The aerial battle in the sky was still ongoing. The Tigermen's tactic of surrounding the White Dragon reminded me of a wolf pack surrounding a large buffalo.
The Tigermen were obviously sly and skilled hunters. They used one of their nimblest aerial mounts as bait and repeatedly moved in front of the White Dragon. As long as the White Dragon's attention and breath were attracted, the others would take this opportunity to attack and tear open the wounds on the White Dragon's back and wings.
But when the White Dragon roared and counterattacked, not hesitating to kill its mortal enemy, the Tigermen immediately scattered. The small winged dragon flew quite quickly and was quite agile. The clumsy White Dragon was unable to catch up at all, and the advantage of being small was even more obvious.
The Tigermen were patient hunters. They wouldn't care about winning or losing in an instant. They would only slowly try to teach their prey a lesson and wait for their prey to enter a desperate situation.
Meanwhile, on the ground, the Copper Dragon was still smiling happily at me as if he didn't care about the battle in the sky at all.
"You're not going to help? That's one of your brethren? It seems that he's seriously injured. "
The White Dragon's wingspan was only three to four meters. It would be difficult to say that he had just reached adulthood, and his wings were still pierced with several dozen bloody harpoons. He was slowing down, and the situation seemed quite bad. Meanwhile, the Copper Dragon before me seemed to be just watching the show.
"My brethren aren't White Dragons. Perhaps you should learn more about Dragons. Dragons of any species only have basic respect for other species. The concept of brethren and brethren shouldn't be used carelessly, not to mention the differences between Color Dragons and Metal Dragons. White Dragons that just reached adulthood are no different from wild beasts. They'll even eat their own young when they're starving. As a Copper Dragon, it's already amazing that I haven't done anything to save a White Dragon. I'll be laughed at by the other Metal Dragons if word gets out that I went to save a White Dragon. Besides … "
"An elite hunter from the Eternal Thunder Tribe? You cowards with cat heads, stop bullying little dragons. Come face the wrath of a true dragon. "
With an angry roar, a gigantic Blue Dragon appeared in the sky. Unlike Halent's brother who had just reached adulthood, this Blue Dragon was more than twenty meters long, reaching the standard of an Immemorial Dragon.
Its body was so streamlined that the lines of its scales could not be seen clearly. The horn on its forehead was filled with thunderbolts. Each of its front claws was holding a pearl-shaped relic. In the next moment, the sky was covered by dark clouds. Its blue wings spread out and it flew towards the battlefield in the sky.
Before they even got close to their opponents, the Draconic Aura that only a strong dragon could possess and the thunderclouds above their heads that were summoned by the voltage had already made the draconic mounts panic. The Aerial Knight had to shout loudly to prevent these flesh-winged wyverns from fleeing.
The most incomprehensible thing was that the summoned Thundercloud had already sent out a series of Chain Lightning. The first target was actually the White Dragon that was being beaten up.
"… Besides, my sister can't take it anymore. If I steal her prey, she'll probably give me a good beating."
"Apart from its high speed, this is the Blue Dragon, which is also known as the most aggressive among the Dragons?"
The flying Blue Dragon Evelyn had no intentions of helping the White Dragon as it wailed in pain and seemed to be blocking her path. She even flapped her wings at the White Dragon.
However, Evelyn's wings were larger than the White Dragon's body. This single flap of her wings directly knocked the White Dragon unconscious, causing it to violently crash into the ground.
* Boom! *
This was far too cruel. Even though she was supposed to help the White Dragon, she unhesitatingly used an area-of-effect attack. She was also a Color Dragon, yet she actually attacked the White Dragon, who was also a Color Dragon.
"It seems that Fifth Sister has been under a lot of pressure recently … This isn't strange at all. Before the White Dragons obtain intelligence, we won't treat them as equals. They're nothing more than wild beasts before they reach the Immemorial Dragon level. The other residents here are capable of taming them, so they're not only a threat to us, but look at those SemiDragons. They're probably hybrids of the White Dragons. My sister has always hated these types of dragons without intelligence. She believes that it's an insult for them to look so similar to her. "
However, compared to the various natures of the Dragons, the girl before me was the one who attracted me the most.
