Chapter 18

My heart pounded in my chest as I saw the white dragon which had suddenly appeared before my eyes. Its appearance was truly magnificent, as I realised when I saw its shining white scales and flying whiskers.

I did not know why the dragon had appeared before me but somehow I felt a connection with this majestic creature. Before I know it, I was raising my hand towards the dragon and to my astonishment, the dragon also moved its head towards me.

The moment my hand touched the dragon's head, I was filled with an inexplicable energy. After a long period of time, I felt a sense of tranquillity.

My wild instincts, which had tormented me since I had gained this powers, were suddenly silent.

I did not know how the dragon had done it but I knew how to make use of this sudden opportunity.

Without wasting a moment, I immediately sat down and closed my eyes, attempting to enter a state of meditation once again.

This time, without the interference of my wild instincts, I was able to clear my mind and enter a state of meditation. I focused on my inner self and tried to control my instincts which were now more silent than ever, and tried to make them my own.

After what felt like an eternity meditating, I saw an image in my mind. It was a dragon similar to the one I had seen before in my dream but it was smaller and black in colour radiating with vibrant red lightning. It flew in the sky, its wings unfurled, emitting a vibrant red energy as they were jets.

I focused more to see if I could find something else. But unfortunately, it offered no results so I emerged from my meditation in the end.

Although it had only been a few hours, I had made greater progress than I had done in days. My instincts now felt more in tune with my mind although they were still quite wild.

My eyes opened to see the beautiful sunset sky. I could see that a crowd of villagers had gathered near the lake, a little far away from me. Master Ying Nan was among them. When she saw that I was now awake, she started to walk towards me.

However, I ignored her for now. I was too excited with this sudden progress and wanted to try some things.

I gently picked up a pebble from the shore of the lake and tried to exert a little pressure on it. As a result, quite a few cracks appeared on the pebble. But, this too was a great progress, as before I would have instantly crushed the stone to dust.

Thrilled by this progress in controlling my strength, I decided to check my progress in magic. I created an energy construct blade, trying to make it a neutral attribute one.

A neutral attribute energy construct glowed a fiery orange colour but whenever I created a energy construct, it was always totally formed of red lightning. I always felt ashamed by it as despite it being much stronger, it signified that I was not able to control my magic.

However, Ancient One always said that I was already faster than the other sorcerers as they had required months before they could even create energy constructs. That this overwhelming red lightning of mine was just a symbol of my potential and power and the obstacles it caused me would have been cleared one day. So, there was no need for me to hurry so much.

This time however, the construct was different. It glowed an orange colour although it was still shrouded by my red lightning. This too, was a great progress.

Emboldened by this chain of successes, I tried something I never could do before. I transformed into my draconic form.

Seeing my sudden transformation, Master Ying Nan was taken aback and stopped in her tracks.

I unfurled my wings and then flew into the sunset sky. Although I could also fly before, I could never control it as I flew instinctively. Now that my instincts were more in tune, I wanted to fly freely at least once.

"Roar~."

As I flew in the sunset sky, I roared instinctively as I felt truly exhilarated.

I flew past the phoenixes flying nearby, surprising them. The breathtaking beauty of Ta Lo, combined with the glow of the sunset looked truly beautiful.

On the ground, I could see various mystical animals doing their own thing. Some even looked back at me.

I flew for quite some time enjoying this new ability of mine but seeing that night was coming, descended on the ground before the villagers who were still there.

To my surprise, as soon as the villagers saw me, they clasped their hands to greet me.

"We greet the Great Warrior." Every villager greeted me in unison. The only exception was Master Ying Nan who was smiling at me.

"What is happening, Master?" I asked Master, confused.

"Let me tell you. Follow me." Master gestured me to follow her.

"The villagers called you Great Warrior because you were acknowledged by the Great Protector." Master Ying Nan explained to me as we returned to the village.

"The Great Protector is that white dragon, right?" I questioned.

"Indeed. He is actually a being from our original dimension." Master Ying Nan explained.

"It was because of his protection that we were able to escape to here. He was also the who tied down the Dweller in Darkness, enabling it to be sealed. Even now, he protects us. As such, we call him the Great Protector."

"However, most of the time, he usually sleeps. So, the people before whom the Great Protector appears and acknowledges them are called the Great Warrior by us." Master Ying Nan explained why all the villagers called me the Great Warrior.

The villagers probably only thought that the Great Protector acknowledged me.

But it was much more. He helped me in controlling my wild instincts when I did not even know where to start.

Still, I wonder why he helped me. Was it because I had obtained my powers from a dragon?

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And thus, Peter has received a headstart in his training soon after arriving in Ta Lo. The Ta Lo arc will be finished in the next two chapters so you don't need to worry that it will stretch too long.

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