Feicui Long stops in front of the three alphas and before he can even speak Valtoe'ktek arrogantly speaks and says: "Do not even think that I will speak against a miserable human and even less with an inferior being, a mere male has no right to ask me anything!"
He just smiles and says: "Oh, you will, I am sure."
So he looks at Emma and tells her: "Which of these alphas has the highest rank?"
Emma answers him politely: "Venerable sir, the lizard woman called Valtoe'ktek seems to be the young lady of a powerful clan."
Feicui Long nods and then instead of questioning her, moves to the green colored lizard woman and asks her: "What is your name?"
Zathare'k only looks at Feicui Long saying calmly: "A man has no right to speak to me."
Feicui Long holds her face from the lower jaw, activating his eyes he forces her to look him in the eyes, Zathare'k with a bored gaze looks into those eyes and…
Her eyes open in shock, an iris half emerald colored and half amethyst, divided by a pupil black as the night as if it were a huge crack from which, needles similar to those of a clock emerge from its center and slowly rotate, on the edge of the iris, some golden symbols, which are clearly numbers, stand out…
It is an impressive sight, but she has no time for that because for a moment…
She sees a vivid image, she sees herself and her mother in the Ktek clan, her mother a proud alpha preparing food, a humble job for a great warrior like her, but those who are like them have, those who have their scale color are not the same…
Her proud mother gives her a plate of the dinner she hunted, she can feel how she eats it happily, it is her favorite dish after all, that glorious flavor…
Her view suddenly changes and what she sees is her mother leaving that fateful day, the Ktek clan must protect the centennial marshes, one of the greatest treasures of the clan and an important source of resources, her duty is to go and fight…
That was the last day she saw her, Zathare'k waited and waited, but she never returned, the news returned, the centennial marshes had been conquered… Zathare'k then woke up from the trance confused was that 30 years ago already?
No, more important directing her gaze to Feicui Long who smiling completes what she was going to say: "What the hell was that?, is that what you want to ask?"
Feicui Long straightens up and says: "Rather… should you not thank me for letting you see her one more time?"
Zathare'k knows that he is right, even so, deep down she knows that that was not an illusion or an energy projection, so resigned she sighs and says: "Fine ask whatever you want…"
The other lizard women look at her in shock and fiercely but they cannot do anything, Feicui Long first wants to confirm if she is telling the truth, so he begins asking about the structure of the round scaled lizard men: "Tell me, how does your society work, type of government, military structure, religion and beliefs, I want to know the hierarchy, the ranks, the organization of territories and distribution of force, in addition to physiological differences."
Zathare'k raises her head and looks into his eyes in an attempt to feel that again, but it does not happen, so she begins to answer: "We are governed by the council of the descendants, they are those alphas blessed by the lineage of the most loyal servants of the four goddesses and guardians of our nation, the astral swamps, our religion and our beliefs are based on these four goddesses."
Zathare'k takes a breath and then continues: "The four goddesses are, the guardian serpent, the crocodile queen, the venerable turtle and the great lizard, our society takes its base in strength, resources and devotion to our goddesses, with the stability of the nation being paramount above all else."
Feicui Long strokes his chin holding it with a frown and then looks at Emma who confirms that this same thing is what the others told her and then says: "Alright, continue."
Zathare'k resumes her explanation: "Our territories are organized by clans, each clan has a core territory granted by the council, normally it cannot be lost, with exceptions such as crimes or betrayals, then each annexed territory or not assigned by the council is exchangeable or conquerable, but a challenge must be issued beforehand, currently there are 5 great clans…"
As she is finishing that, Valtoe'ktek looks at her with a horrible hatred, almost as if she could kill her with her gaze or as if she wanted to jump to skin her alive.
Zathare'k looks at Valtoe'ktek noticing her look of murderous hatred, but then returns her gaze to Feicui Long: "The Viltek clan of the south, servants of the crocodile queen and warriors specialized in close combat, the Ztark clan of the north, guardians of the great lizard, they specialize in elemental forces, the Makli clan of the east, lords of knowledge of the venerable turtle, specialized in defense and healing."
Feicui Long looks at her a bit trembling, realizing that she may not have taken something in a while he takes out a canteen and hands it to her so that she drinks water.
