51 Elemental-Human-Dragon Elric (1/2)

However, the curse of the Ancestral Dragon's Essence also brought him an uncontrollable urge of anger and hate. Elric realized that the feeling of corruption is slowly creeping in his mind trying to take control of him again.

Immediately, he stopped attempting to muster his wings and calmed himself down as fast as he can. The urge of hate and anger slowly dissipated while Elric inhaled and exhaled deeply.

As expected, the Ancestral Dragon's power has indeed been sealed, but the main source and trigger of the Dragon's Power at the moment is negativity, hate, and anger that can easily dominate one's mind.

Unlike a natural-born Dragon where the Dragon's essence is naturally compatible with their body and soul, Elric, as a human has to overcome the Draconic corruption to fully evolve into a real dragon.

Therefore, summoning the power of the Dragon inside him would also bring forth the side effects of Mental Corruption which, in his case, poses a high risk of accidentally unleashing the power of the Corrupted Ancestral Dragon again. One thing that Elric vowed to stop from happening again.

But with his current situation, how is he going to escape the mad fire elementals after him?

”Fire...” Elric suddenly had an idea and focused his mind to the maximum. ”Wings of fire..wings of fire. Visualize, control, execute...” Elric applied the theoretical knowledge given to him by the Phoenix.

Using the Authority to control fire, he planned to create Wings made up of Fire to escape his situation.

”Focus.. focus Elric... focus...” While running, he desperately evoked the authority of fire to slowly form the wings but he failed immediately.

With the fire elemental catching up to him, Elric is currently on his mental limit to multitask.

Just when he was about to complete a set of fire wings, Elric has also reached a dead end and the only way to reach the other end was to fly over it which is separated by a mile-wide lava river.

Elric knew that he now has the authority of fire but with his current control ability, swimming in a pool of lava is something his half human-half dragon could not take on - yet.

”This is bad...” Elric's mind raced to calculate the distance, but his current power was not enough to bridge the gap with his jump alone. He looked back to see any opening from the chasing fire elementals only to see them covering his exit path.

Jump!

WOOOOSH~

Without hesitation, Elric jumped over the cliff hoping to reach the other end by raw strength of his jump alone. With his current superhuman strength and power, he would rather try his limit to reach the other end rather than pit himself with the hungry fire elementals. Elric's jump was ridiculously long and high. Compared to Olympic athletes, he was more like a flying rather than jumping.

However, it didn't take long for him to realize that his jump was not enough. Slowly, he dropped towards the molten hot lava river.

”Now this is bad.” He quickly composed himself and switched to visualizing and materializing the wings of fire. As the gravity finally taking its toll on him, Elric's mind raced in hope of creating his only chance of survival.

Blaming that turtle for not saving him would not help him in any way. After all, this was a test.

”I see...” a realization dawned on him and his eyes shone with enlightenment. Elric closed his eyes with peace and relaxation. His body continued to drop towards the burning lava but his eyes remained closed. He appeared to be giving up when he was focused on something.

RHAAAAAAAHH!~

Unexpectedly, another massive serpent covered in red hot lava wooshed out of the molten river. This monstrous serpent was along as a train and its mouth can stretch wide enough to devour a whole house! It jumped straight towards Elric together with its wide steaming mouth craving to devour him.

Despite having no eyes, this Fire Elemental Serpent can see using heat and had been hiding in ambush as Elric came closer to the edge of the land. Now that the opportunity has presented itself for the serpent, it did not hesitate to jump for it.

A half-human and the half dragon would give him enough fuel to become an even stronger fire elemental and possibly extend its life for more years!