273 Electric Stone Part 2 (1/2)

It was true that a contract creature needed to listen to everything its master said, however, there had also been mages who had been killed by their contract creatures. They either had no intelligence or were too intelligent, and having rich emotions could cause huge trouble. A mage would usually only take in one contract creature as it required a lot of focus to nurture them.

Saleen had never created any sealing type of equipment to conceal Nailisi so as to live together with her. Nailisi was highly intelligent and if he treated her like any other contract creature it would lead her to be distant towards him.

It was a pity that Saleen did not have time to interact with the winged skeleton now. He had a guilty conscience and wanted to leave the lightning dragon's nest as soon as possible.

He used his fastest speed to return to the Pan's Turtle alchemical boat and with the help of the six grade-3 mages Saleen quickly steered the ship away from the lightning dragon's nest. This time they steered north for over an hour before they came to a river intersecting with the sea. The alchemical boat swam upwards with the river flow, only stopping when it reached a riverbank.

The lightning dragon could not chase after them in such shallow water.

When the lightning dragon returned and realised its eggs were gone it would definitely become angry and look for them nearby. Saleen was not sure if the alchemical boat could withstand a beating from the lightning dragon now. While escaping Saleen already had some ideas on how to deal with the lightning dragon. Since it could not leave water, he could make use of the river's flow.

It was a pity that he was so anxious, if there was a grade-8 mage with him right now Saleen would have a perfect way of dealing with the lightning dragon. His plan now was not very safe. Without any sorcerers it would be a little hard to control the lightning dragon.

Letting the mages from Sregl Island return to report their safety, Saleen and Nailisi stayed on the alchemical boat. They could not continue their work underwater now with the lightning dragon there. Saleen did not want to take any risks in the water or even near the coast.

The lightning dragon was known as a grade-8 creature probably because of its weakness; it could not go ashore. Many people did not have to worry about it. For a normal person, a lightning dragon was much less scary than a magic wolf.

Saleen waited for all the mages to leave before he took out the tourmaline and the lightning dragon's eggs. It was not that he did not want to share them, but these low-grade mages had no use for something of such high-grade. Only a sorcerer like his teacher could help him use them. Saleen was only worried that these eggs were incubating too quickly.

The hatching of magic beasts' eggs had no definite rules to it. Some magic beasts' eggs could mature within three to five months while some would take decades. Since Sregl Island had been sealed, it would take at least three years for anyone to come.

If the eggs showed any signs of hatching before then, Saleen could only keep them for himself.

Nailisi looked pitifully at Saleen. She raised one finger to point at the lightning dragon's eggs.

”You only want one?” Saleen was a little shocked. Nailisi did not usually eat anything, but when she came across something she liked, she could eat more than Sika. These lightning dragon eggs should be beneficial to her, so how could she only want one?

A nest of lightning dragon eggs had forty-four eggs. Saleen planned to reserve thirty-six of them to give them to the mages that defended the magic towers. Of course Lex would have two of the remaining ones and there would be six left. If the mages from Sregl Island did not arrive in time, Saleen could keep all of them and give them out however he liked.

Nailisi nodded, only needing one lightning dragon egg. If she absorbed it completely she would definitely gain a new ability.

Saleen laughed. Nailisi was rarely this generous. He knew that the fact that Nailisi did not take the eggs by herself proved that their benefits were greater than others she had eaten in the past. A demon's attitude was entirely different from a human's.

”Three, I think three is enough for you. I will keep three as well, but then I need to give out the rest.” Saleen pointed at the lightning dragon's eggs on the tourmaline.

Nailisi smiled gleefully as she grabbed three eggs and threw them into her mouth.

”Master, I need to take a rest. Unless you want me dead, do not call me.” Nailisi's words left Saleen unable to do anything. A demon's attitude could be full of deceit, but it could also be unbearably direct. Demons were known to be intelligent creatures by humans because they were just as complex as them.

Humans would grade creatures that looked similar to them as more intelligent. For example; most people would think that monkeys were intelligent animals only because they looked similar in appearance to humans. In fact, they were not even as clever as some crows.

Demons were simple, at least that was how Nailisi saw it. After swallowing the eggs she immediately left Saleen's side and she went to rest in the cabin herself, sealing the door shut behind her.

While she was ingesting the essence of the giant dragon's heart, Nailisi still did not have the ability to absorb the powers voluntarily. She had wasted a lot of energy, but she did not feel it was anything. If she could find another Tiago in the future, she would continue swallowing and absorbing it. So long as she solidified this type of energy on her body there was still a chance.

Nailisi laid on the bed, slowly returning to her special form.