2026-10-07 04:30:39The corrupted Tempest Dragon spread its colossal wings.
A single beat sent hurricanes tearing across the floating mountains.
Lightning rained from the heavens.
The Shrine of Storms groaned as ancient pillars collapsed one after another.
Raijin lowered his head.
His proud voice carried sorrow.
“For ten thousand years...”
“I guarded the Heart of the Tempest.”
“And in one moment...”
“I have failed.”
Kael stepped beside the ancient guardian.
“No.”
Raijin looked at him.
“This wasn’t your failure.”
“It was Varyn’s.”
The old wolf studied Kael for a long moment.
Then he smiled.
“You truly are different from the kings who came before.”
High above them, the Tempest Dragon released a deafening roar.
ROOOOOOAR!
The sound alone shattered nearby mountain peaks.
The dragon’s crimson eyes locked onto Kael.
Then it spoke.
“I know your scent.”
Kael frowned.
“You can speak?”
“I remember every Blood Sovereign.”
Its enormous head lowered until it was only metres away.
“I remember your father.”
Kael’s grip tightened around Dawnbreaker.
“You knew him?”
The dragon closed its eyes.
“He once stood where you stand.”
“He also sought the Sixth Inheritance.”
Selene, watching from below, gasped.
“So King Aetherion completed this trial...”
Tharos nodded solemnly.
“He became the sixth heir...”
“...but he never claimed the inheritance.”
Kael stared at the dragon.
“My father refused?”
The dragon nodded.
“He believed another would need it more.”
Kael’s heart skipped.
“He left it...”
“...for me.”
The dragon’s crimson eyes flickered.
For a brief moment...
They turned blue.
Then the corruption returned.
Black lightning burst across its body.
It roared in pain.
“Leave...”
“...before I lose myself.”
Kael remembered Cassian.
Another warrior trapped inside corruption.
Another soul still fighting.
He slowly lowered his sword.
“I won’t kill you.”
The dragon laughed bitterly.
“You cannot save everyone.”
Kael smiled.
“I have heard that before.”
“And every time...”
“I proved it wrong.”
The dragon attacked.
Its jaws unleashed a torrent of black lightning.
Kael activated Guardian’s Dominion.
A crimson barrier formed around him.
The lightning exploded against it.
The force pushed Kael backwards across the summit.
Before he could recover—
The dragon’s tail struck.
BOOM!
Kael was thrown through three stone pillars.
Blood ran down his forehead.
Below, Selene clenched her fists.
“Kael...”
Caelan took a step forward.
“We have to help him.”
Tharos blocked his path.
“No.”
“If anyone interferes...”
“The Sixth Trial will fail.”
Kael slowly stood.
His entire body ached.
The dragon circled above him.
“You are too weak.”
Kael wiped the blood from his face.
“Probably.”
“But I’m stubborn.”
The dragon laughed.
“So was your father.”
For the first time...
Kael smiled.
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
The battle continued.
Minutes became hours.
Every attack Kael launched was met with overwhelming force.
Yet he noticed something strange.
The dragon never aimed for his heart.
Never.
It always struck to knock him away.
Never to kill.
Kael’s eyes widened.
“You’re resisting.”
The dragon froze.
“You still have control.”
The crimson eyes flickered blue again.
Only for a second.
It was enough.
Kael activated Heart of the Sovereign.
Immediately, he felt the dragon’s true heart.
Beneath the corruption...
A lonely soul.
A guardian who had watched over the storms for thousands of years.
A guardian begging to be freed.
Kael closed his eyes.
He sheathed Dawnbreaker.
Everyone below stared in disbelief.
“What is he doing?” Elara whispered.
Kael began walking toward the dragon.
Unarmed.
The dragon roared.
Black lightning surrounded its jaws.
“STOP!”
It fired.
The blast raced toward Kael.
He did not move.
At the final moment...
The dragon twisted its own head.
The attack missed.
It exploded harmlessly into the sky.
The guardian screamed in agony.
“I CAN’T HOLD IT!”
Kael reached the dragon’s head.
He gently placed one hand upon its scales.
“You don’t have to.”
Warm crimson light flowed from the Heart of the Sovereign.
The corruption shrieked.
Black mist poured from every wound.
The dragon convulsed violently.
The Hollow King’s voice thundered across the heavens.
“ENOUGH!”
A spear of darkness fell from the clouds.
It pierced the dragon’s chest.
Kael’s eyes widened.
“No!”
The guardian looked down at him.
Its eyes had become completely blue once more.
It smiled.
“Thank you...”
“For reminding me...”
“...who I was.”
The dragon’s body dissolved into countless blue lights.
The storm calmed.
The black clouds disappeared.
Sunlight broke through for the first time.
At the centre of the fading light floated a brilliant sapphire crystal.
The Sixth Inheritance.
It drifted gently into Kael’s hands.
The Blood Sovereign Mark blazed brilliantly.
A sixth ring formed around it.
A voice echoed inside his soul.
“Sixth Inheritance Accepted.”
“Ability Unlocked...”
“Storm Crown.”
Kael suddenly felt the wind itself obey his will.
Lightning danced harmlessly around his fingertips.
The skies recognised their new master.
Tharos walked to Kael and knelt on one knee.
“The Storms have chosen their king.”
One by one...
Selene.
Caelan.
Elara.
Kaelor.
Aurel.
Even Cassian.
They all knelt.
Kael quickly shook his head.
“Stand.”
They looked up.
“We kneel to no one today.”
“We stand together.”
Tharos smiled.
“The greatest kings...”
“...are always the last to seek a throne.”
Far away, beneath the Black Citadel...
The Hollow King slowly opened both eyes.
And for the first time...
It spoke Kael’s name.
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