Chapter 825 The Soul Realm of Ice Dragons
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I suddenly found myself in a world of pure coldness and ice. The sky was covered in fluffy clouds that were constantly generated snow and snowing down the entire world. The floor was mostly made of hardened ice and snow on top of it, and there was a beautiful and wondrous appearance to everything. There were mountains of ice and snow everywhere the eye could see, and frozen lakes and rivers, countless ice castles and towers erected everywhere. Forests made out if pine trees and various magical herbs that resist the ice or are imbued with it. There was even native life in here, ice-attribute monsters that can be found in the depths of the icy lands within the continent of Jotunheim, and even more terrifying creatures.
"W-What is this?!" I asked. It had happened in an instant, when my mother opened the path to me, it felt as if I had received an upgrade myself, not only allowing me to go to the Realm of the Dark Dragons, but also to "see" things through an even greater level of detail.
"You can finally see this with its true splendor. Only those that unlock their complete power within their bloodlines can access to this level of reality within the Realms of the Draconic Records. This is another of the Draconic Records greatest assets and secrets, what you see, my son, is a physical yet spiritual world. This is… the Divine Realm of Tiamat, our all-mother." Said Nifl with an inspirational tone of voice.
"This is the divine realm of my grandma?!" I asked. "So… No, I knew this was made by her but… I see, so that's where her divine realm went? Wait, how can someone move a divine realm?"
"It is complicated, not even I know the true groundworks that my mother used to create this, but she is a Creator Goddess, she must know better and more transcendental ways of using such powers than all of us combined." Said my mother while giggling rather carefreely. "As you can see, after you die, you land here. This is the land after death, but also where we can gather with our old family members, and live together with them. Even living dragon gods, as few as they care, can come here and help one another, talk with one another, and so on."
"A-Amazing… But these things… the meat of monsters, the plants, the fruits… Can I carry this outside?" I wondered.
"No, sadly, you cannot. If you attempt to do so, the item will simply dissipate…" She said. "However, as you harbor more of the power of the Draconic Records, you might be allowed to consume these resources and grow stronger, such power can also be brought outside. This way, you can strengthen your soul and body. But for now, it is far from your reach, let's go to the Realm of the Dark Dragons, where my dear sister dwells."
"You mean… father's mother? The Progenitor Dragon Goddess of Darkness?" I wondered.
"Yes, her name is Svartalf, and she's a secretive woman. She died fighting for the world and her body has become nourishment for the continent where she once ruled. Nonetheless, your father and a few other dark dragons rule the continent in the shadows, protecting the inhabitants from the hands of Oberon and the other malicious Venerables' pawns." Said Nifl. "Now come, my sweet child."
"Alright…" I sighed. I felt slightly embarrassed and even a bit cringe when she called me like that. Is this how millennials feel when their mothers love them? I had no mother in my previous life so I was never able to truly experience these things. It is certainly a new experience; it makes me both happy but also embarrassed beyond belief.
She quickly grabbed me by the neck (as I was in my dragon form right now) as if I was her pup, and then she carried me through the enormous gates made of bright white light, as we were transported into another Realm. Apparently Nifl could step in any other dragon realm if she wanted, perhaps being a privilege of the progenitor dragons who were all sisters and closely related by blood more than their children are with each mother's child.
FLASH!
The bright white light quickly dissipated as what greeted our sight was now a land of darkness and gloom. The sky was in a perpetual night, as there were shiny stars in the sky, but no moon at all. The forests were made of trees without leaves, looking dry and dead, the floor was made of black and gray stone, with mushrooms growing everywhere. There were gigantic mountains spread near endlessly, with large caves that led to many underground areas. It was a land of tranquility and obscurity. However, I could also sense creatures lurking in the night, and many mushrooms and plants imbued with special divine energy of darkness.
I immediately felt a connection to this place even though it looked so alien to me. The red rivers of essence spread out through the landscape, connecting my soul with the souls of fallen siblings, I suddenly noticed many strange and monstrous crawling figures, phantoms of the souls of Dark Dragons long dead, each one was particular in their appearance, looking like chimeras of many monsters at times, other times, looking like bizarre dragons with tentacles (kind of like my own father), and other times they looked rather tame in design, merely black-scaled.
"Our sibling has finally showed himself up."
"How bright is silver scales are. Are you sure he is a dark dragon?"
"If he were not, he wouldn't be in our realm."
"Nifl, his mother, accompanies him."
"A Hybrid ice dragon and dark dragon, unique."
"An interesting brother we have here…"
"So this is the one that carries the crown of Dragon King? Young, aren't you?"
The dark dragons immediately surrounded me, analyzing every corner of my body. Unlike the chill Ice Dragons, the Dark Dragons were all creeps!
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