Dragon Slayer’s Path: Bound to a Sacred Tiger

He was never meant to survive. Olgerd was a slave—broken, expendable, forgotten in the depths of a brutal world. When a dragon’s attack shatters his chains, freedom comes at a price he is not ready to pay. The forest he escapes into is no refuge. It is ancient. Alive. Watching. Here, strength is everything—and Olgerd has none. Armed with nothing but a stolen crossbow, a growing System, and a desperate will to live, he must learn fast or die faster. Every step is a gamble. Every hunt could be his last. But fate is not done with him yet. After surviving a clash with a dragon far beyond his level, Olgerd gains something impossible—power, a hidden class… and a bond with a sacred predator. A tiger cub. Small. Fragile. Deadly. Bound by a soul contract and hunted by a world that devours the weak, Olgerd is forced onto a path he never chose—the path of a Dragon Slayer. To survive, he must become stronger. Smarter. Colder. Because in the Primordial Forest, there are only two kinds of creatures: Hunters… and prey. And Olgerd refuses to die as the latter. participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge