Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 234 The Ladder of Life
"Really not a beast?"

"It's really not true."

"Pure-blooded dragon descendant?"

"Pure, ultra-pure, and with a very high bloodline level, at least at the level of dyed diamond or higher."

To show her sincerity, Hela was quite friendly and even allowed a blood test.

The result was that not only did she not receive any "beast" reaction, confirming her pure royal bloodline (the bastard potion), but it also revealed her identity as a 100% dragonborn. This indicates that she rejected her mother's power.

“Not a magical girl, nor a beast,” Dania plopped down, looking at her cheerful and relaxed “older sister,” not even having a reason to yawn.

Beyond blood ties, she and he were closest, even to the point of being "bound by life and death".

"A sixteen-year-old with a diamond bloodline, and the most difficult dragon vein to upgrade"—this is just the hardware, which seems extremely absurd.

But considering her living environment, it seems quite reasonable.

"The diamond has been dyed red, and the flame of life is burning fiercely."

The social hierarchy in the real world is actually quite crude, only able to roughly distinguish between strong and weak. Professions are only distinguished by their level or rank, while bloodline and extraordinary abilities (race) have more direct markers. This is actually also a marker of species hierarchy.

Some groups and races are born powerful, and their species level is usually indicated by the strength of their adult bloodline. For example, orcs are a primitive species, while dragons have a diamond bloodline when they grow up.

The most basic is raw stone (inferior stones are not included), which is ore, uncarved raw stone. According to the records of the Heroic Soul Encyclopedia, the species level of this level is about single digits.

Next, it wasn't gold or silver, but "non-ferrous gold".

Brass, silver, and the like are all classified as non-ferrous metals, referring to ores that have been mined, refined, and transformed into usable materials.

This stage roughly represents the transition from the middle ranks to the core members of each ethnic group. The Golden Peak Bloodline refers to the pinnacle of non-ferrous metals.

This is a continuous process of refinement. During this process, life's appetite often increases significantly, with calories and extraordinary materials becoming the fuel for "refinement," and life continuously accumulating "quantity."

The next step, the "diamond," represents a qualitative change. The transparent diamond signifies "purity," because at this moment, the bloodline becomes purer, and its path becomes clearer.

At this stage, the appetite of life generally begins to decrease. They gradually begin to ignite the "fire of life" within themselves and begin to "shine and generate heat" on their own.

As non-human beings, they no longer rely entirely on external supplies.

Colored diamonds and colored diamonds also describe the "brightness" of life at this stage, gradually becoming "vibrant" according to the solar spectrum.

Minor grades like red diamonds and blue diamonds are not really important, because the differences between them are not obvious. They are often simply referred to as colored diamonds. If everything goes smoothly at this stage, it usually doesn't last long.

But it is quite dangerous.

If the flame of life and the flame of the soul are not successfully ignited and do not smoothly enter the next stage, when the time comes, they will be completely "burned out".

However, at this stage, the "Diamond Warriors," judging solely from their physical bodies, have already achieved "eternity" to a certain extent.

They can recover from injuries on their own, and they won't die even if they eat very little. Their stamina and ability to fight continuously are superhuman.

"Miss Hela, she's probably not far from reaching the Star level."

When an indestructible diamond begins to "shine on its own," it naturally transforms into an immortal star.

The light of the soul fire will dim slightly and become stable and enduring.

The most direct result is a significant increase in lifespan.

There are several smaller levels within this realm, but the difference is already quite obvious. The high-level "Star" and the newly entered "Shattered Star" are not on the same level at all. However, in the eyes of mortals, their strength is actually comparable to that of legendary heroes, and they can just rampage through the land.

As for the Holy Spirit (messenger of God), demigods, eternal thrones, and so on, these already involve true eternity, so there's no need to discuss them now.

It is clear that these so-called levels actually refer to the degree of species evolution, which is a real hardware level. Extraordinary professions naturally do not use this set of evaluations, but bloodline abilities and extraordinary characteristics rooted in the body and hardware can also refer to this evaluation system.

