It was told too suddenly for Ulmer, and he couldn’t do it. So, Dylan teleported both of them higher into the sky so they avoided the meteor and its heat trail.Dylan sent a fire ball flying at the meteor and hit so that its path changed, and it headed straight toward the dragon.“That’s great. Eat that, bitch!” Ulmer shouted in excitement.Ormrker suddenly released black aura out of its body, which enveloped around the meteor and completely devoured it.Ulmer went a bit speechless. “W-What was that? It can manipulate shadows?”“Not shadows but darkness,” Dylan said. “There is one system out of all the systems in Syslon that allows itself to be used even by the beasts of the field. That’s the Darkness System.”“If it has the Darkness System, why didn’t it use it until now?” Ulmer asked.“Once it uses that system’s ability, it loses all sense of self,” Dylan said. “It’ll become a complete beast. Here it comes…”The great dragon leaped through the space and clawed at both of them. “Dark

It wasn’t just that Ulmer felt his energy being sucked off, but he was also hallucinating inside the dark sphere.Ulmer’s dad was scolding him after seeing his report card in college. “You took six years to finish it. Forget about A grade, you didn't even get C in any course.”“S-Sorry, Dad,” Ulmer lowered his head. “I tried.”“Don’t give me that bullshit,” Ulmer’s dad coldly said. “You don’t have talent. I know that. But you don’t need talent to succeed in life. You only need one thing. Discipline. If you have that, you can commit yourself to achieve anything. Look at me. I was a professional runner who dreamed to win olympics. One accident changed my entire life, and my first love left me. I started smoking, drinking, and wasting time doing nothing. Those damn therapies never worked. But then, one day after your grandpa died, I, being the first son of the family, had to lead it. I looked in the mirror and faced my fears. I might not be the best son, but I thought I would never get m

Ulmer reached the location where Dylan was.Dylan was sitting on top of a blue crystal that was floating on top of the waters. It was a broken piece of the firmament. Dylan was holding a dark spherical marble.“What’s that?” Ulmer asked.“The Darkness System…” replied Dylan.“Huh?” Ulmer was startled. “Why do you have that? Didn’t it get destroyed alongside the dragon?”“This thing is pretty crafty,” Dylan said. “It probably left the dragon right before its death.”“It did?” Ulmer found that hard to believe. “I didn’t sense it though.”“It’s darkness, so how can you sense it when you’re not focusing on it?” Dylan said. “Anyway, I will give this to my shadow knight. If it’s him, he should be able to tame this thing.”“Your shadow knight… Why isn’t he guarding you right now?” Ulmer asked. “Why did he stay back and let you fight the dragon alone?”“I told him to protect the royal repository,” Dylan said.“I thought he’s supposed to protect you. Isn’t your life more important than the roy

Brianna was looking everywhere around Syslon using her teleportation, but she couldn’t find any traces of the emperor or the dragon.“Did they really leave the city and go somewhere far away?” she bit her fingernail in frustration. “But what about Ulmer? Where did he go? He said he’ll go after my dad, but he didn’t. He tricked me and then probably went to meet my grandpa. As long as he doesn’t talk about the harem system, my grandpa won’t be fooled by Ulmer’s words. But if he mentions that system…” Brianna frowned. “I can’t let that happen. As much as I want to go to the family where Ulmer has been living with during his stay in this city, I have to do something else first.”Brianna used her teleportation ability to return to the capital city. She reached the royal palace in no time.She came through one of the secret pathways under the royal palace and arrived at the big metallic door decorated with golden designs. She could feel the invisible barrier, but still smiled. “The barrier

At Ayana’s house.It was night time, and though everyone was sleeping, Ayana was sitting outside the main door, waiting for Ulmer to return.Two squirrels were playing in the distance, scurrying up and down the trees, but Ayana couldn’t be bothered to even glance at them right now.With wet eyes and a sad, dull look on her face, Ayana waited. She hadn’t eaten anything, but her hunger pangs didn’t bother right now, either, because her worry dominated everything else right now.Every second felt like a long time for her, and it wasn’t easy to sit there alone, not knowing if Ulmer will return or not. She wanted to cry, but she tried not to. She clung onto the hope that Ulmer would surely return.As time kept passing, she saw someone walking down the road. It was a junior officer, who was making a public announcement in the middle of the night, saying, “The dragon of doom has returned. The emperor is fighting that great dragon, but everyone is advised to stay inside their homes and not co