Obviously, I don't want to learn spells, but I am forced to learn spells to become stronger, control more means, ensure safety, and escape, so I endure the boring learning and continue to study spells.
These various behaviors completely violate the belief of "Do whatever you want."
This is the belief that is most suitable for me. I am also confident that I can persevere in cultivating this belief to a pure level, but my strength cannot achieve it.
Only invincible strength, or relatively invincible strength, has the conditions to do whatever one wants.
However, in fact, I now need to avoid danger and work hard to become stronger. It is impossible to say that I can do whatever I want, and it is impossible to really do whatever I want.
Obviously, this creates a paradox.
"What does Lyanna believe in?"
After worrying for a long time, I stopped thinking about my own desires and beliefs and instead thought about Lyanna, who also practiced the profession of Mountain Believer.
Lyanna can cultivate her psychic abilities to such a powerful level that her faith must be firm.
[Execute evil]?
[Acquire treasure]?
Something seems wrong.
One day, one moment.
The Black Dragon Lord thought about nothing.
It's ruined.
"It's just a prerequisite profession for an epic profession. It's not a real profession that can kill gods. So what if I don't practice?"
So what if I don't practice?
Taking the feast as my core is the essence of my power.
As the feasts continue to pile up one after another, sooner or later, I will also have the confidence to kill the gods.
"It's fine if I don't practice this profession," I thought about it.
Instead of just finding a belief to practice and then cultivating an ordinary level of spiritual power, if I have this skill, it is better to learn two more useful spells and eat more high-quality food.
However, although I do not plan to practice this profession for the time being, the dependents of Black Wing Lair can give it a try.
After all, even if they just find a belief and practice it, their strength will be greatly improved.
The reason why special professions are called special professions is that, in addition to the harsh training conditions, the power they can cultivate exceeds most ordinary professions.
So with that thought, I summoned Eirlys.
Then I threw the vine log to the young white dragon.
"Explore with mental power," seeing that Eirlys was a little confused, I said casually.
In a short period of time, it is better not to spread this powerful profession on a large scale. Just find a few trustworthy people to try it and see the effect.
Listening to her father's words, Eirlys summoned her mental strength to explore the vine log.
For creatures with a void bloodline, eating not only increases physical strength but also the soul.
Therefore, although Eirlys does not specialize in spiritual power, her soul strength is not weak.
If Eirlys is willing to change her profession as a spell caster, it is estimated that she will be able to become a powerful low-level spell caster in less than a year. After a few more years of training, it will not be difficult to become an intermediate spell caster. This is enough to make most spell casters envious of the talent, as most people don't know how many spell casters have practiced for decades and are still only intermediate spell casters (such as Goblin Priestess Danylan).
Of course, being able to have this kind of talent is also related to the foundation of Eirlys's own bloodline. Although she is a degraded dragon beast, her basic bloodline is still that of a dragon. What's more, with the continuous strengthening of the power of the void, her body is stronger than that of a dragon of the same order—much more powerful. And as a dragon, we are Fey creatures, very receptive to mana itself, and we are neutral-born sources.
The void dragon beast has advantages in magic, mental power, physical body, etc.
The true dragon has the heritage of the dragon and has spell-like abilities that can be cast instantly without learning. At the same time, the dragon's breath is powerful, the dragon's power is overwhelming, there is a lot of magic power, the soul and spirit are not weak, and the body is also very strong. The main focus is an all-round approach with no weaknesses.
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In the chaos, Eirlys accepted the professional inheritance of the Mountain Believers.
Raising her head, Eirlys looked at her father in confusion and said hesitantly, "This is..."
The Black Dragon Lord said lazily, "It's a good profession, you can try to practice it."
Eirlys seemed to understand.
Before she could speak, the voice of the Black Dragon Lord came again from above her head,
"When you have achieved initial success in your cultivation and found a companion for your journey, you can leave Castle Black."
"Huh?" Eirlys was dumbfounded.
Why is there another request?
And what does it mean to be successful in cultivation? This special profession is very difficult at first glance. It won't require her to practice for five or six years, or even more than ten years, right?
Unlike the true dragon's concept of time, the void dragon beasts who have regained their wisdom will have a more "eager" concept of time.
The dragon doesn't care about five or ten years, but Eirlys can't. She can ignore it for a few months at most. Any longer, and she will feel that time is passing.
The reason is still due to the inheritance of dragons. Dragons with dragon heritage know that they can live for tens of thousands of years even if they don't break through the legend when they are born, and the dragon heritage records the 'living habits' of their ancestors, which will also have a great impact on the worldview of the young dragons.
Dragon beasts have no dragon inheritance, their brains are born blank, and they have no experience.
