The insides of Paul's body were slowly charging. Ilumar had done what he could, slowly infusing Paul with the power of a Dragonkin during the evolution. The evolution was one of the rare instances where a person would go back to 0.
Their body would start going through a complete change, completely getting destroyed and then reformed. Ilumar used that to their advantage, he slowly started pouring some of his own essence that was left in the dagger in order to change Paul's bloodline. Even though it would be incredibly difficult for Paul to truly become a Dragonkin, he would still gain benefits.
Humans were some of the most balanced races in the universe, having no advantages over others, but no disadvantages either. They were amongst those that could very easily adapt their bloodline and had an easier time changing their race, either by being blessed by a much more powerful being or by doing what Ilumar was doing to Paul.
By pouring his essence, the essence of a Dragonkin, Ilumar was certain that Paul's body would be able to slowly change and adapt to it, becoming more and more powerful in the future.
Whether he would gain some noticeable features was not certain. Dragonkin were all very different, a long time ago in the past, they were also a race of humans, one of many in the universe.
Humans could be found in many places, but each race of them is different. Even though many looked almost the same on the outside, the inside was a different story.
The Dragonkin were a race of humans that were blessed by a powerful dragon and gained some dragonic powers, as well as features. How those features looked depended on the individual. Some would grow a tail, some had horns, some had scales on different parts of their body, and more.
As a Dragonkin became more powerful, they could control the features, and the most powerful were those that were barely any different from normal humans, just like Ilumar who was able to control it to the point where only some light scales could be seen on his arms.
During combat, they would allow their features to be fully shown, some of them being able to become a dragonified human, just like Wolf had done with the help of his sword in the past.
Of course, compared to a true dragonified human, his transformation was lacking severely, not only in how he looked like but in the boost it provided.
A Dragonkin that had full control over his powers was able to gain almost everything a dragon had. They would sprout wings, a tail, claws, scales, and more.
The most important was the fact that they would also gain the incredible talent for magic that dragons had, as well as the great protection the scales provided, not only against physical attacks but also against magical ones.
Paul's great determination and honest attitude were the biggest reasons why Ilumar had decided to do all of that for the young human. He didn't have a lot of essence left in the dagger, and he had prepared enough only for 5 people. Paul was not the first person that had managed to get the daggers as during the couple of millennia that Ilumar's soul was bound to the dagger, he had bonded with three people, and with Paul being the 4th, that meant that he only had enough essence for himself now.
Ilumar was not only here to help others but to also help himself. During a great battle a long time ago, his body was destroyed and he was only able to transfer his soul to the dagger and bind himself to it. With the essence there, he hoped that one day, he would be able to get the help of someone so that he could remake his body, bind his soul and essence to it, and once again live like before.
Paul was his last hope.
With Paul now being partly a Dragonkin, Ilumar was certain that he could teach the boy everything he knew, something he had been unable to do with the previous three, leading to them not having enough strength at the very end and dying.
After talking a bit more, Reign and Paul left the mental space, leaving only Ilumar and Aethion who nodded at each other before Aethion disappeared as well.
Outside, after noticing that Reign and Paul had once again started moving, Wolf and the others breathed out sighs of relief. Nothing had happened at the end, but the intense mana fluctuations coming from the dagger had scared them for a moment.
"First, get some clothes on." Reign immediately told Paul who was still sitting cross-legged on the ground. Upon noticing how he had no clothes on, the young boy panicked and actually even jumped up, showing even more of his naked body to the people that were around.
Ilumar sighed in disappointment again, if there was one thing that he wasn't happy with, was how Paul could be a bit air-headed sometimes, but that was also because of how pure and honest Paul was, and he would rather have such a partner than one that was constantly scheming and didn't trust anyone.
Paul was easy to be tricked, but thanks to Ilumar, that problem was solved and he was slowly teaching the boy not to trust others so easily. Those in Doncaster were fine, rarely would anyone try to trick another resident thanks to the great relationship they all had, which was partly thanks to Reign and the others who had not only implemented strict rules but also because after everybody had gone through many ordeals in the past and were finally now in a place where they were safe, they all wanted to help each other out, so that they would never have to worry about their lives as they once did when Doncaster was under the control of the monsters.
Upon getting dressed, Paul walked behind Reign who took him to Wolf and the others. Magokur, Aelrinder and the other tier IV combatants were also there. As Paul's evolution continued, the incredible mana tornado was visible to everybody, and many people from the territory arrived to see what was happening, even M'azgara came to check things out.
Many people were shocked when they found out that Paul was actually going through an evolution, and they became even more shocked when he managed to evolve and become a Tier IV combatant.
"By the way." Wolf suddenly spoke after everyone talked a bit with Paul and Reign who explained things to them.
"Why did you decide to evolve here out of all places, you should have known that the evolution could bring forth a disaster." Wolf narrowed his eyes and stared at Paul who gulped in fear upon sensing some killing intent from Wolf.
Wolf wasn't trying to harm Paul, but he was a bit angry about what the latter had done. The damage his evolution caused was nothing, they could easily clean things up and make new buildings, but he was angry at the fact that the evolution could have hurt people.
"Well, you see, evolving in the wilderness would be dangerous, after the evolution I would be weak, and monsters could easily come and kill me at that point as the barriers between the areas are almost completely gone."
"This place is completely safe, and I had full faith that you guys could minimize the damage the evolution would bring, and it wasn't like I could have simply told you and the others to be ready for it, I know how unbelievable it would seem for someone that had not managed to evolve even once to clear a Tier IV evolution challenge and evolve."
"So after deliberating a bit, I and Ilumar decided that here would be the best spot to evolve." Paul said before looking around, "It's far away enough from the parts that are inhabited, but not too far away so I was certain that the mana fluctuations would bring you and the rest over, even without that, the monster army I had heard much about should be enough to contain the power of the evolution."
"Of course, after seeing the aftermath, I can see that the army might not have been able to do that thanks to just how much damage was done by it, luckily I knew you guys were nearby so I decided to do it at that time."
M'azgara was looking at Paul from the side, she could sense that although he was looking human, he was not truly human right now. Thanks to the fact that she was a Brood Mother, she was very sensitive to different races and could easily sense when someone was different compared to others.
She notified Reign of that, who simply nodded at her as he was already aware of it. Ilumar had not told him anything about Paul's race changing, but that fit in the main character portion as well. Their body being changed by their teacher so that they could be stronger and more talented in the future, which was pretty much normal in those types of novels.
Reign had anticipated it, and he understood why Ilumar would keep it a secret.
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