Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 375 Sparrow
Relatives? I have relatives?
Sheena couldn't understand why, if she really had blood relatives, they didn't stand up for her when she was begging on the streets, when she was used as a test subject by the Black Alchemist, and when she was driven around as a cheap servant.

She looked at the black-armored knight with wary eyes, but the next moment, her gaze turned into a fawning smile.

Since the other party said so, then it's her own ability to discern the truth. It's not something that can be avoided. All extraordinary abilities depend on resistance, and this half-dragon in front of her seems to have ridiculously high magic resistance.

Moreover, the man in front of me was tall, handsome, and wore armor with noble medals. His facial features and eyes that seemed to see through everything were completely different from mine. How could a hamster be related to a dragon or snake?

Sheena harbored many doubts, even to the point that rival nations and factions planned to use her as a pretext to infiltrate the Dragon Kingdom and the Academy in order to steal the Dragon Academy's secret treasures and knowledge.

Her rich imagination is one aspect, and another is that there have been many similar examples before. According to statistics, at least 35% of the "hero saves the beauty" scenarios are designed by the "hero".

Why only for magical knowledge and secrets, and not for personal gain? Sina was self-aware enough to know this; she could tell just by looking in the mirror.
"Can I leave?"

Black Knight merely glanced at her; the constantly shifting eyes and ever-changing expressions amused him.

This is probably the worst-off "Dragonborn" I've ever seen.

The offspring of a true dragon and a mortal will be dragon descendants, but only high-ranking true dragons (above adult colored dragons) have this configuration. However, the offspring of dragon descendants are not dragon descendants, but rather hybrids with a certain amount of dragon blood. After a certain degree of hybridization, the dragon characteristics can no longer be seen.

In fact, they are among the main body of dragon vein sorcerers and even the sorcerer class, being lower-level hybrid dragons.

Compared to other celestial sorcerers, fairy bloodline sorcerers, and elemental bloodline sorcerers, dragons possess an overwhelming advantage in reproductive power and desire. The only ones that can be compared to them are probably sorcerers with abyssal bloodlines, but those guys often inadvertently become pawns of the great demons and devils at the source of their bloodlines.

"Dragon transformation, the control is quite poor."

The professional ability of a Dragon Vein Warlock is the controllable use of their bloodline abilities, starting with dragon claws and scales, followed by dragon skin, dragon breath, dragon wings, and so on. It is said that the most top-tier Dragon Warlocks have essentially transformed into 100% true dragons.

The warlock profession is essentially about exploring one's own bloodline abilities and transforming oneself into a transcendent being of the source of that bloodline. Discovering spellcasting and transformation abilities is just a process. Top-tier warlocks can become the very source of their bloodline. Demon warlocks are a special case; they are often betrayed by their own bloodline source.

The Senna before them was probably a warlock of around the third ring, while her mage level was likely no higher than the second ring.

For her age, she's already doing quite well, but her appearance has been almost completely ruined by supernatural powers.

What should have been protective dragon scales were now scattered across most of the exposed parts of the body, with a large spot on the cheek and even the upper right quarter of the face transformed into a dragon head.

The whole person has an extremely "cheap" feel, like a Frankenstein's monster pieced together by Frankenstein's monster, or an extremely cheap evil god figurine.

Especially the freckles on his face, which look like stitches, make him look nothing like a normal living person.

What's even more frustrating is that her animalistic, reverse-jointed hooves, which clearly resemble the structure of a sheep or cow, still have two rabbit ears on her head.

"What's going on?" When beastmen marry people of different races, the offspring of the stronger person usually become a subspecies of that person. How could there be two races with characteristics at the same time?

"The Thousand-Faced Dragon's bloodline is too strong, which has caused her genes to become disordered. She is not just a hybrid of two genes, but probably also has feathers and fish scales, at least four kinds."

"Uh." The god's response silenced Rean. Was the bloodline of the Thousand-Faced Dragon a curse?

