Dragon Temple; Tsao-Rin's World

A portal opened up from the Spirit World, Quintessentia, and into the midst of the Omniverse that was ruled by Tsao-Rin, or Kairo. This 'World' he ruled was known as Vishuddha, the Throat Realm, and it was where the Spoken World and Commands were Law.

"Here We Are," Kairo said to his new friend Golath as he took on his complete form, which consisted of his dark cloudy lab coat and his sleek slacks filled with electrical energy, accompanied by cloudy boots surging with lightning. "This Is The Dragon Temple Of The Throat Realm, Vishuddha -- My World." The Dragon Temple was a giant tower with a spiral staircase inside which looked like a dragon that led up to the top.

"Vishuddha Is One Of The Seven Chakras Of The Buddhist Path," Kairo continued to say, "And I Rule Over This One In The Veritas As An Omniverse Of Pure Plasma." Everything except the Dragon Temple was filled with dark clouds and electrical currents, with the Dragon Temple hovering on a disembodied island that floated in the sky.

"How Do You Like It?" Kairo asked. "People Come Here To Master Learning Their Manna, Or Creative Energy, By Learning The Tongue Of The Veritas And How To Focus Their Energy Into Whatever Words They Make Up. Like This, For Instance..." He took a deep breath, then shouted, "RAHZORA DIGAROH!!" which was one of the 'Spells' he created here in the Tower of Manna, the Dragon Temple.

A powerful force exploded from Kairo and created a thunderous roar that shook the entire realm. "Pretty Powerful, Right? I've Got A Whole List Of Spells And Commands I've Been Waiting To Teach Someone, Searching For An Apprentice." Maybe Golath would be that apprentice to learn the ways of the Tongue of the Veritas in the Throat Realm, Vishuddha.

/Eyes open wide, I will let you instruct me in the school of spells, even though I can transform elements, are spells all you teach? /Begins to calm his spirit with mediatation amd prepares to be guided.

"No," Kairo said flat out, "I Can Teach So Much More." Kairo had been working with 'Experiment's since he was experimented on, himself, so he knew how to create a scenario that involved working with and even teaching another through just experimenting alone. "I'm A Scientist And A Spirit Animal," Kairo said, calling upon the power of the 'Dark Wolf' to take on a lupine form.

However. This was no ordinary wolf. It had six tails, and they all resembled that of fox's tails.

Each of the six tails trailed off into the Six Paths that were mastered by this great and powerful spirit, who was known here in the Veritas as the 'King Keaton' over the fox spirits. There were extra ethereal fox-tails tracing around the neck and the back of the head, as well as around the paws to make it flare up like electrical plasma.

The glowing paws left a trail coming from the ends of it in the shape of lightning bolts.


Dark Wolf: You Must Go Up The Dragon Staircase Up The Dragon Tower To Reach The Dragon Temple Up At The Top. There Are Already Preset Commands That Were Meant To Go Off All The Way Up The Dragon Staircase And Be Able To Defeat The 'Room'.

Then suddenly, the Dark Wolf leapt up and bolted off into the Tower Of Manna.

"Come This Way To Learn How To Use Manna In The Veritas."

Reminds me of other characters I have seen. /Climbs to the top and waits further instruction...

When Golath reached the top, he would find that there was another staircase that led up the Dragon Tower. The 'top' could not be reached so easily, but there were several layers to the building that looked like the top of it.

"Nice Try," Kairo said as the Dark Wolf, "But This Staircase Is Enchanted By A Spell And Extends Farther And Farther Until You Complete The Trials."

The first Trial was to climb up the staircase, anyway.

The Dark Wolf continued to say, "You Must Find Out What Spell I Have Used To Make The Tower Higher Than It Is So You Cannot Reach The Top. Use Your Creative Energy To Try To Find Out What That Spell Is."

The staircase looked the same as it did when he was at the bottom, even when he was at the top.

"Also, You Will Have To Defend Yourself Against Other Spells I Have Enchanted This Tower With," the Dark Wolf said whilst standing alongside Golath, made of lightning.


Suddenly, after hearing the spell echo throughout the stairwell, a huge beam of concentrated energy shot down the staircase, ready to knock Golath out and back down to the bottom.

