In the thick darkness, the First Founder stood before Saruto, his dark energy filling the entire space. His half-dragon wings swayed lightly in the air, while his half-human body glowed with the hidden power of Luin.
The First Founder smiled and said in a deep voice,
"Welco, Saruto... I have waited a long ti for you."
Saruto responded with a firm greeting,
"Greetings to you, First Founder... but why am I here? I have not yet defeated the Second Founder."
The First Founder laughed a deep laugh that stunned Saruto, then said,
"Because you will never defeat him, no matter how hard you try, my heir."
Stunned by the answer, Saruto asked in astonishnt,
"Why is that?"
The First Founder answered, watching him with blazing eyes,
"Everything you do against the Second Founder, every strike and every increase in your power, only helps him to grow stronger. I wouldn’t even be surprised if he surpassed in power, and you would find yourself repeating the sa actions endlessly."
Saruto was stunned by these words, and his hand trembled slightly. Then he said hesitantly,
"So... what is the solution then?"
The First Founder smiled again and said,
"The solution is for you to surpass the Second Founder’s current power many tis over. But first, you must understand the origin of the Dark Power that the Luen family possesses."
They sat down, and the Founder began to recount, in a quiet but powerful voice, how the Luen family ca to be:
"Long ago, there was no family called the Luen family. There were only nine royal families, and ordinary humans who did not possess the power that the other families had, but they did possess extraordinary physical strength. I was one of the candidates to succeed my father on the throne, and I had three brothers. They were both power-hungry and didn’t care about others or their people, and that’s why my father didn’t want to pass the rule to either of them. He wanted to be the next king."
Pain etched itself on his face as he continued:
"One day, my brothers plotted to get rid of , driven by hatred and jealousy that my father had chosen for the throne. I was traveling through one of the Nine Kingdoms when my brothers hired an assassin to kill without leaving a trace. On a dark, rainy night, on a bridge connecting the Kingdom of Stars to the Kingdom of Storms, as I was returning to my palace, I encountered the assassin. He overpowered , plunging his sword into my back and throwing off the bridge, thinking I was finished. But I fell into a deep, water-filled pit. The water cushioned my fall, and I was swept into a cave. I was unconscious, and when I awoke..."
"Suddenly, a colossal dragon appeared before , radiating darkness, hatred, and a thirst for revenge. I had never seen anything like it before, and I was terrified for a mont. But it said to , ’Do not be afraid... It seems you have been betrayed like , human.’"
Saruto shuddered slightly, but he listened intently. The First Founder continued:
— I said to him, "What are you saying?" He replied, "The blood that flows from you... it seems soone wanted to get rid of you, didn’t they?"
The Founder responded to the dragon, saying, "Yes, I was betrayed. It seems my brothers hired soone to kill so they could seize the throne."
The dragon said, "What a coincidence. I, too, was betrayed. My brother betrayed to seize the Kingdom of Dragons and rule the other nine kingdoms."
Then the dragon took a deep breath as he recounted what had happened to him:
— As for , I was in the Kingdom of Dragons, a candidate for the throne there as well. I had two brothers, one ambitious for power, and the other honest and kind to everyone. One day, I sent him on an expedition to explore an unknown continent, but it was a trap set by my brother, and suddenly my brother and his soldiers attacked . They severely injured , but I managed to escape and flew back to the Dragon Kingdom to tell them what had happened. However, they pursued and shot mid-air, causing to fall in the sa spot where you did.
Then the waters carried to this cave. A dark energy perated the place and seeped into , rging with , and I beca what is known as the Dark Dragon. Over ti, this energy began to harmonize with , but I lost my hybrid transformation, the one that allowed to use all my power for revenge. And today... fate has brought you to , human. You are the one I have been searching for, the one compatible with my body. Will you accept rging with so that each of us may exact our revenge?
The First Founder said: What do you say? Will you rge with to avenge those who betrayed us?
The Dragon replied: Yes. You are the one compatible with to achieve rging. But rember, once we rge, we cannot separate. What do you say?
The First Founder said, "To achieve our revenge, I agree. Let’s rge."
They both extended their hands toward each other, and the Dark Dragon’s energy began to rge with the First Founder’s. The fusion was complete, and the First Founder’s form changed. His eyes beca those of a dragon, his hair grew long and black, and his strength and speed increased. He began to control the darkness.
Suddenly, the First Founder heard a voice inside his head and, startled, said, "Dragon, is that you?" The dragon replied, "Yes, we now share a body and consciousness, and we can switch control between us. What do you think of this?"
The Founder responded, "This is wonderful. So, shall we go and seek our revenge?"
The dragon said, "Yes, let’s go."
The Founder left the cave he had been in and headed toward his kingdom to seek his revenge.
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