During the few days of searching, Jack had been grinding on the side as well. His Archmage class had increased again to level 44, catching up to his Blade Dancer class. He also received draconic essences but he was still missing around 200 more essences to level up his bloodline.
In the morning after Jack woke up and did his martial art training, he said goodbye to Darmos who reminded him again to properly address the dragon when they met. Darmos then harrumphed and went back into his hut. Jack left in the direction of the coordinates Darmos had given him yesterday.
"That old draconian is grumpy but it seems that I have hit his soft spot," Jack said.
"Yeah," Peniel said. "He is probably someone tasked by Broidrireg to judge if the one requesting the dragonification process is worthy enough. You made a good choice by treating him well."