Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After his excitement, Jose suddenly realized a very serious problem. He had obtained the transmigration benefits, but he had no idea how to use them.
Since there was no explanation, he would explore it himself.
He closed his eyes and calmed his mind.
Exploring the unknown was always the most difficult because there was no predecessor’s experience to use as a reference. Thus, everything was without any clues.
No, it was not that he had no clue.
He remembered the inscription on the base of the statue of the Undying Bird. The inscription gave a vague hint.
[Heart of the Undying Bird]. The place where the energy gathered was the heart. The Heart of the Undying Bird should be the name of the reward.
As for the “S”, he recalled the fantasy card games he played in his previous life. If there were no accidents, S was the item grade.
[Reincarnator] referred to the fact that he had transmigrated.
“One who is reborn in flames to live another life.”
Jose muttered to himself, “Could it be that I have obtained the Undying Bird’s ability to revive from ashes? In that case, fire should not be able to hurt me.”
He decided to give it a try.
As a young dragon who had yet to awaken his magic power, the only way he could create flames was through his dragon breath. It was easy for him to spit out dragon breath, but it was not so simple to ensure that he was not burned by it.
The dragon breath was one of the most powerful weapons that the dragon race possessed, and what he was about to do was to use this strongest weapon against himself.
Of course, dragons had a certain resistance to their own dragon breath.
He opened his mouth, but in the end, he did not make up his mind. It was as if he was shooting himself with a gun. It was really scary.
Fortunately, the power of the dragon breath could be controlled.
Dragon breath was the creation of both biology and magic. On both sides of the dragon’s mouth were two tubes that connected to the abdominal cavity. These tubes were connected to the sacs containing special secretion glands. The function of the liquid in the glands was similar to that of a combustion agent. When mixed with magic power, it formed a powerful dragon breath.
Jose could reduce the power of the dragon breath by adjusting the amount of combustion agents. He opened his mouth and aimed at the empty ground as he controlled the muscles around the cyst to squeeze gently.
Whoosh!
A one-meter-long dragon breath disappeared in the blink of an eye. He stretched out his dragon claw and touched the ground. The temperature of the rocks that had been burned by the dragon breath was more than a hundred degrees. It was obvious how powerful the dragon breath was.
He could make it even weaker.
Through repeated practice, he reduced the power of his dragon breath to an acceptable range.
He extended a dragon claw and spat out a small mouthful of dragon breath.
Eh?!
When the dragon claw was engulfed by the dragon flames, Jose was surprised to find that he did not even feel pain.
Using his other dragon claw, he touched the burnt area and confirmed that the temperature was only several degrees higher than normal.
This was abnormal. Naturally, he would not doubt the power of the dragon breath. The problem came from himself, or rather, the Heart of the Undying Bird.
He increased the power of the dragon breath bit by bit, but his body was still intact. Moreover, there was a tingling sensation from his wounds, which was a sign that they were healing faster.
It was still unknown if he could be reborn from fire, but it at least proved that flames could speed up the healing of his wounds.
Jose was pleasantly surprised.
Ever since he transmigrated, he had been constantly worried that the Red Nest would be defeated before he healed, causing him to fall into the hands of the enemy.
To him, the ability to accelerate the healing of wounds with flames was simply a blessing from heaven.
Without any hesitation, he turned around and spat out dragon flames at his wounds. In the roaring flames, the speed at which flesh grew could be seen with the naked eye. The charred black scales fell off, and new scales gradually grew in their place.
Ten minutes later, the scales on Jose’s body returned to normal.
He felt comfortable all over, as if he had just walked out of a sauna room. He tried flexing his body, and there was no discomfort.
This was a great encouragement to him. He directly stood up and stretched, with all of the bones in his body emitting cracking sounds.
“Awesome!”
After his excitement, he gradually calmed down. The recovery of his body only gave him a sliver of strength to protect himself. The most important thing was how to survive this grave war.
He turned around and saw the new scales on his body.
Suddenly, he thought of a problem and frowned.
“I have no reason to refuse to enter the battlefield anymore!”
The truth was, he did not lack the courage to die in battle to protect something important, but it was not worth it for the Red Nest.
He looked down at the scales on the ground and fell into deep thought.
…
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
In these three days, two more battles erupted.
Jose had avoided the battle by disguising himself as a wounded dragon, thanks to the fact that the Gnoll Overseer had not entered the cave to take a closer look. Otherwise, the gnoll would have flown into a rage because the charred scales on the “seriously injured” young dragon were stuck to his body with saliva mixed with mud.
Needless to say, this felt a little like playing sick and skipping class under the noses of one’s parents.
It was so thrilling!
Of course, it was even more “thrilling” for the young dragons participating in the battle; almost one-third of them had perished.
He was certain that if not for the restrictions of the contract and the fear of the Mistress of the Red Nest, the dragons would have long fled for their lives.
At noon, all of the dragons were sleeping soundly in the cave when, suddenly, the ground began to quake, and sand and rocks began to tumble down from the top of the cave, as if it were a magnitude 10 earthquake.
“What’s happening?!”
“Why is the enemy attacking the Red Nest?!”
Roar!
An angry dragon’s roar exploded above their heads like thunder, drowning out the cries of all the dragons. A draconic aura that surged like a tsunami covered the earth and the sky as it pressed down. All the dragons that were of the same dragon species felt a great pressure. This was the draconic aura of an ancient dragon!
The young dragons that were covered in dust crawled up in a panic. At the same time, an angry dragon’s roar and a magical explosion sounded.
The violent energy waves that spread out made Jose’s heart skip a beat as his mind raced.
Without a doubt, the Red Nest was under attack. The Mistress of the Red Nest was fighting a powerful enemy.
But from the intelligence Jose gathered over the past few days, the enemy should still have been a long distance from the Red Nest!
What was going on?!
The current situation did not allow him to think too much. The battle of top-notch experts was extremely destructive. The cave could collapse at any moment and get buried under the sand and stones. Jose and the dragons squeezed towards the exit.
As soon as he arrived outside, he raised his head to look at the sky. The battle had stopped, and both sides were confronting each other in the air.
On one side was the legendary Five-Colored Dragon Team led by the Mistress of the Red Nest. There were a total of 12 Red, Blue, Green, Black, and White Dragons. On the other side was the expert enemy team led by a white-robed old man. The enemies had higher numbers with 30 to 40 people, but the Five-Colored Dragon Team was not weak at all. They even had dragon flames in their mouths, waiting to fire.
“Shavana! I’ll give you one last chance. Leave Tedanol and never return!”
“Old geezer Morlin! You must be senile! Who gave you the courage…?”
“…”
Through the conversation between the two sides, Jose deduced that this attack was a probe, and also an ultimatum. Although the Human Alliance Army had the advantage, they were not prepared to sacrifice themselves.
In order to minimize losses on both sides, they had come in part to parley this time. In the end, the negotiations had fallen apart.
After the talks failed, the enemy had teleported away.
Suddenly, someone poked him.
Jose turned his head and saw the Golden Dragon loli. Then, he saw the scales that had fallen off from his body due to him moving in a crowd with the other dragons. His heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
“Oh Red Whelp~!” A sinister voice that seemed to be suppressing its anger sounded behind him.
Jose’s body stiffened. He turned his head around mechanically and saw the Gnoll Overseer trembling in anger. He answered, “Oh Overseer~”