"Yes..." Ivy nodded, looking at him. "It was the sage gem..." She added.
"But how did this happen? And do you know about the sage gem?" Aiden asked, a train of thoughts was running in his mind.
"Yes, I know about the sage gem, it is a gem that can be used once someone has the same affinity as it. As for its activation at this moment... It is really mysterious to me, I have never heard of a sage gem that can be activated by itself." She was also amazed by the scene when the sage gem started floating in the air, curing all of Aiden's pain.
"We will have to conduct a research for this gem." Ivy pointed at the red gem which was lying on the ground.
"Yeah, let's do it right now." Aiden nodded in agreement and picked up the gem from the ground.
"Hm?" He pointed the gem in the sky and took a closer look at it.
"It looks like blood..." He looked at Ivy, pointing his finger at the gem.
"What? No, that must be something else." She waved her hand at him.
"No, it really is blood... a strange type of blood." Aiden wanted to prove it to her, so he stood up from the ground and walked towards her, showing her the bloody red liquid inside the gem.
"I-it can't be possible!" Ivy jumped in shock and amazement.
"See, I told you, its blood." Aiden took a glance at her and then at the gem.
"Y-yes, it is real blood, real royal dragon's blood." Her words instantly made aiden furrow his brows.
"Why? Is it that shocking? I mean, we already met a drgon before, didn't we?" He spoke, reminding her of the dragon that they met in the forest.
"Yes, it is indeed true, but..." She grabbed the gem from his hand, shaking it a little.
"huh!?" Aiden was shocked at seeing her speed, he couldn't even react in time.
"Oh, I am sorry about that." Ivy scratched her right cheek and apologised.
"..." Aiden nodded and asked, "So, what is the difference in dragon blood? I mean, as we have already met a dragon, it shouldn't be that big of a deal." He kept staring at her, waiting for an answer.
"Yes, it shouldn't be a big deal..." She looked at him before continuing, "if it wasn't a royal bloodline." Aiden now understood a little about it, he now understood why she was so shocked upon seeing the dragon blood.
"That must be the case... The dragon with the royal blood is still alive, the blood is still warm and red, meaning that the dragon is still alive. We have to find it at any costs, we can't afford to lose a dragon emperor that has appeared after so many years." She spoke, containing urgency in her voice.
"..." Aiden only nodded at her, he didn't know much about this realm at all so he could only follow her instructions.
"Let's head out, we will be using a flying sword, it won't take much time to search this small country." She gestured at him, walking out of the house.
"Kay." Aiden nodded and follower her.
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After flying for more than an hour, Aiden was feeling a little bored and Ivy still had her non moving expression on.
"When will we find it?" Aiden looked at her and aksed in a bored tone.
"We won't be stopping until we find it." Ivy was direct with her words, she was also doing her best to find the dragon but to no avail, so she decided to not give up until they find it.
"Umm..." Aiden nodded and fastened his speed.
After flying for 1 more hour, they decided to land on the ground as it was not possible for them to keep flying for very long.
"After 10 minutes of rest, we will continue the search." Ivy looked at Aiden, who was really tired at this moment.
"Ah, it is not common for me to fly so I am really tired." Aiden felt his legs go numb after landing.
Ivy smiled at him and handed him a water bottle from her storage ring.
"haaah!!" He grabbed the water bottle tightly and finished it in one gulp.
Ivy giggled, looking at his sweaty face.
Just as Aiden was about to lie down on the grass, something flew out of his pockets, giving him a shock.
"h-huh!?" He instantly jumped back and screamed like a little girl.
"hm?" Ivy looked at the object and what she saw next was very shocking.
"It'sthe sage gem!" She shouted, attracting Aiden's attention.
"Why is the sage gem acting weird!?" Aiden looked at the red blood which was slowly turning grey.
"The dragon is dying! We have to do something, it is near us, we have to find it..." Ivy quickly stood up from the ground and boarded her flying sword.
"Come quickly..." She looked back at Aiden and then activated her sword to fly.
"..." Aiden nodded and boarded his flying sword quickly before taking off.
After flying for 10 minutes, a strange scream reached their ears, instantly attracting their attention.
"Krahhhh!!" The weird scream sounded very painful upon reaching their ears.
"What was that just now?" Aiden shifted his gaze towards Ivy and asked her.
She took out the sage gem and noticed that the blood was reacting very weird, it was getting colder and colder, it was starting to move on it's own, which made her worried.
She understood the meaning behind this, "The dragon is losing it's life force, it is near us, I will have to scan this area." She looked at Aiden, putting the sage gem away.
She pointed two of her fingers at her forehead and closed her eyes, she had activated the detection skill, Aiden decided to back off a little as this spell was very powerful in mind control and could cause him lose his balance.
He was looking at her from the sideways, his eyes were focused on her. Veins were popping out of her forehead, this made Aiden worry a little about her losing consciousness.
A little later, Ivy opened her eyes, "I have found it..."
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