Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 22 New Life

After obtaining the Samadhi True Fire, Lyon's confidence really increased greatly.

The premise is not to commit suicide, otherwise you will die. He now has a deep understanding of this. He can't figure out why he had the courage to play with his tail like that. Is it because he once swam in the lava river some time ago, which gave him confidence?

All in all, Leon was quite lucky. The forest he chose was quite large and had a lot of resources. It could at least provide him with the daily needs of a young dragon. He didn't need to spend too much time to find enough food to fill his stomach. From squirrels, rabbits, foxes to wolves, the variety of food was quite rich.

In particular, according to his observation, there were no trampled paths or roads in the woods, nor were there any signs of trees being cut down, animals being hunted, or plants being picked. There were no fireworks set off at fixed times every day, indicating that there was no human life in this forest.

Now that he has decided to live here in the future, Lyon has been busy building a nest recently.

Leon chose a nesting site close to a water source so that he could occasionally see animals drinking water. He had no experience with this before, and later he felt that there would be basically no danger in the mother dragon's territory, so he just fooled around a bit. This time he was quite attentive.

You can slack off when you work for your boss, but not when you work for yourself.

Lyon spent a long time digging the hole, which took him ten days or half a month in total. In the end, he had the required length and depth, with several entrances and exits, both visible and hidden. He even took flood-proof measures. For example, the entrances and exits were not facing the sky, but vertical like doors, and there was a simple eaves.

It was during this time of hard work that he found the trick to digging a hole, which was to use his claws to dig up the soil and dig it under his body, and then use his hind legs to kick the loose soil behind him as he moved forward.

Not only that, Leon also learned how to make a door... Actually, it was just breaking branches to the right width, tying them up with vines, and then simply blocking them when sleeping in the nest to prevent any uninvited guests. Although animals that can pass through a hole with a diameter of just over one meter can't beat him.

After digging the nest, Leon really had a comfortable life. Every day he either looked for food or slept. Of course, he never forgot to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon during the first and middle days of each month.

There were few monsters. So many days had passed, and Leon hadn't seen a single monster, and hadn't had a chance to use the Samadhi True Fire. It could only be used once during a long rest, and the Samadhi True Fire, which almost exhausted all of his mana, couldn't be used carelessly.

But it's not that Lyon hasn't encountered anything before. He has also encountered enemies, a group of wolves.

It is an evil predator that likes to hunt and eat creatures weaker than itself. They usually roam in remote wilderness or are domesticated by goblins and hobgoblins as mounts. When they feel slightly mistreated or need nutritional supplements, they will turn against their riders.

The challenge level of the worgs is not high, only 1/2. Even in groups, they cannot challenge an ordinary dragonling, let alone Leon, who is a red dragon worg and has mastered several spells.

Of course, these wolves would not attack Leon to their own death. They just took advantage of the night to steal things and the meat that Leon had left over, but they were unlucky enough to be caught by Leon.

Of course, Lyon would not tolerate them. He used the sword-wielding skill to take the life of a wolf, and combined with the immobilization skill, no wolf could escape.

A pack of wargs wasn't worth Leon's attention, but an owlbear was different.

It was half a month after he met the wolf. Lyon encountered an owl bear while collecting sun essence in the early morning. He was so focused on collecting sun essence that he didn't notice the owl bear approaching. The owl's scream echoed in the woods in the early morning. Its thick body, like a bear, was covered with feathers. The owl bear stared at Lyon with its big round eyes and screamed at him. The strong smell of blood and rotten meat irritated Lyon's nose.

Under normal circumstances, the challenge level of an owlbear is only 3, but that owlbear is obviously an owlbear with a large body, it can be said to be a behemoth, and the challenge level is definitely more than that.

The competition for survival is not a fight between beasts. Leon is not as reckless as other red dragon hatchlings. He has no intention of challenging the giant owlbear. After all, there is plenty of food, so why take the risk?

Leon immediately stood up on his two legs and tail, spreading his wings to make himself look bigger and remind the other party that he was not to be trifled with.

However, the owlbear was fierce and aggressive, and had a bad temper. It never cared whether its enemy was stronger or not, and would attack even without provocation. As a matter of course, it rushed towards Leon and jumped up.

Leon didn't expect that someone with such a huge weight could actually jump several meters high, which resulted in him flapping his wings and flying into the air, where he was hugged and dragged down.

A dragon and a bear rolled on the ground, rolling down the hillside until they hit a big tree and stopped.

The owlbear used its beak and brute force to attack. Even though Leon was protected by hard scales, this peck left a bloody hole, and then it followed with another claw attack...

This brings us back to the fact that reality is not a game or a group role-playing game. Otherwise, according to the data on DND, the damage caused by an owlbear's claw attack is comparable to that of an adult red dragon. Although one is a behemoth with a total length of more than 10 meters and a weight of more than tons, the latter is only at the level of a large brown bear.

Leon was knocked to the ground by the owlbear, and he had no hands free to summon his sword. However, even if he got the sword, it would be difficult for him to use the sword-controlling technique. Then he thought that using the immobilization technique to control the owlbear would be of no use.

With this thought in mind, Leon took a deep breath and fired a breath of Samadhi Fire at the Owl Bear... After such a long time, it was finally a chance for him to use the Samadhi Fire, although he did not want such an opportunity because it meant danger.

In short, the Samadhi True Fire is not an ordinary flame. It has the characteristics of burning external objects and scorching souls. If you can avoid it, it's one thing. If you can't avoid it... at least the owl bear has no chance of survival. It will be burnt beyond recognition in a few seconds.

Pushing away the heavy body of the owl bear, Leon checked his injuries. His bald tail had not yet grown scales, and it was pecked with several bloody holes, and a bunch of scales were lost. Now he was really bald and had a bald head.

No wonder wild beasts of the same size in nature avoid fighting. No wonder many monsters that are larger and stronger than owlbears will deliberately avoid fighting with them when they encounter them. If they lose, they're gone, and if they win, there's no benefit either. It's not worth it to just get hurt.

After the fight, Leon certainly would not miss the owlbear's corpse. He ate a big meal, dragged the remaining owlbear corpse to the vicinity of the den, and then dug a hole to bury it to prevent it from being stolen. This was something he learned after encountering a warg stealing his prey.

After that, for a long time after defeating the owlbear, Lyon never encountered any ferocious beasts or monsters again.

There are no ferocious beasts or monsters, but there is a nest of gnolls that suddenly grew out like mushrooms.

(End of this chapter)