Chapter 66 (1/2)

Don't worry, it won't be nerfed.

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”Hmm.”

In the forest, Shin opened his eyes as he was dazzled by the sun but he stood up.

”Ouch” As he stood up, Shin felt his whole body hurt.

[The host is injured, it will take 2 years to heal]

Shin sighed and inspected his body.

He could tell that his body was indeed injured and more fragile but as such, it hadn't lost any of its power.

So in 2 years, he will be as good as new..

”I can make the time here go by faster but it won't affect my body. But I can at least use the space element to make a barrier around this place to be quiet” Shin said thinking.

The space element manifested itself in Shin's hand and a bubble came out of it and expanded to surround the whole place around Shin.

”Perfect. Hm?” said Shin before he saw something shining in the corner of his eye.

There was a shiny blue stone on the ground where he had woken up, except he noticed something.

”Life?” said Shin as he felt a trace of Life Energy in the stone.

”Then an egg. But of what?” concluded Shin.

He walked over to the egg, crouched down and touched it.

When he touched it, the egg seemed to absorb Shin's Life Energy in large quantities.

And after taking a good amount, a crack appeared on the egg.

Then several cracks appeared as Shin stood back to watch the hatching until the egg broke open and a baby dragon was born.

The baby dragon was tiny with scales and sapphire blue eyes but its eyes were filled with curiosity as it looked from left to right.

The baby dragon finally turned its head towards Shin, walked slowly towards him and held out its head.

Shin instinctively reached his hand towards the dragon's head and placed it on it.

When he put his hand down, he received a flash of light and immediately passed out.

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In various parts of the world, legendary dragons felt a sensation, a flash.

They all widened their eyes when they felt what they thought was no longer possible.

'A dragon rider is born...' they thought.As they stood in huge, ancient ruins buried for millennia, dusty, old statues suddenly began to glow with their former glory.

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Shin awoke once again, this time with a small blue dragon in his arms sleeping against him.

The little dragon woke up and looked at Shin as she stood up and rubbed her head against Shin's cheeks and purred.

Shin stroked it in return but was drawn to a slight pain in the palm of his right hand.

A sort of burnt e-shaped tattoo was on the lower part of his palm towards his thumb.

Shin concentrated and searched for the meaning of this mark, looking for any change in his body.

And what he found was not an injury but rather a bond.

As if his soul was linked to the little dragon's.

Shin was speechless for several minutes and then looked towards the mini lake where the little dragon had gone.

Getting up, he went to the mini lake and watched the little dragon emerge from the water with a fish in its mouth.

”Grrr.” The little dragon growled as he looked at Shin, not to scare him but to show him his prey. Like a proud child showing off to his parents.

”Pff, ah” Shin chuckled looking at the little dragon as the sun shone on its wet blue scales.

”Saphira...” said Shin unconsciously.

The little dragon who was busy eating his fish at the edge of the mini lake suddenly looked up and his eyes shone.

The little dragon grunted with joy and ran eagerly and excitedly towards Shin, jumping on him to lick and bite his nose and ears.

After that, Shin decided to build a little hut and started while Saphira helped him and grew.

\ A few weeks later /

”Perfect” said Shin as he looked at the finished hut in front of him.

It had taken him this long because he hadn't used any powers or anything given the time he had.

*SWOSH*

The wind blew hard and the trees swayed a bit as a large figure came from the sky.

*BAM*

And just after, a large and beautiful dragon landed it was the same size as the boar.

”Well, we're going to have a big dinner tonight. Thank you, Saphira,” said Shin, looking at Saphira.

Saphira was now well grown and was at about teenage size.

(The same size as in the movie)

”I'm looking forward to it” said Saphira with a smile.

Saphira was now also able to speak telepathically to Shin.

She was now, although young, very wise, quite proud and very protective of Shin.

Their relationship was quite difficult to explain, what he knew was that he would do anything for the other. Even give their lives.

Besides, beyond that, if Shin died then so did Saphira.

They both ate the boar until their stomachs hurt, then Shin went to bed while Saphira slept in a little hut with a nest in it stuck to the house and which had a window that looked into Shin's room.

Saphira had taken to sleeping with Shin as a child and so when she grew so big that she couldn't get into the house, she insisted on having that window.

\ The next day /

As Shin slept, he suddenly opened his eyes and stood up.

”Weird,” Shin murmured alertly.

His instincts and senses told him he was being watched but nothing around him.

”If someone can observe me through the space element bubble, that means they are much more powerful than me.”

”But I didn't feel any bad intentions or killing intent” Shin said as he calmed down but still remained on guard.

”Get up beautiful” said Shin as he patted Saphira who slowly opened her eyes and yawned.

