"Vellona, you've grown so fast. Moving here was definitely the right choice."
In mid-December, Azure Wave Dragon Natalie gazed at Vellona, who was nearly twenty meters long and had reached the early Fifth Rank, growing into a Youth Dragon, and sighed with emotion.
Dragons' growth stages weren't determined by age, but by rank. With abundant resources, they grew quickly; with scarce resources, they grew slowly.
The period from the Third to the Fourth Rank was the young dragon stage, the Fifth and Sixth Ranks were the Youth Dragon stage, and the Seventh through Ninth Ranks were the adult dragon stage.
These three stages of a dragon's growth could be divided further. Third-Rank dragons were hatchlings, Fourth-Rank dragons were juvenile dragons, Fifth-Rank dragons were Youth Dragons, Sixth-Rank dragons were Sub-adult Dragons, Seventh-Rank dragons were ordinary adult dragons, Eighth-Rank dragons were elder adult dragons, and Ninth-Rank dragons were Dragon Kings.
Under the new rules established by the Goddess of Light, Ninth-Rank dragons were Dragon Kings, the strongest dragons to walk the world. Dragons above the Ninth Rank lived in seclusion in special places, keeping out of worldly affairs.
Vellona had spent a long time in the young dragon stage. She began growing rapidly after Blue Dragon Sindasa got together with Azure Wave Dragon Natalie.
To get closer to Azure Wave Dragon Natalie, Blue Dragon Sindasa had invested a great deal of resources in Vellona.
Sindasa's investment had paid off. With Vellona bringing them together, he had successfully mated with Azure Wave Dragon Natalie, who had laid an egg for him.
When Vellona first arrived in Kurd City, she hadn't yet reached the late Fourth Rank.
During this time, she had been staying with Medivh, with all the Elemental Crystals and Elemental Spirit Fruits she could want. She had quickly left behind the