Red Dragon, but chosen by all four gods

"This is……"

Heros looked around and saw four magnificent statues standing at the four corners of the palace. The statues emitted a mesmerizing light, so he could only see their outlines and not the details.

"Has my cheat been credited?"

Heros's consciousness blinked, a hint of anticipation creeping into its heart.

So he quickly went to the first statue.

The statue is surrounded by a scarlet light. The main body of the statue holds a battle axe, is dressed in armor, and sits high on a brass throne, with piles of skulls at its feet.

Before Him, Heros was suddenly overcome by a desire for conquest, a yearning for blood to be spilled and heads to roll.

However, after observing for a long time without finding anything, Heros went to the second statue.

The statue is surrounded by azure light. The main body of the statue resembles a wise man wearing a long robe, while the details show patterns of bird feathers and claws.

Before Him, Heros felt a thirst for wisdom and magic welling up within him, and it was as if countless grand and complex plans were brewing within him.

Heros still hadn't gained anything, and then he went to the third statue.

The statue was surrounded by a verdant light, and its main body was a chubby giant stirring a large cauldron.

Before Him, Heros felt a surge of love and praise for life, and a resistance to and rejection of death.

However, Heros still hadn't gained anything.

He had no choice but to go to the last statue.

The statue is surrounded by a dark purple light, and the main body of the statue resembles an elegant nobleman dressed in gorgeous clothes whose gender is indiscernible.

Before Him, Heros felt a surge of desire for perfection and the ultimate, and a longing for love.

However, this statue is different from the others.

As Heros approached the statue, a scene suddenly appeared within its light.

The scene depicts Heros hatching from its shell and meeting the eyes of the golden dragon.

The scene shifts, showing Heros calling out "Mama".

The scene shifts again, showing Seraria holding Heros tightly in her arms.

Finally, the scene freezes on Heros swallowing the eggshell, with Seraria smiling beside him.

A prompt appeared in the center of the screen:

You have established a genuine relationship and received a corresponding reward.

Your Charm attribute +1

[You gain the ability: Patient Guidance]

[Persuasive Guidance: Your whispers will have the power to subtly alter cognition. The more times the target is whispered, the lower their mental resistance becomes; the effect of whispers stacks with each instance.]

"hiss……"

Upon seeing this ability, Heros gasped slightly.

"Such a powerful ability, but I wonder how effective it will be in actual use."

"And what's the use of this +1 Charisma attribute?"

Heros didn't understand; perhaps he would have to wait until he woke up to investigate.

What he cares about most now is the activation logic of these four statues.

Judging from the feeling he gets from the dark purple statue, He needs something related to emotion or beauty to activate Him.

The other three statues should have corresponding divine roles or something similar. Fulfilling their divine roles will yield rewards.

"Based on my first impression, the crimson statue is probably related to combat..."

Heros directly used colors to represent the statues, and by the way, he also planned to use dark purple to refer to the last statue, as its divine name was difficult to pronounce.

"The azure statue is related to knowledge and magic, so there's no problem with that."

"The verdant statue is probably related to life. How do I trigger this? Do I need to reach my youth stage to create the next generation of life?"

Dragons have a long growth cycle, taking 50 years to reach their youth. If the Emerald Statue is really that difficult to trigger, then Heros won't need to consider Him for a long time.

After summarizing the pattern of the statue's reward distribution, Heros noticed that after the rewards were distributed, Seraria's image was slowly rising.

It eventually transformed into a star, orbiting the dark purple statue.

If Heros were to gaze intently at this star, he would see Seraria's figure once more.

A strange feeling arose in his heart.

He immediately understood that even things or people that had already received rewards could receive rewards again if they achieved further development.

For example, his relationship with Celia could reach a new level...

To be honest, Heros didn't know how else the mother-son relationship could be improved.

Maybe we could celebrate her birthday or something?

Heros muttered to himself as he strolled around the palace again.

After confirming that nothing was missing, he left the space.

