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Zane and the Wyvern King headed back, Zane kept close to the egg, he didn't want the last saint dragon besides himself to die.
The wyvern queen also didn't want to see this happen so she stayed with Zane to check up on the egg to make sure the baby hatched healthily.
Soon enough after 2 weeks…
*Crack*
*Crack*
*Shatter*
"Waaaaaa" a dragon was born and it was crying for food.
Zane had a pained expression seeing this… He too went through this. He didn't hesitate to bring some meat over chewing it up in his mouth before dropping it in the baby's mouth. This was so the dragon could digest it better.
It began eating.
"Congratulations, son, it's a girl. You got a future wife." the wyvern queen, Elaine, teased in her human form.
As expected, she was drop-dead gorgeous. Zane's old human instincts couldn't help but spark up seeing her peerless figure. However, Zane respected Elaine very much so he stomped that fire dead.
She had wavy crimson hair, beautiful red eyes, and a peerless figure. She wore a dress with a bold cut on one side with her dress barely holding in her C-cup breasts.
Zane chuckled "Where I come from that would have gotten me on the chopping block if I specifically raised a child to be my wife."
Elaine laughed "Fair enough."
They watched as the dragon ate its fill.
It stretched its wings out before curling up into a ball to go to sleep.
"Is that normal?" Zane asked and Elaine nodded.
"Most dragons, wyverns, etc go to sleep right after their first meal. You are an exception because you didn't have anyone to protect you, so your instinct to survive kicked in allowing you to postpone it until you were in a safe location." Elaine explained.
"I see. By the way, is there anything interesting going to happen within the next few months? A secret realm opening or some sort of tournament?" Zane asked.
Elaine was a bit surprised he would ask this question, she thought for a moment.
"In 5 weeks the golden dragon ruins should open for the 3rd time in history. The golden dragon race is an ancient race of dragons that didn't lose out much to the saint dragons or the paragon dragons. But a calamity of some sort befell them a million years ago, they mysteriously disappeared."
"About 300,000 years ago their ruins were discovered to be part of some sort of secret realm. The realm was open for 5 years before closing, 100,000 years later it reappeared, once again it was open for 5 years and then closed. If things go as planned it will open in 5 weeks. Dragons, Wyverns, Drakes, Etc have all had massive improvements by going. Demi Dragons, humans, elves, etc, mixed with dragons, have also had significant improvements." Elaine explained.
"Wait, wait, wait, back up a second, elves exist!?!"
Elaine nodded "Yes, in fact, there's a clan of elves within 30 minutes of flying distance from here. I can take you to meet their princess in the future. Who knows, you might even get lucky."
Zane blushed, he knew she was teasing him.
"You shouldn't tease me like that, mother." Zane said.
Elaine laughed.
"Anyways, before the golden dragon ruins open, do you want to join me and your siblings in hunting some spiritual wolves?"
"Spiritual Wolves?" Zane asked curiously.
"Every living being besides flora and fauna, has 3 souls and 7 spirits, though a few are exceptions. For example, spiritual wolves have 10 spirits and are comprised entirely of spiritual energy. Eating them is beneficial to the 7 spirits, however, they only leave their nests once every 5 years for a period of 1 month. Tomorrow is the day it starts."
Zane nodded "Perhaps Aurora can come to."
"Aurora?" Elaine asked stunned.
Zane pointed at the sleeping baby dragon and she realized that was her name.
"I'm unfamiliar with that name's meaning." Elaine said.
"It means Dawn… Although I wasn't born a saint dragon, I do respect them. They willingly sacrificed themselves for me resulting in their annihilation… So I intend to raise Aurora right and make her the new dawn for the saint dragon clan."
Elaine's heart couldn't help but tighten hearing this… The new dawn of a clan… That's a lot of pressure.
Aurora opened one eye and looked at Zane, a glint of appreciation seemed to flash through those eyes.
Suddenly Elaine and Zane were shocked to see the ghosts of countless saint dragons.
They all bowed "Thank you, traveler of life, for taking care of our last child… We leave the saint dragon clan in your hands!"
