After a while, Lucas finally managed to calm down after seeing the Blade of Chaos depicted on the ancient wall drawings. He decided to retrieve the Blade of Chaos from his [inventory] and used his skill [appraisal] on it.
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Status screen:
[Name]: The Blade of Chaos
[Description]: An ancient soul blade, whose previous master was the first progenitor of chaos. He unleashed chaos upon this world with the Blade of Chaos, but his name and deeds were lost in time forever. After millennia, the Blade of Chaos was alone, never to find a new master. Yet, as if by fate, it finally found its new master, the second progenitor of chaos.
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"I see, so it really is you in the drawings with the first progenitor, I assume," Lucas thought. Then, does that mean he is the loyal friend of the ancient king? And why was he fighting dragons in the first place?
Every time Lucas discovered something, more questions would arise, giving him a headache.
"No use thinking about it anymore. Let's go further and see what this valuable possession would be," Lucas said as he started heading forward. He decided to contemplate all of this later since he didn't have enough information.
"Ugh, I should've asked for his name back then," Lucas regretted not asking the first progenitor more questions when he was inside the book with a piece of his soul.
As Lucas kept walking, the drawings and engravings also disappeared from the walls, leaving only the white flaming torches lighting up the path.
Finally, after 20 minutes of constant walking, Lucas arrived at an open cave that was simply beautiful in his eyes. The cave was lit up by multiple mana crystals coming out of the walls and floors, and a serene blue lake was also present.
As Lucas walked closer to the lake, observing his surroundings in awe, he saw something in the middle of the lake that made him freeze.
It was an egg laid on top of a weird type of plants that were making a cushion for it.
Lucas wasn't stupid; he knew what this egg might be. After everything this dungeon had shown him and the drawings previously, he could tell that this egg was the loyal friend's most valuable possession and what was inside that egg... Lucas knew but didn't want to believe it, so he used his [appraisal] skill to confirm. Maybe he was wrong... but he wasn't.
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Status screen:
[Name]: Dragon egg
[Description]: A dragon egg, an ancient race that has fallen long ago. This egg belonged to the 1st dragon king. Inside it is the only unborn daughter of him, who has been asleep for thousands of years... take care of her.
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"W-what? It really is a dragon egg, and..."
gulp
"The first dragon king's daughter... The description says to take care of her..."
Lucas began approaching the egg, walking on water by infusing his sole with mana.
Taking a deep breath, he gently picked up the egg, which was the size of a football.
He started walking back and sat on the floor, placing the egg gently in front of him, and started pondering what to do.
"Should I make it my soul bond? Having a dragon as your bond would help me a lot."
A soul bond is the same as a soul weapon, but instead of a weapon, you are bonded with a beast. As your bond grows stronger, you will as well. When you grow stronger, the bond would sometimes acquire traits and characteristics from you, and vice versa.
"It did say to take care of her, so I guess I should, but..."
Ever since Lucas got his memories from his previous world, it felt like something or someone was leading him to all of these things—from having a chaos element to the book of chaos, the blade of chaos, and now this dragon egg. He didn't like it, but in the end, what could he do? He wasn't strong enough, and whatever was leading him to these things was clearly helping him by making him stronger. But for what purpose?
In the end, Lucas stopped thinking about it again for now. He was too tired and lazy after everything.
He placed his hand on the black dragon egg, which felt warm, and he felt a heartbeat inside of it. He decided to infuse his mana in it and make it his soul bond.
"W-what the-"
Suddenly, Lucas's mana was being sucked in by the egg at a tremendous speed, and he couldn't pull away at all. All his mana inside his body kept getting sucked in until it finally stopped, making Lucas fall on his back, breathing heavily.
"I-I didn't expect her to be this greedy-"
"AAARGHHHHHH!"
