Chapter 526: The truth behind the shadow (2/2)

Ray, having set eyes on a fellow dragon, felt a wave of memories come crashing back to him. When the dragons were on the verge of extinction, Ray had created a settlement and had gathered the last remaining dragons.

In that settlement, there was a young black dragon that lived there.

”Krad, is it really you?” Ray said in disbelief. He continued to struggle to break free from the dragon's tail. ”I thought you had died in the settlement, are the others still alive?” Ray asked, as new hope was ignited inside of him.

”No, they are all dead, and it was all because of me!” Krad shouted. ”I should have listened to you. You told us that all humans were evil, but I was just a young dragon and was curious. I was tricked by a human into showing them where the settlement was. I was afraid of what you would think of me, so I showed them while you were away and then they attacked us. They killed all of us, everyone except me.

”I was too ashamed to be the only one that had survived, I ran away after the attack happened, the others saved me even though they didn't know it was me who led the humans there. Then I heard of your rampage, how you wished to get revenge for what they had done. I looked up to you, cheered you on, but then rumours of your death had reached me.

”Ever since then I have done everything in my power to achieve your goal and to make up for my mistakes of the past. That's why I'm bringing all of the dragons back to our former glory!”

Every dragon was able to learn a unique ability, at the time Krad was still a young dragon and didn't have one, so Ray had no clue the power of the Shadow belonged to him. Everything that had happened with the Shadow was the result of Krad unlocking his unique ability and all the trauma that the young dragon had been through.

Although Ray once harboured the same feelings as Krad did, he didn't any more.

”Do you even know what you are doing!” Ray shouted. ”What happened when you attempted to bring back a dragon last time? Those skulls and bones were not the dragons that I knew. Their time is done, let them rest in peace! As for the humans, of course there are bad ones and there are those that deserve to die, but there are those that don't as well!”

”And how can we tell the difference between good and bad humans, wait for them to kill us? Your days as a human have made you soft!” Krad shouted while pulling Ray closer to him with his tail, bringing him up directly to his giant razor sharp teeth and nostrils. With each breath, small shadows would appear from his nostrils.

'I'm not strong enough to fight a dragon of his calibre. I still haven't gotten all my strength back, if only I had the last piece of the dragon armour!' Ray thought.

”Don't worry Sen, I won't be killing you now. I want you to watch, because it's finally time for our brothers and sisters to return.”

The portal high above in the sky was now starting to open up. It was large and white in colour, with the small centre of it starting to turn red. The centre gradually grew bigger, but then in the distance a small object could be seen falling through the sky, off balance and heading towards the tower.

”Wait a minute, that's-” Ray thought as he could see exactly who it was.

The small object landed on the tower and his blonde hair could be seen along with the gauntlet on his hand, shining as if it was brand new.

”What have I fallen into now?” Gary said, looking around.

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