Chapter 17

The soldier could only look incredulous at the person in front of him.

How could he not? A roar of flames of phenomenal power was directed at him, it was inconceivable to him that he would survive.​​

No human could survive the power of such a roar and the allied dragons were all occupied by the enemy dragons.

Especially with the wounds he had, he was at death's door.

And yet in front of him was a young man who by his build seemed to be almost in his twenties.

He didn't look so powerful from the back and yet just seeing his back made him feel safe from any danger.

From his point of view, he was not a teenager or a young man but his savior, an angel fallen from heaven.

He felt a calm and restful aura emanating from him that seemed to soothe the pain he was in.

His beautiful wings of fire gave him the warmth he missed when he felt a deadly cold.

His presence seemed divine, affectionate and made him want to look at it forever.

He was in a hypnotized state.

Then after seconds of admiring the being in front of him, the young man in question gently turned his head.

Seeing this, the soldier's heart raced by itself, excited to see the face of his savior.

"Don't worry, you will see your family again"

The young man spoke in a soft and majestic voice as his head could finally be seen.

His beautiful emerald eyes reflecting life itself, his fine black hair swaying in the wind and smiling giving you a sense of security and affection.

All of this to say, the soldier with his eyes wide open could not help but shed tears of happiness.

His whole being said that the person in front of him was telling the truth and that he would see his family again. Even in his current state, he could not help but believe it.

"Thank you," he said. The soldier says as loud as he can without being able to stop his tears of happiness flowing down his cheeks and his forced smile.

The soldier's reaction gave Shin an even deeper smile as he saw the feelings of love the soldier was releasing for his family.

*ROAR*

A loud and low roar is heard to reach the ears of Shin and the soldier.

Shin turned his head towards the dragon in the sky while his smile disappeared.

The dragon in the sky lost no time as it rushed towards Shin with great speed.

One flap of the dragon's wings and he had almost arrived in front of Shin.

In its momentum, the dragon advanced its left front paw and prepared it to give Shin a claw on the side.

Exactly the same move it had used on the soldier.

The dragon probably thought that Shin, like the soldier, did not deserve more effort from him and that a claw would be enough to kill him.

He had not taken into account the soldier's survival, considering him very lucky.

'Dragons are really creatures that rely a lot on their physics' Shin thought because dragons very often use physical attacks and apart from their breath of fire, they didn't use magic any more than that.

The ones that use more magic are those that have more magical power and strength than others such as Acnologia, the 5 dragons that raised the dragon slayers, the dragon gods and the dragons summoned during the eclipse.

The dragon's claw arrived with a great force that swept everything in its path to Shin's body.

Shin then reached out his hand towards the dragon's claw and collided with it.

*BAM*

The collision between Shin's hand and the dragon's claw caused a small shock wave and a small crater under Shin's feet.

And the result was that the dragon's claw was completely stopped by Shin's hand.

Shin's arm was still extended without any pressure and his hand showed no wounds or bruises as if the dragon's attack was nothing but a gnat attack.

"Grrrr" Seeing his attack stopped as if it was nothing, the dragon growled with discontent and anger.

He could not believe that this human had stopped his attack so easily.

Out of this situation, Shin squinted and looked straight into the dragon's reptilian eyes as he began to feel pressure.

"Grrr" The dragon growled even more as he felt the pressure on his body.

This pressure was terrifying but the dragon always tried to resist it otherwise it would go against his pride and it would be a humiliation.

"Aaah" Shin sighed with fatigue against the dragon's resistance.

He had no pity for the dragon but he was not sadistic to break his pride into pieces and make it suffer.

Shin raised his left hand while the other was still resting against the dragon's claw.

Out of his palm came a small green flame that seemed innocent at first glance.

But the dragon was not fooled by its size and felt the magical power behind this small flame.

The dragon gathered his last strength to try to move under pressure and dodge the attack but he didn't succeed.

As Shin's eyes glowed, the pressure increased.

"Farewell," Shin said as the small flame moved slowly towards the dragon.

The pace at which the flame was moving was a torture for the dragon who knew he was not going to survive.

*ROAR*

When the small flame arrived in front of the dragon, the dragon roared and opened its mouth to swallow the flame.

*CLAP*

The dragon's mouth closed while swallowing the small green flame into his mouth.

But when he swallowed, Shin closed his hand into a fist and lowered his hand.

At the same time, the dragon was engulfed in a storm of green flame that swallowed him completely and rose to the sky creating a pillar of flame.

The flame pillar had also engulfed a large number of dragons that were in the sky around to watch the fight.

The soldier who had managed to watch everything from the beginning was stunned and shocked even though his face did not express it due to his weak body.

He saw Shin approach him and crouch down in front of him to put a hand on his ċhėst.

The soldier felt an energy penetrating him, feeling a restful, soothing warmth running through his body.

He was beginning to regain his strength, the wounded and broken places in his body were being healed wherever the energy went.

He still had a few wounds left, but they were now less important than before.

All this was a miracle for him. He was on the verge of death and now he was back to a decent state.

He then looked at the young man in front of him with disbelief and admiration and asked him the question he wanted to ask from the beginning.

"Who are you? And what are you?"

Shin rose from his crouching position after he had used most of his Life Energy to heal the soldier in front of him.

After all, he was in a state where he was going to die at any moment, so much of his Life Energy had to be used, he had very little left.

He then looked at the soldier.

"Me? I am Shin, a Phoenix."