Alden looked toward the sky, where the familiar white dragon was locked in battle against a pitch-black dragon, the last remaining contestant of the coming-of-age ceremony.
It had been fifteen minutes since the battle began as Alden remained hidden within the forest, waiting for the perfect opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
Meanwhile, his thoughts wandered elsewhere.
Once the final dragon was defeated, the space within the sacred grounds would begin to change and the gate leading back to the Dragon Empire would appear.
But according to Aemirya, he couldn't use that gate.
Instead, she would use her affinity with space to take advantage of the resulting spatial fluctuations and open a different portal for him.
Alden himself also possessed a slight affinity for space, though he had never truly studied it. Even the new spell he had learned yesterday only made limited use of that affinity.
