by Koren Rabe
After-asearching-afor-aa-afew-aseconds,-ahe-afound-athe-ashattered-aremains-aof-athe-aring-ascattered-ain-athe-agrass-anear-athe-arocks-aoff-athe-ariver.-aWhether-afrom-ahis-aown-aphysical-agrowth,-aor-afrom-areleasing-athe-aenergy-awithin,-athe-aring-ahad-aturned-ainto-aa-aworthless-apile-aof-ametal.
Drago-agrunted,-aand-ashrugged,-aa-arather-aodd-alooking-amovement-afor-aa-ameter-aand-aa-ahalf-along,-aand-aa-alittle-aless-athan-aa-ameter-atall,-aRed-aSalamander.-aHe-alooked-aat-ahis-aclaws-aand-afocused-aon-athe-ainformation-ahe-ahad-ajust-agained,-athe-aability-a'Flame-aClaws.'
As-ahe-aread-ainto-ait,-ait-aappeared-athat-athis-awas-athe-amost-abasic-atype-aof-aability.-aThe-ainformation-ainscribed-ain-ahis-aSoul-aSpell-aMatrix-aoutlined-ahow-ahe-acould-adraw-aenergy-afrom-ahis-aSoul-ain-aa-aspecific-apattern-ato-aheat-ahis-aclaws,-aand-ahow-athis-awould-aalso-aprovide-aa-abuffer-aof-aenergy-aat-athe-abase-aof-ahis-aclaws-ato-aavoid-aburning-ahimself.
He-adecided-ato-atest-ait-aimmediately.-aHis-asurrounding-aarea-awas-astill-adevoid-aof-aany-aother-alarge-acreatures,-athough-athat-awouldn't-alast-along-ain-athis-ajungle.-aHe-awas-asafe-afor-anow.
Drago-aclosed-ahis-aeyes-aand-aconcentrated.-aSlowly,-ahe-alooked-ainward-aand-asaw-athe-asmall-agolden-abead-athat-awas-ahis-aSoul-aSpell-aMatrix.
This-agolden-abead-awithin-ahim-awas-asurrounded-aby-aa-atranslucent-abubble,-aabout-athe-asize-aof-ahis-afist.-aThis-awas-ahis-aSoul.-aA-anear-aformless-aconstruct-aof-aenergy-athat-ainherently-arepresented-awho-ahe-awas,-aand-aconnected-ahim-ato-ahis-aSoul-aSpell-aMatrix.
According-ato-athe-ainformation-afrom-athe-aability-ahe-ahad-agained-aby-aevolving,-aall-aDrago-aneeded-ato-ado-awas-awill-athe-aenergy-ain-ahis-aSoul-ato-amove-aalong-ahis-abody-ainto-ahis-aclaws-ain-aa-aspecific-amanner.
Drago-agave-ait-aa-ashot,-afocusing-aon-ahis-aSoul.-aAfter-aa-afew-amoments,-ahe-afelt-aa-awarm,-afuzzy-afeeling.-aSlowly,-athis-afeeling-aspread-athroughout-ahis-abody.-aIt-aslowly-abegan-ato-acongregate-aon-ahis-aright-aclaw,-amoving-anaturally-ain-athe-apattern-athat-ahad-abeen-arecorded-aon-ahis-aSoul-aSpell-aMatrix.
After-aa-afew-amoments-aof-aconcentration,-aDrago-afelt-ahis-aclaws-astart-ato-atake-aon-aa-anoticeable-aamount-aof-aheat.-aHe-aopened-ahis-aeyes,-amaintaining-ahis-aconcentration,-aand-astared-aat-ahis-aright-aclaw-aclosely,-aexamining-ait.
His-aclaws-ahad-aslowly-ataken-aon-aa-avery-afaint-ared-atinge-aover-atheir-anormal-ablack-aluster,-astarting-ato-amatch-athe-ared-ascales-aat-atheir-abase.-aHe-atapped-aone-aof-ahis-aclaws-alightly-aon-athe-agrass-abeneath-ahim,-awatching-aa-afew-apieces-asizzle.
