24 [Chapter 24] The Shadow Realm

I'm standing on top, a slight chilling breeze blowing past me, but I barely feel it from the amazing scene I'm witnessing right now.

There are plains of flowers and grass as far as the eye can see, forests in the distance. There is a kingdom that seemingly glows with life, all five districts. The common district which is where the commoners live, the shopping district, the noble district, and the kings castle which owns its own district.

I'm jumping up and down from excitement, until I see the symbol. It is a purple dragon with black flames breathed out, 'Wait a minute, isn't that....' I look at my chest to see the exact same symbol. "What the hell?! How does she know about that symbol?!" I yell, causing a tiny avalanche to my left. I then realize what I just did and start breathing to calm my shaking heart. 'Ok, I guarantee this is no coincidence. I doubt she is a god but a divine being maybe? But she is no regular individual. Anyway, I have a world to explore, and I'll be damned if a random thing is gonna stop me.

I look at the castle and notice a shadow just outside of it, barely there, but it's there. Ability: Shadow Transportation, has been used. I fall backwards into my shadow and fall out of the shadow that I was looking at. I get up, sore from the unexpected drop. 'I need to practice this skill and get used to landing. Woah.'

I look up to see the mountain I was just standing on, about 20 miles away from me. I look around, 'I'm about to see the species I thought of roam around! This is the most exciting day of my life!' I walk around till I see a path, I jump on it and walk forward till I reach the gate. The guards start whispering and look at one another, then one glances back at me.

I try to listen in to what they are saying, but they are to far away for me to hear them. I walk up to them, and calmly wave my hand. "Hi." They jump slightly while looking at me very skeptically, "Hello foreigner, what are you doing around here?" 'Crap, I forgot about my voice changer...and I guarantee my clothing is not from around here.'

"I am here to see the dragon arena fight. Do you know where they are held?" I respond calmly. 'I may sound like a demon but I created this world with my thoughts, I remember there being arena fights against people in their dragon form. They were dragon gladiators if I'm right....'

The guards look at eachother then at me, "You're free to enter outlander. Take this road, then two lefts and a right." 'How kind.' I smile and walk inside, even if they can't see it. The place has buildings made of wood, paths made of stone, and trash littered here and there. I look around and follow their directions, to see an arena made of stone with a giant dome overhead.

The arena looks about five times bigger than the arena Dad had made, which is shocking enough, but there are hundreds of thousand of people entering every minute. 'Hmmm, thank you guards or else I would've missed the GIANT DOME! Anyway when did I think of the population being this big?' There is an announcer outside announcing the fight that is about to happen.

"Zralin VS Tyranous! Place bets inside the arena please!" And he just repeats, like a song on loop. In this world being a Dragonborn is common but being able to transform is more rare, hence those who gain the ability usually become Dragon Gladiators. 'I want to see what this fight is gonna look like. I enter and take a seat somewhere. After about an hour, the fighters enter the arena. 'It is a green Dragonborn vs a gold Dragonborn. Interesting. If I'm correct, these matches are tests of strength and magic is prohibited.'

In this world, purple scales are the rarest, there have only been three accounts in history of them existing. And them being shadow dragons means they have the ability to control shadows the best, not that they are all purple or black. The gold Dragonborn is about 6 ft tall, has horns and wings. He is wearing plate armor while the green Dragonborn is about 5 ft tall and wears more barbaric armor, plates covering his arm and legs and his left peck.

They both get onto all fours and start growing till they both are monstrous looking creatures of war. The gold one is about 70-80ft long and 45-50ft tall, he breaths blue hot flames into the air as a declaration that he is ready. He looks at the green dragon, his voice kind but serious. "Let the best fighter win." The green dragon is about 60-70ft long and 35-40ft tall he has a scar across his chest. He breaths green haze in the air which hangs there for moments before disappearing. "Agreed."

I blink my eyes over and over, "Their armor is still on! That means they have armor that grows with them as well! I wonder...should I apply? It will definitely grab people's attention, but the only problem is my armor, it can't change.....can it?" I channel the mana into where my wings would be and I feel two empty spaces appear where the armor used to be. 'I can enter now!'

I make the space disappear before I test something else. 'I can grow wings and a tail, but I wonder....can I change certain parts of my body differently?' I focus on my scales, all of a sudden, I feel only my scales grow, slowly jutting out of my skin. Then I focus on growing claws on my feet and hands, sure enough, I feel them! 'Interesting, so I'm not limited to the system transformations but I have free will over my form. This will be interesting indeed.' I break from my thoughts when I hear a loud explosion. "Begin!" I hear a person yell and all of a sudden, I see the two dragons charging at eachother. The green one utilizing its size to increase its speed while the other one is utilizing its increase in size to get longer strides. After about 2 minutes of suspense, they finally collide. The gold dragon swipes at the green one's head and the green one ducks down, making the gold one miss it by a scales thickness but the wind of the blow causes a few spectators to fly back slightly, they laugh and get back up into their seats, there are cheers and cries of the excitement for the battle.

The green dragon flys up and bites the throat of the gold dragon as he lets out a roar of pain. He takes his clawed hand and strikes down on the green one, pinning him to the ground. But the gold dragon wasn't finished yet, he takes his other claw and the gold dragon holds him down by the neck, he opens his massive maws at his face and out comes a burst of blue flames. I hear the green dragon scream as it gets burnt alive by the flames. It tries to get away but the gold dragon keeps him pinned.

The green dragon squeals in pain as he reaches his limit. He takes his tail, sweeping at the gold ones feet, dust and wind get dragged along by his tail as it swipes the ground. The gold dragon stumbles as the green dragon leaps away from the crater that was created by his massive body, the outline of his head made from black ash. I look at the green dragon, to see half his face charred raw, burnt green scales falling off. Some of the scales landing on the ground with a slight thud. The green dragon expands his wings, and flaps down, bolting into the air. And then I see a translucent barrier take form around us. 'I guess this is to make sure we don't get crushed by a dragon.'

I see the gold dragon smirk and look at the green one, his voice comes out, slightly sarcastic. "Are you gonna just fly there like the runt you are or are you gonna attack me Tyranous?" Tyranous glares at him, flying in the air, "Are you gonna fly at me or stay there like the over grown lizard you are Zralin?" Zralin chuckles and expands his wing span, slowly flying up to his eye line. "Come at me."