Chapter 2. Dragon Familiar

 Charles rubbed his eyes.

 A Frost Dragon!

 A + grade?

 Had he summoned a Dragon?

 He hurriedly covered the young Dragon with his coat and returned to the dormitory.

 Along the way, he looked left and right. Seeing that no one had noticed him, he finally relaxed.

 Charles's palms were slightly sweaty.

 Dragons were the ceiling-level existences among exotic beasts, the subdued beasts that Beastmasters dreamed of!

 Due to its outstanding bloodline and overwhelming strength, a blank-faced giant dragon without any special abilities was already enough to make countless nobles and powerful Beastmasters go crazy for it.

 However, ordinary Dragons were very proud. They would ignore the summons of humans. Only those who were truly talented and one in a million geniuses could receive the favor of the dragon clan.

 Dragon Tamers were undoubtedly powerful existences as rare as Phoenix Feathers and Qilin horns.

 Every Dragon Tamer was at least an Overlord of a region.

 For example, the president of Middle-earth's Beastmaster Association had a black iron Dragon as his subdued beast. Although this Dragon was a white-colored Dragon without any special abilities, it could look down on its surroundings with its mountain-like body and black iron-like scales. Other powerful Beastmasters wouldn't even be able to damage a single scale of its.

 As for Dragons with unique abilities, they were generally fire-attributed Dragons. Besides a legendary Beastmaster, Charles had never seen a Beastmaster who could control a fire-breathing dragon in this world.

 Fire-breathing dragons usually came to this land as demonic beasts.

 Charles remembered the bedtime story of the fire-breathing Dragon he had heard as a child.

 "A thousand years ago, a fire-breathing evil Dragon came to Middle-earth from a different dimension. It destroyed dozens of dynasties and countries of various sizes. In the end, three peak dynasties and ten top-notch Dragon Masters worked together to suppress it. Those three insufferably arrogant peak dynasties gradually declined after that Great War, suffering significant losses.

 The stories told by adults would always end with, "If you don't listen, you'll be taken away by the evil Dragon."

 However, Charles was sure that the story was true.

 Because even now, on the ancient battlefield in the southern part of Middle-earth, there was still a high-temperature lava Valley left behind by the Dragon, and no one dared to approach it.

 Fire dragons were rare.

 As for Charles's Dragon, it was an even rarer Frost Dragon.

 Thinking of the lazy and unapproachable little creature in the dormitory, Charles mumbled,

 "Sigh, who would've thought that once this little thing's true appearance was revealed to the world, it would cause a bloody storm in Middle-earth."

 Charles had also fantasized that perhaps he would be invited by an aristocratic family to become a guest of honor and spend all their resources to cultivate him.

 There was also a marriage alliance.

 Of course, it was more likely that a tall tree would attract the wind, and those large clans hiding in the world, or top-tier Beastmasters, would personally come to snatch the subdued beasts. It was still unknown if Charles could even keep his life at that time.

 After a short moment of thinking.

 Charles decided to hide his identity as a Dragon familiar.

 Charles didn't care about the prominent families' rare treasures and scarce resources because he had the system. No matter how precious and priceless the treasures were on the market, they were just goods with transparent prices in the system store.

 The most important thing now was to work hard on the system's missions and improve his strength as soon as possible.

 The people in the small village might not recognize this Dragon, but that didn't mean the top-tier Beastmasters in the city wouldn't recognize it.

 Charles only hoped that one day when his identity was exposed, he would have enough ability to protect himself and not let others slaughter him or kill him for his beast.

 However, he didn't understand the growth of dragons at all. No, it would be better to say that he didn't understand familiars.

 It was too late to wait for the school's explanation. After all, the teachers had never seen a dragon.

 Charles quickly got up from his dormitory and ran to the Academy's library.

 In the top-floor library.

 "Cough, cough, cough!"

 Charles took out a thick old book and dusted it off.

 "It should be this one."

 There were many books about imperial dragons in the library. After all, the more mysterious it was, the easier it was for people to have wild thoughts.

 Moreover, those youngsters would all fantasize about summoning a dragon.

 As such, these books on imperial dragons were the most popular books before summoning exotic beasts.

 However, after the familiar summoning, very few people looked through it.

 It was said that the data on the Dragon has derived from the data of the Dragon Tamer's Dragon and a little analogy.

 "Let me see."

 "For a Frost Dragon, from its whelp form to its young form, to its youth form, you need ..."

 "A hundred years?"

 Seeing this excessive number, Charles directly shouted out.

 The people who were reading books around him turned to look at him.

 For a moment, soft complaints could be heard.

 Charles quickly covered his mouth and took the book to hide behind the bookshelf.

 Upon closer inspection, the Dragon's growth process was highly complicated.

 The items needed for advancement on the list were not ordinary treasures. Some of them had even disappeared from the market for a long time.

 A young dragon required a large family to pour in all their wealth and resources, and through the hard work of several generations of Beastmasters before it could become an adult dragon familiar.

 No wonder it was said that only the great clans could afford to raise a familiar like a dragon.

 But Charles didn't have that much time.

 It would take a hundred years for it to become a young dragon; by that time, he might have already died.

 "Ahem, system, is there any way to increase the growth rate of a familiar quickly?"

 Charles asked tentatively.

 [Ding! [The host's request has been detected!] [The system has changed to hellish training mode!]

 [In this mode, it will take at least half a year for the embryonic form of the frost Dragon to grow into a young body!]

 Half a year!

 Charles was shocked!

 However, before he could be happy ...

 Charles watched the system's task of running five laps around the Academy...

 A zero was added.

 Run 50 laps!

 Moreover, he added a thousand push-ups and had the frost Dragon Whelp freeze a pond.

 The time limit was one day!

 What the f*ck?

 Charles's vision darkened, and he almost fainted.

 Was the system trying to exhaust him and his familiar to death?

 Hell training was indeed worthy of its name.

 However, even though it was abnormal, the effect was pronounced.

 Charles looked at the battle data on the Dragon taming book before him.

 The combat power of a familiar was closely related to its growth, just like the levels in games.

 He would need to light up four chakras in half a year to advance from a whelp to a young body Dragon.

 However, with just these four chakras, this Frost Dragon was enough to crush the three adult familiars of the headmaster of Grinwood Academy, who had seven chakras.

 Even if the three familiars attacked together, they would still be no match for the frost Dragon.

 To be able to become the principal of a Beast Tamer College, his subdued beasts weren't ordinary.

 One was a [A] class, and two were [B+]. This was a luxurious lineup in a big city outside the village.

 However, the difference in bloodline and race determined the natural gap in combat power, which could not be made up later.

 Moreover, the higher the level, the more pronounced the gap was.

 "We'll do it!"

 Charles gritted his teeth.

 Self-discipline could make one stronger. This was something other Beastmasters couldn't imagine.

 Moreover ...

 Charles's eyes moved down, and stared at the last line of small words in the system mission introduction.

 [If you can evolve your familiar into a young man within half a year, you will receive a chance at the Dragon familiar roulette!]

 [There's a 5% chance of drawing a Golden Dragon!]