Combat Power and Potential

Once the young wood dragon finished consuming the shell it come out from, it immediately redirected its attention to the upbeat young man still gazing at it, the innocent, curious stare clearly that of something that wonders what the creature in front of them is.

While still maintaining that curious look, the young wood dragon starts taking little steps towards the upbeat young man, the wariness that is previously detectable in its eyes now completely gone as it feels like the young man doesn't mean it any harm.

Eventually getting closer to the upbeat young man, the little dragon lets out a low growl that surprises the young man, unaware that even just newborn dragons are capable enough of letting out sounds despite just coming out of their shell.

The upbeat young man didn't dwell on it too much though as seeing how the hatchling looks at him, he couldn't help but smile wide as he feels like this little one has quite the affinity with him, this thought being amplified even further as the young dragon's body closes on him, wrapping its long neck around his legs before once again gently growling while looking at him.

Unable to stop himself, the upbeat young man reaches out with his hand towards the head of the hatchling looking at him, the young dragon then responding by extending its neck, allowing the young man to touch it on top of its neck, an act that dragon's only reserves for those they truly respect in their hearts.

Shaking as he plunged in excitement, the upbeat young man couldn't help but take out a purple-colored fruit from the Dragon Herding System's internal realm space, the fruit emanating a mystical aura that entrances not only him, but the young dragon as well, the two of them looking at the ripe fruit with fascination and craving filling their eyes.

Both seeing each other take a gulp, the two of them then looks at each other, the hatchling pushing its head to the hand holding the fruit, urging the young man to take the fruit first, such action causing the young man to appreciate the young dragon even more, making him smile as he shakes his head and pushes the fruit back to it, not accepting whenever it tries to return it.

Just for the sake of comforting the young dragon from thinking that it is eating alone, he takes another Magic Fruit from the internal realm space, the young dragon looking in curiosity as it wonders just how things suddenly come out from the upbeat young man's hands.

Despite the two of them understanding each other through gestures well enough to establish basic communications with each other though, the hatchling still couldn't find a way for it to ask about this thing, causing it to not dwell too much on this subject, proceeding to gobble on the purple fruit in front of it with such fervor in its eyes.

Seeing his first ever dragon consuming the Magic Fruit, the upbeat young man also starts eating the piece in his hand, the first bite surprising him as he never experienced something like this just from eating.

Once the first bite enters his mouth, it immediately turns into a sweet liquid that floods his mouth with its mellow flavor, before then transforming into a misty substance as he swallows it, the liquid turning into air substance the moment it goes pass his throat.

What makes it more mystical is the fact that the moment he ingested it, the fruit starts sending warm stream of energy coursing across his entire body, the core containing all his mana revolving at a speed he never witnessed before, making him doubt his own potential as even just a single one of this fruit seems to be more than enough for him to nurture himself to a high level, yet dragons eat this everyday just to set themselves for a greater adulthood.

This thought lasted in his mind for quite a while before he managed to get rid of it, once he do so, he then starts focusing on detecting all the miniscule changes happening inside his body, his once injured self already starting to regain most of its former glory, the strings of muscles all across his body feeling stronger than ever, and even the mana circuit that connects his core through his entire body appears to improve significantly as well.

Marveling at this holistic improvement that makes him feel reborn, the upbeat young man couldn't help but tremble in joy as he clenches his fist, feeling the newfound power coursing through his entire body, feeling like he never felt this light and powerful before.

In fact, he truly never felt that way, as before, he's just a normal mage of his age with a bit stronger combat power than the rest of his peers in the city, something that is of no major concern as almost all of the nobles there are competent enough to match him evenly.

The fact that the nobles can do this though still makes him, and his acquaintances take quite a pride to him as there is still a major difference between then, that being the nobles receiving great training and resources since young, while an orphan like him needs to risk himself just to get a chance to have a better environment to temper himself.

'That's no longer the case now' looking around at this blessed, magical land that seemingly land on his hand through sheer dumb luck, the upbeat young man smiles while thinking so, knowing that this is definitely the chance that he is waiting for if he wants to change his current standings, if he wants to change his own fate.

'Of course, I need to figure out how the entire Dragon Herding System work first' not thinking too much of himself though, the upbeat young man starts planning for the future, how he can utilize the blessing he obtained to the utmost, how it can bring the greatest benefit to him, and the door to that path, seems to be something already slightly opened for him.

Finishing the sumptuous meal that is the purple-colored Magic Fruit, the young wooden dragon burps in satisfaction, a wave of vitality-filled air coming out of its mouth, breathing life to the True Dragon Nourishing Tree causing some small new branches to come out of the original ones, such visuals of a part of the large tree growing near instantaneously surprising the upbeat young man quite a bit.

Now looking at the hatching once again and intently observing it, the upbeat young man starts seeing the gray floating screen appearing in front of him again, the words displayed on the screen clearly showing the basic information of the dragon hatchling.

[Unnamed]

[Race: Dragon (Wood)]

[Infancy Stage]

[Cultivations]

[Magic: Vague Red Core (Combat power at Vague Orange Core)]

[Body Tempering: Early Skin Refining (Combat power at Early Muscle Conditioning)]

[Elemental Affinity: Wood]

[Overall Combat Power: 4-star]

Having seen the young wood dragon's cultivation, the upbeat young man couldn't help but feel depressed at the comparison, this hatchling only being born just a few minutes ago and yet, despite its level still being lower than him, its combat power is already way stronger than his, making him wonder whether he's deserving to be the master of such great creature.

[You are deemed as the new master of the draconic realm, hence it is only right for you to be the master of all the dragons that will grow here. There's no need to be conscious about your current combat power as well, since the compounded blessing you will receive from all the dragon you will nurture will grant you immense potential and combat power as well]

"So that means the more dragon I grow and the better potential they have., the better it will be for me right?" with eyes filled with hope as he starts speaking once again, the upbeat young man asks, prompting the gray floating screen to change the words on it once again, explaining something that makes the young man all the more looking forward to the future.

[Indeed, in addition to that, you will gradually acquire a draconic body unique to yourself from the culmination of all the blessings you will receive in the future, blessings that will grant you innate abilities similar to the dragon who gave you the blessing]

[In addition to that, consuming the products from the farm is also a good way for you to increase your combat power/potential]

Reading the words, the upbeat young man couldn't help but nod in satisfaction, patting the head of the young wood dragon now clinging to him once again, the young dragon seemingly enjoying this as it looks at the young man in reverence, as if looking at a divine figure that blesses it with something that only great dragons deserve.

Meanwhile, the upbeat young man starts to get distracted once again as he joyfully reads his improved stats shown in the system.