The desert worms were in a frenzy—they had encountered food that fought back.
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How could this be?
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The encounter with a flying beast that fought back was a wake-up call for many in the brood. For one of the eldest worms, it became a call to take control.
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And it answered that call—devouring the other elder worms one by one. Eventually, it became the only worm capable of controlling the brood, and grew larger as a result.
After some time, it was the brood mother, and a queen mother of all worms in the grand heat of the desert. And as a new queen, she wanted more food to devour, more land to let its brood feast.
It looked both north and south.
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To the north, it was easy to find prey: small groups scattered and not under any Brood mother's protection, making them easy targets. The verdant jungle to the south used to be the same, until something changed. Now, any worms approaching were killed.
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The brood mother was furious.
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How dare they kill HER Spawn?
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It was a fury that all worms felt.
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But the Brood Queen knew not to be hasty—it needed time to grow, and so did all its worms. Soon, they would seek more food and the essence beneath the south.
And the search for the flying beast was close, or the queen's eldest said…
The Brood Queen shrieked in joy…
Soon they would feast.
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?Year 1?
Isaac was somewhere, and nowhere at once… he was comfortable, at least.
very sleepy.
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‘ There was something important I needed to remember?’
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A spark ignited
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Fire consumed him and the world he saw.
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It was comfortable, soothing to him. It was him.
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It burdened and followed him in his dream, a dragon shape… and it was him.
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Isaac wondered… he was a bit too lucid here, could he…
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Isaac
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Dragon of True Flame: Adolescent ~ Evolving - hibernating
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Level: 0
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Dragon nourishment: 189
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Mana nourishment 2nd stage: medium > High~
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Mana pool: 450/ 458
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Skills:
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Mana Bite level 20~ {Awaiting evolution }
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Arcane Claws level 20~ {Awaiting evolution }
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Mana control 13
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?Arcane sight level 15
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?Arcane focus level 11
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Evasion level 8
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Mana perception level 10
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Arcane Dragon fire level 10 < { True Draconic Fire under evolution }
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Dragon Fear level 6
Draconic Soul level 3
{ Fire control level 0 under evolution }
{ Draconic resistance level 0 under evolution }
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{ Fire manipulation level 0 under evolution }
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Uhh
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He was still in a semi-hibernation and evolving state… but why was everything he felt so malleable and on fire?
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In his dream, he stopped and looked at himself—and saw a dragon.
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The cracks in his scale were literally on fire, burning off what was on the outside. He could see that his scales were slowly changing and turning red. His blue-green scales were being burned off by his new evolution.
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Isaac’s wings, which had been on his arms, had shed away, and new small wings had begun to grow on his back. He was turning into a classic red dragon—kind of.
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‘ I feel more mythic at least, ‘ The fire falling off him like water.
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The changes were welcome, and the new skills looked interesting. He would have thought that Fire control and Fire manipulation would be a part of the other skills, but no. They were separate…
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But Isaac was falling off his train of thought; this dream-like state… was this some kind of inner world? And when he thought about it, the world shifted, and his magic core appeared. And it was different from before.
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For one, it was on fire. The core of mana that held his skills and mana was in the same position as his scales; it had cracks and was burning from the inside out. But here it wasn’t shedding. It was expanding.
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The second thing Isaac noticed was that the new skills were fundamentally different compared to any magic... What he knew about skills, or what he thought he knew—
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‘Damn it,’ some of his new magic theory would go in the trash, but not all of it… hopefully.
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The changes to the skills were intriguing. He always thought skills were linked to world soul energy and life soul energy, and he was partly right. Now, looking at the new skill in his core, it came directly from him, from his being as a dragon. Was this related to being a dragon?
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So, was there another way to advance?
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‘Or maybe it's all locked down to evolution,’ it made Isaac wonder. Well, he had the time to ponder… in this fire realm.
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He sat down on his haunches and looked into his core of being. Studying the new changes. But before that, he needed some sleep in this dream world of fire and growth.
Days turned into weeks, then months… he really wasn’t quite sure how long it had been. ‘I do have the countdown right?’
‘Now, how do I access it?’ It was quite easy, in fact, just needed some mental finagling.
Evolution from Dragon Youngling < Dragon adolescent: Years 37 of 78
What!!!
Isaac took a moment; time in here was dangerous, apparently. He had a short nap in his dream-like world and bam… thirty-seven years had gone by.
But as he was pondering time and sleep, he got a new notification, and now his skills had descriptions?
Congratulations, your skill Mana Bite level 20~ {Can now evolve}
Bite of a dragon: Your bite as a dragon is deadly; it brings death as quickly as it feeds you.
True Fire Bite: Your bite is powered by the power of your true fire, burning your victim to Ash.
Mana bite 2nd stage: your bite is more powerful than ever, the power of mana fueling its growth.
Your skill Arcane Claws level 20~ {Can now evolve}
Dragon claws: your claws are made to kill, hunt, and maim. They are the best tool to feed your growth.
Elemental Claws: Your claws are one of many tools, imbued with mana and the elements; they have become one.
Arcane claws: 2nd stage: Your claws are now stronger than ever, and the mana from your core flows into your claw tips with ease.
True Fire Marked claws: Your claws are marred with the power of truth, and the power of flame will unravel as long as you control it.
‘That last one is really ominous,’ Isaac thought as he finished reading it all.
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