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"Still nearby." I sniffed the air lightly, and the familiar smell of the rock dragon was still strong.
Following the scent, I walked undisguisedly through the forest. From afar, I saw a giant black-scaled beast walking on the earth. With a terrifying weight of tens of thousands of tons, every time it stepped, a deep pit was dug.
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The tiny creatures sensed the movement and fled in terror.
Dozens of kilometers away, the rock dragon, sleeping by the river, slowly opened its moss-covered eyelids and looked in the direction of the black dragon.
"It's this guy again," the rock dragon sighed, slowly stood up from the ground, and shook and stretched out its more than thirty-meter-long, gray-brown, rugged, and undulating rock dragon body.
He felt like he had just closed his eyes since the last fight, and when he opened them, there was another fight.
Soon, in the turbid eyes of the rock dragon, a terrifying black dragon came from the distant forest. The huge trees blocking the way were half broken if they were slightly touched. The trees on the route were directly broken by the black dragon's two claws and fell heavily, splashing dust everywhere.
The two sides looked at each other.
The rock dragon was a little confused, thinking that its memory was disordered. He clearly remembered that the last time the black dragon came, it was slightly smaller than him. How come it was much larger than him now?
If the aura wasn't exactly the same, the rock dragon would definitely suspect whether the black dragon in front of him was the father of the previous black dragon.
"What a freak," the rock dragon shook his head, not wanting to think too much. For a dragon like him, who was about to die of old age, there was basically nothing that could arouse his interest. He spoke to the black dragon opposite him,
"Little guy, what are you doing here again? Are you going to fight again?"
Boom!
Barbatos casually pushed aside the huge tree blocking his way, looked at the rock dragon, grinned, and answered the question irrelevantly,
"Old man, how about becoming my subordinate?"
The rock dragon pulled its thick eyelids and wasn't angry because Barbatos called him an old guy. To be honest, if Barbatos had told him in advance that he wanted to fight instead of crashing down from the sky directly, he wouldn't have been angry.
"I'm almost dead. What do you want me to do? I'm an old guy; I just want to have my final rest," the rock dragon said lazily.
"You should still have at least a hundred years to live, right? This is not a short time. Do you want to just sleep until you die?" Barbatos asked curiously.
"If it's possible, it's not impossible," the rock dragon answered honestly.
"What a loser," Barbatos said.
"That's true," the rock dragon agreed deeply.
Barbatos was silent. In this situation, Barbatos felt that even if he killed the rock dragon, the other party would probably not care.
When life comes to an end, people are usually either extreme and use all means to prolong their lives, or they are calm and live one day at a time.
Obviously, the rock dragon belongs to the latter. This old guy has lived for more than three thousand years.
"Do you want to continue fighting? If not, I want to continue sleeping," the rock dragon reminded him.
Barbatos looked at the old rock dragon in front of him and lost the desire to fight for a moment. However, he still wanted to subdue the opponent.
So, he made one last attempt.
"Do you want to break through to the legend?"
"Don't ask old dragons such nonsense," the rock dragon muttered. Seeing the increasingly dangerous look in the eyes of the young black dragon in front of him, he added, "Of course, I do. Who doesn't want to? But the probability of breaking through to the legendary rank is almost zero for me.
If you think you can help me break through to the legendary rank, then I advise you to give up this idea. It's useless."
Barbatos ignored him and said directly, "I will give you a chance to break through to the legend. You sign a contract with me and work for me for a thousand years."
If the rock dragon could break through to the legendary rank, its lifespan would be increased by at least two thousand years. It would be a good deal to spend a thousand years on it.
The rock dragon looked at Barbatos and wanted to ask if he was fooling him, but seeing that he was serious and thinking about his abnormally large body, he hesitated for a while and said,
"Can I ask if your breakthrough method is normal? Are there any side effects? I don't want to turn into a lich dragon or an undead dragon."
"There is a side effect, which is eating too much," Barbatos replied.
"Just eating too much?" The rock dragon was surprised. What kind of side effect was this?
"If what you said is true, then I agree." After thinking for a while, the rock dragon nodded. It would certainly be good to live longer.
That means he can sleep longer…
The sleep of the rock dragon race is quite special. They can experience a more wonderful experience from sleep than other races.
