It was true that contracted creatures had to listen to their master. The Winged Skeleton was right. However, it was not as if there were no magicians who had been killed by contracted creatures. This was because the contracted creatures either had no intelligence, or were too intelligent and emotional. Both of these could cause great trouble. A mage would usually only accept one contracted creature, because it took a lot of effort to cultivate a contracted creature.
Salin had never created any sealing props to hide Neris, because he wanted to live with Neris. Nelis had extremely high intelligence, and if he treated her like a normal contracted creature, she would completely alienate her master.
Unfortunately, Salin had no time to communicate with the Winged Skeleton. He had a guilty conscience, and wanted to leave the thunder dragon's lair as soon as possible.
He rushed back to the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship as fast as he could. With the help of six level-three mages, Salin sailed the alchemy ship far away from the thunder dragon's lair. This time, they went north for more than an hour, and found the entrance of a river. The Coiled Turtle alchemy ship sailed upstream along the river, and only stopped when it was stranded.
The thunder dragon could not keep up with such a deep water.
When the thunder dragon returned and found that its eggs were lost, it would definitely be furious and search nearby. Salin was not sure if the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship could withstand the thunder dragon's torment. However, in the process of escaping, Salin had some ideas about how to deal with the thunder dragon. Since it could not leave the water, he could use this river.
Unfortunately, he was too impatient. If there were level-eight mages around, Salin would have a more perfect way to deal with the thunder dragon. Now, this method was not very safe. Without a Magic Shooter, it would be difficult to use this river to control the thunder dragon.
Salin and Nelis stayed in the Coiled Turtle alchemy ship after the mages of Serg Island went back to report that they were safe. Now that the underwater work could not be continued, and with the thunder dragon around, Salin did not want to take risks in the water or even on the shore.
The thunder dragon was rated as a level-eight creature, which was probably related to its weakness, which was that it could not go ashore. Most people did not have to worry about its danger. To ordinary people, a thunder dragon was far less scary than a magic wolf.
Salin waited for the mages to leave, and then took out the tourmaline and the thunder dragon's eggs. It wasn't that he didn't want to give some away, but these low-level mages wouldn't be able to use such high-level things. At the very least, they would have to wait for Magic Shooters like his teacher to come. Salin was just worried that these magical beast eggs would hatch too quickly.
There was no pattern to the hatching of magical beast eggs. Some magical beast eggs could mature in three to five months, while others needed decades. After Serrig Island was sealed, it would take at least three years before they could send anyone over.
If the Thunder Dragon eggs showed any signs of hatching, Salin could only keep them for himself.
However, Nelis looked at Salin with pitiful eyes, pointed at the Thunder Dragon egg, and raised a finger.
"You only want one?" Salin was a little surprised. Nelis usually didn't eat much, but when it came to something she liked, she could eat even more than Sid. This Thunder Dragon Egg should be beneficial to her, right? Why was there only one?
There were forty-four eggs in the nest, and Salin had set aside thirty-six for the Mages guarding the Mage Tower. Of course, he had to give two to Rex, so there were only six left. If the magicians from Serrig Island did not arrive, Salin would be able to keep all of them and distribute them as he pleased.
Nelis nodded hard. She only needed one Thunder Dragon Egg. If she completely absorbed it, she would definitely gain an ability.
Salin smiled. It was rare for Nelis to be so frugal for him. However, he knew that Nelis didn't take the initiative this time, which meant that the Thunder Dragon Egg was more beneficial to her than before. A demon's attitude was completely different from a human's.
"Three. I think three should be enough for you. I'll keep three for myself, and the rest will be distributed." Salin pointed at the Thunder Dragon Egg on the tourmaline.
Nelis smiled so much that her eyes curved. She grabbed three Thunder Dragon Eggs and threw them directly into her mouth.
"Master, I need to rest. Don't call me unless you're about to die." Nelis's words made Salin feel helpless. Sometimes, the attitude of a demon was full of deceit and deceit, but sometimes it was so direct that people couldn't accept it. The reason why humans regarded demons as intelligent creatures was that they were as complex as humans.
Humans would always have a higher evaluation of creatures that were similar to them. For example, most people thought that monkeys were intelligent animals, just because they looked similar to humans. In fact, monkeys weren't even as smart as some crows.
Demons were very simple. At least, that was what Nelis thought. After she swallowed the Thunder Dragon Egg, she immediately left Salin's side, entered the resting cabin alone, and sealed the door.
When she swallowed the dragon's heart essence, Nelis didn't have the ability to actively absorb it, so she wasted a lot of power. However, she didn't care. If she could find another Tiago in the future, she could continue to swallow and absorb it. As long as she could solidify this ability in her body, there would be opportunities in the future.
