Chapter 5 Not A Loser
"Is Shirley really so powerful?" Rocky asked, seeing that Lena was really serious.
"Bart from the Ximen n was the recognized talent for manipting the spirit since the first
generation of spirit maniptors was born. It''s said that he possessed a strong power of spirit
maniption beyond his years. Even Bryant, the most powerful spirit maniptor of the Ximen n
today, didn''t match his strength at the same age. But Bart was not born into the Ximen n. He was
adopted by the patriarch at that time. Though he was talented, many people bullied him because he
was adopted, so he disappeared forty years ago. No one knows where he is now and some people
even say that he is already dead. Otherwise, the most powerful spirit maniptor in the Holy Dragon
Empire should be him, not Bryant Ximen. You should never underestimate Shirley. A spirit
maniptor''s power is dependent on their own training and practice, but the key is being born with
talent. For instance, you can never be a spirit maniptor because you don''t have the talent," Lena told
him bluntly. She knew it would hurt him in this way, but she wanted Rocky to understand the gravity of
the situation and not act recklessly again.
"Really? I don''t think so! Once I have the opportunity, I will show you that talent is nothing," Rocky said
arrogantly. Lena was taken aback by his attitude.
"But what on earth are spirit maniptors and the spiritual method?" Rocky asked abruptly, and once
more Lena was shocked by his words.
"You truly don''t remember anything! No wonder you''ve been saying such ridiculously arrogant things.
But I have never met anyone like you," Lena said with a relieved smile.
"Memory loss is better than being dead," Rocky sighed with emotion.
"Well, to put it simply, a spirit maniptor has the power to manipte spiritual creatures and use the
spiritual method," Lena exined.
"Spiritual creature? What''s that? I''ve never heard of this kind of creature, I only know primates..."
Rocky murmured, confused.
"Spiritual creatures are creatures that have the spirit such as cats, dogs, wolves, tigers, leopards and
so on. Of course, what makes the spirit maniptors in the Holy Dragon Empire most proud is that we
can manipte dragons. You know, what Shirley was riding!" Lena said proudly.
"That was a dragon?" Rocky asked in surprise.
"Yes," Lena affirmed.
"It is really rted to dinosaurs, but it is a little different from what I imagined before. I must catch one
and do some research once I have the chance," Rocky murmured, his eyes filling with expectation and
excitement as he touched his chin.
"Rtive of dinosaurs? What are dinosaurs? There are only two kinds of dragons: the war dragon and
the spiritual dragon. I''ve never heard that dragons have rtives called dinosaurs," Lena was in turn
confused by Rocky''s words.
"Oh, nothing," Rocky said dismissively. He asked again, "Was the powerful light Shirley used to hit me
the spiritual method?"
"Yes, and Shirley only used one-tenth of her power. If she uses her full power, she can make a city wall
copse in one second. You would most definitely be a pile of flesh and bones now if she attacked you
with full power. So don''t ever offend her again from now on, and don''t you even think about
"I get it. Don''t worry. I won''t offend her as long as she doesn''t offend me." Rocky did not care much
about what Lena had warned him about. But he was interested in the other thing that Lena told him, so
he immediately asked, "I want a dragon as well. Can I have one?"
"Manipting dragons is a unique talent and ability of our royal n of the Holy Dragon Empire. Since
you are the prince, you could manipte dragons, but... You have used up all your chances, Basil,
because you participated the sacred ritual five times and also failed five times to bond with the Dragon
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Spirit Bead and attained the dragon spiritual power," Lena sighed as she shook her head.
"What is the dragon spiritual power?" Rocky was still confused.
"Something that gives you the ability to manipte dragons. Otherwise, ordinary spirit maniptors
can only manipte regr spiritual creatures. And to acquire the dragon spiritual power, you have to
bond with the Dragon Spirit Bead which contains the dragon spiritual power and is brought by the
ambassadors of the Dragon Master n at the sacred ritual of the Holy Dragon Empire. If you
sessfully bond with it, a Dragon Spirit Mark will show on your arm, and that means you have
acquired the dragon spiritual power. Only in that way can you manipte a dragon," Lena exined to
him patiently.
"What is the rtionship between the Dragon Master n and the Holy Dragon Empire? Why do they
give such a powerful bead to the Holy Dragon Empire?" Rocky was still struggling to absorb all this
new information.
"What? You''ve even forgotten that basic fact?" Lena asked, shocked. She felt so strange at Basil''s
memory loss and altered attitude.
"Yes, looks like I have lost so much memory." Rocky was afraid that Lena would doubt him.
Lena had to continue to tell Rocky the background of this world.
Rocky learned that this world was called the Wild Spirit Land where the spiritual race lived with human
beings. The spiritual race was the hybrid of the ancient mythical creatures and humans in the ancient
times. They had strong power and they could manipte every kind of creature in the world. And the
Dragon Master n was a high-ss n in the spiritual race. They could not only manipte regr
spiritual creatures, but also manipte the powerful dragons.
However, because the spiritual race had low reproduction rates, their poption significantly decreased
for thousands of years. So some ns of the spiritual race had died out, and the rest ns of the
spiritual race were headed in the same direction.
But hundreds of years ago, some ns of the spiritual race noticed the human beings in primitive
times, so they began to try to bond the power of the spiritual race into human beings to carry forward
their power. The founders of the Holy Dragon Empire were the first group of people who got the power
from the spiritual race.
From then on, these people who got the power of the spiritual race reproduced and evolved rapidly.
They had gotten stronger and wiser for hundreds of years. Atst, they developed into this beautiful
world.
Besides the Holy Dragon Empire, there were many other human kingdoms where the humans had got
the power from other ns of the spiritual race on the Wild Spirit Land. The Holy Dragon Empire was
the most prosperous of these kingdoms, with other nations also upying a part of thend and
strengthening their power. The fighting among the ns of the spiritual race became the fighting among
the human countries. The spiritual race made humans rece themselves to fight the endless war.
As they developed for thousands of years, the humans who had acquired the power of the spiritual
race evolved and strengthened the power. Atst, the power of the spiritual race was divided into six
stages: the Mortal Stage, the Earthly Stage, the Heavenly Stage, the Supernal Stage, the Divine Stage,
and the Immortal Stage. Each stage had nine grades, with the ninth being the highest.