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I Gave the Divine Phoenix to My Rival
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00:00I poured everything into the celestial phoenix, until the night of his rat.
00:04He crept into my bed and treated his master like a female of his kind.
00:08In my past life, I chose that pure-blood celestial phoenix,
00:12only to end up doing it all for Mia, betrayed and abandoned by the divine bird.
00:16I died in the jaws of abyss beasts.
00:19I could only watch.
00:21He shielded Mia with his golden wings and flew away.
00:24He never looked back.
00:25This life?
00:27I'll give the divine bird to her.
00:28She can trouble herself with taming that stupid bird.
00:31Every ten years, the Order holds the spirit-packed ceremony for its core knights.
00:36I was the daughter of the former commander.
00:38My magic aptitude was unmatched.
00:42Naturally, I got the first pick.
00:44The spirit beasts were captured from all over the realm.
00:47Their talents varied wildly.
00:49The absolute crown jewel was the celestial phoenix.
00:53A glowing magic collar was locked around his neck.
00:55He looked down on us senior knights with pure disgust.
00:59The high priest decreed it.
01:01He assigned this divine bird to me.
01:03But the arrogant bird refused to come near me.
01:06Until Mia stepped forward, holding a dying obsidian drake.
01:10The divine bird actually lowered his noble head to her.
01:13That little drake was a reject, left over from the other knights.
01:17Mia had just joined the Order.
01:19She could have waited for the next batch to pick a healthy beast.
01:22But instead, she forced her way into ours.
01:26A spirit-packed isn't a game.
01:28It's choosing who you live and die with.
01:31On a normal day, people might cowdle her.
01:34But at a moment that would decide all our futures?
01:37No one was going to indulge her.
01:40Your magical foundation is far too weak.
01:43Even if the celestial phoenix favors you now, you could never control his massive mana.
01:49Anna, I know I don't have the right to compete with you.
01:52It's just...
01:53I grew up in the countryside.
01:55I've never seen such a magnificent divine bird before.
01:59I snatched the dying drake.
02:01I rather like this obsidian drake.
02:03Since the phoenix refuses to acknowledge me, I might as well grant their wish.
02:08I'll swap with Mia.
02:12Anna, your magic aptitude is unmatched.
02:15This drake's bloodline is a mess.
02:16Keep the phoenix!
02:17Leave that dying reject to Mia!
02:19But I knew exactly what I was doing.
02:21That celestial phoenix was absolutely worthless.
02:25I'm Anna.
02:26I grew up in the Order of the Sacred Tree.
02:28When I was seven, monsters killed my parents.
02:31The archmash saved me.
02:33He took me in as his protégé.
02:37It played out exactly like this in my past life.
02:40That arrogant bird refused to bond with me.
02:42As the archmaster's protégé, I thought I had to set an example.
02:46I poured countless elixirs and high-tier materials into him.
02:49The Order's resources weren't enough.
02:51I took dangerous guild missions and hunted down feral monsters to afford his elixirs.
02:57I'd come back bleeding, and he wouldn't even look at me.
03:00He only cared about the herbs, snatching them like I owed him.
03:04I spent ten whole years helping him break past his beast form to take human form.
03:09His human form was breathtaking, almost godlike.
03:12But he refused to speak a single word to me.
03:15He only spoke when he needed me, to hunt for more materials, ordering me around like a servant.
03:21I was an absolute idiot.
03:23I excused his attitude.
03:25I thought one day I would finally win him over.
03:28Until one day, I returned from a mission, and I saw the phoenix gently fixing Mia's hair.
03:35His cold eyes was completely soft, full of pure adoration.
03:40Mia was spinning around him like a happy little girl.
03:43Placing a crown of wildflowers on his head, something inside me snapped.
03:47No one could watch their own sacrifices get trampled on like that.
03:51Anna, stop asking Mia to look after your phoenix when you're away.
03:55Wait, what?
03:57I never once told her to do that.
03:59But the minute you're gone, she runs straight to him.
04:02She literally told everyone you begged her to watch him.
04:07My vision went black.
04:08I was there, bleeding for his resources.
04:11And she was back home, stealing all the credit?
04:14Where is her own bonded beast?
04:16What gives her the right to lay claim to mine?
04:19You mean her obsidian dragon?
04:20It died in the second year after its mana went out of control.
04:23Everything clicked.
04:25For ten years, I coddled the phoenix.
04:27I never forced a spirit pot on him.