Therefore, now that they have regained their wisdom, almost every day they spend can make them feel novel and curious. They rarely sleep for ten days and a half, which is worse than the nineteen true dragons in Castle Black—much more active.
"What's the rush?" The Black Dragon Lord snorted coldly and said,
"If you practice hard, you can meet my requirements in a few months."
Of course, this was a lie.
I have never practiced cultivation myself, so how could I know the real cultivation situation?
However, Eirlys, who had been extremely convinced and admired her father's words since she was a child, believed it, then agreed to these two requests, and finally ran towards the outside of the Dragon Pond with the steps of a leaping bird.
After Eirlys left, I summoned Emilia, Hannah, Skye, Mundo, Danylan, Griffon Bray, Gnoll leader Brian, Ava, Isha, Sophia, Mother Crane Bertha, Shea, Shadar, Vic, Doug and Rouyu (Mosha Clam people with strong talent in the water illusion system), Tina (Wolf Girl, one of the earliest Aegean orc maids), Selu (The strongest of your generation the student of Danylan) Tursen, Drogon and other dependents.
Only then did I realize that I had so many core dependent members without even realizing it.
With a little emotion, I allowed each of them to accept the inheritance of the Mountain Believer profession.
Among the core family members, except Roy, the patriarch of the Siglinde family, who was not summoned by me, and the ones stuck in the Underdark, or the sea, the rest were summoned.
Of course, the dozen sahuagin family members who went to make a contract in the offshore waters of the South Sea more than a year ago did not come either. Although they have the names of dependents, I do not really recognize them.
In my eyes, they are all consumables, Gu worms raised together.
The weak will be eliminated as time goes by, and only the strongest one in the end can command all the Void Sahuagin, and then join the Black Wing Lair and become part of the Black Wing Lair Sea Force.
"That's it. For the initial experiment, a dozen test subjects are enough," I muttered.
These dozen experimental subjects are almost the ones who have followed the Black Dragon Lord for the longest time and are the most loyal to me.
It can be said that Black Wing Lair can be left without it, but these relatives cannot be left without it.
Each family member is responsible for part of the responsibilities and development of Black Wing Lair and has already penetrated into the hearts of millions of monsters in Black Wing Lair.
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Time passed, and I returned to my ordinary days.
Study spells, and when I get tired, call the maids for an internal ranking match.
During the ranking process, the Black Dragon Lord will teach the maids various combat skills from the memory of the previous life.
Is the dragon body too big for combat training?
Then use the reduction spell to shrink the dragon's body.
Or I could directly transform into a five-meter-tall dragon-man form and engage in hand-to-hand combat with a two- or three-meter-tall maid, showing no mercy and blood flowing.
I could also make use of the newly learned low-tier spell 'Magic Touch' to strike three swords and six holes, making the maids cry, beg for mercy, and admit defeat.
One dragon fights hundreds of maids, even if I have restrained most of my strength, it is easy and without any pressure.
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Three days later, the Blacksburg internal qualifying ended.
There is no doubt that the Black Dragon Lord won, and the maids were defeated.
"Eat more energy and do more physical exercise. You can't last three days of fighting. Your physical strength is so weak, your strength is so weak, and your stamina is also not enough. How can you set a good example as a maids to the maids below!"
In the Dragon Pond, I, who had regained my complete black dragon form, scolded a fair-skinned maid who was three meters tall.
After being scolded, Sophia lowered her head slightly, nodded her head repeatedly, and did not dare to refute.
A dense mist shrouded the Dragon Pond, its waters rippling faintly as though stirred by unseen forces. The aftermath of the battle was stark—maidens lay sprawled in disarray, their forms broken and battered. Jagged wounds marred their once-pristine skin, and rivulets of crimson pooled beneath them, staining the ground. Tattered remnants of clothing clung feebly to their bodies, scorched, shredded, and soaked in blood, the torn fragments scattered like the remnants of a storm. The air hung heavy with the mingling scents of iron and despair, painting a grim testament to the chaos that had unfolded.
Rouyu, a clam from the Moshao tribe, rested huddled in the white clam shell she had fallen off, her body limp.
Tina, the wolf girl, was breathing heavily and had many wounds all over her body. Even though she was one of the most considerate maids, for their own good, it was the same for Danylan, Shea, and Selu. They were beaten badly, but they were still standing with blood flowing out of their wounds. I couldn't hold back too much.
Ava and Isha, the harpies, still had the strength to stand. After all, they were the two most powerful maids in combat, and they were born into the monster race and had better physiques.
"Fine, retreat." The Black Dragon Lord looked at these incompetent maids, my red eyes showing my disappointment at their ineffectiveness.