"She's so beautiful."
"What?"
Did I say something strange? Even the silly cat was so frightened that she stood up on her hind legs.
"… She has the exact same soul and memories, but her physical body has influenced her to go down different paths. This is a miracle given to me by the God of Probability. If I can dissect her … I mean, I might even be able to find a way for the physical body to influence the soul!"
"As expected, this is the correct style."
"Yep, that's right. This is Roland."
The exclamations around me made me feel infuriated. However, I was personally quite interested in Evelyn's situation. After all, she was my very first Original Sin creation. She had even evolved and perfected herself over a long period of time. If I could dissect her … er, carefully study her, I would definitely benefit greatly.
Unfortunately, it seemed that none of these ten dragons would be easy to fool. Wanting them to willingly walk onto my surgery table … er, cooperate with my research would be easier said than done.
"You want me to be dissected? Dream on! You — you — you only need to point your blade at Cher, and us sisters will fight you to the death! "
"… Did I accidentally say that out loud? I don't have such a habit, do I? Er, you damned silly cat. Evelyn, let me explain. I was just making an example, an example. "
I knew what the problem was just by looking at the silly cat's smug expression. Although my magical pet contract's soul connection was quite useful, it was also a double-edged sword. If I wasn't careful, I might accidentally reveal something. Now, the silly cat was definitely secretly telling on me.
I finally managed to "explain" that "dissection" was just an academic term for "careful research." But this time, the Copper Dragon was looking at me with an even more vigilant expression, forcing me to temporarily give up on my future research plans.
"Damn it, I was intending to use Cher as bait to make her cooperate with my research. Harloys, it's all your fault. "
"… Hmph, do you really think that everyone else isn't vigilant? Did you forget how many people saw you threaten the Snake Archduchess? Did you forget that I was the unfortunate one who became a warning to others? She's always been on guard against you. Didn't you see that she doesn't need any of our food and water? "
Harloys's words were quite convincing. Evelyn's stance was indeed quite amusing. She could be called a Dragons, but her soul and memories were filled with the scent of humans. In fact, she even had an unclear relationship with the Bardi Empire. She could be called a human, but she was indeed the Grand Elder of the Dragons.
"It would seem that I need to have a good talk with her. Yep, even if it's only for the sake of obtaining the only experimental material, I need to have a good talk."
Now that even the lab rats were on guard, it would be impossible for me to carry out my original plan. I might as well put this matter aside for now. Meanwhile, the battle in the sky was nearing its end. When Blue Dragon Evelyn appeared in the sky, the battle's outcome was already determined.
The tiger-headed people known as the Eternal Thunder people were completely helpless against the Ancient Dragon-class Blue Dragon. The moment they saw the Blue Dragon, they didn't hesitate to turn tail and run. Unfortunately, against the swiftest dragon that was adept at controlling lightning and gales, only a few of them managed to escape. Only a few were lucky enough to escape.
As for the White Dragon? I hoped that the White Dragon's corpse would still be intact when it fell into the distant basin. But when considering the White Dragon's beast-like intelligence and reproductive abilities, one more or one less wouldn't make a difference. The Blue Dragon Evelyn wanted to take this opportunity to move around.
We also managed to capture a few more captives. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that these tiger-headed men were definitely different species from the beastmen of my world. In fact, it was highly likely that they didn't even share the same ancestor.
The beastmen of Aichy's world were quite similar to humans in terms of body structure. They were like branches branching off a large tree. The most obvious difference between humans and beastmen was that beastmen often had beastly characteristics, and the most serious beastly characteristics would be having a beast's head and ears. Actually, beastmen and beastmen were still somewhat similar in terms of aesthetics. However, the tiger-headed men before me seemed to have evolved in a different direction.