The-awarm-aenergy-awithin-ahim-amade-ahim-afeel-aenergized,-athough-ahe-adidn't-afeel-aany-astronger-athan-ausual.-aDrago-atook-aa-afew-atentative-asteps-aforward,-aand-athen-amade-aan-aenormous-aleap,-ajumping-aat-aone-aof-athe-anearby-atall-atrees.
THWUK
He-acrashed-adown-aa-ahalf-adozen-ameters-aup-athe-atree,-aaccidentally-aovershooting-ahis-atarget.-aHe-ascrambled-ato-ahold-aon-aas-ahe-asank-ahis-aclaws-ainto-athe-atree.-aHe-ahad-aforgotten-ahe-ahad-ajust-areached-athe-anext-aGrowth-aStage-aof-ahis-aRed-aSalamander-abody,-aand-agrown-astronger-aas-aa-aresult.
As-asoon-aas-ahis-afront-aclaws-amade-acontact,-ahowever,-athey-amelted-athrough-athe-aouter-alayer-aof-athe-atree,-asinking-ain.-aSeveral-abursts-aof-afire-aformed-aand-athen-awent-aout.-aAs-ahe-adid-aso,-aDrago-afelt-aan-aunsettling-atiring-afeeling.-aHe-aimmediately-astopped-adrawing-aon-aenergy-afrom-ahis-aSoul-aas-ahe-aclutched-aonto-athe-atree,-afeeling-aslightly-adizzy.
"Ausra,-acan-ayou-ashow-ame-ahow-amuch-aenergy-ais-ain-amy-aSoul?-aStandardize-amy-amaximum-aamount-aat-a100%.-aAlso-alist-ahow-along-ait-awill-atake-ame-ato-afully-arecharge."-aAs-ahe-agrew-amore-afamiliar-awith-athe-aGenie-aand-ahis-aSoul-aSpell-aMatrix,-ahe-ahad-afigured-aout-amore-aconvenient-aways-ato-adisplay-athings,-athe-aengineer-ain-ahim-ademanding-aspecifics.-a
A-ablue-ascreen-aappeared-ain-ahis-amind,-ahis-aSoul-aStatus-ascreen-afrom-abefore,-abut-awith-aan-aextra-aline-aadded-ato-ait.-a
Drago-a--aSoul-aStatus
Soul-aStage:-aEarth-aStage-a(Peak)
Health:-aPerfect
Energy:-a47%-a(Will-afully-arestore-ain-a41-aminutes)-a
"Geez,-athis-aability-adraws-aa-alot-aof-aenergy."-aDrago-amuttered.-aHe-aslowly-apulled-ahis-aclaws-aout-aof-athe-atree,-aseeing-athe-amangled-awood-aand-aholes.-aThe-atree-aitself-awas-awider-athan-ahe-awas,-aand-athankfully-awasn't-ain-aany-adanger-aof-afalling-aover.-aIt-aalso-aseemed-avery-aflame-aresistant.
"Hmm."-aHe-amuttered,-athinking,-a"Maybe-ait's-anot-athe-aability-athat-adraws-ait,-abut-ahow-aI-ause-ait.-aPerhaps-amy-aapplication-ais-ainefficient.-aI-ashould-apractice-amore."-aHe-aran-athrough-aa-afew-aexercises-ahe-amight-atry,-ato-ahelp-ahim-aget-aused-ato-ahis-anewer-abody,-aand-ato-apractice-amanipulating-ahis-aSoul's-aenergy.
A-aloud-aroar-afrom-aa-acreature-adrawing-aclose-adistracted-aDrago,-athough,-aas-ahe-alooked-aup-aslightly-afearful.-aDespite-ahaving-ajust-aevolved-aa-aGrowth-aStage,-ahe-aknew-athere-awere-afar-astronger-acreatures-athan-ahim-ain-athis-aforest.-aHe-aquickly-ascampered-aup-athe-atree-aand-aran-aoff,-ajumping-afrom-alimb-ato-alimb-aas-ahe-amade-ahis-away-athrough-athe-aforest,-aaway-afrom-athe-asmall-astream.
