After darkness enveloped me for who knows which time. Several seconds passed in complete silence, when suddenly I heard a strange, deep voice.

"It seems you have arrived safely, young dragon."

[WARNING, IT IS HIGHLY ADVISED FOR THE HOST TO LEAVE THI-]

Suddenly the mechanical voice of the System cut off.

"Ignore that, it has no place in our conversation."

"Voltigod was it ? Welcome to my Sub-Reality that is hidden under the usual Reality you lived in for your whole life.

"Who the hell are you and why am I here?"

"Oh sorry, I forgot to introduce myself."

"My name is Bolidrag, previous 3rd King of Dragons !"

"Oh I see, if that is true may I ask you some questions?"

"Well I first wanted to say some things, but sure you can go ahead first. I don't mind"

"Well if you don't mind, first things first, why did you make your trial or whatever that was so hard ?! I was in deep mental and physical pain for days, and althought I was rewarded with some title and skills that ARE very useful, not gonna lie, still it was painful. The fucking System told me I was lucky and may implement a new stat because how immense my luck was."

"Second thing, why the hell have dragons from the past built your tomb here, in middle of nowhere on a continent that is SWARMING with demons. I get you want your tomb to be safe and all that, but still it makes no sense. If I was in your place, I would tell my servants dont even build me a tomb if I knew that for 30.000 years it would only be visited and explored once.

"And final thing, aren't you supposed to be dead, why the hell are you here safe and sound like nothing happened."

"Wow, calm down there, little one. Well to explain your first question, it was to find one dragon that may again bring our Draconic race to its glory, and you were a perfect choice. Why you ask ? First of all, you are a Progenitor of a new Dragonic Species, with very big power and even bigger potential. I mean look at you, even without that bonus from your title, you would reach your current stage maybe 3 or 4 days slower. You are a Prodigy among prodigies, and even though you are at C+ Rank, it would be more accurate to say you are B Rank, and maybe even B+ Rank. You are the only one who can bring back Dragonic Species back to its glory. And you even a perfect character for it."

"For the second question, you answered that one yourself"

"And for the last one, yes I am dead, but I am still alive. I can't say more. You will find out that yourself what happened to me"

"... Alright then, I have no other questions, atleast for now.

"That is good, since we don't have much time. I want to to entrust you a mission, that regards the existence of Dragon Species"

"I want you to kill the current Dragon King, and take his place as the leader of the Dragonic Species in this world."

"Sadly, I also can't say why this needs to happen, but I can say that everything will become apparent while you journey through this world."

"Do you wish to accept this mission, young dragon.?"

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"... Give a minute to think."

'So this being, who calls himself the Bolidrag, and who claim to be the 3rd King mind you, out of sudden asks me to kill current Dragon King like its no big deal, and as a bonus, wants me to become next Dragon King ?'

'Yeah, this sounds suspicious, but I just need to ask him one question to confirm my hypothesis'

"How do you know I will do just as you said?"

"You will do it, sooner or later little one, I just know it."

'Yeah, just as I suspected. I think he wants to use me somehow as to return to this world or something similar so he can become Dragon King...'

"Well, unfortunately for him, I do not wish to become anyone's puppet or plaything. I wish to be free, as dragons should be.'

"I am sorry, Bolidrag, but I refuse."

"What ?"

"Ye, you heard me right, and if you wish to hear it one more time, show yourself and don't hide in the darkness, for darkness is MY domain !"

After that I use [Shadow Absorbtion] to see if it would work on this darkness around me.

And suprisingly it works, I absorb all the darkness around me.

[CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE LEVELED UP [Shadow Absorbtion] TO LVL 4]

As I finished absorbing Darkness around me, my size doubled along with height, wingspan etc. Basically everything was doubled.

As that happened, I look around and see that the landscape is basically... lets say expressionless.

The floor is white, with no other features, just... white.

And the sky, if you can call that a sky, is basically full of all colors, but with a bonus of someone vomit, so go on and imagine how it may look like.

And then pure shock and fear spreads around my face, the around my body.

What I see is a Dragon that is 3 times the size of me even in my strenghtened mode.

With height of 100 meters and wingspan of similar size, this Dragon's Scales are of pure-blue/pure-white color combination, that truly looks beautiful.

That dragon looks down upon me from the sky and asks me.

"Interesting Skill, young Dragon. Now may I ask again why do you refuse my request?"

It is now that I realized that this Dragon is the one, the only Bolidrag, 3rd King of Dragons.

Quickly composing myself I tell him my reason.

"I think Dragons shouldn't be bound by any unnecessary tasks that others gave him. Dragons are species that represent Dominance, Power, but most of all, Freedom. We should do what WE want to do, not be limited by others, but be free to do whatever we want. Although you asked me, I will not take upon your request to kill the current King and become the new King, because I think being King of Dragons would take my freedom away. And I would rather die than to be taken that away from me."

"And even IF I do choose to kill the current king, it would not be because I want to become the next one after its death. Quite contrary, I would do that to free my other brethren from the hierarchy that was developed by the 1st King. I would release them from their seals and have them taste freedom again."

"That is why we Dragons are feared, because we are FREE to do whatever WE want, whenever WE want, and however WE want. And hardly anyone can stop us from doing that."

"That is my reason, Bolidrag !"

"..."

Several seconds passed in silence as Bolidrag and Voltigod looked at each other, without the slightest fear in their eyes.

"Heh"

"Hehehe"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

"I like ya, young one, I especially like confidence in your eyes. If I were to fight you right now, even thought you know you will lose, you wouldn't give up."

"I would rather die in a fight then to give up a fight. Then what would my life be worth ?"

[CONGRATULATIONS, DUE TO HOST SHOWING HIGH LEVELS OF PRIDE, IT IS REWARDED WITH TITLE [Embodiment of Pride] LVL MAX]

"... You will go far kid. You have passed your test."

"Test... Was this another trial ?"

"Yes the second and final trial, conducted by me personally. And as a reward for your completion, I shall complete your power from [Legacy of 3rd Dragon King] title."

Immediately, I felt a strange, blue aura enveloping me completely.

That aura gave me a sense of comfort, peace and power.

[CONGRATULATIONS, DUE TO HOST SHOWING GREAT LEVEL OF COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE, IT WAS REWARDED WITH A UPGRADE OF TITLE [Legacy of 3rd Dragon King] TO [Inheritance of 3rd Dragon King] ].

"This title is essentially the same as the previous one, with a difference that the previous buff against the demons that was 50%is now 100%."

"Well... Thank you, I guess..?"

"... You are truly a weird one. Anyway, now go, you are free ."

Immediately after, everything became black, again.

" Become strong and soar the skies, bring destruction so big that others know your name far and wide, and bring glory to our race."

"For you are..."