1272 Existence 2 (1/2)
”I believe in Garen!” Boris exclaimed with a face of sincerity.
”Me too,” Saszt added. However, before speaking he stared at Boris. He had always followed Boris' lead.
The few dragon whelps started to get active in Garen's cave as they conversed about recent events.
”Oh, right, Garen.” Boris became serious. ”That's one thing you need to be careful about.”
”What?”
”Reyman, our White Dragon Clan's most talented dragon whelp, has been coming often to ask about you.
”He seemed to have harbored ill intent after losing to you.” Boris was worried.
”Reyman, huh...?” Garen recalled this dragon whelp which he killed within seconds. He was the only one that left an impression with that nice Draconic Aura.
”You need to be careful.
”The elders are nurturing him as the future White Dragon King.” Leona was concerned.
”Don't worry, I'll take care of it.”
Garen nodded in a gesture that implied he understood.
”Don't lower your guard,” Boris ultimately urged. ”And another thing, the completion of your task has most likely fallen through...”
”...”
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Elder's Peak of the White Dragon Clan.
Deep into the cold cave, four old White Dragons bearing staffs were quivering as they shook on four large icy pillars. Around the icy pillars stood with many sharp icicles that wrapped their bodies in the middle.
On top of the four staffs, a dull white glow was released, shining over the entire cave.
”The West clan has come in contact with us again.
”How should we respond this time, Great Elder?” One of the old dragons asked in a low voice.
On the highest icy pillar was an old White Dragon with wrinkles all over and a pair of droopy eyes. He didn't seem focused.
”Our collaboration with the King of the Deladia Empire has just begun, yet they kept announcing a ban on dragons, Do they think that we are still that small clan that split up? Ignore them.”
”Great Elder, can the Deladia Empire really lead us to glory? The expedition this time had caused a loss of ten summoned adult dragons. Not to mention, the Clock of Fate is unhappy with us lifting the ban on the participation in the war of the Deladia Empire. They could send out wizards to join the battlefield,” another Elder whispered, ”I am worried that the loss will outweigh the gain.”
”But we are left with no choice,” Great Elder dully replied, ”take advantage of Dragon Beasts and Earth Dragons.”
”We suffered much loss on Dragon Beasts and Earth Dragons at more than a hundred of them!” The last elder shrieked with a withered female voice. We have a total of over a hundred twenty adult White Dragons in our clan, and this counts the new members that had sought refuge recently. The next maturity would take at least fifty years. We can't wait any longer. It hasn't been a year and we already lost ten clan members...”
”Your Excellency Hurricane Erger has given me his words that the intensity of the war will lessen.
”Unless it was out of absolute necessity, they will not seek our help,” Great Elder cut her off. ”So do not worry, Tasha.”
”The nobles of the Snow City should never be trusted,” Tasha rebutted.
”But we found no better snow mountains to inhabit. All the human nations cast us away and only this place... Only this place was willing to take us in and provide us with a level of protection. Shouldn't we offer them a little return?” Great Elder asked.
For a moment, the few elders were silent.
”The next batch of young dragons will be fifty-two years later. Hopefully, we can make it until then...” Tasha uttered in a low voice and flew away, leaving the ice pillar.
Thus, the meeting of the elders ended.
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The classroom valley at the Elder's Peak.
Garen was crouching lazily in a corner, looking at the remaining dragon whelps grapple and wrestle with each other with enthusiasm. After the hunt, the members of dragon whelp lessened by a third. Now that with some new additions to the class, there were about fifteen to sixteen whelps.
Garen swept a glance around in boredom. He realized that no dragon whelps dared look him in the eye. Those he swept a glance at quickly turned away and lowered their heads.
It seemed that his performance when he sped killed Reyman was over the top and these dragon whelps were no idiots. Who would willingly be tortured with such a discrepancy of strength between them?
So basically no one was willing to be in the team as him on this one on one combat. Leona, who originally teamed up with him, immediately sought another to practice with.
In a bored stiff state, Garen started to reflect upon dividing his remaining attribute points.
There were still ten points left that he did not add on account of fleeing, mainly because of the fact that adding or not made no differences. Rather than using them all, it was better to leave it for recovery in order to sustain longer in battle.
Now, he could deliberate on how he could divide them.
The best thing was that he obtained the core of that Suffering Knight. It should be a core as that was what he guessed. This item could endlessly nourish his Soul Power. It was equivalent to a few Soul Rings.