Blood Type: Dragon

Beside her is Lang, her dead father, and the last King Dragon of the Eastern Region. They are both in their human form and just stood there, watching the sun setting down as a dark-orange carpet of light started to cover their entire view.

The day was ending.

Snapping out of her trance, Lesse glanced at the familiar face that she longed to see for a long time. The white flowing beard of his father accentuated his slim and n.o.ble demeanor. His eyes were as clear as the river water. 

"Father...."

Lesse muttered as her eyes continued to appreciate her father"s presence. Tears were slowly flowing out on the sides and down to her soft white cheeks.

"Is this a dream?" she asked. But deep inside she knew it was. 

Slowly, his father"s face turned towards her and smiled gently. His eyes were filled with warmth and gladness as they scanned the beautiful face of his daughter. Far from the past cold and strict father, the Lang he saw right now is full of comforting vibe and gentleness. Like a saint, she could feel that she is safe in his presence.

"I am proud of you." He softly said. 

With these words, Lesse burst into sobbing and tightly embraced her father. Lang patter his daughter"s head in response with a gentle smile.

"Now, now..." Lang said as he held Lesse"s arms and faced her with a proudful gaze of a father. 

"I am now giving you permission to release your Dragon"s seal." Lang"s words surprised Lesse. 

With a doubtful voice, she said, "But father I am afraid..."

"Trust me on this my dear Lesse." 

"But father, once I removed the seal, it won"t take any longer before the other Dragon tribes from the other region would smell our scent in the air. There"s only two of us left of the remaining Eastern Dragon. I am afraid Long and I will be as good as dead before we knew it." Lesse anxiously replied.

"Whos says that there are only two of you?" Lang suddenly interjected.

With a confused look, Lesse added, "You mean...?"

"Remember the one whom you shared your blood with?" Lang replied with a soft smile.

Hearing her father"s reply, the eyes of Lesse grew wide in realization. He was right. That man can be considered as an Eastern Dragon as well considering that she had shared her blood with him.

The memories of the fateful night started to flood Lesse"s mind. How that simple looking guy made a couple of stupid decision despite her deadly threats towards the other.

She could not help but smile a little on how that weak human had the guts to declare he will help him. If only he knew how wide the gaps in their power that time, he would have choked in his own arrogant words. 

But things changed too fast. In a blink of an eye, that human managed to extend his life thru the royal blood of an Eastern Dragon from Lesse and eventually obtaining the Ancestral Dragon"s Essence which triggered the series of catastrophe ten years ago.

But is did he survive the G.o.d Reckoning Tribulation?

Lesse"s mind wandered at the last scene he saw a certain human that completely blown her mind. That overwhelmingly powerful human reminded her of the same weak human she shared her blood with ten years ago. 

The only difference is that the one from ten years ago was a complete idiot, while the other one at the present was full of overwhelming confidence with power to back his words.

Lesse could still recall how he fought evenly against a horrifying Envoy of the King Shadow and the strongest Dragon Hunter that currently exist.

That man wielded incredible Elemental and Spiritual power that far surpa.s.sed the mysterious and traitor grandma Landlord. So far, Lesse have not seen the man transforming to any Dragon related form or she could have linked that man to the past idiot already.

But with the words her father just said, that idiot guy could just be another straw of hope they can cling on. That is, a.s.suming that he survived the G.o.d Reckoning Tribulation and managed to overcome the overwhelming spiritual corruption brought with it.

Lesse had a mixed feelings about this. That human was the reason for everything that happened. The death of her father and the extinction of her Eastern Dragon clan was all triggered because of that moment. 

And as much as she wanted to hate the latter, she did not come out clean as well. After all, it all started because she decided to share her royal blood to that man which was completely against the Creed of Dragon"s Pride.

Seeing the bubbling emotions in his daughter"s face, Lang gently added,

"I know what you are thinking and you can"t help but blame yourselves for breaking the Creed of Dragon"s Pride. But to tell you honestly, all of those actions were already destined. It just happened that the heavens have chosen you."

Still confused, Lesse said, "what do you mean chosen? By... heaven?"

"You will understand soon. But here"s the one thing you need to do." Lang"s words suddenly quieted down. Lesse could not help but feel that the next words will be the parting one.

