After a round of beatings, all that arrogance had disappeared and replaced by sadness. Amadeus quickly regenerated but mysteriously, all the beatings stayed on his body in the form of bruises in his human form. Looking at him, Granny"s stern voice was heard,"Arrogance is good, only if you have the strength. Even then, there is a still a limit. This doesn"t mean you should have humility; it means you should be a proud dragon yet not let it get to your head. Show me your status card."
Nodding slightly Amadeus summoned his stats,
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Name: Amadeus Drakos
Age: 7
Race: Golden Dragon
t.i.tle: Crown Prince of the Drakonis Empire, Celestial Dragon of the Eclipse, One who harbours the sun and moon, Admired by all of the G.o.ddesses, Loved by the G.o.ddess of Faith and Luck
Cla.s.s: Sovereign (20% increase in all stats)
Mana: 1800 (3600)
Strength: 252 (504)
Agility: 258 (516)
Vitality: 600 (1200)
Phys. Resistance: 1200 (2400)
Mag. Resistance: 1200 (2400)
Active Skills:
Sovereign"s Eyes of the Truth
Dragon-Human Transformation
Flight
Dragon Sovereign"s roar
Flames of the Sun
Ice of the Moon
Pa.s.sive Skills:
Dragon Sovereign"s natural s.h.i.+eld
Dragon Sovereign"s regeneration
Dragon Sovereign"s aura
All elements apt.i.tude
Weapons combatant
Halberd expert
CQC combatant
Etiquette
Leaders.h.i.+p
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All of his stats had an increase of 20% while everything that was dragon"s… had become dragon sovereign"s. His eyes of the truth had become Sovereign eyes of the truth and it seemed that one would feel the pressure upon being looked at. Amadeus saw Granny look at it calmly before giving a nod of approval,
"Your grandfather was speaking the truth and no wonder you were filled with arrogance"
Amadeus meekly nodded as Granny once more tapped the walking stick on his head causing him to flinch slightly. This time though, all his bruises were healed, and she looked at him with care in her eyes. He was still one of her descendants.
"The world will be embroiled in war and would need someone of your calibre. My child, I"m sorry for putting all this responsibility on you but it is what it is. You were born in these times and these times needs people as figures of hopes. And you would be one of them. This is my present for you."
She looked deeply at him with caring eyes and kissed his forehead before vanis.h.i.+ng in front of their eyes. Amadeus felt a sixth sense developing within him as he began to feel his elders walk to him. Looking at them, he realised that they were a step behind and felt it was wrong. But then he felt his mother and grandmother enter the temple, but he could see them. Only a second later, did they enter throwing all his suspicions out of the window.
His ancestor seemed to have blessed him with a type of clairvoyance. He kept silent about it and just waited for his mother to check upon himself. He then sowed them his status plate to them garnering their praise. They all left for the palace while Caesar and Atia left for the clan only after smothering his grandsons with kisses and getting dragged away by Atia.
Now it was only the family of four left while an additional training regime was added onto Amadeus" training schedule, training with his draconic formation. Now, Amadeus had an extra three budding horns on his head, one more than the first dragon. Two were next to his previous ones while one was in the middle between his eyes and just above his snout. He had also frown to twice his size from before and was now about 30 metres long. His scales looked tougher while his claws and teeth looked sharper. He had more control over the sun"s flames and the moon"s Ice as he could now use them separately rather than together. Although using them together would cause more damage, there would be situations where only using one of the elements at one given time was more beneficial.
Amadeus looked at his father in his dragon form as this was his first training session. His father looked at his son with pride in his eyes,
"It looks quite menacing."
Amadeus gave a smirk and waited for his father to also transform.
"Gooo! Oni-tan!"
Arius" voice could be heard from the side as he sat there looking at them with the protection of their mother. Baldrik had a frown on his face because Arius wasn"t cheering for him.
"Tch."
With this, he immediately transformed and hovered in front of Amadeus. The latter was gobsmacked because this was the first time seeing his father in his dragon form and what a sight it was. He looked like the standard golden dragon, but his body reached a thousand metres. Amadeus would"ve thought that he was already an ancient dragon, but his four claws told him otherwise.
Arius" voice was once again heard,
"Gooo! Papa!"
Amadeus felt betrayed while a smirk found Baldrik"s mouth.
"d.a.m.n, traitor."
Seeing Baldrik"s face ticked him off, and immediately attacked with, lunging at his father. Amadeus thought that due to being smaller Baldrik would have difficulties. .h.i.tting him, but how wrong he was.
Baldrik immediately appeared in front of him and lashed out with his tail. He was by no means slower. Amadeus was barely able to dodge it as he saw Baldrik attack him with claws. The claws were even bigger than him. Barely dodging it once more, Amadeus knew he couldn"t approach Baldrik, so he just opened his mouth and roared.
