Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 92 King
It was still a bottle of red potion, with flames faintly flowing within it, like the crystallization of fire elemental magma.

It takes a bit of courage to drink it.

When Rean took it out, her beautiful eyes stared intently at it.

"It looks delicious." When she saw it, Dania couldn't help but drool a little.

She instantly realized what was happening, wiped herself clean, and knew that something seemed wrong with her; her body was craving it.

Rean didn't waste any time and handed the bottle over directly. The other party had already paid, and even paid ten times the amount.

"Gulu!"

After she hurriedly ate it, Rean became even more nervous and even subconsciously took a step back.

He still remembers the pain he felt after taking the medication; it was excruciating.

The pain was so intense it caused spasms, so intense it was almost unbearable, so intense it caused me to faint, and so intense it woke me up instantly.

If the princess in front of him were to pull the same stunt, he was a little worried that the guard might act impulsively and cut him in half.

"Why are you looking at me so strangely?" Dania looked puzzled, wondering why this man was staring at her like that.

"It's nothing." Seeing that Dania seemed completely unaffected, Rean fell silent; he sensed something was amiss.

"Kuku." If it wasn't Dania who had the problem, then it must have been me who had the problem before.

"Kuku doesn't know!"

"It has nothing to do with Kuku."

"Ah. Everyone's constitution is different, it's definitely not a problem with the medicine."

Rean only asked one question, and Kuku had already replied with three, and he confessed without being asked.

Rean sighed. Hadn't he already confessed? It seemed he had been used as a guinea pig.

But what else can we do? Should we blame a well-meaning kobold for messing things up again?
"Uh." Suddenly, Dania instinctively covered her head with her hands, seemingly feeling dizzy.

Her female bodyguard reacted quickly and caught her.

Rean breathed a sigh of relief; that was more like it.

But soon, in less than five minutes, she woke up again, and it was just like a normal sleep, completely different from Rean's.

"What a huge dragon." She was half awake, the other half still dreaming, and she murmured unconsciously. "What a huge fire."

It's obvious that she has successfully awakened, which is completely different from Rean using a whole day and half his life.

"How many words have been awakened?" Rean hoped the answer would make him feel a little better.

After all, as Kuku had said, most people only have one word when they first awaken, so having three words makes him an exception.

Having endured extra hardship, there should be extra rewards, right?

The princess, who was being questioned, looked somewhat bewildered.

"Konungr (King)!"

She opened her mouth and unconsciously uttered the word.

When this "word" is spoken by a qualified person, the whole world is changed.

The first to suffer were those around her.

Rean felt as if he were in a dream. It was a magnificent palace where he stood, and on the golden throne in front of him was a beautiful and solemn figure.

Her golden hair burned fiercely, and even the golden crown seemed inadequate to match her pure color. Her red dragon eyes silently looked down upon the mortal realm.

She is the queen, without a doubt.

"She is so powerful and majestic, she is my queen, I should kneel down, I should submit to her. How can a father kneel before his daughter?!" Rean's dragon eyes also awakened at this moment.

"Bang!" Rean stomped his foot, waking up from the illusion.

He returned to reality, and when he opened his eyes again, there was no lofty dragon king in front of him, only a stinky girl with tears and snot on her face.

However, behind her, the experienced expert, who was at least a fifth-rank Grand Knight, was already kneeling.

Rean withstood the attack, but the female knight, who should have been much stronger, was caught off guard and only now began to regain her senses.

"Dragon's might... no, something even more powerful... is this Dragon's Word?" She also came to her senses.

Despite her extensive experience, she felt a lingering fear. Even though she hadn't been wary of the princess, she was completely unprepared at that moment, and a small knife could have easily taken her life.

Of the three people present, two looked at Dania with uneasy eyes, while she herself looked completely bewildered.

"Ah, how come my magic power has decreased so much?" She didn't even realize that she had just successfully cast a spell.

It seems that this dragon's words are taking a heavy toll on Dania at the moment.

The inability to use it frequently when one's abilities are insufficient is a significant weakness of the current Dragon Word spell.

The female guard leaned closer and whispered something in Dania's ear, startling her at first, but then making her more and more delighted as she listened.

This power is probably much greater than that of a fourth or fifth-tier spell, and it's just a single "word"!
“Konungr (King) and Surtr (Flame) are both available now, but only the former is usable.” She answered Rean’s question, but her eyes were full of smugness.

"Is it also fire?" Rean nodded thoughtfully.

Kuku also said that even though they are both flames, different words represent different meanings and signify different divergent paths. Even though they are both dragonborn, Rean and Dania are not on the same path; they seem to be subtly very different.

"Heh heh. It's a king, not royalty or nobility. This little girl is no simpleton. Her 'Surtr' refers to the fire of the fire god, which is also a very complex term."

And Longyan's expert Kuku seems to have given it a relatively high rating as well?

