"Just hang in there. It'll be over soon."
With a *POP*, Chen Yu reverted to his bouncy Slime form. He hopped over to Xiaoka's side and gently patted it with a small gel hand, comforting it.
Xiaoka lowered its head and whimpered, feeling the endless power surging from within. An instinct, originating from the depths of its bloodline, compelled it to act. It couldn't help but raise its neck toward the vast autumn sky and unleash a roar, announcing its rebirth.
"AWOOO!!!"
The sound, though clear and juvenile, already carried the faint stirrings of a dragon's might. It echoed endlessly above the swamp, its resonance reaching as far as Mudu.
The Slimes had already been notified through the gel network, so they merely paused their work and play, their curiosity piqued as they glanced toward the source of the sound outside the city.
Oldes, however, who was chatting with Turk near the Knight training grounds, was startled by the sudden roar.