…
Drago-aclambered-adown-athe-atree-ahe-awas-acurrently-aon,-alooking-aat-athe-acollection-aof-amountains-athat-astood-atall-abefore-ahim.-aThe-amountains-awere-ahuge,-agrey-aand-ablack-aedifices,-acovered-awith-asharp-aledges-aand-asteep-adrop-aoffs.-aUnlike-athe-aforests-abehind-ahim,-awhich-ateemed-awith-alife,-athese-amountains-aseemed-aforeboding,-aand-adangerous.
Two-adays-ahad-apassed-asince-aDrago-afound-athe-amagic-aring-aand-areached-athe-a4th-aGrowth-aStage-aof-ahis-aRed-aSalamander-abody.-aIn-athat-atime,-ahe-ahad-agrown-aused-ato-ahis-alarger-aand-astronger-abody,-aand-amade-ahis-away-atowards-athe-amountainous-aregion-ahe-ahad-afirst-aspawned-anext-ato.
He-ahad-aalso-abecome-amuch-amore-aproficient-aat-ausing-ahis-a'Flame-aClaws'-aability.-aThe-aability-aitself-awas-aapparently-ajust-aa-alow-alevel-atechnique.-aThe-amore-aDrago-apracticed-ait,-athe-amore-ahe-arealized-ahe-aknew-avery-alittle-aabout-ahow-ahis-aSoul-aworked,-aand-ahow-athe-aenergy-ain-ait,-aand-athe-aSoul-aSpell-aMatrix-ain-ait,-aworked.
By-anow,-aDrago-ahad-amore-aor-aless-aadapted-ato-athe-ashock-aof-aliving-ain-athis-astrange-anew-aworld.-aInstead-aof-apracticing-amath-aor-astudying-aphysics,-aDrago-afound-athat-ahe-ahad-abecome-aslightly-aobsessed-awith-aunderstanding-ahis-aSoul,-aand-athe-aMatrix-awithin-ait.-aIt-awas-aincredibly-afascinating,-aand-athe-asecrets-aDrago-afelt-athey-aheld-aenticing.-aWhole-aworlds-aof-aknowledge-alay-auntouched-abefore-ahim,-aand-athis-awasn't-aan-aopportunity-ahe-awould-awaste.
Through-asteady-atrial-aand-aerror,-aDrago-adiscovered-athat-aby-astrictly-acontrolling-athe-aenergy-athat-aflowed-ain-athe-apattern-arecorded-aby-ahis-aSoul-aSpell-aMatrix,-ahe-acould-araise-athe-aefficiency-aof-athe-aenergy-ahis-aSoul-aput-aout.-aHe-anot-aonly-aneeded-ato-alet-athe-aenergy-aflow-anaturally-ain-athe-a'Flame-aClaws'-apattern,-abut-ahe-aalso-aneeded-ato-acontrol-ait-aso-ait-amoved-aprecisely-aas-athe-aMatrix-asaid.-a
By-adoing-aso,-ahe-afound-athat-ahe-acould-akeep-ahis-aclaws-aburning-afor-aup-ato-aten-aminutes,-aand-athey-awould-aturn-aa-afiery-ared,-ainstead-aof-athe-adim-ared-afrom-abefore,-aburning-amuch-ahotter.
Drago-ashook-ahimself-aas-ahe-arefocused-aon-athe-amountains-abefore-ahim.-aHe-aspecifically-aturned-ahis-aeyes-ato-aa-apair-aof-amountains-athat-astood-anext-ato-aeach-aother.-aThese-atwo-amountains-awere-asome-aof-athe-alargest-ain-ahis-avision.-aThey-awere-aboth-aunique,-ahowever,-ain-athat-atheir-apeaks-awere-acompletely-ashattered,-awith-ahuge,-aenormous-agaps-aclawed-adown-athe-asides-aof-athe-amountain.
