Chapter 49 - The Flashback - Part 4: The Dragon Summoner

Siara had managed to kill 20 Intermediate Bears and 3 Greater Bears on her own, but there were still 80 Intermediate Bears and 47 Greater Bears left with the King too of course.

Now thanks to Shin's action, only 15 Intermediate Bears and 9 Greater Bears remained. And yes, the King was alive too.

Since they all died thanks to Shin's action, he was given a tremendous amount of Exp by the system which ended up aiding him to rise to the next level in an instant!

[ You have leveled up ]

[ You have leveled up ]

[ You have... ]

The same notification popped up at least twenty times.

After that finally, a different notification appeared when a strange sound was being made, by Shin that is.

'Ding'

[ You have used the skill Hymn Of Dragons ]

Suddenly weird noises started to come out of Shin which took the form of a song. Of course, it was probably the trashiest song or tune ever, it still linked to make something unimaginable.

'Ding'

[ You sang the Hymn Of Shadow ]

[ You have succeeded in pleasing a Mid-Tier Dragon, The Shadow Dragon ]

[ Summoning a Shadow Dragon... ]

Suddenly a large magic circle was formed below him. It had tons of inscriptions on it. Maybe, it was the Hymn that was engraved in the circle.

The circle was black in color. Shin was standing in the exact middle of it.

'Zap'

An intense flash of light, of course, black, emerged from the circle and rose vertically! It practically engulfed Shin completely and he wasn't visible to anyone anymore.

Everyone was watching as this happened. Siara was absolutely bewildered by seeing this.

Another circle formed in the sky parallel to the rising flash of black light. This circle was also black but was distinguishable.

From that very circle, a pair of wings emerged out right after which a large but flexible tail was visible. Following them was a massive body having a large head with carnivorous large teeth.

"D-dragon? A real one?", asked one of the remaining Intermediate bears.

The parts weren't separate or detached, they all were connected. However, some parts couldn't be seen or were actually invisible. Better to be said, they were covered with black smoke.

[ Congratulation ]

[ You have summoned a Shadow Dragon ]

[ You have gained the title 'Dragon Summoner' ]

[ Your affinity with Dragons will be deepened and stronger Dragons could be summoned ]

Shin just sang something on his own. Of course, he could feel the voice or rhythm of the hymn deep within his soul, but it was totally different when he tried to sing.

Thanks to that trash-like but wonderful hymn, a shadow dragon responded.

'Roarrrr'

The dragon roared with all its might right after landing on the ground. Its entire body was still not visible since it was covered with some black-colored intense smoke.

All the Bears flinched the moment it roared. The Bear King was no exception.

The Dragon was huge, maybe two times the Bear King who was already 1.5 times the size of the Greater bears!

Its tail moved flexibly but the dragon didn't attack anyone. It just stood there with its four limbs as if it was analyzing something.

"That was a wonderful song...", it said without actually opening its mouth. Needless to say, it was ancient Dragon magic that enabled the dragon to speak to everyone without actually opening the mouth.

Of course, that was evident since there was a weird rainbow-colored mixed shine on its body each time it spoke.

The dominant tone caused everyone to shiver. They were so scared that they couldn't move even an inch.

The dragon then turned back and faced Shin without actually turning its entire body back. It was possible thanks to its long neck.

He took a look at Shin who was standing there. He was surprised too because this was the first time he had seen a dragon and indeed it was scary.

Just glancing at the Dragon's body one would faint. No one would even dare to look into its eyes but it seemed like Shin was able to do that.

Both of them stared at each other for a moment. The entire area was filled with silence.

"Well well, what do we have here?"

"A Dragon wolf?", the shadow dragon said this while looking at Shin.

Everyone heard that and now they started to doubt everything that the Bear King said. That was because a dragon called a wolf 'Dragon Wolf' that was no ordinary thing.

"Hmm. not fully-fledged are you now?", the dragon smiled.

"Would you sing the song for me again?", the dragon asked.

*gulp*

'How can I sing something which I don't even remember?', was what Shin asked himself.

Well, the question to that was answered by the system.

'Ding'

[ The Hymn has been saved in the memory of the System and can be invoked by the host at any moment ]

'Well, that's convenient...', Shin was relieved since the dragon wouldn't be mad as he wouldn't refuse now. 

"Yes, I would but...", Shin mumbled.

It was as if he had lost all his strength in front of a dragon. Of course, the dragon wasn't concealing its aura so everyone was scared which included Shin and Siara too.

Its aura had started to slowly spread now when the Dragon realized that Shin was frightened because of that.

"Hmm, now will this do any help?", the dragon completely concealed its aura as if it was nothing.

Needless to say, Shin was surprised and impressed by this.

"Thank you..."

"Well actually...", he was about to tell the dragon about the bears when suddenly all the bears started running here and there.

Since the aura was suppressed, they could now move with ease due to which they started escaping which caused a large amount of chaos.

"Now now, I hate useless noises...", just after saying that the dragon turned its gazes towards the Bears.

"Come to me kids, take care of these nuisances that are causing trouble!", that was all the dragon said while glaring at the Bears.

The Bears were still running away while trying to escape from the dragon when suddenly all of them stopped where they were. They couldn't move anymore or to be precise, they had become like statues!

And from the shadows of the bears, red eyes could be seen.

To be continued...