"It really became a parting gift!"
"Master, please calm down and stop crying." Lucas laid him down and tried to calm him. Ndulou managed to hold back his tears and ordered Lucas to leave the room. "I won't cry. I just want to be alone."
Lucas sighed before following his master's order: "Okay, I'll be at the back of the door. Call me if you need something."
Ndulou waited for Lucas to leave his room before he stood up and stealthily changed his clothes into his training clothes. Then he opens one of his drawers and writes something on the orange paper he is keeping. He raised the orange paper as he double checked if he had written the coordinates properly.
Actually, before he left the castle to go to the palace, Marquis Oliva handed him a knight and a piece of black and orange paper. The orange paper is a teleportation magic tool that can teleport him one time only, to any location you write on the paper. The Marquis lends this magic tool to him, saying, "If you are trapped, you can use this to escape."
Ndulou is thankful for the thoughtfulness of the marquis.
After double checking, he ripped the paper that resulted in Ndulou disappearing inside his bedroom and reappearing inside a forest.
It is currently raining inside the forest, which makes it look gloomy. He stealthily looked around and looked for a good spot to drink the liquid that contains divine powers.
"I am sorry for using this power you lent me, but I will surely avenge you." He said it after gulping down the liquid inside the goblet.
He then closed and opened his hands to check if there were any changes. "What the? nothing happe—"
Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom
Suddenly, his heart starts to beat wildly.
"Ugh! what in a wo—aack"
He wanted to shout in pain, but he didn't want the dragon to notice him yet.
"I can endure this!" he convinced himself as he clenched his teeth and tried his very best not to lose consciousness.
He could feel his body heating up and his head feeling like it was spinning around. That led him to feel nauseous. A weird sensation is also surrounding his body. "Ernesto won't give me this if this will kill me, right?" He fell down on his knees and is now leaning on a huge tree root from the forest's gigantic tree.
He unbuttons his shirt because he feels really hot despite being wet from the rain.
"huff huff huff" He is breathing heavily.
"How will I use this power?" He closed his eyes, trying to internally know what the divine power was.
"Hmm? Lava?" He could feel the molten liquid stored underneath the whole mountain.
"This is a volcano?" Surprised by the discovery of the true nature of the mountain, he rubbed his hands on the ground. He could still feel the pain, but weirdly, he could feel that he could control the natural earthy materials. He stood up and tried to gesture with his hand to control the magma underneath to rise up.
He smiled. "I can do this! I will melt his lair and his territory." Ndulou lifted both of his arms to command the magma to erupt outside the volcano. Forgetting about the town at the base of the mountain, the child focused his mind on making the dragon pay for what he did to Ernesto.
The ground intensely shakes not only in the forest but also at the base of the mountain. That made the town people stop whatever they were doing. They looked up at the rumbling mountain and thought that the dragon might be doing something crazy again.
Some who are afraid that something dangerous might happen are starting to pack and get away from the towns near Mount Mayon. The child wasn't aware that he was instilling fear in the citizens living down the mountain.
Slowly, the magma is rising up the mountain. While the sensation of the pain is still there, he could see a holy looking light surrounding him. Then the holy looking white light little by little made his pain disappear. His arms are still raised into the air when another warm light gathers in his hand.
He has no knowledge of divine powers, but he may have a vague desire to use them.
He focused on concentrating the light into his arms until he could form a ball of light. He then threw it into the sky, making the cloudy cloud rumble and creating gigantic thunder. He swung his fingers and was amazed that he could freely control the thunder and direct it to where it should shoot.
"Hey kid, want to die too?"
Ndulou stumbles down due to surprise at the sudden appearance of the nine-meter dragon on his back.
While still sitting on his buttocks, he swings his hand toward the Dragon, and a thunderbolt strikes the Dragon instantly.
Of course, the dragon reflexively created a shield for herself.
"AAAAAA!"
The shield was shattered like glass, and the thunder bolt reached the dragon and burned his paw that shielded it.
"What the?" This is the first time the dragon has received a strong attack that really harms him.
"Kid, where did you get this pow-"
He couldn't finish his question because multiple thunderbolts continuously attacked him. He created multiple layers of shields to protect himself, but his shield crumbled down.
"Ugh! this kid!"
brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
While still dealing with the thunder bolts that were burning and electrifying the dragon, he could also feel the magma underneath them getting ready to overflow.
shit shit shit shit
"My town!" he shouted, "Are you going to kill the citizens below!"
