Chapter 271 - Dragon Art (1/2)
Back in Half Moon Village while Zero worked on the final phase of his medical training, the villagers were finally on the move. Without their village head around, they could finally go all out on their training.
The aura around Endow Hill became ten times scarier with every individual going into seclusion with their individual training. Lovina and Soon immersed themselves into alchemy and dark arts. The fairies and Cleo fortified the forest of Endow Hill, making it look menacing. The warriors worked hard to learn cultivation from Qin Yun while the informants left the village to gather information.
Mitchnew and Roovan travelled ahead of the dragon warriors to Smargdas information to set up base. Olaf finally took the dragon warriors out of the village. He was finally going to teach the young ones dragon art. Bob was also undergoing some kind of transformation. The last time he heard from his pal, the dragon was struggling with the huge improvements Zero was making with his personal growth.
”I'm going into hibernation for a while,” Bob told Olaf. ”The next time I see you, it will not be just a mental projection.”
With that promise and best wishes, Olaf decided to do his best and impart his knowledge to the watered-down dragons.
”Today, we begin our training in the dragon arts. Vrald, you have some knowledge about using dragon blood to awaken the magical bloodline. Gerald, the dragon blood in you is stronger and those dragon claws are evidence. Before we start, Vrald, you are a Fire Dragon descendant. Gerald, you are a Light Dragon Descendant.”
The warriors were surprised by the sudden revelation. However, Olaf continued.
”That means I cannot teach you your ancestor's secret dragon art. However, I can teach you how to use general dragon art unique to dragons. I'm a Frost Dragon who specialises in collecting knowledge and hiding from the world. I don't involve myself in worldly affairs if I can help it but the time has come for me to finally come out of hiding.”
The book lover transformed into his hybrid form and Gerlad's eyes widened.
”This is the form of half-dragons. In this form, we are at least ten times stronger than normal humans. The form is easy to travel in but it brings about a lot of suspicions. It is also our energy-conserving form so you'd find that many dragons enjoy being in this state the most.”
Olaf then turned to Vrald. ”Your blood is more watered down than his so you won't be able to learn transformation art.”
He then turned to the stunned Light Dragon warrior. ”Your blood is too watered-down for a full transformation. However, once you master this, you don't have to hide those hands behind gloves.”
Hearing that, Gerald teared up. Vrald smiled and clapped his friend on the shoulder. Olaf smirked. Transformation art was only the basics. Even hatchlings figured it out within ten years. The more important part was finding out where the limits of the dragon blood ended for each warrior.
Fire Dragons were Olaf's most hated type of dragons. They were crass, arrogant and noisy. Often overestimating their abilities, many young fire dragons died. They are also secretly hopeless romantics with many love affairs. The matters of the Fire Dragon Clan infuriated Olaf but he managed to put aside personal distaste for them to teach Vrald one of their specialities.
”Other than breathing fire and smashing everything in their way, Fire Dragons are known for having one of the strongest magical defences. Ironic isn't it? Hence, you will start learning the art of tenacity.” he asked.
Vrald raised a brow. His dragon blood magic allowed him to conjure fire and had high destructive abilities. Why was Olaf telling him to learn defensive art? He couldn't even voice his questions before Olaf was striking out to him with his tail.
Vrald was sent flying into a huge rock face, creating a man-shaped dent.
Gerald panicked for a moment but Olaf turned to him so quickly that the Light Dragon warrior froze. ”You will be focusing on transformation. Instead of pushing power out, keep the power in. Seal yourself and only direct magic to the chakra channels you have. If you go past the limits of your chakra channels, the dragon parts will start coming out.”
With that, Olaf left to retrieve the groaning Fire Dragon warrior.
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While Olaf worked the boys hard, Bob was unusually silent in the mindscape. Mii became worried when the dragon didn't respond. In the lamp, the egg glowed and pulsed like a beating heart. The strawcherry fairy reported it to Zero who merely told them not to worry. He trusted Bob.
”Bob says that he's doing some personal training and that we shouldn't disturb him for a few months. Don't worry too much. If something happens, I will be the first to know,” he assured his loyal assistant.
Mii didn't look too sure but there was nothing much she could do either. the strawcherry assistant could only keep an eye out for the unhatched dragon. Bob continued to absorb the excess mana converted from the miasma by Zero. Having qi in the area meant that Zero was able to subconsciously convert the miasma poisoning from his patients into his body during treatment. Mii wanted to convert the excess mana in Zero's body into energy but Bob claimed that he could handle it and ended up hibernating while absorbing mana rapidly.
Olaf didn't say anything so Mii tried her best to not worry about Bob. After all, dragons didn't die that easily.
Close to a month in the abyss, there were finally some changes in the egg. Mii freaked out at first when a tiny crack appeared on the exterior. She thought that Bob's egg might have fallen over during the hibernation and endangered the unhatched dragon. However, the pulsing continued strongly so Mii reported the changes to Olaf, not wanting to distract Zero from his job.
Olaf grinned. his training with the dragon warriors was almost complete. Both Gerald and Vrald were now capable of withstanding ten moves from him. Considering that Olaf no longer held back in his full-fledged dragon form, the warriors have come a long way.
”I see. I think Bob is going to hatch very soon. Give him about another week. I guess I'll wait until he appears before me. Bob cannot live in that cramped lamp, tell Zero to free him once he hatches.”
Mii nodded and decided to keep the news to herself for now. Zero would soon graduate and he needed to focus even more than before.
The week passed relatively quickly with so many things happening and so many people being busy. Bob finally gathered enough mana to mature and with a small explosion of energy, broke free from his confines.
Zero felt a head-splitting headache the moment Bob hatched. The lamp was connected to his mindscape and currently, something was attacking it.
”Doctor?” one of the volunteers asked when Zero groaned and collapsed onto the floor and suddenly vanished into thin air. Hua Tuo was still in Hope Hospital and there was nobody around to help the teen.
Zero hurried to his mindscape only to be blocked by the door. ”What's going on?”