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

At that time, Mercer's body was like a bomb filled with gunpowder. At that time, he had only two choices: either hold it in and let the gunpowder ignite in his body, and then his body would be blown to pieces; or he could kill him in time. Gunpowder is spit out and burns on the outside.

He had no choice. The restless energy needed an outlet, so Mercer opened his mouth again after stopping the flame breathing to spit out the destructive energy.

After pouring out the restless energy, the energy in Mercer's body temporarily calmed down.

Thinking of this, Mercer silently wrote down this. If he had to fight in the future, he would have to avoid similar behavior again.

He raised his paw and touched his mouth, feeling the severe trauma there.

However, his thinking has not stopped yet.

——Judging from the power of this breath, this is his most lethal attack so far.

Before today, he had always been thinking of ways to expel the energy in his body, treating it as a pest in his body.

But I always seem to have overlooked one thing, that is, before this energy fills my body, it is still providing energy on the floating island as the Dong core of a huge flying island.

He suddenly had a crazy idea: Why can't he imitate those humans and try to use this energy for his own use?

With this thought in mind, Mercer lowered his head, carved a few ghost symbols in front of himself, and wrote a few lines of words using symbols that he could only see clearly:

"Floating island energy", "using the body as a carrier", "powerful breath", "extremely harmful to the body"...

Looking at the symbols in front of him, Mercer pondered for a long time. Thoughts emerged in his mind, and finally he wrote the last symbol:

"adapt"

The front is the information currently available about this energy, and the last is the plan.

Only by adapting to the existence of energy can Mercer have the ability to control it.

Life will always adapt to the suffering around it. In order to adapt to the ice and snow, some races grew warm hair after thousands of years; some lived in volcanoes and grew insulating scales in order to survive in the lava.

Mercer has a simple and crude method for how to adapt to it.

Chapter 164: Change and Evolution

"Are you going to sleep?"

In the wooden house, Rachel suddenly raised her head and asked doubtfully.

A message came from his mind, and he replied in the affirmative.

The god will sleep for a long time, estimated to be about a year, but during this period he will still be able to maintain contact with the outside world, but his body will not be able to move.

In other words, everything is as usual, but there is one more thing that must be prepared, that is, people must prepare a large amount of food when He wakes up.

"......I understand."

Nodding, Rachel said nothing and asked the lynx to send a notice to the village.

...The next day, after eating the food sent by the flying dragon, Mercer also made a request to them, and then began to sleep.

The [Pupa] skill was activated. Mercer closed his eyes and lay on the ground, his body becoming stiffer and stiffer.

——Life evolves in constant changes. As long as it is stimulated by the outside world for a long time, it will change sooner or later.

As long as he continues to contend with this energy, Mercer's body will adapt to the energy in his body sooner or later.

Therefore, he needs the rapid development brought about by [pupation] to accelerate the replacement of his cells, but such behavior will also make Mercer fall into a strong sleepiness.However, he can now control the release of hormones, and it is not difficult to maintain self-awareness while sleeping.

Seeing the body of the black dragon in front of her becoming stiffer and its appearance gradually becoming duller, Rachel also lost sight.

After touching her eyes, Rachel returned to the house with the help of other bobcats.

......

Mercer began a long sleep. The cells in his body began to divide rapidly due to Mercer's active stimulation, and then died under the destruction of the opposing energy.

In the outside world, time is also passing in an orderly manner.

——The domestication of the orcs quickly progressed. They called the birds brought by the lynx crested beasts and actively began to cultivate them.

They discovered that simply cutting off the flight feathers of crested beasts could significantly reduce their flying ability, making them unable to fly even with their wings flapping.At the same time, their claws and sharp beaks were cut off, completely eliminating their ability to attack.

They are also very good at domesticating. The orcs select out the crested beasts with docile personalities and specially train them, while the ones with bad personalities are directly used as food.

I believe that as long as this continues, crested beasts will sooner or later be domesticated and become a race that specializes in food.

On the other side, the blacksmiths also started forging.

Mercer's breath subtracted [-]% of their workload, and the rest was smelting and purifying iron.

