"It's easy for Ava to achieve the master level. Giving her a dependent contract will not only increase her strength faster, but also completely control her in my dragon claws.
There is no need for the monsters at the bottom to use the dependent contract, but it is still necessary for the monsters at the top of Dragon Lair to control the power and status.
After granting Ava the Dependent Contract, most of my thoughts shifted to breaking through the caster level.
The key to improving the level of a spellcaster lies in magic power and spirit. Of course, mastering certain spell runes is also one of the requirements.
In the past, there was a feast to enhance soul strength, dragon body strength, magic power, and spiritual power without having to practice hard. A little practice would naturally lead to improvement, and as the spell runes are mastered more deeply, the spell runes will also increase. It will automatically sharpen my mental power, making it stronger and purer. This allows me to focus most of my energy on studying spells.
However, this is because the previous caster level was sufficient, and instead, the spell needed to increase in power and effect.
But now, I, who had obtained the Water Dragon spell, was a little itchy, so I took the initiative to change my strategy and spent most of my time on spiritual cultivation every day. The magic power is definitely enough; even if it doesn't improve anymore, it's still enough to reach the master-level spell caster. As for spell runes, there are four median spell runes controlled by me (Any Door, Guard Barrier, Reduction, Acceleration).
Among them, the Any Door and Acceleration spells have both reached the Return to Truth Level, while the Guard Barrier and Reduction spells have also reached the Mastery Level.
As for other low-tier spells and tricks, there is even more proficiency and return-to-nature levels.
Just for the rank of intermediate mage, my accumulation is also profound. Many mid-level mages may not be able to master a single medium-level return-level spell. An intermediate mage who can master several intermediate-level proficient-level spells is enough to be called an elite mage.
Unlike me, they have to worry about the accumulation of magic and spiritual power. For most spellcasters, it takes a lot of time to practice mental and magic power every day.
Under this circumstance, one day, a month later, my caster level naturally broke through to level ten.
"Water Dragon spell, here I come." Not long after the breakthrough, I, who was still in high spirits, devoted all my attention to studying this advanced magic.
Three days, five days, ten days passed.
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Dragon Pool.
As if it were made of jet black metal and golden lines, the thick dragon tail was wrapped in dense dragon scales, one by one, and was slammed into the pool.
The Dragon Pond, which was two hundred meters deep and covered an area of more than ten square kilometers, suddenly set off a 'tsunami.'
The dragonborn maids and harpies who were guarding their master undisturbed at the edge of the dragon pond had nervous looks in their eyes, wondering why their master suddenly became angry.
So far, they seemed to have never seen their master so 'irritable.'
Their eyes turned.
The center of Dragon Pool.
A trace of annoyance flashed in my eyes as I lay on the treasure mountain.
"It's been half a month, and I can't even enter the threshold of the Water Dragon spell." I rubbed my dragon's teeth, feeling a little irritable.
After venting for a while, I gradually calmed down.
Based on the knowledge gained from the inheritance of dragons, spellcasting is a profession that is difficult to get started with, difficult in the middle, and even harder at the end, and the difficulty of cultivation increases exponentially.
Although it is a universal profession, all intelligent beings with spellcasting qualifications can learn to change professions, but the difficulty and power are no less than those of many special professions, or even more so.
And because special professions are often targeted, for some groups, the difficulty of cultivation will be much smaller.
The profession of spellcasters is different, and all intelligent races are treated equally. If your talent is strong, you can learn and practice faster. This profession only depends on talent and hard work. If you get a perfect score of 100, talent will account for at least 90% of it. It is not an exaggeration to say that the other things are the icing on the cake.
I'm not weak in terms of spell caster qualifications, but spell caster qualifications can also be subdivided into many types.
There are those who increase their spiritual power at an extraordinary speed, those who increase their magic power at an extraordinary speed, some who have an extraordinary ability to learn spells, and even monster casters who have an extraordinary ability to innovate spells.
Leaving aside other aspects, in terms of spell learning ability, it is obvious that I'm ordinary and perhaps better than ordinary—at least not a super genius.
"It doesn't matter. As long as I can get started, with the help of the panel, sooner or later all my proficiency will reach the return-to-nature level."
I comforted myself in this way.
However, there is one thing to say. The complexity of mid-level spells and high-level spells has increased by at least ten times. After studying it for a long time, my mind was confused.
