Chapter 13: Feeling the Elements
It seemed to be stuck in Billy's mouth, its eyes filled with panic.
Equally panicked was Billy, who kept using his claws to pick and pull at the rising body of the ball little dragon.
But that layer of body that looked almost transparent, the degree of toughness far exceeded the imagination of the little dragons, whether bitten or scratched, there was no sign of breaking.
Winters sighed somewhat helplessly.
‘Billy, you still haven't taken my words to heart, not everything can be stuffed into your mouth!’
Saying that, Winters carefully pinched Billy's tail and flicked it.
Of course, for Winters it was gentle, for Billy it wasn't that kind of feeling, he felt the joints all over his body stretching.
The way it manifested itself was that after the Ball Little Dragon was flung away, Billy lay on the ground like a snake that had been grabbed and flung around several times, without a bit of strength in his body!
‘Although the Ball Little Dragons are small in size, their skin is very tough, at the very least, with your little bit of small strength, you can't hurt them.
And when the Orb Little Dragons feel threatened by the outside world, they will absorb a large amount of wind elements and inflate their bodies, in which case, with just a little bit of force, they will fly far away!
This was their way of dealing with the dangers of the outside world!
In addition, the most important point is that there is no meat on the body of the Ball Little Dragons, so there is no need for you to classify them as part of the recipe!’
Hearing Winters' words, Billy covered his eyes in embarrassment.
Veit and the others, however, couldn't help but laugh.
After laughing, Winters then proceeded to speak, ‘Alright, little ones, the unexpected guests that suddenly visited, although they brought you a lot of fun.
However, your task today is not just to recognise them!’
At these words, Billy was once more in the mood.
‘Winters, isn't our task today to fill our stomachs?’
‘Of course not, the most important thing we have to do today is, to understand magic!’
Hearing this, Veit's and their eyes instantly lit up.
And Winters continued, ‘The prerequisite for using magic is learning, and the prerequisite for learning magic is understanding!
Only when you all truly understand magic will you be able to walk farther along the path of magic.
Of course, I also know that in your inherited memories, there are detailed sources of magic, as well as the basics that magic needs to be used.
But I still say that the knowledge in the inheritance memories is not completely yours, you still need to learn!’
At those words, Veit's eyes dimmed slightly.
His Inherited Memory didn't have the relevant basic knowledge of magic, and furthermore, he couldn't learn magic right now!
So, was there really a need for him to learn this?
As if sensing Veit's thoughts, Winters turned to Veit.
‘Veit, can you answer me a question?’
Frozen for a moment, Veit hurriedly nodded.
‘Of course!’
Winters smiled.
‘Can you tell me what is the most important thing you need to do before defeating your opponent?’
With that, Winters turned to the other four little dragons.
‘Of course, if you guys are interested, you can try to answer that as well.’
Veit thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, ‘Is it exercising yourself to become stronger?’
‘I think it would be magic!’
Billy followed up.
Ao reverted to his previous high-strung form when the topic turned to magic, and just lay on his back, chilling out.
It was as if, it wasn't him who had just chased a ball-bearing little dragon around!
Dinnet hesitated for a moment.
‘I agree with Veit, we should make ourselves stronger first, after all, magic isn't the only way to become stronger!’
Veit froze for a moment, then looked towards Dinnet, only to see that the other man had also happened to look over and nodded towards him in a friendly manner.
After hesitating for a moment, Veit also nodded as a response!
Having already calmed down, he naturally didn't think that Winters would be unfavourable to him or anything like that, and didn't have any thoughts of escaping Desiderio.
Moreover, at this moment, thinking about what he had brainstormed earlier, Veit wanted to find a hole to bury himself in.
Luckily, no one knew about it!
In addition, after he fought with Saeryn, he understood that it was basically hopeless to have a Dragon's Lair all to himself!
In that case, his best option was to get his relationship with the other four dragons right.
If he didn't want to be alone in the future!
However, the proud character of the dragon race affected him, making him unable to raise the idea of initiating favours.
But since Dinnet took the initiative to make a gesture of goodwill, he wouldn't refuse.
‘Nah! I think the prerequisite for defeating an opponent is to understand them!’
Celine still held her dragon's head high, her milk-white body revealing a sense of holiness.
Winters praised, ‘A very sensible answer!’