04:29Mia's bonded beast was dead.
04:30All she needed was the next ceremony.
04:32Then, she could take him from me.
04:34What an absolute joke I was.
04:36A decade of my blood and sweat, all of it just to lift her up.
04:39I wasn't some gentle, forgiving heroine.
04:42From that day on, I made her life a living hell on missions.
04:45I was jealous.
04:46I hated her for stealing him right under my nose.
04:49My revenge completely enraged the phoenix.
04:52To punish me, he lured me into the mountains and shattered the ancient seal.
04:56The monsters flooded out.
04:58Among them was the ancient abysman dragon, carrying an ancient, feral curse.
05:02The entire order suffered a devastating blow.
05:05The phoenix was impossibly fast.
05:07He could have easily flown me to safety.
05:09But when the monster's teeth crushed my legs, I looked back in desperation.
05:13I only saw him spreading his golden wings, shielding Mia in his arms, flying away without a single
05:19lick back.
05:20This life.
05:21I'll just sit back and watch.
05:23Without my resources, let's see how long it takes him to shift.
05:27Good luck feeding that bottomless pit with her pathetic mana.
05:34When he saw I wouldn't budge, the high priest finally gave in.
05:37The phoenix clung desperately to Mia's feet.
05:40Even several senior knights couldn't drag him away.
05:43Afraid of injuring him, the high priest ordered the spirit pot array to be activated.
05:48Once the spirit pot array activates, the spirit beast must obey its master.
05:53Any resistance triggers a severe mana backlash.
05:55The magic of the array startled the drake in my hands.
05:59With his last ounce of strength, the frail drake coiled around my arm.
06:03Terrified I'd had abandoned him, Mia got the celestial phoenix.
06:07She was immensely smug.
06:09It seems Anna and this drag truly have a special destiny.
06:13The sheer hypocrisy was nauseating.
06:15Shut it, Mia.
06:16You're only holding that bird because Anna let you.
06:18Seriously.
06:19You should be on your knees thanking her.
06:22Oh, don't bother.
06:23Here come the fake tears.
06:24Is crying literally your only trick?
06:26You're embarrassing the whole order.
06:28The phoenix couldn't stand seeing them tear into her.
06:31He thrust inside the array, unleashing a furious cry.
06:35But his little tantrum wasn't going to change a thing.
06:39Once the pact is forged, the spirit beast must share its master's mana.
06:44Mia had barely mastered the most basic spells.
06:47Her mana pool was pathetically small.
06:49It was time for his first real taste of mana starvation.
06:54Suffer through it.
06:55You'll get used to the pain eventually.
06:57The obsidian drake coiled around my arm and realized I wasn't pushing him away.
07:02He finally dropped his guard.
07:03Then he finally passed out.
07:07I lived in a secluded cabin halfway up the mountain.
07:10It was the home my parents left behind, and the archmass specifically allowed me to keep it.
07:15Back home, I inspected the drake.
07:17He looked tiny, only a few decades old, barely past infancy for his kind.
07:22No horns.
07:23A siren's fin for a tail.
07:25He looked like some kind of abyssal sea shiren hybrid.
07:28There was a natural mana spring behind the cabin.
07:31The second I dropped the drake into the water, he snapped awake.
07:34He thrashed around, greedily absorbing the dense magic.
07:37Aren't you afraid I poisoned the water?
07:39I could easily get rid of you and find a better beast.
07:42The little drake froze mid-swim.
07:44He gave me a dead-band stare, then promptly spat a mouthful of water right into my face.
07:51I gave his head a light top.
07:53Just behave and soak.
07:55I bankrodled a phoenix.
07:58You think a tiny drake is going to bankrupt me?
08:00The next morning, I opened my eyes and instantly froze.
08:04Something was wrong.
08:05I turned my head, and my heart completely stopped.
08:08There was a literal, grown man in my bed.
08:11A chiseled face was pressed right against my shoulder to bypass my wards completely undetected.
08:16His power had to be terrifying.
08:19He started to stir.
08:21I scrambled to the edge of the bed, frost magic instantly flaring in my hand.
08:25Who are you?
08:27You're deep inside night territory.
08:29Don't move.
08:29He sat up lazily.
08:31That's when it hit me.
08:33Dresses were tossed all over the floor.
08:35He had dug out the men's clothes I'd originally prepared for the phoenix.
08:39The tight black shirt clung to his broad shoulders and lean waist.