Lucas suddenly felt immense pain throughout his entire body. Every part of his body, from the inside and outside, felt like it was being burned, which it literally was. His skin was torn and shredded, blood coming out of his ears, eyes, and mouth as he kept screaming, feeling like he was thrown into hell.
'IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS IT HURTS'
He kept repeating over and over as the pain made him go crazy. His body kept breaking apart and rebuilding itself, becoming stronger each time.
After 30 minutes of hell, Lucas's pain finally subsided as he lay there naked, with no clothes and mask anymore.
"Ha... haa..."
Breathing heavily, Lucas felt the changes in his body. He sensed the air touching every part of his body, it was easier to breathe, see, and hear. His body had become much more powerful. He grew taller and more handsome, and his blood-red eyes now had vertical pupils.
Feeling the change in his body, Lucas felt much more powerful. He felt like he could destroy a mountain with a single punch. But before he could think any further, he heard a sound of something breaking.
Crack
Turning towards the sound, he saw the egg breaking and a small, cute creature crawling out of it. The creature had scales as black as the night, eyes as red as blood, two little wings on its back, and a small tail swaying left and right as if it was excited.
"Kyuuu-"
It made an adorable sound towards Lucas and suddenly approached him, biting his hand.
"Urgh, what was that for?" Lucas said, but the pain was nothing compared to what he felt just before, so he didn't really care about it.
Suddenly, he saw a weird engraving appearing on top of his hand and disappearing just as fast. A female voice was heard in his ear with no emotion, whispering:
[Soul bond acquired]: Dragon
Please name the bond...
Seeing the message in front of him and the bond next to him staring at him with its blood-red eyes, Lucas decided to name her:
"Luna"
[Soul bond acquired]: Luna (Dragon)
The voice whispered and showed the message again.
Hearing the word Luna, the dragon became happy and started hopping around, making cute little noises.
"Kyuu-"
Seeing Luna act like that, Lucas couldn't help but smile at her. He stood up, noticing his naked state. He opened his [Inventory] and pulled out the same black clothes and mask he was wearing before and started putting them on.
"I am glad I brought spare clothes with me," Lucas thought while checking out and feeling his new body.
'Status'
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Status Screen:
[Name]: Lucas Nightstar
[Age]: 12
[Gender]: Male
[Race:] Half Dragon
[Rank]: peak 4-star level (Master)
[Affinities]:
- Fire
- Lightning
- Space
- Chaos (Progenitor)
[Special Talent]: Dual Wielder
[Physique]: Dragon
[BloodLine]: Unawakened
[Title]: Master of the Blade of Chaos, Dragon Tamer
[Skills]: Monarch of Chaos, Appraisal, Dragon's pride
[Soul Bond]: Luna (Dragon)
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Seeing his status, Lucas couldn't help but suck in a cold breath. He wasn't a human anymore. He became a half-dragon... does that mean he can become a full dragon in the future if Luna becomes even stronger?
He didn't know how to feel now that he wasn't fully human anymore, but he knew that he became much stronger with his dragon physique. He was sure he could win against almost anyone at the master stage.
Looking at Luna, he knew that bringing her out in the open would cause trouble.
"Luna, can you transform perhaps?"
He didn't know, but since dragons were an ancient race, maybe they could do something. Now that he was a half-dragon, he felt that he could change the pupils of his eyes back to normal, so since Luna was a full dragon, maybe she could do it on a bigger scale.
"Kyuu-"
She said in her adorable voice, which Lucas still understood, maybe due to their bond or him becoming a half-dragon.
"Then can you transform into a cat?"
Lucas said and shared a memory of how a cat looked like. A perk of having a soul bond was they could share their vision and memories. Perhaps Luna would be able to see Lucas's entire memories in his past life in the future.
"Kyuu-"
That was her saying that she could, and so she started transforming as her wings went inside her body, and her black scales started changing.
Now in front of Lucas was Luna transformed into a cat with majestic black fur and blood-red eyes, as if the cat was of the highest order.