Make the dragon great again

Chapter 121 Chapter 120

Adrian looked at the guardians in two rows below the [Hall of Dominion], and listened to their loud praises after receiving the gift of his own blood, feeling deeply moved in his heart.

Four years ago, this place was still an empty dungeon, where a lonely dragon stepped into the 117th year of his birth;
Three years ago, three adventurers who accidentally entered the [Hall of Dominion] and broke a certain seal released a pure white dragon named Adrian. At that time, this dragon was only a young dragon. Knowing nothing about the outside world, he saw the sky of this world for the first time in anticipation and vigilance;
After that, in just half a year, the pure white dragon learned about this world and this continent, and also learned the fact that "the dragon clan is dead" from the mouth of a senior dragon soul who is about to dissipate. Dragon Great Again" determination.

At that time, Adrian was just a bachelor dungeon master, without a single soldier under his command, and as far as he could see, he was already the last pure-blood dragon in the world. The world was so big that there was no one of his kind who could support each other...

But now, this mysterious magic castle, which had been vacant for countless years, finally looked like a dungeon.

Alvarez, the chief steward and chief supporter, has reshaped the body of the Lich with the ribs of the skeleton dragon;

He was taken back by Adrian as a tool man, and now he is Alvarez's assistant, Sekoya who is in charge of statistics on the consumption of materials in the dungeon;
Leading the rest of the dragon beasts with earth-friendly talents, the half-pure dragon beast leaders who are responsible for digging underground mines--Glenn and Olin;

Edmund, who is in charge of field work and partly as a diplomat, and Rex, who has been active under Edmund for a long time and is responsible for spreading and guiding [the rumor of the dragon] in human society;

There is also Fay, who was the first to accept Adrian's blood contract and became Adrian's first family member, and has now completed the purification of his blood.

All of the above are "veteran seniority" in the dungeon guardian class, and each of them, according to the Gaia species, is a "hero class" that has reached at least the fourth level.

Of course, in addition to the above-mentioned old faces, some new faces have also been added to the guardian class.

The newly promoted guardians are all adult bipedal wyverns at least 50 years old collected by Adrian from various places, and some wingless dragons that have reached the standard.

The most conspicuous among them is a dragon species standing at the end of the guardian team, wearing khaki-yellow scales mixed with fiery red, whose body is close to Fay's today, and whose blood has been completely purified.

He is a lava dragon with brass dragon blood that Adrian went out in person two years ago and "recruited" near an active volcano west of the Quintus Swamp.

This lava wyvern is the oldest, largest, and strongest wyvern that Adrian has ever seen in this world, and the dragon blood on his body is also the purest biped wyvern. The wisdom of flying dragons and dragon beasts exceeds that of ordinary dragons, and they can communicate with intelligent creatures simply.

When Adrian came to the door, the lava dragon initially showed a great sense of hostility, and even used simple common language to threaten Adrian who suddenly broke into his territory, but when Adrian completely released Adrian was quite surprised that the lava wyvern surrendered directly after his own ancient dragon breath.

After planting the bloodline contract, Adrian learned about the status of the lava dragon through direct communication between souls:
It turned out that this guy was enslaved by a human magician when he was young. At that time, the magician who was a little bit out of his mind used various spiritual magic to cultivate a mount (?) that could serve as the receptionist of the mage tower. The Wyvern's young mind has been imbued with a great deal of human common sense, but it doesn't seem to have achieved anything in doing so;
Later, when the magician was driving a flying dragon into the crater to search for precious materials, he died unexpectedly in a sudden volcanic eruption. As his growth and strength gradually improved, the knowledge that had been instilled into the depths of his consciousness reappeared piecemeal!

Although there are not many, there are a lot of rational thinking patterns mixed in the fragmentary "human common sense" deliberately screened by magicians. By chance, these "common senses" make the lava dragon develop a simple logical thinking ability .

There are a large number of coincidence factors that are almost irreproducible in the whole process, but as far as the result is concerned, a flying dragon with basic rational thinking ability was born.

Relying on this advantage over other similar ones, the older and older lava dragons have become more and more cunning, and they have also surpassed the vulgar tastes of ordinary inferior dragons, and become a persistent pursuit of extraordinary strength. dragon species.

In addition, he seems to have inherited the part of "human common sense" that is obsessed with money. Therefore, in the legends that are spread west of his lair and on the border of the human kingdom, there is a head that lives in the depths of the big swamp and often comes to the border of the human race to rob houses. Forcible gold glitter adorns the "dragon" in its lair at the foot of the volcano...

Because of the appearance of this lava wyvern, in Adrian's eyes, it has a sense of déjà vu, coupled with its extremely money-loving character, Adrian named it Smaug with some evil taste.

