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