For the first time, I admired those dragons who were labeled as law-loving.
You can win by lying down, but you have to torture yourself.
This is just like someone who obviously grew up having fun and could directly inherit a family fortune of 100 million when he becomes an adult. However, he had to take various interest classes and tutoring classes from childhood to adulthood just to inherit a family fortune of 200 million when he becomes an adult.
After all, they are both 'billionaires'. Is there a big difference between 100 million and 200 million? Why have you embarrassed yourself since childhood? This is my understanding until now. I finally understood deeply why the dragons were too lazy to study magic when they were young and even did not bother to learn other simpler professions.
When dragons get older, many of them will take the initiative to learn spells and master professions. Is this because of repentance and introspection?
No.
Just because they are not sure of breaking through the legend, it is simply the fear of death, which makes the dragons turn back when they are old and start to practice hard. This is most likely the case.
'Take a day off and then continue,' I thought to myself.
Afterward, thinly dressed human dragonborn maids, harpy dragonborn maids, Wolf, Fox girls, and Moshao clams entered the dragon pool one after another.
We had a small party.
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After a whole day, I was in high spirits and got back on my feet.
"Continue!"
Just like that, more than half a month passed.
After reading the Water Dragon scroll countless times, failing over and over again, and exhausting my mental power countless times, I finally succeeded in condensing a light blue rune in my spiritual sea.
Sixth Tier: Water Dragon, successfully introduced!
"It's not easy, it's really not easy." I exhaled and slowly opened my eyes.
However, now that I have mastered spells, all I have to do is work hard. No matter how difficult the upper-level spells are, they will reach the return-to-nature level sooner or later.
"Let's try the power." I began to recite the spell of Water Dragon.
The vast water element energy in the air gathers, compresses, and condenses at the speed of a whale.
Half a minute later, a water dragon with the appearance of an eastern dragon, more than ten meters long, took shape in the air. Under my control, the water dragon hovered and swam in the air, feeling very uncomfortable.
The only shortcoming is that the scales of this water dragon are blurred, and the eyes are dull. Just by its appearance, one can tell at a glance that it is a magical creation.
Feeling the powerful energy contained in the water dragon's body, I finally chose not to release it into the dragon pond.
This was my old nest where I slept. If it was destroyed, it would be me who would be affected.
As soon as the thought occurred, the water dragon that was hovering and swimming slowly in the air suddenly turned into a blue phantom, rushing straight towards the thousand-foot mountain peak several kilometers away.
The momentum is unstoppable.
BANG BOOOOM!
With a loud boom, the thousand-foot mountain peak shook slightly, and water vapor escaped. At the same time as the water dragon spell collapsed, countless large and small boulders also rolled down from the impact point and finally converged into a grand debris flow like a collapse of the sky.
Boulders ranging from several kilograms to hundreds of tons rumbled down towards the Dragon Fort below.
My expression did not change when I saw this, and I did not make any move.
When the flow of boulders hit the dragon castle, the square, and even the dragon warriors and maids, huge invisible barriers lit up all over the dragon castle, blocking the boulders away.
This is the guarding spell that I personally engraved on the dragon fort. The process of inscribing the spell is also a kind of practice.
Nowadays, the third-tier guard barrier spell is not far away from the return-to-nature level.
After the rumbling flow of boulders subsided, I looked at the place where the water dragon hit the thousand-foot mountain.
A huge half-moon-shaped gap with a depth of 100 meters appeared in the middle of the mountain. From a distance, it seemed as if it had been forcibly devoured by some kind of terrifying giant beast.
Ordinary water dragon spells for beginners definitely don't have such exaggerated power, but who am I, a black dragon? As a true water dragon, I have a certain power bonus to all water spells with not just by affinity but also very blood..
"In addition, there is another reason: I performed the Water Dragon spell in a wide dragon pond, and the environment also has certain bonuses.
"This power is quite impressive."
Looking at the huge gap in the mountain peak, I was quite satisfied. It's not in vain that my dragon's brain was almost burned out before I started studying this spell.
It is worth mentioning that although fifth- and sixth-tier spells only correspond to advanced spellcasters, it does not mean that fifth- and sixth-tier spells are no threat to master-level spellcasters.
The caster's spells cannot be calculated according to regular flat-A skills.
