Chapter 279

YGRITTE POV

The fire burned for the whole night.

The man that Domeric had bound to the pole as a sacrifice woke up when the fire reached his legs and started screaming in pain.

Those were some of the worst screams she had ever heard from someone.

Even those who lose an arm or leg don't cry out in such pain.

She knew that Domeric had given the man's family 1000 gold dragons but the whole sacrifice thing still seemed unnecessary to her.

Oh yes, Domeric had also sacrificed 100 men when he enhanced her body but those men died blissfully in their sleep, never truly aware when their lives were snuffed out but this man cried out for a good while before he went silent.

She glanced toward Domeric's aunt but she was so focused at the sight of her nephew sitting at the top of the pyre that she didn't even pay attention to the dead man anymore.

Hours passed and the fire continued to burn.

She and everyone else who had come to watch the dragon hatching ceremony stepped back as the heat from the pyre only continued to rise higher and higher as the time passed.

By now they were about 20 meters away from the flames which were burning so bright that she needed to squint to even look at it properly.

She had no idea how the fire gained so much strength an intensity.

Domeric told her that the hotter the fire, the better it is for the dragon's birth so he must have something to do with it.

Domeric's aunt was still staring at the fire with utmost focus even though none of them could even see Domeric inside the pyre at this point.

The whole night passed and the fire continued to burn until dawn when the fire's intensity suddenly started to die down.

Despite all their supernatural enhanced bodies, it was Domeric's aunt who was the first to go closer to the pyre, with her following on her footsteps a moment later.

Once the fire started to go down in intensity, she noticed that all the wood in the pyre had been reduced to ash.

"I see him." She heard Domeric's aunt said and upon closer inspection, she could see a figure still sitting in the same position at the centre of the dwindling flames.

A relieve smile broke out in her face and she suddenly noticed that her cheeks were wet.

He touched her cheeks an realized that she had started to cry from joy and relief.

For all that she showed all her support to Domeric in his foolish in life threatening activities, she was truly scared for him this time.

And all the tension that she carried with herself all night finally came loose.

She laughed to herself as the fire continued to die down and the figure of Domeric became clear.

At that point, she noticed that the dragon egg he carried with him to the fire was missing.

She frowned at that but the frown was replaced with a smile when a naked and soot covered Domeric got up from the the dwindling fire and smiled at them.

Her smile was cut short as she saw something climb to his shoulder from behind him and her eyes almost fell out of her socket as she saw a jet back colored…

"…Dragon" she heard someone whisper in reverie beside herself.

The Dragon which was already the size of the cat let out a powerful screech and unfurled it's wings, making it's mighty presence be known to the world.

She was still in shock when Domeric climbed out of the pyre and smiled at all of them.

"Everyone. Meet the newest member of our family" he said and picked up the dragon from his shoulder to show it to them properly.

"Meet the black dragon. Acnologia."