9 White forest (03)

As mana was produced by infusing your will and energy, it also represented as your signature and unique identity.

Zed released a small amount of mana from his body and it travelled in a straight line as if it was string towards mother Silver Leo. His mana had no colour other than being between white and transparency.

Looking at the colour of his mana the mother Leo stopped for a moment and her long mane slowly stretched itself and the mana string got immediately pulled over without him doing anything. After touching the mana string with her mane the mana string became a slightly more transparent and flowed toward the baby Leo who was whimpering at his mother.

He suddenly became quiet and looked at Zed but now with less hostility because his mother introduced his mana as an allied creature.

The mother Leo stared at Zed with her ice-blue eyes and her pupils constricted suddenly and returned to normal instantly.

Zed felt as if his body was covered in water for a moment only to be washed out instantly and out of his control. He realised that the mother Leo should've checked upon him and he could not have been capable of stopping her so it did not matter to him that much.

It was not considered rude amongst powerful beings to check on others even without their permission as long as they were just checking on the surface, because it was their nature to do so after centuries of curiously studying different things.

Mother Leo after scanning Zed stayed silent for a moment and spoke in her strong voice again.

"Red really did wonders on you now; didn't he?"

Zed got confused after hearing her and could not see what wonders he had.

Seeing his confusion mother Leo said.

"Not everyone gets to have the mentality that you have and not in short years of life that you lived for at least. And I'm not talking about your dream world but life in reality, which is considered a blink for others."

She already noticed his strong mental state after observing him and after her scan, she finally noticed why. Even though Zed experienced hundreds of lifecycles and almost thousands of years, in reality, he was just under 50 years and that was not a long period of time for other mages. She also realised that Redel probably made Zed continuously practice energy and mana control for at least a few centuries even though only 15years had passed in the outside world and it was probably due to the world tree along with the legendary White lake.

Zed also realised why she was surprised now and he couldn't help but think about all of his miserable life.

The little Leo again started to whimper hearing her mother speak because he heard her pain. He knew that it was not long before he could no longer see her again.

But his mother did not share the same emotion as her child, the pride she achieved throughout her life could not let her bent even in front of her child. And she knew that her child would too have this same pride after he grows up.

Not saying anything anymore she slowly starts to move and her majestic figure once again stood tall. The surrounding nature mana too resonated with her and Zed could feel again the same majestic feel he felt before his grandfather and gran Bitsy but they were much more in control of their powers unlike the Legendary Silver Leo in front of him now who was letting it wildly flow around. He knew she was doing it probably because she was showing her child what it was to be her child.

"Until he grows up his identity would be kept hidden so you do not need to trouble yourself with him."

Mother Leo said and Zed immediately noticed the little Leo now only had his silver fur but the runes which were covering his body before were gone. Now he looked no different than the Snow Leopard described in the basic animal info provided by his dear grandfather which was also a rare creature but not as much as Silver Leo.

Because of their exact resemblance snow leopards were hunted for keeping them as pets; in fact, they were only blessed with their appearance because of Silver Leo bestowed them with after following them as their subordinates. Others hunted them because there was a legend that if a snow leopard were talented and strong enough they can fully awaken as a Silver Leo and some indeed did end up becoming legends amongst other creatures.

The uncontrolled hunting led to their species being rare and now people slowly considered that legend only as a legend.

The mother Leo stood in front of Zed and said.

"It is time; do not let him bent his head in front of those greedy dragons or else it would be a shame for me. And if he sees his father in the future? Let him beat that useless old bones too. Do not spoil him until he only eats grass and sleeps with his belly greeting sun." She said with a strong voice and continued.

"Remember my name, Argenta. It was bestowed upon me by legendary first mages and I take pride in that feat; if he does not get acknowledged by the other supremes then he will be my shame."

Zed had a hard time following her thoughts and it took him few breaths to understand that this Mother Leo disdained dragons, had grudges with male Leos and last but not least had seen gran Bitsy eating lazily while having sunbath. And he could also feel her sentence at the end was filled with pride to the bones and majesty unlike any other emperor; he did not even feel the pain he felt during previous time.

The little Leo now stood silently and scratching the ground with his small claws but only to end up hitting the iron wall. He could not even make the ground scratch with his claws which only made him even more frustrated and he scratched with even more power.

Zed guessed that it was most likely because he was fighting his own mother's aura and felt a little unsettled knowing he was too weak compared to his mother.

The Silver Leo species were so prideful that they would make their own children be born with ordinary powers and talent, even weaker than ordinary snow leopards and it was not just Silver Leo; but dragons and other powerful beings too. Which led to some of them dying prematurely or being sacrificed to the glory of their slayers and granting them some of their natural talents.

And these deaths did not phase the mighty creatures as they only saw it as a failure and moved on. The only benefits these descendants of mighty creatures had was that they could acquire all the knowledge they needed to become stronger as long as they had the strength enough to access it in the first place.

No prideful being would let their children get near books of knowledge they had and those who tried to forcefully acquire it, they died in the claws and hoves of their own parents and ancestors. The only thing these beings acknowledged was pride and how much strength and will they had to fight for that knowledge.

The mother Leo did not stand on the ceremony and slowly started to disappear just like how Redel and Bitsy did. The little Leo whimpered again but suddenly he sopped completely because a powerful force made him kneel on the ground along with Zed.

He too felt a strong pressure coming from this slowly disappearing mother Leo and had a hard time withstanding that but he endured because he knew his death was imminent if he showed any weakness even while kneeling in front of her. That was a pride these beings had; they even disdained to associate with those who could not have the willpower to fight against strong.

Suddenly!

ROOOOOARRRRRR!!!!!!!!

The deafening roar was spread throughout the forest and not just inside the forest covered in rues but the whole forest covered by giant trees and plants. They trembled under the mighty sound of this roar, the animals and creatures kneeled down and prostrated towards the origin of the sound.

The sound wave spread throughout the world and alerted many races and species which made them frightened because only when a mighty dragon spread his wings did this sound was produced.

But that was not the end.

ROOOOARRRR!!!!!!!

ROAAARR!!!!

ROOOOAAARRRR!!!!

Following the first roar, many other beastly cries were spread again and again making the kings and emperors of kingdoms and empires panic, the leaders of different species became alerted. Because not long ago the world gifted newborn children unusual blessings or curses as some began to call them. And now these presence showing their might?

Is the war going to break out with the beasts?

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Meanwhile, Zed continued to endure the pressure and struggled to stand up. He looked at little Leo cub who was kneeling and couldn't help but glance at his mighty mother, he immediately noticed her displeased expression as she looked at her child, she roared again.

RRRRROOOOAARRRRRR!!

She emitted even more pressure and her presence this time making Zed kneel again and following her second roar came the roars from different directions, some even from the forest itself.

RRROOAARR!! RRRROOOAARR!!! ROOOAARRRR!!

He did not hear these cries first time because the of the mother Leo's presence but this time she let these roars be freely entered in her domain. And these cries sounded displeased too as if knowing the emotions of Argenta. These cries were something like a trial the mighty beasts would make their descendants go through but they would do so within their barriers and domains without letting the world know and only those worthy enough to know had any knowledge about these trials.

This was an exception for showing respect to this departing supreme.

Zed felt stifled much less the little Leo cub hearing those cries and trembled again but this time the little creature clawed against the ground even while bleeding.

ROAR!

The little creature cried himself after those beastly roars and as if they were a little satisfied many gentle but majestic and crude waves of different auras passed through the forest washing it and making other weaker beast lose consciousness.

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