Ch 5: Returning Home

Alexis' journey to the center of the Fallen Dragon Wasteland was extremely harsh but his return on the other hand was extremely smooth. The reason for that was obviously his newfound strength.

After going through his status panel, Alexis used his draconic transformation ability. But he used this technique partiality so he did not completely turned into a dragon. Instead dragon wings came out from his back and he started flying.

Flying had always been a big dream of humans and only high ranking mages were capable of that. Alexis had his hands full trying to survive with his mother so he had never thought of fanciful dreams like this.

But as soon as he took to the sky and the view from above became clear to his eye, he finally understood why many people wanted to freely roam the sky.

The feeling of wind hitting against his body, the sensation of being above everything, was just way too good. So just like that, with his newfound power of flight, Alexis enjoyed himself in the middle of the sky for quite some time.

While he was flying, suddenly Alexis noticed a large green lizard monster. It was the same monster who was chasing after him with the intention of devouring him at the beginning. Seeing the monster, Alexis immediately got the urge to beat it up.

If it was like before, Alexis would never dare to do anything dangerous like that. But with his current power, he was confident that he would be able to defeat this lizard without any problem.

So if he let this this monster go without taking revenge on it, Alexis would feel regretful for missing the chance for a long time. So he decided to attack the monster even if it was a bit dangerous.

Alexis did not know the exact stats of this monster but with his draconic eyes he could somewhat guess how powerful it actually was.

And if this monsters stats were higher than his own, then it should not have any trouble catching his previous weak self. For that reason, Alexis judged that this monster was definitely weaker than his current self.

But still Alexis did not directly attack it and instead decided to start the fight with a sneak attack. He flew directly over the monster and fell down on its head with an axe kick. As he was flying quite high in the sky, the velocity with which he hit the monster's head was quite high.

Not only that but before hitting the monster's head, Alexis had turned his feet into dragon claws. So the powerful force transmitted after Rein hit the lizard monsters head was even greater.

After landing the head, Rein immediately got ready for a long drawn out battle with powerful dragon scales covering his whole body.

But even after waiting for a few seconds, Alexis the monster before Alexis did not move even a little bit. Instead a pool of blood was getting created below the monster.

So Alexis went to check the monster and found it to already be dead. It looked like the first attack he landed on the monster was much stronger than what he had expected or this green lizard monster was way weaker than what he had thought.

This event showed Alexis that his power was quite strong and his body was extremely tough when he was using the dragon transformation ability. This was a very good news and Alexis was happy about his super powerful strength.

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After taking his revenge on the green lizard monster, Alexis was in a very good mood. As the body of the lizard was quite valuable, he decided to store that in his spatial storage, which was also known as inventory.

The inventory was a technique that allowed people to store things inside a personal space only they had access to. It was a fantastical ability but it was not very rare.

Anyone above a Mana or Aura Sensitivity of C were capable of using the inventory ability. But the individual with higher grade had more space inside their inventory.

So as Alexis had a mana sensitivity grade of S+, his inventory was extremely large, almost limitless. So even though the body the lizard was quite big, he had no problem storing it inside. He could store thousands more inside his inventory if he wanted.

After collecting the body, Alexis decided to not waste any more time and started flying toward his home.

He did want to also find the wyvern who had breathed fire on him but that wyvern was not in the location where Alexis had seen it the last time.

As he was worried about his mother, Alexis decided to go back to her as soon as possible instead of spending an indeterminate amount of time searching for the wyvern. So just like that, Alexis' adventure in the Fallen Dragon Wasteland came to an end.

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With Alexis flying at his full speed, in just an hour, he reached very close to the city. This same journey had taken him almost a whole week previously. This was truly an astonishing development.

Before entering the city, Alexis covered himself with the robe and silently flew to his house. The dragon whose power he had absorbed did not really have any stealth related skills, so the robe was still the best bet for Alexis to hide himself.

He silently reached his house and entered it. It was located in a remote corner of the Baron's estate, so no one noticed Alexis, except for the only other inhabitant of the house, who was his mother.

Even though Alexis should be invisible to everyone with his robe, his mother Leyla directly looked at him and smiled sweetly. Seeing his mother's gentle smile, Alexis quickly turned off the effect of the robe and make himself visible.

After finally seeing her beloved son, Leyla's smile became more joyful and she spread her hands. Alexis understood what his mother wanted and obediently hugged her while burying his face in his mother's bountiful bosom.

While petting Alexis' head gently, Leyla checked her son's body thoroughly and sighed in relief after seeing that there was no visible injury on him. But at the same time she was also very surprised.

She knew where her son was going and was aware about the infamous reputation of that location. So her son staying completely unharmed even after visiting that place was extremely astonishing.

But the astonishment did not last for too long in Leyla's mind and soon she became reassured. In her eyes, her son was the best person in the whole wide world. So she was easily able to believe that her son was able to accomplish something that might look impossible to everyone else.

When first Leyla was sent to this outhouse with her just born son, she was always in distress and her health was declining gradually. But to her astonishment, when her son was just 4 years old, he was already as intelligent as, no more intelligent than any adult.

He understood their situation and immediately took steps to solve the problem. He did not blame his useless mother or his unfortunate circumstances.

Not only that but Alexis always told Leyla that they were special and better than those barons. And it was better that the useless baron had already abandoned them as in this case, they would not have to harbour any goodwill toward those useless people.

This was a thought process that a commoner like Leyla had a hard time believing. But with Alexis telling this to her almost everyday and after seeing how brilliant her cute little son actually was, she soon started to believe everything that Alexis said to be true.

Just like that, Alexis became the light of hope for Leyla. Her son was super special and as she had given birth to him, she was also special. That was the believe Alexis had taught to her mother.

So even though both of them were living in this terrible situation for a long time, they had not felt humiliated or terrible even once. They were confident that the situation would change for better very soon.

For Leyla, Alexis was not just her son. He was her everything. Her pride and joy. Her reason for living. Leyla's only wish in life was to stay with her son till her last breath, to see him growing up and to support him in any way she could. That was the goal of her life.

Now that Alexis had managed to gain incredible strength, so what would happen with the life of this mother and son pair going forward in the future ?