100 meters is my limit for freezing each area in that place. Most of the barrier created by Elize started to freeze due to the ice attack I launched. But it didn't have any impact on the barrier around the forest.
Elize's gaze was fixed on my figure as I endlessly fought against the three true dragons. For some reason, a slightly surprised expression crossed Elize's face. From Elize's point of view, she doesn't remember at all when she taught me how to use the ice element as I do now.
"Is this talent? This is something that only those with the best talents can do. I think this kid did it subconsciously, or... he did it because he wanted to try new things?" Every time Elize thought about what I might have done to the ice elements I created, she couldn't help but reveal a happy expression. Elize's view of me had completely changed, becoming much more favorable than when she first met me.
Talent is the only thing that Elize has admired all her life. As one of the women of the Dragon race, Elize's talent is the strongest and slightly above that of Athena. After all, Elize's ability to manipulate the ice element was no lower than that of Dragon Emperor stage experts.
Elize's strength had reached the threshold between the Great Dragon King stage and the Dragon Emperor stage. It's just that she couldn't surpass her limits to reach the Dragon Emperor stage. Even if Elize had a lot of combat experience that she had honed in the past, she was still a young dragon, no different from Athena.
"Impossible...! How could that be?! We lost? We lost to a human?! We don't believe it!" One of the dragon guards revealed an angry expression. Whenever the dragons looked at humans, they thought of them as a lowly race that they could conquer with their strength.
Every being of the Human race would bow before the true dragons. But the man before them was different. He is a human who has the power to defeat the dragons even though they are in their true form. Therefore, the young dragon's guards were completely unable to accept their defeat against a human.
The young dragon did not reveal any expression on his face. His previously arrogant expression had completely fallen and changed into a look of despair. For the young dragon, the strength of the man in front of him was so far beyond his own that he couldn't think of anything.
The memory of when the young dragon first met Elize came flooding back into his mind. The meeting between the young dragon and Elize occurred when she was still a baby dragon, no different from an 8-year-old human child. Instead of being angry at Elize, who stood in his way at that time, the young dragon was fascinated by her figure, like a goddess who appears once in a hundred years.
But that was the past for the young dragon. The young dragon's only goal now was to become Elize's disciple and then obtain her inheritance as the Frost Dragon. In the eyes of true dragons, they consider Elize to be one of the young dragons who will reach the Dragon Emperor stage.
Not all dragons in the Dragon Realm could reach the Dragon Emperor stage like the Dragon King. Among all the young dragons, only Elize and Athena were able to reach the Dragon Emperor stage before reaching adulthood.
This was also the reason why the young dragon wanted to be taken in as Elize's disciple. If the young dragon could become Elize's disciple, he would have a higher chance of becoming the heir of the Skylord family.
As the youngest dragon in the Skylord family, no one in the family, apart from his two guardians, supported him in becoming the heir of the Skylord family. Every noble family of the Dragon race did not lack talent within their ranks.
None of their higher-ups tried to stop their young masters from fighting each other. Only those who are strong will win everything in the world. That was the hierarchy within the Dragon Realm. Both the Dragon Realm and every other world had their own philosophies for educating their successors.
The appearance of Lucien was completely unexpected by the three dragons. Since they were defeated by a human, the young dragon would no longer have a chance to become the heir in his family.
"Enough... we surrender. None of us will win by fighting against a monster like him. We will retreat right now." The young dragon's statement of retreat did not surprise me at all. On the contrary, I happily accepted the young dragon's surrender. Ignoring the sullen expressions of the young dragon's guards, I decided to withdraw the ice domain around that place.
A sigh involuntarily escaped my mouth. I didn't expect at all that I would expand my range in improving my ice element. Although I still haven't started the magic lessons that Elize gave me, I have tried various methods to develop my ice magic beyond those of people who have just started their magic training.
In the battle against the three true dragons, my understanding of magic also increased much more than when I practiced in secret. Maybe fighting is one way for me to increase my strength very quickly.
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