'Male dragon, good for Emrys,' Ken mused as he sexed the dragon. He fed it with a sleeping pill, making it lay unconscious on the table.
He carried Emrys and laid him down next to the dragon side by side and cracked his knuckles as he prepared to begin the surgery. He took out a short knife and rolled the dragon to make it lay on its back, having its soft stomach exposed.
Ken plunged the knife into the dragon hatchling's belly, cutting it open. His Qi blocked the blood from spilling out, containing every precious drop.
'Time for Alchemy, but first let's wake up the little wolf.'
Ken channeled his Alchemical Qi into Emrys's body and dispersed the effects of the sleeping pill, causing the pup to wake up to the painful reality once again.
"Break is over, Emrys. We are in the final stage; you only need to survive this last part, and you will be stronger than you could ever dream before. Trust me and survive," Ken spoke with a comforting tone when the wolf whimpered with fear.
Emrys gradually calmed down and looked at his master with a determined expression, showing his readiness for the process.
Seeing that he could start the procedure, Ken controlled the blood with his Alchemy techniques, following the five steps of concoction.
'First, separate the unwanted parts.'
The blood floated in the air under Ken's fingers and slowly drops of fluid blood separated and fell to the ground, staining it in red. Only thick drops of red with a golden hue remained.
'Second, condense it.'
Ken condensed the drops of blood further into one small drop. The gold now was much more prominent, and it almost overtook the original red.
He repeated the action until the blood was completely drained out of the dragon's body, and five golden drops of blood were hovering in a circle.
'Third, mix the different essences.'
The young alchemist produced five pills he had prepared in advance from his storage ring, and with his fire, he reversed the concocting process, making them turn into five large essences. Some of the materials were ultimately lost, but he kept what he needed safe.
Beads of sweat adorned his beautiful face, and they could be seen clearly on his forehead. The task of handling so many procedures at once took its toll on his mind and body.
He moved his hands again, leading the essences from the pills straight to the blood droplets and mixed them together, combining them into a new mixture, completely golden and radiating a powerful aura. He boosted the dragon's bloodline with his Alchemy skills, making it more potent.
'Now I need to control the fire and concoct them inside the cauldron.'
"Are you ready, Emrys? This is going to be the worst part, but also the most important one. Everything we had done to this point was to prepare you for this moment."
The pup groaned in determination, and one golden droplet followed Ken's finger into Emrys's open maw.
"HOOOOWWWWWL!"
The pup screamed when he felt the worst pain he had ever experienced in his short life. It was completely overwhelming, leaving him paralyzed and unable to concentrate on anything else.
"Emrys, concentrate! You must stay sharp and absorb the dragon's bloodline or you will die! Don't disappoint me after I've sacrificed a rare species for your sake!"
The wolf stifled his screams and did his best to follow Ken's instructions. He bravely ignored the pain and let the golden bloodline spread in his bloodstream, combining it with his own bloodline in small steps.
'And concoct.'
"HOWL!"
Emrys howled again when the blood's temperature rose to extreme degrees, filling him with a sensation of being burned from the inside. Ken used Emrys's body as a cauldron, and Emrys's blood was part of the ingredients in the Alchemy process. Needless to say, the pain was unbearable.
"Focus, Emrys!"
Ken reminded the wolf to stay focused as he boiled the wolf's blood mercilessly, combining the golden essence with the wolf's very being. The white fur slowly gained golden hues, and small bumps appeared on the pup's head.
"Next, there are only four more left!"
Ken controlled the next golden droplet and made it fly into Emrys's body. The same process repeated itself with the wolf howling and screaming in pain while doing his best to remain alive and absorb the Qi and blood and Ken doing his best to be perfectly precise and avoid killing his pet.
"The third now, we are halfway through!"
Another droplet entered the wolf's body, and the skin where the two bumps appeared was torn and two golden horns stained with blood came out of Emrys's flesh. They were majestic and beautiful, but the wolf seemed not to appreciate the new addition. He screamed over and over again, crying bloody tears when his flesh was torn and his skull mutated.
"Fourth droplet, we will finish soon! Don't give up, Emrys!"
Emrys's claws grew, and his fangs turned sharper and stronger. His bones strengthened themselves and his body was going through endless micro changes that elevated his entity to a new height.
The wolf was spasming on the improvised surgery table uncontrollably, barely able to keep its consciousness.
"It's the last droplet, one final procedure and you will survive, stronger than ever. Don't let me down in the decisive moment, you've been a little hero until now!" Ken did his best to encourage the poor little thing.
Emrys let out a weak sound as it growled with a hint of despair. Ken did not wait and sent the last droplet into Emrys's body, prompting him to scream with renewed vigor. Even on the fifth time going through the same procedure after going through endless pain the whole day, the pup could not get used to the pain. It did not get any better at all.
For the last time, Ken boiled his blood and concocted it into a new bloodline, mixing the Sunscale Dragon's bloodline with the wolf's. Their bloodlines were closely equal after Ken worked on his wolf's bloodline all day, and their mixture would create a new beast with endless potential.
"You did great, you can sleep now."
As soon as the process was over, Emrys lost consciousness, laying almost lifelessly next to the golden dragon. One of them was on the verge of death, but the other was dead for quite some time now.
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