Ndulou paused for a moment before he ignored the dragons' statement. and continued his attacks. He thought that the dragon was just trying to distract him.
BOOOOOOM!
A loud explosion was heard on the top of the mountain. It is a sign that the volcano has started to erupt. He clenched his sharp teeth and raised both of his paws to gather mana in his arms.
He could still feel the thunderbolts striking his body, but there was nothing he could do; the town he had been protecting for hundreds of years was in danger.
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
Another loud explosion happened. This time it was because of the mass of mana that the dragon released towards the sky to stop the thunderbolts. But the dark clouds that are decorated by golden strands of electricity don't die down.
He started to run towards the crater and decided to take care of the volcanic eruption first, leaving the destructive child behind. He did not know that the child had managed to run after him. After Ndulou realized he could use the wind to fly, he easily ran after the dragon's fast movements.
Upon reaching the crater, Fetahaya dunks himself into the lava that is overflowing and does his best to absorb everything that is overflowing.
Ndulou misunderstood this and thought that the dragon was recharging himself. He then commanded his thunderbolts to shower the dragon with lightning again.
"Shit shit shit! Stop, kid! My people will die!" The dragon, near to crying, pleaded with the child to stop "if this lava reaches the town, their lives! their homes! Their livelihood will perish! Please stop! "
"How dare you talk to me like that when you also kill a lot of people at the palace! Do you think you can bring back my friend's life!" The child angrily responded.
The dragon decided to cast a covenant spell on himself while still absorbing the lava and receiving deadly blows from Nudlou.
"What the fuck you're doing!?" Ndulou doesn't know how to use magic yet, but he has already memorized what spells look like. He worked hard to study so as not to slow down Ernesto's education.
He is certain that the dragon cast a covenant spell for himself.
"I Mountain Dragon Fetahaya, protector of Mayon Volcano! Guardian of Cornelio territory, say my oath not to tell lies and never trick the child in front of me!"
The black magic circle that surrounded both of them meant that everything that the dragon stated about himself being a guardian was true. Ndulou swallowed his own saliva and decided to ask the dragon without stopping his thunder bolts.
"Why did you kill Ernesto!" He sharpened his gaze and looked at the struggling dragon menacingly, "That's an accusation! I didn't kill your friend! I left Ernesto there, still strong and kicking! I don't know what happened after I left the palace."
"Liar!" the child yells angrily, firing another round of thunderbolts.
He paused for a moment after he realized he was acting unreasonably.
The attacks stopped, but the black clouds are still there.
"I am not lying, kid."
Ndulou looked at the Covenant circle under him. Then tears started to flow out of his eyes. "Then what happened? Why did you kill a lot of people in the palace? " He confusedly asked
"You almost killed me too!"
"Because the royals are messing up Cornelio's Territory! They even killed a whole village! " Ndulou realized what the dragon was talking about. It's the village of McTan which is under Cornelio's land.
He doesn't want to believe what the dragon is saying and feels like the dragon might be tricking him, but the covenant spell made his thoughts invalid. He feels frustrated that he is directing his anger at someone who is innocent.
The dragon finally felt relieved after seeing the sky turn bright.
He then focused on absorbing the lava's overflow.
"Kid rest over there and wait for me to absorb this lava. Let's talk after that." The Dragon released the covenant spell and worked hard to absorb the molten liquid, despite the fact that his body was surrounded by burns and wounds.
Ndulou didn't move out of his place and kept flying above the busy dragon. His mind became chaotic as he tried to think of what happened to Ernesto that led to his death. He also realized that he had made a huge mistake in hurting a guardian who was trying to protect his people.
While still flying under the clear sky, he raised his arms again and levitated the nine-meter dragon off the lava.
The dragon flailed around and kicked his paw into the air.
"Kid! stop! The lava needs to stop from overflo-"
"Kid," the dragon said as he watched the child freely control the lava returning to the crater.
"I never knew that you had more monstrous power than Ernesto. Then why does he keep protecting you if you are this strong? "
"Sir Dragon, you talked like you knew him." Ndulou looked at the dragon again, back at his stoic expression. His vengefulness is now gone, and a gloomy look dominates the child's face.
"Of course we are friends!" the dragon proudly said as he pounded his fist against his wounded chest.
The self-proclaimed friend of Ernesto's wagged its tail proudly.