With a frown on her face, Lesse made sure to remember her father"s last command.

"Unleash yourselves and wake him up." Lang said as the surroundings started to s.h.i.+ft into a bright light.

Still unsure, Lesse tried to grab a hold on her father"s hand when her surrounding view started to zoom away.

"What do you mean to wake him-"

FLAs.h.!.+~

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Back in the real world, Lesse"s eyes suddenly opened.

It seems that she has recovered too soon from the Physic shock that Kahayag used to knock her down. Perhaps it was with the help of her father"s spirit that she had awakened prematurely. But whatever the reason is, she has already made up her mind.

She was not dumb after all. Her eyes opened wide to see Elric"s face lying unconscious just a meter away from her. The three of them were not far from Kahayag who seems to have become enraged over something. Lesse could hear her shouting at someone.

Her body still felt heavy from the weird force that had a.s.saulted her mind. However, slowly she managed to recover her body control starting from her fingers and to her entire arm and the rest goes on. 

However, just when she thought she had already taken back her body control, she also knew that getting noticed by the Envoy or the traitor Kahayag could also mean an unexpected death to her so she decided to lay low for now and think of the next steps she must do. 

She could hear a heavy vibration from the surroundings, it was from an arrow of light that Kahayag is holding while being aimed at the Envoy"s face. They were arguing about something that the Envoy failed to deliver or something.

"Wake him up..." Lesse thought to herself the last command her father gave and she could not help but felt incredibly a.s.sured on what her father meant.

Looking at Elric"s face with a complicated emotion, Lesse hesitated for a while. 

"I am pretty sure father meant I have to wake this guy..." Lesse"s eyes scanned Elric and she ended up seeing the small black knife lodged at the latter"s back.

"That knife..." Lesse"s eyes grew wide after seeing the finer details of the black knife. She remembers her father telling her about it. It was the cursed Spirit Isolating knife and it was a weapon used by the spirituals to defend against incredibly powerful Spirituals.

She recalled a story about a certain human couple that not even the King Dragons of the four regions dare to mess with. A man named Lapu-Lapu and a woman called Kahayag. Both were physically and spiritually gifted.

Legend says that Lapu-Lapu possessed the blood of the Ancient Maharlikan Warrior King who, is known to become more powerful the more he bleeds. From a gentleman, his nature becomes that of a battle maniac, seeking more fight until all of his enemies had been wiped out. A warrior that was responsible for the great extinction of the now-extinct gigantic Anaks from the past.

Kahayag, on the other hand, is a renowned figure from the mysterious Realm of Lights.  For an unknown reason, she was banished from the Realm of Light and decided to stay and live in the human realm for thousands of years by taking over different bodies. 

It was also worth noting that Kahayag blessed Lapu-Lapu with the mysterious energy of the Spiritual, causing the latter to become an existence that no one dares to mess with, all the Dragon Kings and Queens included.

While speaking about Kahayag, what everyone was really afraid about is not just he overwhelming Spiritual power but the Soul Isolating Knife that can completely shut down one"s soul, its mysterious light attribute allows it to pierce just anything, not even the hardest Dragon scale can withstand a simple stab from it.

It is also known that those who use this knife would also pay hefty price of a deteriorating soul. Basically speaking, with each pa.s.sing moment, as long as the weapon remained stabbed at Elric, Kahayag is also losing part of her spiritual power.

No wonder why she had been angrily pus.h.i.+ng the other to give what she wants right away.

The more the enemy waits, the better their chance to defeat her.

It was because of this weapon that all the Dragon Kings had never dared to touch Lapu-Lapu nor Kahayag. Except for Lesse"s father, Lang. Who managed to become a close friend of the two and even learned a lot about some of their secrets. The same reason why Lesse knew about the existence of such a knife.

Seeing this hurrying weapon stuck in Elric"s back, Lesse pretty much had an idea what is currently happening. Elric was a threat that they can"t win over so they resorted to this cursed weapon.

With hesitation over the possible consequences, Lesse still finally moved her hand as slowly as possible. She grabbed the red and green pendant in her neck as her fingers started to touch the gla.s.s-like cover in the middle.

Crack~

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