08:43Then, he fully opened his eyes.
08:45Pure, terrifying gold slits.
08:48The answer was obvious.
08:49The draken?
08:50An amused smile touched his lips, showing a flash of sharp canines.
08:55Before I could react, he reached out and flipped my forehead.
08:59Rude.
09:00I have a name.
09:01It's Rurik.
09:05I remembered the order's intel.
09:06While fleeing lethal enemies, he crossed paths with our third commander, a known spirit beast collector.
09:11His only way to survive was to take the form of a drake, barely past infancy, and beg for help.
09:15If Rurik could already take human form, then his strength had to be formidable.
09:19And the enemies hunting him?
09:20Even more terrifying.
09:21I wanted to cry.
09:23Perfect.
09:23Let me guess.
09:24Your assassins are going to track you here and level my cabin?
09:26I just fixed the phoenix problem.
09:28But now I'm facing an even pure danger one.
09:30Rurik suddenly leaned in close.
09:32From now on, you are the master, and I am the servant.
09:35My dear master, you better train hard.
09:37Don't hold me back.
09:38Rurik was a magical genius.
09:40My water core perfectly resonated with his deep-sea bloodline that skyrocketed my power, even earning rare praise from the
09:48strict archmaster.
09:50Those days, I practiced magic in the spring, while Rurik lounged in a nearby tree supervising, his long black hair
09:55swaying in the wind, his shirt slightly open to reveal a sculpted chest.
09:59The sight was striking enough that I forgot to look away.
10:02But soon, the peace was shattered.
10:04I rolled my eyes, cutting my magic off and standing up from the water.
10:09Rurik dropped gracefully from the tree, grabbing a black cloak and wrapping it tightly around my wet body.
10:15When Mia saw Rurik in his human form, she completely froze.
10:19What are you doing here?
10:20And who might this be?
10:22I casually took Rurik's hand and smiled.
10:24You've met.
10:25He's the little drake.
10:26You even congratulated us, remember?
10:28Said we were destined for each other.
10:32A quick flash of regret crossed Mia's eyes.
10:35I didn't have time to guess her thoughts.
10:37Why are you here?
10:38All the rookies are supposed to be at the training grounds right now.
10:41Mia kept stalling.
10:42She only spoke when I threatened to blast her out with my wards.
10:46When she finally told me what she wanted, I was so mad I actually laughed.
10:50Let me get this straight.
10:51You want me to give you money to help feed your phoenix?
10:54The second those words left my mouth, Rurik's grip on my hand tightened.
10:57I looked back, meeting his golden slits.
10:59A pure warning.
11:00I gave him a reassuring smile, then turned an icy glare on Mia.
11:04If you can't afford him, go take on missions and earn the gold yourself.
11:08I owe you absolutely nothing.
11:11Why should I pay for your beast?
11:13Anna, how can you say you don't owe me?
11:15Her twisted logic was a real eye-opener.
11:17I crossed my arms and watched her perform.
11:19Mia guiltily fiddured with her clothes, forcing out an excuse.
11:22You stole my drake at the ceremony and dumped the phoenix on me.
11:24Now he needs resources to level up and you're just walking away?
11:27Flipping the script to make herself the victim, the absolute audacity.
11:31It had been six months and she hadn't gone outside the Siddle for a single mission.
11:34She clearly knew her pitiful salary couldn't support the beast.
11:38Elite beasts required massive resources.
11:40She had dumped all her potions into the bird.
11:42Now, her peers had leveled up while she was stuck at the absolute bottom.
11:46But what did that have to do with me?
11:47Taking my silence as guilt, she tried to guilt trip me.
11:50You have a duty to the Order.
11:51If the phoenix can't level up, it's a loss for everyone.
11:53You were raised on the Order's resources.
11:55You should be selfless and help-
11:57My patient snapped.
11:58I used wind magic to blast her out of the courtyard.
12:00Drop the act, Mia.
12:01You think I'll fund your beast just to hand you the glory?
12:04If you can't afford him, break the pact.
12:07Give him to a veteran who cans.
12:09But of course, she'd never do that.
12:11Behind that fragile rookie act, her ambition was bigger than anyone's.
12:17A while later, I broke through to the radiant tear.
12:20Around then, the Archmash traded two-it weapons for a rare snowfox cub.
12:24We escorted it with the Order Elders to the rear camp.
12:27On the way back, I spotted a figure leaning against a tree.
