2024-01-15 21:05:41Zorka was shocked witnessing the death of the level two beastmaster snake. Its body dried up and turned into ashes. Then, a rumbling sound echoed in the cave, startling Zorka.
His body trembled uncontrollably, and his teeth chattered loudly. Meanwhile, from the stone shaped like a dragon's head, a bluish light emanated.
"Groar, not enough! Low-level monster energy can't break this curse!"
A heavy, furious voice resonated, making Zorka's heart race. Sweat covered his body, even though the air in the cave was icy.
"Wh-who is it?" Zorka suddenly retorted, strengthening his resolve to inquire of the figure speaking.
Hearing the voice of a child responding, the voice chuckled.
"Ah, I seem to have forgotten about this little creature.”
Zorka was startled to hear the voice calling him. Something emerged from the dragon head statue. A transparent dragon spirit revealed itself.
Seeing this, Zorka crawled backward and curled up, crossing his arms in front of his face.
"Dra-dragon! Please don't kill me!" Zorka cried out with a restrained voice.
"Tsk, you're not a potential prey for me to drain your energy," the dragon spirit said gruffly.
Zorka's eyes widened. It turned out that the dragon spirit was the one who finished off Venomcoil.
"What do you mean? You're the one using those tendrils, dragging us into this cave?" Zorka asked.
The dragon snorted, finding the human's question absurd.
"Of course. It's easy for me, even though my physical form is cursed, turning me into stone. That won't hinder my magical abilities. Well, only a bit I can use.”
The dragon spirit emitted a blue light, just like the dragon head stone shining in the same color.
Zorka lowered his hands, then approached the dragon head-shaped stone.
"So, you mean, this stone is you cursed?" Zorka stared at the large stone touching the cave's ceiling. Despite the cave being about 100 meters high, the dragon head-shaped stone filled it.
"How big would you be if you weren't cursed, dragon? Your head alone already fills this cave; I can't imagine how colossal you'd be."
"Hey, don't call me dragon! I have a name. I'm Azurks, the blue crystal dragon. A legendary dragon that has lived for thousands of years and has an unlimited level," said Azurks, the dragon, arrogantly.
"Did you often drag beastmasters here accidentally?" Zorka asked. "Earlier, I heard you say only level two beastmasters couldn't break the curse. So, have you been sucking energy from these dragged-in beastmasters just for that?"
Zorka got more curious, asking more questions. His fear of Azurks slowly faded. Azurks replied, "Yeah, the magic energy I get from these beastmasters can't break the curse made by some ancient wizard thousands of years ago. Beastmasters coming to this savannah valley are rare, and mostly they're low-level. So, their energy can only wake up part of my magic."
Zorka fell silent, taking in the information with amazement. His eyes sparkled, still a bit scared and tense.
Azurks was intrigued by Zorka's presence. He felt a huge energy emanating from the thin boy, as if it didn't come from his body.
Azurks noticed this energy surge when Zorka was still outside the cave. It blended with various energies, including Venomcoil's. Zorka's magical energy felt different—boiling, strong, yet gentle, and deadly at the same time.
Azurks gazed at Zorka, scanning his body and probing into his soul.
"So that's how it is. Your soul isn't from this world. You've replaced a soul that met a fateful end. Hahaha, turns out you've got the soul of an adult human," Azurks chuckled, discovering the true nature of Zorka's soul.
Zorka was stunned, realizing that Azurks knew the origin of his soul, not from his current world.
"How do you know?" Zorka asked.
"I'm an ancient being. I recognize souls in this world down to their deepest energy. But your energy signature is different from the humans of this world. Your energy is too powerful, unlike the energy of humans from your current world. So, how did you manage to switch souls, huh?”
This time, Zorka took a step back. His hair stood on end.
"I, I really don't know. It's just that in my previous world, I died in a truck accident on my way home. Then, when I woke up, I was already in this body. I thought I would be in nirvana... Turns out, I ended up in a different world," Zorka said, almost complaining.
Azurks chuckled at Zorka's words. However, after that, he spoke seriously.
"It's destiny. There's a red thread connecting you to the child who owns this body. I think that thread of destiny is even connected to me."
Zorka looked at Azurks with curiosity.
"It seems like the gods brought you into this world to free me," Azurks' spirit grinned, revealing his sharp teeth.
"What do you mean?" Zorka felt uneasy.
"Just let me go, and I'll willingly make a beastmaster contract with you. Won't that benefit you?"
"Hah, me? Hold on, Azurks. Can't you break the curse by absorbing energy from a high-level beastmaster? You just need to invite a powerful beastmaster to lift the curse, not ask me to be the middleman. I don't want to die a second time.
Oh, no, not like that. What I mean is, I still want to live until adulthood and do what this body's owner wants. This kid wants me to free his mom and prove he's not a useless person to his dad.”
"Why would that happen?" Azurks asked.
Zorka then shared the story of waking up, the memories of the body's previous owner, and the reason his father dumped him in the Sorgindua forest. It left Azurks stunned.
"Tsk. Turns out, humans can be crueler than us wild creatures. We don't treat our kin unfairly, even if they're considered useless, like lacking magic flow in their body energy.
Listening to your story makes me more convinced that you can set me free now. So, let's make a deal!"
Zorka grinned with Azurks' determination. However, he hesitated, considering Venomcoil's fate turned to ashes after Azurks drained its energy using its tendrils.
Seeing hesitation in Zorka's eyes, Azurks realized something.
"Aha, I know why you're unsure!" Azurks exclaimed, "Are you afraid your fate will be like that venomous snake earlier? Haha, that won't happen. The abundant magic energy in your body can't be sucked by me. Instead, that energy can release the curse without hurting you, hey kid!"
