings. It appeared that someone had thrown some rubble from the earthquake in this lot making a small hill of rubbish. "As I said before Draconic is a wild energy. There are several ways to gain more control of the energy. One of the way's my mom taught me was using the crosspoint of a ley line."

"What's a ley line?" She asked, stepping into the lot.

"Basically various lines of energy that run through some worlds. Not all worlds have them, but lucky for you this one does." David said leaning down and running his hand along the dirt.

"Okay, so how exactly is this training supposed to go? What am I supposed to do first?" She asked him.

After trailing his hand in the dirt for some more he stood up and said "Before we start the training we have to crack that shell around your energy. Otherwise, we won't get anywhere with the training. Now there are a few methods of cracking the shell, the hardest and easiest one would be using a strong emotion. It's easy because emotions are really easy to stir up, the downside is that it can be a very draining experience. While not the most intimate method, it's not something I would feel comfortable sharing with you."

"Intimate method?" She looked at him with an eye raised.

He coughed and said "Dragons can get really... physical. I don't think this method would suit us, no offense but you aren't really my type."

"None taken, you're not mine either." She snorted and said "So what is the method we are going to use?"

"Well the method that my mother used was sparring. While it was rough, it allowed me to break my shell and access my power, and I suspect it is the method that will work best with you. I must warn you though it will be intense and unpleasant. Do you still wish to continue?"

"Sparring? Fine. It's been awhile since I've practiced fighting. I can do this. What's the rules of this bout then?"

David smirked and stretched out his arms and said "First for safety reasons no weapons other then your body. Plus no using any powers at all, just physical muscles alright?"

"Got it."

"You'll want to go all out to get the best effect." He said, taking a fighting stance. "But don't worry, I'll go easy on you."

She frowned at his provocation and took up her own stance and said "You talk a big game, but you're just a kid in my eyes."

"Well it's going to be embarrassing for you when this kid whoops your ass." David said grinning then he launched himself at her with a flurry of fist strikes. Despite him having the majority of his power sealed, he moved fast and put a surprising amount of strength behind each of his punches. Under the assault she had to dance backwards to avoid getting hit. On one of his right hooks, she stepped to his side and punched towards his head, but he managed to block and did a hop backwards.

When he got a bit of distance between them, he leapt up with a spinning kick that was almost too fast for her to dodge. As it was it clipped her shoulder causing her to fall onto her side. He landed and watched as she stood up again shaken. "You know I was expecting more out of you since you have Draconic Energy. If you are going to be complete shit like this, I'm going to keep knocking you on your ass."

Megan grunted in anger and pushed herself up to her feet. She snarled and said "I've broken little shits like you before I even had breakfast."

"Ooooh I'm shaking." David said and grinned. He gestured with his hand "Why don't you come over here and prove it."

Annoyed she charged towards him letting out her own flurry of blows. He grinned and reached out and tweaked her ear. Pissed she caught his arm and then drove her fist as hard as she could into his stomach making him gasp. But then he slipped his other arm under her armpit and flipped her over his shoulder and into the ground hard. She groaned as she landed, but she was able to roll out of the way before David was able to slam into her.

Quickly getting to her feet she was able to launch herself onto his back. Wrapping her arm around his neck, she attempted to get him into a chokehold, however he managed to get an arm into the hold preventing her from getting a lock around his neck. With his other hand he grabbed her foot and with pure force he shoved her flying up into the air. With a flip she barely landed on her feet, and David was already coming at her with a smirk on his face.

Dodging out of the way, she felt herself starting to get really pissed off. She was not really familiar with hand to hand fighting, for the most part she has fought with whips and the occasional sword. Her friend Beryl had taught her a few self-defense moves just in case, but it has been a long time since she practiced them. So it was no surprise that this kid was whooping her ass with her little experience. Even so what really made her angry was the fact that she could tell he was just toying with her. He deliberately slowed his fists just so he barely missed her, and just dodged at the last minute letting her know she was too slow to catch him.