During sleep, the rock dragon's body will spontaneously absorb the essence of the planet. During this process, their consciousness is relatively clear, and they can feel a wonderful pleasure.
In many material planes of the astral realm, some rock dragons can even sleep for hundreds of years at a stretch until they die of old age, and then their dragon bodies turn into the essence of the earth's veins and merge into the earth. After many years, there is a high probability that very high-quality elemental veins will be born there.
Just like that, Barbatos signed a contract with the rock dragon 'Parkiotis.'.
The witness was the Dragon God Bahamut. As a prize, Barbatos consumed a high-quality elemental crystal. This was the price for Bahamut to witness and also a tribute. The power of God cannot be borrowed easily.
As for why Bahamut was chosen? Because this dragon god is the god of good dragons, and his reputation is guaranteed. Of course, the price of the contract witness is also fair.
Moreover, as one of the most powerful dragon gods, the evil dragons do respect Bahamut for his wisdom and strength, except for the Chromatic Dragon Queen, The Great Mother.
When the contract was signed, a cold gaze came from the mysterious Milky Way nebula beyond Tal Plane, somewhere in the astral world. This was Bahamut's concept as a dragon god, not the gaze of his true self.
Soon, the power of the Dragon God receded, which also meant that the contract between the two parties was established.
If one wants to break this contract, there is only one way—become strong enough to force Bahamut to retreat.
The rock dragon 'Parkiotis' looked towards Barbatos.
The latter directly controlled the dragon blood in his body to flow out.
"Absorb this blood."
Parkiotis hesitated for a moment, thought of the contract, and finally swallowed the blood in one gulp, then continued to look at Barbatos.
"That's all. From now on, just eat and eat." Facing the rock dragon's gaze, Barbatos replied.
Parkiotis: "."
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The full name of the rock dragon is 'Pakgiotis Joachim Kovacevich.' I felt that its name was too long, so I simply shortened it to Puck.
After Puck signed a contract with me, I moved Puck's nest to the vicinity of the dragon's nest.
This was not a big problem for Puck; it was just a different place to sleep. ——At first, this is what Rock Dragon Puck thought.
Just after moving to his nest, Puck felt hungry before sleeping for a few hours.
"Is this a side effect?" Puck muttered, then gnawed on the dirt on the spot.
What rock dragons like to eat most is food containing earth elements, which can be earth element monsters, earth element crystals, earth element mineral veins, etc. However, it is also possible to eat the soil directly.
Rock dragons can draw essence from the earth, and can naturally digest the energy in the soil and convert all the matter into energy. In this regard, the rock dragon is slightly better than the true dragon's furnace stomach because the true dragon cannot survive simply eating soil and must eat a certain amount of flesh and blood, while the rock dragon can grow without eating flesh and blood at all and stay alive.
After eating hundreds of tons of soil and rocks in one breath, Puck stopped and continued to fall into a deep sleep.
Even while sleeping, Puck can continue to absorb the essence of the earth, although the speed is very slow.
Therefore, after sleeping for less than ten days, Puck was awakened by hunger in his belly.
"Fine, this is indeed a side effect," Rock Dragon Puck said, annoyed.
The reason why he didn't pay attention to this side effect before was that even if he was sleeping, his dragon body could continue to 'eat,' so he was not afraid at all.
But now, it is obvious that the autonomous 'eating' of sleep cannot maintain the abnormal digestion speed of the dragon body.
This time, Puck once again swallowed hundreds of tons of rock and earth before falling into a deep sleep.
As time passed, all the soil and rocks swallowed were digested. When he felt hungry again, the
This time, Puck once again swallowed hundreds of tons of rock and earth before falling into a deep sleep.
As time passed, all the soil and rocks swallowed were digested. When he felt hungry again, the rock dragon Puck did not open his eyes again, but the ferocious dragon's mouth continued to open and close to swallow the nearby soil.
Eat while sleeping.
Rock Dragon Puck attempts to develop this skill.
As time passed, a pit slowly expanded and deepened in the area where the huge gray-brown dragon was located.
People from the monster clans in the surrounding Dragon Nest consciously avoid this place.
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"He is called Aeolus, and from today on, he will live, grow, and be taught by you."
