Crossing the true dragon realm, and you call me Little Locke?

Azure sea and sky, dense forests and snow-capped mountains.

Located northwest of Cuiyuehai and northeast of the border forest, the Muyun Mountains are bathed in sunshine as bright as ever.

As the newly appointed lord of this mountain range, Shuoyang remained secluded in his nest as always, completely unmoved by the bright spring sunshine.

His bright yellow dragon body coiled like a snake.

He had a pair of bluish-green bronze horns on his head, and his neck was surrounded by a colorful mane and a long beard of similar color that swayed with his breath.

He stared intently at the ground between his claws.

That was the core of the magic node of his dragon's nest, where a phantom-like pure white sapling grew.

Its golden branches and leaves unfurled, slowly absorbing the magical radiation emanating from Shuoyang.

"Still no change?"

Shuoyang stared at it for a while, then flicked its tail in frustration.

He traveled to this world fifty-five years ago.

The father was an ancient celestial dragon that roamed between planes, while the mother was an extremely old bronze dragon native to Casciano.

Shuoyang was the only one among his many brothers and sisters to inherit his father's dragon bloodline.

Unlike his bronze dragon brothers and sisters.

He is a unique dragon species not found in the native land of Casciano—the Celestial Dragon.

This white tree sapling was something he had taken from an adult green dragon's nest five months ago.

His original system was activated when he traveled through time.

I don’t know if they sent him the wrong system, but his system is actually the system of the mobile game he played before he transmigrated – Rock Kingdom.

The system refers to the giant dragon in Shuoyang, which is tens of meters long, as Little Locke.

They also gave him ten Poké Balls and a White Tree seed.

Assign him a task to capture elves and build an elf home.

Together with other "Little Rockers," they created the Rock Kingdom.

But in this world of swords and magic, where would you find such a pet spirit?

Helpless, Shuoyang could only try using a Poké Ball.

They tried to catch the pointed-eared creature with the same name as the elf and other magical beasts similar to the elf, but to no avail.

Fortunately, he still has the white tree seed that is bound to him.

After planting the tree, Shuoyang discovered that it would absorb the magical radiation he emitted and grow.

It also replenished him, causing his size and magic to grow along with the tree.

In less than three months, his physique and magic power had grown to the strength of a mature celestial dragon.

Unfortunately, the white tree sapling stopped growing after it sprouted and grew leaves.

Shuoyang's strength has increased, and it has returned to normal levels.

This made him, who had tasted the sweetness of success, feel somewhat uncomfortable.

So Shuoyang has been holed up in his nest for the past two months, occasionally checking to see if the white tree has grown.

But each time, the result disappointed him.

It's been almost two months, and the white tree has absorbed his massive magical radiation, but it hasn't grown at all.

I wonder where all that magical radiation she absorbed went.

Thinking this, Shuoyang opened the system panel again and checked the damn newbie quests.

[Task 1: Capture a Pokémon of any type. Reward: Alchemy Magic / Can be used to craft Poké Balls and TM Stones.]

[Task 2: Capture one Fire, Water, and Grass-type spirit. Reward: Creation Magic/Can create Alchemy Cauldron, Leaf Source Crystal.]

Looking at these two tasks, Shuoyang thought to himself, "Where the hell did these elves come from?"

"Do I look like a dragon-type Pokémon to you? Why don't I just put myself in a Poké Ball?"

Feeling agitated, he was about to take another nap.

Take a couple of days to sleep and relax.

A half-dragon elf with long, emerald-green hair and a tall, slender figure.

But they ventured into the deepest part of the dragon's nest.

With a serious expression and earnest tone, she reported to the lord: "My lord, something has happened."

"Those scavengers have failed your kindness."

"They found new masters, betrayed you, seized the mines, and enslaved all the kobolds."

"What the hell!?"

Upon hearing this news, Shuoyang was somewhat surprised.

Because he was only in his fifties, a young dragon who had left his mother's nest less than a year ago.

Therefore, he was all alone, with no family or relatives.

All of his men were taken over from the green dragon.

Just like Adela in front of us, she is a half-dragon toy born from the green dragon's wicked sense of humor and "snacks".

The carrion eaters she mentioned were a clan of gnolls.

They are the main fighting force under that green dragon.

When Shuoyang dragged the green dragon out of its nest and chased after it, he also killed most of the jackalmen in the process.

Therefore, Shuoyang was very surprised. Who gave this group of jackals the audacity to betray him so openly?

He lowered his head, his gleaming dragon eyes looking at Adela.

He asked softly, "Have you found out what they're relying on?"

A hint of worry and hesitation flashed across Adela's pretty face.

She replied hesitantly, "It's a dragon lich."

"I transformed into a serpent and sneaked into the mine to investigate, and discovered that they were worshipping a very strange dragon lich."

"What!?"

Upon hearing the name "Dragon Lich," Shuoyang was dumbfounded.

Although his strength is much greater than that of other dragons of the same age.

But monsters like dragon liches are far too much for him.

He'd have a hard time even fighting a regular lich, let alone a dragon lich.

So Shuoyang glanced at the white tree sapling and regretted planting it there.

Fortunately, the sapling is bound to him, so no other creature can touch or interfere with it except for him.

Therefore, after some deliberation, Shuoyang...

He finally decided to abandon the white tree and run away to ask his mother and brothers and sisters for help.

Unleash the metal dragon's signature righteous mob attack to take down this dragon lich.

After deciding on a strategy, he was cautious, fearing that the dragon lich was too powerful and might harm his family.

So he carefully questioned Adela, "You just said that dragon lich was strange, right?"

"What exactly is strange about it?"

Adela replied earnestly, "It's too small; it looks like a young dragon that has transformed."

"Moreover, its appearance is also very strange, with a very large head, making it impossible to tell what kind of dragon it is."

"If it weren't for the extremely strong necromantic aura emanating from it, I would have suspected that it was a dragon lich."

"Hmm~!?"

Shuoyang was stunned for the third time, because of Adela's description.

He had practically worn out the system's encyclopedia of spirits.

The first thing that comes to mind is a Dragon-type and Dark-type Pokémon: the juvenile form of the Desolate Bone Dragon – the Bighead Bone Dragon.

"A spirit has really appeared! How did it get here?"

Shuoyang's pupils contracted in surprise, but he was no longer afraid.

Even if it is a true dragon lich, its age depends on the age of its original body that was transformed.

The reason why ordinary dragon liches are strong is that those that can transform into dragon liches are mostly old dragons and ancient dragons that are about to die.

And the dragon lich that the young dragons transformed into could kill three of them with a single breath from Shuoyang.

Therefore, he temporarily shelved the plan to shake the dragon.

It reached out and grabbed Adela with its claws, then swam out of the dragon's nest and flew straight towards its own mine.

His figure meandered, merely gliding across the sky.

The birds were startled and fell to the ground, the beasts scattered, and a commotion broke out in the mountains.