After finishing his training, Reinh went back inside the palace and sat cross-legged in a large and completely empty room. He took a breath and focused his attention on the condition of his body.
"It is better than I thought." Even though he was only ten years old, all the lines of his muscles were completely visible.
Considering all the training he had done during this whole time, it was not something strange. Besides, he was a Vorhelm. His clan was born with strong bodies that were blessed for war.
Right now he had enough strength to defeat two normal adult men. If he also added the experience from his past life, maybe even three or four would not be impossible.
After checking his whole body and making sure there was no problem and that the training was successful, he focused his attention on the Star of Eternal Ruins that was inside his soul.
With his current level of power and abilities, he should not be able to see his own soul. But thanks to the Star of Eternal Ruins, this was possible for him.
With one glance he could see that one of the star's head was lit. The one that belonged to the Ancestral Dragon.
In his past life, with only this one template, he reached the peak of this world and became one of the strongest. If he could open the other four as well, he might be able to break the world's power limit and go beyond it.
"In my past life I could not do it, but that does not mean I cannot in this life. But for now I am too weak to do this." He whispered to himself with a calm and cold tone.
In his past life there were many reasons why he could not open the other templates. The biggest reason was that he was always under the radar.
But now that he thought about it, all of them were nothing but stupid excuses.
"Even though right now I cannot obtain the dragon bloodline or the body structure and strength of a dragon, maybe I can temper my body a little." He whispered to himself.
Tempering the body was a process used by swordmen and most warriors to strengthen their bodies. The method was simple, but the process was painful.
The only thing needed was to absorb the natural energy of the world from treasures and plants that contain this energy. And only one type of treasure and plant had this kind of energy.
Those were treasures and plants that were created naturally without outside interference. Their number was large, but they had different grades, and the higher the grades were, the fewer and rarer they became.
Right now he had neither a treasure nor a plant to temper his body. After all, a ten-year-old boy did not need such things, and he had not even created mana rings inside his body yet.
But he did not want to miss the best time to temper his body. Unlike the belief of many people who thought the best time for the first tempering was during puberty, the best time was before puberty and the stages of becoming an adult.
He learned this in his past life from the diary of a famous mage.
He focused on the star and tried his best to activate it. The star glowed a little, but nothing happened.
Still, this did not make him disappointed, and he tried again. The star glowed again, this time brighter, but again it turned off.
"Is it because I don't have enough mana?" His facial expression did not change. He expected this.
Even though all humans had a small amount of mana after birth even without creating mana rings, it was not enough to light the star, and the fuel of this star was also mana.
It was clear that the mana inside his body was not enough to light the star.
He tried again, but this time instead of using half the mana in his body, he used all of it. The star started glowing again, brighter and stronger, and this time it did not turn off.
"I did it." He ignored the drops of blood that started dripping from his mouth and nose.
If anyone else was here and understood that he had just used all of his mana, they would definitely call him insane. Doing something like this was no different from suicide.
Even he was not an exception to this rule, but with his knowledge he could delay his body's reaction to this event for a few seconds.
Knowing he did not have much time, he immediately started tempering his bones with the help of the Star of Eternal Ruins. From the head of the star that belonged to the Ancestral Dragon, a colorless energy burst out and moved from his soul into his body.
Using his awareness, he guided the energy toward his bones and wrapped it around them. It was like rubbing some cream or powder onto the skin and body.
But the difference was that now he was rubbing an energy onto his bones.
His eyes suddenly became red from the intense pain, and it seemed like he could lose consciousness at any moment. But his facial expression still stayed calm and cold.
As said before, tempering the body was a very painful process, and the stronger the energy used for tempering, the greater the pain would be.
If anyone else was in his place, they would rather die than endure this kind of pain.
But for him? Pain was like a joke. He had endured far worse than this before.
Time passed slowly. About one-fourth of his bones became stronger and shone like diamonds. Unfortunately, before he could temper the rest of his bones, the star turned off.
"Finally, it's done." He took a breath and felt sudden weakness and fatigue. It was like his brain was shutting down.
"Hah?" He suddenly felt like he lost his balance and fell to the ground, feeling his consciousness leaving his body.
"So even if my will can endure this pain, my body cannot handle it." He said with sarcasm, and slowly his eyes closed.
But right when his eyes closed, the star began glowing again, and above Reinh's head a miniature shape started forming.
"So this is the newest heir of the Star of Eternal Ruins." The miniature shape, whose form was slowly becoming clear, whispered with a majestic voice and looked at Reinh.
When its form was complete, it became clear that it was a dragon.
A very beautiful and majestic dragon that released a transcendent aura from its body.