Chapter 1: The Imperial Capital

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[Forest; imperial year: 1024]

We meet in a forest not far from the well-known imperial capital. A horse-drawn carriage was carrying two men leisurely across a path.

However, to their surprise, the ground just ahead starts to shake and create cracks little by little, until something literally comes out of the ground!

As the smoke caused by the earth-shattering clears, the travelers see a large, monstrous, draconian-looking creature. It has a snake-like body, reaching approximately 30 meters in length. Its long and thin body has spines for almost its entire length. Its head is large and round, containing larger spines on the chin and back of the neck, bulging eyes completely white due to its poor eyesight, it has a small horn on the tip of the nose and a huge mouth, with rotating rows of pointed teeth. It has small wings compared to his body size.

Their colors are mostly grayish green with spikes highlighted in red.

Their colors are mostly grayish green with spikes highlighted in red

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Travelers cry out in fear.

"It's a Whispering Death!!!" — One of them yells.

"I didn't know they showed up on roads like this!!!"  — Exclaims the other.

The said Whispering Death roars at the humans, exposing its rows of spinning teeth. Soon after, he moves in to kill them.

However, before the sinister dragon can harm them, he takes a sudden sword strike, which leaves a long diagonal cut on his face.

Someone lands behind the animal. A young man in his 15 years old, with light brown hair, green eyes like nature, a white long-sleeved shirt and black pants accompanied by boots and brown leather gloves.

His name was Tatsumi

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His name was Tatsumi.


Tatsumi: A Boulder class dragon, isn't it? — Says the young man, turning to the underground dragon, with a determined smile — A worthy opponent!

The Whispering Death turns to see who attacked him, and upon seeing Tatsumi, he narrows his eyes as his spikes prepare for combat.

The Whispering Death turns to see who attacked him, and upon seeing Tatsumi, he narrows his eyes as his spikes prepare for combat

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