(The Eastern Border)
Leo arrived at the designated meeting spot near the Eastern Border about half an hour before the agreed upon meeting time.
As per his prior instructions, ChaosBringer had perfectly prepared the meeting venue, adding small brilliant touches of his own, to make the concept even better than what Leo had originally envisioned.
Leo personally inspected all the preparations before the Demon King arrived, and only once he was satisfied with everything, did he resign to a waiting tent, eagerly awaiting the Demon King's arrival.
Behind the scenes, ChaosBringer was running a tight-shop, as while Leo relaxed, mentally psyching himself up for the upcoming meeting, ChaosBringer worried about the million back-end problems that could arise as a result of the meeting.
He had already vetted all the security personnel present around the venue today and had hand-picked only the most loyal and trustworthy individuals for the job.
He knew that the alliance between the rebels and the demons could not be revealed for now, and hence, to ensure that the secrecy of this meeting was maintained, he worked really hard to ensure that there were no leaks.
He kept in touch with the scouts, constantly monitoring the situation, as he worked hard to maintain the perimeter and prevent any security breach.
Today, nobody was allowed in a 100 kilometers radius of the meet, as ChaosBringer did not wish for anyone to even accidentally witness a dragon flying into human lands from afar.
Thankfully, him being busy with the arrangements meant that Leo was left alone, which was exactly what he wanted.
With Dumpy by his side, and a contingent of soldiers ready to march alongside him into the venue, Leo was laser focused on playing his role as 'TheBoss', as he felt his entire existence almost overflowing with confidence and swagger unique only to 'TheBoss'.
"I am the best…. I will kill you one day" Leo muttered softly to himself, as he took in deep breaths.
He was excited, nervous and focused all at once, which was an odd state for him to be in.
*Flutter*
*Flutter*
Suddenly, as he was psyching himself up, he could feel the leather tent he was in starting to flutter due to strong winds, as he immediately understood that a dragon was nearby.
The tent wasn't fluttering due to the winds, but rather because of a certain black dragon fluttering its wings, as just feeling the strength of the beast, Leo felt a soft smile spread on his face.
"Here they come…." He muttered, as right when he said it, a loud Dragon roar, pierced his ears.
*ROARRRR*
Goosebumps arose on his skin, as he shuddered for a second.
The roar of a dragon wasn't something that most humans could withstand, however, it had no fear debuff effect on him, now that he was a master.
[System Notification:- You have heard the roar of the Black Dragon Drogo, You have been afflicted by Dragon's fear!
Unable to move for 15 seconds!]
[System Notification:- You have resisted the fear of Black Dragon Drogo, as a Master Warrior, you escape the dragon's power]
Easily shaking the roar off, Leo stood up from his seat and began stretching his neck, however, beside him Dumpy began to shiver rather violently.
"Lord Father…. What was that sound?" He asked, looking confused, as the primal blood within him reacted strongly to the sound of a dragon.
"It's the sound of your arch enemy Dumpy, the roar of a dragon–" Leo said, as Dumpy made the most mean face ever.
"It's the most vile and repulsive noise I have ever heard, Lord Father, I cannot resist the urge to cut the tongue of the beast that made this noise!" Dumpy said, as Leo burst out laughing.
The ancient swamp frog was hailed as the 'Dragon Slayer', so it was only natural that Dumpy hated the sound of the overgrown lizard.
In the wild the two of them were natural enemies and the hatred between the two species was almost built into their bones.
"You will have your chance to do exactly that soon my boy, but today, we behave, okay?" Leo said, as Dumpy nodded in acknowledgement.
He realized that today was a big day for Lord Father and that he could not embarrass him today.
Hence, although he hated that lizard already before even glancing at it, Dumpy decided to not confront it today.
"Alright then, I guess 15 seconds have passed, I hope the others outside the tent are okay, because it's time to make our entrance" Leo said, as he strode outside the tent and checked on the condition of his men.
A few of them had already recovered and were able to move again, however, a few were still paralyzed in fear due to the Dragon Roar.
Such was the terror of a Dragon at the grandmaster stage, as a single roar from the beast completely incapacitated some of the strongest warriors of the uprising for almost a full minute.
Waiting patiently, Leo gazed towards the sky until all his men were ready to move, and once they were, he took his practiced spot at the center of the marching file, and began walking towards the meeting spot with his usual suave.
*Throb*
*Throb*
With every step that he took towards the meeting venue, his heartbeat fastened, as somehow, the closer he got to the meeting venue, the more nervous he became.
'Its fine…. You are TheBoss….. Fake It Till you make it! Smile man! Smile! Smile like you fucking own that room' Leo thought, as beneath the Virex Corps Mask, he smiled brightly, although only to psych himself up.
Within a few seconds, he reached the meeting venue, as he walked through the entrance of the flaming fences, and the first thing that he saw upon crossing those fences, was the massive Black Dragon Drogo.
The ancient beast looked at him with wise eyes, as although every inch of his being wanted to look away, Leo fought the urge to cower away and stared directly into the beast's eyes instead.
*Chuckle*
The Black Dragon chuckled when Leo refused to look away from it, as in this gazing contest it became the first one to back off.
The amusement it received from this minimal exchange was written all over its face however, as although it backed away first, the fact that a human dared directly look into its eyes and that too for so long, amused the old one.