Deep in a rainforest lay an unassuming egg. It was rather large, over 3m in diameter. If anyone were around the egg at this time, they would be able to see a rather peculiar sight: the egg seemed to be changing color. It switched from black to white, to crimson to blue. Sometimes, it would have multiple colors, but it wouldn't stay the same color for more than 5 seconds at a time.
Enzo regained consciousness, trying to move his body, but quickly realized he couldn't. He felt trapped as if he was in a camped-up box. Enzo frowned, pulling up his status window.
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Name: Enzo
Gender: Male
Condition: Dragon Egg (About to hatch)
Bloodline: Void Dragon
Level: 1 [0/100]
Title: N/A
Health: 200/200
Mana: 200/200
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Strength: 20
Vitality: 20
Agility: 20
Intellect: 20
Luck: 0 (+50)
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"20 points! That's double!" Enzo cursed as he looked at his status page. A human would start with 10 points in each of their stats and would earn five spare points per level until level 10. He began with a 40-point difference total, meaning eight levels!
The difference between the two was so monstrous that Enzo couldn't help but send another barrage of insults to the heavens for their cruelty.
But a smug grin soon came over his face as he realized that he now had a massive lead in his competition, and various plans started to form in his mind regarding how best to exploit his newfound strength.
As he was fantasizing about a future filled with boundless riches, beautiful dragon girls, and ruling over kingdom after kingdom, the system sent him a message that promptly shook him from his reverie.
[Void Dragon Emperor's Inheritance has been detected]
[Would you like to receive the inheritance?]
[Yes/No]
Not having heard about anything like this in his past life, Enzo hesitated. 'Is this like inherited memories?'
After mulling it over, Enzo figured he would have to be brain dead to turn it down. 'Besides,' Enzo thought, 'I have 50 luck, there's no way this is something bad.'
[Congratulations! You've Received: Void Emperor's Aura]
[Congratulations! You've Received: Void Emperor's Body]
[Notice: You've Elected to Receive the Void Dragon Emperor's Inheritance. A mandatory quest has been issued]
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Quest: Void Dragon Palace
Details: The last Void Dragon died over 10,000 years ago, and the Dragon race has been slowly declining. The first step every Dragon Emperor must take when establishing their Dynasty is to build their Dragon Palace. Unique to Void Dragons, the Void Dragon Palace is known to be the reason behind the Dragon race's dominance in the primordial era and is seen as the pride of the dragon race.
Time Limit: 10 years
Punishment For Failure: Extermination of Your Soul
Reward: ??
Requirements to Build Void Dragon Palace: 100,000 Blocks of Gold, 100,000 Blocks of Platinum, 100,000 Blocks of Mithril, 10 Primordial Source Stones, 5 God Hearts, 5 Demon-God Hearts, and 1 Void Stone
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Initially, Enzo was overjoyed to receive two skills, but when he saw the new quest, especially words like 'Extermination of Soul' and 'God Hearts', he quickly cooled down, and his gaze turned solemn.
'I've never even heard of Mithril before, let alone the other things.' Enzo shook his head. 'Better not think of this quest for now and focus on getting stronger.'
A light blazed in Enzo's eyes. 'Anything is possible with enough strength.'
Regaining his clarity after that thought, Enzo examined his two new skills.
[Void Emperor's Aura: Exudes an Aura of suppression, making any Dragon or the Dragon races allies, subservient to you (Only within your Tier and below)]
[Void Emperor's Body: Able to use any element effectively, including the four Primordial Elements: Creation, Destruction, Time, and Space]
Enzo's eyes almost glazed over as he stared at his two abilities. His first ability sounded a lot like bloodline suppression.
Enzo could make every dragon lower its head with this ability, and they wouldn't even complain about it.
But that wasn't even the best ability! His second ability, 'Void Emperor's Body,' made it so he had talent that even the heavens would envy!
Enzo had control, over water and wind in his last life,, but since he only managed to make it to Tier-3, he knew he hadn't come anywhere near the pinnacle of the elements.
As he was trembling with joy, he hard a cracking sound and a thin ray of light appeared, peeking in through a crack in the shell. Taking advantage of the situation Enzo forced the shell open and slowly broke free from his dark prison.
Looking around, Enzo noticed the dense foliage and surmised me must be in a rainforest. Suddenly feeling a pang from his stomach, Enzo figured his body was hungry and needed something edible to eat.
Remembering the guides from his last life, Enzo ate the shell and was quickly overcome with a euphoric sensation akin to receiving a heavenly spa.
As he was in this high-like state, Enzo received information about the dragon race and the rules in which they operated.
Dragons were known as the Lords of the Heavens and ruled with unparalleled ferocity. Along with the information, Enzo also inherited several dragon traits such as a dragon's pride and their love for wealth.
Enzo knew he would now forever be changed as he had embarked on a path of no return, a path on becoming a Lord of the Heavens.