12:30Rurik?
12:31His large hand wrapped possessively around the back of my neck.
12:34He forced me to look up, golden eyes burning with fury.
12:36Anna, have I not treated you well?
12:38Why are you so eager to push me to another woman?
12:41What are you talking about?
12:42I was stunned.
12:43Before I could explain, Rurik buried his face in my neck.
12:46A warm, barbed tongue dragged against my skin.
12:49The dangerous, numbing sensation made my whole body tremble uncontrollably.
12:53He tilted his head slightly, his fangs grazing my earlope.
12:56Eureka Fox.
12:57Found a new pet already?
13:02You actually hit me for that fox?
13:04I dragged him toward the dorms.
13:05That's the Archmajor's priceless snowfox.
13:08If you touch it, the old man will literally skin us alive.
13:11Seeing I was actually mad, Rurik instantly turned docile.
13:14As I passed the dorms...
13:16Mia took the phoenix to the backwoods.
13:18I frowned.
13:19I hadn't cared about that bird this lifetime.
13:22Why go there?
13:23Slipping into the woods, I understood.
13:26They were hiding out here to argue.
13:28Don't look at me like that!
13:29I gave you all my training potions!
13:31Now you want me to hunt materials in danger zones?
13:33I'm barely leveled up!
13:34You want me dead?
13:35Look at Anna's drake!
13:36He took human form long ago!
13:38You can't even speak!
13:39Stop writing in the dirt with your claws!
13:41It's annoying!
13:42I let out a cold laugh.
13:44The bird actually loved her.
13:45I raised him for ten years in my past life, and he never even looked at me.
13:48Now he was scratching words into the dirt with his talons just to talk to her.
13:51Mia, so this is where you've been hiding.
13:52But today I came looking for trouble.
13:54The phoenix flinched, frantically erasing the dirt writing with his talons, terrified of
13:57me seeing him look so pathetic.
14:01Anna!
14:02What brings you here?
14:03I patted Ruev's shoulder.
14:05Chuckling, he dropped to one knee.
14:08Lifted me up and settled me against him, one arm firmly my waist.
14:11Mia bit down hard on her lower lip, staring at Ruev, completely forgetting her arguing bird.
14:17Nothing important, just wondering why you sneak into my courtyard to find my bonded beast.
14:21The phoenix's feathers puffed up.
14:23Pure betrayal.
14:24No!
14:24I just went to ask you for magic advice!
14:26But she forgot one fact.
14:27Her bird hadn't shifted yet, so it couldn't speak.
14:30Ruev, however, had a lethal tongue.
14:32Master, she's lying.
14:34She told me you stole me from her.
14:35She said I was supposed to be hers.
14:37Oh?
14:38What did you do?
14:39Too bad she's pathetically weak.
14:41I barely released a sliver of my era, and she fled the courtyard in pure terror.
14:45I patted his cheek approvingly.
14:47Unless I'm mistaken, Mia, you literally pushed him away at the ceremony.
14:51Given the state he was in, if he had actually relied on you, he wouldn't have lasted the winter.
14:55I didn't!
14:56If I had chosen him, I would have given him everything!
14:58Instantly, the phoenix feathers stood on end, lightning crackling around it, absolute fury.
15:04You're deliberately turning my beast against me!
15:06I stepped close, clapping a heavy hand on her shoulder.
15:09Try poaching my bonded beast again, and our next chat will be at the Inquisition.
15:13Stealing a bonded beast was a major felony.
15:16A broke rookie couldn't afford that gamble.
15:18Besides, she had bigger things to worry about right now, like how to pacify the enraged phoenix beside her.
15:23On the way back, I was in a great mood.
15:25Rurok, however, seemed unusually quiet.
15:28The second we entered the cabin, he slammed the door, pinning me against the wall.
15:32That look in your eyes back in the woods.
15:34Something was off.
15:35It's like you know that damn bird perfectly.
15:38We have a history.
15:39It ended terribly for me.
15:42Wanna hear it?
15:43He jerked his head away, instantly shifting into a small black dragon.
15:47He coiled tightly around my neck, almost choking me.
15:51No!
15:52I'm a million times better than that stupid bird!
15:55You're never having him!
15:57Relax.
15:58In this life, I only want you.
16:00But I didn't know the phoenix was brewing a terrifying, bloody revenge.
16:05A massacre targeting all elite beasts was about to begin in the shadows.
16:13Days passed.