/Starts to rotate and build energy. I shall return, /Leaves the dimension shortly to find an expert of spells from his dimension. /Returns with an expert and begins to meditate. Now let's focus on this castle. Can you explain this magic? /Meditation begins to give him an aura of gold glow

The Spell Expert from the dimension that Golath was from would look at the Tower from the inside and be able to see certain incantations that were written in the walls. "It looks like some of the enchantments are carved into the stairway, itself," he would say to Golath. "It seems like they go by some sort of language that is native to this land that I've never seen before, but it isn't something I cannot figure out."

The Spell Expert would meditate along with Golath, beginning to use his mystical powers to start translating the spells that were enchanted on the Tower. "Whenever we encounter a Spell, I will translate it for you. Then we might find clues on the Spell that protects the staircase."

The Dark Wolf licked his electrical paws, rubbing his face a bit as he waited for Golath to finish powering up and return from his dimension. "That Was A Good Idea," he said, "To Summon Someone Who Can Translate Spells For You."

The Dark Wolf continued up the stairway with Golath, moving whenever Golath moved and staying still whenever he stood still.

"Maybe You Should Try Going To The Top Again." This was a helpful hint from the Dark Wolf, who was trying to help Golath learn about this place.


The next enchantment on the stairway as they went up was a giant door that blocked the way, and it seemed to be made of acid or some corrosive material. Whatever tried to touch it would end up being corroded by the door, even if it was energy.

"You Will Have To Open This Door Or Destroy It. It Is Made Of Pure Manna And Its Composition Is Acidic, So It Will Melt Through Energy And Physical Attacks."

The Dark Wolf paused and shook himself a bit, letting little sparks of electricity shake from his fur like water when a dog was wet.

/Gathers lightening to his hand... and tries it on the door. Acidic structures are a nice defense. I also control other elements through my transformatic power. /Changes lightening to fire and tries it on the door as well. "This shall be cracked soon" Golath said

"Good show!" The Spell Expert said to Golath, "That defense should be too weak to withstand multiple attacks!" As he said this, the Spell Expert began to decipher what the spell name meant. "Doa is the Root word, which means 'Door', and -Cido is the Suffix, which probably means Acid or something."

Using this knowledge, the Spell Expert would start to think about what sort of enchantment could be on the Tower that made it infinitely longer. "This may take a little bit of time, so you must protect me," he said as he continued to meditate. "In return, I will warn you when a Spell is coming and what it does." The Spell Expert could already sense that there were more spells ready to be activated up the stairway. "There are already traps set for this place that will trigger when we move upward to the next level, and the next level is beyond this acid door." That was all that the Spell Expert could decipher, however.

The door wasn't too powerful, but with the ability to weaken the energy that touched it, one shot wouldn't work on it. With just one lightning bolt, however, Golath was able to crack the door, and then the fire attack would completely destroy it.

"Great!" The Dark Wolf said, standing at attention and wagging his tail made of lightning, "Now You Can Pass To The Next Level."

As soon as the Dark Wolf said this, he bolted up the stairs, leaving a trail of Lightning Manna for Golath to collect to restore his energy and to have him follow up the stairway. "Meet Me Upstairs!" said the Dark Wolf, who left pawprints of plasma on the ground where he ran. Golath would be able to see these pawprints and use them to track the Dark Wolf all the way to the next level.

However, waiting for Golath at the next level was a stronger spell, which would activate some time after the door was destroyed.


This next Enchantment on the tower would cause the stairway to split off into 5 different pathways, each one leading to somewhere different, but only one of them leading up to the top of the tower and to the next level.

The Dark Wolf was lying down in front of the split staircases, folded into a nice curl, like dogs do when they are sleeping. "This One Is Going To Be Much Tougher," The Dark Wolf said. "Find The Correct Staircase. The Other 4 Are Booby Trapped." That was the only hint that the Dark Wolf would give to Golath.

"This is a tedious task indeed" Golath said. So the new spell splits the path, I can see across dimensions without crossing. /Starts to look past the path and noticed the right one a little darker than the other ones. "Here" Golath said, as he started walking the path.

The Spell Expert heard the enchantment that was stated when the path split up and began to shift. He would say to Golath, "Wait! This spells seems to transform when it is used! That's why the stairways split up!" But it was too late. Golath had already chosen the path that he thought was best. "I hope you're right..." The Spell Expert was the one that needed protection here or else Golath would lose his translator.

