All Chapters of Wielder Of The Dragon Flame : Chapter 111
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Chapter 111
Old man Kael went still. His hands, which had been organizing bandages and medicine bottles with the practiced efficiency of someone who'd done it a thousand times, stopped moving. He turned slowly, like a man who'd just heard something he couldn't ignore, and his eyes locked onto Jabber's face.The look in those weathered eyes was different now. Not the gentle concern of a healer checking on his patient. Not the cautious worry of someone monitoring a potential problem. This was something else,something knowing, something heavy with the weight of secrets that had been kept too long.He walked over to the bed. Each step was deliberate, measured, like he was giving himself time to decide whether to say what he was about to say. His boots scuffed against the wooden floor, and the sound seemed louder than it should have been in the quiet clinic.When he reached the bedside, he didn't sit immediately. He stood there, looking down at Jabber with an expression that was part sympathy, part re
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Kael's tone was getting more animated now, almost sarcastic in its intensity. "You laughed like a maniac. Like someone who'd just heard the funniest joke in the world. It wasn't your laugh, either,not the way you normally sound. This was deeper, wilder, like something ancient finding amusement in a situation where you should have been terrified."Jabber felt his skin prickling. This didn't sound like him at all. He wasn't the type to laugh in the middle of a fight, especially not when he was losing."Then the flames came." Kael continued. "But they weren't your normal orange-red flames. These were purple,bright, vibrant purple, like nothing I've ever seen before. They flowed over your body like living things, like they had minds of their own. Your eyes changed too. They went from your normal color to something else, something that glowed with that same purple light."He gestured with his hands, painting the picture in the air. "You moved differently. Faster than any initiate shoul
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Jabber's voice was quiet, almost hesitant, like he was afraid that speaking the words aloud would make them more real than he could handle. But he forced himself to continue, to tell old man Kael everything that had happened in that dark void."He asked me something." Jabber said, his eyes fixed on some point in the middle distance, seeing the memory play out again behind his eyes. "The dragon,he looked at me with those purple eyes, and he asked..." He swallowed hard. "He asked if I was tired of being weak."The words hung in the air between them, heavy with implication."Just like that?" Kael prompted gently. "Those exact words?""Yeah." Jabber nodded slowly. "He said, 'Are you tired of being weak? Tired of getting knocked down? Tired of watching others surpass you while you struggle just to keep up? Tired of being looked down on’ And I…" His voice cracked slightly. "I said yes. I didn't even hesitate. I just said yes, because it was true. I am tired of it. I'm tired of bei
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Jabber's free hand came up to cover his face. "Oh no. Everyone saw that? Everyone heard that?""Everyone who was still in the arena after the fight, yes." Kael's tone was sympathetic but firm. "Which, granted, wasn't as many people as had been there during the actual match. Most of the crowd had started dispersing. But the officials were there. Some of the other warriors. And definitely Brick and Matthias."Jabber made a sound that was somewhere between a groan and a whimper. His mind was already racing ahead, imagining the whispers, the rumors, the looks he'd get when he showed his face in the training grounds again. The weird kid who called another initiate 'Master' in front of everyone. They'd never let him live it down."This is a nightmare." He mumbled through his fingers. "This is an actual nightmare.""Actually.”Kael said, and there was something almost cheerful in his tone now. "It's potentially good news. For you, at least."Jabber lowered his hand and stared at the o
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"Thanks, old man Kael. For everything. For telling me the truth, for not treating me like I'm crazy, for... for being here."Kael's stern expression softened. "Get some rest, kid. Tomorrow's going to be a long day."Jabber nodded and started toward the door. Each step felt like he was walking through mud, his legs heavy and uncooperative, but he forced himself to keep moving. He needed to be out of this clinic, away from the smell of medicine and the weight of revelations. He needed normal, or at least something resembling it.He pushed open the clinic door and stepped out into the hallway. The facility was quieter now, most people having turned in for the night, but there were still a few late-night stragglers moving around. The cool air hit his face, and he took a deep breath, trying to clear his head.That's when he heard the voices.Two laborers were walking down the hallway in the opposite direction, carrying tools and supplies like they'd just finished a late shift. They hadn'