"Between-atwo-ashattered-amountains,-ain-athe-adarkest-apit-aof-athis-avalley…"-aDrago-arepeated-apart-aof-athe-amessage-athe-amagic-aring-ahad-aspoken,-ahis-aeyes-aglinting-aas-ahe-alooked-aat-athe-atwo-ashattered-apeaks.-aHe-athen-acarefully-abegan-amaking-ahis-away-aaround-athe-abase-aof-athe-amountain-ahe-astood-aon,-aheaded-atowards-athe-atwo-amountains-awith-ashattered-apeaks.
###-aChapter-a5-a--aThe-aIronhide-aWolf
"Wood-aMagic:-aG
enovah's-aFlying-aArk!"-aA-ayoung-ahuman-aman-awearing-aa-aset-aof-afine-agrey-asilk-arobes-ayelled-aaloud,-aholding-ahis-ahands-ain-afront-aof-ahim.-aHe-ahad-aa-aslim,-ahandsome-aface-awith-apiercing-ablue-aeyes-aand-aa-awarm,-afriendly-asmile.-aA-ahandsome-aface-athat-awould-abe-aforgettable-aif-anot-athe-apassionate-agleam-ain-ahis-aeyes.-a
An-ainstant-aafter-ahe-afinished-aspeaking,-aa-amysterious-acluster-aof-asymbols-aappeared-ain-afront-aof-ahim.-aAn-aenormous-aamount-aof-awood-aburst-aforth-afrom-athis-acluster,-abending-aand-astretching,-atwisting-ainto-athe-ashape-aof-aa-amid-asized-aship.-aIt-astood-aaround-atwenty-ameters-along,-aand-aa-adozen-ameters-awide,-abuilt-aentirely-aout-aof-aa-adark-abrown-awood.-aA-alarge-apillar-arose-afrom-athe-amiddle-aof-athe-aboat,-aan-aempty-amast.-aA-asmall-acabin-acould-abe-aseen-aon-aone-aend-aof-athe-aboat,-aleading-atowards-athe-ainside.-a
A-asmattering-aof-aapplause-arang-aout-aas-athe-ayoung-aman,-aa-abit-apale-afaced-anow,-aturned-aand-asmiled.-a
"What-adid-aI-asay-ato-ayou-aearlier,-aCaptain-aLancaster?"-a
The-awooden-aboat-awas-afloating-ajust-aoutside-aa-alarge-aforest-aof-atrees.-aIn-athe-abackground,-aseveral-adozen-amountains-acould-abe-aseen,-arising-ahigh-ainto-athe-asky.-aTwo-amountains-astood-aout-ain-aparticular,-awith-agreat,-ashattered-arocky-apeaks,-aobliterated-aby-asome-aoutside-aforce.-a
A-along,-apaved-astone-apath-aran-aup-ato-athe-aforest,-aa-apath-athat-acontinued-abut-atransformed-ainto-aa-alesser-adirt-aversion.-a
Currently,-aa-aquartet-aof-amen-awere-astanding-aon-athe-astone-apath,-alooking-aat-athe-awooden-aboat-athe-ahandsome-aman-ahad-ajust-araised.-a
"It's-acertainly-alarger-athan-alast-atime,-asir!-aYou-awere-adeadly-aaccurate!"-aA-agruff,-amuscular-aman-awearing-aa-aset-aof-ablack-aleather-aarmor,-awith-aa-alarge-abroadsword-astrapped-ato-ahis-aback,-anodded-aand-alaughed-aaloud.-aHe-ahad-aa-agrizzled-aand-awrinkled-aface,-alooking-aas-aif-ahe-awas-ain-ahis-amid-40s.-aA-asmall-agreying-ablack-abeard-acomplemented-ahis-astrong-ajaw-aand-aa-anose-athat-ahad-abeen-abroken-aseveral-atimes-abefore.-aHis-ashort,-acompletely-agrey-ahair-awas-aat-aodds-awith-ahis-astill-amostly-ablack-abeard,-abut-awent-awell-awith-ahis-asix-aand-aa-ahalf-afeet-aof-aheight.-a
