“No power…” Lu Jiang, seeing Cordova in his OTZ form for the first time, was completely stunned. After freezing in place for several seconds, she asked Mo Tan with an innocent look, “Is that even possible?”
“It is.” Mo Tan, who had witnessed this scene in Ondhill before, nodded. Then he glanced at Feimigeer, who had finally managed to stop laughing nearby, and spread his hands, “So, can someone explain to me what exactly is going on?”
Why were Lu Jiang and Feimigeer both here? Why did Feimigeer and Cordova fight so fiercely? Why did Cordova suddenly run out of power?
He was a bit confused too…
“Uh, actually, it’s all because of me,” Lu Jiang smiled apologetically and whispered to Mo Tan, “Because Mr. Obrona asked Teacher Feimi to teach me.”
Mo Tan subconsciously looked at the giant dragon, who had just stopped laughing and was now panting on the ground, and asked in surprise, “Teacher Feimi?”
Lu Jiang nodded obediently and explained in a soft voice, “Mr. Obrona said my strength was too weak, and I couldn’t use bloodline resonance to locate my brother yet, so he asked Teacher Feimi to help me.”
“What does that have to do with their fight just now?” Mo Tan was curious.
“Because this is how I teach Lu Jiang.” A deep, magnetic voice came from nearby. Mo Tan turned around and saw a blue-haired man, appearing to be around forty years old, with clear features and a burly build, walking towards them with a smile, raising his hand to greet them, “Yo!”
“Yo?” Mo Tan blinked, then nodded lightly, “Long time no see, Feimi.”
The middle-aged man laughed heartily, “Not bad, not bad. You recognized me the first time you saw my human form.”
【How stupid would I have to be not to recognize you…】
Mo Tan gave a dry laugh, muttering to himself.
It wasn’t difficult to come to that conclusion. First, the giant dragon that had been panting on the ground was gone. Second, a man with the exact same hair color as the dragon appeared where the dragon had been standing. Lastly, this man had a pair of dragon horns, a tail, and a pair of wings.
How stupid would a person have to be to guess wrong?!
That’s why Mo Tan had always been critical of the plot device in many TV shows and novels where ‘the monster next to them transforms into a human, and then the characters ask in confusion, “Who are you, brother?”’ He wondered whose intelligence it was insulting…
So, Mo Tan, not knowing how to respond, could only give two dry laughs and change the subject, “How did you suddenly become Lu Jiang’s teacher?”
“It was Mr. Long’s idea, but…” Feimigeer, in human form, rolled his eyes, lifted the OTZ-shaped Cordova, and snorted, “Ultimately, it’s this kid’s fault.”
Mo Tan: “?”
“Hold on a second.” Feimigeer waved him off, then reached out and grabbed a sky-blue rune in mid-air. The next second, a giant ‘chair’ appeared in the empty testing ground.
Plop…
Cordova was simply and roughly pressed onto it by Feimigeer, in a posture that was roughly an OTZ rotated ninety degrees to the right, looking quite comical.
“I need to charge him first.” The human-shaped giant dragon clapped his hands, turned back to Mo Tan with a grin, “Where were we?”
Mo Tan glanced at Cordova, who was twitching on the chair, and forcefully resisted the urge to send him a message asking how he felt. He gave Feimigeer a dry laugh, “You were saying it was Cordova’s fault…”
“Yes, it’s this kid’s fault!” Feimigeer glared at Cordova, who was trembling in the chair, through gritted teeth, and sighed, “You know Lu Jiang is a Druid, right?”
Mo Tan nodded. Lu Jiang had mentioned she was an unconventional Druid when she introduced herself, which was why he was curious, because Feimigeer didn’t seem, or perhaps, wasn’t a Druid. Of course, perhaps this giant dragon was well-traveled and had dabbled in a lot of Druid knowledge in the past, who knows…
“I know nothing about Druids!” Feimigeer indignantly interrupted his thoughts, saying with a long face, “But because of that foul-mouthed Cordova, Mr. Long actually assigned me the task of teaching Lu Jiang!”
Lu Jiang timidly lowered her head, “I’m sorry, Teacher Feimi…”
Feimigeer just waved his hand weakly, “It’s not your fault, it’s all that kid’s.”
“So then,” Mo Tan suddenly became curious as well, asking, “What exactly did Cordova say?”