It would be rather difficult to explain, but it was quite obvious just by looking at the examples before me.
The tiger-headed men before me all had tiger heads that were even smaller than a human's head. Their average height was less than 1.6 meters, but they all had stooped backs. They were also used to walking on all fours, as if their joints wouldn't allow them to stand up straight. Their limbs weren't beastmen's fingers either. Instead, they had three sharp claws that were used to form lethal weapons.
They wore light armor, but it seemed more like cloth that was randomly pieced together. The pair of fleshy wings that kept flapping on their backs exposed their restless hearts.
Even under the dragon's breath, their murky eyes were filled with a thirst for flesh and blood. Their claws still reeked of blood and flesh. Not to mention, they had two long fangs that stuck out of their mouths. Even without looking at the strange color of the spears on their backs and the blood grooves, it was obvious that these tiger-headed men were incredibly dangerous beast-like creatures.
"Where is this place? Speak. If no one knows how to speak, eat them all. "
What surprised me was that the Copper Dragon directly spoke in the draconic language.
"… Ghastly Wind Plains. This is the Ghastly Wind Plains. Hunters of our brown-tailed tiger tribe, powerful divine beasts. I don't know what request you have for coming to our homeland. We attacked the white SemiDragon only because it attacked our pasture and took away our meat. "
Alright, the Copper Dragon was a divine beast, while the white dragon was a SemiDragon. It seemed that even the local natives didn't take the white dragons seriously. It was all because the white dragons had low intelligence, grew slowly, didn't know magic, and even had the bad habit of eating eggs and their children … With such a list, the white dragons were indeed the weakest Dragons.
What was even more surprising was that a tiger-headed man with a golden feather on his forehead answered the Copper Dragon's question. Although his accent was a little strange, he was indeed speaking the draconic language.
The draconic language, which was regarded as the threshold to becoming a mage, wasn't easy to learn at all. This type of language was naturally magical, with a large number of retroflex consonants and infrasonic waves that couldn't be heard by the human ear. Many untalented apprentices would even cut their own throats and tongues in an attempt to master the draconic language. It was publicly acknowledged that if a certain tribe could master the draconic language to a certain degree, that tribe wouldn't be far from producing spellcasters. Even the stupid dog-headed tribe would produce natural spellcasters.
If it wasn't for the fact that these fellows, who appeared to be ferocious beasts, were talented in the language, it would be that the Dragons had used a long period of time and dragon breath to teach these little things how to actively communicate with the Dragons.
"Ghastly Wind Plains? Looks like we're really unlucky this time. It's really far from the Moore Mountains that we're going to. "
"Isn't the teleportation point fixed? How can such a large-scale random teleportation be done? "
"The teleportation point is fixed, but it'll depend on luck to teleport there. That's because the celestial bodies here are so annoying, causing the entire plane's coordinates to randomly drift."
I looked up at the sky and saw the three moons in the sky. I nodded thoughtfully. There were powerful celestial body interference sources at such a close distance. Not only that, these interference sources would randomly increase or decrease in strength. With so many powerful interference sources intersecting with each other, it would be quite difficult to teleport to this continent, let alone have a precise location.
"What's the environment like here? Could you give us an introduction?"
"… I don't know. Don't be so surprised. Even though we spend most of our time in Dragon World for the sake of rapidly growing stronger, this world is huge. How could we possibly know everything? All I know is that there was a huge battle here in the past. I heard that several powerful Dragons' elders died here. "
"The glorious Tiger God is invincible! Kill these damned lizards! "
Although I didn't hear any loud noises, the Golden-feathered Tigerman's mutterings sounded like they were right next to my ears. And judging from Evelyn's reaction, this place seemed to be quite far away from the Dragons' core area. In that case, just this point alone made this place quite suitable for my tastes.
"Aerial Knights have taken off to explore and draw maps. Engineers are constructing temporary defense lines. Perhaps this will be our future home."
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
