[Primordial Dragon of Chaos (Unhatched)]
[Rank: Divine]
[Hatching Ti: 4,228 years, 327 days.]
Leon stared at the panel for a long mont, his expression complicated.
Of course, he understood imdiately what this ant.
This egg belonged to a beast, one that could be tad.
In [Eternal Ascension], beasts weren’t rare, but powerful ones were. Players could ta beasts to assist them in battle, to travel faster across dangerous regions, or purely for utility if the beast possessed strong passive abilities.
So players even built their entire playstyle around beasts.
Leon had seen it himself in his previous life. Players who barely fought directly, instead commanding terrifying creatures that crushed enemies for them.
So had entire stables filled with beasts, constantly replacing weaker ones with stronger acquisitions.
And then there were the truly absurd cases.
Leon had once seen a beast, controlled by a top-ranked player, wipe out an entire city by itself. Walls, defenses, NPCs, monsters... all gone in minutes.
Still, Leon’s gaze drifted back to one specific word on the panel.
"Divine," he thought.
That alone changed everything.
Divine-ranked beasts were on an entirely different level. They weren’t just strong, they were existences bordering on godhood.
If one grew fully and awakened all of its potential, it would stand on the sa level as gods themselves.
And this wasn’t just any beast. It was a dragon.
Dragons were already rare to the point of absurdity. Leon could count on one hand the number of players he had known who possessed dragon beasts in his past life.
And even among dragons, this one stood out: [Primordial Dragon of Chaos]. Just the na alone radiated danger.
"Primordial" ant ancient beyond asure. An existence that had existed before most things.
"Chaos" ant unpredictability, destruction, and raw power.
Leon didn’t need a detailed description to understand how terrifying this beast could beco.
The dragons guarding the temple suddenly made sense.
They hadn’t just been protecting the place. They had been protecting this. Waiting for it to hatch.
Still... Leon’s eyes dropped to the final line.
[Hatching Ti: 4,228 years, 327 days.]
"...That’s insane."
That was impossibly long.
By the ti this thing hatched naturally, Leon would either be long dead, or a legitimate god.
For a brief mont, the thought crossed his mind.
Is this even worth it? But the thought vanished almost instantly.
There was no way the [Heavenly One] would place sothing like this here without expecting soone to eventually obtain it.
Leon clenched his fist slightly.
"There has to be a way."
There were countless hidden systems in [Eternal Ascension]. Accelerated growth thods. Ti compression zones. Rituals. Sacrifices. Forbidden items.
This egg wasn’t ant to be decorative.
It was ant to hatch. At least... Leon hoped so.
After a mont of hesitation, he stepped closer and placed his hand on the egg.
The mont he touched it, the elental aura keeping it afloat dissolved and flowed inward.
Ding!
[You have obtained the egg of the "Primordial Dragon of Chaos"]
[Details: An existence that all dragons worship and fear, though it will take ti for it to hatch.]
The egg shimred once, and then vanished.
It seeped directly into Leon’s body, disappearing completely.
Leon didn’t panic. He could feel it.
Much like the [Blood Heart], the egg was now directly tied to his soul. He could access its panel at any ti, but no one else could see it.
That ant only one thing. Even if he died, it wouldn’t drop.
And more importantly... No one could steal it.
’Good,’ Leon thought.
If anyone discovered the existence of this beast, it would be a catastrophe.
Entire guilds would mobilize. Kingdoms might get involved. Higher Domain players could intervene the mont he stepped there.
This wasn’t sothing he could protect yet. His thoughts shifted briefly.
’I wonder if Emilia’s talent would help with this thing.’
One of Emilia’s talent passives guaranteed absolute loyalty from her beasts, no matter what.
But the wording mattered. "Her" beasts. Leon planned for this dragon to be his.
Whether Emilia could influence it, or whether she should, was sothing he would worry about later.
First, he needed to figure out how to hatch it.
Fwoosh!
Before he could think further, the system interrupted him.
Ding!
[A global announcent is about to be broadcasted through all 1,000 Lower Domains.]
"Huh?"
Leon froze. Global announcents weren’t rare, but this phrasing made his heart beat faster.
All 1,000 Lower Domains? That wasn’t normal.
Then he read the panel that followed. His eyes widened.
"OH SHIT."
Ding!
[Player "Celestial" is the first in the history of "Eternal Ascension" to conquer the "Elental Temple"]
The announcent rang out. Ten tis in a row.
It wasn’t subtle.
Whether players were inside dungeons, walking through cities, hiding in forests, or even sleeping, they saw it.
The system made sure of it.
Normally, global announcents were restricted to your own [Lower Domain]. Sothing happening in Domain #17 wouldn’t concern Domain #432.
But this? This crossed all boundaries.
The last ti Leon rembered sothing like this happening was when the first stronghold had been established in the Lower Domains, and the guild behind it survived the beast tide.
Leon exhaled slowly.
"Haha..."
He rubbed his forehead.
"I wanted my na to spread," he said with a grin, "but this is a bit much."
This ant everyone saw it. Even players nearing their ascension to the [High Domain]
Celestial. That na was now burned into the minds of millions.
Ding!
[You have managed to complete the S-Rank Assessnt and conquer the "Elental Temple", a feat no one had ever achieved before. You have been rewarded with 50 Reputation Points.]
[Your reputation has reached 200. You will now gain 25 additional attributes per level.]
Leon’s grin widened.
"That makes it 150 per level," he thought. "Good enough."
That bonus alone would snowball insanely fast. Before he could linger on it, the air in front of him twisted.
Fwoosh!
A portal appeared in the center of the room. His exit.
Leon didn’t hesitate. He sprinted forward and jumped straight into it.
Ding!
[Transporting to the "Interdiate Divine Temple"]
Light engulfed him. His vision blurred. And a few seconds later—
He stood just outside the S-Rank assessnt gate.
"...Welco back."
Leon turned his head. Emilia was sitting against the gate, her back resting casually against the stone, arms crossed.
The mont she saw him, her grin widened.
"I knew you’d do sothing crazy." She stood up and stretched.
...
anwhile...
Shadow Assassin Guild, Lower Domain #83.
"I want you all to find information on this [Celestial]," the guild leader said coldly.
He was a bear beastman, towering over everyone else in the room. His level hovered at 50, and the aura around him was heavy with killing intent.
"He may be in a different [Lower Domain]," the man continued, "but contact all mbers. No exceptions."
"Yes, boss!"
This was a guild exclusively for assassins.
For the right price, they could eliminate almost any player. The guild leader folded his arms.
’If such an announcent appeared,’ he thought, ’then the reward must be incredible.’
He hadn’t attempted his third assessnt in almost a year.
He wanted certainty. But if he could obtain what Celestial had gained... Or kill him and take it...
Then perhaps the path forward would beco much easier. His eyes narrowed.
"Find him."
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