16:14I hit mid-radiant tear.
16:17The former logistics commander resigned, and the archmachor directly appointed me to the position.
16:24Mia and the phoenix had completely fallen out.
16:27The bird shunned her room and publicly defied her.
16:31Worse, the bird started obsessing on me.
16:34Whenever I appeared, it lashed onto me like a leech.
16:38To sever this bond, the elders ordered Mia to take the bird into the danger zones for combat training.
16:43Mia bawled and flat-out refused to go, even demanding to trade the bird for my drake.
16:49The archmage instantly shut her down.
16:51While they argued, the spirit beast Wardran and I were investigating a bizarre disappearance.
16:56Overnight, two wind rabbits and a unicorn foal vanished from the high-security enclosure.
17:04The defensive wards were untouched.
17:07No break-ins.
17:08Which meant the killer was already inside the citadel.
17:14I read about a dark consumption curse in an ancient tome.
17:18To level up rapidly, feral beasts will rip out and eat the magic cores of other elite beasts.
17:24A chill ran down my spine.
17:27The next morning, a patrol knight sprinted in, terrified.
17:32Commander!
17:33Disaster!
17:34A beast is dead in the enclosure!
17:36Rurok and I rushed over.
17:39The victim was a rookie's bonded beast.
17:41A highly rare three-tailed lynx.
17:43The young knight was kneeling beside it in blood,
17:46bowing as he cradled his blood-soaked lynx.
17:49The lynx's stomach had been ripped open by razor-sharp claws.
17:53Its magic core was gone.
17:55The killer was ruthless.
17:56A single, lethal blow.
17:58I instinctively scanned the crowd.
18:00There was the phoenix.
18:01It was standing obediently at Mia's feet.
18:05They looked perfectly fine.
18:07No sign of their rumored rift.
18:10There's no need to look.
18:11It was him.
18:14I've seen feral beasts consume cores before.
18:17He's hiding it well.
18:18But that bird reeks of them.
18:20I immediately reported this to the Archmast,
18:23demanding an investigation.
18:24He refused.
18:26That accusation is too severe.
18:28Without hard proof, you can only observe.
18:32Otherwise, no one will believe such a claim.
18:35But from that day on, the phoenix went dead silent.
18:39No suspicious moves at all.
18:41Late one night, I was practicing magic in the cabin.
18:45Suddenly, a pair of glowing red eyes darted past my window.
18:49I sprang to my feet, grabbed my staff, and chased after it.
18:53Outside, it was dead silent.
18:55At the moment, Rurik usually slept up in the trees.
18:58But he was gone.
19:00Floating on the pond was a glowing golden feather.
19:03A blatant challenge.
19:05Want your drake back?
19:06Come to the back mountain.
19:11I teleported straight to the ancient seal on the mountain.
19:14The moment my feet took the ground,
19:17a massive blast of magic threw me backward.
19:22High above, Rurik had shifted into his massive black dragon form,
19:26locked in a vicious deathmatch with the phoenix.
19:28I froze.
19:29When the hell did the phoenix level L up and shift into a human?
19:33Clad in gold robes, he dodged Rurik's attacks with insane agility.
19:37And right by the ancient seal,
19:39Mia slumped there like a broken puppet.
19:42Her dead gaze frozen wide,
19:45stripped completely of its magic core.
19:48Dark clouds instantly swallowed the sky.
19:51Purple lightning boiled within.
19:53That bird actually devoured his own master's core just to force a shift.
19:57Such a sickening act completely defied the natural order.
20:01It brought down the devastating wrath of the heavens.
20:04Rurik!
20:05Get back!
20:06Screamed.
20:06Rurik landed beside me,
20:08shifting back to his human form,
20:09clutching his wounded arm.
20:11He taunted the phoenix.
20:13You filthy bird!
20:14Eating your master's core wasn't enough?
20:16You actually dared to mess with my master!
20:18The phoenix's eyes were blood red.
20:20He glared dead at me.
20:22Anna.
20:24You kept your memories too.
20:26You were reborn, weren't you?
20:30The phoenix laughed like a maniac.
20:33The day of the pact.
20:35That's why you chose that lowly drake.
20:37I'm shattering this seal to unleash the monsters.
20:40We're replaying the past.
20:42And this time,
20:43I swear your drake won't get a single chance.
20:46I stared at him with pure ice.
20:49In our past life,
20:50you and Mia bled me dry for a decade.