Frustrated she attempted to feint to the left, only for her to strike out her leg attempting to hit his shin. He grinned and simply stepped back avoiding the kick and dashed in with a nasty blow to her side making her cry out in pain and fall to her knees. He chuckled and circled her and said "What's the matter? Already getting tired Grandma?"

She had dealt with brats like David before and had never gotten angry, in fact she found it quite amusing. Yet kneeling on the ground as he looked down at her with a smirk she felt something in her cracked. This pushed a massive roared out of her mouth, and she launched herself at David. She threw blow after blow at him, yet none of her strikes even grazed him. What made her even more furious was when he put both of his arms behind his back and stuck his tongue out in a mocking manner.

Every muscle in her body screamed in pain as she pushed herself faster. A burning need to smack this fucker right in his face exploded within her and she forced herself to move even faster. Her skin felt like it was searingly hot, and still David was easily avoiding her punches and making the snide comment on how awful her fighting style was. Then he came right up in front of her and with a smirk that she wanted to wipe off his goddam face reached up and flicked her nose. Her eyes twitched and her vision began to narrow and the thing that was cracking within her suddenly burst forth and she lost all sense of reasoning.

What came from deep within her was the same energy that she had tasted when she had accessed the form of the succubus. It's wild energy swamped over her, clouding her mind with a desire to stand above all. It whispered to her of what it could do, and all she had to do was let it loose. So she did and she rode the wave of pure wildness as it tore through her. When it crested, she snapped back to reality finding herself yelling obscenities and ontop of David punching him over and over. He had managed to block his face, but she had already dealt several nasty blows to his chest.

Finally regaining control of herself she stood up and flexed her now aching hands and looked around. The lot around them looked like a small bomb had been set off. She looked back at David and said "What the hell just happened?"

David grunted in pain and shakily stood. Based on the state of his clothes which were torn in places, she must have done quite a number on him. "You managed to crack the shell on your energy. Which means you are now ready to get some training."

As he dusted off his clothes, she said "I get that, but what was that fight? You were acting like a complete dick."

"Draconic Energy is in a sense very prideful. The last thing it can stand is when it's being looked down upon. Which is why younger dragons have quite a temper if you slight them. They don't have as much control over their energy. It's also one of the easier methods to awaken the energy, though I admit I underestimated how forceful you would be."

"My mistake then. I thought you were just a tool based on the way you've acted since I met you." She said, she still was feeling annoyed, though the fury had left her veins for the moment.

He rubbed his head and said "Sorry, I'm just annoyed with my Dad at the moment so it's making me a bit of an ass. Still if you think that fight was bad, you should have seen how my mother acted when she was helping awaken my power. She kept knocking me onto my ass with just a finger. Still you were pretty impressive breaking through your shell like that. I was barely able to defend myself from your attacks. I hope there are no hard feelings between us right?"

Rolling her eyes, she said "Sure, you did help me so I'll let you acting like a dick off the hook for now. I have to admit you have quite the fighting style."

He beamed and said "Yeah, my father taught me hand to hand combat. He was a soldier a long time ago and was one of the foremost experts on CQC combat. I'm not as good yet as my dad, but I'm getting there. If you want, I can give you some pointers."

"Maybe later. So what do I do now that I cracked the shell on my energy?"

"Now that you can access your energy, the first lesson is in order. You have to connect with the energy within you and hear what it tells you." He walked around the lot and pointed at a spot on the ground. "Sit here. This is the exact point the Ley lines cross. This spot will allow you to attune with your energy alot faster."

Taking a seat on the spot, he indicated, she looked over at him and he said "Alright I'm going to stimulate the ley lines. This will feel weird for a moment, just let it flow over you. Try concentrating on what your Draconic Energy is telling you, you will gain a deeper understanding of how to use it. Plus the True Dragon likely left a message within the power for your race to hear."