Inside the young dragon classroom.
Sophia pointed to the muscular little dragon with dark green scales behind her and introduced the four little green dragons, Kevin, Geller, Saith, and Yulia.
The four little green dragons followed Teacher Sophia's gesture and looked over. They gradually changed from curiosity to hesitation. Finally, the dragon's mouth opened wide and his face was shocked.
"Are you that dragon beast?!" Kevin's eyes widened in disbelief. But the familiar smell told it that the 'little green dragon' in front of it, whose dragon body proportions were even more perfect and handsome than his, was the dragon beast that was born with them and was taught a lesson by him twice.
"I don't call that dragon beast. My name is Aeolus. This is the name given to me by my father." The green dragon Aeolus said with an indifferent expression.
Father?
The shocked Yulia heard this and couldn't help but ask, "We are brother and sister. Who is your so-called father? Is he also in the dragon's nest?"
"Don't mess around with relatives. I only have one sister and one father." Aeolus glared at Yulia.
Just as several little dragons were baring their teeth at each other, a beautiful white dragon with a body length of about seven meters and white scales like transparent crystal slowly walked into the young dragon classroom, and its majestic dragon eyes scanned the surroundings.
"Aeolus, why are you here?" Eirlys looked surprised after seeing Aeolus here.
Hearing the familiar voice, Aeolus, who was still arguing with the four little green dragons, quickly turned around. After seeing the white dragon, his eyes lit up.
"Sister Eirlys."
As he said that, the little green dragon ran towards the white dragon and jumped happily around the white dragon.
Kevin and the other four little green dragons were confused.
'What's going on?'
A green dragon called a White Dragon sister? Wait, isn't this the sister he mentioned?
"So, the father of this dragon beast is the Dragon King?" Yulia murmured to herself.
The other three little green dragons were also dumbfounded.
One and a half years old, although the four of them are limited to Castle Black, some information is still known to them.
For example, Eirlys, the female young white dragon who teaches them, is the daughter of the Dragon King, well, to be precise, she is the adopted daughter. ——This is known from the mouths of those dragonborn maids, and it is not a secret in Castle Black.
The four little green dragons were very smart and immediately understood what Aeolus meant just now.
The father he talks about is not their true dragon father.
Immediately afterward, the four of them remembered their meeting with the Dragon King when they were just born, and heard the Dragon King say in a tone full of disappointment:
'Is there only just a dragon beast?'
Kevin and the other four little dragons swallowed their saliva and looked at Aeolus.
The streamlined, nearly four-meter dark green dragon body, and the wide dragon wings.
The way they look at each other as their siblings.
The head is still a bit big, the tail is fat, the dragon body is about three and a half meters long, and the dragon wings on the back are short and small. Compared with the appearance of Aeolus, the four little green dragons have begun to doubt who is the real one. Who is a real dragon, who is the dragon beast?
"How is that possible?" The four little dragons couldn't accept this reality.
Among them, Kevin was the most devastated. He vaguely remembered that he had taught this dragon beast twice, but in just one and a half years, he not only possessed wisdom but also seemed to have more power than him.
'Can not accept!'
"Your name is Aeolus, right?"
Aeolus, who was happily circling the white dragon Eirlys, stopped and looked at Kevin, who stood in front of him with a calm dragon face.
"Yes, you have something to do with me?" Aeolus raised his eyebrows.
"Let's have a fight," Kevin said coldly.
"Fight?" Aeolus' eyes lit up and he was eager to give it a try, but thinking of Sister Eirlys, he looked at the white dragon eagerly.
White Dragon Eirlys nodded slightly to it and said with a smile, "Defeat it."
"That's for sure, Sister Eirlys." Aeolus chuckled, turned his head and looked at Kevin who was waiting for a response, and said with contempt on his dragon face,
"Come on, big-headed little fat dragon, let me teach you a lesson."
Big-headed little fat dragon? Kevin bared his teeth and his anger began to rise.
They came to the ring in the center of the young dragon classroom. ——This is specially built for the young dragons. A large number of hardening, strengthening, and other spells have been engraved on the arena by the Dragon Vein Warlock, which is enough to prevent the power of low-level professionals from destroying it.