Chapter 14 - Little Brother! (1/2)

Granny grabbed Lily and pulled her away and held her in her embrace. Lily tried to squirm her way out but to no avail, so she could only pout and look at her Granny with pleading eyes. However, Granny did not budge.

”Sorry Lily, but you can't get close to it. Most dragon species are powerful and arrogant creatures. It could hurt you and I would not be able to save you, even if it's just a newborn. For now, let's just observe, if it's peaceful we will get close to it.”

Granny looked around the vicinity of the egg. It was sitting in a small crater next to the river. The strange thing was that the water did not flow into the crater but seemed as if an invisible wall was still there, guiding the body of water away from its precious treasure, lest it would stain it. While she has seen magic barriers, but nothing like this before. This barrier had no element! This was so far unheard of, magic barriers were always infused with their caster's elements. This one however seemed to be void of any element... Or maybe it was infused with all? It was hard to tell, but she could feel the density from this far away.

Both of them were eyeing the slightly shaking black egg with curiosity in their eyes. Lily's eyes were sparkling with expectation while Granny's were contemplating. How did it get here? Why is in this crater next to the body of water while protected with a very powerful and thick barrier? Just based on that barrier alone, she could tell that whoever placed it here was powerful beyond measure.

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While the ladies were looking at the egg, its resident was still in a deep sleep. He was obviously Aiden, still in the hibernation process, assimilating with the Primal Life Essence, totally oblivious of his surroundings.

Enya was monitoring the situation outside, and she did notice the pair as they made their way there. In fact, she was the one that guided the younger one here. She knew that after emerging from hibernation the new form of Aiden will be very vulnerable, and she will need to be taken care of, at least for the first few months.

After assimilating with the Primal Essence, Aiden will be in his new 'Birth State', a Primal Youngling, which would be very similar to a little humanoid child. He would be small, vulnerable, and would need to be taken care of. The pair she noticed earlier didn't seem to be evil and monitoring them for a while she could see that they were a gentle and kind pair, probably family. This is exactly what Aiden would need when he would emerge from the cocoon.

When she heard that the older one mistook the cocoon to a dragon egg, she smiled. It was often the case that a mature Primal was mistaken as powerful dragons. Older, mature dragons could take on human forms, and they would usually use that appearance to mingle amongst civilization from time-to-time. They could even hide their aura, so unless they deliberately let it out, nobody could tell the difference. Luckily, most dragons were reclusive beings, and preferred to stay alone, away from all life, mostly just sleeping, sometimes for centuries.

Primals were even harder to differentiate. Newborn Primals were in a shapeless amorphous blob form, at least until they could take in enough life essence to shape their body to their matured form. Sometimes they were more animalistic, sometimes, they took on a more humanoid form. In Aiden's case, the Primal he is assimilating with currently, took in the form of a Mature Ancient Dragon.

This was unexpected, absorbing the mightiest race of dragons, was no easy feat. Not to mention that it was in a clear condition either! Looking at the system, the remaining time on hibernation was slowly ticking away, and in the next few minutes, Aiden would finally emerge from his cocoon. Hopefully the pair outside would greet him in a friendly manner and accept him into their family.

Time slowly ticked away, and the countdown reached its end. Shortly after that, the outer shell of the cocoon started shaking, and the encased power slowly started to shine through the cracks that appeared everywhere. Meanwhile inside, Aiden regained consciousness, and the first thing he did was to look at his new status.

[Name: Aiden

Race: Primal (Evolver)

Form: Ancient Dragon (Tier 3)

Level: 1/100 (0/100 xp)

Condition: 100%

Soul Power: 50

Experience: 105 XP

Might: 27 (0/500 xp)

Agility: 27 (0/500 xp)

Spirit: 32 (0/500 xp)

Skills:

Primal Absorb (Level 1) (50/100 xp), Hunt (level 1 - 5/100xp)

Effects:

Blessing of Ioris (-), Physical Resistance (level 1 - 0/100 xp), Fall Resistance (level 1 - 0/100 xp), Water Resistance (level 1 - 0/100 xp), Poison Resistance (level 2 - 25/100 xp)]

Aiden was shocked seeing his new stats. His Soul power along with his Might, Agility and Spirit basically skyrocketed. Also, his new form was of an Ancient Dragon? How strong is he currently? How could he test it? Questions filled his mind, but for the time being, the first task would be to break the shell, and get in some fresh air once again. Then to check his new form. He could feel that he finally had legs and arms, and that he had a humanoid shape.