Feimi, looking extremely dejected, sighed deeply, “It happened like this…”
Around six in the morning that day, Mo Tan, who was about to go offline, took Jia Deka and Ya Ya from the Seventh Outer Mountain to the Grand Arena. Ji Xiaoge and Cordova did not go with him. The former was favored by Lu Wei and had already found accommodation at the Seventh Outer Mountain, while the latter was already a permanent resident there.
Not long after, Feimigeer, who had just returned from an outing, arrived. After chatting with Cordova, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, he said he needed to report on his mission to Mr. Long immediately.
Since Cordova was a bit worried about Lu Jiang, he asked Feimigeer to take her along.
And then…
“When we arrived, Mr. Long was just thinking about how to train Lu Jiang.” Feimigeer patted Lu Jiang’s shoulder and sighed, “This girl (Mo Tan shivered) is like her brother, both are Silver Elves, which are almost extinct now. This is good news…”
It was the first time Mo Tan had heard about Lu Jiang’s race. He asked with a hint of curiosity, “How so?”
Lu Jiang, who had been patted off balance by Feimigeer, shook her head, “I don’t know either. I thought I was very ordinary…”
“It’s not easy for this girl (Cordova sent Mo Tan an emoji: ( ー ー ゛) ) to have lived this long.” Feimigeer said with a wry smile, “I won’t explain this for now, it’s not something that can be explained in a short time. In any case, what you need to know is that Mr. Long is also looking for Lu Jiang’s brother, and the Silver Elf bloodline can trigger a ‘resonance’ through a certain secret art, but that requires a certain level of strength as a foundation.”
Mo Tan understood, “So that’s why you want to increase Lu Jiang’s strength…”
“At least to the point where she can withstand the secret art.” Feimigeer shrugged, then sighed, “But even Mr. Long didn’t expect that this child could only learn Druid spells.”
【It should be a system limitation, to prevent forced empowerment or similar situations.】
Mo Tan thought to himself.
“But no one on Tian Zhu Mountain is proficient in Druid spells.” Cordova, who had been ‘charging,’ suddenly spoke with a laugh, “So I had a flash of inspiration and recommended Feimi!”
Feimigeer turned and glared at him, cracking his knuckles twice, “If I weren’t afraid of Master Lu Wei flaying me alive, I’d definitely kill you!”
“Tsk tsk.” Cordova shook his head, then suddenly looked at Mo Tan and asked in a deep voice, “Buddy, what do you think the most awesome Druid can transform into?”
Mo Tan was stunned, then after a moment of contemplation, he said with some hesitation, “It should be a dragon, right?”
The core of Druid spells is to transform into various creatures and gain some of their abilities or characteristics. In most fantasy worldviews, dragons are at the top of the food chain, so…
Mo Tan seemed to vaguely understand Cordova’s idea.
“Right?! It’s a dragon, right?!” Sure enough, Cordova chuckled, pointing at Feimigeer, “Isn’t this a dragon?”
Mo Tan: “…”
A vein on Feimigeer’s forehead throbbed. He shouted at Cordova, “I am a giant dragon, true! But I’m not a Druid!”
Cordova snorted, “Druids transform, you also transform, it’s similar.”
“Which of your Dog-Headed Kobold eyes saw me transform?!”
“Aren’t you a giant dragon?”
“That’s right, I am a giant dragon!”
“Then why are you so pathetic now?”
“I’m in human form now, dammit!”
“Exactly~” Cordova spread his hands and laughed, “Aren’t you transforming?”
Feimigeer: “…”
【What he said makes so much sense.】
Mo Tan’s gaze towards Cordova couldn’t help but be filled with admiration. That kind of sophistry, shamelessness, taking things out of context, and lack of bottom line reminded him of himself in a certain state.
“And Mr. Long also said that my idea is feasible.” Cordova grinned mischievously and asked leisurely, “Have you finished reading the five catties of Druid material I gave you before?”
Feimigeer clenched his fists, “Where did I offend you, exactly…”
Cordova: “Last time I ran out of power, you mocked my Dog-Headed Kobold form.”
“Hahahahaha!!”
Feimigeer started rolling on the ground, laughing maniacally, while Cordova’s face turned ashen.
Mo Tan sighed softly, “When will this cycle of vengeance end?”