……

Heros slowly woke up, supporting his upper body with his front paws, pushing off the ground with his hind paws, arching his back and abdomen high, and stretching thoroughly.

Then, he immediately noticed the change in himself.

Even the most powerful of the five dragons, the red dragon, cannot master the knack of controlling elemental magic in its fledgling stage; it takes until it reaches its juvenile stage at the earliest.

At this moment, Heros clearly sensed that the fire elements in the air were rushing towards him, trying to get close to him.

He even noticed red patterns appearing on his dragon wings, a sign that fire elemental magic was gathering and flowing across his body.

This wasn't because his ability to control fire element had improved; it was simply that the fire element was drawn to him and willing to be controlled by him, which is why they spontaneously gathered together.

With this affinity, Heros's elemental magic power would slowly increase even without him doing anything.

During the battle, they received a continuous stream of reinforcements and supplies!

"So that's how it is. 'Charm' is the affinity with elements?"

Heros originally thought that if the charm added by the dark purple statue was only to make himself look good, then it was the most useless statue.

A mighty red dragon should be the most ferocious and powerful being, and should use its absolute power to make the world fear it!

If you can't stop a child from crying at night, what kind of Red Dragon are you?

Now it seems he wronged Xiao Zi. Charm can make him stronger, Xiao Zi did a good job!

……

Seraria was somewhat annoyed.

She was initially overjoyed, as the purification ritual she had painstakingly performed had finally yielded results, and she had her first "son".

Heros was well-behaved and kind, so kind and well-behaved that Seraria felt incredibly happy just watching him eat eggshells.

Unfortunately, the noble lords under her rule always brought bad news.

It's either monsters appearing, undead running rampant, or bandits causing chaos.

Although she would hand over a sum of gold coins to the great golden dragon each time, such a small matter would take two or three days to deal with, greatly interfering with her progress in magical research.

Moreover, the matter was too trivial for her to directly empty the pockets of the nobles.

Moreover, what the other party requested was indeed an act of eradicating evil, a request that Jinlong found difficult to refuse.

Since the beginning of the Godfall Era, disasters on the continent of Eladica have been increasing daily, while the number of beings that mortals can turn to for help has been decreasing.

She learned from the Dragon Legacy that the metal dragons before the Godfall Era even had the leisure to mingle among mortals, run businesses, and build their own commercial empires over a thousand years, acquiring a continuous stream of gold coins and wealth.

Some powerful golden dragons even form their own legions of benevolent dragons.

Instead of being like her, forced to guard her territory and wait for mortals to offer gold coins, and even having only a few dozen members of her own dragonborn guard due to insufficient funds, and often lacking materials for magical experiments.

Seraria sighed, then put those worries aside, because she was about to return to the dragon's lair and couldn't wait to see the cute little red dragon.

The purification ritual for the five-colored dragon eggs was successful, and the significance of this event made any other worries seem insignificant.

If she can successfully complete the purification ritual, then in the future, the five-colored dragons may no longer be the enemies of the metal dragons or one of the calamities of the world of Eladica, but may instead join the metal dragons' righteous cause!

And her name, Celia Volensera, will forever shine in the legacy of the dragons after the fall of the gods!

Seraria folded her dragon wings and landed on the mountaintop, when she suddenly remembered something.

"Makaros".

"Master." Macaros landed beside Seraria.

"Go and fetch a horned sheep. Heros should be waking up soon; he's growing a lot."

"OK."

"By the way, I'll be continuing my in-depth research on the purification ritual over the next few days, and you'll be in charge of nurturing Heros. Especially since most of the dragon's lineage was severed after the Godfall Era, you'll need to teach him in detail."

"Yes." Macaros faithfully obeyed Seraria's orders and then turned to prepare Heros's food.

Seraria then transformed into human form and headed straight for her lair.

As soon as I entered, I saw Heros stretching after just waking up.

However, she suddenly noticed that the little red dragon seemed to have become much more beautiful than it had been two days ago.

Or am I just imagining things?

Seraria shook her head and hugged Heros tightly, using a force that could almost break his bones.