Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

But at the end, when the pain in his throat disappeared, Mercer roared again.

"--Roar!!!"

The roaring sound spread to the surroundings, and the monkeys closest to Mercer screamed and covered their ears, fell to the ground and rolled uncontrollably.

In addition to his voice becoming louder, Mercer's roar seemed to begin to convey a majestic momentum. Even people who were fully prepared could not help but tremble in fear after hearing this roar.

The gain of the skill [Roar] once again showed a significant change, but the pain was not over yet. Mercer's roar turned into a scream again. He felt that every bone in his body was smashed to pieces, and hot magma was injected into it. , which made him feel miserable.

Even at that moment, Mercer felt that it would be better to commit suicide.

As time passed, until a ray of breeze blew by, the pain on Mercer gradually dissipated.

He breathed deeply and raised his head with difficulty to look at the sky.

In the distance, a dark cloud slowly drifted in, bringing Mercer a moist smell in the sea of ​​fire.

Tick, tick...

First a few water droplets fell from the sky, and then the rain became more and more intensive, until finally, a heavy downpour covered a large area of ​​​​the forest and completely extinguished the flames.

It was just the right rain. Mercer's mind gradually calmed down, and he simply sat on the ground, slowly waiting for his body to recover.

[Skeletal Mutation] is a skill that is not yet known, [Roar] is for raising the voice, and [Regeneration] is easy to understand. From the current point of view, his injuries are being repaired quickly.

The neck, shoulders, and several injuries sustained during the aerial battle were all being healed quickly.

But as his body recovered, he felt a little hungry.

But he took a look at the dragon corpse beside him and decided to endure it for now.

Listening to the sound of raindrops, Mercer felt that his blood, which had been boiling due to the battle, was slowly cooling down.

——The rain fell for an extraordinarily long time, as if it was commemorating the death of the dragon, and seemed to be celebrating the end of an event.

...On the other side, in the cave that also echoes the sound of rain, the same rain brings a different state of mind.

Sola held one of Corasi's hands, looking anxious, as if shouting loudly; Dale held her other hand, his mouth moved, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Ke Laixi's face was pale and her chest rarely rose and fell, as if she was asleep.Even if Lore dropped a knife on her body, she remained unmoved.

Their voices were muffled by the heavy rain, and even their truest cries could not reach anyone's ears.

Maybe in the end, even they themselves don’t know what they said.

After a long time, when the sound of rain gradually dissipated and the sun shone on the scorched land, Lore put down the knife.

She stared blankly at her hands, which were covered in blood, holding a crumpled baby girl.

She didn't cry. Compared with the activity in her belly, she was extremely well-behaved now.

The atmosphere became deathly silent at that moment. It was clear that the rain had stopped falling, but it seemed as if the sound was still covered by the heavy rain.

——At the same time, Mercer, not far away, also opened his eyes.

He looked around and saw that there was no flame burning.

Instead, there were monkeys with serious injuries all over their bodies.

The flames have obviously been extinguished, but there are traces of burning all over their bodies.

Not only that, the dragon's final blow also caused a large number of casualties.

At that time, the broken gravel flew everywhere, and the unlucky monkey was hit, and even exploded into the sky as the boulder shattered.

Mercer turned his head to look for a familiar figure, but his eyes finally stopped on a wooden pile.

The former leader fell there. It was very unlucky. The dragon not only smashed the boulder, but also flipped the former leader high into the sky.

Then it fell down helplessly, but its body was hung on a tree, and the sharp branches directly pierced its abdomen.

But it would be fine if it died, but it survived the heavy rain tenaciously and is still alive now.

Facing the former leader's stubborn gaze, Mercer subconsciously wanted to take steps. However, when his body began to move, he realized that something was wrong with his body.

——My own scales have become thicker.

No, you can't say that either.

Mercer stared blankly at his arm, where new scales had grown in the gaps between the original rows of scales.

These new scales are very fragile. If you use deliberate movements, they will easily fall off the body and turn into black powder.

...scale powder...grey mist?

This is the ability that comes from the giant dragon that he just killed, that is, his father in his blood. Why does it appear in him?

Mercer couldn't believe it. He had confirmed it a long time ago. The scales on his body were thick and hard, and there was no way they could turn into scale powder.

But the changes before his eyes were actually before his eyes, and the new scales growing out of the gaps all over his body made Mercer feel illusory.

Chapter 50: Blackspawn

"..."

After calming down, Mercer felt his body.

The hard and thick main scales grow on the inner layer, and the secondary scales grow on the outer layer and easily fall off and turn into powder.

Although the double-layered scales kept Mercer's body unchanged in appearance, it greatly strengthened his body's defense.

After the secondary scales fell off, Mercer could clearly feel the growth of the secondary scales, but he could also suppress it.

However, after Mercer saw the gap in his auxiliary scales quickly repaired, his thoughts gradually became clearer.

Maybe I thought wrongly. It was not that I didn't inherit the ability of scale powder from my dragon father, but that it was "suppressed".

Chasing the reason, I am afraid it is my own growth rate that is so fast that it cannot be described by common sense.

If nothing unexpected happened to him, he would probably awaken the scale powder's ability earlier than now.However, after acquiring the [Eat Earth] skill, Mercer's scales thickened and hardened, blocking the secondary scales that could have grown normally.

After acquiring the [Regeneration] skill, the secondary scales began to squeeze out of the gaps.