The ghosts shattered into motes of light which condensed into a seal with 2 coiling dragons. That seal planted itself on Zane's forehead.
Zane clenched his fist and bowed "Thank you, seniors… for allowing me to have new life!"
Silence reigned for a few moments before Elaine set aside her emotions and said "We can bring Aurora, but you need to keep an eye on her."
Zane nodded.
Aurora fell back to sleep, that night Zane and the others made preparations to leave the following morning with the top geniuses of the hell shock wyvern clan.
This would be the first time that Zane would meet those outside of the royal palace in the hell shock wyvern clan.
Zane knew very well that any living creature with dragon blood would be competitive. This meant that these new people would challenge him, they would even look down on him for his nonexistent cultivation.
Zane had yet to find the time to look at the saint dragon scripture so he hadn't found the time to cultivate.
So Zane also made preparations to shock the living daylights out of those that challenge him.
He slept in Elaine's embrace before they set out in the morning.
They arrived at the center of the hell shock wyverns territory, the arena.
12 wyverns were waiting for them.
When Zane landed the ground shook under his weight. The 36 tribulations he went through tempered his body, the energy from the lightning bolts accelerated his growth into early preadolescence. He was now almost as big as Elaine.
This alone discouraged the 2 weakest of the 12 from causing trouble.
Zane stood proudly, he was a saint dragon, so he figured he had the right to be a little prideful. He just had to make sure it didn't turn into arrogance or conceit and he should get by fine in this world.
When Zane cleared all 36 of his meridian's he naturally entered the apprentice stage of the 1st mortal realm. It's like filling a glass, eventually, the water will overflow.
Since he was a royal saint dragon this was enough for one of his early level innate abilities to unlock, the ability of verbal speech.
He opened his dragon mouth and spoke "Greetings, brothers. Let's cut the crap and be blunt. Before we leave, if any of you wish to test my strength, now is the time to do so."
Elaine looked at him and nodded seeing he was being so straightforward.
Almost immediately, one of the 12 wyverns stepped forward.
"I would like to test your strength, I hope you don't mind." She spoke.
Zane nodded.
They flew up into the sky "How do you want to do this?" Zane asked.
"The first one to force their opponent to the ground wins." The wyvern responded with a competitive glint in her eyes and Zane nodded.
"Begin!" The queen shouted.
Instantly a heavenly lightning bolt shot out of Zane's nostrils onto the wyvern's body.
*BOOM!*
The wyvern was knocked to the ground with some of her scales falling off.
*BOOOM!* her figure crashing into the ground cause a cloud of dust and dirt to rise.
"Are you ok?" Zane asked calmly though a trace of concern was mixed in. He truly didn't expect his attack to be that powerful.
Zane heard a small thud as the wyvern struggled to stand up again.
"Yeah… *Cough* *Cough* I'm alright. You win." The wyvern replied, admitting its defeat.
1 move, 1 move was enough to defeat a hell shock wyvern with a noble bloodline that was at the 7th mortal realm. Zane held back significantly too, he didn't use an elemental combination attack.
This made the other wyvern's look at Zane solemnly. Although she was the 3rd weakest amongst them, it was still a fact that she was capable of decking an ordinary hell shock wyvern of the same level. Yet here, she didn't even get a chance to attack.
"Go bathe in a medicinal spring for a bit and try to recover." The queen commanded.
"Yes, your highness." The wyvern obliged and flew away to recover from the injuries it suffered.
"I don't mean to look down on her, but is she really a genius?" Zane asked calmly.
Everyone including the queen was stunned.
Elaine laughed "It's you who is too strong, not her that is weak. Keep in mind, we're wyverns, our bloodline is already diluted enough compared to yours. Not to mention you're from the saint dragon clan and a royal member at that. Your bloodline is fully capable of suppressing a wyvern within the same order now that it's fully awakened."
"Order?" Zane asked curiously.
"The 1st through 9th mortal realms is collectively called the mortal order. In short, so long as your opponent is within the 9 mortal realms, you are practically invincible."
Zane nodded understanding.
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