Two-aof-athe-amen-abeside-athe-aCaptain-awere-adressed-ain-asimilar-ablack-aleather-aarmor,-abut-awith-ayounger,-atanned-afaces-alooking-aas-aif-athey-awere-ain-atheir-aearly-a30s.-aThey-awere-aequally-amuscular,-aand-aboth-ahad-aa-apair-aof-ashort-aswords-astrapped-ato-atheir-awaists.-aAccording-ato-aLancaster,-athey-awere-atwins-afrom-aone-aof-athe-alesser-a30,000-aworlds-athat-ahad-aleft-atheir-aworld-aseeking-afortune,-aand-aended-aup-aamong-athe-aUniversal-aKinto-aGuard-aalongside-ahim.-a
The-alast-aobserver-agave-aa-afriendly-anod-ato-athe-ayoung-aman,-astating,
"This-awill-acertainly-abe-aof-aaid-ain-atransport-aover-athe-aforest-aand-asave-aus-aa-agreat-adeal-aof-atime.-aWe'll-astill-aneed-ato-astep-adown-aand-atravel-aon-afoot-aonce-awe-anear-athe-amountains,-ahowever.-aThere-aare-aGrandmaster-aClass-abeasts-athere,-aafter-aall."-aA-aman-adressed-ain-afaded-agreen-aarmor,-awith-aa-alongbow-astrapped-ato-ahis-aback,-athe-apicture-aof-aan-aadept-aforest-aranger.-aHe-ahad-aa-amixture-aof-agreen-aand-agrey-apaint-acovered-ahis-aface,-amaking-ahis-afeatures-aindistinguishable,-asave-afor-aa-abushy-abrown-abeard.-a
"Of-acourse,-aof-acourse."-aWilliam-aRobel-anodded,-aunderstanding.-aAs-aa-aWizard-athat-ahad-ajust-areached-athe-aSky-aStage,-aspecializing-ain-aWood-aMagic,-ahe-awell-aunderstood-athe-athreats-athat-apowerful-abeasts-acould-amuster,-aespecially-athose-awith-aa-apowerful-aSoul.-aHis-aspells-awere-apowerful,-aand-athe-astrength-aof-aone's-aSoul-awasn't-aeverything…-abut-ait-awas-abetter-ato-aexercise-acaution.-a
In-athe-a30,000-aWorlds,-athere-awere-atens-aof-athousands-aof-adifferent-atypes-aof-aMagic.-aThe-avast,-avast-amajority-aof-aWizards-awould-achoose-ato-afocus-aon-aa-asingular-atype.-aAfter-aall,-aeach-adifferent-atype-aof-aMagic-arequired-aincredibly-acomplex-aconcentrations-aof-aenergy,-ausing-athe-apower-aof-aone's-aSpell-aSoul-aMatrix.-aSpells-afrom-aone-atype-awould-aall-ahave-arelatively-asimilar-asymbolic-aincantations-aand-aconcentrations,-athough-athe-astronger-aspells-aor-amore-acomplex-aspells-awould-arequire-amore-aand-amore-aeffort-aand-aprecision.-a
William-astudied-aWood-aMagic,-aa-aversatile-atype-aof-aMagic-athat-afunctioned-aas-aan-aefficient-ajack-of-all-trades,-asuited-afor-asomeone-alike-ahimself-awho-apreferred-ato-afunction-awithout-aother-amages.-aIt-awasn't-athe-amost-apowerful-atype-aof-aMagic,-anor-awas-ait-athe-aflashiest,-abut-ahe-ahadn't-aexactly-ahad-amany-achoices-aopen-ato-ahim-awhen-ahe-apicked-ait.-aHis-alot-ain-alife-ahad-abeen-adecided-aat-ahis-abirth.-aHe-awas-aa-abastard.-a
He-ashook-athe-airrelevant-athoughts-afrom-ahis-amind,-ahowever,-afocusing-aon-ahis-acurrent-agoal.-a
Hunting-adown-athe-alegendary-aIronhide-aWolf-athat-athrived-awithin-athe-adepths-aof-athe-amountains.-a
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Drago-ahuddled-abehind-aa-asmall-aset-aof-aboulders,-asliding-ahis-abody-abetween-atwo-aof-athem-aand-akeeping-aabsolutely-astill.-aHe-adidn't-aeven-adare-ato-abreathe-aas-ahe-alay-athere,-acompletely-asilent.
