Chapter 153: 153. Greater Dragonkin

The training grounds stretched across one of Drak’thar’s Floating islands, a flat expanse of reinforced stone that could withstand dragon fire, claw strikes, and the occasional uncontrolled crash. Owen had designed it himself after the third hatchling had accidentally set fire to the gardens.

Today, it was chaos.

Leah stood at the center, her mane streaked with gold, her arms crossed. The five hatchlings circled her, their tails lashing, their eyes bright with the joy of a game they didn’t fully understand.

“Again!” Leah Commanded.

The emerald one lunged first. It’s Nature affinity flaring as vines erupted from the stone, wrapping around Leah’s legs. The shadow one appeared behind her with it’s claws extended, aiming for her back. The lightning one crackled, her scales sparking, ready to strike.

Then leah moved.

She broke the vines with a flex of her legs, spun, caught the shadow one by the scruff of his neck, and tossed him gently into the lightning one. They tumbled across the stone, squeaking in protest. The ice one froze the ground beneath her feet, but she slid, turned, and caught the nature one mid-flight.

“That’s Better” Leah said. “But you’re thinking too much. A fight is not a puzzle. It’s a conversation between body and movement. Feel what your opponent is going to do before they do it.”

Yuki watched from the edge with Uru beside her. “Aunty Leah is really good at this .”

“Yeah, She is , isn’t she” Yuki said. “More than I expected.”

Yuki glanced at the child—no, not a child anymore. Uru had grown again, her form now closer to looking like a she was about to become a teen. The Tower of Royals had been her training ground for the past three months. She had climbed it alone, floor by floor.

“Have you finished climbing the tower?” Yuki said.

Uru nodded. “Yeah, The last floor was… different. I think it had something to do with my… Memory?.”

“Memory?”

“Of what… I was?. Before …this life? Before…i was a slime? Ughhh

” Uru felt a sharp pain in her head. “Before the absorption?. Before Dragon Uncle’s scales Changed my constitution?” She looked at her hands.

“I…remembers the stars… Of places that I don’t understand how I know of them… Of things that I think….were already old when this world… was young.”

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[Tamed Beast: Uru]

[Species: Primordial Slime]

[Rank: SS]

[Level: 24/50]

[New Skill Unlocked]

[Primordial Sense (EX-Grade)]

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[System cannot fully translate. Warning: This skill originates from beyond known cosmic boundaries.]

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Yuki stared at the panel. EX-Grade. The same rank as Owen’s sovereignties. And the definition of Primordial Sense was literally unreadable glyphs that shifted when she tried to focus on them.

“Uru…” Yuki said slowly. “What really…are you?”

The girl smiled. It was not a child’s smile. “I don’t know yet. But I think… I’m going to find out.”

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Across the training grounds, Odessa’s Azure Sky Dragonkin circled above, its crystalline scales catching the light. The dragonkin had grown too.

Owen watched it fly.

His sovereignties hummed beneath his skin, restless. For months, he had felt them growing, expanding, pressing against the boundaries of the system that contained them. They were no longer just skills. They had now fully threaded beyond the boundary of certain cosmic laws, truths about reality that he could enforce with his will.

And they felt larger than the current system’s ability to measure.

He raised his hand. Space folded. Time stuttered. The sky above Drak’thar rippled like water disturbed by a stone. The hatchlings looked up, confused. Leah called them back.

Owen lowered his hand. The effect stopped.

Not enough, he thought. The system is a cage. And I’ve outgrown it.

He looked at Odessa’s dragonkin. At the species tab that read [Azure Sky Dragonkin – S-Rank]. At the potential he could sense coiled within it, waiting for a key.

[Sovereignty of the Dragon King. Ex-Grade]. Complete sovereign over all dragonkind within the worldly territory. Using your blood, you can forcefully rank up and evolve a dragonkin once.

He had not used it the sovereignty to it’s full potential yet. Had been afraid to, perhaps. The power to reshape another being’s existence was not something to wield lightly.

But the dragonkin was willing. He could feel its awareness brushing against his, curious, trusting.

“Odessa…” Owen called. “…Bring your partner down.”

She landed, sliding from the dragonkin’s back. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing’s wrong. I… just want to try something.” He stepped forward, placing his hand on the dragonkin. “This may feel strange but please …Don’t resist.”

He pricked his finger on one of his own scales, a single drop of blood. He pressed it into the dragonkin’s scales with the intention to evolve it’s existence.

The effect was immediate.

Light erupted from the dragonkin’s body, not the soft blue of its element, but gold—Owen’s gold, the gold of the Dragon King’s bloodline. Its form began to shift, to compress, to change. The crystalline scales that had covered its body receded, replaced by smoother skin, by features that were almost human, almost dragon, both and neither.

When the light faded, a woman stood where the dragonkin had been.

She was tall and strikingly voluptuous, her figure dominated by an incredibly full, heavy bust that strained against the delicate scales barely covering her. Her skin shimmered with a faint blue undertone and subtle scale patterns, her long hair flowing like deep sea water. Her eyes held the same crystalline clarity as her scales, now sharp, intelligent, and aware. The transformation had left her completely naked, but strategic patches of iridescent scales provided just enough natural armor to cover her most essential areas, doing little to conceal her exaggerated, eye-catching curves.

She looked at her hands. Turned them over. Flexed fingers that she didn’t have moments before.

Then she looked at Owen and bowed her head.

“My King.”

Her voice was ethereal, like the sound of the ocean.

Odessa stood frozen, her mouth open. “Azure?”

The woman turned. And Her face softened. “Master.” She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around Odessa, pulling her into a hug and suffocating the mistress within her boobs. “Thank you. For everything.”

Odessa’s arms came up slowly, hesitantly, then locked tight. “You can… you can talk.”

“Yes, I can.” She pulled back, smiling. “I am still your partner. Still your Azure. But I am more now.”

[Azure Sky Dragonkin has evolved]

[New Species: Greater Dragonkin]

[Rank: SS]

[New Skill Unlocked: Half-Form (SS-Grade)]

Assume humanoid shape while retaining draconic abilities.

The hatchlings gathered around, sniffing at the new being. The shadow one circled her, curious. The lightning one’s scales sparked with excitement. The nature one pressed a flower into her hand.

The Greater Dragonkin laughed, and the sound was bright, warm, alive.

Leah appeared at Owen’s side. “You finally did it?.”

“Yeah, I felt I needed to”

“And the others? The dragon-kins across Drak’thar? Will they get this chance?”

“Maybe, I feel it’s not as omniscient as the ability makes it out to be, there might be consequences I haven’t seen yet, maybe it only worked perfectly now because the azure sky Dragonkin had fought alongside me so far, but in the future, surely, there shall be more of its kind”

Owen looked at the five baby dragons, at their potential, at the future stretching before them. “When they’re ready, yes. But not before. Evolution is not a gift. It’s a responsibility.”

Leah nodded. “Hmm hmm, Good answer.”

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