Chapter 8: Dragon's Blood

"So you are dying after that small fight?"

"I am pathetic right? uhoo...At least, I saved you."

The dragon girl stared at Elric's eyes.

Not a single trace of hate nor fear can be seen in his eyes. It was too clear that the stars reflected beautifully on them.

"The stars are beautiful tonight huh," said Elric with a weak smile.

It seems that his curiosity to see a dragon got a good fool on him. Not only he did find the dragon in human form, he even gets to battle it out against a manananggal which he used to fear so much.

Instead of blaming himself, he could only resign to sigh and regret that he was too weak.

Well, at least, he fought and will die like a real man. With such a mindset, Elric consoled himself.

"Are you not afraid of death?..." asked the Dragon girl. She had never seen someone dying before her with a peaceful demeanor.

"Why should I? It's not like I died without a purpose."

"You are barely in the middle of your life. I think it's pathetic not living to your fullest."

"Just so you know, I've reached a divine rank in dota which only a handful of players can reach. I lived happily with my grandma despite her hitting my ass from time to time. And, I lived upholding my duty to do what men should do."

"By dying?"

"Dying with dignity."

"And you are proud of that?"

"hehe.." Elric just smiled as a reply. His sight has finally faded and he could feel his body slowly going cold. Numbness has crept from his feet and toward's his internal organs. It seems was about to go after losing too much blood.

"May I know your name?" Elric mustered his last words to ask her.

"You don't deserve to know my name." the dragon lady with a proud face answered back while observing Elric's state.

"..."

Elric did not have the strength anymore and just closed his eyes with a contented smile on his face.

"But If you will beg me, I will give you at least an initial of my name. You should be honored for knowing at least that."

"I guess I am going before you, grandma. I am coming, mom and dad!..." Elric thought.

Little did he know, Dragons can read his mind.

"Don't you want to ask anything from me?. Not even when you are dying?

With hesitation, she spoke louder in a hurried tone,

"Don't you know that my blood can save you? If you just beg, I could give you a drop or two you know..." The dragon girl tried to give Elric a clue however, Elric's body has already gone cold and could not hear her anymore. Only his thoughts are flickering weakly inside his head.

"Perhaps, he's just another normal human after all and not one of those Guardians?" the dragon girl suddenly thought.

Seeing Elric laying down motionless, she suddenly remembered something.

"Wait. I could not accept such a weak creature managed to save me! No way!"

From a human's perspective, one problem that every dragon has is pride. And it is not that they disliked it. After all, being a dragon also means they are on top of the food chain!

For the Dragon Race, having a mountain-like pride is considered a good characteristic of a powerful dragon!

Basically, in dragon's psychology, they are not allowed to have their life indebted to a lower creature other than a fellow dragon! It is despicable and considered a disgrace in their race!

She could not allow herself to be indebted to a dead human for the rest of her life or she will lose a considerable amount of dignity and pride and she will be a slave of Elric's dead shadow forever!

"You are not dying on me human! I will save you even if I have to give you all my blood!"

Slit~

Using her nails, the dragon girl suddenly made a big cut in her palms and a considerable amount of her blood finally came out. With her lightning tempered body, 3 inches of cut in her palm feels nothing to her but a little ant bite.

Not to mention, the wound was immediately healing at a visible rate thanks to her dragon constitution!

The blood flowed smoothly and landed perfectly at Elric's feet long wounds in his stomach, arms, and legs.

It was red-green blood that seems to be bubbling with fire. It was blood full of dragon power!

And like a sponge, the dragon blood seeped into Elric's body in less than a minute while his feeble body suddenly convulsed at the extreme heat and energy from the dragon's blood.

GRAAAAAAH~

With the overwhelming benefits of the dragon's blood inside him, Elric could not help but come to his senses and scream in a dragon-like tone.

His muscles rapidly twitched like a bent rubber band while green oversized blood vessels almost collapsed at the sudden gush of power.

His eyes slowly mutated from an ordinary brown one to a mixed bright green and red together with the signature dragon-like slit!