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Chapter 4 - The Dragon's layer

At sixteen, Jorgan cut an imposing figure against the stormy sky. His black robes whipped in the fierce mountain winds. The system's interface glowed in his vision, displaying his status:

[Current Status:

Title: Warlock 

Class: Arch-Mage class 8

Mana Pool: 589% (Enhanced by dragon heart consumption)

Quest Objective: Obtain Frost Dragon Heart]

The mountaintop before him bore massive claw marks where the ancient frost dragon had claimed its territory. Jorgan had tracked it for three days, following the trail of frozen wildlife and distinctive magical signatures that only his enhanced senses could detect.

Thunder rolled overhead as Jorgan activated his detection spells. The dragon's lair lay ahead in a massive cave, its entrance large enough to accommodate the beast's wingspan. The air temperature dropped dramatically as he approached, his breath forming crystals in the air.

[Warning: Frost Dragon detected

Level: Elder Class

Threat Assessment: Extreme]

Jorgan smiled grimly. The system's warnings were always prudent, but he had grown far beyond needing basic tactical advice. He had developed his own fighting style, one that had already proven effective against three other dragons.

The cave floor crackled with frost under his boots as he entered. His perception spell revealed the dragon's massive form before his eyes adjusted to the darkness – a behemoth of scales and frost, its body nearly filling the cavern's depths.

Ancient eyes opened, glowing with pale blue light. The dragon's consciousness pressed against his magical defences, trying to overwhelm him with primal fear. Jorgan's enhanced mental barriers held firm.

"Little human," the dragon's voice resonated in his mind, "you carry the essence of my kin." Soon realization struck the dragon.

"Murderer!!!"

Jorgan didn't waste time with dialogue. He launched his first attack – a combination of fire and wind magic that he had perfected for this very purpose. The superheated cyclone roared through the cave, melting the frost from the walls.

The dragon reacted with surprising speed, its wings creating a barrier of ice crystals that scattered Jorgan's attack. Its counterattack came in the form of a beam of pure cold that could freeze a man solid in seconds.

Jorgan's earth magic raised a shield of stone, which shattered under the freezing beam but bought him the seconds he needed. He followed with his signature technique – a simultaneous blast of all four elements, each enhanced by the dragon hearts he had previously consumed.

The dragon roared as the attack connected, its scales cracking under the overwhelming force. But elder dragons didn't survive centuries by being easily defeated. Its tail whipped around, catching Jorgan off guard and sending him crashing into the cave wall.

[Minimal impact.]

Ignoring the system's prompts, Jorgan pushed himself up, channelling power into his next attack. The dragon had shown him its weakness – its left-wing bore ancient battle damage that had never fully healed.

Focusing his remaining mana, Jorgan created a vortex of razor-sharp stone shards, superheated them with fire magic, and launched them at the dragon's weak point. The beast tried to dodge, but in the confined space of the cave, its mobility was limited.

The attack tore through the wing membrane and buried burning stones deep in the ancient wound. The dragon's roar of pain shook the mountain itself. Before it could recover, Jorgan unleashed his final attack – a spear of concentrated magical energy, combining all four elements into a single point of devastating force.

The spear struck true, piercing the dragon's chest where scales had been weakened by age and battle. The mighty beast crashed to the cave floor, its ancient life force fading.

[Target Neutralized

Quest Update: Extract heart within 10 minutes to preserve magical properties]

Working quickly, Jorgan used wind magic to cool the dragon's body and earth magic to create proper tools. With practised efficiency, he extracted the heart – a massive organ that pulsed with residual magical energy.

Setting up a ritual circle, Jorgan prepared the heart using the method he had perfected with previous hunts. A controlled fire, hot enough to cook the organ without destroying its magical properties, while wind magic dispersed any toxic fumes.

As he consumed the prepared heart, power flooded through his system. Each dragon's heart increased not just his mana capacity, but his ability to control and combine magic in new ways.

[Status Update:

Mana Capacity: Increased by 225%

New Ability Unlocked: Frost Magic Affinity

Title Updated: Dragon Hunter

Title updated: Slayer of the Dragons.]

Using his enhanced wind magic, Jorgan levitated himself out of the cave and began his journey home. Below him, mountain peaks passed in a blur as he flew through the storm clouds, his body still humming with new power.

His family would be waiting, unaware of the true nature of his "hunting trips." Let them think he was merely an unusually gifted young mage. Only the system knew the full extent of his growing powers – and his ultimate goals.