Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 69 Dragon Marks and Dragon Language Magic (Three Chapters, Nearly 10,000 Words, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Books. Useful. Don't become dependent on them."

Since it was a rare opportunity to encounter a Heroic Spirit with whom he could communicate directly, Rean naturally wanted to ask about the Heroic Spirit Encyclopedia.

In Kuku's eyes, the Heroic Spirit Compendium is indeed a pretty good artifact, very suitable for the growth of "New Lee Eun-suk". But that's all.

"Growth, especially for oneself, is more important. It's a subjective necessity."

Kuku was very confident that an alchemy master could do much more than the "auxiliary growth" of the Heroic Spirit Encyclopedia.

This isn't a difference in ability, but rather that these automated tools can often only provide passive assistance; they can only process whatever materials you have, to a minimum.

However, an alchemy master can tailor-make something for you based on your specific needs, and may even provide a list of materials for you to complete.

"Drink it, then sleep."

It was a bottle of blood-red potion, the liquid inside was viscous, and flames could be faintly seen flowing on it.

Can you drink this? It looks like it could burn your tongue.

Rean sighed, gritted his teeth, and downed the rest in one gulp.

"Wow, it's so cold, and a little sweet too!"

Before he could finish speaking, he tilted his head back and fell.

This dream seems to be quite complete.

Meanwhile, Kuku, outside, calmed down for the first time. Kusla seemed to have turned off his computer, and after a long while, he sighed.

"Ah, Lee Eun-suk, the Dragon of a Thousand Faces."

He walked over, picked up the illustrated book, and flipped through its contents.

Rean had tried it; books that others couldn't open posed no problem for Kuku.

He flipped through the illustrated guides one by one, browsing the records on them.

"Canned food. Sun canned food." The first heroic spirit was Su'er.

Even though the Heroic Spirit Card is gone, the illustration of that foolishly honest and righteous figure is still depicted on the encyclopedia.

As the first heroic soul, he was destined to have a great impact on Rean. Kuku, as an observer, probably saw it most clearly. At this time, Rean was already very different from "Transmigrator Li Ensu", and this seemed to have only been a short month.

A clerk who was just trying to get by has now become a warrior who has adapted to this cruel world.

The young man, who had drawn courage and anger from Sull, would probably dare to draw his sword against anyone now.

But is this really all a good thing?

"It's the sun again! Dazzling! So bright."

The second hero, the brave warrior who faced all powerful enemies alone, was truly too dazzling.

Kuku quickly flipped through the pages of his encyclopedia. He wasn't interested in himself, and the pages after that were blank.

“Cruel. Too difficult. For him.”

Putting down the encyclopedia, Kuku already knows a lot.

The first few heroic spirits are destined to be the most important, as they will play a central role in reshaping "Lee Eun-suk's" character, and character can determine destiny.

Since fate has repeatedly guided him to become a hero and a warrior who defies fate, and the first two were unlucky souls in dire straits, it also means that the fate that Li Ensu will face this time will probably be even more dire than those two.

It seems that Kuku himself is also facing too many difficulties and desperate situations.

The power of fate is nothing to this book; one of its underlying rules is to provide the best and most suitable "development conditions" for users. A battlefield that requires the use of salvo bombs and nuclear bombs is by no means a good thing.

Perhaps what awaits Rean is a hellish level of difficulty.

"Gulp. Is it worth it? Really, is it worth it?"

Kuku looked at the bright moon outside the window, sighing and questioning at the same time.

But no one could answer him.

Only the evening breeze rustled the pages, turning them one blank page after another until it finally stopped at the last page.

[Ultimate Mission: Find Humanity!]

At this moment, in the empty room, apart from the sleeping Rean, only Kuku's murmur of "Is it worth it?" echoed.

Whether it was worthwhile or not, only future generations will have the right to judge.

"Too tragic, too tragic."

"Please help him. He's a good kid."

"I'm hungry, I'll find something to eat later."

"Oh my god, we've been tricked! We forgot to go to the underground cave."

"It's a success! My potion is a success! We've fulfilled our dream!"

"Let's go get some late-night snacks to celebrate! I'm starving."

Kuku, who always seemed silent or absent-minded, was actually having a constant internal tea party.

This time, after Rean fell asleep, Kuku's "friends," now completely at ease, happily began their late-night chat.

Rean himself, of course, had no idea that this spirit was exhibiting a split personality in his own room.

Kuku's Gold-level Soul Ability is the potential for three personalities through Triple Thought. A complete Heroic Soul can possess more than three thought processes, and these "personalities" do not disappear as the ability weakens; this is part of Kuku. Rean himself has simply fallen into a long hibernation. In this dream, he seems to have returned to ancient times, to history, to his homeland.