Different types of ores were excavated from the volcano one after another, and Gulu went from shock and surprise at the beginning to numbness at the end.

As for the pit that Mercer erupted when he breathed, some people went in to explore it and found traces of lava flow at the very bottom. They then unanimously decided to use this as a base to develop.

During this period, the lynx also played a major role: a lynx working with the blacksmith suddenly had a whim when mining and invented a special plow that can dig large areas in hard volcanic rock.

But this required too much strength, so the lynx pulled a few mammoths on top of them and used the power of these big guys to dig up the rocks.

Although the speed is still slow when viewed this way, it is much faster compared to others.

On Gulu's side, he seems to have accepted a few apprentices, including some extremely talented Bobcats. To put it in his tone, he said: "In order to forge the Nirvana Stone faster, I need more outstanding people." manpower."

At present, the work of the blacksmiths is on the right track. Cave entrances for living, forging tools, and lava for melting iron tools are all available in the volcano, so they simply settled in the caves, and the previous villages were basically Already abandoned.

In order to cope with the rich mineral veins of the volcano, the Nirvana Stone Project's melting and forging furnace was also put on the agenda at Gulu's suggestion.

The huge melting and forging furnace must have an extremely high melting point, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the temperatures during forging of multiple metals. However, its manufacturing itself also requires ultra-high temperatures.

Mercer, whose body had turned into a rock, heard Rachel's report and learned that they were in trouble here, but a lynx later gave him a solution, which was to use beast materials to improve the quality of the flames.

It was said that the lynx had seen a huge bird in the forest, which could spit out scalding flames with amazing power.

If you use a breath organ that can utilize it, you may be able to effectively increase the temperature of the flame.

So the blacksmiths began to entrust the help of the orcs. Gulu said that they were willing to build weapons and armor for the orcs for free once, and the orcs agreed.

Three months later, the orc hunters brought back the body of the big bird.Because the Bobcats who were good at setting traps could save their lives in time, no one died in this battle, but more than one-third of the people were injured, and five hunters were no longer able to hunt after this battle. .

While the blacksmiths were apologizing and starting to forge the furnace, Mercer, who was listening to their reports, was also thinking about it in his mind.

Now those people in the village basically lack everything, but in Mercer's view there is still a flaw that cannot be ignored:

——That is their strength.

With their excellent physical fitness, orcs can be said to be natural hunters. They can hunt wild boars, catch hares, etc., but if they have to face those ferocious beasts that can easily reach ten to twenty meters, it is still equivalent to seeking death.

Therefore, Mercer needs someone with strong strength, preferably in large numbers.

At first, Mercer wanted to let the orcs undergo devil training to make them stronger, but he gave up before it was implemented, because this kind of thing could not be completed in a short time. Mercer hoped to gain loyalty and loyalty within the next four or five years. A powerful warrior.

He also considered using the group of flying dragons as combat force, but unfortunately, they didn't listen to anyone except Mercer. They only listened to the orders he gave personally, and no one else could pass them on.

That day, when Gulu was reporting, Mercer remembered that he still had a population in the desert. At that time, he called them wolf-dogs. It was not until he looked through the information that he discovered that they had such a nice name as Direwolf.

These dire wolf dragons were powerful and united, and more importantly, they had no objection at all to attack wherever Mercer directed them.

If they were brought here, the development of these villages under Mercer would be smoother.

It's a pity that they are far away in the desert now, and I don't know how they are doing now.

In desperation, Mercer could only postpone this matter temporarily, but he also kept it in his heart and became more urgent about the forging of the Nirvana Stone.

Chapter 165: Bell

While Mercer slept, the lives of others continued...

"hold head high--"

The fire dragon let out a howl from the sky and crashed into the river below.

At the same time, a female hunter landed on the spaceship from the sky, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and put away the sword in her hand.

There were still burn marks from the flames on the spacecraft she was on, but they were only on the surface.

"Compared to the flames I have seen before, you are still too young."

She said softly, and then a voice sounded from behind:

"Ah~ As expected of the lone tachi hunter Chiyo, he is so heroic!"