Furthermore, the arrogance in creating this evaluation system is evident; it's clearly not designed for ordinary people. The most numerous categories—silver and gold—are categorized as non-ferrous metals, suggesting that for them, diamond-level gold is just the beginning. This ignoring of lower-end categories might also imply that only those who achieve true immortality can stand alongside the ancients.

Red dragons have diamond bloodlines (among the five colored dragons, only the shameful white dragon has a gold bloodline), and after reaching adulthood (when they are 80 to 100 years old), most of them have bloodline strength of diamond or higher.

The bloodline strength of the Dragonborn is one or two levels lower (mainly due to the overall weakening caused by the reduction in size), but they are still almost invincible compared to ordinary orcs. As long as they work steadily and develop their bloodline strength, they can easily reach the Gold bloodline without even needing many external materials. With the additional support of Dragon Language Magic, humanoid classes, etc., they may not be worse than dragons in actual combat.

Rean kept saying that the Thousand-Faced Dragon was just an ordinary red dragon descendant, but ordinary red dragons are already among the strongest of all dragon species, and dragon species are among the strongest of all life forms. If dragon descendants were truly weak, they wouldn't be worthy of being a feared race.

Incidentally, the Thousand-Faced Dragon's descendants and the Thousand-Faced Dragon are two different things. They do not have the characteristic of evolving by consuming dragon souls, which comes from a privilege of a rather ancient existence.

The problem now is that, even if the growth of dragonborn is not as slow as that of dragons, it still takes far longer than that of other beastmen.

If a normal orc is considered an adult at eighteen, a dragonborn would be at least thirty-five or forty. This is why Rean thought Dania looked very "young" when he first met her; she was indeed far from adulthood.

"It's quite possible that Lex wouldn't be as strong as her at the same biological age."

Lex is a lion-man, and he was already an adult when he came of age. This statement is not wrong, but Rean felt it was quite strange. Did Lex's efforts amount to even half of what the girl in front of him was like?

He made a ridiculously large leap forward, but it was only after he started "dating" that he suddenly developed a pursuit, although this pursuit itself was quite subtle.

But regardless, she has indeed reached that standard.
Want to give it a try?

After thinking for a moment, Rean sighed, held his sword in reverse, and handed the hilt over.

Instantly, some people's eyes widened in disbelief. Only then did they realize that if Rean was the reincarnation of Lex Luthor, then could this sword really be the legendary one?!

"Rean!!" Rean pretended not to hear Dania's breath. This girl is really unlucky. He'll try to make up for it later.

But when Hela grasped the sword of courage and examined it with interest, a faint red light enveloped her entire body.

"So, the hero's correction has been activated, and it's truly a case of returning something to its rightful owner?"

The so-called "Heroic Profession," or more accurately, the "Heroic Legacy of the Kingdom of Aiselin," is a profession that is limited to the kingdom and is passed down within its borders. At least half of the inheritors are lions.

Its bloodline is the Sun God War Lion. Well, this is the legacy of the first White Griffin King.

However, since the descendants could not inherit this bloodline, they were sent out to be trained as combat forces.

Being a red dragon of the same fire attribute, coupled with royal blood, seems to fulfill the overly demanding prerequisites for this profession.

Perhaps, the vacant space for the Hero's Legion can find the most suitable successor.
"Snapped!"

But the girl suddenly threw the sword at him.

"I have no interest in roads where the end is obvious."

Hela shook her head and took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands, seemingly a little disgusted. Perhaps to her, everything in the kingdom was indeed too dirty, and she wanted to stay as far away as possible.

“I have no interest in being a tool or a dog (Danya is breathing in the background). I will forge a better path.”

The girl spoke calmly, without excitement or impassioned declarations, simply recounting her plans.

In her eyes, she might eventually go further than her parents.

That concludes the conversation. The level of mutual trust between us, even at our first meeting, has exceeded expectations.

Let's observe each other's words and actions from a safe distance for a while. But there are some things Rean still wants to know.

"The Whisperers' Museum? Uh, it wasn't my mother who led you there. We did learn about you from this incident before we even arrived in the city, but it was after we learned that the Whisperers' Church had been raided."

"Wait, if it wasn't you who passed the note, then who could it be?!"

(End of this chapter)