Chapter 27: Blood of the Long Wang (Please Follow & Read)

【"What are you doing?"】

"Don't you understand? I'm playing with fire."

Woman, don't come any closer to me, you'll get burned.

Having spat out all the wax, Herbert was now using flame to sear his index finger, constantly feeling out the sensation of being burned.

He truly could not feel any pain at all.

It was very warm.

It seemed he really was immune to fire?

【"You're not wrong~ You can no longer be harmed by elemental flames now."】

【"Of course, if a blazing, rolling ball of lava comes hurtling at you, I'd still recommend you duck obediently. I'm not keen on losing an ally that easily~"】

"Huh? Oh!"

Herbert fell into thought, realizing both the power and the limits of this ability.

The power, needless to say, spoke for itself.

What being immune to fire could achieve, anyone could imagine — plenty of tricks could be played.

Immune to flame and high heat, but the explosive damage and shockwave that came after some high-heat impacts were not reduced one bit.

It really was strong, but the drawbacks were just as obvious.

A staff condensed purely from flame striking down — not a hair harmed, he could even recover some health.

But swap that for a red-hot iron rod thrust at him, and there was a great deal more to consider.

【"Young man, be a little happier! Don't be too greedy~"】

A thoroughly bizarre scene.

The evil god, symbolizing wickedness and greed, was actually advising a holy knight to know when to quit while he was ahead.

【"You should know that apart from fire elemental beings, even among demons, only high-ranking demons who have inherited the blood of the Primal Demons possess complete immunity to flame."】

"Personally, I don't feel it's not enough."

Herbert curled his lip, indicating that he really wasn't that insatiably greedy.

Heaven and earth can bear witness — when have I ever been a greedy fellow?

"By the way, Nie Nasha, what did I get this time? The Long Wang's Curse?"

That merciless stomp — Herbert couldn't help suspecting he'd been cursed by that one-eyed giant dragon.

Damn it, what a vicious kick!

However, this time Miss Xie Shen gave a completely different answer: 【"No, this time it's not a curse, but a bloodline inheritance."】

【"Dragon inheritance differs from that of humans — they leave no writings or scriptures. They fuse their inheritance into their bloodline, and the next generation of dragons will, as they grow, automatically come to comprehend the knowledge within the blood."】

【"Generation after generation, the dragons' inheritance accumulates with time. So long as the bloodline is dense enough, by the time they reach adulthood they will have mastered the greater part of that knowledge."】

Even though they were no longer the world's dominators, dragons remained exceedingly powerful.

Under normal circumstances, an adult dragon's strength could reach Legendary!

Of course, such an outrageous talent came with a price.

Pure-blooded dragons had a truly moving reproductive rate among their own kind — a pair of dragon mates might go several hundred years without producing a clutch of dragon eggs.

The growth period of young dragons was also measured in millennia, and over such a long stretch of time they would encounter all manner of dangers, making it extremely easy for them to perish halfway.

So dragons were strong, yet the pure-blood population had always remained at a middling number.

【"And the inheritance you've obtained this time is even more special."】

Nie Nasha said softly: 【"Even among dragons, only those whose bloodline is dense enough to atavistically revert qualify to receive this top-tier inheritance — the Blood of the Long Wang."】

Speaking of this, Nie Nasha was also somewhat moved, finding Herbert's dog-tier luck rather amusing.

How on earth did this kid get his hands on these materials?

To take something like that from a monster shouldn't have been unimaginably difficult, right?

And yet Herbert, in just two short days, had somehow gotten his hands on two of them.

Is that reasonable?

How exactly did he manage it?

【"This time, did you think the ability you gained was merely flame immunity? No, that was only the surface."】

【"The true ability is to draw power from flame!"】

【"Flame cannot scorch your flesh — it will even make your body stronger!"】

In fact, Nie Nasha didn't need to emphasize it; Herbert had already sensed it himself.

Though the sensation was faint, he could feel the finger he had been roasting growing more powerful.

His own flesh had become stronger.

In other words, he could be himself in the middle of fire?

【"And the most crucial point — this inheritance isn't a one-time thing. You've already gained the bloodline's recognition this time. When you collect more dragon monster materials in the future, you'll be able to obtain inheritance again."】

【"Tch, I'm starting to suspect you secretly got together with the Goddess of Fortune!"】

Even Miss Xie Shen couldn't help sighing.

This lucky little bastard.

Perhaps he really did carry a blessing from that bitch, the Goddess of Fortune!

【"……Hmph!"】

At this moment Nie Nasha suddenly grew wary, realizing she absolutely could not let any more deities take notice of Herbert.

None of you are allowed to steal him from me!

Herbert felt it out for a while longer, and finally stopped roasting his own flesh — the candle's flame really was too small!

"Think of a way to set a great fire in the monastery? No, that's too conspicuous — too easy to draw attention."

"Or maybe I could work something out in the alien-race prison?"

After thinking for a while, Herbert again recalled the Long Wang he had seen earlier in the inheritance space.

"Right, Nie Nasha — does the name 'Dragon Descendant's End, the Undying Flame of Myriad Ages, Eternal Night Before the Dawn' ring any bells for you?"

【"Uh… three people?"】

"Of course it's one."

【"Just kidding. Of course I have an impression of Him — so the one you saw in the inheritance space was actually Him!"】

There was a note of surprise in Nie Nasha's words, which made Herbert raise an eyebrow.

"Is He very strong?"

【"Very strong~"】

Nie Nasha said with a playful laugh: 【"After all, this is one of those rare Bai Chi who can't read reality but is still powerful enough."】

【"A God-Slayer who, with the body of a saint, forcibly defied the gods and even killed a true god."】

Herbert wasn't surprised by the Long Wang's battle record — after all, after seeing such a terrifying body, he could imagine how brutal that fight had been.

"Then He now…"

【"Dead! Dead without a burial place~"】

【"After the god-slaying, this fellow had accumulated enough divinity and a divine spark, and tried to ascend to godhood with the divine office of the Dragon God. But in the end he was betrayed by his own kind, who led three true gods to ambush him, and he could only fall in miserable ruin."】

【"By the way, the fellow who backstabbed Him was also betrayed by those three true gods in the end, and was jointly strangled to death by Them."】

【"Since then, the dragon race has never produced a new deity, and no dragon has dared attempt ascension to godhood."】

Herbert blinked, somewhat at a loss.

He hadn't expected that the terrifying being who had left him such a brutal impression would end with such a bleak fate.

This world — it's so dangerous!

【"Don't worry~"】

Just as Herbert was sighing, Nie Nasha's sweet, syrupy voice drifted up softly, as if whispering right by his ear:

【"Once I break free from my seal, no one in this world will be able to hurt you~"】

"Heh heh, then I'm looking forward to that day far too much."

The next day.

"Herbert, come here — let me bite… let me sniff you!"

"Hm? What are you trying to do?"

Herbert warily eyed the red-haired hungry dragon in the cage and took half a step back.

Miss Xie Shen, how about we strike a little deal?

Could you come protect me a little earlier!

These monster-girls really do look so scary…

They really do seem to be craving my body!

Please follow along!

Tomorrow it'll be on the recommendation list — this concerns the life and death of this book, please save this child!

……

The cold seems to have gotten worse — my whole body aches. I took two doses of medicine in the morning and only felt a bit better in the afternoon.

By the way, while I was stuck on the chapter I got a sudden whim and went and dubbed Herbert's lines from the previous few chapters.



(End of this chapter)