The Great Dragon King " Too Wong "

By Brian Rains

An imaginary tale, that is created from an imaginative mind. This is about fighting the odds of our existence, and to strive to keep our existence. Dragons and magic are some of the few that stands in the way.  A mighty Dragon King is the biggest threat to lemeyoko, but there are other threats that rise, to the unknowing people of lemeyoko.

Will Ryu Habuku find a way to beat the Dragon King and save the continent of Lemeyoko.Only time will tell, on his journey to truths and answers, and only the unseen will have the answers that he has been searching for.

Love also takes hold of Ryu Habuku, in a love at first sight moment. Together, they face the Dragon King, with others, and find a new place, where the Dragon King can not reach them, or threatened them no more.

This is a novella/short story with 33543 word count.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brian Rains
• Release date: Nov 2, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393748601

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The meaning of the title,

‘Great Dragon King’, of course, means the dragon is over all the other dragons, their king, and great, as in not to mess with. The name ‘Too’ means too much, overwhelming, out of reach, far too powerful, and great. In addition, the name ‘Wong’, meaning in China, means king and it can mean yellow as well. ‘Wong’ is another name for ‘Waung’, but it was not really what I was going for. I was going for a good name for king, so the name ‘Wong’ fit the bill.

Nevertheless, The Great Dragon King Too Wong, seemed like a good name for my dragon I wanted to create. The name Too Wong, also meaning the same thing as in Great Dragon King was appropriate. The name Too Wong means great king, so I came up with the name for my dragon king, The Great Dragon King Too Wong.

Dedication,

Dedicated to the ones who love any fantasy story and I do hope this story can spark anyone’s imagination, but most importantly, this is dedicated to all my family members who did spark an imagination. We strive to do our best but find those obstacles blocking the path to succeed in our endeavors. May we all find ways around them, to finally walk the right path we were meant to walk.

Introduction.

The universe has always been known by some to be the deep black sea of unknown and uncertainty, and our world rotating in its mist, is just as mysterious. Through generations of time, stories have been told of people long ago through myths and legends.

These stories, usually from rumors or exaggerations from claimed historian documents, seem to catch our interests, though unbelievable and un-logical as they are.

Also through time, it seems, each culture has its own version of the beginning of our existence, and of renowned heroes defeating the odds to place a foundation of peace, for their future remnants.

However, the uncertainty of our existence, and the world and space, keeps us hoping for an explanation. Therefore, I contemplate if other worlds in other galaxies, if they exist, wonder the same thing. Myth, though ironic, seems to be the only source of historical explanation.

They speak of mythical creatures, of magic used by people, Gods, and demons, of good and evil, and of the possibility of impossible existence.

Our imagination that has the ability to conjure up stories of non-existing places, people, and myth, is in fact a wonder. Nevertheless, I wonder how imagination from the depths of our mind can create impossible events, or maybe it is impossible to say our minds are unable to do such.

Can you conjure anything out of thin air by speaking or using your mind? I would have to say if it never existed, or will never exist, then it is impossible for your mind to imagine such impossibilities.

Although, we know are minds do imagine impossibilities. If it is impossible to do the impossible, but possible to imagine the impossible, then imagination by default is reality, by creating such possible impossibilities.

Chapter 1

Strange Noises

The year of this tale is in the future, around 2036, and a 67-year-old man sat on a small private plane on his way to Australia to visit some relatives of his. His plane was flying over the Indian Ocean when he drifted off to sleep  to the sounds of the plane, and a vivid image of a continent rising from the depths of the Ocean, swam in his thoughts, as his mind went into the influencing world of dreams.

It was during the time of the awakening, though the date is uncertain and debatable, on a continent that had been lost through time and history. The continent laid in the southern part of the Indian Ocean, directly south of Asia, west of Australia. The continent consisted of a landmass half the size of Africa, with volcanic and non-volcanic mountains, hills, and deserts, forests,{from tropical to evergreen}, rivers, lakes, and plains. Creatures from around the world seemed to have found a home here. The continent existed as a paradise of unknown myth and culture.

The only means of route to the continent during that time had been by ship. The ships had nowhere to dock, except in the town of Zanga, so they came ashore from the beaches that surrounded the continent. Also, there were no lighthouses to guide the ships to shore, which made navigating at night almost impossible, so most came ashore by day.