Nelis lay on the bed and slowly changed back to her unique form.
A pair of silver horns grew out from the top of her head. Her body was a little longer, and she seemed thinner. After taking off her clothes, her skin showed the color of a soft jade. It was warm and lustrous. The faint green magic patterns started to become clear. The Thunder Dragon Egg that was swallowed into her stomach was decomposing at the fastest speed.
This time, Nelis didn't feel any pain. The correct way of absorption allowed her to enjoy the most pleasant experience since following Salin. The magic patterns on the Thunder Dragon Egg merged into Nelis' body and began to assimilate. The magic patterns on Nelis' body became complicated. Her tail, nails, and horns on her head had traces of golden lines.
Nelis's absorption didn't make her feel satisfied. At this time, she suddenly felt hungry. This kind of evolutionary absorption consumed a lot of physical strength. Nelis took out the food that she had prepared in advance from her bracelet and started to eat.
Salin put away the Thunder Dragon Egg. With Tourmaline, he didn't need to use any means to preserve the Thunder Dragon Egg. Now he wanted to study Tourmaline.
Tourmaline wasn't common in the Myers Continent. It could even be said to be rare. However, there were too many substitutes for this gem, so the price had always been very low.
Salin didn't pay attention to this gem before. Now that he understood that Tourmaline was related to the power of thunder and lightning, he had to take it seriously.
The huge raw stone was placed in front of Salin. Salin used the water cutting technique to slowly cut off the raw stone wrapped around Tourmaline, gradually revealing the true nature of the gem inside. Salin cut very patiently. This time, in order to ensure that nothing was wasted, even these raw stones were very valuable. Every time Salin cut, he cut at a standard unit depth.
The black raw stone was cut open, revealing the Tourmaline inside. It wasn't the first time Salin had seen Tourmaline, but this time, the Tourmaline inside the raw stone made Salin so excited that he almost made a mistake.
The green gem was half a meter in diameter. The moment Salin cut open the raw stone, he saw sparks flashing on the Tourmaline. That was the blue color when electricity was released. In the past, when Tourmaline was sold in the equipment store, the largest one was only the size of a unit. The Tourmaline in front of Salin was so big that it could naturally contain some electricity.
At this point, Salin didn't dare to continue. This Tourmaline was the only one. Even though the raw stone was cut into four pieces, in fact, only this part contained Tourmaline. The other three parts were raw stones wrapped with gems.
These raw stones were also useful, especially the part that was close to the gem. In fact, it was already considered an impure Tourmaline. Salin was afraid that if he continued cutting, the Tourmaline would shrink and no longer contain the power of thunder. Putting the Tourmaline away, Salin found a purer piece among the raw stones on the ground and began to think.
How should he use these raw stones? There were also three huge raw stones. If he cut them out, he could make a lot of healing equipment and give some to Rex's army. He could also give some to the Mages in his city. That should be enough.
However, these raw stones shouldn't be so simple. The Tourmaline was wrapped inside, and the power of thunder was being absorbed and released at a speed that Salin couldn't detect. This was the gem's ability to breathe. Salin didn't discover the Tourmaline because the raw stone outside the Tourmaline blocked his senses.
Even the Tourmalines mined on the continent didn't have such a phenomenon. This kind of raw stone that could block senses seemed to have more uses.
Salin only had such a feeling. He hadn't thought about what he could do with the Tourmaline.
Relatively pure Tourmaline's effect would be close to that of Tourmaline. Salin first used it to test his theory. First, he cut out a piece of Tourmaline that was one foot wide, and Salin began to draw a magic array on it.
Most magic arrays were drawn. Unless it was high-level equipment, Mages would use Eternal Solidification to refine the magic array into it. No matter how good the material used to draw the magic array was, it wouldn't last long. For the sake of research, Salin only needed to make the magic array last for a few days.
Salin drew an energy-gathering magic array. He left a spot on the magic array to embed the magic cores. Then, he began to draw mageweaths on the magic array. He drew the two mageweaths he had experimented on the Hunter Spider on the Tourmaline.
After that, Salin embed the six level-four magic cores on the magic array. The magic array activated and provided energy for the mageweaths. The two layers of mageweaths immediately came to life, and a blue electric current began to flow between the mageweaths.
As expected, the Tourmaline raw stone could stabilize the consumption of electric current. The six level-four magic cores dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye, but it was much slower than the last time. The last time he experimented on the Hunter Spider, the six level-four magic cores were wasted. This time, it lasted at least ten seconds.
Salin finally saw hope for his training. If he used real Tourmaline to refine this mageweath, the consumption would become acceptable. If it didn't work, he could still use Tiago's Dragon Crystal.
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