“Anyway, I just think Dragon Druids are cool.” Cordova smacked his lips, “Tsk tsk, just imagine, a Dragon Druid! Isn’t that much stronger than Bird Druids, Cat Druids, Bear Druids, Tree Druids, and the like? And Mr. Long also said that Lu Jiang, with her Ancient bloodline, has this potential.”
Feimigeer, who had nearly choked himself laughing, calmly got up from the ground and shook his head, “But are you sure it’s enough to just let Lu Jiang live with me, occasionally turn into a Slime and attach herself to me, and watch me transform, fly, and fight?”
“I didn’t say that, Mr. Long did.” Cordova rolled his eyes.
“I don’t think it’s realistic!” Feimigeer shook his head seriously, “I’m not saying I don’t know any Druids. If long-term exposure to dragons could teach you to become a dragon, then giant dragons would be too cheap. Druid spellbooks also state that to transform into a creature, you must have corresponding strength, at least not be too much weaker. Druids who can transform into dragons wouldn’t be much weaker than ordinary giant dragons even without transforming, but Lu Jiang’s strength is too weak, so it’s not possible…”
“Um, I got it.” Lu Jiang timidly raised her hand.
“Yes, just as she said, this kind of thing is simply… Wait…” Feimigeer, who had been nodding with his arms crossed, suddenly widened his eyes and let out a dragon roar that sounded remarkably like a chicken’s squawk, exclaiming, “What did you just say?!”
Lu Jiang cautiously glanced at him and whispered, “I got it…”
Mo Tan and Cordova were also stunned.
She got it?
What did she get?
She can transform into a dragon?!
“Heh… heheh…” Cordova started trembling again, his voice also shaky. He asked Lu Jiang with a stiff expression, “You’re kidding, right?”
Mo Tan also looked at the tall, clear-featured ‘girl’ with a sense of horror, feeling a bit confused.
“It’s true…” Lu Jiang smiled apologetically, “It just doesn’t seem quite like Teacher Feimi’s kind of giant dragon.”
Feimigeer, Cordova, and Mo Tan exchanged glances, then simultaneously said to Lu Jiang, “Transform first!”
“Oh, okay!” The latter immediately shrank her neck, then hugged the staff behind her, slowly closed her eyes, and let out a… dragon roar!
A dragon roar!
Although the sound was not loud, Mo Tan and Feimigeer knew it was absolutely a genuine dragon roar!!
Then a dazzling green light burst forth. Lu Jiang’s body instantly dissolved into a puddle of translucent substance, then began to quickly reassemble…
One minute later
“Roar!!”
A jade-green, winged, fire-breathing, bipedal, sharp-fanged, silver-patterned, naturally majestic, graceful, slender, Reverse Scale-necked, less than 10 cm long dragon appeared before the three!
Wait… something seems a little off…
Cordova leaned down (his butt still on the ‘charger’) and picked up the transformed Lu Jiang, examining her carefully in his palm for a long time, then nodded with a serious expression, “It’s a dragon!”
Feimigeer sighed deeply, “It’s a dragon.”
Mo Tan gently poked Lu Jiang with his finger, which made the little thing tumble over. After righting her, he also nodded with difficulty, “It is indeed a dragon.”
【Lu Jiang Dragon Form】
Race: Dragon (Silver Elf)
Gender: Forced Female
Level: Dragon Form Level 1 (Ancient Druid Level 8)
Alignment: lawful neutral
Faith: Cates, God of the Jungle
Health: 20 / 20
Natural Energy: 10 / 10
Stamina: 3000 / 3000
Talents: Dragon’s Might, Dragon Breath, Reinforced Scales, Sharp Claws, Failed Imitation, True Big Shot, Silver Bloodline
Basic Attributes: Strength 1, Intelligence 10, Agility 1, Constitution 1
Civilization Attributes: Eloquence 0 (3), Charm 99 (25), Knowledge 12, Leadership 1
Skills: Ancient Druid Shapeshifting (Intermediate), Scratch, Bite, Gnaw, Attempted Flight, Splash
【Additional Note: Total length 6.7 cm, a dragon with overwhelming strength in combat of the same size and specifications!】
…
It is indeed a giant dragon…
A giant dragon that’s two sizes smaller than most mice…
Chapter 138: End