The one released by me is only an entry-level Water Dragon spell. If a fifteenth-level master warrior (ordinary individual, ordinary equipment) chooses to resist forcefully, then the master warrior will be injured at least, or severely injured. If one is a little careless, it is normal for people to disappear.
Of course, the Water Dragon spell is very powerful, but it still has to hit the target. With the agility and speed of a master warrior, it's not difficult to dodge as long as one takes it seriously.
This is also a flaw of many spells: they are powerful but slow to cast and difficult to hit.
But there is a solution.
Slow casting can improve the proficiency of spell runes. Upgrading them to the nature level will naturally enable them to be cast instantly.
There are solutions to low hit rates. As long as the mental power is strong enough to lock the enemy in advance, or the spell itself has its own enemy-finding function, the enemy will naturally have no choice but to resist hard or use other special methods to avoid it, such as traveling through other worlds or teleporting.
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Like the lonely knight, 'Mare,' the eighth-tier spell artifact 'Finger of Death' used by him on the Centaur King to sneak attack has its own enemy-seeking function, making it impossible for the Centaur King Mohandersen to avoid it and can only resist it hard.
If he hadn't realized the true meaning of the legend on the battlefield and his strength hadn't greatly increased, Mohandersen would have died.
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The movement of the spell was too loud, and Sophia, Ava, Isha, and others gathered together, looking nervous, thinking that an enemy was coming.
"The master said that this was him assessing the power of a spell, not an enemy attack. Just ask your subordinates to clean up those huge rocks."
Ava's expression moved as she received the master's response and spoke to everyone present.
Sophia and Isha breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then their expressions changed slightly. Apparently, they had thought of something.
"Did the master make a dependent contract with you?" Isha was the first to ask, unable to hold on any longer and unwillingly.
Ava glanced at her contemptuously, turned around, and left, the dark wings swaying gently on her smooth back.
Silence is the most insulting.
Isha's beautiful face twisted slightly, jealousy and unwillingness flashing in her eyes. She looked at Sophia.
"Lady Sophia, you are the manager of all dragonborns. This bitch, Ava, ignores you and leaves, and still orders you to command this…"
"That's enough. Isha, you should call Ava 'Lady Ava' or 'Commander Ava.'"
Sophia retracted her complicated emotions, spoke in a cold tone, and then turned and left.
'Hateful.'
Behind the scenes, Isha was extremely angry. After taking a deep breath, she gradually calmed down.
"Sophia is very unwilling, but without this courage, her talent is not strong enough. Sooner or later, she will be eliminated by Ava, me, and the outstanding people in Dragon Lair. My most important task now is to improve my strength, at least to reach the advanced order; otherwise, I don't even have the right to speak."
Before Ava returned, Isha, who was favored by her master, was the second in command of Dragon Nest. Her momentum increased fiercely; she received more dragon blood rewards, and her strength improved very quickly.
But since Ava came back, the harpies who led the Black Feather Clan have taken over many matters in Castle Black. Most of the dragonborn warriors have fallen under Ava's command, just like the grass on the wall.
Among them, the most uncomfortable one is the Mia clan, headed by Isha. When the master calls everyone to go to the dragon pond, the Mia clan is often not notified, or the last one is notified. When they arrive at the Dragon Pool, the good positions are naturally gone, and the chance of being noticed by the master is naturally less. The number of maids in Dragon's Nest now exceeds five hundred. It is impossible for the master to notice everyone, even if he wanted to; he's just too busy in his studies, and he can often only notice those close to him.
Being from the harpy clan, they were naturally the most suppressed.
In the wild, if two harpy clans come together, not only will they not cooperate harmoniously, but they will fight each other.
In the end, either one party will die out or leave, or the two clans will merge into one. If two clans merge, the other clan leader is often killed. Because she has too much prestige as a leader, there are huge hidden dangers if she stays. In addition, monsters like the harpy are very jealous and hateful creatures.
Ava and Isha both have a sense of disgust stemming from their racial nature.
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Time passed, and another month passed.
In a certain room in Castle Black.
In the huge dragon's nest built with wind-attribute magic branches, there are a lot of wind-attribute and poison-attribute gems, crystals, and magic cores piled up.
Not only that, but this room with a diameter of more than 500 meters and a height of 500 meters is also engraved with a lower-level magic matrix that gathers energy so that the wind element energy here not only does not dissipate but accumulates more and more as time goes by.