"Your Highness." Her guard's tone was a bit harsher at this moment.

"I understand. Don't tell anyone else." It was only then that Dania realized that the list of abilities and spells of superhumans was a matter of life and death, and could not be revealed casually.

"That's strange, I actually blurted it out without thinking." Dania glared at Rean again. This man must have used some weird ability again to make her feel like she could believe him for a moment.

So she opened her mouth, itching to speak, perhaps needing the other person to reveal a little secret.

"Yes, I won't tell. I won't leak it. I know the rules."

Rean quickly raised his hand; he didn't want to take another hit. He seemed to have overcome his resistance just now, but he might not be able to next time.

Even if you kneel down and don't reveal the secret, she'll still laugh at you for a long time.

Seeing that Rean was so sensible, Dania visibly showed disappointment and finally sighed, giving up helplessly.

After all, she wasn't a tyrant.

After confirming that she was in good health, the princess took her leave, as her schedule was always very full.

But after leaving, she thought about it for a moment and still said something.

"If you're short on money, there will be a lot of raiding parties targeting the underground ruins coming up. You can give it a try. The monsters in the underground ruins have very high bounties. Especially for lion-type and dragon-type monsters, the bounty will be doubled. Don't let this get out of the loop!"

After saying that, he left immediately, seemingly having reached the limit of what he could say.

Is this considered a premature leak? But Rean has already received the news from various sources in the past two days.

It's likely that only Princess Dania, who issued the order, was unaware that this was already a well-known secret.

However, this is normal. Monarchs and royal presidents live in a "cage" carefully constructed by others, so it is normal for their perceptions and experiences to be abnormal.

The princess's visit was a minor incident, and her successful awakening relieved Rean.

With her gone, Rean could finally focus on his studies. He still longed to become a true mage as soon as possible; he desperately needed power right now.

However, his progress remains quite subtle.

As a novice spellcaster, his abilities weren't too bad, but when he actually started reading these miscellaneous books, he realized that he needed to catch up on a lot of "common sense lessons".

The magic of this world is a collection of knowledge, but Rean lacks many of the "common sense" things that the locals take for granted. It seems he needs to catch up on his studies.

As for learning magic, he actually had a relatively smooth experience.

He learned each simple zero-ring magic trick more and more smoothly, and became more and more proficient in practicing them.

These tricks themselves are also the "foundation" of more advanced spells. For example, the Mage's Hand is the foundation of a series of force field spells, and Fire Arrow is also a training ground for fire spells.

After experiencing the power of the dragon's words, Rean was also a little curious about the power of his own "ELDER (fire)".

But Kuku warned him again that if he wanted to rebuild his house from the ruins, then by all means, use it.

Unlike Dania, Rean's three words all seem to be offensive, each a powerful offensive spell on its own.

"This book is driving me crazy, and the explanation of the first-circle magic is so difficult." The more Rean studied, the more he felt like he was back in the "pleasant" college entrance exam period, when there were so many books to read.

"I can help you! I can help you. I can even accelerate your learning!"

Kuku's response, however, carried a hint of unease. Compared to Dania's awakening, Rean's was perhaps far too painful.

The teaching method he came up with was also quite simple and easy to use.

When Rean awoke from his dream after a night of sleep, he was somewhat dazed.

He snapped his fingers, and a magical hand appeared on his shoulder, massaging him to relieve the pressure.

When the spirit is "awakened", Kuku can specify which memories to share to a certain extent. This time, Kuku is sharing her experience of learning magic!
If he were only to teach a few low-level spells, he would have plenty of time to complete the most detailed instruction, allowing Rean to experience the most complete learning process and spellcasting procedure possible.

That wasn't Rean's body, and his memories would fade as the dream shattered, but Rean, upon waking, also felt that his understanding of those spells had greatly improved.

However, the existence of heroic spirits is limited, and wasting time on this is a bit too extravagant. Or perhaps it's because Kuku currently has no other desires and is willing to waste time.

As a way of thanking Kuku, Rean also fulfilled his promise.

He spent some money to buy a half-scrapped steam engine, and he jumped for joy, even performing a strange dance.

But half an hour later, a pile of metal scraps appeared in a corner of the yard, and Kuku lost interest. He rushed back to his storage room and quickly wrote down his thoughts.

Learning time is always pleasant but short-lived. Troublesome times are inevitable, but what first disrupts the peaceful daily routine is the seemingly stable underground ruins.

On the same day alone, at least three entrances to the ruins collapsed and were filled with monsters.

It seems that the underground residents were the ones who launched the attack first.

Surprisingly, the area that suffered this time was the Glow Zone, which should have been the most heavily defended.

"The Grey Goblin Bank on Mage Street was attacked? And a new tunnel entrance collapsed right there. Could it be that bandits took the opportunity to rob the bank?"

(End of this chapter)