Shattered Essence

Perspective Shift: Ka's History

"The darkness must pave the pathway towards light"

Life for me was never normal. Even though my father was from the royal dragon family, I was denied the right to live just because my mother was a dark element dragon. My father abandoned me before I was born, but still left me with his name- Kaneufdraak. Since I was never recognised as a part of the royal family, I shortened my name to just Ka.
My mother was discriminated amongst the dragons, and that boiled my blood. I was just 13 when I killed someone to protect my mother, I did not know that the memory of that would still haunt me after 137 years.

My mother was shortly killed in the first faction war between the mages and the dragons. That's the day when I became a cold hearted killer. I went on a rampage, killing every mage I see, innocent or not. I managed to obtain a curse from a cursed mage, but I didn't notice it till late, for it did not matter then. That was my biggest mistake.
I gained my experience from the pain, hatred and my agony, until the day I surpassed the Dragon Lord, my father.
Moments before his final roar, I asked him one thing- why? He replied,"you weren't even supposed to be alive."
And then, I lost myself to the darkness inside of me.
The curse took over me, turning me into a complete maniac, and I brutally murdered my father. I can't say that I regret that, but I do regret the tears on the face of my relative, Himakidraak, as she saw me murdering her uncle.
Those tears made me realise my mistake, and to atone that I decided to end my life. But call it fate or not, all that I was able to do was destroy my soul, decreasing the curse to square one.
There is a certain rule in the royal family- the one who defeats the current lord becomes the next lord. Due to it, I was crowned with the title of Dragon Lord at a young age of 23.
I decided that day that I'll protect Maki, how I prefer to call my relative, until my last breath.
While she was only 10 years younger than me, our difference in power was huge, mostly due to the experience gap.
However, our peaceful days didn't last long.
The Vampire faction attacked us, with alliance of the "wicked mage", Soul. The second faction war destroyed most of our provinces and warriors. Most of the lower rated dragons were possessed to either commit suicide, or to fight against us.
It was the work of the "Mind Eater", Yui, the Vampire. While her physical abilities are that of a normal Vampire, her ability to possess was disastrous to us. However, it did not work on pure bloods, as my relative Maki, and cursed beings, like me.
However, that could not stop the royal family from ceasing to exist. Soul used every last trick in the book to destroy our existence, and his animosity was directed towards me.
During the time when I went on a rampage, I killed his wife, the one who I got the curse from, and Soul was ready to go to the last extend to avenge her.
"Will dragons cease to exist? Will I die as well?", Maki asked me. I did not know the answer back then, but I did know that I will protect her, even if I loose everything else.
Why did I had these emotions towards her? It's because I'm a half royal blooded dragon, and she is a pure blooded dragon. Somehow, I don't loose my control over the curse when I'm around her.
Back then was the first time I realised that I could use the light element as well, and that was the turning point of the 80 year long war.
It wasn't as if Maki was weak, she was the only one who could use the light element perfectly. I wouldn't be alive if she didn't save me during my 19th battle with Soul, where I lost all control due to my curse. She's the only one who can stop the calamity, that is, me.
The fusion of the light element and the dark element caused extreme pain, both mentally and physically, but the amount of raw power that it produced was extraordinary.
The power came with a huge price, my soul. Everytime I had to use my powers, I had to kill my soul after that. By doing that, I'm induced to an anaemic state, not being able to remember the recent past.
We were at the synapsis of the war, most of the dragons and mages were sacrificed in the war. The vampires, being crafty, managed to sustain their numbers. The dragon realm was mostly destroyed, and we were going to be taking our last breath, but then, the sky shattered.
We were forced into a different realm than we have ever been. Everything was so strange, the magic quality and quantity was low, and the natives couldn't even use magic. Only a few of us, mostly the S class, were summoned at first, but then lower classes started to appear.
The natives revolted, but they couldn't sustain our power.
I destroyed a thousand cities alone, and the other factions did the same. While Maki was with me, I didn't allow to participate in the battlefield, which would later be known as the Astral war, or the War of 2021.
However, Soul still had hatred towards me, and his hatred took over him. He unleashed his sub element- Soul Devour- and devoured his own platoon to defeat me.
While I may be known as the "Insane Dragon Lord", the royal blood still flows through my veins, hence I couldn't accept what I saw in front of me.
After a bloody battle that lasted for 19 days, both of us were at our limits. He became extremely sloppy, due to the lack of magic, and so did I, but I had a master card up my sleeve.
I unleashed my sub element- constraint- and robbed off 70% of his power.
I was weakened as well, and I certainly couldn't fight the Monster Hunters that efficiently, hence the reason why we decided to sign a Co-Exist Pact with the humans, and that leads us to where we are now...

Next chapter: The Teacher