Aries: "Commander, I don't understand this insane plan... Do you want us to produce cable? A thousand miles??????"

Me: "Aside from fighting, finding a spaceship... ...getting defeated after defeat and having over 36 legions and a slaughter of lives and souls for free, what have you gotten out of the last 5000 years??"

Silence.

The other generals who despised me before because I wasn't a demon were silenced.

Hirrax nodded her head and so did Valcor.

Xaida, the witch of the 2nd Legion: "Who do you think you are? Ivan... To lecture us?

Me: "You know... I don't give a fuck about your problems... I've been in this mess without asking for anything. I used to be afraid of demons and now I'm afraid of Demodragon and I'm arachnophobic because of him..."

Some people smiled.

Xaida: "You want to make miles of cable... you've organized the biggest monster hunt in all of Zantar and you want to create Dragon Towers and make titanic constructions...

If you're a crazy artist, say it, we'll make a statue of you and your mother in stone that everyone will love.

ROAAAARRR

I roared with anger as I banged my two paws on the floor, causing dust to fall from the ceiling of the great hall.

"Don't you know a wire when it moves, it cuts?, It's a giant saw!"

On a holographic screen, I revealed the two supercruisers that were still in my darkness.

I will enlarge the two supercruisers and the Helldrakes will participate in the defense.

Two mana-boosted dungeon hearts will serve as the foundation, and atomic generators of artificial mana will serve as the power supply."

Ares: "Want to do Druaga Towers?"

Me: "Exactly! Defense is not to be taken lightly."

We must dig deep into the rocks with an underground siphon lake.

Demodragon "You're going crazy, Ivan..."

Me: "Not enough!... let me explain..."

When our plans are updated, and they will be... Angels will make even stones talk.

All the atomic power of the empire will descend upon us. Just as the US has bombed the factories and the industrial arm of the Axis... They will want to destroy the tools.

And since we'll have to move into the Black Cathedral and turn it over, I know the mechanism to open the seal.

As soon as we get the drilling plan in place, we'll have everything the sky can throw at us. Legions of angels, elohims and all those extraterrestrials who think they're gods will throw everything they've got.

They don't know the Druaga system. (It was an anime and a subtle combination of dungeon magic from when I played as a kid... better they don't know...)

Hirrax: "What do you say they're not gods?"

Me: "HAha... nice try... For me there is only one God... Yahweh... and Mom... the others are higher but interdimensional entities. They bleed so they can die..."

For now, let them think we're generating monsters to spoil nature.

The towers will reach the sky and generate immense profits for the adventurers.

Charon (Gemini's Two-headed Infernal Dragon):

"We don't see the point of creating jobs with vertical dungeons..."

Me: "It's a facade. The people and the celestial ones will only see there a generator of natural monsters with 2 types of mana. But when the order to operate is given, the two phase connectors will instantly couple with the atomic generators and the mana veins will act as channels for the prismatic crystals.

Basically, the Towers will act as atomic " flak "to pulverize the celestial bases. Troops stationed in orbit will be destroyed. It will take years for them to recover.

The towers are so strong that they will be able to wipe out all their celestial fire.

The firepower of those towers is a thousand times more powerful than all your legions together, including Mother and I.

During the carnage, the Exelsior and the Repressor will bring the cables over the cathedral.

And we'll go down a portal that will pierce the dimension that's thinnest there and right above the cave where Mama rests.

You'll have to protect me because I'll almost die at that point. I will literally bleed to death.

A medical shuttle will turn me back into artificial mana, blood and soup... I want no sacrifice, except Magestia's three unicorns, which I want impaled on the triple structure."

Ares: "Bravo, we're starting to understand. It's great... No one knew how to get Tiamat out of her hell. But how to make this cable and the sharp wires?"

Me: "I know the Durum company that made the cable and I know the machine that makes it.

Here's how you make a cable like this.

Carbide blocks and cold crystals are crimped on the periphery. In the center, a mana tube to feed the cooling crystals. With friction, the crystals will maintain the hardness of the cutting blocks and even through lava, the cable will not be damaged.

A shield will also be generated along the entire length. So if you pull on it or try to sabotage it, it will be indestructible.

This will require the destruction of both the Exelsior and the Repressor."

Valcor: "But they'll never let us!!!"

"Me": That's why we have to lower their guard with a crazy plan to lure them out.

We'll have two ultra-secure factories for the drill, the towers and the super cruisers that will be a surprise.

We'll first have to plant the dungeon seeds and let it grow for 2 years, about 3...