THUD
THUD
Heavy-afootsteps-aset-athe-aground-ato-ashaking-aas-aa-ahuge-abeast-apassed-aby-athe-aboulders-ahe-awas-ahiding-aat,-amoving-adown-athe-amountain.-a
'That's…-aa-adinosaur.-aAre-ayou-aserious?'-aDrago-amentally-ayelled,-amaking-asure-ato-astill-anot-amake-aa-asound.-a
A-ahuge,-a10-ameter-atall-adinosaur,-acovered-ain-afeathered-agreen-ascales-acontinued-ato-awalk,-ahunching-aforward-aas-ait-aturned-aand-amade-aits-away-aalongside-athe-amountain-aDrago-ahad-abeen-aclimbing.-aIt-alooked-aextremely-asimilar-ato-athe-aTyrannosaurus-aRex-aof-aDrago's-ahome-aworld,-awith-aa-alarge-aface-afull-aof-asharp-aand-adeadly-ateeth,-aa-ahulking,-amuscular-abody,-aand-atwo-aundersized-aarms.-a
The-abeast-agave-aoff-aa-apowerful,-ahorrifying-aaura-aas-ait-amoved,-athe-astrength-ait-aheld-afar-asurpassing-aDrago's-aown.-a
'Ausra'-aDrago-amentally-awhispered,-astaring-aat-athe-abeast-awith-avivid-ainterest.-a
'You-asaid-ayou-acan-ahelp-ame-awith-athe-aAbsorption-aProcess-a3-atimes,-aright?-aCan-ayou-ahelp-ame-aAbsorb-athat-abeast?"-a
In-ahis-ahead,-aAusra's-acool-avoice-aresponded,
'Your-aSoul-awould-acollapse-aupon-atrying-ato-aform-aa-abeast-aof-athat-ascale.-aThat-aappears-ato-abe-aa-apureblood-aGrandmaster-aClass-aGreen-aScaled-aGround-aDragon.-aAs-aof-aright-anow,-ayou-amay-aonly-atarget-aSky-aClass-abeasts-aand-abelow-afor-aAbsorption.-aAnything-aelse-awill-ago-abeyond-athe-asafety-aparameters-aset-aby-aHis-aHoliness.'-a
Drago-agrumbled-aa-abit-ain-ahis-ahead-abefore-aaccepting-ait.-aThere-awas-anothing-ahe-acould-ado-aabout-ait,-ait-aseemed.-a
He-awaited-aa-afew-amore-amoments-aas-athe-abeast-amoved-apast,-aout-aof-ahis-asight.-aHe-asighed,-aand-athen-alooked-aup-atowards-athe-adistant-ashattered-apeaks.-a
The-acreatures-ain-athe-amountains-awere-amuch-adeadlier-athan-athose-ain-athe-aforest-ait-aseemed.-a
He-aresumed-ahis-ascampering-aregardless.-aOnce-ahis-amind-awas-aset-aon-asomething,-ahe-awould-astubbornly-apursue-ait-atill-ahe-areached-awhatever-ait-awas.-a
His-aRed-aSalamander-abody-awas-aquite-auseful-ain-atraversing-athe-arocky-alandscape.-aHis-afeet-awere-apadded-awith-atough-ascales,-aand-ahe-acould-ause-ahis-aclaws-ato-adig-ain-ato-athe-asides-aof-athe-amountains-aif-ahe-afelt-ahe-awas-aslipping.-a
He-aspent-aseveral-ahours-amoving-acarefully-athrough-athe-amountains,-afrom-aledge-ato-aledge,-aboulder-ato-aboulder,-aoutcropping-ato-aoutcropping.-aTwice-ahe-ahad-ato-ahide-aas-amassive,-apowerful-abeasts-amoved-apast,-aemitting-aterrifying-aauras.-a
