A Journey That Changed The World.

Archer noticed the boy he had seen earlier, who appeared to be around 15 or 16 years old. She turned her gaze back to him, her eyes shining with curiosity. "Are you a dragon?"

Aiza's excitement surprised her brother, who had anticipated a different reaction. But instead, she was thrilled and eager to see.

He nodded in response to the girl's question. With that, he rose from his seat and moved away from the table, raising his arms while whispering his favorite word. "Draconis."

The room around him grew quiet as everyone watched in anticipation. A pair of massive, white wings emerged from his back, their scales shimmering in the light as if from nowhere.

They were magnificent, and the room was filled with gasps and whispers of excitement. At the same time, Archer's fingers elongated, stretching out into long, sharp claws.

They were beautiful, like ivory, and looked strong enough to cut through steel. As his transformation continued, a long, powerful tail sprang forth from his back, swishing slowly as if it was coming to life for the first time.

It was long and slender, covered in white scales, and capable of delivering a crushing blow. His body felt more potent since he evolved, and he loved having his draconic features on show.

Archer opened his eyes and looked around the room to see the family's eyes open in shock.

Alima mumbled. ''He's a white dragon, Raymond.''

Archer picked up on the tone of her voice, and he knew she knew something. He turned to her and asked. ''Alima, what do you know about white dragons?''

She saw his shining violet eyes staring at her. She stepped forward before speaking. ''I read a tome when I attended the academy stating that white dragons can manipulate weather, turn barren land fertile, and do many things with mana.''

She shrugged before she was finished speaking. ''I'm not sure how true that is; I just read about it in my free time when I finished my studies.''

Archer was interested and might unlock more special abilities when he evolves again. ''Well, thank you for the information.''

He took out five bottles of the Rune Shine drinks in his Item Box and gave one to each family member as a thank you for Raymond's information.

The children looked happy, but the older boy looked indifferent. Raymond walked over to him with a smile on his face. ''Archer, let me introduce you.''

He pointed at them. ''This little beauty is Aiza, the little rascal is Fahad, and the angry-looking munchkin is Riyad.''

Aiza and Fahad were smiling, but Riyad got angry when he heard his father call him that. He left the dining room, and everyone listened to a door slam.

Alima looked at him. ''I apologize about that. He can be moody at times.''

He waved her away without thinking about it and went back to eating; Aize asked him a question as he was eating. ''Archer, do you have any family? and why are you here?''

He looked at this curious Loli before answering her. ''Well, I was fighting and fell into a river and floated here.''

As Archer spoke, he remembered a movie he and Alexa watched years ago, and a phrase came to mind. 'They all float down here. You'll float, too.'

Thinking about that damn clown made him shiver; he hated them. Shaking his head as he finished off the food on his plate.

Aize didn't let him get away with avoiding the question, and so she repeated herself. ''So, do you have a family?''

Memories flashed through his mind as he looked down. ''No, I don't. Unfortunately, I only have one person in my life, but she's not here.''

The little girl went silent before an awkward atmosphere descended over the five people.

Until Raymond spoke up. ''Enough of this sour atmosphere now. Where were you headed, Archer?''

He stared at the farmer for a minute before he spoke. ''I was heading for the closest town or city. Do you know the way?''

Before Raymond could reply, Alima spoke up. ''The Great City Sarar is ten miles north of here, a trading city that produces food and is home to many gem mines that the kingdom needs.''

Archer nodded before asking her a question as he pulled out his last meat wrap. ''Alima, can you make these meat wraps if I give you the meat? I'll pay you.''

She looked at the simple food in his hand before nodding. ''Yes, I can; what meat do you have?''

''Orc.'' Archer answered.

The five people's eyes widened when they heard his quick reply. She replied when she listened to what he said.''How did you get it?''

Archer answers with a crazy smile. ''Hunted them.''

Raymond looked at him with a nervous smile before replying/ ''You're one crazy child, you know that Archer.''

He nodded at the man's words before giving his own opinion. ''Tell me about it.''

Raymond stared at the broken boy. ''Whatever happened to you while you were up north affected you.''

Archer remained silent until Alima returned with some knives and a magic pouch. She looked at Archer before getting to the dirty work. ''Your food will be done by tomorrow midday, and thank you for the food. It will help out a lot.''

He spoke for a little while longer. He dismissed himself to rest; flying around still tired him.

After saying goodbye to everyone, he left the house, entered his Domain, and went to the cottage.

He heard Alima say just as he left. ''Off He Goes.''

Archer hoped he would get used to it soon. He had been meaning to work out but kept forgetting.

As he was walking, he pictured the cottage with a large training room below it, with a staircase leading down to it. He felt a slight shake as he created the training room.

Archer also increased the Domain space and added more environments, such as desert grasslands, mountains, lakes, and even more forests, at the cost of 6000 mana.

'Mana'

[Mana: 200/7000]

Archer felt tired after expanding the Domain. He decided not to do it again until he had much more mana.

He pulled out a mana potion and drank it.

[Mana: 700/7000]

He pictured the Domain having the same night and day cycle as the outside world.

After finishing that, he went to bed; he entered the cottage and stripped off before walking into one of the bedrooms and falling asleep.

Archer came to as he was standing in a church on earth. He was getting married to the two loves of his life, Alexa and Ella, and everything was perfect.

The sun shone, the colors were vivid, and everything felt alive and vibrant. The ceremony was beautiful, and the guests were all smiling and happy.

Archer couldn't believe how lucky he was to marry two wonderful girls who were perfect for him.

But then, something changed. The sky began to darken, and the colors started to fade.

The guests began to disappear, and Archer was left alone. Suddenly, his bride-to-be transformed into two beasts with sharp teeth and claws.

They began to chase him, and he ran as fast as he could, trying to escape but couldn't.

Everywhere he turned, they were there, and he was trapped. The dream that had started so beautifully had turned into a terrible nightmare.

He woke up in a panic and saw it was still night, and Archer drank Moon Juice.

Archer then drifted back to sleep, hoping for a better dream to replace the nightmare that had just happened, but it was not to be, thanks to fate.

He found himself standing in a dark and eerie place, and Ella approached him, tears streaming down her face.

"Why did you leave me?" She asked, her voice cracking with emotion.

"I didn't leave you, I was knocked into the river and ended up here!" Archer replied, confused because he was certain Sarah would have told her somehow.

"No, you were gone for so long, and I felt so alone. That's why I had to leave you,"

Ella explained, and he realized that he had been gone for a long time and hadn't even realized it.

Archer felt his heart break as he watched her walk away, and he knew that it was all his fault.

He felt alone, lost, and completely devastated. The nightmare had taken him to his lowest point, and he didn't know how to fix it.

As he started to get angry, the scene changed to one he was familiar with. He saw a young man and woman walking down the riverside on a cold September night.

Not long after that, he spotted Noah approaching the two from behind. Archer tried to intervene but couldn't. He could only watch what was about to happen.

But to his horror, Noah started stabbing Alexa as the other Archer stood by and watched. As he woke again, tears streaming down his face, realizing he was in the cottage.

The constant dreams were taking their toll on his fragile mind; maybe because he was a dragon, it was holding the mental dam back.

Getting off the bed, he put on his clothes and cast Cleanse on himself. Archer leaves the cottage and sees it's still dark out.