As the core of the Black Wing Lair, the maids guarding the Black Castle cannot be too weak.
However, I did not reward these maids with dragon blood to increase their blood concentration.
After all, the reward that was ten times better than dragon blood had already been given out during the three days of battle—referring to martial arts instruction.
As for how much benefit they can get from it and how much essence they can absorb, it depends on whether they learn well during the battle.
In this world, hard work is also a kind of talent.
The Black Dragon Lord has never been stingy with my rewards for my beautiful maids who work hard to learn and make progress.
"Yes." Sophia responded in a low voice, and then cooperated with Ava, Isha, Danylan, Selu, Shea, and the others to take all the other maids who were defeated to the point of losing all strength away from the Dragon Pond. It took some time, but they were out with the help of a maids who could not practice in this all out fighting war.
The Dragon Pond, which had been noisy for three days, finally calmed down.
I also closed my eyes, with the elemental light all over my body flashing, and began to practice and study spells.
So far, I have not mastered even one high-tier Return to Nature level spell.
There are two mastery-level upper-tier spells.
A water dragon technique and an otherworldly teleportation technique.
Compared with the steady and continuous improvement in the strength of the dragon's body, although the mental power of the caster has also been steadily improving, what is strengthened by the feast is only the soul after all, and the mental power is only a derivative of the soul's cultivation, a power acquired through day-to-day cultivation.
If you practice it the day after day, you need to put in the effort.
Even for a black dragon like me, whose soul is far more powerful and superior than a spellcaster of the same level, one amount of training sweat can yield ten times the rewards.
"The caster level is now high-level thirteen. With this model of cultivating spells according to the main task and cultivating mental power for the secondary task, it is estimated that it will take several months to break through to level fourteen.
And breaking through from level 14 to level 15 is a huge threshold," I pondered.
When the creature level broke through from level 14 to level 15, I was stuck for four to five years, and the caster level will probably only last longer.
"Not necessarily. The key to improving the level of a spellcaster lies in three points. One is mental power, the other is the mana pool, and the third is the mastery of spell runes."
In terms of mental power, as the feast continues to be superimposed and strengthened, my soul will become stronger and stronger, and the efficiency of practicing mental power will naturally increase month by month.
Not to mention my huge mana pool. For true dragons, magic power is half innate and half acquired. As long as the dragons are still alive, even if they do not change their profession as spellcasters, the magic power in their bodies will still become more refined and grow over time. Pure and deeper, and this is not unique to dragons but is a common characteristic of all magical creatures.
However, there is a huge gap between the quality and quantity of magic power that monsters with different bloodline levels can increase.
Low-order monsters are not as good as mid-order, high-order monsters are not as good as top-order, and ordinary top-order monsters are not as good as dragons.
Bringing the topic back, since magic power is a semi-innate power for the dragon, it is naturally within the scope of the feast's enhancement.
Although the strengthening effect is not as great as that of the body and soul, magic power is much simpler for me than the cultivation of mental power.
I basically don't spend much time cultivating my magic power, relying entirely on passive growth and feast strengthening.
Last but not least, spell runes.
To break through from an advanced spellcaster to a master-level spellcaster, you need to master at least three high-tier spell runes that have reached the Return to True level.
"For me, magic power is not a requirement at all. Now the quality and quantity of my magic power have long exceeded the ordinary master level. In terms of mental strength, even if I don't take more time to practice, I should be able to meet the requirements for promotion to the master level in about three years." I thought about it.
I found that what I need most now is to practice spells and master the high-tier spell runes of the Return to True level.
"Proficient level water dragon technique and otherworldly teleportation technique are must-selects. After all, proficiency is the highest."
In addition to the two selected spells, there are three more advanced spells that I have learned now.
The sixth-tier instant teleportation technique, the sixth-tier eye of the storm, and the fifth-tier space storage technique.
All three are entry-level proficiencies.
In terms of difficulty, the fifth-tier space storage technique is the lowest.
However, if it is the most helpful spell in battle, it must be the sixth-tier instant teleportation spell.
Therefore, I thought for a while and decided to list instant teleportation as one of the three core spells.
Under normal circumstances, I would be too lazy to make any choice. When I get tired of studying any spell, I would just switch to another one. After all, mastering more Return-level spell runes will only have advantages and no disadvantages for the caster.
There is a requirement for a spellcaster to advance on the legendary road, that is, they need to master a large number of Return-level spell runes. There are quantitative requirements for sleight-of-hand, low-tier, middle-tier, high-tier, top-tier, and super-tier spell runes.
If it is a special profession among spellcasters, the requirements are likely to be more stringent.
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