Fortunately he could see into other dimensions, which allowed him to know the path to take, but the nature of the spell that transformed the pathway in the first place could change again. "Be careful, because this spell seems like it can transform at any time!" The Spell Expert followed Golath up the stairway, anyway and waited for the next spell to be said.

The Dark Wolf rose up from his rested position when he heard Golath speak and saw his energy when he used his powers. "Wait!" The Dark Wolf cried, knowing the enchantment was like the Spell Expert said.

But it was already too late.

Golath was on his way up the stairway he thought was correct. And he was right, since he was able to see through the dimensions, so he didn't get caught in a booby trap. The problem was that the spell wasn't deactivated like with the other one before. It was just avoided. So, when Golath got to the next set of stairs, he would see the same spell splitting it into different paths again.

The Dark Wolf trailed behind him, the patter of his paws hitting the ground making electrical sparks fly just as quickly as he did when he fast traveled up the stairs with Golath.

When they hit the split in the path again, still another enchantment would be released.


After the enchantment, this time, the halls would be filled with Manna. Each stairway leading up to the top would have a lot of Manna filled with it, and down each of them is what looked like the energy of a great and powerful Dragon.

"That Is A Summoning Spell," the Dark Wolf said to Golath, "The Tower Is Summoning My Pet Dragon, Gong Gong, The Chinese Dragon. Not Only Do You Have To Find The Correct Path Now, You Also Will Have To Face The Dragon That Protects This Tower." With each stairway filled with a string of Manna that hadn't formed into a Dragon yet, some of them were booby traps.

"Only One Is The True Dragon," the Dark Wolf said. "The Other Ones Are Just Streams Of Energy That Will Create A Different Creature For You To Face Out Of The Manna."

This third level was going to be tougher than the other two levels, and with the second spell stacked up on the third spell, Golath would have a difficult time finding the correct path and the Dragon of the Dragon Temple.

"If You Find The Dragon, He Will Take You To The Top On His Back," The Dark Wolf said.

/Transforms to an elemental dragon, with auras of every element circling around him. "Roar!" A loud thunderous sound came from Golath in his dragon form. "Now I shall face this dragon"

The Spell Expert was astonished by the fact that Golath could transform into a dragon. "Well done!" The Spell Expert said, "But I'm still translating the spell." Whilst Golath dealt with what was coming, the Spell Expert would meditate and continue to decipher the spells.

"The one from before seems to make multiple copies of the same thing," the Spell Expert said, "So watch out -- these are just copies, not the real thing, which is why they are booby trapped."

The Spell Expert needed a little more time to decode the other spell that was just said, but the Dark Wolf gave him a very important hint.

"A Summoning Spell!" the Expert cried out to Golath, "And if it summons the Dragon, then it also might be making Copies of the Real Dragon, too!" The Spell Expert was trying his best to get everything understood. "I'm doing my best, my friend, so please bear with me while I keep translating spells!"

The Dark Wolf looked on as Golath transformed into a dragon, himself, and could tell that he was an elemental dragon by his energy. "Well, I Cannot Help You In A Fight," the Dark Wolf said. "That IS My Pet, After All." The Dark Wolf was still Kairo in his Spirit Animal form, so attacking his own ally would be foolish.

"I'll Catch You Later!" The Dark Wolf said, spinning in a circle and chasing his lightning tail, which turned him into a bolt of lightning and eventually a ring of plasma that fizzled itself out, warping the Dark Wolf away.

Meanwhile, the energy in the stairways would finally take on the forms of several Dragon heads and bodies; 5 in total. Each of them were a different color -- Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Black -- and each of them looked exactly the same, except for the colors. They were copies of each other and all five of them were blocking the way. "ROAR!" They all thundered back at Golath, returning his roar with one of their own. "CHOOSE THE CORRECT DRAGON ON THE CORRECT PATH AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DRAGON TEMPLE AT THE TOP," all the dragon heads said at the same time.

One of the heads said, "RAABESOBIMA!" and a huge beam of energy shot out of the mouths of all five dragons at the same time. The power was enough to fill up all of the hallways, stairways and causing a severe explosion that could blow another dragon out of the sky. There was nowhere to go inside of the stairway that wouldn't be filled with the five giant beams of energy from the five dragon heads.