David then raised his fist and punched towards the ground hitting it with a great thump. There was a brief glow of yellowish light and seconds later the ground beneath her started to feel warmer. Soon she could feel a strange upwelling of energy starting to flow up into her, making her feel as if she was slowly being pulled underground. Taking David's advice, she let it wash it's way over her without resisting. In response the energy deep within her began to sing a chord that took her full attention to listen to. As she listened she found her vision clouding and then as if stepping through thick fog found herself elsewhere. She was in some massive hall of a palace, rather it felt more like a memory of this place than the actual place.

Realizing it must be a vision granted to her from the Draconic Energy, she stepped forward into the hall taking a look around trying to figure out what it was telling her. On the sides of the hall were towering pillars made out of a pink stone that had intricate designs in them. Designs that drew her eye and repelled her at the same time as if she was not yet ready to learn what they represented. Various statues of what she recognized as Succubi were scattered around the room. Some were in the middle of passion while others looked to be preparing for war. Stopping in front of one of the largest statues, she found her eyes drawn up to the statues own.

The statue was of a mighty succubus standing proudly with a pair of massive wings stretched out behind her. She was wielding a spear and was staring off into the distance. For several moments Megan simply stared at the statue, until an inspiration took her and she felt something within herself change. Confused by the experience she continued onwards towards what appeared to be a massive throne dominating the hall. The throne was empty, yet it looked more like a couch then a throne. Passing it she arrived at a massive balcony where a vast world stretched out beneath her which was colored in vibrant colors that looked almost fantastical.

The palace she was in must have been floating very high up as the world visibly turned beneath her. She could make out a city far below surrounded by a pink and purple forest. Flying in the sky were large flying creatures that caused the power within her to resonate. Somehow just by watching them fly around she was getting a sense of how to control her new awakened power. As she was watching them, a voice said next to her "Fascinating aren't they? One of my first creations in this world."

Startled, she looked over and found a gorgeous woman in a red silk dress with her hair up in a set of buns standing next to her. It felt strange to look at her as if it was both the memory from the Energy and as if this woman was actually right in front of her. The woman looked at her and gave her a smile. "Very few Succubi ever delve this far into the Draconic Energy I gave them. So I congratulate you on managing to break out of your shell without my guidance. However, you still have a long way to go before you can claim the title of Succubi Queen. Meditate on what you have learned here child."

"Who are you?" She asked this woman although she felt as if she had known her all her life.

The woman looked down with a smile and said "I am just a caretaker for this world that I fell in love with. When you have risen as a full queen, you will know all. I was greatly dismayed when I found your sisters had been forcibly taken from my lands. Yet it brings me great joy to find you have survived, although you and your sisters have forgotten the way's I taught you I still have great hopes for you child."

"The Way's?" She asked.

"They are known under many names, but for us they are called the Way of Love child. Within your power I have placed guidance to the ways, master each to unlock the next. For now it is time for you to return back to your body and learn of your power." She said, grasping Megans face in her hands and then kissing the top of her brow. Upon this she found herself snapping back to her body laying down in the dirt of the lot. Her forehead tingles where that woman had kissed it in her vision.

She found that she had been digging into the ground with her hands, and she was breathing deeply as if she had just run a marathon. The Draconic Energy was coursing through her in a cycle like a river. Though now she recognized great portions of the energy were locked away from her use, though they whispered to her of how to release them. Still, despite a great deal of the power sealed away, what was available was still enough to greatly increase her power. That vision had been greatly illuminating on how to achieve just that, even now the memories of the vision were giving her ideas to try.

Releasing her grasp on the dirt, she sat up and found David looking down offering his hand to her. "That looked intense. Are you feeling alright?" He asked.

She took a moment to really feel out her body. Her vision had changed with the Draconic Energy flowing through them, making her feel as if the world was far more vibrant than before. It was as if she was seeing new colors that hadn't been there before. Her other senses also felt greatly enhanced from the energy. The only thing that did feel the same was that dull ache that still hurt inside her chest. Not wanting to sink back down into that hole, she shook her head and took his offered hand. When she stood, she said "I'm feeling a bit odd. Everything feels a bit clearer after that vision."

