Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 246 Changing Eyes
The girl, or rather the woman who resembled a magical girl, squinted at herself in the mirror, seemingly a little unaccustomed to it.

However, compared to the sharp, eagle-like long pupils of the past, these rather masculine pupils appear softer and rounder, more like a girl's.

Coupled with her usual heroic and straightforward temperament, the originally overly sharp halberd now seemed more like the tomboy next door.

"Tsk tsk tsk, if Little Red Feather goes out like this, she might be much more popular than before."

Her contracted beast, "Ronia," a senior, instead took amusement in making fun of her own contractor.

"Shut up, you blind man." Red Feather Arrow was very annoyed, as if she had no luck with men.

Okay, if that's the truth, then it's even more infuriating.

The Red Feather Arrow wasn't bad-looking, but any man who wasn't stared at by those eyes was considered courageous enough not to run away on the spot.

"It's not that these eyes can only see 300 meters away from this house, but they're not completely blind either."

Victoria's prosthetic eye was not wasted; the golden eyeball was ultimately used on her contracted beast.

It seems that Rosalind didn't go too far with this "contract beast gift".

"Only able to see 300 meters? What is that if not blindness?"

"Uh, so you mean your eyesight is better than mine?"

"It's probably twice as good as you, but not even a fraction of what it was before. But that's not the point. It can offer some things I couldn't see before."

Red Feather Arrow seemed lost in thought as he looked into the pale golden eyes.

These are "black dragon eyes," extra eyes that Rean has. His dual consciousness does not mean he can fully control the sensory information of his multiple bodies.

This overload of visual and sensory information will be a burden on the body and brain, as the previously added sensory system has been in a blocked state.

This is the highest grade (potential) black longan, possessing not only the visual motion capture, lie identification, and deception-penetrating properties that a "longan" should have.

As a well-known old coin among dragons, the Black Dragon has excellent underwater vision and dark vision, and even shadow vision that can see through the shadow plane.

Through those eyes, the red-feathered arrow sensed a newfound vision, causing it to feel surprised and hesitant. However, this did not mean it had regained its power.
"How much fighting strength do you have left?"

"After getting used to these eyes, you'll only be able to use 30% to 50%, at most 50%, and many of your targeted abilities will become unusable. Your actual combat potential may be less than 30% of what it was before."

This answer was within expectations, and Rean sighed, but he was already quite satisfied.

No matter how high the performance of an accessory is, it is still just one link or component in another "machinery", providing only a part of the functionality required by the overall system.

The Black Dragon Eye is the ambush eye of the old coin Black Dragon, and even has the ambush characteristic of "not emitting light/reflecting light in the dark". The Eagle Eye, on the other hand, aims to see further, and its functional orientation is completely different.

As a core component of the eagle, the "Eagle Eye" has a series of supporting capabilities.

Having 30-50% of their combat strength is already beyond expectations; however, losing the ability to target "Owl" seems to be only natural.

"Was this His design?"

Looking at the contract on the table, Hong Yujian's tone was filled with respect and disbelief.

In their view, this "magic contract" is a revolutionary "invention" that is no less than the magical girl contract.

It might be of extra value, especially for people like them.

The snake returns every few years, but it never possesses Rean, and thus cannot leave behind his legacy.

However, simply modifying the original magic contract to create the "Masked Dragon Knight (Magician/Evil Sorcerer Branch)" is already quite valuable.

He was clearly a master of manipulating contracts, and the "Serpent's Pact" he left behind can be seen as a new branch of the entire sorcerer class.

In fact, the original magical girl contract was actually a modified version of the "evil sorcerer's contract" by the snake.

Ultimately, the Magic Contract is a "transaction," except that the parties involved are not equal.

The powerful client (the sect leader) grants strength but often demands everything. In reality, the super-high-interest loan magical girl contract utilizes this "transaction" to allow both parties to trade "humanity" and "beastly nature," achieving a certain degree of balance between them.

"How are you?" Red Feather Arrow, as the "exploited one," was more concerned about Rean's condition.

Ultimately, a magical contract is a transaction, an exchange. Rean gave her flesh and blood and eyes, so she naturally could only give back more. But as a "beast," any gift is a poison to life. A magical girl contract is also a kind of exchange, but it is limited to "beasts" and "beast-transformed humans," precisely because even a little bit of "beastly nature" is fatal to ordinary people.

"No, I don't feel anything at all. Anyway, it's pretty good."

There were some things that Rean didn't even dare to look directly at.

[Beastification growth is 1%, currently at 13.7%.]

[Awakening Bloodline Ability, Heavenly Feather Robe (Dragon and Flood Dragon Feather Molt)]

Rean even vaguely sensed that he was able to turn his "dragon scales" into "dragon feathers" to a certain extent!

He was unaffected by the serpent's attack, so what difference did the eagle's attack make? Rean even felt relaxed and comfortable, as if something had made him agile and nimble.

The power of the beasts is even gradually influencing the dragon veins, making them more superior and more suitable for combat.

Is it a fighting instinct? An evolutionary instinct? Or is it all due to the potential of this bloodline?
"What kind of monster is this Thousand-Faced Dragon? Can it absorb the power of any beast without restraint?"

At this point, Rean had to exclaim that he was truly a "monster".

But he vaguely realized that, in a sense, this was also the reason why birds and dragons, and dragons and lizards, are actually very closely related in the food chain.

Perhaps in ancient times, snake scales, lizard skin, and bird feathers were actually a differentiation of organs and substances.

"Really? Indeed, you look great, very good, and smell wonderful. Uh, excuse me."

Those round eyes seemed to have unknowingly transformed into the sharpness of a hunter, silently locking onto something.

"Um, can you tell me where you were attacked?"

Realizing her rudeness, Red Feather Arrow blushed immediately and quickly took two steps back. After thinking for a moment, she continued speaking.

"It was around three or four in the afternoon, when the sun was setting and we were at our most exhausted. We were just preparing to set up camp when it suddenly got dark."

Red Feather Arrow recalled that the sudden darkness descended on him at the moment when he was most tired, unable to resist his instincts, and began to doze off.

The moment I stared blankly at the sunset, I suddenly became night blind.

The time it takes them to regain alertness after being distracted is only a fraction of a second slower than normal, which is deadly enough for them.

Next came the excruciating pain in my eyes, and the low moaning in my ears.

"Heh, got you."

Then came the excruciating pain all over my body, and the agony of being torn apart and gnawed at.

Before the red-feathered arrow could even resist, it was completely dragged into the abyss of consciousness.

At that moment, I thought it was all over.
"Red Feather Arrow." The warmth in his hand brought him back to his senses.

Unbeknownst to her, she was already covered in cold sweat and her face was pale.

Looking up, she saw the man staring at her. He had a strange smell about him, and his eyes looked strangely beautiful, even though he was just an ordinary person before the contract.

"It smells so good. Sorry."

Red Feather Arrow lowered his head, too embarrassed to look over.

Rean smiled slightly and quickly stepped back to create distance, while Sallyman, who was gripping his waist from behind, tightened her grip.

But the next moment, he froze, shocked by the sudden message notification.

[Beastification growth is 2%, currently at 15.7%]

[Awakening Bloodline Ability, World Watcher (Eagle Eye)]

He paused, looked up at the red-feathered arrow, and his expression grew increasingly strange.
"Get some rest. Maybe when you're better, I'll have something to ask you, like how to use Eagle Eye."

(End of this chapter)