"Really? You sure I can lift your curse while I can't perform magic myself due to this body's nature?" Zorka still doubted Azurks' words.
"Yeah, absolutely. No need for you to do magic; I'll extract that magic energy of yours. Now, put your palm on the rock shaped like my head and see what happens next."
Despite doubts, Zorka followed Azurks' advice. He placed his hand on the dragon-shaped rock. Then something happened, a bluish light radiated, dazzling, making Zorka squint.
The cave trembled, stalactites fell. Then a deafening roar echoed. An explosion occurred, a giant dragon rose from its slumber.
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Zorka rested for a few minutes. When he woke up, he and Azurks flew along with the potion-infused water, allowing them to float.In the middle of the lake, right where the Axolotl monster once nested, Zorka scattered the water as if it were rain. Zorka's clear potion immediately hit the lake, turning the once blue water black and boiling. Thick green smoke emerged from the boiling lake water. The hissing sound was horrifying.Azurks created protective bubbles to shield the villagers from the poisonous smoke."This is correct," said Zorka as he watched the boiling lake."For a while, the lake will look disgusting as the venomous mucus is being neutralized. The green smoke is evidence that the venom has been released!""What will happen next?" Azurks asked."We'll just wait on land. The process may take a long time because the contamination has been going on for years." Zorka asked Azurks to land. He instructed Umayah to prepare a carpet and umbrella on the lakeside.After Umayah carrie
To keep the presence
Azurks provided crucial information. The blue crystal dragon bit the Axolotl monster not just to eat it, but also to research the venom content in its mucus using its tasting senses.The complex content could be tackled by Zorka. After escorting Umayah home, Zorka brought out some other food ingredients to prepare dinner for the kids taken care of by Umayah. Even though Zorka had stored wheat beforehand.Zorka asked Umayah to share some food with the villagers, as he was sure almost everyone in the village must be starving. Additionally, Zorka created a large water reservoir to distribute to the villagers. He used magic to make the water reservoir. Then, he created a dimensional hole to transfer water from the spring to the reservoir.It didn't take long for Zorka to fill the water reservoir. He estimated that the water stored in Umayah's yard would last for a week.After ensuring everything he did was completed, Zorka left the village using teleportation. With the information obtaine
Azurks, eat it!
Azurks quickly scanned the conditions underwater, where the Venomous Axolotl resided. He emitted a bit of his aura, causing the monster in the water to become restless. It moved around, crawling at the bottom of the lake as the sound of Azurks' aura echoed.Gazing fiercely at the Venomous Axolotl, Azurks was about to inform Zorka when he sensed the arrival of a human. Swiftly, he made himself invisible to the human except to Zorka.As his master was invited to visit the house of an elderly woman named Umayah, Azurks asked for permission to inspect the lake.Azurks discovered that the venom produced by the Venomous Axolotl, which was the size of a blue whale, was highly toxic. Its venom didn't immediately kill the lake's ecosystem in one spread. Instead, it spread slowly and had a deadly effect on the fertility of the village's soil. Even the animals in the area, which were typically calm and gentle, turned savage, destroying everything in their path.While Zorka accepted the granny Um
Venomous Axolotl Monster
All the food Zorka served was gone. However, there was still some water and juice left. Zorka asked Umayah to keep the water and juice. Earlier, Zorka had brought some wheat baskets that he asked Azurks to fill into his dimension space.Azurks obtained the wheat when Zorka asked him to return to the beastmaster realm. In that realm, there were many wild plants commonly eaten by humans, including vast fields of wheat that grew without ever being harvested by humans (very few humans could enter the beastmaster realm).The children looked sleepy after eating for a while. The feeling of fullness made them comfortable."You sleepy?" Zorka asked. The children nodded in unison.Hearing Zorka's question, Umayah looked at the children. Their faces, initially pale, started to show their natural color. One of the children, seemingly a toddler, began to doze off.Umayah approached the toddler and carried them."You should rest. It's been a long time since you ate until full, making it difficult f
The food and drinks from the dimension space.
Zorka is taken aback as he looks at the children. Their vacant gazes, devoid of life's energy, fill him with pity. Umayah, noticing Zorka's surprise, explains."These ten children are the victims of parents who were destroyed by the monster. They are all orphaned, truly alone.”Umayah leads Zorka to a room that appears to be the living room. In the spacious room, there are chairs stacked high, covering the windows. In fact, Zorka only realizes upon entering Umayah's house that it feels dark. This is because the windows of Umayah's house are covered by tall, thick objects.Zorka sits on the carpet, its faded color covered in dust. Before sitting down, Umayah takes a broomstick. She sweeps the carpet to remove the dust that dirties it. However, her efforts are not very successful; the dust flies in all directions and ends up back on the carpet.Watching Umayah's efforts to please her guest, Zorka asks her to stop trying to clean the dust on the carpet."It's okay, Granny Umay. You don't
Their dimly lit eyes
Zorka blinks his eyes repeatedly, then rubs them."Are we there already?" he asks, still drowsy."How could we be there already when flying on a winged camel just makes you sleepy!" Azurks says, annoyed.Instead of waking up as scolded by Azurks, the man hugs the camel's hump again, drifting back to sleep due to his extreme tiredness."Oh, in that case, wake me up when we arrive!" says Zorka."Tsk, if you flew with me, we'd be there in the blink of an eye." Azurks grumbles. He then transforms into a necklace and curls around Zorka's neck, falling asleep as well.Some time later, the winged camel stomps its feet. It snorts into Zorka's hair, causing the young man to open his eyes. He stretches them momentarily."It seems we've arrived!" Zorka exclaims, standing beside the winged camel and gazing at the village gate where a rusty nameplate hangs. Even the iron plate appears rusty and swings as the desert wind blows."Wow, the location is more chaotic than I thought," Zorka remarks. The
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