23 Hono Kaen

Dark...

Where am I?

Did....did I...die?

It's really dark...and warm in here...

Thorny Iguana was just a small iguana from the grasslands. It didn't know anything about the outside world. The Wild Grasslands was sufficient for a small iguana to live.

Who knew he would be the lucky one, obtaining a sliver of Dragon Bloodline. It became stronger, much stronger than before. It felt that its relationship with the elements became much better. Thorny Iguana was never one to be arrogant. It was always modest, but it didn't know what got over him at that time.

Dragons were generally more aggresive than iguanas. It went on a rampage, destroying the Wild Grasslands it came from before. The Wild Grasslands became the Wild Wasteland as of that day. There were no living beings in the Wild Wastelands, and thus this Wasteland was used as a grave by surrounding villagers. However the number of Ghosts and Zombies in Wild Wastelands accumulated by the years. In the end, this area was abandoned.

Thorny Iguana, feeling guilty and sad, ran away from the Wild Wastelands, ending up staying Mint Mountains near Beginner's Village.

The humans in Beginner's Village were living happily. Thorny Iguana was envious.

Why?

I was given the heaven's blessings! I activated my bloodline!

But why?

Why can't I live as happy as those puny humans?

Roaring in anger, it initiated an attack on the humans.

DIE DIE DIE!

I'LL KILL ANYONE WHO'S HAPPY!

Until he met a group of three led by a fairly average girl. He knew that the girl was the leader because he had observed the group for quite a while. The girl always told the Ninja and the Swordsman what to do.

But she was just an average Elementalist.

At the day Dye managed to defeat him, he found out how wrong he was.

Dye was just 'average', she didn't look like she was anything special...

But she managed to beat him...

She was also able to speak in Ancient Bestial Language!

She was nothing normal!

'Did I do something wrong?' Thorny Iguana ended up questioning itself, 'Did I do something that irked the ire of the heavens?'

'Am I...too arrogant?'

After activating the bloodline, he received a chance of rebirth.

Turning into an egg, he started to think about what he had done before.

His life before, his life as the Thorny Iguana. He had became Mutated Thorny Iguana, Beserk Flame Iguana, Humanoid Flame Iguana, and even Humanoid Man Iguana.

But not only was he unable to beat the girl...

The girl didn't have a single wound on herself...

What made such a girl trusted by the elven man? The elven man had a very powerful weapon on him, he could've killed the girl but he didn't.

What sort of trust did the elven man and the girl have?

And that battle thirsty swordsman.

How is she able to calm him down, tame him, train him?

Is she...chosen by the heavens?

All of a sudden, it felt a surge of energy enter his body. He could listen to the outside world.

"That should do! I hope that it'll hatch...,"

That girl again...

Did she...send me nutrients? (Actually the system did, but Dye paid for it, so credit still went to Dye)

This was concentrated spiritual energy!

"When you hatch, I'll treasure you," the girl said, "I'll make up for the fact that I've killed you!"

'Why?'

He didn't know what to say.

Did she kill him...to make him realize...

He was indeed wrong...

"From now on, you will be called Hono Kaen!" the girl said.

'Yes, I'll make her happy.'

'She had done things for me, no one else had.'

"Kaen, my name is Dye Red, you can call me Dye!" the girl smiled at him, "You don't have to call me 'mom' anymore, just call me Dye!"

"Yes, Dye."

I will treasure you forever...

Dye.