Chapter 668: Cherishing, Returning

The scent of the green dragon was very unpleasant; its entire body emitted a pungent odor. Without needing to think, one knew this scent likely possessed certain toxic side effects.

The thin layer of airspace Xia Duo controlled around his body could not completely block such an irritating odor, so he had to expand the range of his controlled airspace, while simultaneously offering to block the dragon's scent for Buloutuo and Bishop Anbulier.

Bishop Anbulier did not refuse, but Buloutuo declined, "This bit of toxin cannot even harm a human, so how could it possibly harm a Dwarf! I have never processed a green dragon before; this scent allows me to familiarize myself with the green dragon's structure."

As he spoke, he continued his work. However, although Buloutuo did not mind breathing the green dragon's pungent scent, when faced with traces of the green dragon's flesh and blood, he avoided them as much as possible.

Clearly, in Buloutuo's eyes, the toxicity of the green dragon's flesh and blood was even worse than its scent.

Xia Duo also noticed this, and at the same time, he thought of something. He hurriedly let the Flying Sword return to his side, turned off the 【Space-Piercing Array】, and deactivated his Invisibility. He saw that there were indeed some traces of dragon blood on the surface of the Flying Sword.

Immediately after, he summoned a stream of water through his Bloodline Ability, wrapping it around the Flying Sword. At the same time, the water body oscillated continuously. Repeating this twice, he completely cleaned the Flying Sword.

Looking at the several rust-like corrosion marks that had appeared on the surface of the Flying Sword, Xia Duo felt a genuine pang of heartache.

He extended his finger and slowly slid his fingertip across the surface of the Flying Sword. There was no obvious unevenness; it was still very smooth, which made Xia Duo heave a slight sigh of relief.

If the Flying Sword were damaged because of this, the cost of dragon-slaying would increase significantly. Now it seemed that although there were indeed corrosion marks, they did not look obvious, and they were even less obvious to the touch.

However, this display by Xia Duo aroused Buloutuo's dissatisfaction. Although he was still skinning the green dragon, he had noticed Xia Duo's expression after cleaning the Flying Sword.

In Buloutuo's view, this was a sign that Xia Duo did not trust his craftsmanship. So, he snorted, held the Skinning Knife in his hand up to his eyes, deliberately raised his voice, and said to Xia Duo, "This skinning knife of mine, which was only simply forged, has been in constant contact with the green dragon's flesh and blood, and it hasn't been damaged. Could that strange weapon I painstakingly crafted possibly be damaged?"

"This—"

Xia Duo was a bit embarrassed; he had not expected Buloutuo's words to be so direct. However, he was indeed worried about the Flying Sword being damaged, and there was nothing to hide about that. Moreover, worrying about the Flying Sword being damaged and not trusting Buloutuo's craftsmanship were two different things.

So he said, "How could I not trust Uncle Buloutuo's craftsmanship! I just feel that this weapon is so good that even if it had one tiny extra mark, I would feel a bit of heartache."

Hearing this, Buloutuo's mood suddenly improved again. As a maker, who wouldn't want their work to be cherished by its user!

Moreover, as long as it is a weapon, it will inevitably be left with traces of use; even Buloutuo had to admit this point. If viewed from this perspective, it seemed that worrying about the weapon being damaged was not a bad thing.

After a small interlude, the three of them continued to chat.

Soon, the part of this green dragon from the severed neck down had been skinned clean. At Xia Duo's request, Buloutuo also removed the green dragon's heart.

When it was just taken out, it was still thumping, making one sigh at the dragon's powerful vitality.

When leaving, Xia Duo casually set up a warning Spell, and the three of them went together to where the other green dragon was.

At this time, the three light orbs that had originally hung high in the sky had long since extinguished. Xia Duo temporarily created another one and kept it at a lower altitude.

Next, it was still a matter of chatting while waiting for Buloutuo to finish.

Xia Duo and Bishop Anbulier were not completely wasting their time here; they remained here mainly to protect Buloutuo while he worked, guarding against any threats that might appear.

When the processing work for this green dragon was nearing completion, Xia Duo contacted Aiboke, asking him to come over as a tool-man to help transport the green dragon materials.

At this time, the sky was already beginning to brighten, and a thin mist had risen in the forest. Aiboke, having received Xia Duo's notification, did not delay at all and teleported directly over with the help of the coordinates Xia Duo provided.

"Xia Duo, did you really kill a dragon?!"

Even now, seeing the green dragon's massive body, especially that ferocious head, Aiboke still found it hard to believe. Xia Duo did not explain too much, only signaling for Aiboke to observe as he pleased.

After the green dragon died, most of its Dragon Fear had dissipated, but if one felt it carefully, one could still sense an invisible pressure hanging over the heart. Although extremely weak, it did exist.

Aiboke observed for a while and finally accepted this reality, and what followed was an inexplicable excitement, "Xia Duo, I didn't expect you to have actually killed a legendary dragon! I really want to see what a dragon looks like when it's alive!"

While speaking, he looked around excitedly, and even took out an Iron sword and poked the dragon skin again and again.

Xia Duo really wanted to say that if you were really allowed to see a living dragon, you might already be so Stunned by the Dragon Fear that you couldn't even speak, so how could you still be so active.

"You should first send the materials from the other green dragon back; there will be plenty of time to study them slowly in the future!"

"Alright!"

Even though he knew Xia Duo had asked him to come over to act as a porter, Aiboke had no complaints at all. Just seeing the legendary dragon made him very happy.

By the time the second green dragon was completely processed, the sky was already mostly bright; it was only a matter of the sun rising before it would be daytime. At this moment, Bishop Anbulier suddenly said:

"Lord Xia Duo, I must leave; there are still matters at the Temple."

"Mm, alright, I will send the Bishop back!"

It was already very good that they could stay here with him to fight monsters and wait for most of the night; Xia Duo did not force Bishop Anbulier to continue staying here, even though he could indeed have done so.

But Xia Duo knew that the Temple also had something similar to morning classes on Earth, which had to be attended by everyone before the sun rose. In terms of solemnity, it was no less than the Sun Rising Ceremony on the morning of the Midsummer Festival.

As a Bishop of the Temple, Bishop Anbulier would generally be present in person if there were no special circumstances, leading the Priests and some devout subjects to face the place where the sun rose to conduct the daily "morning class."

He also loaded some of the green dragon materials and, taking Bishop Anbulier along with the Dwarf Buloutuo, teleported to the Central Plaza of Savile Town, near the entrance of the Temple.

……

After sending the two of them back, Xia Duo did not go to the location of the green dragon corpses again.

Yesterday afternoon and evening, he had been studying the Fielder Spellbook with Niya, and afterwards, he went to slay the dragon; he had not rested until now. This made his already exhausted mind reach its limit by now.

However, he could not rest yet. There was no problem with the green dragon side; with Aiboke there, it was just a matter of transporting the remaining green dragon materials. As long as they did not encounter a dragon, there should be no problems.

And even if there were a dragon, Aiboke, carrying the Dragon Hunting Rune, would have enough reaction time to escape or notify him.

Only on the Elf side was Xia Duo still a bit worried. The fleet returning to the north this time could obviously only take away a portion of the Elves; no one could guarantee what the remaining Elves would do.

After all, in the eyes of those Elves, that cruel Drow Assassin had not yet been caught! No one could be sure whether those left behind would be turned into "Elf body art" one by one by that Drow Assassin!