Chapter 2: The Dragon's Awakening
The dungeon floor quaked. Rivers of molten mana streamed through the cracked earth as Ryuslath's evolution finished.
> [Evolution Complete]
[Race: True Dragon (Divine Slime Variant)]
[Title Unlocked: The Fourth True Dragon Devourer of Infinity]
[All Previous Skills Merged into: "Omni-Skill Core"]
[Unique Ability: Skill Genesis Create any skill from understanding or imagination.]
The golden slime's body shimmered, now threaded with streaks of black lightning and golden flames. His aura alone warped the dungeon's space, bending light and time around him.
Ignira the Flame Dragon stared in disbelief.
Even as one of the True Dragons, she felt her own soul tremble.
> "You… you are truly one of us."
"But how? There were only three True Dragons myself, Veldra, and Frostalis."
Ryuslath's form shifted into a humanoid silhouette made of molten gold and light.
"Maybe fate decided the world needed balance," he said calmly.
"Fire, Ice, Storm… and now Void."
Ignira's eyes widened. "Void?"
> "The nothingness between all things," Ryuslath said, his aura pulsing like a heartbeat of creation and destruction. "The power to consume and recreate reality itself."
Scene Shift: The Outer Realms
Far beyond the dungeon, in the endless skies above the Spirit Continent, two massive presences stirred.
Veldra, the Storm Dragon, awakened from his thousand-year slumber.
> "Ignira's power flared… and something new was born below. A fourth presence?"
Lightning danced along his scales. "Impossible. There can't be a fourth."
Across the frozen north, Frostalis, the Ice Dragon Goddess, opened her crystal eyes within a palace of eternal frost.
> "No… not impossible. The prophecy said the fourth would rise from death. A being who masters all… even the void."
Back to the Dungeon
Ignira circled Ryuslath, her massive wings creating a vortex of flame.
> "If you are truly one of us, prove it," she said, lowering her head and unleashing a torrent of divine fire.
The flames hit but they didn't burn.
Instead, Ryuslath's body absorbed the attack like a sponge.
> [Skill Acquired: True Flame Manipulation]
[Skill Fusion: Fire Dragon Authority Created]
> "You tried to burn me?" he said with a grin. "Then I'll return the favor."
His body exploded with fiery light not mere imitation, but perfect mastery.
A colossal wave of golden flame roared through the cavern, splitting it open to the sky above.
Ignira fell silent, then laughed not in mockery, but awe.
> "So… you've surpassed even mimicry. You perfect every skill you touch."
Ryuslath nodded. "Every movement, every element, every existence. I am mastery itself."
> "Then welcome, Ryuslath," Ignira said solemnly. "Fourth of our kind. Brother."
As their energies intertwined, the world itself shifted the other two dragons could sense the union.
> [New Title: Flame's Sibling Recognized by the True Dragon Ignira.]
[New Quest: Awaken the Four Unite the True Dragons and Restore the Balance of Creation.]
End Scene: A New Threat
Far above, within the Heavenly Realm, divine beings whispered in alarm.
"A fourth True Dragon has appeared… in the form of a monster."
"If he grows unchecked, he will devour both gods and demons alike."
"Then it is decided. The Celestial Pantheon will intervene."
A divine spear formed one made to slay dragons.
But deep within the dungeon, Ryuslath was already preparing.
> "They're coming for me…"
"Then I'll devour the gods too."
His golden eyes flared filled with calm fury.
> "Let them come. I've mastered death. Now, I'll master existence itself."