Chapter 13: A New Hideout

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The next morning Cale woke up feeling grumpier than ever. Cale decided to take a walk to calm down his mind. He walks mindlessly until he reaches the Forest of the Darkness border. Cale blankly looks at the wall then remembers the ancient power he faintly felt before.

'Should I go check it out?'

Cale decided to slip into the Forest of Darkness once again. The dragon that follows Cale around looks at the forest astonished. It was his first time looking at a lot of strange creatures in his 2 years old life. Cale looked at most of the monster strangely. Naturally, the monster will attack him but then most of the monsters that have a little bit of intelligence cower in fear.

One of the monsters that were overly brave saw Cale unfocused and tried to attack him. Cale that not pay enough attention, doesn't have time to use his shield or dodge. But then Cale saw another shield that was not his protecting him from the monster attack. The monster then explode and left nothing behind.

Cale that saw the monster explode, realized that the dragon follow him and protect him from the monster's attack. Even though the dragon is still a 2-years-old child but dragon is still a dragon. The aura they emitted is different and shows dominance.

"Thank you. I can avoid big injuries because of your protection."

"...You are weak. Why did you even come to here without the others."

"I want to check on something. Do you want to come along? In exchange, I will tell you what I know about this place."

"...Hm, okay. Because I am great and mighty I will protect you for now."

"Yes. Yes indeed, you are great and mighty" Cale just smiles looking at the baby dragon.

The ancient power in his body, as well as the ground on his feet, were telling him where to go. After turning left and right, Cale finally stops. He and the black dragon were near the Northern boundary of the inner region. The ancient power in Cale's body now is running wild after he comes to this place. The fire that was floating on top of Cale's right palm started to fly toward the boulder.

Ruuumble.

The boulder started to shake as soon as the two make contact. Cale could feel the rumbling underneath his feet.

'There really another ancient power here.'

The boulder started to crack and at that moment Cale can hear a foreign sound in his mind. It was a profound voice that seemed to belong to a righteous person.

"My friend of fire! You have finally arrived. My eternal enemy and fri- hm?"

The voice sound confused and nervous at the same time.

"Why is the cheapskate with the thief, the crybaby, and even the glutton-"

'Hm, the cheapskate he is talking was probably the Fire of Destruction. Crybaby is Vitality of Heart. The thief was the Sound of the Wind and the glutton was the Indestructible Shield.'

"Who are you?"

"My name is Cale Henituse."

The black dragon looked at Cale weirdly. He doesn't understand why this human running around with his power earlier and now he is introducing himself to a boulder. He chooses to observe the strange human first.

The voice in his mind becomes shocked and full of disbelief.

"...There are a human who earned all four of their powers."

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