I Received System to Become Dragonborn

Erend started to feel his consciousness shrinking at an alarming rate. He has no one here. If he was really going to die, then he would really die alone in this forest.

Or in fact, he would die together with Mithes. The Drak Elf wasn't in a much different state than him.

Mithes looked at Erend with one eye which showed that she was looking forward to Erend's death.

Erend gritted his teeth. But he couldn't do anything now. What should he do to stop this poison?

If he still had his Dragon power, Erend wouldn't have this kind of problem because the Dragon would be immune to the effects of the poison.

But now he could no longer hope for that. His Dragon power can only be used for an hour. It's the same as not being able to use it at all.

'Tut!'

With the last hope, Erend called out to Tut in his mind.

[ "I'm sorry. I can't help you." ]

But sadly, the answer that came from Tut was very disappointing.

After so long they had not spoken to each other, the words that came out of Tut's mouth were only confirmation of his imminent death.

'You can't do anything? I'm really going to die here, Tut!'

[ "The power that the Dark Elf used to seal your Dragon's power is something we couldn't predict." ]

'What about this poison?'

[ "Currently, your body's state has returned to that of a human so the poison's effects are indeed fatal. That power sealed the connection between you and the full ability of Systema for an hour. So, we can't do anything." ]

Erend sighed in resignation. After all this, he had to be faced with an almost certain death after so long.

It was as if everything that happened was meaningless in front this moment.

Suddenly, Erend felt a touch on his shoulder. Footsteps were heard on the rocky ground.

"Drink this."

Erend recognized that voice. But he didn't have the energy to look up who the voice belonged to.

Erend saw a bottle with green liquid in front of him. Without any doubt as to what it actually contained, Erend immediately took the bottle.

It turned out that the bottle had already been opened, so Erend drank it straight away.

"Y-You!"

Mithes' hoarse voice sounded again. This time accompanied by a tone of fear.

Mithes tried to stand up with difficulty. She gathered dark magic energy in one hand.

"It's useless," Saeldir said flatly.

Saeldir stretched his arms towards Mithes then white-colored shackles appeared in both of Mithes' hands.

Instantly obliterated the dark energy she was trying to gather. The same shackles appeared on both of Mithes' ankles.

"You can't do anything now, Dark Elf." Saeldir drew closer to Mithes with slow and calm steps.

Mithes finally fell back to the ground in resignation. She knew that she couldn't do anything anymore now that an Elf Archmage was in front of her.

Mithes looked at Erend who was now drinking some kind of elixir. If he drank it, Mithes could be sure that he would be able to recover from the poison's effects.

'With just a little more I'll be able to kill him!'

Mithes grumbled in her heart. But now it was of no use.

Erend gasped for breath after draining the green liquid in the bottle in one drink.

After that suddenly his whole body refreshed again. The effect of the poison that had almost killed him a moment ago had already disappeared.

Erend heaved a sigh of relief and stood up.

"Thanks, man," Erend said to Saeldir.

Saeldir didn't even reply to his words and instead focused on Mithes.

"Who's your accomplices?" Saeldir asked in a sharp and cold tone.

Mithes smirked. "(You think I'll answer that?)"

Saeldir's brows twitched hearing Quenya's language which sounded a little different from what he was saying.

The Quenya language seemed to be in a darker and dirtier than his own.

*BUAGH!*

Saeldir kicked Mithes in the face until she fell on her back. Hearing the Dark Elf's Quenya language made his blood boil with anger.

"(You dare say that filthy language in front of me?)" Saeldir created an energy sword from his magic and then cut off Mithes' leg just like that.

*CRAAT!*

"ARGGHHHH!!!"

Mithes's scream of pain echoed throughout the forest. The birds that were previously perched on the trees flew away because they didn't want to hear that painful sound anymore.

Erend flinched when he saw Saeldir do it. But he wasn't surprised.

