Chapter 97-96- The Dragon's True Name

Beneath the broken dome, a steel skeleton pierces the lead-gray sky, supporting the crumbling ruins.

Standing on the edge of the broken roof of the botanical garden, thinking about the possible situation, Yvette fell into a long silence until a burst of hurried footsteps broke the silence.

She heard Abella say anxiously behind her: "Master, the end of the world... seems to have arrived!"

Yvette hummed. Neither she nor Abella had a hive, so they couldn't use it as a medium to receive the Goddess's will. But by noticing the restless reactions of the lower-level aberrations, they could generally guess what was going on.

"Should we join in, Master?" Abella asked tentatively.

"What do you think?" Yvette asked back.

"I... I think this is a good time to do something good for the goddess..." Abella hesitated, her eyes quickly scanning Yvette's calm profile, "But my condition is not very good yet..."

For her, if her master could be favored by the goddess and promoted to monarch in the final day, she, as a subordinate, would naturally rise in status as well, and become a leader in the future. It would just be a matter of a word from her master.

But on the other hand, her current strength is far from recovering to its peak, and without anyone forcing her, she is not very motivated.

Therefore, the best case scenario is that she can continue to lie down in the Water Tower Country, and let her master go to the front line of the New World as a filler...ah, to make great achievements and kill all enemies.

If the master died at the hands of a strong man in the new world, she wouldn't care. But if the master really did something, got the goddess's favor, and was promoted to monarch, then she could still get some benefits.

To sum up:

Instead of pushing yourself, let God help you become a dragon!

"Then I won't go." Yvette shook her head, seeming to be considerate of Abella's situation. She had actually been worried that if all high-level aberrations were forced to go, she'd be unable to continue her role as commander. So, she didn't have to go. That was perfect.

A few minutes later, a dull whistling sound approached from afar. Yvette lowered her gaze and saw the massive black shadow of Dugrabi soaring into the sky. It landed steadily on the nearby broken wall, carrying the icy rain it had picked up along the way.

"Miss Kindhearted, did you see that? Aurora! Aurora has appeared!" Bingyu said nervously, jumping down from the black dragon's back. She had known for years that Dugrabi was an alien creature from the Aurora, so she quickly understood the situation.

Yvette nodded, then looked at Dugrabi. Seeing his excitement mixed with a complex mix of sadness and grief, he suddenly shook his head and said, "I don't recommend you go back now."

Dugrabi was slightly startled.

Yvette sighed. "You've probably noticed this aurora came too suddenly, and its scale is far beyond the norm. This is because it signals the arrival of 'The End'. If you go back now, you might face a world-spanning battlefield. You're not strong enough to make a difference right now, so it's better to stay here. At least it's safer."

"The End of the World?!" Dugrabi's pupils suddenly shrank. He was immediately excited when he saw the aurora, and didn't realize the weirdness in it at all.

If this is true, then if it goes back now, it may not see its beloved hometown with bright sunshine and clear blue sea. Instead, it is more likely to see endless corpses and hell on earth!

Yvette didn't say anything else, just looked at it quietly, waiting for its decision.

Under the dim sky, the navy blue aurora seemed to come alive, flowing slowly down, soaking the black dragon's eyes, and settling into a mysterious and strange darkness.

After a full minute, Dougrabi raised his head and said in a low voice, "Teacher, I'm sorry, but... I still hope to go back. I can't just stand by and watch."

Yvette was not surprised by the answer. She knew Dougrabi's character and her persuasion was just her responsibility as a teacher.

She smiled slightly and whispered, "Be careful."

"Okay, teacher." Dugrabi nodded vigorously.

Time was running out, and no one knew how long this unusual aurora would last. Yvette said no more and kept silent.

Dugrabi immediately looked at Bingyu and heard her say with tears in her eyes: "Wuwuwu... Mr. Dugrabi, are you leaving now... Will we see each other again in the future..."

"All good things must come to an end." Dugrabi was a little embarrassed. He was usually quite rude to Bingyu, often mocking her for being stupid. He had never expected Bingyu to be so reluctant to leave him. Then he gently comforted her, "But I'm sure I'll be back in a few hundred years at most. You should be able to live until then, right? We'll definitely meet again. We've made an appointment."

“…” Bingyu sobbed, opened her eyes wide, and wondered if I could really live to that time?

Then Dugrabi glanced at Abela again, and this time his attitude was completely different. He snorted and said contemptuously, "Hey, maid, you're here too? Your master's important second disciple, the future legendary Dragon King, is leaving. Is there anything you want to say?"

"Get out of here! And, just wait for death. The goddess will turn you and your father into living dragon sashimi." Abella sneered.

"Bah! You're dreaming!" Dugrabi was furious.

Bingyu was stunned for a moment before realizing that these two people happened to be the two camps of good and evil in the End of the World. One was the righteous dragon from another world, and the other was the villain deformed being from his own world. No wonder the conversation was completely different from what he had imagined.

It was full of tension. If you didn't know, you would think it was not a farewell but a fight.

Just like that, after saying what needed to be said, it was time to set off. After all, his hometown might be under attack, and Dugrabi was also very anxious.

But even so, before leaving, it put its head close to Yvette's ear and, in a voice almost as soft as a mosquito's, spit out a long and strange scale, then said, "Teacher... please write this down. It's the only thing I can give you."

"This is... your real dragon name?" Yvette said in surprise.

"Yes." Dugrabi nodded seriously and said nervously, "You can't tell anyone else."

A dragon's true name is the greatest secret of every dragon, known only to those closest to them, such as their parents. In most cases, no one else will reveal it. The name "Duglabi" is a common name, more in line with traditional names.

Before becoming a Dragon King, the Dragon's True Name has little use. Although it is a secret, it is more like a cultural custom.

Only after passing the Dragon King Trial will the Dragon's True Name have meaning - because the ritual magic of promotion to Dragon King includes the step of "engraving the True Name under the Dragon God Statue". At that time, the Dragon's True Name will serve as a bond, which is both a source of power and a fatal weakness.

If any dragon king abuses his power wantonly and starts civil strife, the dragon kings can collectively pray to the dragon statue to deprive the corresponding dragon king of his status and return him to his original form.

"I won't tell anyone." Yvette said solemnly.

She believed that Dugrabi would definitely become the Dragon King, so this long dragon's true name was of great significance.

It can be said that he had put his life in her hands.

"I believe the teacher." Dugrabi nodded.

After being handed over the greatest secret of the future, it no longer wasted time. After taking the three magic books, it immediately flew towards the nearest abyss in the air.

At this moment, countless abysses, like scars on the sky, tore open the sky from the water-flooded city and even the mountains beyond. The abnormal number of abysses clearly indicated that this aurora was artificially activated, and even the number of accompanying abysses had been manually adjusted, making them as numerous as raindrops from the apocalypse.

Standing at the entrance of the Abyss, Dugrabi turned around for the last time and shouted in the direction of his teacher: "Teacher - I will become a legend like my senior sister -!"

After saying this, it saw the teacher nodding from afar. It looked up to the sky and let out a few excited dragon roars, then flew into the abyss with the three magic books and disappeared.

(End of this chapter)