1522 Frost Part 1 (2/2)

The Fire Dragons transmuted from the Wind Dragons charged at the terrifying being deep within the crack. Saleen knew that a being nurtured in such an environment would definitely be a water elemental, and as such, they would have less defense against fire damages.

The Fire Dragons were just a way for him to probe it, which enabled him to determine the being's true rank. If it were a level 17 being, it would be best to just kill it with the Book of Lightning. All he hoped for at the moment was that the magic beast below was not an intelligent being.

Tens of Fire Dragons disappeared without a trace, as if they had never existed in the first place.

What level was this Deep Blue Territory? Saleen was had a body of water element, and while he would not freeze over, he nonetheless felt his bones getting stiff. The Fire Dragons had charged to a certain area and just vanished altogether.

A human? Why aren't you that damned god instead!?

Saleen heard a roar. The roar packed dragon might.

Deep down, Saleen began to feel bad and a little anxious, but there was still hope. The enemy was a dragon, and probably a frost dragon told in legends. Frost dragons were dragons that had innate water elemental abilities.

That innate ability was rather different from the talents defined by humans.

Even the golden dragons, which were dragons skilled in close quarters combat, were actually capable of learning magic. They just would not achieve the height of skill achievable by rainbow dragons. Learning magic would be a huge loss for them, and it would reduce the strength of their bodies.

Having innate abilities in the dragons' perspective meant that the bloodline of a dragon would allow them to reach extreme heights of knowledge and ability in areas they were innately capable of.

”Mr. Frost Dragon, don't you think it's actually better to see me than Myers instead?” Saleen stopped moving and did not dare to venture further into the crack. He was already able to see a dragon creature at the bottom of the crack. It was over 100 meters long.

If that thing were a frost dragon, then it was in very bad shape. It had no horns on its head—a sign of degradation. Furthermore, the scales seemed to be like those of a newborn, and its wings were nearly transparent, lacking the usual beefy strength of the dragons. The frost dragon seemed to have been starved for millions of years.

”Myers!”

The loud dragon roar caused Saleen to feel rather dizzy. That was not the power of dragon might, but dimensional quakes invoked by the dragon's roar. Saleen had no choice but to negate it using Thundering Sound. If the frost dragon were to just keep roaring, it would have only been a matter of time before he ended up with severe internal injuries.

Saleen felt he was unlucky. If he was correct, that frost dragon was a level 17 dragon. In ancient times, not even the highest gods around would have wanted to face such a dragon. That was because a level 17 frost dragon was theoretically capable of casting the most powerful water magic at level 18, which made them incredibly difficult to defeat.

The sturdy bodies of dragons allowed them to cast magic spells beyond their current levels without having to worry about recoil at all.

Recoil only mattered to frail lifeforms like humans. Saleen's constitutional strength was extremely formidable, rivaling true mights, but only in terms of raw strength and defense. Some organs in his body remained weak.

Things were different for dragons. All the internal organs of dragons were frighteningly resilient. Any piece of scale they shed could be used to make the strongest shield available. A claw they dropped could be used to forge the sharpest of swords.

”Mr. Dragon, please stop shouting. Didn't you see this puny human who also happens to be an insignificant bug before you?” Saleen spoke in a performing tone. It was the tone used in that stage show by that dragon performing for the Dragon God.

”Huh?”

The frost dragon only realized that the human before it was not dealt with yet. But then again...

”What did you just say?”

”I said I'm going to kill you and rid the people of a disaster!” Saleen continued to mimic the play from the Dragon God's palace.

The frost dragon wanted to laugh, but quickly recalled that it had been caged for tens of thousands of years. As such, it simply swallowed the laughter and said to Saleen coldly, ”so, you've been to the palace of the Dragon Gods then?”

”Indeed, I have met a Dragon God,” Saleen answered.

The frost dragon was able to confirm that Saleen had met a Dragon God. There were four Dragon Gods, but outsiders thought there was only one. Only those who had been in close contact with the Dragon Gods would have known of such secrets of the dragons.

”How did you end up in this cage?”

”Cage?”

”Indeed. This is a cage of nature created by Myers. You could continue to live and breed here, but you'd never be able to make it out.”

”No. You could actually leave.” Saleen cut the frost dragon off valiantly. He continued, ”I was dumped here by Myers. She told me that if I killed 24 powerful magic beasts, I would be able to leave.”

The frost dragon heard what Saleen said and felt rather dazed. It thought it had been caged in a cage of nature. It never occurred to it that the place it ended up in was not a cage of nature at all. Every single cage of nature had beings similar to one's species. The power of the mage before it meant that he would have died running into just any dragon he could have found there.

The mage also showed signs of repeated battles, and it was obvious that the mage won all of them.