As she poured her blood in Elric's wounds, she could not help but be amazed at the incredible effects of her blood to a dying human.
Elric's wounds immediately healed like magic while undergoing over-all mutation!
In return, the dragon girl lost a significant amount of her power and immediately fell again after losing too much blood.
Elric, on the other hand, started glowing. His body slowly taking a powerful transformation. His muscles have finally stopped twitching only to end with a perfectly toned body.
His hair had a significant makeover as well from light black to a striped mixture of royal red and emerald green.
Elric's body had also started sweating smelly dark liquids profusely all over his body. It was all the impurities from his body being scorched out by the dominant blood in his system!
His eyes are also undergoing mutation behind his closed lids. His heart started pumping restlessly with new and powerful blood being in his system.
It was a blood that conquers every kind of blood in the animal kingdom.
The Blood of a Dragon!
Slam!-Woooohm~
Elric in a semi-conscious state forced himself to stand up and with a powerful stomp to snap himself out, he unleashed bright red and green flames out from his body towards the surrounding area creating a powerful shock wave and a mini earthquake that can be felt within five kilometers!
It was in the middle of the night but every resident in the close proximity woke up from the sudden boom and an earthquake as strong as magnitude 5 from the center can be felt!
Except for the dragon weakened dragon girl behind him, everything close to Elric, including the Manananggal, was crushed and turned to ashes in an instant from the blazing shock wave.
Ksssssssss~
Elric's body was still covered in a radiant flame of red and green as he slowly breathed in and out and right after calming himself down, so did the flames subsided.
***
Elric awakened from intense heat and power he felt. He is now standing naked but was more shocked by the transformation of his body.
He was fit yet thick!
He could feel the power in every part of his cells. He felt extraordinary powerful as if he could do anything. His body feels heavy yet too light to control. Strong yet very flexible.
And his eyes could see as far as he wants as long as there are no obstructions in his sight!
His nose could capture scent he never knew he could, from the burning trees surrounding him to the distant clear water from the river far away from his current location.
His hearing had also become extraordinarily clear and sensitive as he could easily discern which sound is which without getting overwhelmed or distracted at the same time.
Is this the sense of a dragon?
"What did you do to me?" Elric asked the dragon girl after turning around. With his naked eye-candy body that can surely make any woman gape in amazement, there are now two naked people in the middle of the burning midnight forest.
She opened her eyes feebly and with a proud smile said:
"Don't think I wanted to save you. I just gave you a part of my blood to cleanse my conscience and keep my dignity intact." Slowly standing up without minding her naked body, she continued,
"You are half a dragon now. But what's more important is that I don't owe you anything now that I have given you another chance to live. Now that you have dragon's blood in you, it is up to you to learn how to survive the dragon hunters and-"
"I told you I was ready to die didn't I?" Elric suddenly cut her words. He had already lost hope and was indeed really prepared himself to meet his makers but this girl chooses to save him just when his pain was about to end.
And now what? He will be hunted by dragon hunters?
"Just to be clear, I am doing this for myself, not for you shameless human! And besides I --" the dragon girl tried to explain herself when loud crashing from the distance interrupted her again.
RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHKKK!~ BANG!
Suddenly the Kapre that fought the Manananggal a while ago finally came back however, it was much bigger and stronger as it smashed a huge tree with a single swing of its arm. Its body is covered in mud and bruises while his other feet seems to be limping in pain.
It appears to be injured from the previous battle!
"RAAAAGH! MINE!"
The Kapre did not hesitate and went straight to the girl.
Elric instinctively moved his body to block the incoming Kapre but he failed to control his newfound strength and speed. He indeed up bumping into the Kapre, sending it rolling a few meters back.
"I'm sorry Mr. Kapre! I didn't mean it!~ Sorry!" Said Elric with an innocent face. He never knew that with his newfound strength and speed, he could end up bumping against the huge Kapre accidentally.
The dragon girl could not help but facepalm herself.
Elric doesn't seem to have noticed his current overwhelming power.
Quickly, Elric flashed beside the Kapre and was about to help it to get up when it suddenly swang a huge fist towards his face. As expected, Elric dodged the fist without many efforts.
His primal dragon instinct had already warned him of an incoming attack and his dodging reaction was flawlessly executed.
"I am sorry sir! Can we just settle this with a few tobacco sticks? How about some Vinu Kulafu wine?" Kapre tried to offer local goods as barter for his misstep but the Kapre, in its furious state, continued to slam its ultra-sized arms aiming to squash Elric into a meat paste.
The Kapre was furiously swinging madly his arms but failed to hit Elric in its desperate effort to get rid of the one stopping him on getting his hands on the beautiful maiden behind.
In Elric's his vision, the Kapre was just too slow!
"Please I dont want to hurt you!" Elric pleaded.
"RAAAAAH!" replied the Kapre.
"Just kill him already!" shouted the dragon girl.
KRRRRGGGH!~ The sound of the rumbling thunder that signifies an incoming trouble reminded the Dragon girl of something gravely important.
"Oh no. Hey Human! If you want to live, Get away from here! Now!" She shouted immediately and immediately sat in a meditative position.
"ammayu uka aras nyuda natan takis wagmatnag~
Her body started shining as she mumbled an incantation that summons the healing light in her body. Slowly, the slight bruises in her skin faded while her internal injuries slowly moved to fix themselves at the cellular level.
Despite her calm stance, panic and fear are still obvious in her eyes.
Curious, Elric took a glance at her only to see her anxious face. She has never been this afraid in her life before!