Chapter 305: Monstrous Little Dragon, the Kingdom’s Tenth Dragon Rider (1/2)
Whoosh!
Arcane energy fluctuations began to ripple from Ayrin once more.
“Evil Flaming Eye!” Ayrin shouted.
“Is there something wrong with you Ayrin? We are just testing out this Fractal Crystal! Why are you suddenly using Evil Flaming Eye?!” Stingham screamed in surprise.
But in the next moment, Stingham’s eyes widened to the extreme as a dozen or Evil Flaming Eyes simultaneously formed in midair around them. Stingham gulped and then shrieked, “What’s going on?!”
How could Ayrin’s single invocation cause so many Evil Flaming Eyes to simultaneously form!
“One, two, three, four…”
Stingham couldn’t believe his eyes as he said incredulously, “Ayrin, just what is going on? How did you manage to simultaneously form fifteen Evil Flaming Eyes?”
“You idiot! Do you not even know how to count?! There are clearly seventeen of them!” Rinloran bellowed in frustration. His face was also filled with shock and disbelief as he asked, “Ayrin, just what did you do?”
“I also don’t know.”
Ayrin’s eyes contained a strange expression as he gazed at the little yellow dragon, “Just… after hearing the syllables it said… I felt arcane particles circulate within me as if an arcane skill was invoked… and then this happened…”
“What?!”
Rinloran and Stingham exchanged looks before looking back towards Ayrin and the little yellow dragon as if they were looking at two monsters.
“What?” Ayrin only felt more bewildered.
“It’s a spiritual contract. When a person is recognized by a dragon as their partner, a special kind of spiritual connection forms between them. This connection allows the partner to utilize some Draconic skills and even gain some of the dragon’s innate abilities,” Lotton’s voice abruptly rang out. “But normally, this kind of spiritual contract is something which forms only after a long time of partnership. Furthermore, dragons normally have to mature to a certain extent before they are even able to form one. But based off what just happened, it did indeed form a spiritual contract with you. Considering that the dragon has only just hatched, there must be some abnormal circumstance or connection between the two of you.”
“Draconic skill?” Ayrin dazedly mumbled, “Then maybe this wasn’t due to the Fractal Crystal?”
“Ayrin, you moron. Just now, you created more than a dozen Evil Flaming Eyes, yet you still can’t determine if it was due to a skill or the Fractal Crystal!” Stingham cried out in annoyance.
“It seems like it was indeed due to a skill,” Ayrin abruptly agreed as he somewhat snapped out of his daze.
“Could those extraordinary bursts that I felt earlier also be due to it?” Ayrin thought to himself as he thought back to sensations of going far beyond his ordinary limits which he had felt during the earlier fight.
“Just what kind of dragon is this?” Rinloran felt increasingly speechless as he stared at the cute little yellow dragon.
It was extremely miserly, and it stole things so quickly and unnoticeably that even Jean Camus was unable to discover it.
And now, it had already established a spiritual contract with Ayrin.
Was Ayrin the strange one, or was this little dragon the strange one?
At this moment, a sudden realization emerged within Stingham’s mind as he opened and closed his mouth in silence, “If Ayrin’s managed to form a spiritual contract with a dragon, then doesn’t that mean he’s become a dragon rider? Ayrin’s become the tenth dragon rider of the Kingdom of Eiche?!”
But the yellow dragon was still so small. If Ayrin tried to ride it, wouldn’t it be smashed into a pancake?
“Ayrin, do you only sense this one skill?”
After having fallen completely speechless due to the little yellow dragon, Rinloran turned his attention back towards Ayrin and his new skill. “It’s a silent invocation skill? And can it applied to all of your other skills as well?”
“It seems like there is only this one skill,” Ayrin quickly shook his head after a moment of thought. “Furthermore, considering the low number of arcane particles consumed by the skill, it should only be creating illusions. Only one of the Evil Flaming Eyes around should be real.”
“So they are all fake.” Stingham disdainfully snorted, “It’s pretty useless then.”
“Idiot! Even if the others are illusions, the opponent doesn’t know that! If they can’t see through them, how are they going to defend against tens of attacks?!” Rinloran berated.
Rinloran couldn’t help but become enraged at times due to Stingham’s frivolous words and actions.
“Hello? How come there is only this one useless skill?! Other dragons provide their partners with a lot of powerful skills and a special joint domain after forming a spiritual contract. For example, House Baratheon’s Storm Dragon and its partner have the Ion Storm Field, and it has provided its partner with powerful taboo skills like Soul Storm,” Stingham ignored Rinloran and shouted at the little yellow dragon in despise, “Aren’t you a little too inferior? Hurry up and take out something stronger.”
The little yellow dragon seemed to have clearly understood Stingham’s words as a look of fierce anger emerged on its face.
It extended its claw and pointed towards Stingham’s Spirit Obstruction Gem once more.
“What are you pointing at? Do you plan on stealing it again?! This is mine!” Stingham shouted nervously as he tightly grasped the Spirit Obstruction Gem with his hand.
“You want the Spirit Obstruction Gem?” A thought emerged in Rinloran’s mind. “Are you saying that if we give this Spirit Obstruction Gem to you, you can provide Ayrin with another arcane skill?”
The little yellow dragon immediately nodded its head.
“What are you doing? Don’t even think about it! This is mine!” Stingham shouted in annoyance.
“It’s fine. It’s not like the dragon can eat it,” Ayrin chuckled as he scratched his head and said towards the little yellow dragon, “Then I will give this gem to you for now. But you are willing to return it to us it during a battle?”
The little yellow dragon seemingly pondered for a moment before nodding.
“No! I’m not willing! This is mine!” Stingham threw a tantrum.