Anyway, the new features which he just recently received were top-notch.
The mana space was extremely good because it could help him when he would run out of his mana. Of course, they weren't his exclusive skills but were something that was attached to the system.
That was why he had a bit of ambiguity if they would work properly because many times the system would end up giving him trouble despite the fact that it would help him in the end.
Yes, whatever the system forces Shin to do is for his own good and he realized that too, however, some tasks were way too difficult the rewards for which would be none but the punishment would be hellish!
These were some things that he could take a look at later, for now, he checked the dragon's stats.
[ Status ]
[ -> Trapped ]
[ -> Starved ]
[ -> Cursed ]
Only these three remained. The first one was 'trapped' because the dragon hadn't been able to get out yet. Shin was sure that it would disappear soon enough.
However, the next two were something that had to be dealt with care.
'Starved' was probably because the dragon hadn't eaten anything for ages.
This meant that he would be extremely hungry.
A dragon's hunger shouldn't be taken lightly. Such a large predator, which stood at the top, would end up eating an entire forest if not dealt with carefully.
This was something Shin had to force himself to think about.
The next was 'cursed'. Shin couldn't do anything about that for now because his skills weren't efficient enough.
The curse could be removed completely if and only if his skills were to level up. Yes, there was another way – finding a being that could lift the curse or finding the one who put the curse in the first place!
The latter two seemed difficult but it was something that could be considered.
In any case, now that the dragon was trying to free itself, Shin thought about giving him a hand.
He used skills that were enough to blow away the rocks. Of course, it could harm the dragon too, but considering the dragon's insane regeneration powers, he could do that without many worries.
'Ding'
[ You have used the skill Hurricane ]
[ -> Fast winds will start moving ]
[ -> The wind may take the form of cyclone or tornado ]
Of course, that was what happened a while ago. However, that wasn't Shin's concern for now.
All he wanted was for the dragon to be freed. Due to the fast-moving winds, cracks were being formed on the rocks.
Slowly but steadily, the hardened muddy water which had become like rocks were breaking down. Both, the skill tornado used by the dragon and the skill hurricane used by Shin helped in the process.
For now, at least, Shin had no worries about the mana because it had been recovered completely, also, he had extra mana too because of the new feature which he received a few moments ago.
The rocks soon enough broke completely. The dragon then tried to stand up, of course, after being in the same position for many centuries, its legs had become quite weak.
But that didn't mean that he couldn't move them.
He tried his best and ultimately was able to completely get out of the trapped place.
Muddy water surrounded him but that was not a problem at all, also, he was able to walk freely now.
Tears, yes, tears ran down his eyes all of a sudden.
"Thank you…"
"Thank you for freeing me.", although he was a dragon, all this time of loneliness and suffering had made his heart weak.
The dragon was famous for attacking anyone and everyone that entered its territory, that was why it was named as one of the most dangerous zones on the continent.
Dragon-slayers, although there were only a few of them, they came to hunt the beat. But always they were unsuccessful because as soon as they would enter the territory, they would face the terrifying storm and tornadoes.
Even if they were to pass that, they were attacked by the dragon.
Sighting a dragon is so rare that one would find it only once a century or it would take a few decades to spot one.
Though there existed such a dragon nearby that was actually trapped and helpless, no one actually came to hunt.
This proved – humans or dragon-slayers were only flexing.
Either that could have been the case, or they might have just not believed the story.
In any case, only a few dragon-slayer in 500 years had come to hunt this dragon but ended up failing. To hide the fact that they failed, they ended up spreading the rumor that it was some other monster due to which they thought about letting it go.
The rumor spread throughout the continent. While some said that it was a dragon-level beast, others made some useless stories.
In the end, the only kingdom that knew about the dragon's existence was the kingdom of Levonia.
The reason why they didn't hunt it was because the dragon was successful in preventing the beasts to escape from at least one side of the forest.
Whatever, the dragon was free and now Shin was satisfied with what he did. He thought about leaving but was hesitant because of the system notification that popped up.
'Ding'
[ The changes in the target's body will commence shortly ]
[ … ]
Although the dragon had agreed to the things that Shin had mentioned earlier, it was still worried about what was going to happen.
Shin had the same concern too. While his mind was constantly on the fact of finding Aella, the dragon's matter bothered him too.
'Ding'
[ A suitable state has been confirmed for the dragon's body ]
[ Commencing transformation ]
[ … ]
The moment this notification appeared, the dragon's body suddenly started to glow with brown light.
Yes, following that, the dragon suddenly started to grow smaller.
Its size started to decrease all of a sudden and it wasn't long before the dragon's gigantic body had vanished leaving behind a small body.
"No way…"
And when Shin saw him in this state, he couldn't help but be surprised.
"…"
To be continued…
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