This thing devoured the Imperial Aura as if it had been starved for centuries. The more of the Ancestral Dragon's Imperial Aura it absorbed, the brighter the multicolored glow radiating from the bone became. It was almost as though the Imperial Aura had been created for this very purpose. Even Yaya, wielding the Tree of Life, couldn't consume the Ancestral Aura at such a furious pace.
"Let's go. I'll show you some high-tech, you bumpkin!" Ethan muttered, his patience fraying at the old man's endless hidden tricks.
"Bumpkin?" Aldric the First blinked in disbelief.
"Yes," Ethan said quickly, reading his confusion. "It means you're unbelievably strong and impressive."
"Oh? Then I am a grand bumpkin!" Aldric roared with laughter. "Come, to the Serpent Isles… no, to Earth!" His slip betrayed his true thoughts, but he didn't seem to care.