"ROOOOOAAAAAR!"
Baldrik saw his son"s roar directed him and immediately freaked out. He knew of how devastating his son"s powers were as he immediately dodged it. No matter how strong he was, he wasn"t confident of going against the power of the two celestial bodies. Although he knew that it wasn"t as hot as them but, just a weakened down version, it was still something to guard against.
Amadeus was satisfied seeing his father dodge, but the latter"s experience caught him off-guard. Just at the corner of his eyes, he saw something enlarge and directly impact him head on. He was shot into the ground causing a large explosion and dust to cover the air. Baldrik took back his tail causing the dust to clear up and see an unconscious Amadeus recovering from his wounds. He then turned back into his human form and carried him by his still developing whiskers. Amadeus was still in his dragon form and the three left him like that until he woke up.
Once all his wounds were healed, he finally woke up a short moment later only to see Arius pulling on one of his whisker"s hard. Seeing the dragon"s eyes open Arius started shouting,
"Oni-tan"s awake!"
This brought the attention of the other two as his mother called out to him.
"Quickly turn into the other form, time to eat."
Amadeus nodded absentmindedly and changed forms. Sitting next to his family, they had a picnic while watching the sun set. Baldrik turned over to Amadeus,
"Enjoy this peace, from now on this is going be extremely rare for you."
Amadeus nodded while Arius" voice destroyed the serious atmosphere.
"Mama, Papa. I also want to train!"
With a determined look and his chubby had balled up into a fist, he threw his arm in the air. The three just laughed while Amadeus could see his father contemplating whether to train him or not. Mother saw this but this time nodded at his father.
She and Baldrik both had the general idea of what was to come. Her eldest son had the responsibility of overlooking the kingdom during the troubling times to come. It was no guarantee that her youngest son would be safe so this time, albeit reluctantly, decided to comply with Baldrik training Arius.
Even if she would stay within the castle walls, she couldn"t protect him forever. Both sons were ultimately dragons and would need to soar some time or another. Call it a mother"s intuition but she felt that her youngest son would also face perils in the future. She doesn"t know how and when, but it uneased her thinking about it.
Arius was extremely happy seeing upon learning that he would train with his older brother.
The next day, their extreme training started, well Amadeus" extreme training. Arius" training was still one for beginners. While Arius did his runs and tests, Amadeus was put against soldiers from the imperial guards. These guys protected the palace and were the cream of the top, the weakest had their stats in the 500s. All Amadeus could do was build up his experience fighting one on one, or multiple combatants. Being elites, they knew how to limit their strengths.
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His maid, Eriko, was taken by his mother. It seemed that she wanted her to be the head of the secret corps under her command to answer only to Amadeus. As Amadeus would be taking charge of imperial matters, he couldn"t always do everything together. So, she picked out a group of maids, tested their loyalty, and started training them in sabotage and the like. She would train Amadeus in information gathering and the exact same skillsets, but it wasn"t as much as she did to the maids. Therefore, Amadeus would get his own combat maids.
His father had introduced him to the head of the imperial guards. His was known as Leon the mighty. His full name was Lionel Braxton. Surprisingly he was a human. His cla.s.s was a knight and had joined the imperial guards due to his dissatisfaction with the corruption in the Huma.n.u.s kingdom and the fair policy they had within the Empire. The other reason was due to Baldrik"s strength.
When Amadeus saw him, he radiated justice. It wasn"t the hypocritical ones but one where he would jump in front of a civilian in danger to protect them. He was of a humble birth his spiky black hair and brown eyes, and medium built. He was definitely one of the strongest humans currently breathing in the world with his stats in the thousands. He had currently turned 25 this year and was a married man with a child of Arius" age.
Amadeus and Baldrik ended up training the two together to increase the brotherhood between them. Amadeus was alright because the blades would be constantly protecting him, but it wasn"t the same for Arius. Because he was royalty, they were able to a.s.sign him one blade, but it did end up going against the rules of the blades. Only protecting the emperor, empress and the crown prince.
It was an ancient covenant made by the warriors who fought alongside the first golden dragon. It was something that the royal family respected.
However, utilising a few loopholes, they were able to get one guard to overlook Arius.
Amadeus felt his peaceful life coming to a complete end. He may have had some free time before but now, he rarely got to meet his brother. He was constantly occupied with shadowing his father when he worked. He was often seen with him in important meetings alongside various ministers.
Like this Amadeus learnt the inner workings of the kingdom and met various powerful people that overlooked the kingdoms matters. Before he knew it, it was his eighth birthday.