[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces":3,"chapter-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-246":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Dragon of a Thousand Faces",{"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},2269892,4431,"Chapter 246: Eye Swap","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-246",246,"\u003Cp>The girl—or rather, the woman who looked like a magical girl—squinted at the mirror, as if already unaccustomed to this sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to her previous sharp, eagle-like elongated pupils, these more masculine eyes now appeared softer, rounder, more girlish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Paired with her Yiguanyingqishuanglideqizhi , the once overly sharp halberd now made her seem like a tomboy from next door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tsk tsk tsk, if Little Red Feather goes out like this, she might even be more popular than before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her familiar, the senior “Ronnia,” found it amusing to tease her own Qiyuezhe .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up, blind idiot.” Red Feather was annoyed, as if being told she had no luck with men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, it was the truth—and that made it even more infuriating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red Feather’s appearance wasn’t bad at all; it was just that any man who met her gaze either ran away immediately or at least had to muster courage to stay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nonsense. These eyes may only see three hundred meters beyond this house, but they’re not completely blind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Victoria’s prosthetic eye hadn’t been wasted—its golden globe was ultimately used on the familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Rosalind hadn’t gone too far with this “gift to the familiar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only three hundred meters? What else is a blind person?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, so your eyes’ performance is better than mine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“About twice as good, though still a fraction of what I had before—but the point isn’t that. It shows me things I couldn’t see before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Touching the pale golden eyes, Red Feather fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were “Black Dragon Eyes,” extra eyes belonging to Li En. He had dual thinking, but that didn’t mean he could fully control sensory input from multiple bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This overload of visual and sensory data burdened the body and brain; the extra sensory system had always been locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the highest-tier (potential) Black Dragon Eye, possessing not only the standard Black Dragon traits: visual motion capture, lie detection, and truth-piercing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a notoriously stubborn dragon, the Black Dragon’s underwater vision, night vision, and even shadow vision—capable of seeing through the Shadow Plane—were all maxed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through these eyes, Red Feather sensed new visual input she’d never had before, and though surprised and hesitant, this didn’t mean she’d regained her power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How much combat ability do you still have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After adapting to these eyes, three to five percent—no more than five percent. Many targeted abilities are unusable. Actual combat potential may be under three percent of what I had.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This answer was expected. Li En sighed, yet was already satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how high-quality the parts, they remain merely one component in another “machine,” supplying only a portion of the overall function.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black Dragon Eye is a veteran Black Dragon’s ambush eye, even possessing the ambush trait of “no light or reflection in darkness”; the Eagle Eye’s purpose is to see farther—its functions are entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “Eagle Eye,” as the core component of the eagle, came with a full suite of associated abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having three to five percent combat power already exceeds expectations; losing the specific abilities against “Owl” was only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Was this His design?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the contract paper on the table, Red Feather’s tone carried newfound respect and disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, this “Magic Contract” was a revolutionary “invention” no less significant than the Magical Girl Contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially for people like them, it might hold even greater value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Snake returns only once every many years, never merging with Li En, and thus left no legacy behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But merely modifying the original Magic Contract to create the “Masked Dragon Knight (Magic Contract Specialist \u002F Cultist branch)” was already immensely valuable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was clearly a master of contracts; his “Snake Magic Contract” could be regarded as an entirely new branch of the Cultist path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, the original Magical Girl Contract was itself a modified version of the Cultist Magic Contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In essence, a Magic Contract is a “transaction,” though the two parties are not equal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dominant party (the Master) grants power but often demands everything in return—effectively issuing usurious magic loans. The Magical Girl Contract exploited this “transaction,” exchanging “humanity” for “bestiality,” achieving a certain balance between both sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How are you doing?” As the “exploited party,” Red Feather nonetheless asked after Li En’s condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, a Magic Contract is a transaction, an exchange: Li En gave her flesh, gave her eyes; naturally, she could only repay with more—and as a “beast,” every gift is a poison of life.\u003C\u002Fp>",745,"2026-06-19T21:45:42.084Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2cd485bac7f24bd35363c73139b129cc988a08e4d951122c91925da2858d97fd","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-247","the-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-chapter-245",362,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-dragon-of-a-thousand-faces-cover.jpg"]