With that, she looked at Veit again.
‘Of course, yours isn't wrong, it's just a bit generalised!
Also, the reason why I asked this question is to tell you, Veit, although you are not able to unleash magic for the time being, magic is knowledge that you must learn.
Magic is the mainstream of this world, even for the Earthbound Dragon species with the worst magical talent, they still use magic.
Understand magic, learn magic, and then you'll be able to defeat magic!’
‘Understand magic, learn magic, and then you'll be able to defeat magic!’
Upon hearing Winters' words, Veit's enthusiasm for magic, which had just dissipated, was once again burning!
It was true that he didn't know magic, but if he knew enough about magic, then, naturally, he would have a means to deal with it!
Even if it was just a method, that was still better than knowing nothing!
Seeing that Veit had a passion for magic, Winters couldn't help but reveal a smile that was slightly grim!
‘Yes, that's the expression!
Veit, I look forward to your performance, and, even if you are not able to learn any other magic, there is one magic that you are bound to be able to learn!
Because that magic, is engraved deep within the bloodline of the giant dragon species!
Regardless of how far your bloodline has mutated, as long as you are still of the Gargoyle species, then, you will be able to learn this magic!’
At those words, Veit's eyes instantly lit up.
‘Winters, quickly tell me, what kind of magic is that? What do I need to do to be able to learn it?’
‘Gargoyle Spit!
And, there isn't much you need to do, because it is your instinct!’
‘Dragon Spit!’
Veit repeated the name of the magic, his eyes growing brighter and brighter!
Of course, it wasn't because Winters had told him that he was able to learn this magic, but rather, when he heard the words Gargoyle Spit, an astonishing image surfaced in the depths of his mind!
A familiar figure, standing in the middle of the starry sky, that was his father, and opposite his father was a terrifying creature the size of a star.
The Starry Sky Beast!
For no reason, the name of that giant beast surfaced in the depths of his mind.
Compared to that Star Beast, his father's body was so tiny, so tiny that, he had no doubt that all that Star Beast needed to do was to inhale a breath, and his father would be sucked into its body like a speck of dust in the air.
However, in the next second, he saw the golden lines on his father's body begin to light up, and a blazing white flame, like a streaming cloud, drifted out from the corner of his father's slightly opened mouth.
Then, his father violently opened his mouth, and a blazing white sticky flame shot out, instantly piercing through the body of the starry sky beast.
The terrifying heat distorted even the starry sky.
From his angle, he was even able to see the void behind the Starry Sky Beast through that hole, as well as the charred and carbonised flesh and blood within the hole.
This was the giant dragon's spitting breath?
Just after Vettel floated this thought, the image in his mind then dispersed, and I don't know whether it was an illusion or not, but after the end of the spitting breath, his father seemed to have glanced at him!
‘Veit? Veit!’
Wentz's voice pulled Witte's thoughts back, noticing the concern in Wentz's eyes, Witte's heart warmed up, and then he softly said, ‘I'm fine, it's just that a scene of his father's use of the dragon's breath just appeared in my mind!’
At those words, not only Wentz, but even the gazes of the other four little dragons were attracted over.
As a matter of fact, Veit's father, in the minds of these little dragons, had become synonymous with mystery, a different kind of fae dragon!
‘Can you describe it?’
Veit nodded, and then began to describe it in detail.
Of course, he couldn't possibly describe that image in its entirety, that would only make Winters think that he was being whimsical!
So, in Vite's description, the battle site changed from the starry sky to the plains, and the opponent changed from a starry sky giant beast, to an adult Booth Dragon Beast.
Erm ...... although he didn't know just how big an adult Booth Dragon Beast was, but an immature one had a body of tens of metres, so an adult one would be even more so.
After listening to Veit's description, Winters subconsciously raised her claws and gently scratched her chin, which meant she was thinking.
However, the five little ones had to move away from Winters to prevent being hit by those falling flames.
‘The description of your father's spit can be matched to the bloodline, the blazing white sticky flames should be the Red Dragon's Lava Spit.
Although normal lava spit should be red, however, your father himself is a fae dragon, and it's normal for the flames to be a different colour!
The fact that it instantly pierced through the body of an adult Booth Dragon Beast and created a transparent hole with charred edges shows that the nature contained in your father's lava spit should be high temperature and penetration!