The Dragon girl could not stop herself from shaking while looking at the sky darkening again.
"This is bad. I forgot the trial is still not finished!" The dragon girl said to herself and hurriedly sat down to recover her strength as fast as possible. Elric who happens to hear her with his new super-sensitive hearing asked her right away.
"What do you mean trial and what's with —"
"RAAAAAAAHH!" Shouted the Kapre.
Elric could not stand anymore with the annoying shout of the Kapre. He quickly grabbed one of its incoming punch and countered with an even more powerful punch sending the Kapri flying far enough which knocked it unconscious instantly
Elric was shocked by how powerful he became as he did not intend to knock the Kapri out, however, this might just work out well with the current situation.
For some reason, Elric's current body seems to be warning him of something.
Having dispatched the giant Kapre like it was nothing, he came closer to the dragon girl who finally covered herself with a white dress that popped out from one her ring. Elric immediately thought that It seems to be a magical storage ring used by dragons.
The dragon girl kept her eyes closed while answering him.
"Since you are now half a dragon, you should be honored to receive my powers; and with regards to the trial, I am referring to the Tribulation of Light."
"Tribulation of light?" Elric was still confused.
"Sigh... Tribulation of light is the test for a qualified dragon to overcome our current life span, expand our strength to a whole new level and purify our blood to better connect to our ancestor Dragon."
"There is a qualification?" Elric asked.
"You need to be 100 years old and have flown across the earth for 100 times before you can summon the first level of Tribulation of Light." the dragon girl said calmly.
"100 years old!? How old are you by the way?" Elric asked in surprise.
"I am 159 years old."
"What!? But you look like 16 or something. Not to mention, I am a few inches taller than you and you seem too weak for a dragon!"
"Huh. Compared to our elders who are over 500 years old, this is nothing. And don't think this is only my power. I am currently this weak because I have just taken the Fourth strike of the tribulation an hour ago and still trying to recover my strength."
"I see. But wait... you guys can reach 500 years old!?" Exclaimed Elric in shock.
"Normal dragons can reach 100 years maximum. We can only live longer by going through a series of Tribulations of Light. It's lightning sent from heaven sort of to test our physical, mental and spiritual capability. After facing the three stages of Tribulation of Light, we can ascend to our Immortality and enter the gates to the Sacred Sanctuary of Dragons." Explained to the dragon girl as she stood up while looking at the storm brewing sky.
Determination is obvious in her face.
"And what happens when you fail?" Elric started becoming serious. After all, he might end up facing this so-called tribulation in the future as well.
"You burn to a crisp and turn to dust."
"Well, at least it should be a quick death."
"That's not all. We dragons are also cursed. Once we fail and die through the Tribulation of Light, our complete existence disappears together with every trace of our body except the mark we made in this physical world."
"What do you mean 'complete existence will disappear?"
"Any memories related to us will completely disappear from every living dragon. Even from your parents. It's like we never existed in the first place."