Claude's brow furrowed as he felt his entire body being enveloped in ice. It was as if his bones were being crushed by chunks of frozen steel. His whole body ached under the relentless cold that assaulted him from within.
"Don't panic." A powerful force enveloped Claude protectively. "Unleash the beast aura within you and let it guide you."
Hearing his father's familiar voice, Claude immediately obeyed. He struggled for a moment, gritting his teeth as something surged violently inside his chest. Then, with a loud cry, he released it.
At that instant, a white shadow in the shape of an ice dragon emerged, circling around Claude's body.
"An ice dragon!?" Elric was stunned by Claude's shadowy dragon form. He knew the Valerian Dukedom belonged to a dragon clan, but he had never expected them to be dragons of the extreme ice element. "You… are descendants of the Dragon God?" he asked, staring at Caelis in disbelief.