By the way, Comrade Smaug has worked hard to accumulate wealth for nearly 400 years, and all of it has been "handed over" to the organization, which has become another important tool for attracting passers-by in the dungeon. Comrade Smaug can be said to have a clear heart for revolution;

And after discovering that the finished gold and shiny things have a very good effect of "luting the enemy", Adrian even began to consider the possibility of establishing a "Dragon Field Service Team" full-time to "rob the rich and help the poor"...

Because of his own intelligence advantages, Smaug has lived longer than ordinary wyverns by at least 200 years, and his age is even older than some longevity species that do not pay much attention to health. Although he is still only an inferior dragon in the dragon species sequence, he relies on Age forcibly piled up strength to the level of the fifth-order peak;
After surrendering to Adrian and receiving the gift of source blood, Smaug's blood purification speed far surpassed that of other inferior dragons, almost completing the complete purification of blood at the same time as Fay, who started a few years earlier, which made Adrian Ann had to wonder whether Smaug had already approached the critical point of the legendary "natural purification" of the lower dragon...

Of course, whether it is Smaug who is very likely to reach the critical point of "natural purification", or Fay who has forcibly completed the purification by relying on a large amount of blood infusion, they are not really ancient dragons.

Even if the purification of the body and bloodlines has been completed, the giant dragon is a fantasy creature born with a special world personality. The basis of their existence is not just simple bloodlines, but also involves the mystery of the bottom rules and authority of the world.

To put it simply, each pure-blooded giant dragon is an extension of the four great proto-dragons and even the primordial dragon godhead, and has a unique "code" in [Dragon Roots]. Excessive" to describe the root cause of talent.

And for an inferior dragon to really be promoted to a pure-blooded giant dragon, in addition to purifying the blood and completing the complete transformation of life form into a giant dragon, he also needs a person who has reached at least the eighth level of catastrophe—that is, the rank of the ancient dragon. The elders of the Dragon Clan can only obtain their own world personality and truly become a member of the Dragon Clan by performing a "personality endowment".

And the specific manifestation of "personality endowment" is actually a [real name endowment ceremony] presided over by at least an ancient dragon.

Yes, the world personality of the dragon, the independent "coding" of the dragon in [Dragon Roots], the concrete manifestation of this indescribable abstract thing in the material world, is a long enough to make the listener dizzy [real name].

This is also the reason why the real name of the giant dragon has various effects in various mystical senses...

Therefore, neither Fay nor Smaug can obtain their own world personality and become a real dragon before they have their real names.

And Adrian's "final preparation" is actually to conduct a [real name giving ceremony] for them respectively, so that they can become real dragons!
Although Adrian is far from reaching the rank of the eighth-order ancient dragon, but he has been recognized by [Dragon Roots] and has studied void feedback for many years, so he will naturally have a set of feasible alternatives...

"The assistance of the two ancient giant dragons will be a great help to me, whether it is in the benefit of combat power, or in helping to store source blood and feedback from the void!"

Adrian looked at Smaug who had been bowing his head to him, and said:
"Smaug, and Fay, you have all completed the complete purification of your blood, and during this period of time, I am very satisfied with the results of your work, so..."

After hearing the first half of Adrian's words, Fay and Smaug froze at the same time. The three hearts in each body were pounding, and the sound echoed in the [Hall of Dominion], like a surging sea tide.

Among them, Smaug raised his head suddenly, his eyes glowed brightly, and after realizing his disrespect, he hurriedly lowered his head again, and because he was worried that he would lose the opportunity because of his offense, his body trembled slightly .

Adrian didn't care about this, but he went on to say:

"...Therefore, I decided to give you real names."

Fay and Smaug's wings were lowered, their upper bodies and heads were completely attached to the ground. Under the envious eyes of the other dragons in the [Hall of Domination], they responded to Adrian's gift with the most simple surrender gesture of the dragons.

Alvarez also looked at them with some envy. Although he has reshaped the body of the lich and gained further potential through some special elements in the rib of the skeleton dragon, he is still just a lich , cannot enjoy Adrian's power gift "easily" like the inferior dragon.

Therefore, Alvarez, who had witnessed the rapid rise of the newcomer Smaug, felt a sense of crisis that had not subsided for a long time surged in his heart again.

'I can't go on like this!I am not a dragon, and the process of surrendering to Lord Adrian was not, not beautiful. If this continues, sooner or later, I will be completely surpassed by those inferior dragons and gradually become a marginalized person!I have to find a valuable position that only belongs to me...'

Alvarez's empty eye sockets flickered with soul fire, and he didn't know what he was thinking...

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To be continued, change first and then change.

In dnd, the brass dragon is a metal dragon that lives in the desert. Here I changed it to all hot areas including volcanoes and deserts.

　Thanks to 'Kuroba Akira' for the reward of 100 points!

　　
　
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