Infinite Dragon Beast: Taming Ice Dragons with SSS Ranked Talent-Chapter 108: A Flashback to the Universe War

Arriving at the throne hall of the Fire Dragon Clan Palace, Aiden was immediately greeted by King Arthur, Prince Azar, Princess Amber, and many other elders. Leonora stood right beside Aiden, getting respect from the soldiers and elders on her right and left.

"Aiden," said King Arthur, gazing at Aiden with ambition.

Standing right in the middle of the palace hall, Leonora opened the red box containing the translucent stone, the Fire Dragon Awakening Stone. The woman’s attention was immediately drawn to Aiden.

"Please begin, Aiden," explained Leonora.

Aiden remained silent. He emitted his powerful energyalong with a strong gust of wind. Those with high magical power were not greatly affected by Aiden’s power.

After gathering his magical energy, Aiden stretched out his hand and directed his power towards the Fire Dragon Awakening Stone. Just like before, the stone reacted when the magical energy touched it.

"The stone immediately turned red," said the elders.

Indeed! It didn’t take long for the Fire Dragon Awakening Stone to glow bright red. To their surprise, the stone emitted a large red pillar into the sky, creating a rumbling cloud above the palace.

A powerful explosion of fire energy spread throughout the city, startling many people and causing their eyes to stare at that spot. But the situation inside the palace was very different.

The powerful magical momentum emerged from within the Fire Dragon Clan Palace, causing everyone there to suffer the consequences except for Aiden.

King Arthur and Queen Leonora were seen bowing their heads under the powerful energy pressure hitting their bodies. Amber and Azar even had to kneel down low because the pressure was too much for their strength to withstand.

The elders and soldiers crouched with their heads bowed, and even Aurora, Rachel, and Joe felt the same. Only Aiden was unaffected.

"W-What is actually happening?" asked Arthur.

"I’m sure this magical power comes from the Fire Dragon’s Awakening Stone," replied Leonora.

Aiden was still connected to the stone. At a glance, he saw flashbacks of a terrible battle that had taken place throughout the universe.

Dark entities were fighting against the light. He also saw the Goddess Aetherna sword fighting in a fierce battle against The Dark Ruler.

Aiden was in the middle of their battle as a spiritual mage from the future. The enemy Aetherna faced was very strong and dominant, able to control space and time, and even create a powerful magic domain affecting an entire universe.

"Magic Domain: Dark Dimension Reality!"

Instantly, the universe transformed into a terrifying place filled with red cages in the sky, hanging and trapping the souls of her defeated enemies.

Aetherna was initially trapped, but she managed to use her final ability to seal the Dark Ruler’s power and escape.

"What is this seal?" Aaron asked.

"The First Light Seal! You, with your evil deeds, will not be able to break my seal!" Aetherna said firmly.

Aetherna was severely injured while trying to escape with her beast, the Fire Dragon Chronos. However, Aaron was relentless. He charged forward to defeat Aetherna, but failed.

"I cannot protect the key to this seal!" Aetherna said firmly.

She gathered her energy and sent it to the Fire Dragon Chronos. Only he could protect the seal key.

The severely wounded Fire Dragon Chronos began to act. He condensed his power within his beast essence.

Within that beast essence lay the dragon’s power and the power of the Goddess Aetherna, locked together with the First Light Seal key.

The beast essence shattered into seven fragments, each fragment spreading to different locations. The chances of Aiden finding another fragment on Planet Gaia were low.

"Aetherna used all her power to seal the Dark Ruler’s power. She also stored her reserve power within the beast essence of the Fire Dragon Chronos," explained Aiden.

"If I can gather all seven fragments and return them, then the power of the Goddess Aetherna will be restored," revealed Aiden. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Aaron was severely injured in the battle, his immense power sealed by the First Light Seal. However, Aaron would not give up.

He would search for the essence of the Fire Dragon Chronos and extract it. With that, he would obtain the seal’s key and restore his power.

"It seems you’ll have to wait thousands of years longer to face me, Dark Ruler Aaron," Aetherna declared.

"I hate waiting," Aaron explained, returning to the dimensional crack.

"I will find that fragment and extract it. When that happens, this entire universe will be mine," Aaron declared firmly.

Aetherna fell silent. She flew back to her throne and restored her condition there. That marked the end of the flashback that appeared on the Fire DragonAwakening Stone.

The powerful magical pressure in the area faded. Everyone could breathe a sigh of relief as they adjusted their breathing.

Arthur stared intently ahead, watching Aiden’s eyes glow red under the influence of the Fire Dragon’s Awakening Stone.

"Isn’t he done yet?" asked Arthur.

"We don’t know what that stone does. Maybe he’s doing something to his soul," replied Leonora.

"All we can do now is wait."

Deep within his consciousness, Aiden sat cross-legged, watching countless magical energy orbs float around him, numbering in the thousands, even hundreds of thousands.

Aiden stood up and walked toward one of the magical energy orbs. As he absorbed it, he felt his EXP increase.

"Is this an EXP orb?" Aiden asked.

"It seems like this isn’t an ordinary stone," Aiden replied.

"If there are this many, I think I can make the most of them."

The man sat cross-legged, his eyes focused on the EXP orbs. Aiden’s magic formed a powerful whirlwind, spreading out widely to draw in many of the EXP orbs.

In an instant, the orbs entered Aiden’s forehead and had a significant impact on him. However, because it was in his soul, Aiden couldn’t be sure how many there were.

From the outside, Arthur and Leonora were shocked to see a red light like a blazing fire coming from Aiden’s body.

They both nodded, working together to restrain Aiden’s power so that it wouldn’t destroy their palace.

"Everyone, get out and form a protective formation immediately!" Leonora ordered firmly. The other elders nodded in obedience.

Amber pulled Aurora’s hand, urging her to leave for now to save themselves. Aurora initially refused, but she had no choice.

One EXP ball was worth 1000 EXP, so if there were hundreds of thousands of them, Aiden’s current strength would increase tremendously.

Within his soul, Aiden could handle it easily, but his physical body was different. With that much EXP, there was concern his body and physique might not be able to withstand it any longer.

Arthur was pushed back and flew far away, leaving Leonora alone in the hall. With Leonora’s strength, she was confident she could withstand the turmoil in Aiden’s body.

"What is going on?" Leonora asked.

Slowly, the energy emanating from Aiden’s body condensed and formed an outer layer similar to an eggshell. The magical energy no longer spread, and the situation became conducive for a while.

Leonora stopped her magic and observed the situation. Her order was firm, forbidding anyone except King Arthur from entering the palace hall.

Arthur stepped inside and was startled to see a large red egg trapping Aiden inside. The muscular man now stood beside Leonora.

"What’s happening?" Arthur asked.

"I don’t know. I’ve never seen this before," Leonora replied.

Soon, cracks appeared on the red egg, and its size began to grow. Leonora and Arthur prepared their magic.

CRACK!

The egg shattered, sending a naked man flying into the sky, piercing through multiple floors until he reached the sky.

The man flew with his clothes destroyed by the magical energy, his body muscular with a handsome face and black hair.

People pointed upward, looking toward Aiden, who was flying unexpectedly. Slowly, his naked body began to be covered by long pants and a maroon-red suit, with a black cloak on his back.

[DING! Congratulations, you have leveled up]

[Level: 103 -> 354]

[Rank: High Mage]

"L-Look! Who is that?" the people asked, curious.

Aiden revealed his wings, formed by condensing his fire magic. He opened his eyes and saw that he could fly thanks to the two red wings.

"He is the Envoy Master!"