Chapter 7 - Yggdrasil

Since you're a dragon with wood elemental affinity…" pausing for a while as he scans the dragon hatchling with his eyes for a while, the upbeat young man said, then nodding once something snaps in his mind, smiling as he thought that there's no other better name for this little guy than what he thought.

 

Looking at him with anticipation in its eyes, the young dragon waits for the name that it will bear for his life to come, hoping that it will get something befitting of a powerful creature such as itself.

 

"… I will give you a name related to trees, the greatest one in some legends, Yggdrasil." Looking at the young wood dragon while thinking of the legend of the world tree that connect numerous realms using its own body, the upbeat young man couldn't help but nod to himself for thinking of such thing, the young hatchling seemingly acknowledging his naming skills as well given how celebratory its acts is after he gave it its name, growling joyously as it starts prancing around him excitedly.

 

Seeing how the young dragon reacts, the upbeat young man couldn't help but shake his head for a bit, thinking that even such majestic creatures like this are still quite gullible as a child, contrary to the human belief that they are existences born with the knowledge of the world already.

 

After they play around for a while, they are eventually pulled out of the mysterious place, once again returning to their physical body, the two of them looking at each other for a while before the young man decided to break the silence.

 

"Let's go to a good place, little one" thinking of moving the young wood dragon to the habitat he purchased for it, the upbeat young man reaches out his hand, which in turn the young hatchling reaches as well using its head, looking at him innocently while it waits for whatever happens, the two of them disappearing from the top of the True Dragon Nourishing Tree, emerging in a large plot of vitality filled floating island.

 

In the island, the waters flow out and fall down from some areas of it, particularly the edge that seems to just drop into nowhere, a river flowing down from the singular lush green mountain peak in the middle of it, the surface of the island covered with waters and woods, rivers flowing through and dividing five areas in the island.

 

 Looking around the area that it is suddenly transported in, the young dragon couldn't help but growl around in excitement, the feeling it currently has is clearly stronger than that of those it previously felt, the evidence of such fact apparent from the glowing light coming out of its eyes as it gleefully observes everything that it encounters.

 

Seeing just how much the hatchling appreciates the place, the upbeat young man couldn't help but think that it is only worth it that he brought this place for the young one, already planning about finding a task to search for another dragon, so that this one won't be alone when he's not inside the draconic realm.

 

As he thinks about it, the upbeat young man is quite surprised that the floating gray screen appears in front of him once again, the screen already on the [Mission] tab, showing a mission that seems particularly tailored for the thing he just thought of.

 

[Take Revenge]

[Description: The ruler of the Draconic Realm is not someone to be trifled with!!! Take revenge to the grievances dealt to you by the beasts of the wild and reclaim your reputation as the sole ruler of the Draconic Realm. Obliterate the Soaring Steel Eagle that currently brings you to a near death encounter.]

[Rewards: Completion of the mission awards you with a single Metal Dragon Egg, 10,000 Realm Gold]

 

Seeing the rewards of the mission, the upbeat young man, Diluc, couldn't help but smile in joy as he thought of how simple this task is right now, knowing that the Soaring Steel Eagle is merely a beast that has a cultivation of Bright Red Core, and a combat power that is slightly stronger than normal at most, something that Yggdrasil can easily deal with right now.

 

"Is there a time limit to this mission?" asking the most important part of the mission, the upbeat young man speaks as he plays around with the young wood dragon, the Dragon Herding System immediately replying to his question with a definitive answer.

 

[There is never a time limit set for the you to complete your mission, however, the system urges you to complete the current mission as soon as possible as no new missions will arrive as long as you don't complete the current mission, this applies for the succeeding missions as well]

 

Reading the words written on the floating grey screen, the upbeat young man nods to himself as he thinks that this is good, however in his mind, he is already planning about how to find, as well as how to deal with the Soaring Steel Eagle without getting his hatchling hurt.

 

'I guess I'll take my time to watch Yggdrasil to grow first, I read that dragons quickly grows into adolescent age as long as they have enough nourishment and good environment to live in' thinking about this, the upbeat young man couldn't help but think about the authenticity of this fact, speaking up as he waits the seemingly all-knowing Dragon Herding System to answer his question.

 

"How long will it take for Yggdrasil to grow into an adolescent form?" watching the young dragon swimming on the shallow depth of the river with its neck and head poking out and growling happily at him, the upbeat young man asked while smiling and waving at the hatchling, the system's gray screen giving him his answer within just a moment.

 

[The Draconic Realm provides the highest level of nourishment and care for the dragons living on it, even the least talented dragon in the Draconic Realm grows into its adolescent age within the first two weeks of it breaking out from its shell, with the most talented reaching such form within just a week]

 

Reading the reply he got, the upbeat young man smiles as he starts planning on how to track the Soaring Steel Eagle already, his attention not leaving the young hatchling as he takes caution, not wanting the young wood dragon to go too deep into the water as he thinks that it is too dangerous for it.

 

[You should allow Yggdrasil to explore itself, a dragon isn't a dragon if it grows in a greenhouse environment]

 

"Isn't the Draconic Realm already the ultimate greenhouse?" asking as he thought that this place is already something of a paradise to the dragon race, the upbeat young man asks without any intention to mock, which is also picked up by the system, prompting its gray screen to appear in front of him once again, the explanation for the thing he's asking about emerging in front of him once again.

 

[That is because you can't unlock the other higher-level features of the Dragon Herding System, meaning that the current Draconic Realm is not yet functioning at its fullest]

 

"Then how much of the functions of the Dragon Herding System and the Draconic Realm am I able to use right now?" hearing something that piques his interest, the upbeat young man couldn't stop his curious nature from asking, the reply from the Dragon Herding System knocking his confidence quite a bit.

 

[Right now, you are only utilizing less than one percent of the System and the Draconic Realm's full functions and the other functions are locked since your strength is still too low]

 

"Is that so… then how high of a cultivation do I need to have before I can unlock and use the other functions?" after lamenting at his weak strength for a while, the upbeat young man recovers once more as he asks, the next reply of the system being a good one right now.

 

[Every time your cultivation increases by one major level, a function of the system will be unlocked, each having different use from each other, but all serves the purpose of strengthening not only the dragons residing inside the realm but also to improve you, the ruler of the Draconic Realm's strength and power]

 

"Great, I'm looking forward to it" once he finished reading the Dragon Herding System's last reply, the upbeat young man smiles as he stops asking the system all sorts of things, knowing that it can always answer him, but the time with the young dragon is something that he will never get back.

 

As he approaches the area where the young wood dragon is currently swimming on, the young man shouts as he gets closer to the hatchling, the hatchling growling back at the young man as soon as he saw him, excitedly rushing towards him as if it just saw someone to play with.