The First Dragon God

Leo sat on the ground, his breath shallow and ragged, as the rain continued to drizzle.

Around him, the once-ferocious wolves lay in submission, their fierce growls replaced with soft whimpers.

His hand instinctively rested on the head of the injured wolf, now healed and sleeping soundly in his lap.

"What just happened?" he muttered to himself, his eyes locking on the pack leader standing at a distance.

Its golden eyes stared back and inside, Leo could see wariness and ... should he call it respect?

The truth is that Leo was still confused by everything that just happened. The dark space that the purple-golden sun was, the purple-golden sun itself, the terrifying presence with that equally terrifying and bone chilling pressure.

Everything to Leo felt he was thrown into a random place without anything or anyone to guide him, and he has to figure out everything for himself.

Everything that happened also made him curious and for the first time, he started entertaining the thought of looking for his parents.

He knew that the only way he can get answers to his questions is to look for them. The problem now is that Leo has no idea where to begin his search for them.

The letter they left him didn't have even a single clue as to where they might be. And not only that, from what Leo understood after reading it, his parents probably don't want him to look for them.

But if he doesn't look for them, how will he get answers to his questions? How would he know what that terrifying presence, the dark space and the purple-golden sun is all about?

Leo sighed when he thought of everything. Even if he wants to look for his parents, be can't at the moment as he has even more important things to take care of.

The first of such things is his strength. He has to become even stronger, get to the Exalted rank like Tatiana, surpass it and reach more rank above it.

He knew that it if his feelings are right, then the reason why his parents don't want him to look for him is because it's dangerous. But even without him looking for his parents, Leo was aware that he has to continue growing stronger if he wants to survive this new dangerous world he now found himself.

"I guess that's that?" He smiled as he touched the place where he was injured during his fight with the wolf pack.

As expected, when hw touched the place, be felt nothing, indicating that it has healed.

"I wonder if I got anything new by successfully taming the beast," he murmured to himself, and called up his stats screen.

[Name: Leo ****]

[Level: 9]

[Specie(s): Human, ****, ****]

[Class: –]

[Title: None]

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[Strength: 21]

[Agility: 21 (+15)]

[Stamina: 20]

[Intelligence: 13]

[Mana: 100]

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[Stat Point(s): 0]

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[Skill(s): Regeneration (Innate), Beastmaster's Bond (Innate)]

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"Beastmaster's Bond..." Leo muttered to himself when he saw the new skill being displayed in his stat screen.

Curiously, he focused his attention on the skill and he saw his stats screen change to information about it.

[Beastmaster's Bond (Innate Skill)]

Type: Passive/Active

Rank: Unique

Mana Cost (Active): 50 MP to bond with a new beast

Cooldown (Bonding Attempts): 24 hours per failed attempt.

Skill level: 1

Bond Limit: 1.

Description: Allows user to form lasting bonds with beasts and monsters, granting control and a deep, empathic connection with bonded creatures.

"Sounds like a good skill but I wish I can see what it actually does and not just the description," Leo said, after reading the new skill's description.

The skill's description has already told Leo everything or almost everything he needs to know about it, but he was very curious to know more about it.

He doesn't believe that the skill was just as simple as the description is. There's no way it would be that simple.

As if you prove him right, a new screen popped up.

[Beastmaster's Bond (Skill Details)]

Level: 1 (Progress: 0%)

Bond Limit: 1 Beast

Active Skills:

Shared Vision: View surroundings through bonded beast's perspective.

Empathy Link: Sense emotions and pain of bonded beast.

Passive Abilities:

Pack Mentality: Slightly increases the agility and strength of bonded beasts.

Alpha Presence: Bonded beast is less likely to flee and gains resistance to fear.

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[Bonded Beasts]

[Name:–]

[Species: Mutant Wolf]

[Level: 6]

[Abilities: Enhanced Agility, Enhanced Senses, Bone Claw, Regeneration.]

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"I see... So that's how it is," Leo muttered to himself after reading the information being displayed on the screen.

If there's one thing has to say about the skin, it would be that it's just as powerful as his [Regeneration].

In fact, he can confidently say that the [Beastmaster's Bond] skill is even more powerful than the first, as it's a skill that gives offensive abilities through his bonded beasts.

"Speaking about my bonded beasts, I'm yet to give a name to mine," Leo said, remembering the blank name section.

"Why don't I call you... Fifi? Shirt for Fiona." Leo smiled, as he caressed the wolf's fur.

Immediately, the blank space in the name section was changed and the name, Fiona, was now being displayed in front of it.

Leo also noticed that his connection with the wolf seems to have to begin stronger after he gave it its name.

"I guess I still have a lot to learn about my skill," he said, as he pushed himself up from the ground.

His ragged and shallow breath was now steady, and he has recovered his strength, no longer feeling the same weakness he was feeling before.

Standing up, he looked at Ms Ves who was cautiously standing behind the wolf pack leader. He could see that she was ready to act if the pack leader is to try and attack him.

Leo smiled when he saw this. He was very happy and grateful to me Ms Ves for hmmwr assistance. It was due to her holding back the wolves that he was able to get to the injured one, and tame it.

"Thank you, Ms Ves," he said, nodding his head.

"You don't have to, Leo," she said with a smile on her face.

Ves was genuinely feeling very proud for Leo. She didn't actually believe that his plan would be a success and he would be to successfully have the wolf pack submit to him, but he did and it made her extremely happy.

"Leo, let's get out of the rain. I don't want you catching a cold," she smiled at him, and he nodded in agreement.

Before going inside, Leo looked at the pack leader and instructed it on what to do next.

"Guard the area and protect those dealing with the meat. Make sure no monster comes close to the area and alert us if any does come," Leo said, and he saw it glaring at him before to looking away.

Leo smiled when he saw the pack leader's reaction. Even though he wasn't connected to it, he could guess what it was trying to say through its action.

"Don't worry, you guys will have some meat after they are done dissecting it."

After he was done, giving instructions to it, he started walking towards the building.

.....

"Elda, was that supposed to happen during a beast taming session?" Tatiana finally asked after a long time.

"That wasn't normal," Elda muttered, her gaze fixed on Leo through the rain-splattered window.

The oddity and scary presence that enveloped the surroundings when Leo was taming the wolf was something Tatiana had never seen before in her life. She thought that it might be due to her inexperience but after hearing what Elda said, she knew that it wasn't exactly true.

This further proved to her just how special Leo was and how wise it was of her to become partner with him.

She actually never for once thought that he would try to tame the wolf. She could understand the reason why he did it but the fact that he succeeded was completely different.

Another thing is that beast tamers are very rare, almost rare to the point of being non-existent. This made Leo's value in her eyes to shoot up through roof.

"Normal stopped applying to him a long time ago," Tatiana said with a smile.

Tatiana could have never believed that she would see someone like Leo who had so many secrets in such a backwater world.

"I guess I'm not going to be so bored after all."