Chapter 292: Current Status Screen
Dreadfort, Bolton Lands
POV of Domeric Bolton
A few hours later.
"…the giant apes were the worst," Domeric told her, feeling content with the cuddling after sex.
"Were they as large as the giants we have here?" Ygritte asked as she slowly massaged his chest.
He did not know where she had learned to do that, but he enjoyed it immensely and let his own hand roam across her body as well.
"Larger." He replied.
"How large?" She asked.
"About twice the size of the shorter giants we have."
Her hand, roaming across his chest, stopped, and she gazed at him incredulously.
"And you fought them?" she asked.
"No, I did not."
But he definitely wanted to fight them.
Animals like them couldn't grow as large as they did without having a tremendous amount of magic to support their body structure.
If nothing else, their blood alone would have been a powerful ingredient for any potions or magical ink he tries to make in the future.
Not to mention that their pitch-black eyes and red pupils also intrigued him, even if they creeped him out just the same.
"They were scary as fuck." He said. However, that was primarily because of his flashbacks.
He never properly got over his fear of the giants.
And no, not the giants of this world. The giants of his old world. They were twice as large, 10 times uglier, and 100 times more prone to violence.
Why the ICW even allowed them to exist was beyond his comprehension.
"If someone like you, who does not even fear the White Walkers, feared those giant apes, then they must be rather scary." She said.
"You have no idea." He told her. Not mentioning that he did fear the White Walkers a fair bit as well.
But if he had to choose between a White Walker and a Giant Ape as his enemy, then he would definitely choose the Giant Ape. Because, despite their size, White Walkers were definitely more deadly.
Probably… Maybe?
"You brought back the Wyverns, though. So that counts as a success. Right?"
"Yes." He replied, "Though it still remains to be seen if our Skinchangers could control a Wyvern or not. If they could, then that would be a huge advantage for us."
"If they can't?" she asked.
He shrugged, "Then I suppose I'll get some more fresh magical ingredients from the Wyverns. Who knows, their meat might even be tasty."
She giggled at his words. He loved it when she did that, especially when she was cuddling next to him with her breast on his chest.
"Are you going to try to bond with one of the Wyverns yourself? After all, you're a Skinchanger now, aren't you?" Ygritte asked.
Ygritte's question gave Domeric something to think about. Seeing his thoughtful expression, Ygritte lay her head on Domeric's chest and waited for him to decide.
Meanwhile, Domeric silently summoned the System Status screen and continued to think while looking at the screen.
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Name: Domeric Bolton, Harry James Potter
Age: 17
Race: Human
Magical Race: Wizard, Greenseer, Dragonlord
Family: Great Noble House of Bolton of the North, Noble and Most Ancient House of Potter
Titles: Chosen by Death, Death Champion, White Knight, Boy-who-lived, Blessed by Lady Death, Death Prince, Blessed by Lady Terra, Chosen by Old Gods, expand to see more...
Abilities: System, Skinchanger, Greensight, Third Eye (Not Active), Dragonrider, The Dreamer.
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This is Domeric's Status screen after the Dragonlord Ritual, bonding with the Heart Tree, and activating his powers with Lady Terra's blessing.
The powers granted by Lady Terra's blessing hadn't significantly altered his status. After all, these powers had been present in his status before, but they hadn't been activated then.
However, despite the minor change in his status, Domeric was now a Greenseer with the powers of Skinchanger and Greensight.
He hadn't yet experienced a green dream, but he could use his Skinchanger powers at will. This meant he could also bond with a Wyvern if he so desired.
Before making his decision, Domeric focused on abilities that were previously absent from his Status.
[Third Eye (Not Active): Grants Greenseers the power to see past and present events. This ability is not currently activated because the user does not have enough experience to access it. Please increase your connection with Nature and gain expertise in your Greenseer powers.]
The Third Eye was the only new ability Domeric gained after connecting with the Heart Tree, and it appeared he wasn't yet at the right level to wield it. There was nothing Domeric could do about it, so he focused on the abilities he gained after the ritual.
After the ritual, the word Dragonlord appeared in the Magical Race section, and with the wording, Domeric gained two new abilities: Dragonrider and The Dreamer.
[Dragonrider: This ability allows you to bond with dragons. As a full-blooded Dragonlord, the user can bond with and control three dragons.
Current Bonded Dragons: None]
[The Dreamer: It is the ability to have prophetic dreams called dragon dreams.]
Like the Green Dreams, Domeric hadn't experienced any Dragon Dreams since awakening.
But the real ability that had Domeric thinking was the Dragonrider ability.
The ability clearly stated that Domeric could bond with three dragons. This meant that the changes Domeric had made to the ritual had worked.
But the ability only mentioned the bond he could establish with the dragons. He had no idea what kind of control he could exert over them.
Valyrian Dragonlords used binding spells and dragon horns to control their dragons. Domeric possessed neither.
Targaryens, on the other hand, used whips and voice commands to control their dragons.
But Domeric clearly found these methods primitive. His aim was much higher. He wanted to achieve a higher level of control and harmony over his dragons, if possible.
Just like the Skinchanger bond he had with Hedwig.
Therefore, Domeric aimed to establish a Skinchanger bond with the three dragons he would bond with.
But every Skinchanger, no matter how powerful they were, had their limits. And Domeric worried that if he formed a Skinchanger bond with another animal, he wouldn't have enough strength to form a bond with his Dragons.
After all, the dragon eggs Domeric incubated weren't ordinary dragons, and he was sure that creating a Skinchanger bond with them would require far more mental strength than with normal dragons.
"No. I don't want to bond with any other animals until I've formed a Skinchanger bond with my dragons. If I have enough mental strength left after that, I can consider other animals." Domeric finally said after a moment of thought.
"Is it possible to form a Skinchanger bond with dragons? I'm sure it would be even harder than Wyverns," she said.
"That's for sure. But we never know until we try, do we?" he said.
"Yeah, we won't know until we try," she said, pressing kisses to Domeric's chest.
When her hand was roaming around his abs, she came across an obstruction, and she stopped and looked up at him.
"Again?" she asked.
He smirked and took hold of her beautiful red hair.
"Yes. Again. Now be a good bitch and take me like you're born to do."
She frowned, never really having properly understood the concept of 'dirty talk' but she indulged him, nevertheless.
He scoffed and pushed her to her knees and on her hands and climbed on top of her.
"The Dothraki always take their women this way." He told her as he slowly slipped inside her slippery and wet folds with some of his seed still leaking out of her hole.
He pulled on her hair and pounded into her with each word, "Must get boring for them after a while. But I can understand the joy… of taking a woman like this."
They continued this well into the night until both of them were too tired to continue and fell asleep in each other's embrace.
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