The sailors learned that the place was called, Lemeyoko, from the natives of the continent. The natives called the place Lemeyoko, which meant the people far from home in their language, from where they hailed, the sailors never knew, for they were never told.

The people of Lemeyoko, to the sailor’s surprise, spoke every language, and the sailors told stories to the people of their homeland. The stories said that the people of Lemeyoko were so advanced in their culture, they had a tall library full of books, scrolls, and stone tablets, dating back far as the Jewish bible, and that of the Samaritans.

The sailors told of how the library had been guarded by over 1000 soldiers, and the only one allowed in the library was the librarian himself. This story, as well as others, drew the attention of some good and bad adventurous outsiders.

Bandits were always testing their might against the continent of Lemeyoko, in search of treasure, and a way to dominate the mysterious land. The place of Lemoyoko during that era had become a place of mystery to all outsiders, as it would be in any era.

Lemeyoko became made up of four provinces, Lemeyoko which is the capital, stood on the northern east side of the continent, in the flat plains, near where the Zanga River ended, and the volcano Akando resided.

Zanga, of the Zanga people, which meant the place of deserts, in Lemeyoko language, stood to the south of Lemeyoko, in the southeast part of the continent surrounded by desert, and the Zanga River running through the center of the city.

Trayak, once called Hymrako, meaning place of huge rocks, hills, lakes, and mountains, in Lemeyoko language, now belonged to the bandits of the Trayakians, which occupied west of Lemeyoko, in the northwest part of the continent. 

Lastly Monzuku, which meant the forest which brings peace to the heart, in Lemeyoko language, stood south of Trayak, on the southwest of the continent, had huge tropical and evergreen forests, hills, and plains. The province of Monzuku had been a place for peaceful farmers and herders, not warriors.

Peace though, seems to come with harsh hardships, but peace finally became a realization for Monzuku. The people of Monzuku , which were caught up in the war with the Trayakians two years ago that lasted seven years, turned out able to get back to their daily herding, and farming routines.

The Trayak’s, which were a murderous bunch of bandits, fought and claimed a piece of Lemeyoko’s land during that war, through a peace treaty. The war which took so many Lemeyoko’s people, including so many from Monzuku, ended finally with an sign agreement from the high king of Lemeyoko and the leader of the Trayak’s, declaring a deed of land to the Trayak’s, in exchange for no further wars.

Therefore, with the agreement signed, and wars dispersing, the feeling of untrust, as well as suspicion; can never be signed on as an agreement to disperse.

Spring came early on the continent of Lemeyoko, in the small village called Monzuku, which resided in the province of Monzuku.  Most of its inhabitants were getting ready for dinner with their families.

Half a mile west of the village stood a little lone house by the Monzuku forest. A man in his middle twenties, with short light brown hair, blue eyes, and average build for his size, sat alone in his little home drinking a cup of tea.

He sat at a little round white table, which had three chairs to match. The man wore black cloth clothes, and a hooded silk mask to cover his face. The Lemeyoko residents called the outfits’ ninetjas, in the Lemeyoko native tongue, but the bandits called them ninja outfits for simple brute conversation.

Ninetjas meant armor against nine deaths and protection from the seen. Its name came from the stealthy cat Tja, and the nine representing the folklore of cats having nine lives.

With his mask lying on the table beside his right arm, though most Monzuku’s residents wore traditional Monzuku silk robes, ninja clothes were only worn when going into battle, he was in deep thought, sitting at his table, and reminiscing about the good times with his father and mother. Even the disheartening memories wanted to creep up into his mind as well. Those types of memories did not have a nostalgic feeling he wanted.

Bandits kidnapped and murdered his mother, Sanyen Habuku two years back during the Trayak war. His father, Kyun Habuku, had just died with a heart attack three weeks before this time.

The house, which he just inherited from his father, as well as a sword, a key, that his mother used to wear around her neck for a necklace, had been willed to him two days ago, when he had to endure the Monzuku town hearing. The Monzuku town hearing was custom in their village when someone passed. This would be the second time he had to go through this; the first is when his mother passed away.

The key, which his father always wore too, he now wears around his neck, bears a symbol on it with some writings that he could not decipher, for it withheld ancient Monzuku writings. A chest also lies in