Chapter 113: Dragon Bounty

The next thing Tyr knew, he was seemingly getting carried by someone. He couldn't open his eyes due to the exhaustion, but during this time, all he could hear was:

"You've committed an offense that could land you life and more in prison. Destroying one of the very mountains surrounding Ovalantis... tsk."

The rough voice paused.

"But, I won't crush a bud while its still attempting to sprout. I want to see that fun battle to decide who the strongest in this continent is, sometime in the future."

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"Conquer the world he says? How the hell does he expect to do that now that this is out." A sarcastic voice echoed in close proximity, as Tyr suddenly gained consciousness.

His eyes slowly opened to a wooden ceiling above. To his left, there was a window showing a busy street down below.

He then looked down slightly, noticing that his entire body seemed to be bandaged.

Looking to the right, Tyr saw all three of his group members sitting around a small circular table, sounding to have a discussion.

Hanzo was holding a small poster, and staring at it with a frown on his face.

The others didn't seem too elated either.

"Well, what do we do now?" Noa asked, her tone low.

Malon sighed, "Maybe its time for us to go out of the continent. The world out there is far stronger than here... we will adapt."

After this, a short break of time where no one spoke ensued

"Guys..." Tyr's voice creaked like an old door amidst the silence.

Everyone's heads darted toward him, Noa and Malon quickly making their way over.

"Tyr! You're awake!" Noa jumped onto him, attempting to embrace the young man.

"GAH!" Tyr exclaimed in pain, his eyes flying open.

Malon also threw himself over the young man with excitement: "Thank Mother Gaia you didn't enter a coma!"

"AGHHH!" Tyr groaned, almost dead at this point.

Suddenly, Noa noticed drops of blood trickling down Tyr's mouth.

She immediately got off, "Hanzo! He's bleeding again!" She exclaimed as Hanzo slowly walked over.

Malon also jumped off as he heard this.

Tyr tried to speak but was too busy dealing with the pain.

Hanzo had his head toward the floor, "Tsk tsk tsk... you stupid fools..." He said under his breath.

Finally, he jumped up and smacked them both across the head: "Of course, he's going to bleed again! I only healed him a bit! Not enough for you guys to crush him and reopen all of his wounds!" He screamed in anger.

As Noa and Malon stood back with bumps on their head and sorry looks on their faces, Hanzo stood over Tyr.

"What you did was foolish. You should have died... frankly, I don't know how you survived."

Tyr smiled immediately on hearing this, "I told you didn't I? I was not going to die."

Hanzo exhaled, and then smiled slightly, "Thank you, Tyr..." He said in a genuine tone, which threw Tyr off slightly.

After a short pause, Tyr replied: "Y-yeah... of course, man. I wouldn't die... before doing the things I wanted. I have too much to lose." He smiled again.

Hanzo turned, "Still, we aren't out of harm's way. You can't fight for the next several months or maybe even years due to your injuries... and we have an even bigger thing to worry about on top of that."

He grabbed the poster he was looking at just a moment ago and showed it to Tyr.

Tyr's eyes widened in shock as he saw the poster.

"DRAGON WANTED!"

"Anyone who can find and slay the Fire Dragon will earn a grand prize and be crowned Lord of a region."

"The grand prize is 1 Million Aura Stones!"

A smile then appeared on Tyr's face, "Hahaha!" He laughed, "Ack!" He was forced to stop due to the pain.

After a few breaths, he resumed: "Thats awesome."

All three other people in the room looked at Tyr with unimpressed expressions.

"What do you mean, awesome!?" They all screamed in unison.

"Woah! Calm down!" Tyr said in a quiet voice, "Listen... it's not like they can ever enter my Infinite Domain. And I can just walk around knowing I can sell that twerp for ten billion fucking dollars at all times."

"Ten billion what?" Noa asked at that moment, confused, with her head tilted to the side.

The others seemed just as puzzled.

"I mean, 1 million Aura Stones." Tyr retorted.

'Who did you call a little twerp!? I'll have you know, I am far superior to you now in terms of strength! In just the past month I've nearly doubled my power!'

'Huh?' Tyr confusedly exclaimed, 'GG, show me Ares' status.'

┏━━━Status━━━┓

Name: Ares

Bloodline: Immortal Fire Dragon

Age: Month(s)

Power Level: 185

Vitality: 78/78

Strength: 80

Stamina: 80/80

Speed: 80

Aura: 92

Rank: Sentinel

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'Holy fuck.' Tyr mused, 'How in the... oh...' He realized why this was. 'That's right... Soul Marking makes it so that all of my pets gain half the experience I do... so half the levels, in other words. That means Rudra is quite strong as well now.'

┏━━━Status━━━┓

Name: Rudra

Bloodline: None

Age: 46 Years

Power Level: 257

Vitality: 109/109

Strength: 131

Stamina: 104/104

Speed: 109

Aura: 87

Rank: Warden

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'Jeez... Warden Rank? That's not something I see very often.'

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Ares on the other hand was pissed: 'Gained power through you? Impossible! It's probably more so the case that you gained power through me!'

Tyr's brows lowered, 'Shut up, you twerp lizard.'

'W-what did you--'

Tyr ignored the dragon, returning to his conversation with Hanzo and the others.

"Anyways... the point is, Im still safe as long as no one associates Ares to be my pet."

The other three paused. What Tyr was saying was true, but they still couldn't help but be slightly worried.

"Now... what were you guys talking about before I awoke? Something about conquering the world?" Tyr's eyes seemed to light up as he said this.