[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer":3,"chapter-i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-512":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Am Not A Goblin Slayer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1311304,1741,"Chapter 512 - 288: Dragon Rearing Insights (Part 3)","i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-512",512,"\u003Cp>Irritable, arrogant, insecure, timid, lazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These seemingly contradictory words perfectly describe Hephaestus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, it wouldn’t have stayed in the underground mine silently developing for years; laziness was the main reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he also needed to stimulate it from time to time, to awaken some fighting spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Hephaestus was already strong and massive enough for most creatures, in the world of dragons, it was undoubtedly still a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So young, how could it just lie flat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is precisely the age for striving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, when Gauss mentioned the Dragon Mother and its siblings, the Red Dragon Beast Hephaestus beneath him showed obvious emotional fluctuations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A turbulent and complex tide of emotions was transmitted to Gauss through their physical contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was expelled by the Dragon Mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially recently, as it slowly began to develop intelligence, the memories from after it hatched seemed to be gradually becoming clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those fragments of memories, whether humiliating, angry, fearful, or yearning, were like icebergs slowly surfacing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t expect the strength-worshipping Red Dragon Mother and her group of Red Dragon offspring to have any friendly attitude toward a foolish Dragon Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames began to spew from its nostrils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hatred is the most influential emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you believe that with my help, you can surpass them, whether it’s your true dragon siblings or your Dragon Mother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss continued, painting a grand vision methodically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as Hephaestus followed Gauss’s description, it slowly pictured itself overshadowing everything, stepping on the Dragon Mother, mocking the true dragon siblings, and couldn’t help but breathe heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, can you train? Can you eat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red Dragon Beast Hephaestus roared with determination, its wing-beating movements becoming even more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Gauss wasn’t making promises without any basis; he had also been monitoring the situation of the Dragon Beast Hephaestus these days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This training mode was immensely beneficial for its strength development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as it followed Gauss, it would certainly be much stronger than other Dragon Beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether it could, as a Dragon Beast, confront true dragons head-on, Gauss wasn’t sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t a dragon, and it was his first time nurturing a Dragon Beast, so he naturally couldn’t provide an accurate answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he only knew one thing; there’s a chance only by trying hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s a group of goblins, fly there as fast as you can!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a few flaps of its wings, the Dragon Beast Hephaestus covered a long distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time it arrived over the target, it let out a roar, its wings gave a mighty beat, and it dived down toward the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the deep night, accompanied by a rumbling explosion, the goblin camp was thrown into chaos, crimson flames and chaos shredded everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From deep within its throat, the dragon breath, like a volcano long suppressed, erupted forth, a searing cone of flame sweeping through the center of the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed to want to vent all the anger Gauss had stirred up on these green-skinned offspring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauss watched the sea of flames below without much emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps due to a kind of invisible contract, whenever the Dragon Beast Hephaestus was by his side, its destructive acts were credited as his kills, just like those clay creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its venting of rage saved Gauss the effort of doing it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch the heat, you’ll have to eat it if it’s burnt,\" Gauss kindly reminded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Valuing food was something he always did well, whether in a past life or this one.\u003C\u002Fp>",585,"2026-06-05T18:36:48.637Z",1,"novelbin.me","b180c968e18909ccabca4b3dad12a0fd8dad6b36a7173a19533b6211e9457737","i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-513","i-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-chapter-511",640,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-am-not-a-goblin-slayer-cover.jpg"]