20:53This life,
20:54I let you have each other,
20:55and you ripped out her core.
20:57Today,
20:58this divine lightning will obliterate you.
21:01Too late, Anna.
21:03A dark, twisted smile crept across his face.
21:06He opened his hand.
21:08A shattered rudal stone pulsed in his palm.
21:11He had secretly shattered the ancient seal
21:13during the chaos of the battle.
21:15The entire mountain began to quake violently.
21:18Elite herald beats,
21:20trapped in the Abysbis,
21:23were about to breach the surface.
21:25Above,
21:26the lightning locked onto the phoenix.
21:31The archmiziered and the elders rushed to the scene.
21:35Anna!
21:36Hold off the beasts!
21:38We have to repair the waves immediately!
21:43Staring death in the face,
21:45the phoenix finally snapped.
21:48Anna!
21:49You can't stop them!
21:51Stop fighting it!
21:53We're all burning together!
21:56My past life ended right here,
21:58torn apart by monsters.
22:00But this time,
22:01a large, warm hand
22:03clamped down on my shoulder.
22:05Rurik let out a smoke.
22:07Trying to drag Anna down with you?
22:11Did you really think I'd let that happen?
22:14You pathetic worm!
22:15In this life,
22:17I was no longer fighting alone.
22:21Rurik shifted into his black dragon form
22:24and charged.
22:26I wove my magic,
22:27landing golden shields
22:29and perfect buffs onto his scales.
22:32Last life,
22:33I mastered support magic for nothing.
22:36Now,
22:37fighting alongside Rurik,
22:38I finally understood
22:39how absolutely unstoppable we were.
22:42With Rurik attacking non-stop,
22:44the phoenix was pinned
22:45right in the lightning's path.
22:47The phoenix watched in horror.
22:49Rurik's strikes were lethal,
22:51yet his own light magic
22:52couldn't even dirt Rurik's shields.
22:55He had a total meltdown.
22:58Impossible!
22:59You're supposed to die here today!
23:01I stared at him with pure ice
23:03and dropped my shields.
23:05Rurik instantly fell back to my side,
23:07flashing a mocking smur.
23:09I pointed at the boiling thunderclouds
23:11above his head.
23:12Go to hell!
23:14Boom!
23:14A massive pillar of divine lightning
23:16slammed into the phoenix.
23:18He didn't even scream.
23:20He was instantly incinerated.
23:22A soul erased by divine punishment
23:24is stripped of reincarnation.
23:26He would never get a next life.
23:30The bird was dead,
23:31but a true cataclysm had just been unleashed.
23:33The ancient beasts sealed beneath the back mountain
23:36were monstrously powerful.
23:37The most fierce of them all
23:39was the ancient abysmal dragon.
23:41It was said that the former commander
23:42had sacrificed his own life
23:44to seal her away.
23:45The wards were shattered.
23:47A freezing era of pure death
23:49poured out from the cracks in the earth.
23:51What's in there?
23:52Rurik stared dead into the deep woods,
23:55his voice trembling.
23:56The ancient abysmal dragon.
23:59A world ender.
24:01Stay back.
24:02I'm going in.
24:04I'm going with you.
24:06It's a death trap in there.
24:08I know.
24:11I died here last time.
24:13Today,
24:14I am never letting you go.
24:16Without another word,
24:17we charged into the toxic muogas.
24:20In the dark,
24:21countless greedy eyes locked onto us.
24:24Clinging to Rurik's back,
24:25I shouted,
24:26What are you looking for?
24:29In this fog,
24:31I smell my mother.
24:34I always thought Rurik
24:36was just an abysmal sea siren hybrid.
24:38But today,
24:39I learn the truth.
24:41His mother was a pure-blood,
24:43abysmal dragon.
24:45Two hundred years ago,
24:46a monster ripped out his father's core.
24:49Devevistated,
24:50his mother was consumed by dark magic.
24:54And sealed here,
24:55the mutated horde closed in.
24:58Rurik shifted back to a man.
25:01We stood back to back.
25:02Anna,
25:03if we don't make it,
25:04I'm throwing you out.
25:06Don't look back.
25:07I squeezed his hand tight.
25:09You said I could only have you.
25:13So fight like hell!
25:15And keep me alive!
25:18During the bloodbath,
25:20my mana started boiling over.
25:22I was about to break through
25:23to the Holy Spirit tear.
25:25Terrible timing.
25:26Just as I was about to collapse,
25:29the attacking horde completely vanished.