During this time, we will recruit and train and move on to phase 2: The Big Hunt!

After long discussions, I had the respect of the troops but some feared the outcome of the project. If I succeeded???? Would the legions still have their raison d'être????

This was for me the most difficult explanation to convince them.

Tonight I was exhausted and collapsed in my room, on a huge bed 25 metres in diameter filled with all kinds of cushions. A mountain of cushions.

At the bottom a mirror.

I looked at myself and the more I looked at myself, the more I saw a monster...

Aldebaran, who guarded the entrance to my room...

"Say, Aldebaran... can you see my alignment? I feel like I'm changing... But I'm out of bearings."

Adébaran : "I see... But you have gained respect... No one up to now has proposed a realistic solution."

Hirrax came into my room and made herself comfortable on my pile of cushions.

Hirrax: "Why are you crying?"

Me: "Everything... it's been almost a year since they left... look at me... I'm a monster...

My alignment is BAD BAD!! like Mommy!!! Can you imagine???? I'm becoming like her... I don't recognize myself anymore... I'm no longer worthy of Argentrix and his family. Look at my blood... It's black!!!! He was never like that....

Hirrax grabbed me by the leg and held me tight and put her tongue in my mouth.

Hirrax: "I love you and know that Argentrix and the others will continue to love you. You are a good person and you are not ungrateful. These instruments do not show your heart... which is made of gold. It's the angels who are jealous. You have done nothing wrong... It's just that... many enemies of good alignment have died... That is all."

Slurp.

Seeing me all sad, she tipped me over and climbed on top of me.

"Let it be... you're too much trouble inside you. I'll always be there to support you."

Then she kissed me and rubbed up against me.

She was shaking and flushed.

"Ivan... I'm sorry... I don't know how you do it..."

A smile caught me and I caressed her in turn to make her desire grow and after a few groans of satisfaction, we took a natural position.

And a back and forth movement made me lose my mind and rage rose inside me.

Hirrax received all my anger and frustration in her and we lost consciousness through the enjoyment of our grief together.

Waves of pleasure came over us and we woke up the next day hugging each other.

I realized at that moment that I had just made a mistake, that I had betrayed my wife, my dragon.

Hirrax pretended to be asleep but she looked at me, sad and happy at the same time.

She was afraid of losing me and that I would reject her.

Caressing my back "Ivan, you know I will never replace my sister. You love her and I know you will continue to love her.

But I love you too... You're the most beautiful and kindest dragon I know.

I'll stand by you and Argentrix when you're reunited. I don't want to be your lover. I want to be your concubine."

I breathed a little. Torn between shame and reason.

It's true I was all alone, and without Hirrax, I'd go mad. She loved me without restraint and saved my life too.

I was still thinking like a human.

As if she had read my mind, "Ivan, you know... dragons... are united for life but cheating is serious and unforgivable but cohabitation is a reality... When one of the partners disappears, you have to take care of the young people. In humans, they have orphanages but here in the wild...it's death...and that's why males often have several females. The reverse is also true if it's a dominant female. But I know about your human past... but now you've lived as a dragon longer than a human, right?"

I sighed and finally relaxed and turned to her.

You have beautiful eyes, Hirrax... and I kissed her.

She burst into tears as she hugged me, "I was so afraid that you'd be angry with me, that you'd reject me... Ivan... I love you, I love you, I love you..."

I was shocked at how it spread. As proud as she was in front of her troops and in command of her legions, I had a child in front of me in need of affection.

Hirrax: "You don't know how much I miss my family... mom, dad... and mom Tiamat..."

Me: "I know, I miss them too, but we have many tasks to solve and time flies."

Hirrax: "I can see what you want to do for Mom... it's terribly difficult and risky, but for Earth and Argentrix, what are you going to do? Do you have a plan?"

Me: "Portal specialists say an outside force is locking time portals but not dimensional ones and that's where the Druaga Tower will also serve: To ruffle feathers... But it's hopeless for now. We will organize an expedition to Zantar, where Tania had found the tear of God. There may be a trail to older, primordial portals from the time of the primary gods devoured by mother.

I contacted her in my dreams and she gave me some clues. Maybe there are deeper, older ruins.

We'll ask the adventurers' guild for help, maybe they'll find clues that are forbidden to us.

Hirrax: "I like it when you have that hopeful look on your face. It's the Ivan I love..."

I stood up, my stomach growling.

"Come on, let's have lunch..."

And we flew away together, like a new couple, chasing our breakfast through the jungle that started after the Big Skull.