First Demonic Dragon

Over the span of several minutes, the group watched the entire terrain change.

It began with the terrain cracking and splitting itself apart. The very continents lifted themselves up and moved across the circumference of the planet.

Oceans flooded some landmasses once they reached their new domains. But the dragons on board the vessel could feel minimal loss of life from the planet below.

Lailah was the most enamored by this scene. It was as if the planet had somehow fed on it's own density and magic in order to grow larger.

"I assume you have a report of everything you've learned so far, yes? Give it to me." Lailah held out her hand without looking back.

Shin would have scoffed if he didn't know she were deadly serious. "That's not how this is going to work. I'll be-"

Tatianna snatched the tablet from Shin's secretary and growled at her fiercely. She then skipped over to Lailah and handed her the device with a big smile.

"Thank you, sweetheart." Lailah gave her a small kiss on the cheek and Tatiana's tail swished back and forth.

She's so precious. The lovers thought at once.

Shin could feel everyone staring at the sea goddess lovingly. It was disgusting.

'They better not be like this the whole god damned time...'

He was in for a rough escapade. The couple had barely gotten started with anything yet.

But since Seras in particular tended to get really excitable after a battle, the chances of him seeing much worse things before this campaign was over were really high.

Lailah read over the report of the order's findings and hummed softly to herself.

Now that the group had the memories of their previous timeline back, it made much more sense why she had always felt like the leader.

"Interesting.." She hummed. Her curiosity sufficiently peaked.

She tossed the tablet back to Shin and he barely managed to catch it. "That's enough studying. Take us down."

Shin could feel a heated gaze boring into his back. He knew instinctively that if he gave any more lip he'd be picking teeth up off the floor.

"...Just follow me."

He turned around in a huff and left the bridge without waiting for the group to catch up.

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While walking, Abaddon felt Lailah slip her fingers within his own and flash him the same brand of smile that made him fall in love with her all those years ago.

'I think my heart may be beating too fast for comfort... I know this is a mission, but it's been so long since we went out to explore that I am strangely excited...' She thought.

Abaddon smiled faintly.

Truth be told, his worry over Gulban's unknown circumstances and the anxiety of the unknown was being underlined with an excitement of his own.

And part of that excitement was because Thrudd was here. It wasn't until just now that he realized... he hadn't done many things like this with her.

It was a small failing on his part as her father... and one that he fully intended to correct.

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"...This place looks like shit."

The frigid cold within the air was only matched by Shin's less than prizewinning attitude.

A detachment ship had taken him and fifty others down to the surface of the planet, where they were currently experiencing a fitful blizzard.

It rolled in suddenly as if to mark their arrival. The icey landscape was split between jagged peaks of snow and a dangerously cold river running through the valley beneath it.

"What a curmudgeonly old human you are. I quite enjoy this nice weather." Seras tilted her head to the sky and inhaled deeply.

Shin looked down at his clothes.

There were certain acidic chemicals present in the snow and air that weren't native to earth. Apparently, they were strong enough to corrode fabric that was not strong enough.

"…Yea. Real nice place." He activated his own brand of magic to keep him from suddenly becoming naked.

Who knows what would've happened if he didn't apply that breathing filter over his mouth before getting off the ship.

He turned back to his fellow trenchcoat-clad supporters and started dolling out orders.

"Alright, we're setting up base here. Get our base installed and our communications up and running within five minutes. I don't want yo miss a single piece of information, people! And…"

Ordinarily his men would have responded with 'sir' and sprung right into action.

But for some reason, they were dragging their feet this time.

A flash of light came from behind Shin's back and he whirled around with his hand on the weapon at his side.

There, he saw a literal floating structure being created above their heads.

Valerie had an absentee look on her face; almost as if she was creating with her mind on something else.

A modest, Nevi'im-sized one story home was created in under a minute. It even had big open windows and furnishings!

Why did they need a 108 inch smart tv??!

(The answer? For the past 100 years Bekka can't fall sleep unless the fan and the tv are both on. Or unless she is too exhausted from sex. Whichever happens first.)

"T-That is completely unnecessary."

The group paused and looked over their shoulders as Valerie put the finishing touches on their home.

Erica: "We said we'd make our own accommodations. Did you think we were bluffing?"

Audrina: "Did you want us to stay with you in whatever makeshift facility you were about to make?"

Eris: "We're sorry, but that won't be happening."

Shin started to get mad, but then realized they were right. This was much better.

He flashed a rare and deceitful smile. "You know what? It's actually no problem at all. I'm just glad we'll all have comfortable accommodations."

Abaddon and his brides sneered. Thrudd just stood around petting the animals.

Once their temporary house was set up, the group turned their backs and started walking away from the rest of the order.

"And where do you all think you're going??" Shin yelled.

Abaddon looked back with a smile.

"There's a large gathering of people about a mile from here. Don't you wonder what the locals are like?"