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Asta's voice broke the silence, and there was something in his tone,not quite relief, but maybe acceptance. Like he'd been waiting for this conversation to happen eventually and was almost glad it was finally here."Oh. That's right." He let out a breath that might have been a laugh or might have been a sigh. "I forgot you were with old man Kael earlier. So he might be the one that told you."Jabber didn't answer immediately. He was still lying on his back, his eyes fixed on the underside of Asta's bed frame above him. The wooden slats were visible through the thin mattress and he found himself counting them, tracing the grain of the wood with his eyes, anything to avoid having to process the weight of what they were talking about.The silence stretched out again, but this time it was different. Less shocked, more contemplative. Like both of them were trying to figure out where to start, how to have a conversation they'd never expected to have.Finally, Asta moved. Jabber heard the
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There was a pause, and then Asta chuckled. It was a dry, humorless sound. "Yeah. Old man Kael thinks the dragon's presence is suppressing my natural flame abilities. Like having something that is powerful sealed inside me is drowning out everything else, making it impossible for my own flames to manifest.""That's rough." Jabber said, and meant it. To be surrounded by people who could all use flames, to be training as a warrior in a facility specifically designed for flame wielders, and to be unable to access that power yourself,that had to be incredibly frustrating."It is what it is." Asta replied, though his tone suggested it bothered him more than he wanted to admit. "I've learned to work around it. Focus on physical combat, strategy, things that don't require flames. But still, sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be normal. To just... use my flames like everyone else."He paused, then his tone shifted, becoming lighter, almost envious. "But your dragon is cool, thoug
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Jabber had been standing frozen, staring at his own reflection wearing purple eyes and that unsettling smile. But something inside him snapped,some combination of exhaustion, fear, and anger that had been building since he woke up in the clinic with no memory of his fight.He pushed himself up from where he'd been standing, his posture straightening, his shoulders squaring. His hands balled into fists at his sides, and when he spoke, his voice was sharp, accusatory, carrying all the frustration he'd been holding back."You lied to me."The dragon's smile flickered, just for a moment, but it didn't disappear. Those purple eyes remained fixed on Jabber's face."You said you were going to give me a hand." Jabber continued, his voice rising with each word. "You said you were going to make me stronger. That's what you promised when we shook hands in this place. That's the deal we made!"He took a step forward, closing some of the distance between them, his jaw tight with anger. "But you
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The dragon's jaw clenched. When he spoke again, his voice was tight, controlled, like he was forcing the words out. "Not until we dragons were overwhelmed by a particularly strong foe. Something we hadn't anticipated, something that pushed us beyond our limits."He looked directly at Jabber now, and those purple eyes were filled with something that might have been regret. "When dragons get overwhelmed, when we're pushed to our breaking point, our instinct is to fight with everything we have. All our power, all our strength, holding nothing back. We will go all out."Jabber nodded slowly. "That makes sense. Survival instinct.""Yes." The dragon agreed. "But here's the problem,when a dragon releases all its power, when it stops holding back, the vessel can't handle it. The human body, even enhanced by the merging, can't maintain both their own flame and the dragon's full power at the same time. It's too much. The system overloads."He paused, and his voice became even quieter. "Th
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Jabber turned away slowly, his movements stiff and mechanical. The dragon's words echoed in his head, bouncing around his skull like stones in an empty cave. The most powerful flame wielder in the entire world. No competition. No comparison.His hands clenched at his sides, fingernails digging into his palms hard enough to hurt even in this dream-void where pain shouldn't exist. His face twisted, jaw tight, and something dark and bitter churned in his chest,an emotion he didn't want to name but couldn't ignore.Jealousy.Pure, green, poisonous jealousy.Asta would be the strongest. Asta, who'd been his friend, his roommate, the guy who helped him train when no one else would. Asta, who was flameless now but wouldn't be forever. Asta, who would surpass everyone, who would become a legend, who would make Jabber look like nothing more than a footnote in his story.The dragon watched him turn away and if Jabber had been looking, he would have seen the shift in expression. Would have seen