Chapter 12: Magic Used
The little dragons came to life.
‘What's this?’
‘It looks so small!’
‘......’
Hearing the murmurs of the little dragons, Winters first froze, then his brows furrowed.
‘Be careful, don't go near them, that's a Morse Dragon Beast!’
Hearing Winters' words, the five little ones who were about to go and grab these little ones that flew in and take a closer look at them after seeing them, stopped in their tracks.
The one who asked the question was still Veit.
‘Morse Dragon Beast, what is that?
Are there any dragon beasts this small in the world?
Also, why are they able to enter the Dragon's Lair, didn't they say that other dragons can't enter without our permission?’
After hearing Veit's words, Winters didn't answer immediately, but instead, she first manipulated the fire element, forming a translucent red sphere that wrapped up five of the several Morse Dragon Beasts that flew in, at random.
She then placed the five Morse Dragon Beasts in front of Veit and the others.
‘Normally speaking, our second lesson should be about magic, but since you guys are interested in Morse Dragon Beasts, we can first learn about the dragon beasts that live around us.’
After a pause, Winters continued, ‘There are many types of dragon beasts, and in the world, all creatures other than the dragons and all plants are called dragon beasts!
Of course, not for the sake of convenience, but this world of ours was created by the collision of the powers of the Dragon of Creation and the Dragon of Extinction.
When the Dragon of Creation left, he left a drop of his blood in this world.
Therefore, all the living beings in this world, even the plants, contain a little bit of the power of the dragon, not to mention the others, basically all contain the bloodline of the dragon!
Among them, those who possess intelligence are the dragons, and those who are dominated by animalistic nature are the dragon beasts!
The Morse Dragon Beasts, amongst the Dragon Beasts, all belong to the smaller species!
The largest Morse Dragon Beasts are the Sundered Morse Dragon Beasts that live in the jungles in the south of this world, and they are three times the size of the Iso Morse Dragon Beasts in front of you!’
Veit listened to Winters' explanation while carefully observing the Morse Dragon Beasts floating in front of him.
It looked very much like the flies in that world, except that the size was much larger.
It was about five centimetres long, with an oval-shaped body, and on its tiny head, there was a pair of golden compound eyes that took up two-thirds of the size of the head.
Behind the compound eyes, there were two small dragon horns, and behind the back there were two pairs of transparent wings, without a dragon tail.
Below the body were six dragon claws, which were slender and had sharp barbs on them.
According to Winters, the largest Morse Dragon Beast was only about fifteen centimetres, and compared to the Booth Dragon Beast, which was not yet an adult and had a body length of thirty metres, it really belonged to a small species!
However ......
‘Why do you call them Iso Morse Dragon Beasts?’
Upon hearing this, Winters explained, ‘ The plains to the south of the Desedro Dragon's Nest is called the Isu Plain, and since the Isu Plain is surrounded by the Star Source Mountain Range, the Warren Rift Valley, the Moonshadow River, and the Spectral Night Jungle, the Dragon Beasts within the Isu Plain are all, more or less, a little bit different from the rest of the world.
That's why there is such a name as the Isu Morse Dragon Beasts!’
‘Then why are they said to be dangerous?
It looks like with their little thin legs, they probably wouldn't even be able to scratch my dragon scales!
Besides, I'm more curious about how they taste!’
Saying that, Billy stuck out his tongue and licked the fire elemental hood, and as a result, his tongue instantly burned up a layer of small blisters.
After letting out a miserable cry, Billy covered his mouth and flew back a few steps, then looked at the fire elemental hood with a scornful face, no longer daring to come forward.
Winters obviously didn't expect that there would be a little dragon to lick the fire elemental hood with its tongue, and by the time she reacted, it was already over.
‘Billy, I think I need to warn you, not just anything can be stuffed into your mouth, not the fire elemental hood, and not the Morse Dragon Beast!
Also, didn't your bloodline heritage tell you that a dragon's resistance to magical elements comes from the dragon scales on its body?’
While Vettel and the others looked at Billy oddly, they subconsciously moved away from some of the fire elemental shields.
They didn't want to get burned like Billy.
‘Sorry, I won't next time!’
Being reprimanded by Winters, Billy was instantly honest and obediently admitted his mistake.
Winters nodded, but did not have the intention to continue reprimanding.
