Chapter 17: Golden Opportunity
Going back a little in time.
Niara dropped to her knees, completely overwhelmed. Darian took a deep breath and focused. In a flash, a layer of white power wrapped around her. At the same time, he ran another test.
That roar came from a Dragon — the supreme beast. Nothing stood above a Dragon — all other beasts beneath it were crushed by its will alone. Darian knew that clearly.
But he was sure Niara had the blood of a Primordial Dragon, something that stood above all else in existence.
Would the Celestia Academy really have the blood and power of a Primordial Dragon to maintain this place?
Of course not. If they had that, this universe wouldn't be in such a desperate state. So this place had to be using the power of regular Dragons.
Darian already knew that, currently in this universe, only the Mannaz existed — half-human creatures — along with some weak beasts. But in the past, there had been other powerful beings. Putting the pieces together, Celestia Academy must've created this place using remains from powerful Dragons.
Back to the current situation: a regular Dragon couldn't suppress a Primordial Dragon.
But Niara and all the Mannaz were half-humans who inherited this bloodline through generations.
Even Niara only had a trace of that bloodline inside her — but it was already enough to reshape her entire body.
It was a trace of Primordial Dragon blood, up against a sea of regular Dragon bloodlines. If Niara weren't human at all, but an actual Dragon with a true Primordial bloodline, it'd be a whole different story.