Chapter 398 - THE FEMALE KITSUNE (2/2)

”Kagetsuki!” the dragon called. This time, his voice was not like a beast's rumble. Instead, it was deep and baritone. Obviously, he was now in his humanoid form. ”Kagetsuki!”

It could be seen from his hurried pace how panicked and worried he was. It was the complete opposite from his uninterested attitude in the cave. Which showed that he really cared for the female kitsune.

”Kagetsuki!”

Then, on a slightly elevated slope, he saw two figures lying on the ground. He immediately recognized one of them. With trembling legs, he ran towards the slope and he finally saw the state of the two figures.

One was a male kitsune with eight white tails behind him. There were not many injuries on his body, even the white kimono he was wearing still remained pristine. But one wound was quite obvious. There was a hole on his chest. As if someone had dug out his heart. And the one who did it, did it so cleanly that there was barely any blood that splattered on his clothes.

His hand was trying to reach to the figure beside her. But it seemed that, before he could, his life force was already exhausted. Despair and unwillingness filling his eyes.

The dragon seemed to not care too much about this male kitsune. Because he immediately knelt down beside the other figure. It was a female kitsune wearing a black kimono. Her nine tails surrounding her as if trying to give her comfort. He looked at her all over but didn't find any obvious wounds. The blue gem on her forehead – a sign of her being the leader of the demon fox tribe – was surprisingly gone.

Her face was almost bloodless. Her red lips were even slowly turning blue. And most of all, he could feel that her life force was dwindling at a fast rate.

The dragon held the kitsune's hand. He barely felt relieved when he felt her faint pulse beating. ��Kagetsuki, hold on, I—”

Before he could continue what he was saying, Kagetsuki opened her eyes and then slowly smiled at him. ”Y-you're l-late…”

”Yes, it's my fault. I'm going to input my Mana in you. So, try to hold on.”

”N-no. I-it's already t-too late.” She glanced at male kitsune lying on the side, a drop of tear fell from her eyes. ”T-too late.” She then looked back at the dragon. She put her hand on her abdomen and it slowly gathered black light.

The dragon immediately understood what she was trying to do. ”Stop, Kagetsuki! You will really die if you continue this!”

Kagetsuki only smiled. ”I- I know.”

Then, as the black light dispersed, a white egg emerged from her abdomen. She looked at the white egg lovingly. As if she couldn't wait to imprint it into her mind.

She glanced at the dragon. ”T-this is your g-godchild. Pr-promise me, promise me that you would protect them. P-please…”

The dragon held the egg in his arms and said in a determined voice, ”I promise.”

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That was the end of the memory. Before Luo Yan could react, the familiar voice of the Gamekeeper suddenly sounded.

[Congratulations! You just triggered a side quest for the task 'Awakening Dragon'! Please, help the child of Kagetsuki reclaim their inheritance.]