In a rural village, almost separated from the affairs of those of the outside world, a place where if one had already savored the sweetness of power and achievements, brought about by the continuous rigorous struggle to reach the top, would rather just take a single glance and never look back at it again.
Because once you had step foot into that damned place, you will never return to your old self, as there will be no other choice but to lust for more and to keep moving forward.
But perhaps because of the simplicity of how this village look, one could easily miss the most important treasure that the founders of these place imparted, it is the forgotten peacefulness and tranquility that this world once held, because for at least a single time in history, the populace who dwelled in the different sides of this world both charted and uncharted, led a simple yet arduous lifestyle without much thought of being reigned over by the other.
It is like the people here regressed to the past, where the only worry is the task of working to the bone that they become too tired to even contemplate the meaning of life, and what else is there or out there? yet it is very ironic that this boorish lifestyle is what guides them to being completely fulfilled and living harmoniously with everyone else.
If there was one problem that they might face, it is the natural disasters brought about by the ever-changing seasons of their land, especially during winter or drought. However, that was already a bygone problem that only troubled their ancestors, cause with time it was solved by the advancement of technology.
So rather than it being a problem, the ever-changing seasons was now something that the villagers celebrate, where they created the numerous stories that circled those phenomena, that was then turned into folktales, and then into myths, and now into the present where it was turned into tradition...
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'From my conception, I didn't know how, but I was already different from everyone'
'I aged slower than everyone else, or rather I didn't age at all—Everyone at the village bloomed and withered just like the passing by seasons, they were beautiful but at the same time it was painful to see them passing'
'Despite all that, no one hated or showed discontent towards me, and not a single folk discriminated against me, because rather than me being a burden, I was more a blessing to them, a guardian that protects their place from harm if you will'
'So, everyone shouted and praised my name, as a mark of my goodwill. Thus overtime my name became a legend.'
'But in actuality, I just wanted to repay those whom I hold dear in my heart, they who showed me the light and paved a path for me, so that I may never go astray'
'Right now, I can be confident for them to face most of the disasters that would come their way'
...
"They can finally fend for themselves..." as he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yawn! I guess it's time to leave this place and see more of the world"
Swish! Swish! -As he flung himself from one sturdy and gigantic tree to another, mimicking the movements of the monkeys that he saw in the wild.
Because to him they were the easiest ones to imitate, as they had the closest physiology to humans while also being able to travel very fast in the forest.
Then as he switched from hopping from one tree to another, to grabbing the vines in his surroundings, he was starting to have glimpse of his memories during the past three hundred years that he had lived.
He first recalled the memories of his childhood, playing games with the children of those humans, while holding back his unnatural strength as to not hurt anyone too seriously.
But right now, it's been way-way too long, their faces now faded into greyish nothingness, proving just how insignificant these memories are to him.
However, it is still weird that this part of his past does pop up from time to time, even so if there was an answer to this, it is probably because only during this time he was truly ever joyous, without much thought for his future.
Then as he covered a certain distance, his surroundings had instantly begun to change, from the dense forest to now the cliffy and steep mountains and ridges, where at that point, the moment he came out of the lush greeneries he felt like he was travelling to another dimension.
Both the areas were divided almost evenly, like there was an invisible force carving them separately, but that is just the beauty of nature, that even though there was an explanation for this phenomenon, it just feels too surreal to experience it first-hand.
Brimming with excitement towards his new environment, he immediately rushed to scale the first mountain that he had encountered. He hopped and leaped at a rapid pace without pause, navigating through the most convenient path laid down before him, according to his eyesight.
...
And so, he continued on trekking faster than any normal human could achieve.
As he consistently moved with the same rapidity while beginning to increase his altitude, he started to feel the intensifying resistance of the atmosphere around him, and for the first time in a long time he had felt the heavy wind brush past his cheeks.
The cool yet stingy breeze made him reminiscence of a core memory...
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On a hot and dry summer day just like any other, a purple oval shaped comet began to fall at a massive rate around one hundred and fifty kilometers away from a certain village, and although from afar it looked really slow but from the perspective of the thing inside, it has been reaching its top velocity for about a day and a half.
SWOOOOOOOOOSHHHH!!!
'
W-What the hell is this?! Why did it suddenly stop becoming so shaky?!!!' the thing inside wondered as it panicked and screamed at the top of its lungs
"WAAAAAHHAHAAHHHAHHAHAHAHA"
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Flashback in a Flashback...
'It's already been a year since I've gained consciousness inside this pitch-black shell, I still can't move my body fully, though I had repositioned myself from time to time-I couldn't help but ask'
'I wonder when I can get out?'
Suddenly a mysterious figure with a noble and elegant clothing began to approach the purple scaled egg inside the ten-foot-wide incubator.
He then removed the crest with the insignia of a four-legged dragon on his breast pocket, as he chanted some ancient words...