Elves are like that to their enemies. And now it seems that Saeldir's enemy is the one he hates the most.

Erend didn't understand what the two of them were saying but it was definitely not a compliment to each other.

"(Tell me who is with you in the palace! Or I will torture you and give you pain you can't imagine. We have plenty of time, Dark Elf!)"

Saeldir looked at Mithes with cold and cruel eyes. Mithes swallowed her saliva heavily through a congested throat.

"(I'd rather die before you get your answer,)" Mithes said.

"(I am an Archmage. I am skilled enough to know how to torture people without killing them,)" Saeldir replied.

Mithes's eyes widened at that. The fear within her grew.

Then, in Saeldir's hand appeared two lights that formed hundreds of tiny needles.

"(Looks like we're going to be spending some time together,)" Saeldir said.

Erend could even see the terror and despair in Mithes' eyes.

Erend didn't know what Saeldir would do with the needles. But Mithes might know.

And from Mithes, Erend knew that it wasn't something good at all.

The sun is moving down the sky to the west. Time has passed for quite a long time in this place.

Erend didn't think that he would spend a long time in this place.

But what was even worse than that was that he had to keep on hearing Mithes' screams that seemed to be without a break.

The birds and other animals in this forest seemed to have run out because they chose to stay away from that painful scream.

Erend who was currently leaning against a tree looked at where Mithes and Saeldir were.

Mithes is now lying with a face that depicts suffering and pain. Her eyes opened without blinking and were only filled with despair.

Erend started to feel sorry for the Dark Elf. But then he thought back to what she did earlier.

Mithes intended to kill him and she almost succeeded. When recalling that again, Erend just let Saeldir do what he did.

After all, Erend also wanted to know who the real traitor left in the palace was.

At this time, the Dragon's power had also returned to Erend. He got that notification not too long ago.

"(Are you ready to talk?)" Saeldir asked in the same cold tone as before. In his hands, the needles were still popping up.

"(Please... Just... Kill me...)" Mithes said.

"(I will give you the luxury of dying after you say who is with you,)" Saeldir replied. "(Do you want to say it now?)"

Saeldir sighed and then started moving the small needles in his hands again.

But suddenly something came out of Mithes mouth with a small voice.

Something, which made Saeldir and Erend freeze in shock.

Erend probably didn't understand the language they were speaking. But he could still understand when Mithes mentioned a name.

Saeldir's jaw tightened. "(You lie.)"

Mithes was no longer answering. Perhaps it was because the pain she was suffering had made her spirit disappear.

"Why would she lie in a situation like this?" Finally, Erend said. "I thought she was telling the truth."

Saeldir fused the needles into a stake and stabbed the stake into Mithes' heart.

Mithes immediately met her death, the luxury that was finally given by Saeldir.

Saeldir who still couldn't believe the information he heard from Mithes' mouth, stood stiffly.

His mouth was slightly open and the look in his eyes hinted at many things. Shock, disappointment, and fear.

"We have to go back now," Erend said.

Saeldir then sighed. Instead of him sitting here and thinking about everything with a restless feeling, he'd better go back to the Elf palace.

Saeldir didn't say anything to Erend and just opened the Portal. Saeldir and Erend entered the Portal, leaving Mithes' body just like that.

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The portal turned out to be connected to the Magic shield core room.

As usual, Saeldir was still diligently here guarding the Magic shield core.

Once they were back, Erend asked. "Why did you come so long?"

"Do you know where the Dark Elf took you?" Saeldir asked back in an annoyed tone.

"Of course not."

"That place is in the human kingdom. I don't think you'll know how far it is. Let's just say, I have to go to another part of the world."

Erend knows that the human and elf kingdoms are very far away. No wonder Saeldir took a long time.

"Then what are you going to do now?" Erend asked.

Erend saw Saeldir's jaw tighten.

"Don't tell anyone just yet," Saeldir said.

"Sure. After all, I'm going back to my own world," Erend said.

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