Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 328 Fireball

"I've already asked my sister, and she's reviewed nearly thirty years of records, but there are no sightings of the Dark Sonic Dragon."

"Goddess" Alexiet Tarabal said with some helplessness, "It's rare for a business partner to make such a request, and I really want to meet their needs."

As a result, even after the Dark Elves mobilized resources and consulted with the divine messengers, the answer was still negative.

"This dragon is extremely rare. First of all, purple dragons are rare in this plane, and they also have to live in the dark regions and be corrupted. I did find out a few well-known Dark Sonic Dragons, but to be honest, they would probably require a national-level force to subdue them, and we might even offend a dragon's nest and a god."

Old dragons and young dragons are not in the same league. Dragons with titles like "ancient" or "primordial" are not mortals who can cause them trouble. One of their most basic abilities is that they can casually throw out nine-ring spells.

"Well, I don't have high expectations for the Sapphire Dragon and the Crystal Dragon."

Although the Gem Dragon type is known as the third largest Dragon type, its actual numbers are far fewer than those of the first and second largest, Chromatic Dragon and Metal Dragon.

Those who lean towards neutrality distanced themselves from the "battle of good and evil" among their own kind early on, and most of them lived relatively peaceful lives in other dimensions.

It exists in the main plane, but not in large numbers.
"There are some sightings, but very few, and they're all quite far away." The dwellings of Crystal Dragons and Sapphires are either high in the mountains or underground. There may be eyewitness accounts, but not many have been brought back alive.

Rean sighed. It seemed that hunting was becoming increasingly unrealistic for him.

Acquiring him isn't out of the question, but without the "Dragon Soul," Rean's evolution would likely be severely hampered.

"Moreover, even if we find the young dragon, defeating it will be a very difficult task."

This is also the reality. The weakest of these three types of dragons, the Sapphire Dragon, is an extremely difficult ambush master to deal with. Even a full-strength team of young or adult dragons can easily defeat it.

The most suitable dragon for Rean right now is obviously the youngest of the three dragons, but that would be too much of a gamble.
"I understand. How have you been lately?" Rean put that question aside and asked something more practical.

"I'm still taking extra lessons. If I embarrass myself, please don't laugh at me."

"No, having a pastor at all is already a blessing. You know my relationship with certain churches."

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Alexie will be Rean's future teammate.

For the "pre-arranged official team composition," Rean needs a Dark Elf as a representative, preferably someone who can promote the priest class of the Mirror Goddess. In reality, there aren't many good options.

Rather than stuffing in an unfamiliar high priest, Alexie, who possesses divine veins and is a Valkyrie, is clearly the best choice.

As a goddess, Alexiatria understood that since she had enjoyed the benefits of divine favor, she naturally had to pay a price.

Teaming up with Rean, an old acquaintance, is relatively safe and reliable. However, as a high priest, she still needs a lot of remedial training and is unlikely to improve again in the short term. Judging by her abilities alone, she is probably at the bottom level among high priests.

However, the advantage always lies in the divine veins and the Valkyrie. Such a high priest does not need additional guards and can even have an excellent combat-capable guard.

Rean even needs to improve himself so that he won't be overshadowed by his future teammates.

"What about the other candidates?"

"If Larry can't join, I'll need an extra great warrior, preferably one with a defensive focus. The archmage can invite a half-elf; my mentor can help with the introduction."

“Actually, we also have archmages here,” the dark elves were clearly trying to expand their influence, but Rean just smiled and shook his head.

If a team you build has more than two members of the same non-human race, it will give the impression of being quite "foreign," which is unacceptable in the current climate. Alexie didn't insist; she didn't actually have much of a preference for her own ethnicity. It's likely that her sister had asked her to ask these questions.

After discussing future plans, Rean left.

Both had their own things to do; Alexie had to handle her diplomatic work, while Rean's to-do list seemed perpetually endless.

Rean sought out his mentor to discuss the construction of the "Mage Tower" and then asked for advice on the Fireball spell.

"You've finally asked me."

The teacher's words seemed to carry a hint of resentment. This apprentice was very strong in self-study, but judging from these problems, he was probably not far from becoming a third-tier mage. This self-study had already crossed the threshold of becoming a formal mage, making the mentor feel rather insignificant.

Alcaster, the "Star Burner," naturally possessed considerable expertise in "fire magic" since he dared to adopt such a title. His explanations were not only detailed and thorough but also quite "unique." The latter was rather rare, meaning that he had revealed his true teachings as a form of energy manipulation.

"The core of energy shaping is the skill of manipulating elements."

As he spoke, he casually summoned several fireballs containing elemental power, which made Rean feel an instinctive threat.

"Summon, compress, transform, fuse."

Several fireballs were eventually compressed into one.

The almost pure white fireball, like a miniature blazing sun, made Rean feel a deadly threat.

There was a reason why Rean was given the Fireball spell, which was relatively difficult to research at the third level. The foundation of the "Burning Star" spell system was probably this "strongest and most popular common spell".

"The new spell model... uh, the cost is actually higher, the casting time is longer, and it consumes extra mana."

Having confirmed that Rean was close to reaching the third tier, Professor Alcaster gave Rean another "Fireball" spell, a product that seemed to be inferior in every way.

"However, it is an incomplete fireball spell."

A spell consumes more energy and is less complete; instead, it is the archmage's unique secret technique that, along with the fusion of fireballs, makes Rean understand everything.

"When you can compress five fireballs, you can roughly achieve the power of a fifth-circle spell under normal circumstances."

As the incomplete fireballs collided, the spell models began to fit together like puzzle pieces, or rather, "chained together".

Because of the incompleteness of the spell, the instinctive fusion allowed the low-level spell to complete the upgrade in this way.

In the hands of a great mage, the weaknesses and flaws of magic can be exploited in this way.

Which consumes more energy: five three-ring spells or one five-ring spell? In actual combat, it should be five three-ring spells, but being able to master the power of high-level spells at a lower skill level, this "secret technique" is indeed very valuable in actual combat.

And this is only at the third ring. If a fireball spell at the seventh or eighth ring were stacked like this, perhaps that's how the title of "Burning Star" came about.

"I call it the Fireball; perhaps this is the power you need most right now."

(End of this chapter)