Chapter 1536 New Paths [2]

Chapter 1536 New Paths [2]

The guardian beast seemed to know what he was after, because the moment he looked at it, it sighed.

"It seems I have no choice in this matter."

Damien nodded.

"If you wanted to skimp me, you shouldn't have made that promise."

"Yes, it is indeed my fault. That is why I am entertaining your wishes despite your tedious personality."

Damien nodded with a smile.

"As it should be."

Matters that had to do with his mind, he didn't run away from them anymore, but he also didn't needlessly entertain them.

The tree had presented him with questions to ask himself, and he would take sufficient time to ask them when he could deeply ruminate over how he felt.

Until then, wasn't it more fun to unravel mysteries?

"Ah, but before that. Do the two of you have names or anything? It's more convenient for my thought process if I don't have to refer to you as 'the tree' and 'the beast.'"

"I feel somewhat offended by the last bit, but I do indeed have a name. I am Katya. Though I am an Ice Luan, I, obviously, have a considerable draconic ancestry as well. It is complicated."

"As for her..."

"She does not have a name, nor is her species defined. There are none like her, and I did not dare to name her without permission."

Katya, the Ice Luan (dragon?), was the tree's only friend, but even she could only minimally communicate with it.

She could interpret its behaviors and gestures, but until Damien came and provided them with a proper means of communication, she couldn't hear the tree's voice.

Naturally, she wouldn't arbitrarily name it. Not when it was a conscious entity of its own.

"I see..." Damien said, nodding his head in understanding.

"With the properties of the Harmony Fruit taken into consideration, I guess the tree species should be named something like the 'Three Spirit Tree...'"

Since it connected the mind, body, and soul, three spirit made some sense.

"Plus, if that's translated into the ancient language of the Northeastern Region, it would be the Ahaiyute Tree, which sounds pretty nice."

Damien knew quite a few languages. It turned out that devouring people's existences was a great way to stack up random skills.

[Ahaiyute Tree...I see. This is a good name.]

Luckily, it seemed the Ahaiyute Tree liked the name he gave it, so there wasn't a problem.

"If you want a specific name for yourself, it's better to pick that when you're more familiar with language. For today's purposes, this is enough."

He didn't want the tree to know, but it really was only a matter of convenience, since he really was getting tired of calling it "the tree."

Damien had to know.

But Katya only shook her head.

"I cannot tell you any more than this. To us commoners, the race for the throne was a mere legend, far too out of our sight that we could only imagine it. If you wish to learn more, or perhaps uncover the secrets that lay in that place, then you must visit Arulion."

Damien nodded slowly.

'The Azure Dragon...'

Did that senior truly want him to take over the Dragon Clan?

Or rather...

'I get it.'

[Azure].

It was a gift, but also a request for a favor.

After all, it didn't come alone.

Damien gained [Azure], and at the same time, he received an egg.

Neither had shown any sort of connection to each other until now, but that was because there wasn't one yet.

'[Azure] is my special card.'

And with it, he was to accomplish something insane.

'That senior was really expecting a lot from me.'

To think he would leave something that wouldn't be useful until the Heavenly World. It seemed the Azure Dragon had long predicted Damien's rise to power.

Still, regardless of the size of the favor, it was a favor Damien had to do.

Because it was a favor he was asked by someone who gave him everything in return.

'If I don't even repay something like that, then I'm really no better than a beast.'

A road to a new adventure had presented itself to Damien just as he finished one he thought would be no more than him going through the motions.

It was a trip worth more than he could have ever expected.

And now that he had both the information he wanted and the fruit he'd come for, it was almost time for him to return to Void Palace.

'Dante Void...'

A man Damien still couldn't quite convince himself to call "father."

'...I really hope this wakes you up.'