Zathare'k takes a small break to drink water and subsequently continues: "The fourth clan is the Niska clan of the center, worshipers of the guardian serpent, they specialize in all earth powers, strength, nature and they are… were the natural leaders of the astral swamps, finally… the Ktek clan, originally they were servants of the Niska clan that controlled the center and west, but feeling that the Niska clan had become weak after losing the serpent idol, they rebelled and became independent, the council approved it."
Zathare'k then adds: "The rest of the clans are subordinate to those 5 clans and control smaller territories, I do not know the exact number and the distribution is very simple, currently the strongest clan is the Ztark clan, followed by the Viltek, then the Makli, very closely the Ktek although they used to be above the Viltek but the loss of the marshes affected them severely, lastly the glorious, but decaying Niska clan."
Feicui Long again looks at Emma, the latter a bit embarrassed tells him: "Venerable sir… those two did not want to tell me that, so I do not know its certainty."
Feicui Long then looks at the other two and both now look with the same hatred at this green colored lizard woman, this confirms that what she said is true and then Feicui Long speaks saying: "Continue."
Zathare'k nods and resumes: "The hierarchy is very simple, the nation is divided into two main classes, the Ktazki are us or as you mortals call us women, legitimate heirs of the four goddesses and the Atoleki what you call men, they are the servants and slaves. By the way the Ktazki are also divided into three ranks."
Feicui Long frowns strongly, he does not like what he just heard, especially taking into account that he is a dragon and is familiar with an extremely strong matriarchal structure…
Zathare'k adds to her explanation: "The Mataki, Zumiki, Vatili and Namika, the Mataki are the natural leaders, the alpha and strongest of all, the Vatili are the artisans, blacksmiths and refiners, alchemists and medics, masters of inscriptions, etc and they are the beta, the Zumiki are the warriors and hunters and tamers, they are the omega, the lowest ranked and finally a special rank at the level of the alphas, the Namika are the shamans or priestesses, guardians of the goddesses and their greatest worshipers."
Feicui Long looks at Emma and this time she only nods indicating that what she says is the truth, then Feicui Long lets her drink water before resuming.
Zathare'k then after taking another sip of water, resumes the explanation: "As for our military structure it is simple, the Mataki command they are the commanders and warriors, unless a Namika is present, of course unless someone of high rank of the clans is present, such as the Mataki'la, Mataki'ku or Mataki'li, the first is the matriarch of each clan, the second the great elder and the last the guardian, in that case they can only be commanded by one of the four great shamans."
Zathare'k adds something quickly almost as if she forgot that detail: "Aaaa, I almost forgot in case neither of the two is present a Vatili takes command and if there is no Vatili, the most valued Zumiki will take it."
Feicui Long nods and tells her: "Good, very good, but something else is missing, your presentation and the physiological differences."
Zathare'k then looking into his eyes tells him: "This Mataki here is Zathare'k, daughter of the great warrior Maeki'niska, as for the physiological differences… I really do not know what that is…"
Feicui Long understanding her confusion says: "It is fine Zathare'k, I am talking about physical, biological differences and abilities all that."
Zathare'k understanding everything speaks almost finishing her explanation: "That is simple, the Ktazki are stronger, bigger and more resistant than the Atoleki who are the weakest, although unfortunately they are the ones that are born the most being three quarters of our births, also each clan has its own abilities, techniques and unique capacities, including some minor ones."
Zathare'k finishes saying: "In addition each clan possesses an identifiable scale color, that of the Niska clan is green, that of the Makli clan black, that of the Ztark clan royal blue, that of the Viltek clan red and that of the Ktek clan is white, the minor clans may or may not have an identifiable color and although this is not so related each major clan has its own unique bonded beast with a vital relationship… similar to the giant wood scale lizards that are exclusive to the Mataki."
Feicui Long then smiles and looks at Emma this time again she looks at him with some embarrassment, but even so Feicui Long does not believe that she lies about this, after all this explanation although it is useful to identify each clan, is not so strategic.
Without asking anything else then he approaches Valtoe'ktek who quickly tries to retreat, but he does not let her and takes her by the lower jaw and forces her to look him in the eyes, Valtoe'ktek opens her eyes in shock…