The Unranked Dragon Lord

Set in a richly detailed Western medieval fantasy realm, the story opens at the grand stone royal trial square, where a crowd of robed nobles and armored guards gather under a dark, lightning-streaked dome, beside a slumbering giant golden ancient dragon, to oversee the official dragon power aptitude test. The entire crowd hails the blonde, lace-collared young aristocrat in silver-gold embroidered court robes as a once-in-a-generation prodigy, while no one spares a second glance for the nervous brown-haired protagonist in soft blue gold-trimmed court wear, until their twin swords clash on the cloud-wreathed snow peak high above, bursting with blinding golden light that reveals his raw power completely surpasses every tier of the established dragon power ranking.