”I'm going hunting” said Saphira after she got up.

”Ok be careful and call me if there is anything” said Shin seriously.

”Hmph, I'm not that weak” said Saphira sniffling but deep down she liked that he was worried about her.

”That's true” said Shin with a genuine smile as Saphira took off and left.

”State,” Shin whispered just before Saphira flew through the space bubble.

[Name: Saphira

Race: Dragon

Title: Daughter of a Dragon King

Lineage: Dragon King

Total Power: S (middle)

Element : Water (medium), Fire (low)]

(I'll say it, just because she's a dragon doesn't mean she has much control over the fire element. Phoenixes do because they are made of fire. Dragons breathe fire so they have at worst a tolerance but that's it. At least for normal dragons)

She's strong, sure, but Shin was curious about her title and lineage.

' The daughter of a dragon king? No wonder she's so powerful at her age, I guess the dragon king deserves his title.'

Unfortunately for him, he didn't know any more because he has no information about this world, except that it must be a fantasy world since there are dragons.

Shin could only go out into the surrounding forest as he did not want to venture into this world until he was healed. It is a higher world after all.

So Shin continued his routine and after a few hours, he went to the mini lake to wash himself.

Disappearing his clothes, he dove into the mini lake.

”Aah, refreshing” he said with a satisfied face.

He also took out his wings to clean them.

”Hm?” As he cleaned himself, Shin felt a presence appear in his bubble of space.

He turned around quickly, surprised.

'How?' he thought.

The only way was if it was someone more powerful than him, and in his current condition, that would be a big problem.

But after turning around and looking towards the place, he could see a woman.

She had long silver-blond hair, translucent blue-green eyes and long ears.

She had a white dress with blue patterns and was wearing lots of jewellery. She also had a golden stick or sceptre in her hands.

She was also bȧrėfoot. She was beautiful and graceful but this did not disturb Shin.

”Who are you?” said Shin seriously and cautiously as he tucked in his wings and teleported out of the lake a few feet away from the woman, fully clothed.

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\ Earlier, in a palace /

”My queen, are you sure?” asked a woman who looked a bit old but was still quite beautiful.

”Yes, I have to go” said the woman in front of her with determination as she prepared herself.

The woman getting ready was the same woman who stood before Shin.

She was the queen of the elves, Thalia.

In this world, the elven race lived in a forest away from all other civilizations.

This did not mean that they were unsociable, they often left the forest to go to the cities. It's just that they were more comfortable in the forest.

In the forest, they lived in a big city where in its centre was an immense tree of hundreds of meters which sheltered in its heart the palace where the queen lived and the meetings with the elders were held.

And the woman who spoke with Thalia was the priestess of the sacred tree.

The tree in the middle of the city was the sacred tree and a powerful spirit lived in it.

The spirit had special powers and could foretell fortune or misfortune.

Then one day the priestess called the queen at the request of the spirit.

The spirit predicted that the queen's problem could be solved if she went to the place where the anomaly appeared.

After that, a meeting between the queen and the elders was held and led to the queen's decision to go there herself.

The elders, although against it, could only ask her to at least be accompanied.

”To break this curse, I will go” said Thalia with conviction and anger.

Queen Thalia was under a curse. In fact he didn't know if it was really a curse, but they took it as such.

She couldn't get pregnant. She had everything she needed, but strangely enough, she couldn't.

And as a queen, it was a problem if she couldn't give birth to heirs to continue the royal line.

Then even personally, Thalia wanted them.

”Say, do you know what this anomaly is exactly?” asked Thalia curiously, putting her anger at the curse aside.

”Hmm.. No I don't really know, the spirit of the sacred tree only told me it was a powerful being that appeared out of nowhere” the priestess said thoughtfully.

”Powerful how?” asked Thalia.

”I don't know either but if I had to guess... It would be comparable to the dragon kings” the priestess said seriously as Thalia turned to her in shock.

”And what are we supposed to do when we meet this being?” asked Thalia still surprised and a little desperate.

You have to understand that the ranks of the Shin system are the same as those of this world, from F rank to SSS (high) rank.

And Thalia was of S rank (high) and was therefore a very powerful person in this world.

But beings of SS (low) rank and above were on a completely different level and very rare.

”We must ask her to give us some of her blood” said the priestess with difficulty and a drop of sweat.

Thalia became even more desperate but the priestess quickly retorted.

”But the spirit of the sacred tree said that this being was good and honest,” the priestess said quickly to cheer up the queen.

”Hmm,” said Thalia, half-convinced.

She wanted to believe in the spirit of the sacred tree, but beings of SS rank, even if she had never met one, should be dangerous and powerful, and therefore arrogant and uninterested in the weak.