The old captain came out with complimentary words and did not hesitate to express his admiration.

"It's not just my fault. If it hadn't been for her arrow that blocked the fire dragon's movement, I wouldn't have been able to jump in front of it."

Chiyo spoke calmly and looked not far away. In the corner of the spacecraft, a cloaked Mori hunter folded the bow and arrow in his hand and put it on his back.

The hunter met Chiyo's gaze and nodded, but said nothing.

Chiyo looked at the dark clouds in the distance and said:

"I suggest that we take a long way around. If we fly at a lower altitude, the probability of encountering a flying dragon will be greatly reduced. Even if I am your bodyguard now, what you are doing is against the regulations of the Hunter Guild. If you do this again next time, If you come, I will report your behavior to the police."

"This..." After hearing this, the captain's face suddenly became a little embarrassed. He nodded with a sneer: "I understand, I understand."

After finishing speaking, the captain was too embarrassed to say anything more and left by himself, leaving only Chiyo and another hunter on the bow of the ship.

Chiyo ignored the latter and stood on the edge of the railing, looking into the distance. His fingers subconsciously touched the collarbone covered in leather armor and sighed softly.

It's probably been six or seven years... After that, she has been looking for a way to treat her body. At first, she took the medicine to treat the gray scale dragon gray miasma, but it didn't have much effect. , even if he is looking for doctors everywhere on the floating island.

But in addition to regretful answers, she also heard useful information from individual doctors:

"There seems to be similar records on Floating Island No. [-]. The medical level there is also the most advanced. There may be a way to treat it."

So, Chiyo took action.

She first started to accept tasks. After several years of saving money, this escort task was the last one. At the same time, it was also about escorting the spacecraft to Floating Island No. [-], which was exactly in line with her goal.

However, something unexpected happened this time. The spacecraft encountered a thunderstorm. The crew members who were supposed to take a long detour lowered the spacecraft for some reason and flew low across the place. Only then were they attacked by the flying dragon.

It was probably something urgent or something like transporting goods. Chiyo didn't know, but she wouldn't ask too much.

According to the current situation, the route of the spacecraft will also pass through a heavy rain zone. It is up to the captain and the others what they choose.

"Master Chiyo."

At this moment, the female hunter stood behind her and spoke.

"what happened?"

"My young lady wants to meet you."

"Miss?"

Frowning slightly, Chiyo nodded.

...The two walked down the corridor of the spacecraft, and finally stopped in a room at the deepest point.

"Miss, I brought her here."

The hunter knocked on the door, and then a frivolous voice came from inside the door:

"Well, come in, Kuroo."

Kulu, it seems that this is the name of the hunter...

Chiyo looked at Kuru's face when she responded, not respectfully, but just as calm as usual, guessing that they might have maintained such a relationship for a long time.

And this Kuru is also a Morinto... It is said that Moritos are very old, and there is a possibility that Kuru has followed the young lady since she was a child.

A piece of information emerged from his mind. Chiyo analyzed it subconsciously, came up with a piece of knowledge that had nothing to do with him, and threw it behind him.

Kulu opened the door and turned sideways to let Chiyo in.

After entering the room, a strange fragrance floated into his nose. Chiyo smelled it and found that it was similar to the secretions of a beast. It was probably refined into perfume.

The surrounding layout is obviously much more luxurious than other rooms, and the space is more than three times that of ordinary rooms.

In the middle of the room, there is a huge and soft sofa, decorated with gold and red as the main body.

A woman is sitting on the sofa. Her posture is a bit inelegant, but she also reveals a touch of nobility. Her long hair is as smooth as snow, and her makeup is impeccable.

She was wearing a loose robe, exposing a large area of ​​snow-white skin, and was holding a long pipe, exuding a non-choking breath.

"......You are?"

Looking at the woman in front of him, Chiyo asked doubtfully.

Judging from Chiyo's observation, she is not very old, not even in her early twenties, but her expression has a mature temperament, as if she has experienced a lot at a young age.

And for some reason, Chiyo has an inexplicable feeling towards her, very familiar yet strange...