"You should be alright, it will feel weird for awhile but you will get used to it. What you are experiencing right now is the world as it truly is, the Draconic Energy cannot be fooled by universal laws. All of your senses are greatly enhanced, do not be surprised to find yourself spotting things that you missed before."

Nodding in thought, she said "Should I tell you what I experienced in that Vision?"

"No. What you saw is incredibly private, it should be between you, your energy, and only those you absolutely trust. What you saw can be used against you even if you don't realize how yet. To others how your power operates is as if there is a fog between you and them, if you give them a clue on how it works, the fog lifts and they can take advantage of it."

"I will be careful then." She said.

"Good. Now that you are fully connected with your Draconic Energy, the next thing to do will be teaching you how to use it. Before the next training you must get used to pulling the power through your body. Since you have Jack that should be easy enough so it shouldn't be long before you are ready for the next training."

"Do you want me to start that now, so we can get on to the next training?" She asked hesitantly.

David shook his head "No, the vision you saw contains a great deal of information and knowledge. It will take time to digest it all. It took me a full month to learn all that I could from my first vision. So it will take time for you to adjust, if you start slowly using your power the rest of the day, by tomorrow you should be ready for a short training. Plus with more time training you, I will get out from under Jack's thumb more often.

Feeling greatly relieved she nodded. She could feel that she was already overwhelmed by just what had happened in this short while. From being both the height of being incredibly angry to the meeting that woman in her vision she definitely wasn't up to learning anything else today. Thinking of that woman she said "I'm not entirely sure but I think I might have met a True Dragon in my Vision, although it looked like a succubus."

David paused and looked to be in thought for a bit and said "It is entirely possible. True Dragons rarely ever show their true form to lesser creatures due to the fear of driving them mad. Plus given your power was gifted to your race by one it can definitely sense when one accesses that power. Although it is yours now, it is forever tied to its origins. No doubt it might have made them curious as to why you are so far from your original world. But don't tell me anything more about this True Dragon, that's between you and it."

"So they can contact someone even if they are in an entirely different Universe?"

"Quite easily, of course depending on a few conditions. True Dragons rarely ever go fully into a universe. You know how Jack's body is an Avatar? It's probably because bringing his true body down here is incredibly troublesome. It's quite similar for True Dragons, as forcing their bodies into a universe tends to bring trouble for that universe. So they tend to settle for just sending just a small part of themselves down into the universe leaving the rest of their body in the void. So as long as the two universes are within it's reach it can communicate across the universes."

"If this True Dragon was watching over my race why didn't it prevent us from being torn from our universe?" She asked him.

He frowned and shrugged. "I can make several guesses as to why, but like I said before it's hard to truly know the mind of a being like a True Dragon. But if I had to guess, it has to do with the majority of True Dragons being hesitant of interfering too much in the actions of lesser creatures. They have a lot of informal rules about that, and they fear crossing the line and angering the Dragon of Darkness."

"The Dragon of Darkness?"

He looked around and said "He is the protector of the Universes and the one who threw the Dragon of Corruption into oblivion. He's particularly finicky about how you treat lesser creatures, so they don't want to get on his bad side, so tend to keep a really hands off approach."

Taking his words into thought, she said "Thank you for your guidance."

"You are welcome. Now that I taught you for the day, I'm good to go right?" He asked, looking a bit excited.

She laughed and said "Sure, now don't forget what Jack told you."

"Great. I'll see you tomorrow." David said and began walking out of the lot with a spring in his step.

"David wait a sec; you might need this." She withdrew a potion from her inventory and tossed it over to him. He caught it from the air and then looked at it with a confused expression. Smirking she said "It's a birth control potion. Wouldn't want your mother to become a grandma too soon right?"

He blushed but did put the potion away and continued on leaving her alone in the lot. Taking a breath to calm her nerves, she decided to pull up her status to see what about her had in fact changed.

Now the first apparent change to her status was that her Background had completely changed from Noble Scion to Inheritor of the Ways of The Succubi. Curious about what this background now meant she pulled up information about it.