25:31A suffocating pressure
25:33crushed down on us.
25:35Through the fog,
25:37two massive eyes glowed like blood-red moons.
25:39The colossal Abyssian dragon emerged.
25:43Its body plated in white bone armor
25:45and bristling with twisted spikes.
25:48In front of her,
25:49I couldn't even move a finger.
25:51She opened her terrifying moe,
25:53lunging down to swallow us whole.
25:55Rurik threw his arms wide open,
25:57shielding me.
25:58Mother!
25:59Don't hurt her!
26:02The colossal dragon violently jolted.
26:05Her terrifying moe halted inches from us.
26:08She let out an agonizing roar,
26:11her massive body stumbling backward.
26:13Rurik stepped forward.
26:15It's me!
26:16Mother!
26:17It's Rurik!
26:18A raspy human voice echoed from her throat.
26:22The blood-red madness in her eyes flickered.
26:24Rurik, please, kill me.
26:28Using her last shred of sanence,
26:30she plunged her claws into her own chest,
26:32ripping out her pure, abyssic dragon core.
26:35She dropped it before him,
26:38motioning for him to shatter it.
26:39If it shattered,
26:41her soul would finally be free.
26:43Rurik picked up the core,
26:44his hands shaking violently.
26:47Tears streamed down his face.
26:49I can't.
26:50Mother, I can't do it.
26:52The corruption was taking over again.
26:55The core floated up,
26:57landing right in front of me.
26:59Her voice softened.
27:01Little one,
27:02help him do it.
27:04I held the core,
27:06frozen,
27:07suddenly,
27:08triggered by its ancient energy.
27:10My mana completely boiled over.
27:12The breakthrough to the Holy Spirit tear
27:14hit me with such agony.
27:16It nearly brought me to my knees.
27:18Rurik's warm hands wrapped tightly over mine.
27:20He looked at the dragon.
27:22Tears falling.
27:24Goodbye, mother.
27:26The core shattered,
27:27into dust in our hands.
27:29Finally,
27:31peace.
27:33The moment the core broke,
27:35the sky turned pitch black.
27:37Massive purple thunderclouds
27:39swallowed the entire mountain.
27:41My Holy Spirit tear lightning trial was here.
27:43Rurik wiped his tears.
27:45His jaw clenched.
27:46That cloud looks like it wants to level the entire mountain.
27:49He shielded me like a god of war.
27:51I'm right here.
27:52Even if the whole world comes crashing down,
27:55I've got you.
27:56A massive lightning bolt struck down.
27:58I braced for the impact.
28:00The core was destroyed,
28:01but its ancient energy lingered,
28:03forming an unbreakable shield above us.
28:06Greedy monsters swarmed the edge of the storm,
28:08waiting for me to die so they could steal the leftover power.
28:11But since the lightning couldn't pierce the shield,
28:14the wrath of the heavens took its anger out on the horde instead.
28:18Thirty-six devastating strikes later,
28:20the clouds parted.
28:21There wasn't a single monster left alive.
28:24We walked out of the woods without a scratch.
28:28Our massive distraction
28:29bought the archmage enough time to repair the ancient wards.
28:33Within a month,
28:35the whole continent knew about the once-in-a-millennium prodigy
28:38of the Order of the Sacred Tree.
28:41Before ascending to the Divine Realm,
28:44the archmage named me the new Grand Commander.
28:48Rurik was promoted to the Supreme Beast Lord,
28:51a new Golden Age.
28:54Later, we escorted an artifact called the Mirror of Fate.
29:00It showed me what happened after I died in my past life.
29:04The Abyssal Dragon fully awakened,
29:06finding Rurik's shattered bones.
29:07She went completely feral,
29:09slaughtering the entire Order.
29:11No one survived.
29:12The Phoenix tried to flee with Mia,
29:14but the dragon struck them.
29:17To save his own skin,
29:19that coward threw Mia to the dragon as bait.
29:21She was swallowed whole.
29:23In the end,
29:24the dragon ripped his wings off,
29:26and he died a pathetic death.
29:28Seeing them get exactly what they deserved
29:31brought me total peace.
29:34Thank God I made the right choice on the day of the pact.
29:37Thank God everyone I love is still alive.
29:41I tossed the mirror aside
29:42and leaned against Rurik's broad chest.
29:46Looking out at the moonlight,
29:48I knew this was exactly how destiny was supposed to be.
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