Chapter 4:

It's been 2 years since the blood slime incident. Ever since that day my friends wanted to grow stronger so they can protect themselves and not worry their parents. I let them join my morning training which is the body building and training my sword skills. I also taught them the soul cultivation technique and how to train in both mana and qi. I don't know if I'm a genius or they have bad talent but it took them 2 weeks to learn how to do it. I think it was probably because I'm more mature and I had all the time in the world when I was a baby. Sofia had talents for fire, water ,wind, earth and wood; the most surprising part is that she had a innate affinity with metal which some nature elves are born with. It is really rare but it happens. Bane had affinities for darkness, wind, lightning and rare berserk element. It makes you go berserk in exchange for a massive boost in strength, if he can control it will be irreplaceable. The weird part was that Vigrel had no affinities but I have this weird gut feeling he does has it.

Because of this he trains harder than anyone in body/soul and qi. He reached the 3rd rank initial stage before them while the others reached 2nd rank initial stage. I stayed at the 2nd rank perfect stage for magic and qi while letting my body/soul reach 3rd rank so that I can train for control and better movements in magic and qi. I want to train so I can use it to its best abilities and have better control. I also trained my devour affinity and can absorb at the speed of 3 times faster than average people. I stopped using this affinity so that I don't grow too fast and lose control of my abilities.

At the age 5, ever since we started this extremely hard training and kept up with for a year our parents let us hunt for beasts in the forest. When we went exploring we encountered beasts but no magical beasts which let us gain combat experience and have knowledge for sure we will live. We also helped make money by selling the corpses easing our parents burden by a bit. I found a cave when we when exploring, it was uninhabited. I then set up my clones there so they can train without others finding out about them. After I reached 2nd rank perfect stage I stopped training my magic and qi I just let them practice hunting and my sword styles.

I absorbed all the new beasts I hunted and got some skills. I gained no affinity since they weren't magical beasts or Divine beasts. I also noticed ever since I absorbed that slime core I gained red marking on my black horns, wings and tail. I changed the color of my horns, wings and tail to crimson like blood and told my parents they changed overnight. My parents said they don't know what happened and they are guessing my Dragunir species evolved.

I just turned 6 yesterday and the village will be hosting a party today since all the 5 year olds turned six. I'm the youngest 6 year old. The reason the village is hosting a party for all the 6 year olds is because the age 6 is the age the kids find out their talents and what paths they will go down. The village does this every year.

Over the past year I created my original sword styles. The dual-wielding sword style with my tail is called the Empowered Demonic Dragon Style while the 3 sword style, dual-wielding with my hands and a sword in my tail, is called the Celestial Sword Dancing Style. I also created a assassin art called the Shadow Clutch style since I sometimes assassinate beasts to not alert others in the pack.

I'm still 2nd rank perfect stage for both magic and qi, but I advance to 3rd rank mid stage for body/soul. Bane and Sofia reached 2nd rank peak stage for magic, qi and body/soul while Vigrel reached 3rd rank peak stage for qi and body/soul. The reason they trained faster than me is because they had better talent than me and also when I trained my body was too weak to take in a lot of energy so I took in less, while their bodies are strong because of their age and training so they absorb more energy than I did. I also never used my devour affinity because like I said before my body was to weak. Now is the time my body can sustain the sped up absorbing from the devour affinity.

I also found out that Bane can transform into his werewolf form. Were-wolves have the ranks delta, beta, alpha, supreme delta, supreme beta and finally the strongest form supreme alpha. Omegas are wolves with no packs, it doesn't necessarily have to be with other were-wolves. Omega's have blue eyes, deltas have purple eyes, beta's have golden and finally alpha's have red. They just get darker when they reach the supreme stage. Were-wolves also have different species in it, bane is the dire-wolf species. After they reach supreme alpha stage they try to train their specie type to the divine stage.

I reached 120 cm's tall with a muscular, flexible and lean build. Vigrel was 119 cm's tall with a more muscular and lean body then me. Bane reached 124 cm's tall with more lean body with muscles but more for speed. Sofia was 115 cm's tall with a body more developed than the average 6 year old girl.

The party is starting in 10 minutes and my mom tells me " Astin hurry up we are leaving for the party now."

I just reply " Ok mom , I'm done." I step out of my room into the living room in a white party shirt and black party pants.

My mother then says in a excited voice " Chris look at our son, he's so handsome!"

My father says " My son grew up to be as handsome as me."

I blush and say " Mom, dad cut it out your making me embarrassed also we have to leave now."

They just say " Shit we are late." before pulling me by my arms and running. We made it to the party on time. After the announcer announced all the 6 year olds and everyone congratulated us we started the party. My father approaches me and says " Son I didn't know what to give you but here are some things I think might help you." My father hands me 3 swords in their sheath, 4 throwing knives and 4 hidden knives. It didn't cost my father much because he's the villages blacksmith.

"Thank you dad." I say before hugging him.

His face then turns serious before saying " Also we are leaving in a week to go to test your species and if you have a bloodline at Krinat the city where most Dragunirs live. I'm pretty sure you have a bloodline. We are leaving a month before the talent test at the capital because it takes 2 weeks to get to place we will test your bloodline and species and another 2 weeks to go to the capital."

