Chapter 141 - 140: Youth
Once Leon reaches 26 years old, a dragon is considered to have entered the teenage stage, meaning it has already traveled far on the road to adulthood. Although to truly reach adulthood, several more 26-year cycles are required.
Leon ran away from Mother Dragon’s nest shortly after hatching and has no idea on which day he was specifically born. Even now, he’s still a bit fuzzy and can only roughly guess his age, waiting for the day he meets Mother Dragon or Dragon Sister again to ask them when exactly he was born.
Therefore, Leon is merely guessing and assertively considers himself a teenage dragon now. After all, reality is not a game where different age stages have stark differences in strength. In reality, there’s not much difference between a teenage dragon about to enter adolescence and a young dragon that has just entered it, and being off by a few months or a year isn’t a big issue.
Leon’s growth in size didn’t just suddenly start on the day he entered his teenage stage, it has been gradual. In fact, he surpassed Tassera in size years ago, and because of Tiamat’s help in activating her bloodline, Cecilia has grown quite fast over the years, but he still maintains a huge gap.
Leon stands over three and a half meters at the shoulder, over six meters in body length. When he stretches his neck and tail, his total length exceeds twenty meters. Although such measurements don’t have much comparative value, they’re impressive enough to boast about. His wingspan, at the very least, is no less than twenty-five meters. Finally, when he stands up on his hind legs and tail for support, he’s as tall as a four-story building... Leon is truly an exceptionally large dragon, normally such size wouldn’t be reached until decades later in the young dragon stage.
Of all these, Leon is happiest about certain aspects, although some of his features still reveal his youth. For instance, the backward-sweeping horns on his head are not yet as majestic and dominating, and the row of little spikes under his eyes seem somewhat tender, kind of like baby teeth. But he no longer has the disproportionately large head and feet of the past, now having the body proportions of an adult dragon.
As for his scales, they remain as shiny and beautiful as ever. The thickness and toughness are not Leon’s concerns anymore, given the insignificance since he acquired the Vajra Body.
With the increase in size, his strength improved doubtlessly. Leon can now easily flip over Tassera while playing after finishing the Inner Core Dual Cultivation Method.
However, for Leon, size has never been that important. His journey thus far has been based on the magic spells rewarded by the Golden Finger. The amount of Mana he possesses is his most significant concern, and his Mana has seen substantial increases since his first venture to the Lost Plateau.