"Inomini... Inomini Om mani Padme Hum Patri Spirictu-Sancti- Hadou-ken Shoryuken-"
Suddenly something seemed to have pushed inside the machinery, and a keyhole that matched the shape of his insignia formed.
Thump! Thump!
Finally, he inserted his insignia into supposed keyhole.
Click! Clack!
The entrance opened steadily, at that point the man slowly approached the egg and began to stare at it at a moment's pause, before taking out his knife.
The atmosphere changed instantly, it felt dark and heavy, like there was something weighing on his own conscience.
But the man did not hesitate to slit his wrist and to pour his blood towards the egg.
The thing quickly absorbed his blood, like it already had a ravenous appetite, even though it was only in its incubation period.
Then, hours passed by with him slowly losing his vitality, his skin began to turn pale, and his hair began to lose pigmentation, which overtime became more and more apparent...
"Sigh... I guess I have no choice but to do this" As the same old man with a troubled expression looked at the egg.
'Huh? who's talking outside?'
"I didn't want to use this as my final resort"
'I guess that's just my grandfather, wait... What did he just say?'
"I'm sorry, please forgive me, my grandson for not being able to spend my remaining life with you."
"I hope you'll be able to understand me that this is for your future..."
"Huh?!! Why are you asking for forgiveness" The thing inside panicked.
The old man then grabbed the egg on one hand and quickly began growing in size, as his clothes that can barely contain him began ripping apart,
TEAR! TEAR! RIP!!
Then white scales all over his body started emerging, his eyes also began developing lizard-like features. Starting from his iris which had turned red, then to his pupils which went from a round shape to a more slit-like shape.
Lastly his skeletal and muscle structure morphed from a bipedal to a quadrupedal while his body had grown wings and tail.
ARGH! URGH!
But even then, his body did not stop growing, so the pillars of the building around him began to shake up until they can no longer contain him, at which point he just decided to fly and break through the building and destroy its entire roof.
RUSTLE! RUSTLE!
CRACK! CRACK!
CRASH!!!
...
Upon flying outside, it had become apparent that the place where he came from was at the top of a really tall single tower, the entire thing was even bigger relative to his draconic form.
But what was most interesting was the ground where the tower stood. It was a small floating island at least in comparison to the other islands around it, in which, all were bounded by the colossal chains that connects them together.
However, there were also different form and smaller sized islands further from him, while the the rest had higher or lower leverage than the others, as far as his draconic eyes can see.
The dragon then made the egg levitate in front of him and started to focus on chanting a spell-
Several green colored letters then began appearing out of thin air, which then coagulated and started taking the form a circle, just like any normal magic circle in this world would, but it was different this time, it was bigger and some of the magic circles even started to overlap.
About a minute passed and several strong whirlwinds and gashes of air had already formed surrounding both the dragon and the egg.
SWISH! SWOOSH!
SWISH! SWOOSH!
FWOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
A bright crystalline ray then emitted from the chest part of the dragon where his heart could be located. The ray of light then attached on to the magic circles turning them white in color.
This caused the dragon immense pain, where at this point it had become apparent that the spell was being forcibly cast, that it was above the ability of the caster.
...
But then right as the spell was seemingly about to reach its climax, all of a sudden, the air surrounding them disappeared and the gigantic magic circle shrunk in size and slowly attached to the egg.
Could he have failed?
However, in that moments pause a silhouette of a similar shape to him from under the tower began zooming towards his direction. But the dragon just gritted his teeth and moved the egg back to his hands again.
The dragon then began exerting his strength by flexing his muscles, several veins started to surface on his right arm as he was preparing to throw the egg.
On the other hand, the other dragons were slowly starting to become visible, they were nearing him, one was even able to shout.
However, right as they were about to approach him it was already too late, and without hesitation he yeeted the egg with full force.
The sound that the throw was so load and thunderous that it cancelled out the noise surrounding the dragon. It was like an impossibly fast bullet that was shot without a gun, and that upon throwing, it had caused the air around to create a visible circular shockwave of air.
"HEY STOP THAT YOU CRAZY FUCKER BASTARD!!!!!"
"AZIKIEL I SAID STOOOOO-"
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!
"Hey, all of you run towards the egg and catch it"
"It's impossible Arkiel, I casted a 12th tier wind magic spell in that egg, so the moment I threw it-
T
he spell actives and accelerates the egg, it is now faster than any of dragons here can fly, and it won't fall at least for months" Azikiel said in a gloomy tone of voice.
"YOU FUCK, IF YOU WANT TO DIE TO SO BADLY THEN DO IT YOURSEL-"
"Shut it!! Arkiel, what's done is done, nothing can be changed now, and you Azikiel I hope you're prepared to face the consequences of your action-
We both know that the Laplace Prophecy had never been wrong unless we do something to alter or prevent it." The female dragon said in a
condescending tone.
Azikiel in response just stared at her in silence"
You will be punished for a 10th degree sin! Bind him, cut off his wings and remove both his mana core and dragon heart"