Tamer of Cosmic Beasts

Akash collected and put everything in his inventory before moving closer to the Omni Dragon. He looked at the long slender dragon and spoke.

"Father, I don't know why I cried for them, I merely knew them for a day. Is it because they sacrificed themselves for me?"

Omni Dragon looked into Akash Tagar's eyes and replied.

"No, it's because you inherited my blood inside the temple, that's one of its effects."

Akash's squinted his eyes.

"What kind of effect is that?"

"The effects of a real king. Benevolence, compassion, generosity and comity. A true king will walk on the aisle of altruism, he or she will do anything for the prosperity of their nation.

I was a king of such calibre, although my domain was snatched, and my people were killed. As long as there is a single breathing soul calling me their king, I will not bow down to anyone and will fight for the sake of that soul.

However, now that the last 10 remaining lords of mine are no longer alive, I can no longer call myself a king.

I had only two vulnerabilities, my wife and my people. During the war, with the help of Dawn and her tamers, we were overpowering the tamers of Red Bone Lion and Proud Sabretooth.

Every one of them was ready to take each other's lives and kill the enemy happily. Abyssal Raven saw this and predicted the crumbling of his plans which forced him to join the war with the others to defeat our army.

I have only ever cared about two things, my wife and my people. As you can see, I've now lost everything that gives my life meaning, the fire in my heart is nothing more than a dying ember now. Which is why I've passed down my kingly qualities to you, someone who's still young and full of vigor.

As a result, when the 10 Dragon Kings willingly sacrificed themselves to you, you subconsciously accepted them as your own subjects and felt their loyalty and determination. Thus, after you witnessed their death, you felt as if you had lost someone that had served you for countless ages"

Akash was still standing like a statue, not moving or blinking, focused solely on Omni Dragon's words.

Akash took two deep sighs, with a gap in between, after which he finally spoke again.

"Father, is there anything else I should know?"

Dargon answered with a smile.

"Yes, son, there are 3 things."

Akash stepped forward with determined eyes, waiting for the answer to reach his ears.

"Firstly, you'll receive 4 items in total. One of them is that golden cloak that you got, it's made from the law body of my wife, Dawn. The second will be a sword, made from my own scales and fangs.

Third would be a pair of gauntlets, manufactured from the bones and claws of Sabretooth. Lastly, a full body armour, created from the shell of Wise Turtle."

Akash eyes glittered.

"Father, when will I get them? Are they also of the Mythical Grade like the cloak?"

"You will get the Omni Sword when you've reached the 3rd Star realm. The gauntlets, when you've broken through into the 6th Star realm and the armour when you've stepped into the 10th Star realm. And no, they are not Mythical Grade weapons, they are more powerful than those, but to keep you from harming yourself, we've restricted their power to the Mythical Grade."

Akash didn't say anything and kept looking at Omni Dragon, with ever glittering eyes, showing no signs of calming down.

"Secondly, you must kill more and more beasts in the training grounds. Those grounds are not from this Turtle Cosmos."

Akash was startled.

"Are those grounds... from your fallen cosmoses?"

The dragon nodded.

"Yes, they took our cosmoses but weren't able to devour our body and dwelling. So, we still have access to our respective cosmoses. However, we don't have the manpower to reclaim them."

Akash threw out another question.

"Does Ancestor Turtle send beasts to other cosmoses? In order to destroy them, just like they did."

"Yes, but it's not enough to make a big difference, his forces only amount to a hundredth of theirs. Their cosmoses are far bigger than the Turtle Cosmos.

The one who has the biggest cosmos is, without a doubt, Witty Raven. He took my entire cosmos as his own and the 2nd biggest is ruled by Red Bone Lion, who took Sabretooth's cosmos.

The remaining 5 Primordial Beasts divided Dawn's cosmos amongst themselves. Only Wise Turtle didn't get anything because he tried to help us, thus opposing them."

"I see, thank you, father, for explaining all of this to me."

"Haha, you'll need to know at least this much, after all."

Akash felt that there was something that Omni Dragon was hesitating about. Soon, his feelings were proven right as Omni Dragon looked at Akash with some resignation before deciding to speak.

"Son... the 3rd thing is a request"

Akash was stunned. He was wondering why Omni Dragon was suddenly so hesitant and formal. Was the request overly dangerous? He replied with a straight face.

"Don't speak like that father, just tell me. If I cannot do it as your successor, then I will do it as your son."

Omni Dragon sighed.

"Just like I have you as my son, I also have a daughter, her name is Mary Blue. The war lasted for a millennium and during it, we picked and mixed the blood of various powerful races to produce chimeras.

