Orthos sighed, then looked around the basent with a sense of nostalgia.
"Well, give a mont to get my things and I will analyze the situation here. If nothing else, I should be able to pinpoint the origin of any curses, spells or other effects that are preventing the continent from regaining System access."
Cara flapped her wings and flew back through the portal, making sure that the dragon wasn’t going to run away on her.
[Making friends, are you?] Karl asked as Cara followed Orthos around the Beast God Temple.
[Yep. He’s so... organized. It’s like dangling candy in front of Lotus or mice in front of Hawk. I just can’t resist ssing with him.] The badger agreed.
Karl chuckled. Badgers and Bronze Dragons were polar opposites, order and chaos.
It really wasn’t surprising that the Chaos faction saw the disciples of the God of Law and Order as the perfect playmates, they were guaranteed a response to every prank.
Only a few minutes later, the pair were back, and Cara let the portal close behind them.
"Alright, where should we start? Let’s begin with the suppression, as I can still feel it weighing on . But it’s not the sa, just a similar effect to what was used before.
The original suppression artifact was created and used by an Immortal Rank Titan.
That Titan no longer exists. Matilda ate him.
But the effect is still in place, so I suspect that either soone found the device that he used, or that another Immortal managed to break through from their Realm and put a restriction on the continent so they could harvest it later, without risking any of the residents outgrowing the roles it had chosen for them.
Have you tried to assign classes to anyone? I heard you have a knack for that." Orthos asked.
Karl nodded. "Two of them so far. The attempt to awaken a mage t with intense backlash that Cara had to nullify at the Mythic Rank multiple tis. But the attempt to awaken a Warrior didn’t give us any trouble."
Orthos tapped his chin as he thought, and tried to ignore the way that Cara twined between his feet like a cat.
He would deal with the badger fur on his socks later.
"I get it. I know what the issue is. It’s not targeting the System at all. If it was used by an Immortal from this planet, they would have. As it’s the greatest imbalance to the power structure.
Instead of the System, it is suppressing magic, which is traditionally the only way that most species can reach Immortality.
I believe that one or more of the gateways between the Realms have failed, or are being overpowered by sothing stronger than Matilda.
The Immortals on the other side either linked the gateway to one of their slave pens, or they are casting the spell through as a way to keep the mortals here weakened so that they have ti to deal with the problem later." The Dragon insisted.
"So, we just need to find the source of the problem and then close the gateway, or deactivate the item that is causing the problem?" Karl asked.
Orthos nodded. "If we stop the feed for the effect, it will begin to fade. It’s not instant, the Immortals solved that vulnerability eons ago. But without anything feeding the effect, it shouldn’t be more than a few years before classes other than Warrior start to awaken."
Dana held up her hand. "Wait. The Dragon Isles are massively overpopulated with Warriors, especially in the Northeast. Could that be related?"
Orthos thought about it, then shook his head.
"No, I think that’s mostly just because the whole region is filled with brutish louts. The geography doesn’t match. The southwestern Islands are closest to this continent, so they should be the most effected if that was the case.
But there is a possibility that the whole world is suffering from it to so degree.
Especially if the User on the other side is a Legend or a Demigod." He inford them with a sigh.
"What are the chances that we can actually do sothing about it?" Karl asked.
"Very good. Matilda hasn’t let an intruder onto this world in ages. If she’s blocked the weak point, the four of us should be enough to completely seal it. I don’t think that an Immortal would put an item that valuable in our world, but if they did, that would be even easier.
You see, I know the trick to opening portals between Planes, and we could just make it soone else’s problem." Orthos explained.
Cara gave him two thumbs up, and the dragon imdiately began to work on another plan.
The plan that the Chaos Badger approved of would be Plan B.
"Now that the Guild House is back online, would you like to take a look around, or should we go straight to problem-solving?" Dana asked.
Orthos waved his hand dismissively. "I have all the ti in the world to sort out this ss. Plus, there are no other Guild mbers here, and I likely can’t recruit them until years from now when they actually have a System interface.
So, we can solve the issue now, and then I will co back and deal with Guild matters.
Matilda is already sending welco back ssages."
That made Dana giggle. It was no secret that Orthos was one of the few Dragons old enough to relate to her in so way. But Matilda’s daily activity rate had gone way up from her usual slumbering state once the Drodh Guild Branch had been activated, and even more in the last few weeks with the wedding plans.
Soon, the Supre Ranked Chaos Dragon wouldn’t be known as a hibernating threat, but as an active participant in the life of the Dragon Isles.
"Before we leave the city, we should likely trim the yard and say hello to the current Lord. Who even leads this place nowadays?" Orthos asked.
"The Bunga Clan does. The continent has sohow managed to devolve into disassociated barbarian clans running cities, or living nomadic lives in the wilderness." Karl explained.
Orthos sighed. "Are the City Stones at least still active? The air here slls terrible, and not in the stale pantry way."
Dana giggled and Karl smiled. "In fact, they are. They placed the plinth at the main gate to help vet visitors. You can check in and bring whatever functions you would like online.
I can offer you so mana storage if you need it, in place of the Guild mbers who would normally help."
"That would be much appreciated. I can’t stand a disorganized city."
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