Along-athe-away,-ahe-aalso-adiscovered-aseveral-amystical-alooking-aplants.-aWhen-ahe'd-awalked-aup-ato-athem,-ahe-ahad-abeen-ainformed-athat-athey-awere-aMagic-aHerbs-aor-aMagic-aPlants-athat-anaturally-aspawned-ain-amountainous-aareas.-a
According-ato-aAusra,-athese-aherbs-aserved-aas-aan-aexcellent-asource-aof-aenergy-aand-afood-afor-alocal-awildlife,-aand-aafter-adevoured-awould-anaturally-arespawn,-aoperating-aunder-asome-amysterious-alaw-aof-aexistence-athat-aeven-aAusra-awas-aunaware.-a
Drago-ahad-atried-aone-aof-athe-aMagic-aHerbs,-aa-aBrilliant-aRed-aHoljop-aFruit.-aThe-afruit-ahad-atasted-adelicious,-aand-asent-aseveral-awarm-arays-aof-aenergy-ainto-ahis-abody.-aIt-awas-aan-aincredibly-aluxurious-afeeling,-amaking-ahim-ashiver-aslightly.-a
He'd-achecked-ahis-agrowth-aprogress-aright-aafter,-afeeling-aa-asmall-achange.-a
-Red-aSalamander-a--aGrowth-aStage:-a(4/5)-aMature-aAdult
--aGrowth-aProgress-a–-a721/956-a-
The-afruit-ahad-aincreased-ahis-agrowth-aby-aa-adecent-aamount.-aIt-aseemed-athey-atruly-awere-agood-athings-ato-aeat.-a
After-aeating-aone-afruit,-ahowever,-ahe'd-arealized-athat-ahis-aappetite-ahad-abeen-amostly-asated.-aIt-aseemed-ahe-awouldn't-abe-aable-ato-aeat-atoo-amany-aof-athese-afruits-aor-aherbs-ain-asuccession.-a
Apart-afrom-athe-amassive-abeasts-athat-ahe-ahid-afrom,-ahe-aalso-aran-ainto-aseveral-alarge-aflocks-aof-aMountain-aDeer,-atough-aand-aagile-adeer-athat-ainhabited-athe-amountain-aarea,-aa-asmall-agroup-aof-aScaled-aVultures,-aand-aa-aherd-aof-aIron-aOxen.-a
He-adecided-ato-aavoid-aall-aof-athem-afor-anow.-aIf-ahe-awanted-atheir-abloodlines,-ahe-acould-aalways-ago-aback-afor-athem-alater.-aRight-anow,-ahis-afocus-awas-aon-afinding-athe-amysterious-atreasure-athe-afallen-awizard-ahad-aleft-abehind.-a
He-adid-atake-athe-atime-ato-aask-aAusra-aabout-aeach-abeast,-ahowever.-aAccording-ato-aAusra,-aall-abeasts-ahad-aa-alimit-aplaced-aon-athem,-alimiting-atheir-aultimate-alevel-aof-astrength-aand-agrowth.-aDrago's-aRed-aSalamander-ahad-aa-alimit-athat-awould-abe-areached-ain-ahis-anext-agrowth-astage.-a
In-aterms-aof-astrength,-ahe-awould-aforever-abe-alimited-aas-aa-aSky-aClass-aBeast-aat-amost.-aThe-aMountain-aDeer-ahe-asaw-awere-alimited-ato-athe-aEarth-aClass,-aas-awere-athe-aScaled-aVultures,-awhile-athe-aIron-aOxen-acould-agrow-ato-athe-aSky-aClass.-a
What-ahe-aneeded-ato-afind-awas-aa-abeast-athat-acould-agrow-ato-aa-ahigher-alevel,-aabsorb-aits-abloodline,-aand-atransform-ainto-ait,-agrowing-astronger-aand-astronger.-aThe-amore-apowerful-ahis-aSoul-agrew,-athe-astronger-ahe-acould-amake-aeven-aweak-abeast-aforms.-a
