Chapter 368: Smol Turtoise
Chapter 368: Smol Turtoise
"Raoowr." Vanessa closed the conversation.
Meanwhile, the colossal earth dragon pressed his head to the ground while glancing at the golden aura superior being referred to as Goddess according to the winged white tiger.
'Master, I have finished interrogating this earth dragon.' Vanessa glanced at her grandmaster beside her.
'Good, please give your report by voice, Vann. Rhea wants to know about it too.' Elena stroked the good tiger's head.
"En, this enormous earth dragon can't remember anything and doesn't know what to do. He doesn't even know who he is and why he's here. Everything he knows, he just got easily defeated by a superior being. Based on his instincts, he wants to become a minion of the superior being who just defeated him to train himself. While he was waiting for the superior being to speak, a tiny butterfly spoke nonsense that he couldn't understand." Vanessa just reported the results of her conversation up there.
Yet, Rhea raised one eyebrow to hear that. "Is the superior being referring to our master, and the tiny butterfly referring to me?"
"Yes, that's what this earth dragon said." Vanessa nodded once, then asked her grandmaster's decision. "Then, how about it, grandmaster? This earth dragon intends to become your subordinate to train himself and learn from you."
"Wait a minute, Vann." Elena thought for a moment while conferring with Elysia. But Elysia chose to hear Rhea's opinion first. So, Elena just obeyed. "What do you think, Aria? What do we need to do with this big boy?"
"Sigh... A Beast Emperor so close to divinity lost all his memories? It seems he regained some of his wits but not his memory. He's just acting like an ordinary beast." Rhea sighed softly, but she thought maybe it was the best outcome. "Master, let's take Gioragh with us. We can't leave him unattended."
"Well, we can't just leave an ordinary beast with Emperor strength behind. It's only a matter of time until he wreaks havoc like the previous one. However, the problem is how do we transport this big boy? I bet you're reluctant to let this bog boy roam in the Nature Realm." Elena patted her chin as if she knew what Rhea was thinking.
"Erm..." Rhea tried to find another solution because Elena was right on target. She was indeed not willing to let this moving mountain roamed freely in the Nature Realm for so many reasons.
But, she also couldn't ask her little sister because the Firmament Realm's terrain was unsuitable for this earth element lord.
While thinking, Rhea accidentally glanced at Vanessa. The special Spirit Beast with transformation innate ability to change one's body size at will from a cute cat to a large winged tiger, or vice versa. If Gioragh became a mini creature, wouldn't everything be easier?
"Ah, I have a great idea." Rhea dropped her fist onto her open palm. "How about we teach Gioragh to transform into a mini beast like Vanessa? He was a Beast Emperor who already possessed human form, but it would be difficult to teach him without an example. So, this will work, I'm sure of it. He just needs to learn."
"That's a good idea. For a beast that relies on instinct, we can't ask him to transform into his human form yet. Let's do that. Does Vanessa need to do a demonstration to this big boy first?" Elena approved the idea, and so did Elysia.
"That's what I have in mind." Rhea nodded in agreement.
"Vann, can you please? Please transform to your cat form." Elena asked with an encouraging smile.
"But, but, master. He's still waiting for you to speak. I've already told him that I'll pass on his request. So, before that, please talk to this earth dragon first. He doesn't even have a name yet." Vanessa raised the previous topic before it was forgotten.
"Hm, then, let's use his previous name." Elena stepped in the air to get a little closer to the earth dragon, who was waiting for her.
"Can you hear me? You can't understand what I'm talking about yet, but watch my expressions and movements. Me, Elysia, and you, Gioragh." Elena made several gestures to point at herself, then at the earth dragon.
'Hey, why did you introduce yourself by my name, Sister Elena?' Elysia was confused.
'That's because you will take care of one other pet. He needs to know me as Elysia. Oh wait, I need to change my form too! Let's cover this area with magic first and repeat this one more time.' Elena patted her forehead.
Right after that, she raised her hand to cast a magic dome that covered a large area. So, no one could peek inside the dome.
Then, she turned around and covered her face. Her hair turned black and shortened slightly, her dress changed, and so did her face.
'...' Elysia was at a loss of words.