‘The Morse Dragon Beasts are the weakest existence amongst all the Dragon Beasts, almost any creature other than plants are able to easily get one killed.
However, that doesn't mean they aren't dangerous!’
Saying that, Winters signalled the five little ones to take a look at some other Morse Dragon Beasts that had flown in.
At this moment, they had already plopped down on the remains of the leftover Booth Dragon Beasts that the five little ones had eaten and feasted on them.
Moreover, there had been new Morse Dragon Beasts flying in from outside.
‘They love the smell of blood, and just the slightest smell of blood will attract large swathes of Morse Dragon Beasts, of course, the danger is not their numbers, but the plague they carry!
Especially young dragons like you, who have just been born, the resistance to this plague can be said to be, close to nothing!
Therefore, whether it's the Morse Dragon Beasts, or things that have been touched by the Morse Dragon Beasts, it's best for you guys to stay away from them, especially these foods, which are no longer edible.
If you are unfortunate enough to be infected with the plague, then you can only drink those potions that have a strange odour, believe me, the smell of that potion is able to make you not have any thoughts of eating for days on end!’
Listening to Winters' narration, Veit noticed that amongst the newly flown in Morse Dragon beasts, there was another kind of creature mixed in.
They were about the same size as the Morse Dragon Beasts, but their looks were completely different.
These little guys looked like shrunken versions of giant dragons.
Dragon heads, horns, wings, claws, tails, and so on.
However, after they flew in, they didn't lie down on the remains of the Booth Dragon Beast like the Morse Dragon Beast, but ......
‘They're preying on the Moorsaurus Beast!’
Upon hearing Winteeth's exclamation of surprise, the gazes of the other four small dragons, too, turned to those new arrivals, and then let out the same exclamation of surprise.
However, Winters was not the least bit surprised.
‘Counting the time, it's about time for them to come in!’
Hearing this, Veit couldn't help but look curiously at Winters.
‘They?
Referring to these little guys?
Also, they look so much like us, are they also a gargoyle species?
Err...... though there seems to be something wrong with the body type!’
At this, Winters laughed (sardonically) and shook his head.
‘Of course not!
They are not a giant dragon species, but a dragon beast!
It's a type of Dragon Beast called the Orb Small Dragons, and, they're known as the Friends of the Gargoyles!
Simply because, they are the natural enemies of the Morse Dragon Beasts!
Also ......’
Saying that, the smile on Winters' face grew even bigger (and grimmer), and then she extended her claws and poked towards one of the ball-bearing little dragons.
The ball-bearing little dragon that was poked, hissed wordlessly towards Winters, before its body suddenly expanded, and in a blink of an eye, it became a sphere about half a metre in diameter!
‘They're fun, aren't they!’
Hearing this, the five little ones froze for a moment, and then curiously came over to the ‘swollen’ little dragon and carefully observed it.
The bold Billy even stretched out his claws to poke it again.
What puzzled him was that even after he poked the little dragon, it didn't have any intention of expanding again.
‘Billy, they've already expanded themselves to the maximum!’
Hearing this, Billy's gaze was directed at those, who hadn't swelled up, but were instead in the midst of merrily hunting other Ball Small Dragons.
The Selene Three Dragons, initially, were still a bit reserved.
However, when they saw Billy continuously poking the three Ball Small Dragons until they swelled up, they cheerfully joined in as well.
Only Veit, was staring wide-eyed at the one floating in front of his eyes, the Ball Small Dragon that was initially poked by Winters until it swelled up.
The swollen ball little dragon, as a whole, appeared in a transparent style.
Moreover, the only thing that swelled up about the ball little dragon was its stomach, which resulted in them looking like a Q version of a balloon floating in the air, er...... using the language of that world, it was described like this!
Seemingly sensing that the small dragon in front of it will not harm it, the small dragon in front of Vit's eyes that rose up as a balloon, long exhaled a breath, and its inflated belly, quickly returned to its original appearance.
Overall, it still looked like a scaled-down version of a giant dragon's image.
‘How did they do that?’
Hearing Veit's soft cry, Winters smiled and said, ‘That's because ......’
However, before she could finish her sentence, a cry of surprise came from Celine's side of them, and as Winters and Veit looked that way, they saw Billy with his mouth wide open, while he had a small, balled-up dragon stuffed in his mouth.