41 Recruiting a Grandmaster (1/2)
”Where did you get this?” the Dragon was shaking at the presence of the Soul stone.
Soul stones like the name suggest containing the soul energy of a powerful being. They were extremely valuable and rare. It has the ability to restore the user's life energy. The healing potions on the other hand, could only heal the physical wounds it couldn't heal if the damage had been done to the soul(life essence), unlike the soul stone.
”There are so many things you don't know about me” Don sent the crystal floating towards the Dragon as it gently placed the egg in its hands on the ground and looked at the crystal without batting an eyelid.
Even though the crystal could heal her, the dragon was still hesitating to use the crystal because the dragons were noble race and wouldn't like to be indebted to others. Don could see the hesitation of the Dragon in its eyes.
”I'm not giving it to you as free, you can think about this as an exchange ” Don said as the Dragon looked confused
”Exchange for what?”
Don carefully chose his words in his mind for a moment before saying anything
”As you know I have my revenge to get, to do that I need every powerful being like you I can get”
The Dragon didn't need much explanation as she already got the point of the human before her
”You need me to fight for you, don't you? But what if I kill you and take the stone for myself”
The Dragon's body started to shine as the wisps coming towards Don became hotter.
”You can't because I have someone waiting to teleport me away in a flash when I want and also you cant fight me with your child beside you, the force of our attacks could easily kill the child inside the shell”
”Hahaha” the Dragon let out a laugh when it heard Don as the shine emanated from its body gradually faded away
”You are indeed a careful one successor but I have some conditions if you want me to fight for you?”
She already knew she was in no position to negotiate but she had a feeling that this human would be reasonable, unlike the previous Dragon King.
”What do you want?” Don calmly asked the Dragon because he knew even the elves had shown some resistance to serve under him let alone a noble arrogant Dragon like this one.
”First I want my child to be released from the guardian line I want my child to be free”
Don would never make someone serve him against their wishes, he was already confused at the fact how did the Dragon King made the Dragons serve him and protect the dwarves all these times, it was like a master-slave bond and Don thoroughly hated and disgusted to be a master of someone.
It's something his heart never let him even though he and Arrora shared the master-slave bond he didn't treat her like a slave, not even a bit.
Of course, he beat her during the training but it was training and he would never hit her for fun like Minister Bryan.
”Next I won't kill innocent people and you can't make me do anything against my wishes”
Don looked at the Dragon for any further conditions but the Dragons didn't say anything else as it looked back at him waiting for his answer.
After a moment of thinking about the conditions, Don made his choice
”As the heir of the Dragon King I, Don accept all your conditions”
Don placed his one hand on his chest and swore to the Dragon.
Seeing Don swore the Dragon was visibly happy for her and her child as she took the soul stone in her hands and felt the energy the stone is radiating.
After a few moments the Dragon took the soul stone, the light it was emanating slowly started to fade away as the Dragon's golden scales regained their shininess and the previous tiredness and exhaustion in the Dragon's eyes disappeared and it looked very healthy and full of life.
”How do you feel?” Don asked the Dragon who now had a happy smile on its face.
”Great although it couldn't fully restore my magic level it did help me restore my life essence ”
The Dragon was checking on its body and wings while he said