"No, under normal circumstances, the dragon descendants of the Thousand-Faced Dragon are no different from other dragons. The dragon vein becomes a hidden gene and is only activated during its evolution or professional training. She has reverted to her ancestral form. Although the individual probability is rare (less than one in a thousand), it is not uncommon in the whole world. However, without the protection of elders, they basically cannot live for long."

The sudden awakening of the dragon vein shattered the balance of the fragile body. With the genes in chaos, the internal organs were also in disarray, with various mismatches and even conflicts. It is already lucky that it has survived until now.

Even now, she is still like a Frankenstein's monster, even her movements are limping.

Vomiting blood and internal organ pain have become commonplace for her. She has turned painkillers into candy that she carries with her. She doesn't even think she has much longer to live.

They would be accepted as disciples by the Grand Master, but they would be more like research subjects than disciples.

This might explain why she is so timid and wary; perhaps she has never received kindness in her life, let alone from strangers.

If there's any good intention involved, it's probably just to lull me into a false sense of security, making it easier to be taken to the dissection table. Laughable, there's no need for such elaborate methods; I have absolutely no ability to resist. "Is there a way?"

"Have."

"Can it be used now?"

"Do as I say."

From Sina's perspective, her knuckles trembled uncontrollably in the cold wind, making her even more frightened. Seeing the man in front of her silently contemplating something, she was so scared that the little tail under her skirt twitched.

The black knight in front of him was clearly a powerful figure, and his dragon wings, which had just been retracted, were even more enviable. Such a great figure must feel that he had been taken advantage of, or even that it was a disgrace, to risk his life to save him.

"Snapped!"

When the knight suddenly stepped forward and tried to get closer to her, she panicked and waved her hands frantically.

She had to resist, she absolutely had to resist, but her spellcasting attempts all failed. In that moment of panic, she even forgot to rely on her instincts as a sorcerer to cast spells!
"Quiet."

A deep, resonant male voice sounded in Sheena's ear, its tone almost commanding, yet it instinctively calmed her.

She tried to resist, but her body stopped moving, and though she opened her mouth, she couldn't utter a word.

She could only instinctively touch her neck, feeling both pain and despair.

She seemed to have foreseen her fate, that she was about to become a rare material and sample for the other party. The other party had snatched it from the dragon's mouth and was even willing to impersonate her relative to gain her trust, so naturally they wanted to recoup their investment.

At this moment, Rean's expression was quite subtle.

Being so close, a hierarchical relationship of "warlock blood relatives" has been established. While one commands the other's body to stop making noise through blood ties, some messy emotions are transmitted back through blood ties.

This is similar to how demon lords control their blood relatives and descendants. When the power gap between the two sides becomes too large, this channel of borrowing bloodline power can also become a control mechanism. In a sense, this is also the root cause of why those Tifflin (half-demons) and demon warlocks often end up returning to the abyss.

Initiating this control is also quite easy. According to the God of Drama, it is the same as using the "Dragon Word" command element. You only need to replace the "Dragon Spell" with a language that the other party can understand. In essence, there is no difference between commanding the element and commanding one's own bloodline descendants.

Generally speaking, dragons don't have such strong control, but now that they are so close and the gap between them is so great, Rean realized that beneath the other's timid appearance, which was like a little sparrow, there were actually so many psychological fluctuations, and they were mostly thinking the worst.

"Sleep."

Feeling a bit uncomfortable from the disturbance, Rean leaned closer to the other's ear and issued his second bloodline command.

So, with a look of despair on her face, the girl swayed and fell to the ground.

Perhaps for her, this will be the last moment of her life.

She didn't notice that after Rean uttered the "dragon's words," her twisted organs and protruding dragon scales began to shrink and return to her flesh at that moment.

Rean wasn't in a hurry to receive treatment here, as it would require a long time and surgery, but this level of "sedation" should make her feel better after she woke up.

Rean had no intention of wasting time; they were still in danger. He simply hoisted the girl onto his shoulder and carried her into the sky like a sack of potatoes.

"So heavy." This torn body was surprisingly heavy; Rean felt it weighed at least several hundred kilograms.

"It's not heavy at all." And this sparrow girl actually murmured a rebuttal while fast asleep with her eyes closed.

(End of this chapter)