LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 3: The Draconic Realm
[Detected the existence of a life form that is compatible to the rule of the draconic realm, now establishing connection with the life form…]
[Connection established, Dragon Herding System now active]
Hearing such words in his mind, the upbeat young man couldn't help but wonder just what in the world is this thing that he recklessly touches once again, a tinge of regret in his mind for always exploring and trying to interact with things that piques his curiosity, something that he develops really well from when he's still a child.
After waiting for a while in wariness though, nothing that seems to be even remotely dangerous comes out, making him wonder just what is it that suddenly happens to him, checking his severely injured body for something that changes, disappointed once he saw nothing.
"What the hell is that? Compatible? Draconic realm? Dragon Herding System?" thinking about the words he heard running in his mind previously, the upbeat young man mutters to himself, his last words seemingly triggering something as a gray floating screen appears in front of him, the simple design incomparable to those projection screens in the city, but this one having a more mysterious feel to it.
In the screen, the upbeat young man saw information about himself, as well as some combinations of words that is when together, completely unfamiliar to him, making the thing that piques his curiosity the most being the fact that this gray floating screen completely compiles basic information about him.
[Diluc Leonhart]
[Race: Human]
[Age: 16]
[Realm Gold: 0]
[Cultivations]
[Magic: Solid Red Core (Combat power at Light Red Core)]
[Body Tempering: Mortal]
[Elemental Affinity: Wind]
[Overall Combat Power: Half-star (Each level that an individual can cross increases the overall combat power by one star]
[Draconic Realm]
[Missions]
[Shop]
Reading the basic information, the upbeat young man couldn't help but nod as it perfectly reflects his strength, the only thing making him wonder is the fact that despite his combat power being above his current strength when it comes to magic, this gray floating screen still deems him as someone with only half star combat power, something that his mind doesn't dwell on so much as he checks the other features as well, now without any wariness on him as he thinks about one thing.
'Whatever, I'm slowly dying now anyways, so what's the worst that can happen?' he thought to himself as he reaches for the screen, trying to interact with it and clicking on once of the things written on it, that being the words, [Draconic Realm].
After clicking on those words, the upbeat young man got surprised as a small, black spatial door appears in front of him, the unassuming design being just a vertical ellipse that is just slightly taller than him.
Braving everything else as if there's no longer anything to lose, the upbeat young man takes a step forward towards the spatial door, his entire body disappearing from the dome structure within just a few steps, his mind completely unaware that the light he just touched previously is no longer inside the structure as well.
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Coming out on the other side of the spatial door, the upbeat young man couldn't help but have his eyes widen due to what he see, the tall green grass reaching nearly to his knees moving around calmly as cool wind blows all across it, the tall grass spanning all across the entire field reaching all through what the young man's eyes can see, the astonishment apparent on his face particularly on his eyes as he saw something more absurd.
This land, despite its massive size, is still something with borders, hence why when he struggles to run in a straight direction to see what the edge of this lands look like, he was even more surprised as he discovered that this entire field is floating up in the sky, making him all the more excited to know what more is in this floating island.
Before he can start exploring though, the floating gray screen appears in front of him once again, a word of greetings on it, along with some instructions that he seemingly need to follow.
[Welcome to the Draconic Realm, new ruler, here, you must do your best to nurture the next generation of True Dragons, and the way you are raising them will affect how they think and how strong they will be]
[Please start incubating the first dragon egg now]
Reading the words on the screen, the upbeat young man couldn't help but think of something so absurd, his mind returning to the time that he tries to establish a contract with the Soaring Steel Eagle, looking at this encounter as his life turning fortune rather than an unfortunate accident in his mind.
"T-these dragons… can I contract them?" thinking of something absurd in his mind, the upbeat young man subconsciously blurted the question out, causing the display on the gray floating screen to change, answering his question.
[You are now the ruler of this realm, ancestral origin of all the dragon that will grow here, hence there's no need for a contract between you and the dragons, as they will all unconditionally follow all your orders, even extreme one so long as you have a valid reason for it]
[In addition to that, being the ruler of this realm gives you the benefit of the dragons' blessing, your strength will be growing in proportion to the strength of the dragon's you are taking care of, the same strength will be added on top of your own individual strength]
After reading the explanations of the Dragon Herding System, upbeat young man couldn't help but get even more excited, prompting him to ask how he can nurture his first ever dragon, the system responding by bringing him into the mission tab of the interface, a mission already completed and its prize ready to be claimed.
[Enter the Draconic Realm for the first time]
[Reward: Wood Dragon Egg (1), 10,000 Realm Gold]
Reading the description and the rewards for it, the upbeat young man starts smiling even more as claims the egg, a green, vitality filled large spheroid the size of his entire torso appearing on the ground, the excitement coursing through his entire body making the pain of his injuries go away, even having the strength to carry the large egg all the way to the tree in the very middle of the floating island, a large tree with branches spanning over hundreds of meters, its description appearing once he focuses on it.
[True Dragon Nourishing Tree]
[Description: A magical tree that speed up the incubation period of a dragon, as well as bless them with a body far stronger than a dragon incubated in a normal way. This is also a good nest for two dragons about to engage in acts of procreation to be in.]
After reading the description of said tree, the upbeat young man was surprised since as soon as he enters close proximity of the tree, the life-filled egg on his hands disappears all of a sudden, his surprise and building up panic only lasting for a few seconds as the floating gray screen states that the dragon's egg is in the middle of all the branches, a spot where the mystical energy being constantly emitted by the tree comes out the most, the system also explaining that the place can only hold and nourish five eggs at most.
"How long until the young one comes out?" already looking at the egg like his child, the upbeat young man asks, the gray floating screen appearing in front of him with a timer stating that it is just a bit less than ten minutes until the young dragon comes out of its shell.
After that then, he decides to open the shop, checking if there's something that he can use to feed the wood dragon about to emerge from its shell, also searching for things that can help in creating a better environment for the youngling to reside in.
[Shop]
[Eggs (Locked)]
[Farms]
[Habitats]
[Structures (Locked)]
[Draw (Locked)]
Seeing that there are only two features available for him now, the upbeat young man first clicks on the farm to search for something that the young dragon can eat, being met with a thing that makes him quite pleasantly surprised.
[Farms]
[Magic Fruit Farm (1,000 Realm Gold)]
[Description: Finish constructing in a minute and ready for harvest within four minutes, yielding 4~6 fruits per harvest. Only required to water once a day. Providing a young dragon with this as its meals will continuously nourish its body to the highest degree until the adolescent stage. Provides high level of filling and satisfaction to young dragons with just a single fruit.]
[Level up dragons to unlock more food farms]
Reading the display on the floating gray screen, the upbeat young man smiles in satisfaction as he clicks on the display of the Magic Fruit Farm, an arial display of the entire floating island appearing on the screen surprising him, on it a semi-transparent image of the farm hovering over the land, waiting for him to just place it somewhere.