After quite some time, a new race was born from two of these chimeras. They were unique and talented. So much so that they could even overpower the God Race of this cosmos and just like the beastfolk, they can even awaken their abilities and change to a more monstrous form.

I named their race the roohkhor. They were too powerful and because of this, almost all of them were killed and the rest were imprisoned.

There was a roohkhor girl that used to call me father instead of king. She is imprisoned on the Chitbhit planet. She and her husband are the only survivors of the roohkhor race, Abyssal Raven imprisoned them so they could give birth to more roohkhors for them to use in their future plans.

My request is to save both of them. However, I won't force you as they are highly guarded by chaotic elves. A rare kind of elf only found in Raven's cosmos."

Akash pondered for some time and replied.

"Don't worry, father, your daughter is also my sister. I will save her but... I cannot tell you when exactly."

Omni Dragon expressed happiness.

"It's okay, they won't kill them. Just make sure to not let them suffer longer than necessary, it already pains my heart to know of their current situation."

"Rest assured, father, I won't."

Omni Dragon smiled and opened his mouth from which a sky-blue rectangle gem came out.

"This is my Chaos Dwelling… With this, I bid you farewell."

Akash flew towards his mouth, grabbed the gem and touched the face of Omni Dragon. It was the first time he had touched a Primordial Beast. The Dragon King's body started to disintegrate and soon, Akash hand was filled with nothing but ash.

Akash didn't think much as he was overwhelmed with sorrow, but it was not the time to mourn. So, he gulped down the Chaos Dwelling gem and sat down to cultivate it.

~1 Month Later~

Akash opened his eyes as he felt the overflowing cosmic power flowing through him. He checked his inner world and there were 4 planets in total, including a star.

*beep*

[The King has completed his training, as such, he will be sent back to the Red Forest.]

In Red Forest, Akash was standing back where he was first teleported. As he looked here and there, he sensed a beast, running towards him at an extreme speed. Unlike before, Akash didn't budge at all, he was way more powerful than he was before. The beast jumped into the sky and landed in front of Akash.

~BOOM~

As it was growling, Akash came closer to it and smirked.

"It's been 3 years and 1 month, I missed so much, did you miss your father?"

The beast was none other than the God Demon Panda named Ponytail. He was now 3.3 meters tall, with a much longer ponytail. His body was fluffy and fat just like a panda's but his hands were identical to a monkey's, perfect for punching and holding the Golden Staff.

"I... missed you... too... father."

Akash was looking at Ponytail surprised.

"You... you can talk!"

Akash checked the realm of Ponytail and found out that he was at the 2nd Moon of the 5th Star realm. A normal beast would only start talking when it entered the realm of a Star Prince. Very few powerful bloodline beasts could speak when they reached the Star Knight realm. Yet, Ponytail was only at the 5th Star realm which defied expectations and common understanding of cosmic beasts.

"System, do you know how they trained Ponytail?"

[They trained him just like the King was trained but instead of blood and dwelling gems, God Demon Panda was fed with rare fruits.]

"I see… Haha, I am glad you can talk now."

Ponytail scratched his head, wondering what to say.

"Let's go back, Ponytail. I need a long rest."

Akash opened his new All-Devouring Dwelling, a bright golden light emitting from it. Ponytail looked at it.

"Woah!"

Akash burst into laughter.

"Haha, you know, your new height hasn't diminished your cuteness."

Panda shook his head.

"I am... not... cute... I am... fierce!"

Akash laughed again.

"Hahaha, aww, kuchi kuchi koo."

Akash was very happy to have his partner back. He couldn't resist teasing him. Ponytail, on the other hand, couldn't bear the embarrassment and jumped inside the dwelling.

Akash called the System.

"System, take me back to my chambers."

Akash turned his head, looked towards the thick woods and raised his voice to speak.

"Don't worry, I will take good care of him!"

His words echoed through the forest.

*beep*

With a flash, Akash teleported from the Red Forest. Far away in the Red Forest, two gigantic figures were standing. They were Richia and Bholo, the biological parents of Ponytail.

Richia said to Bholo while looking at the spot where Akash was.

"He is too powerful now, he sensed us so easily despite our attempt at hiding our presence."

Bholo replied.

"Yes, that lad has also become too cocky, he didn't even greet us."

"…Let's go back then."

Bholo looked at Richia and grinned ear to ear.

"Uhh, sweety! We have been training our son for 3 years without doing anything else. Haha, do you think it's time to do the hanky panky?"

Richia didn't answer and just walked away.

Bholo followed her with a flirty look.

"Uhh, honey."

"Is it a yes or no?"

"Heyy, say something."

"Pleeaaassee."