The sky was high and the clouds vast.
Emily stood atop a massive pale-green gemstone, gazing at Liszt in his silver-white knight's armor, sword in one hand. Her eyes brimmed with reverence and adoration.
Yet Liszt's eyes seemed fixed upon the void, an infinite piercing force beneath their coldness, as though they could see straight into one's heart. He said nothing. He merely raised the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword in both hands and slowly placed it in Emily's hands, then gave a slight nod.
Then his figure began to solidify into pale-green gemstone, growing larger and larger until it soon became a towering statue that reached toward the heavens, standing in the center of this world.
Isen, the Light Green Gem Dragon, glanced at Liszt's statue, flapped his wings, and came before Emily.
Emily took a deep breath, leaped onto the Dragon Tooth Platform on Isen's back, and then rider and dragon shot into the sky. Beneath the statue's indifferent gaze, they flew toward the brightest place in the heavens and abruptly vanished.
"Roar!"
Amid a dragon's roar that shook heaven and earth.
Emily abruptly opened her eyes and found that the entire world had changed colors. She could now experience a dragon's vision and observe this familiar yet unfamiliar world. Her battle qi and dragon magic merged and refined one another, continuously increasing her strength and allowing her to experience the might of a dragon rider.
"I succeeded!"
"I've become a Light Green Gem Dragon Rider!"
"I haven't let down Your Highness's expectations. Now I am a dragon rider—the first female dragon rider on the Legendary Continent!" Emily dearly wanted to sing aloud, but habits formed over the years kept her from making a sound. She merely rode her dragon through the skies with a surging heart.
Once one