He then looks around and notices Vigrel coming towards before saying " Well speak of the devil, Vigrel come over here." Vigrel hurries over and says " What is the problem uncle?"

My father then replies " I was just talking to Astin about the trip to Krinat, did your parents tell you about it?"

Vigrel says" No uncle they did not."

Father then thinks a little before saying" Well we are going to there with you and your parents to test Astin's and your species and bloodlines."

Vigrel's eyes then sparkle and he exclaims " Really!"

And father just replies " Yes go ask your parents."

Vigrel then starts running towards his parents.

My father then says " Astin we have something to talk to you about later, also me and Vigrels father will teach both you and Vigrel how to transform into a Dragon in the week we have left here. Tell your friends bye because you will not see them until the test in the capital after today."

Then my mother walks over here slowly and says in a pained voice "Honey I need a little help." I noticed in the past 8 months that my mother's belly has been growing and she has been vomiting in the morning. She also feels pains sometimes, so I'm pretty sure she's pregnant. I never asked her since I wanted to wait for them to tell me on their own. I'm really excited and happy that I will have a sibling. I never had one and I want to take really good care of them.

I then walk around the place to find Bane and Sofia. I find them talking together. I approach them and they notice me. Sofia then says " Hey Astin come over here."

I then walk faster there. I came close to them and said " Hey guys, what are guys doing?"

Sofia responds " Oh we were just talking about how we feel we are going to do on the talent test in the capital."

I then say with a sad tone " Both me and Vigrel are going to leave to go test our Dragunir species and our bloodline in Krinat. We will leave in a week but me and Vigrel are going train to turn in to dragon this week so this will be the last I will see you until the test. "

Sofia then has tears in her eyes but she manages to keep her calm because Bane held her shoulder. She says " I would like to tell you to stay but I know it won't stop both you so I will say you better meet us there or else."

I then let out a sigh of relief and say "That makes it easier for me."

Bane than says "We'll meet you in the capital, you better come." We both shake hands.

I hug both of them, when I hug Sofia I whisper to her " When are you going to Bane you love him?" She then blushes and whispers in a low voice while looking down " We're to young, I will confess to him later." I wave goodbye to them and leave.

Then I look for my parents. I couldn't find them in the party so I searched for them at the house. I find them there sitting them. My father was talking to my mom and she was holding her stomach. I then walk in and call out to them " Dad, mom what did you guys want to talk to me about."

I was expecting them to talk about mother's pregnancy and I was right. My mother asks me looking like she is going to cry " Astin have you never wondered or worried about my growing stomach, me being in pain and me vomiting all the time?"

I think she thought I didn't care about her, so I tell her " Oh that, mother I knew your pregnant ever since your stomach got unnaturally big and of course I was worried at first. I already know that vomiting was a sign of pregnancy and that the pain was from my sibling kicking you in your stomach mother." I say this to calm her down because I know how women get more emotional in their pregnancy.

My parents looked surprised and my mother than asked " Then why didn't you talk to us about it or even ask about it?"

I just reply saying " Because I was waiting for you guys to tell because that's when you guys are ready."

My father looks relieved and my mother cries saying " I'm sorry my baby, I shouldn't have ever doubted you. I'm sorry. Can you ever forgive me."

I hug my mother saying " Mother why would I ever get angry at that. You were just worried I never cared about you since I never asked about your health. It's only normal."

I then hug her until she then stops crying then I ask " Is that all you wanted to talk to me about?"

My father then says " You are really smart and yes there's more." He then walks towards the door that was always locked and opened it. He then waves at me to enter. When I enter I see many drawings, symbols and scrolls. Before I asked my father says " I know you're wondering what this. Both me and your mother were banished from our clan because we lacked a bloodline. I'm sure you already know this. These were all our belongings from there. I'm sure you don't know this but you have the purest form of the bloodline. The proof is the markings on your hands."

I act surprised since I already knew since I was born.

He then says " That's not all, both your mother and I came from the clan Blazethrone. This clan is one of top 3 Dragunir clans in the Amerist country. Just know when they find out your bloodline they will recruit you back into the clan, if you want you can join don't worry about us."

I then get slightly angry and say " Dad why would I join them, they exiled you from the clan. I don't need pills and resources I can survive without it. To me nothing is more important to me than you and mom."

My father starts to shed tears and says " Thank you my son."

The next day my father, Vigrel's father take both me and Vigrel to the mountains past the forest. Mother and his mother also follow. When we arrived at the peak I can notice another town and my father noticed my facial expression. He says " That is the town we will go to take the carriage to Krinat after your week of training.

We then sit down and Vigrel's father says " Ok, let's get started. To become a dragon you have to sense your true self, the dragon form. Move your consciousness into your soul and search for your dragon form. After your near it you will be drawn to it and when you reach it you will turn into a dragon. After that you can turn into a dragon at will with ease."

