"Dragons are difficult creatures to raise. They are proud and powerful. Only when you can truly connect with your dragon's heart can its unrivaled power truly be yours to wield."
Compared to elemental magic, where one could at least see tangible results, Rejedo's teachings to Nils were far more abstract. But that was simply how the Summoning Element worked.
Or rather, this was the path of the Summoning Element that Rejedo had explored—his core purpose in taking disciples was still to investigate the possibilities he had discovered. Students could choose their own Magic Elements, but they had to follow his lead in the broader direction.
"How deeply you can truly connect with the Wind Angel Flame Dragon you summoned at the beginner level will determine what kind of dragon I find for you at the intermediate level. So... work hard."
"Yes, Teacher!"
Nils's eyes were filled with fervor for dragons and trust in Rejedo, even though nothing Rejedo taught him could be found in any magic university.
In Nils's eyes, those old fools from the Summoning Element departments of magic universities didn't know shit!
Could their understanding of the Summoning Element and dragons possibly compare to a teacher who had helped him summon a Sub Dragon while he was still at the beginner level?
They didn't even have Sub Dragons themselves, did they?
To dragon-type Demonic Beasts—or, in the eyes of dragon fanatics like Nils, the distinct category known as "dragons" separated from Demonic Beasts—bloodline was a gulf as vast as heaven and earth.
From highest to lowest, they were true dragons, Sub Dragons, Mixed Dragons, and dragon beasts. Mixed Dragons could still be considered hybrid dragons, but dragon beasts were merely Demonic Beasts with a trace of dragon blood.
Yet that mere trace of dragon blood allowed dragon beasts