Chapter 2652: Chapter 2652
The process of healing and giving potions to the dragonkin took some time. Alice and Su worked together to make sure that they had been healed and checked for any long term injuries. This also worked out since Su was taking the extra clothing the party brought for trading or other matters from Walker's multi dimensional storage. This made things a little more efficient.
In terms of food, the potions Remey had were not perfectly made for the light dragonkin, but the light affinity potions worked very well as a potion that could boost their absorption of light mana and also some nutrients. Luckily they did not need unique healing potions since the natural usage of healing potions spurred the natural growth of healing from within the body and did not function off a singular manas. Meaning Walker noticed it was encouraging life mana.
This gave him a little more insight about what a health potion did within the body differently than what he had thought before. It wasn't that he hadn't seen this sort of thing before or hadn't thought about what differences there was in a health potion to any other kind of potion.
However, he had not let himself sense and follow the life mana within someone as they consumed a general health potion. He'd done so with healing skills but not potions specifically because he had assumed it was all working the very same. This realization that it spurred life mana without causing any other mana within it to linger in those form the elemental planes said a lot.
The interactions with different manas for those within the elemental planes was often devastating. It could act like a poison, but in this case, general health and general mana potions were clearly working with the life mana in a body. The other manas not valuable to the dragonkin were expelled and the nutrients and manas valuable to them were being absorbed and helping. It was a unique process that made Walker understand the innate life mana within any being worked a lot more than what he or anyone could sense.
The party soon found himself in a small camp. The village, if it could be called that, was barely a few huts with fabric thrown together. The warriors who had been around were not wearing any decent armor, it was mostly partially processed materials from monsters or tougher plants made in to armor. The dragonkin here hadn't even had anyone to craft them anything.
A little talking with those able to do so brought even more to light. Crafters in the dragonkin were seen as weak and were killed off by the fallen true light dragon. The same for anyone else who did not have a warrior class or a class that the fallen true light dragon understood. Meaning all that was left were the weakest of warriors, or those without a class yet who might become a warrior. Hence why the dragonkin were sent out over and over to make sure they gathered everything for the village.
Or in this case, they were made to gather everything for the fallen true light dragon. They were told not to return unless they brought abc useful light affinity herbs for the fallen true light dragon or prey that they hunted. If they didn't have either or what they brought was not good enough the sentence for that offense was death in most cases. Nothing that the party learned while speaking to the dragonkin made anything better.
The few older dragonkin who had seemed to be the most evasive were only so since they had been using their skills in speech to avoid death from the dragon this entire time. They remembered how the fallen true light dragon had waited for the elder and other two dragons in their village to be away to meet another dragon to take their group of dragonkin away. It had been forced and in their respect for the light dragons as all Dragonkin had, they had followed the orders given. It had been the wrong choice, not that they had a choice to begin with.
Learning all this and seeing that their village was more of a trash heap except for the spot where the fallen true light dragon rested, the party stopped feeling bad. They could see that the dragon that had been here could never be called a dragon, especially compared to the brilliant dragons that they had met in the world and even some they had met within the elemental planes.
The worst part was, that there were small piles of valuable light herbs, some light affinity ores, and even a few parts of light affinity monsters that could have gone to the dragonkin to feed them and nourish them. Instead, they had been piled here like hoards of untouchable treasure so that the fallen true light dragon could rest in luxury and ease.
This was beyond just an example of how far a dragon could fall. It was an example of what happened when arrogance overtook pride. When lust for power and cruelty mixed together to allow for the worst of the worst side of a dragon to be shown to the world and even beyond that.
"It seems that my child has finally been put to rest. We are not allowed to touch one of our own until they have become a wild beast. Thank you for stepping in, heroes of the world." The voice was melancholic, soft, and right next to them.
The woman standing beside them was using light mana to create some sort of illusion, she was somewhat transparent but clearly there. As the magic faded, Walker saw a dragonkin form that was reminiscent of the dragonkin form that Rise could take. But this one had more pure light mana around her. The form was both powerful and easily more controlling of the light mana around them.
"I have called to the true light sage and the light king themselves. I have full permission to allow you to bring these dragonkin with you where they will be cared for, or to bring them home where they grew up. It is up to your discretion and theirs." The air around them felt a little heavy with loss, the same feeling one would get at a funeral or in the worst tent in a warzone. There was just sadness and dimming light.
"And you are?" Walker couldn't say much as to the fact that they had all just not noticed this dragon in dragonkin form arrive. However, he also could sense that there was no ill intent whatsoever. Just a mother grieving the worst path her child could have chosen.
"I am just an elder dragon, you do not need to worry about myself. I will be roaming this territory and if I am allowed to, visiting your territory one day. I hear there is a descendant of the light dragons there. Powerful enough that when she took in violent light mana she grew instead of fell to her death. If that can be shared with other young light dragons I believe that all light dragons of the future will benefit." the soft spoken words drifted around.
It was hard for the party to think about what to say next. They felt that there was too much to say yet none of it was right.
"Great elder. We implore you to allow us to apologize. We did not follow our duty well enough and we did not allow ourselves the-"
"No little one, I failed you. I did not teach one of my children how to lead and how to stand tall with pride as a dragon. Please. Choose whether you and your fellows will go visit their world or return to your home." It was not admonishing, but apologetic and sorrowful. This light dragon came after sensing the death of her child and knew everything to the point that she was ready to apologize over and over to strangers.
"We would like to see a new path, great elder. We want to see what kindness these heroes brought and grew." This update ıs available on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⟡𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵
"Then I will guide you all there. I will leave you each with a pure light diamond to help you grow to your full potential. It is not enough, and never will be. I will bring more to you when I may visit." Walker and the party watched as the light gathered again. This time the light dragon before them moved up above them taking on a pure white shimmering form. Glimmering like diamonds reflecting light all around.
"Traveling heroes, I will bring them to your home while you continue your journey. I will plead with the true light sage and the light king on your behalf, you have done a service to the light dragons. I am in your debt." with a burst of light every dragonkin was carried away. The party stood still stunned. That hadn't been a simple light dragon. The word ancient might even be too small.
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