When Elena was already in Elysia's form, Elena introduced her identity as Elysia again. Then, she gave a name for the earth dragon. She repeated it several times as if training a parrot to imitate her words. All of that was also assisted and supported by hand movements, several different gestures.
"Giworawgh, Gwio? Erwlysia?" Gioragh used his claw to point at himself, then to the superior being.
He only imitated the superior being's words and movements. Even though this superior being's form suddenly changed and differed, he could still recognize that it was still the same superior being for some unknown reason.
"Yup, correct." Elena put her hands together and smiled.
"Growl, growl." Gioragh was pleased as if he had received a compliment.
Then, Elena gave a 'come here' hand gesture to Vanessa. "Vann, come here please."
Thus, Vanessa flew over and waited for the continuation like an obedient tiger.
Elena gave Vanessa some instructions via telepathy, then she turned to the earth dragon again.
"Gio, look over here." Elena waved her hand for attention. After Gio's attention was on her, she pointed at Vanessa. "Look, and follow what is done."
Gioragh seemed to understand what was being said and turned to the winged tiger.
"Your name is Gioragh and your nickname is Gio. I have submitted your request, and my master doesn't mind. But! If you want to follow my master, you have to transform to make your body small and adorable." Vanessa spoke in animal language.
"O-oh, thank you, kind winged tiger. Superior being has given me a name, and I know it. So, what should I do now?" Gio nodded with a small motion.
"Watch and watch, I'm going to give a demonstration to transform into small and adorable one." After saying that, Vanessa immediately used her innate ability.
The dark blue light enveloped her, and her body slowly shrank until she turned into a white ragdoll cat. Her wings also seemed to shrink and disappear. Then, she was immediately caught and hugged by her master or grandmaster?
"O-oh!" Gio cheered in amazement, but only a low roar escaped his mouth. He looked at the tiny cat with a gaze full of references.
"Try and imitate it. You are big and strong, you can do it. Also, you need to refer to my master as master too. The one you refer as superior being is your almighty master, remember that." Vanessa raised her paw and gave a gentle reminder.
Gio just nodded slightly, then tried to put it into practice. He had seen an example firsthand, so he just had to imitate it using the abilities he knew from his instincts.
After failing several times and receiving instructions from the cat, Gio finally managed to live up to superior being's expectations. One important condition for him to become a follower of the superior being, the one he had to refer to as master.
Visible to the naked eye, Gio's body slowly shrunk into a small size and continued to shrink until he became a mini earth dragon. The colossal body that was no smaller than a football stadium was now only the size of a cat.
"Rawr, rawr!" Gio jumped with joy at his own success.
'I'm sorry, but somehow he looks like a tortoise now. Pfft!' Elena covered her mouth with a smooth motion. She almost laughed.
'Well...' Elysia didn't know what to say because it was quite true. Gio did a little bit like a tortoise, but brown and without a shell. Even so, Gio was still similar to his monstrous form as an earth dragon, albeit smol.
'Alright, let's pack this all up and head to the Elven Continent. This body is already asking for nutrition.' Elena held her stomach, then sent telepathy to Nell.
She asked Nell to take the two fairies to a safe place because she knew the fairy troops would be arriving soon for an investigation or something like that. After that, Elena used her magic to make the tortoise fly closer.
"Hey, look at this earth dragon." Elena patted Gio's head then brought him closer to Rhea.
Rhea looked at the floating brown tortoise in front of her. Then, she smiled faintly. In this way, there were no more problems left because her master had solved everything.
"Welcome to our group." Rhea greeted in a soft voice, almost like a whisper. She had a few small plans for this Beast Emperor.
By the time Nell returned, Elena immediately revoked her dome barrier. She and Rhea flew back to Nell's magic carpet.
"Umm, are you Elena or Elysia?" Nell looked at 'Elysia' with a strange gaze. Elena in Elysia form? She needed to make sure of that.
"What's the deal with that, little one? Here, it's Gio. Now, let's go to the Elven Continent." Elena sat with both legs to the side and gave her command.
With just that answer, Nell could tell that it really was Elena in Elysia's form. Thus, she just ordered her magic carpet to fly westward.