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FLASH!
Jotun smiled, as she released a wave of light towards , my mind suddenly awakened, as I felt sothing… no, I felt many.
"W-What is this?!"
Suddenly, within my head, I could see a map of the world, and far away, several golden dots, they were…
"That is a special ability I possess, and you as the Dragon King will now have," she said. "It'll help you locate my children easily around the globe."
"Oh, it does works well… So where's Athyst… hm?" I raised an eyebrow, noticing sothing, Athyst was deeper into the continent than I imagined. "She's in so place known as the Dry Sea?"
"It's a gigantic desert that was once part of the ocean," explained Jotun. "There, powerful Divine Monsters live, she has been living there since you defeated her in the tournant. However, even when she's hunting there every day, her growth has been mostly stagnant… she's not doing it right."
"I see… And that's where I enter," I nodded. "If I was able to make of Surtr and Erald into powerful dragons, then you can count on that I'll do my best with her, right?"
"…Of course, we already know that there's nobody better than you, Dragon King! Hohoh," laughed Jotun, she seed sleepy, her cheerful personality wasn't quite there, although she did laugh as she usually did. "But she might still need my guidance or that of her siblings, hopefully, you can include us into the whole teaching part."
"Sure thing," I nodded. "Then I'll be leaving for now, Aunt Jotun, I have sothing to-"
"Wait a second, son," she said. "I want to ask you… what do you see in Athyst that made you want to train her so much? Don't tell you're interested in her? I an, she's strong so I bet she could make strong children but-"
"That's not it!" I facepald. "Ugh, listen, she has incredible potential. She's a perfect hybrid between Earth and Light Dragons, just like I am a perfect hybrid between Ice and Dark Dragons. I simply… I guess I saw her as soone similar to ."
"…I see!" she nodded. "Hmph… indeed, the reason why she has been mostly ostracized her entire life might be what brings that brat to greatness. I'll ask you only one thing, have patience with her, she can be quite rash, reckless, childish, and sotis a bit snarky, but she has a kind heart."
"I understand," I nodded. "Leave it to ."
"Thank you Drake… Now…" she yawned. "I should go back to sleep…"
"You sleep even after…?" I asked.
"Even after I died? Of course, my soul is gigantic and powerful, I am one of the Draconic Record's pillars and…" she yawned again. "It sotis puts a toll on my soul… so I like sleeping for a loooong while. I'll be awake when you find her though."
"I see… thank you," I nodded.
After that, I quickly moved to the Dark Dragon Realm, where I t my grandmother.
"Oh! Dear Drake! You ca to visit out of nowhere?"
Her gigantic crimson eyes greeted amidst the eternal night of this Realm.
"Yeah grandma, I wanted to ask you if you could help awaken my ability to detect the Dark Dragons around the globe."
"Oh, but why? You should awaken it sooner or later…"
"Well, there's a lot going on outside, you know right?"
"…Ah, yes, yes."
"I am going to Svartalfheim, and I've heard that there's where a lot of Dark Dragons live," I said. "I want to find them and rally them together and help them in anything I can. There's a lot of chaos out there, and I'm trying to fix things."
"Oh, I see… well, there's a certain soone that has awakened… well, powers similar to you," she said out of nowhere.
"…A certain soone?" I asked.
"Yes, he might have been the one that hard your friend, Erald and took away his ability to fly," she explained.
"Wait, what?! That's… the dark dragon that Erald described!" I said. "He's… he had demonic powers, and a deadly curse…"
"Indeed, he's, like you, a Demon King," she said. "Be careful with him, unlike the rest of my children, he is very detached from the Draconic Records and has walked a dark path since birth… not all Dragons are good, Drake, and you may have to find that out the hard way."
"No, I know perfectly well what you ant…" I sighed, rembering my older brother. "I'll take care of him… and do what I must if he doesn't cooperate at the end."
"…Thank you, I know this is hard, it's even harder for to ask you this," she sighed. "Asking you to take down one of my children… well, he's a descendant, probably fourth or fifth generation but even then, all are my children…"
"I understand…" I nodded.
"Then," she released a wave of darkness, awakening within the ability I needed to find the Dark Dragons.
And indeed, among them, there was a gigantic red dot, overflowing with power.
"His na is Umbral, be careful… you may be much stronger now, but he's still a Demon King."
"Alright, thank you, grandma. I'll be careful."
With that done, I stepped out of my Draconic Records and spent the rest of the ti analyzing the world around with these newfound powers.
Athyst, Umbral, the Zipangu and Earth "assimilation", and Oberon, all these issues that I need to tackle down quickly will sure stress out.
I need to be prepared, both physically and ntally.
For the next days, I continued ditating, letting my energies flow through my body, refining it, all while I fard demonic energy inside my divine realm.
After three days of traveling through the seas, we were able to finally go past the great blue ocean, finally seeing the shores of Svartalfheim.
It sure was far away, huh? Well, each continent is planet-sized, and the seas separating them have to be equally enormous too.
"And here we are! Ho sweet ho… Huh?"
However, as I walked towards the deck, I heard Charlotte's confused voice.
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