Life is tough, so Honglong resorts to performing?

Chapter 34 Calm and Suspicion

"Huff, huff."

The upright red dragon was panting heavily, its body covered in wounds.

The once peaceful demiplane is now in complete chaos, as if swept by a raging storm.

The ground was covered with rubble, and even on the imitation giant oak tree, there was a clear dragon wing slash mark.

After several hours of martial arts practice, Loren's previously agitated mind finally calmed down.

He reverted to his usual self, calm and playful.

It's as if there's nothing in this world worth taking seriously.

In the end, what is there for you to feel aggrieved about?

You were born a true dragon, and you ate garbage in the sewers until you were almost an adult, after which you were able to get a good mid-to-high-level job in various companies.

The Dragon's Legacy is there for all to see. Even if you don't want to learn it actively, you can still pick up a few tricks just by flipping through a comic book.

You were born a cannibal, a pig-headed man. Even if the opportunity to change your fate is presented to you, even if you are exceptionally talented, what can you do?

You feel wronged by discrimination? At least you have a future, bro. Look at those lower-class races!
"The physical strength is still far too lacking."

Looking at his battered body, Loren couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

His own family knows his own affairs.

As a mage, he is used to planning carefully before acting, and he always buffs himself to the maximum before each battle.

After gaining the upper hand, they then launch a surprise attack using their bodies.

This resulted in his body being almost brand new, despite having fought numerous battles in Lin Yue City and Cuiye City over the past twenty years.

The biggest injury I suffered was back when I was working in the sewers.

For pure magic-based classes, this is not a problem at all.

After all, he's a mage; what's wrong with staying in a safe position and providing safe and stable damage output?

But Loren was the kind of person who was restless.

He still hopes to build up all the advantages he can in terms of resources.

It would be a waste to leave dragons with their natural physique and power unused.

But he achieved his current physique by consuming magic crystals.

In some ways, they're not as good as those who got promoted by age.

At least those grow naturally, while yours grew by consuming magic crystals.

Who can blame them when Loren is only twenty years old?

If we strictly judge by the standards, he is still within the category of juvenile dragon, not even a young adult.

His altered appearances are a combination of his own age and adult mentality, which is why he becomes a baby-faced, red-haired youth.

"Phew, let's apply the medicine."

Loren rummaged through his old belongings and pulled out a medicine box containing various medicinal herbs.

After crushing the medicinal herbs and placing them on the body, begin chanting the mantra.

Despite his current status as a third-tier archmage, his healing magic is no different from that of a first-tier magic apprentice.

You also need the help of spellcasting materials to complete some low-level spells.

This is normal, since there is no magic network in the world of Elron, and a third-tier archmage is the limit for ordinary magical geniuses.

Thanks to the technological advancements the Federation has made in recent years, a large number of first to fourth-level spells have been optimized, resulting in optimal node configurations. Even some common fifth-level spells have had their spell node count optimized to around one thousand.

However, the minimum number of nodes for a level 6 spell is still three thousand, while the starting point for a level 7 spell is ten thousand.

This means that becoming a third-tier archmage is the ultimate goal for the vast majority of magical geniuses.

Once the maximum spellcasting power is reached, most mages choose to expand the breadth of their spellcasting.

From fire-based energy manipulation to transformation, spirit, arcane, healing, and more.

After all, as long as they have enough magic power and their spirits can hold up, the mages of this world can cast spells indefinitely.

This leads to the fact that great mages often become more and more versatile over time.

During this process, many archmages also drew inspiration from other spell systems and created their own seventh-level spells by utilizing the unique configurations between different spell systems, thus taking the next step.

As a red dragon, if Loren's talent in fire-based energy manipulation is 10, his talent in psionic energy is probably 9, and in healing... it's probably less than 1.

Carry some medicinal herbs with you; when needed, apply them and cast a spell for temporary relief. You'd be better off practicing your spiritual abilities.

This was Loren's idea: first develop strengths, and once those strengths are nearing their peak, then address the weaknesses.

"If only we had a magic net."

Loren couldn't help but sigh, then lowered his head and shook it.

On the forum of the Mage Kingdom on the Magic Crystal Terminal, some mages have proposed building an auxiliary casting network similar to the Magic Crystal Network, covering the entire world and attaching spell configurations to it.

However, the reply received from the demigod mage was,
"Things built of material things are not permanent."

"Unless the goddess of magic responds to us again, the program is bound to crash."

But everyone in the world of Elren knows that the gods have not responded to the world for nearly a thousand years.

Otherwise, the Federation would not have been able to defeat those stubborn old religious states five hundred years ago and build the world system we have today.

The Kingdom of God still floats in the sky, and the priests continue to pray and receive holy power.

But the originally personified gods are now like puppets, mechanically responding to prayers and supplications, and never appearing in the world again.

Over the course of these millennia, there have been those who attempted to ascend to godhood to see what had happened, but without exception, they all failed.

The grandest of these was when one of the founders of the Federation, the First Governor, ascended to godhood as the protector of all living beings.

According to statistics, he had tens of millions of followers at the time and was even hailed as one of the strongest demigods.

However, his ascension to godhood also failed, and he didn't even send back any news.

This was truly chilling, and then, the astonishing Great Schism occurred.

"Wait, did the Great Schism really happen after the First Consul ascended to godhood?"

Loren suddenly froze.

It seems there's no record of the exact time of the Great Schism.

"I only know that it happened sometime after the Federation was established, so why would I assume it happened after the First Regent ascended to godhood?"

"Damn it, how many mysteries and obstacles are there in this damned history?"

Lorenlong was numb. Many things just existed in the form of common sense, yet no one bothered to question whether they were wrong.
"But at least the demigod mages should know something, right? Each of them has their own demiplane, which has been processed and strengthened. They may not be equivalent to the earthly divine kingdoms, but they are at least stronger than ours."

Loren looked around and breathed a sigh of relief.

Half-gods might still be a rare commodity compared to legendaries, but demigods are plentiful.

And if it's something that even demigod mages probably already know, then even if there really is a problem, they should be the ones to take the blame first, right?
Can't I, a twenty-year-old underage dragon, have to take the blame?
(End of this chapter)