/Returns to his natural state. Very well, this time I will do something different. After I meditate. /Focuses his energy. /enters deep meditative state awakening different powers while focusing on finding without his ability to see across. Maybe the way will be revealed.

The Spell Expert was in awe when the dragons showed up. "Wow, the ruler of this place must be pretty powerful to have a dragon." He listened all the way up to the point where he heard the dragon call out another spell, which he tried to decipher before it did anything.

"Sir, that one is a beam--" But it was too late. Golath had already taken on a meditative state and not focused on the beam at all, which meant that the Spell Expert that he was supposed to be protecting was the one that had to take the hit for Golath. "LOOK OUT!!" he cried before hopping in front of the 5 beams, trying to block them.

He was completely vaporized by the beams, but had protected Golath in the process.

Now Golath was short one Spell Expert, since he was dead.

After the blast cleared, only the Green Dragon spoke from his stairway, saying to Golath, "IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR FRIEND HAS SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO SAVE YOU." The Dragons were not pleased not impressed with this. "NOW, WE WILL USE THE SAME TECHNIQUE AGAIN TO BLOW YOU APART!"


Golath would find that only the Green Dragon was talking, and all of the other ones were just following commands. This meant that the Green Dragon was the leader, and that his pathway was probably the one that led up the stairs. He had only a short time to figure this out before the charging beams in the mouths of all 5 of the dragons was blasted at him, and he was vaporized like his friend, the Spell Expert. Like before, the beams would cover the entire stairway and its halls, leaving no place to run. Golath could only block or counterattack the beams that were coming at him, which would also explode and cover any area he tried to evade in. Unless he warped out like before, he would be hit by this attack.

/Uses the force field to block the dragons attack. "I hold more powers than an average deity" Golath said as he revived his friend from pure dust. "This will not be forgiven" Golath said as he began one of his ultimate attacks... /Golath started convulsing from building this energy, constantly jerking and dripping power, he flickers from dragon form to regular state until they appear together, and with one wave he attacks all dragons head enough to tame them and calm them down, but not with a fatal blow. "You will have one more chance as you are his pet. I will obliterate if you attack again" Golath said as he dropped his high power and breath taking force. "You didn't have to save me, I actually should have protected you" Golath said to the spell expert.

When the Spell Expert was revived from dust, he was happy that he hadn't truly died. "Oh, thank you, Golath!" he said with joy. "I can't ever repay you!"

At that moment, the Spell Expert would watch as Golath built up power and was in awe from it. "Wow... I did not know you had that much power..." The Spell Expert stood back and kept on trying to figure out what Spell kept them from getting to the top. Until then, he would explain what he figured out about the dragons before he died.

"The Green Dragon is the real one!" the Spell Expert said. "I know this because the others are copies of it! The Spell that was used before was only to copy himself, and then to copy the attack as well. The stairways are copies of the one that the Green Dragon is protecting!" That was all that the Spell Expert could decipher right now.

The Dragons were surprised to see that Golath had such hidden power that he was not showing before. Now that they had seen this, they would take him a bit more seriously.

"YOUR FRIEND IS CORRECT," said the Green Dragon, "THE OTHERS ARE COPIES OF ME THAT I USED MY SPELL ON."

By this time, the wave of energy wiped out the four dragons that were copies, but the Green Dragon, the real one, said "GRANSHIELSEI!!!" and caused a very powerful shield of pure energy to force away and block the attack that Golath released from himself to destroy the other dragons and the hallways.

"YOU ARE POWERFUL," the Green Dragon said, "I WILL ALLOW YOU TO PASS."

The Green Dragon retracted its long body from the stairway and allowed Golath to pass.

"COME!" the dragon called, "FOR I WILL TEST YOUR TRUE ABILITIES AT THE TOP OF THE TOWER!"

Naturally, the dragon and Golath would have a battle at the top of the Dragon Tower and then Gong Gong, the Green Dragon, would be able to see what the full power of Golath was... and so would his new friend, Kairo.

"Arise to the top I shall." /Golath began to travel slowly, taking everything in and planning his next move.

The Spell Expert stayed close to Golath, keeping himself from any danger and readying himself for anything that might come up. He was silent, but alert and attentive.