I do as he says, I move my consciousness in a tiny strand towards my souls. I reached the soul, I then entered it. The entering of the soul took at least an hour. After I entered I noticed I lost my sense of time. I then started searching. All around me I saw all my memories, experience and senses. I saw all of what I was thinking and the soul was controlling. I started moving around searching for my dragon form. After a long time of searching I found nothing, I then thought of an idea.

Since I was a human before and for a longer time I still feel human. I just think myself of a dragon. I tried it. It took a while but I finally got it. My sense of direction was better and I felt a pulling sensation but this wasn't enough. I then started Imagining myself as a dragon in my head. I thought of all my bodies, how I wanted to look like, my strength of the form and how the I thought the body was made. Then the pulling sensation got unbearable I started going towards it. I then saw a dragon, 15 meters tall and 30 meters long excluding the tail which is 10 meters long, sealed in chains. It was black with red markings but it turned crimson. It had spikes on its back and tail. It had huge horns, strong legs and hands with huge claws. It had 5 claws. It had a huge strong tail. It's teeth were bigger, stronger than a saber tooth's. It had more teeth than a shark and I felt like it can grow back as fast as a sharks. I went near it, the chains broke and I suddenly got sucked into it.

I then exited the soul and felt my body changing. After the transformation finished I felt empowered. I felt like I can destroy the world If I wanted to. I started flying around, my speed was much faster than before. I flew a few miles before returning. I learned I gained the capability of breathing fire. I then landed changing back into my human form. I then notice that my parents, Vigrel and his parents had all the luggage ready and were waiting for me. I then ask " How long did I take."

My father answers saying " You took 6 days, Vigrel had more talent and took 1 day. He knows his dragon self more than you."

When I heard this I was happy for Vigrel because this means he has talent. My father then says" We are leaving now."

We went down to the city. It was called Cristin. We found a carriage willing to take us in as they were heading towards Krinat. We had to pay 5 copper to get there. When we were traveling there were beast attacks and bandit attacks, both me and Vigrel fought them to gain more combat experience. We didn't kill the bandits because we never killed before but we killed the beast. The carriage took 1 copper for our protection.

On the 2nd day a Goblin Formation Master attacked us. They had the innate affinity for sealing energy. It summoned a formation that created fire to attack our carriage. I jumped out of the carriage and attacked used wind magic to blow away the magic. I then charged it, but it put a restraint formation on me sealing my movements by a lot for a while. I opened my mouth a breathed fire out it hit the Goblin Formations Master by surprise. It dispelled the formation and I ran at it. I stabbed a sword clad in fire qi into his head. After that I inspected his body. I then cast a light spell, the illuminate spell to blind the others. I then devoured the goblin but left its body, making me fall unconscious.

After I woke up I asked my parents what happened. They said " The place lit up and we found you unconscious. You were unconscious for a day." I then check what I gained from the Goblin Formations Master. I only got its innate affinity for sealing energy. My power is sealed for a week and I can't train in that time so I rest for the week.. On the 6th day of the journey I was talking to Vigrel when we suddenly hear a loud rumble coming from outside. We ran outside, what we saw was a Wolf magical beast. It was Sky Wolf infant. They grow up to be hero level beasts. Even as infants it was a 4th rank mid stage beast. It has the innate affinity for wind, light and sky.

All the guards, drivers, passengers and even the owner were killed by the Sky Wolf. Only my family and Vigrel's family survived. Both me and Vigrel knew we had to kill it or else our families will die so we charged at it. I gained some of my power back since its been 4 days. Right now I'm at 1st rank perfect stage. Vigrel noticed this, to make him not worry I just said I'm supressing my power to train. Back to the fight, I cast the spell Illuminate at it to blind it, then Vigrel reinforces his body and sword with qi and slashes his sword at the wolf. It only put a little scratch on it, before Its sight returns and it howls.

Both me and Vigrel get thrown back by the howl. I then get up and launched earth spikes from beneath it I pierces it slight making it bleed. It gets angry and charges at me. It tries to tackle me but I sidestep and attack it with my sword infused with lightning qi. It doesn't no damage to it but it slightly paralyzes it. Well that's what I thought, It turned around and swiped at me with its claw. Luckily I reinforce my chest with earth qi in time or else I would have had a serious injury or even died. I get up slowly only to see Vigrel attacking it again. It tries to stab him with its tail, I immediately summon a earthen wall to protect him. The wolfs tail breaks through and hits Vigrel, injuring him. It then turns to me, runs at me and tries to bite me. I get up and use a 1 handed sword technique of the Celestial Sword Dancing Style with all my remaining power, It is called Heavenly Flame Slash. I pierce through the wolfs mouth into its brain killing it right before it tries to bite me. I then devoured it leaving its body before falling unconscious.

The carriage was destroyed which meant we had no means of transportation to Krinat. To make things even worse, my mother was pregnant and was going to have her baby soon which meant she can't have excessive excercise. What do I do now?

To be continued.

Author: Sorry for no release yesterday was too busy. This chapter was longer than usual. Hope you enjoyed it. Tell me if it offends you. Leave tips, comments and reviews. Please keep reading and supporting me. Thank you for reading.