Perhaps [Regeneration] actually includes the ability to speed up metabolism, which gives the subscale a push to break out of the ground.

However, this may all be too late.

If Mercer had awakened this ability earlier, he might have been able to communicate with the dragon, politely ask it to leave, and even make an appointment with it to meet next time.

But it was precisely because Mercer could not communicate with him that a battle broke out between the two dragons that ignited the forest fire.

However, there is no use saying this now. The most important thing now is how to use this ability.

Looking at the scarred monkeys, Mercer closed his eyes and thought of the giant dragon and the group of grays around it.

Mercer opened his eyes again, with a flash of determination.

If scale powder could be used to keep them alive, Mercer wouldn't mind giving it a try.

Then he raised his head and let out a long cry.

"Roar--"

He flapped his wings, and the secondary scales gradually scattered, turning into scale powder and spreading around.

However, Mercer is a complete novice when it comes to using this ability.

What should I do?He didn't understand, so he could only close his eyes and call in his heart:

"Save their lives...save their lives..."

There are more and more scales, gradually spreading, and gradually turning into black mist, covering the mountain top.

Mercer felt a strong sense of weakness welling up from his body, as if all the nutrients in his body had turned into scale powder to nourish the surrounding creatures.

The black mist covered the wounds of the monkeys, blocking their wounds under Mercer's strong command.

Black lines appeared on their bodies, but unlike the gray mist, these scale powder entered the blood vessels and quickly merged with the blood.

It may seem unbelievable to say this, but the texture of Mercer's secondary scales is actually completely different from that of the main scales, and some of the coagulation factors are contained in them.

In layman's terms, Mercer's secondary scales can be regarded as his blood scabs...then it is understandable that they become one with the blood.

In short, after Mercer's scale powder entered the bloodstream, the monkeys gradually regained their vitality.

Not far away, the eyes of the former leader whose head began to droop were shining. It held the branch inserted into its abdomen and began to struggle.

Seeing this scene, Mercer continued to release scale powder, regardless of his own weakness.

——But what he didn't expect was that the black mist gradually spread until it drifted into a cave with the wind.

Scale powder fell on the wrinkled baby, blending into her fragile skin.

Everyone was naturally aware of the black mist in front of them, but no one took action. They gathered around the cold body and paid devout tributes to him.

Sora bit his lower lip and stood aside, silently looking at Ke Lacy's face. Dale, who had the most aloof personality, grabbed Ke Lacy's hand and cried loudly feeling the cold temperature.

Luo Er held the motionless baby in his arms and knelt down next to Kelisi in silence.

Kulu lowered his eyes, and was also infected by the atmosphere, staring at the face in a low voice.

Hemorrhage and suffocation were simple and clear causes of death, but no matter what, she couldn't believe that that gentle and loving elder sister would lose her life due to such reasons.

Moreover, the children also...

"Eh......"

Suddenly, Luo Er's confused voice interrupted their memorial.

Luo Er stared at the baby in his hands, his voice trembling: "Or, maybe I saw it wrong, or maybe, maybe it was an illusion...I seemed to have seen the child's feet move just now?"

In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to the baby.As the gray fog became thicker, they did see the child's feet trembling slightly.

Luo Er opened his eyes wide and couldn't believe the scene before him, but when everyone was confused, the baby started to move again.

Not a slight kick, but a direct opening of his mouth and a belated cry.

"Wow ah ah-"

......

Mercer folded his wings and looked around.

The wounds of the monkeys were covered with black scale powder. From the outside, it looked like they had black scales growing on their bodies.

Moreover, it is not just the appearance that is changing, but their bodies are actually slowly changing under the influence of scale powder... As for whether this situation is good or bad, it is unknown.

When he saw the former leader falling from the branch not far away, and although there were still wounds on his abdomen, they were blocked by scale powder, Mercer also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The former leader caressed the scar on his abdomen, let out an excited howl, and opened his mouth to reveal his thick fangs.

It came straight to the dragon's corpse and let out a mighty roar in front of its dead head.

But when it was about to lift a stone and hit the dragon's corpse, Mercer's low roar stopped it.

Looking at the corpse of the giant dragon, Mercer had some complicated emotions. Although he had no regrets about attacking it, its heroic death still left a big impression on Mercer.

However, it would not be good to leave such a large corpse here, and it would be difficult for Mercer to eat it.

After thinking for a while, Mercer raised his head and looked at the waterfall.

Because it had rained just now, the water flow became turbulent, and the surging waterfall flew down, falling into the pool and making an endless red sound.

Mercer stepped forward and bit the dragon's body, pushing it into the water and letting the rapid current wash it downstream.

That's it. Although you will be eaten by other creatures in this way, this kind of out-of-sight mentality is the best thing Mercer can do to show his remaining feelings for this giant dragon. .

Seeing the dragon's body rushing into the river, Mercer withdrew his gaze.

Chapter 51: Afterwards

"call--"

Harold stood on the bow of the boat, raised his head to look at the sky, opened his mouth and let out a breath of white air.

Since the heavy rain, the weather has continued to cool down. Within a few days, the cold air has forced people to wear thick clothes.

I'm afraid it won't be long before heavy snow falls in the sky, right?

If it weren't for the charred trees around, no one would believe what kind of disaster this place has experienced.

Most of the forest was in flames, and the bodies of burned beasts were everywhere.

The black dragon felt threatened, so he burned all the forests within the gray miasma, just like the fire dragon couple did a few years ago.