Above that she could see her pool of Draconic Energy that was available for her use. Unfortunately, she only had twenty of it available to her at the moment due to the locks. Even with that though she could tell every point of it was substantially more powerful than her regular mana. In fact she was feeling certain her entire MP pool didn't even come close to one point of Draconic Energy. From the guidance of the vision, she felt she could add this energy to her skills vastly improving the effect and power of each of them. The last obvious changes to her status were her sudden acquisition of three skills.

To get a better understanding of what each of them did she pulled up information to check them out.

Each of these skills had vastly improved her capabilities. With this First Way of Love, she could now provide some amount of healing to the party, which was useful given that they no longer had a healer with them. After closing the information screens she cleaned herself as best she could and began to head back to the inn. Her head was full of ideas and thoughts from the vision she had seen so she needed to sit down and really meditate on what she had learned.

Plus before that she wanted to make sure the others would be able to get rooms for the night. With how the Order of Purification was spying on Jack, it would not surprise her if it suddenly became hard for them to get a room. Walking back she received a message from Ritalassa, pulling it up she found she and Dafter were back in the city ahead of schedule. She also mentioned she had really important news to share with her and that she was waiting in their room. Curious at what they had found she quickly headed back dodging through the afternoon traffic of the city.

After reaching the Inn she entered it and headed to the desk to inquire about the rooms when she was startled when she could see threads of corruption emerging from underneath the robe of the Monk at the desk. It was of such a minimal amount that without her senses being enhanced she would not have spotted it, with the exception perhaps of examining her. However now that she had better senses, the corruption coming from this receptionist stood out like a sore thumb to her. It was also clearly not something that she accidently picked up, no the corruption was clearly coming from inside this woman.

Wiping her face quickly of surprise, she made her way up to the desk and said "Hello, I'm renting one of your rooms, and I have a question for you."

"Yes I would be happy to answer any questions you have regarding the inn. What can we do for you today?" The receptionist smiled at her.

"See some of my friends have arrived in town, right now they are going around seeing the sights of the city. They will be coming back late, so I want to make sure they get rooms so they aren't forced to sleep outside."

The receptionist nodded and opened a large book and ran her finger down it. "We do have several open rooms at the moment. Including our premium suites which I highly recommend. Would you like to reserve a few rooms for your friends?"

She nodded and said "Yes, they will need three rooms. The smallest ones possible would be fine."

"Great, now will that be for an extended stay or just tonight?"

"An extended stay, for now, put them down for a week."

"Okay, we have two small rooms available, for that time period. We do have a medium room available as well for five more small silver coins."

"That will be fine."

"Okay, I have registered the three rooms for your friends. You will just need to pay a down payment of ten small silver coins."

Reaching into her inventory while slipping her hand into her pocket she pulled out the coins and handed them over to the receptionist. Taking them from her, the receptionist asked "What name will the rooms be under so when they come in they will be able to get their keys?"

"That would be Jack." Megan said.

"Alright then. We thank you for your patronage and hope you enjoy your stay in the City of the Well."

While the conversation had been going on, she had been keeping an eye on the corruption leaking out of the receptionist. When it got too far from her, the robes she was wearing activated and pulled it back in. The robes were somehow blocking the corruption from leaking out too far, however it had a side effect of wearing the robes. She nodded and said "You have a good day yourself."

She carefully made her way up to her room taking a closer look around the place. It was incredibly subtle but here and there she spotted areas where corruption had obviously touched. It was obvious that corrupted often came through here. When she got to her room, she opened it and found Ritalassa with large tentacles coming out of her pacing around the room. Dafter was resting on the small couch of the room. When Megan entered Ritalassa turned and sent an excited mental message.

"I found something crazy about this inn it's a-"

"Hideout for corruption." Megan finished.

Ritalassa paused and said "How did you figure it out?"

"I was able to spot corruption coming out of the receptionist."

"Well listen to what we found." Ritalassa said and began to tell her everything that had happened."

ElKriJa

Thank you for reading my story and I hope you enjoy this chapter. Next week will see the Artificier. But the week after that will see the return of someone you might have thought I forgot about.