Rickle could feel his body slowing down as he tried to move forward. As if something was pulling at his body, it wasn’t time itself but only the area he was in. There were few times he had experienced this feeling before, and all the times in the past he had experienced it, he never wanted to experience it being used on him again. As he tried to inch his way forward even further, the dark shadows that were creeping in from the corner of his eyes had wrapped around his wrists and pushed around his legs, holding him in place. Looking ahead, it was quite clear where the shadow had come from. The smile was plastered all over Rumper’s face, and along with it, the color of his eyes had completely changed. The white in them could no longer be seen, covered in a dark purple making its appearance almost black, just like the infected Altered. "The power of the Shadow, how is it that you were able to obtain it? Were you infected as well? Was this all your doing?" Rickle shouted. He couldn’t keep a clear mind. If he thought about it a bit more, he would know this was clearly already beyond just being a little infected like that of an Altered would. No one was able to utilize a power like this. "Hahaha, you didn’t even realize, and I thought that you were one of the smarter ones!" Rumper replied. "I have to say, it was nice of you to bring me to this sad person. I was surprised myself when I had entered his mind." "Entered his mind?" Rickle replied, as he started to think of all of the possibilities, and his worst nightmare had come true. The excavation points, the places where Rumper had been working, and the details that went along with it. "You’re a smart man, it appears you figured it out. You see, when I fell from this world before, there were a few parts of me that were still left deep… you should know, even part of my power was still attached to beasts far and wide." "And finally, I had managed to get my hands inside a human of all things… it was perfect." Hearing this voice again, the echo of it, and the power of it all, it led Rickle to believe it could only be one person from the past. The source of the infected beasts to begin with and where this infection had started from long ago. A Black Dragon, with the power of the Shadow, named Krad. The powerful dragons that were once on Earth, with a range of powerful abilities and powers, in particular, there was one that was focused on taking out all life on Earth, but they had failed. "That’s impossible, this can’t have happened, you were vanquished long ago!" Rickel shouted. "Right, right, but my power still existed, and that power is the essence of my existence, you should know that." Rumper replied. "If my power exists, then I exist and I can continue on." "Which is why we stopped the calamity from reappearing again. We handed your powers to another, we gave the crystal to those that could control the power. So your powers would never grow and it would continue in another. Right now, that person still has your power, so it shouldn’t exist." Rumper started to laugh, a dreaded far laugh that was so deep it shook the room and went through to the center of Rickle’s core. "Your plan would have worked, if all of my power was contained in that crystal. IF the power you handed to the other was completely taken over by that person you speak of, but you see my power still lingered in that of beasts. "And with it, the power continued to spread to more and more. That shadow might no longer be a part of me, but the part of me that still existed continued to grow!" From the beginning, this had always been a worry in the back of Rickle’s mind when they had first found out about the infected beasts. Which is why he wanted to keep control of all the infected beasts he could find. He wasn’t sure that the power alone could incur the revitalization of Krad the Dragon, but if there was a chance he wanted to stop it. Yet somehow the black substance continued to be used, more infected beasts and Altered were appearing. And now he had found the source of it all. It was right under his nose. Krad must have infected Rumper long ago. A man that Rickle thought he trusted and was by his side, and had spread the use of the infected serums. In order to grow the power until it was at this point. With how much shadow lingered out of Rumper, it even made Rickle believe he had injected a more pure injection into himself at this point. Enjoy exclusive chapters from freewebnovel And as a man with a great mind, it was easier for him to come up with a solution to do so. Rumper wasn’t the one that had betrayed him, Rickle had failed again. He had failed to protect another individual. ’Everything that happened to this man’s life, the involvement with it, I am the one to blame.’ "It seems the world has changed quite a bit, and without that damned Red Dragon, there is no one left to stop me now!" Rumper laughed. Although Rickle hated to admit it, Rumper… no Krad might have been right. In the past, the ones who had saved everything and defeated the Black Dragon were the Talens. In this time period, the Talens were nothing special, they were no one. Without them, who could stop the Black Dragon this time? (Note: For more context, you can read My Dragon System, Webtoon and Novel available on Webnovel) ***** For updates on MWS and future works, please remember to follow me on my social media below. Instagram: jksmanga When news of MVS, MWS, or any other series comes out, you will be able to see it there first, and you can reach out to me. If I’m not too busy, I tend to reply back.