While the two of them starts descending back to the grounds, the upbeat young man, Diluc, takes his turn to look for his current information in the Dragon Herding System, his face bearing the look of excitement as he saw the floating gray screen appearing in front of him again.
[Diluc Leonhart]
[Race: Human]
[Age: 16]
[Realm Gold: 4,000]
[Cultivations]
[Magic: Solid Red Core (Combat power at Bright Red Core)]
[Body Tempering: Intermediate Skin Refining (Combat power at Peak Skin Refining)]
[Elemental Affinity: Wind, Wood]
[Skills: Draconic Scale, Absolute Regeneration, Life Breathing, Dragon Roar, Dragon Claw]
[Overall Combat Power: 2-stars]
[Draconic Realm]
[Missions]
[Shop]
Seeing the skills that are present in his skill tab as well, the upbeat young man couldn't stop himself from smiling as they finally descend into the ground, the dragon and human duo now moving towards the central island rather than the Wood Dragon Habitat.
Once again taking note of the mission they have to do, the upbeat young man looks at it one final time, revealing a sinister smile on his rather amiable face, something enough to scare people who might see him like this.
After looking at the mission one last time, the young man once again rode on top of the young wood dragon, his eyes that of someone ready to hunt as he said his next words.
"System, please bring us back outside" he said with a confident voice as he starts looking forward to his reencounter with the same Soaring Steel Eagle, curious at how it would look like once he saw him attacking together with a dragon.
At his command, a giant black portal emerges just right beside the True Dragon Nourishing Tree, the peaceful atmosphere of the surroundings undisturbed as if there's nothing there despite their eyes proving that the portal really exist just right where they stand.
Not bothering with this anymore though, the young man and the young dragon just nods at each other as they walk through the huge portal, their bodies eventually disappearing from the Draconic Realm and returning to a place familiar to the upbeat young man.
Emerging back on the gigantic dome structure that he falls on before he triggers and obtain the Dragon Herding System, the upbeat young man couldn't help but frown at the impurities of mana in the surroundings, making him wonder whether he really lives in such a place, a fact that he is only made aware of due to him living inside the Draconic Realm with extremely pure mana for quite a while.
It is not only him though, as even the young Yggdrasil is frowning in disgust, never expecting that its father and liege is someone who used to live in such place, prompting it to look at him with even more respect and worship in its eyes.
"Let's get out of here" the upbeat young man said as he caresses the head of the young wood dragon, causing the dragon to growl in joy before it stretches its wings, flapping it in one fluid motion as it hardens its scales to brace for impact when crashing through the ceiling of the massive hemispherical dome structure.
Within moments, they are already pass through the ceiling of the place, the seemingly unbudging stone completely shattered by the force and momentum of the young dragon crashing into it, its weight and speed seemingly the major cause of the structure's collapse, its strength not stopping the dragon and human duo from soaring into the high sky.
As they move higher and higher into the atmosphere, the two of them felt like the mana in the surrounding also becomes purer and purer, the mana they are inhaling when they are already above the clouds something that already has some semblance of quality to the mana inside the Draconic Realm, not so abundant compared to the Draconic Realm but nevertheless similarly extremely high in quality.
"Ygg, move that way" remembering the path they are taking when he is still held by the Soaring Steel Eagle's claw, the upbeat young man pointed towards a certain direction, the green fiends and patches of forest and woods below them being the mark of where they are going, their biggest sign being the silhouette of the mountain on the horizon, an extremely tall mountain with its peaks piercing through the heavens above.
"Rooarrr!" as if telling him to hold on tight, the young dragon roared before it flexes its wide, powerful wings, flapping it in one swift motion as it sticks its limbs to its body all while straightening its neck towards the front, its now streamlined shape making it even easier for it to move at such insane speeds, the thunderous boom left in their tracks scaring all of the animals within their vicinity, no matter whether if it is birds also flying in the sky, water creatures swimming in the rivers and lakes or land animals playing around in the ground, all of them received a rude shock once the dragon and human duo breaks through the sound barrier.
Seeing nothing but clouds shooting through them, the upbeat young man smiles as he looks forward to meeting the Soaring Steel Eagle even more, the young dragon also seemingly smiling as it feels the excitement and anticipation in its liege and father's emotions, prompting it to bear the same feeling as they continue to get closer and closer to their target.
Not even half an hour has passed and they are already nearing the massive mountain, its sheer size alone putting even the huge Yggdrasil to shame, the young dragon also looking at the giant mountain in wonder since as the same as the other things in this land, this is its first time seeing such amazing structure, something not yet present in the Draconic Realm now.
The massive mountain is named Titan, and it really lives up to its name, the rocky, almost non inhabitable mountain soaring all the way to the sky, its three-pronged peak all piercing through the heavens, so high that not even the human and dragon duo, currently hundreds of meters up in the sky, is capable of seeing, causing the two of them to look at it with even more awe in their eyes.
"We'll soar through that peak Ygg, but not for now, we still have something to do here young one" caressing the head of the young dragon, the upbeat young man said with a fatherly tone in his voice as he redirects his attention towards a certain place within the edges of the mountain, comforting the wood dragon as he knows its desire to see what's on top of the mountain due to their connection.
Hearing its most respected person's words, the young Yggdrasil also remove its attention from the peak of the mountain, redirecting its gaze towards the thing its liege and father is looking, its sharp eyes seeing loads of metallic little birds flying around, the hatred and annoyance in its father's heart being relayed to it, prompting its smart mind to figure out that this is the purpose of their travel outside.
"Ready?" feeling like the young dragon below him is already ready to pounce on the group of Soaring Steel Eagle flying around in the distance, the upbeat young man asks the young Yggdrasil, his question not even getting a proper answer as just the next moment, the young dragon already starts shooting towards the group of metallic birds right at the edge of the giant rocky mountain, its tremendous speed causing the group of Soaring Steel Eagle to screech in panic as they saw the massive creature threatening to crash through their home.
As the group of eagles tries to stop the massive figure from hurling itself towards their place though, they couldn't help but feel suppressed and terrified by the aura it is emitting, the primeval senses in them screaming that they must get out of the place immediately, or else a tragic death will befall them.
Sensing the seemingly weak cultivation level of the approaching creature though, the Soaring Steel Eagles managed to shake this fear they are feeling, opting to stand their ground as this place has been their living area for numerous decades already, and they are not about to allow someone with weak cultivation to just come and ruin their place.
Forming a blockade with some of them, another one of the birds takes the lead and launches an offensive, going in a V-shaped formation as it meets the approaching threat, thinking that they are capable of stopping the huge creature without even needing the help of the blockading team.
As they got closer and closer towards the huge creature though, the members of the attacking group start feeling that dread once again, said feeling causing their advances to slow down as they decided to take this creature more seriously, a bit too late for that now as within just a moment, the creature is already just a few meters away from them, finally revealing its true form as it pauses to extend its mighty claw towards the one leading the attack.