His will was lost, lost in the universe, and even lost for a time.

"Oh my god, the medication was too strong! He's not breathing."

"The will is lost? Soul, soul, are you there?"

"He's so weak! I've already halved the dose."

"Hurry up and save people!"

"Prepare more medicine. Prepare more medicine!"

"We're out of materials. Let's go steal some!"

Rean had no idea that by the time Kuku realized something was wrong, he was already half-dead. Entrusting his life to a kobold who was a professional liar, or rather, a kobold with a split personality, can only be described as Rean's ignorance being bliss.

After a while, he was given a large amount of medicine and materials, and his breathing finally stabilized.

At the edge of the ocean of the spirit, he finally encountered his goal, the origin of his bloodline—a colossal, boundless red dragon.

He, or it, simply glanced at Rean silently, then unleashed a breath of dragon fire.

"Ahhh!"

The pain throughout his body caused him to convulse uncontrollably, and he was instantly jolted awake by the agony.

The next moment, he fainted from the pain again.

He kept twitching on the bed, his muscles sometimes swelling and sometimes tensing, but this time, Kuku didn't care at all.

"The blood is boiling, the dragon vein has awakened."

"Not bad. Guess how many characters he can awaken?"

"One."

"One."

"Does this mean we can't gamble anymore?"

"Two. I'm rooting for him. The loser has to make midnight snacks!"

As it turned out, Rean disappointed them. Perhaps Kuku had drugged him too heavily, because he was still convulsing in bed until dawn, and the bet was naturally over.

But as a price, the "results" he delivered were somewhat beyond expectations.

"Three characters?! Three dragon spell symbols?" This was clearly an abnormal result, and Kuku decided to remain silent and pretend that he did not know what had happened.

After all, most Dragonborn only have one Origin Character when they first awaken.

"Hmm, but I feel like I can only use the first ELDER (fire), I can't use the second SOL (sun), and I can only use half of the third SKERVA (sword)."

It's clear something's wrong that I've awakened to this but can't use it.

Kuku touched his metal chin, still pretending everything was normal.

"Your first natal dragon mark is the fire of the furnace, so it seems you are a pure fire attribute, not bad." Kuku, who had switched back to teaching mode, gave a brief explanation of the power that Rean had awakened.

Dragon speech magic is magic that "commands" elements, but the prerequisite for commanding is that you recognize the element and call out its name.

This process of "recognizing and shouting" is also a way of shaping elements.

Each element is actually ambiguous. Kuku knows of at least nine different types of dragon patterns with flames, but their "meaning" and subtleties are completely different, and the results of their combinations are naturally different as well.

Of course, for Rean now, the fire in the smelting furnace is still just "fire".

Simply call out its name and summon its arrival.

Kuku stopped Rean from trying; he liked the room and didn't want to move.

"Second is SOL (Sun), a good combination, but it's Sol, the Holy Sun, isn't it?"

Kuku sighed; he had a pretty good idea where the dragon pattern came from.

Dragon magic is about plunder and acquisition; you can only command and control what you possess.

Rean was able to obtain it not only because of the guidance of fate, but also because of the material source.

The main reason was that he had previously consumed the shattered dragon soul of the "Volcano's Howl," from which he obtained the concept of "fire," which enabled him to successfully originate.

The concept of "sun" was obtained from the silver-grade material Lion King's Tears (Sun), which is also the basis for his awakening of the second dragon pattern. However, the fact that he can digest the concept of the sun for species evolution also proves his natural compatibility with the attribute of "sun".

But in the end, it turned out to be SOL (Sul), the "holy sun," which has some influence from the spirits of heroes.

As for the third one...
"SKERVA, the concept of tearing objects could be described as a sword, but it also has the concepts of wounds and cutting. A good rune for fusion. It should also be good for attacking on its own. You can give it a try."

Kuku was very satisfied with the dragon mark that Rean had successfully obtained.

Putting aside a few minor mishaps, this certainly proves Rean's potential in this area.

"Kuku will teach you how to use it!"

"You can only shout with single words now, but the most important thing about the dragon patterns and dragon symbols is to merge them into 'words,' that is, the so-called dragon language. Don't use them now! Unless you want to die. You absolutely cannot withstand two characters right now; that's a power amplification multiple times over."

"Dragon language magic is actually quite simple; it's just a process of continuously collecting dragon patterns and combining them to develop new ones. Even if I'm not around, you can learn it on your own."

"The dragon pattern you have now is not the end. You need to keep feeding it and nurturing it. Its evolution is also your evolution."

(End of this chapter)