Brass Dragons in the Dragon World

"This is too much..."

With a gasp from the group, they finally saw the structure at the bottom of the pit: a giant oval egg held together by white silk threads amidst a dense white spiderweb.

The oval-shaped giant egg has a translucent outer shell with a texture similar to glass.

Illuminated by the white light, the group could clearly see that a thin man was encased inside the egg.

A man as tall as a three-story building.

Chapter Forty-Five: The Sleeping Giant

Looking at the giant egg at the bottom of the pit, Ander felt strangely familiar with the scene. Just like in some movies from his previous life, giant beasts always liked to lay their eggs in stadiums. This huge egg was also placed in this deep pit that resembled a stadium.

So this is a cocoon?

Ander turned to look at Angers, who looked astonished. Clearly, even someone as knowledgeable as Angers didn't know how to define what was in front of him, because it was so different from an ordinary cocoon.

"This is really unexpected; I never imagined it would be this big."

Angers had seen dragon cocoons before, but most of the other cocoons were hidden in beautifully decorated metal boxes, and they were not very big. The small ones could be put in a suitcase, and the large ones were no more than a wooden box.

The group planned to go down to the bottom of the pit first to get a closer look at the giant egg.

After considering it for a moment, Ander decided whether it would be more cost-effective to cast the Featherfall spell on these people so that they could fall freely and save magic power, or to use his Transformation spell to transform himself.

In the end, he decided to transform into his dragon form and lead Angers and the others down into the deep pit, since his dragon form was stronger and could better handle unexpected situations.

Ander walked to the edge of the pit, took a step forward, and carelessly free-falled. Magical light flashed in the air, and a giant dragon appeared in the sky.

Ander found the air in this space to be unexpectedly thick. Dragons don't fly by flapping their wings, but by magic, but in this space he could even fly using only his dragon wings.

Ander flew around the giant egg twice and found that there were no other creatures on the ground, only crisscrossing white filaments covering the entire floor.

Ander flew above Angers and the others, stretched out his limbs, and lowered his tail.

"Come on up."

Ander was unwilling to let Angers and the others ride on his back, after all, not everyone can ride a dragon.

Several men grabbed onto Ander's limbs, with an Angers hanging from his tail. Ander swooped down and sent them into the deep pit.

Ender transformed into human form once again, not because he didn't want to remain in his dragon form, but because it was easier for him to move around in human form.

"It's quite troublesome to keep changing things up. Maybe I should consider just kicking you all out."

Ander looked at the group who were packing their things with a mocking smile. They were now right next to the giant egg, and even though they had made such a commotion, the figure inside the egg remained motionless.

Ander walked to the giant egg and gently placed his hand on the crystal-clear eggshell. The eggshell felt like some kind of special glass. The seemingly smooth eggshell was actually made up of countless hexagonal units. It was this special structure that caused light to shine on it without passing through directly like glass, but instead produced a blurred effect.

The inside of the eggshell seemed to be filled with some kind of liquid, and the person floated inside the eggshell in an anti-gravity manner.

Ander raised the magical orb in his hand and carefully observed the figure inside the egg. He looked to be about 10 meters tall, with a thin build and an almost unnatural white color, similar to the face of a Japanese geisha after applying a lot of makeup.

This giant had an ordinary appearance, with almond-shaped eyes, or, to put it less tactfully, squinty eyes. His square, chubby face looked somewhat childish, which contrasted sharply with his massive physique.

Ander could see that he also had a braid on the back of his head, just like most Chinese people do nowadays.

To be precise, his hairstyle was more similar to that of the Manchus in the early Qing Dynasty. Most of his hair was shaved off to prevent flea bites, leaving a small braid at the back of his head.

This hairstyle is very common among nomadic peoples because their environment does not allow them to bathe or wash their hair. Therefore, in order to prevent these parasites, they have to shave most of their hair, leaving only a small tuft hanging down their back.

This giant had a physique that was completely different from that of a normal human. Ender found two knee joints on his legs, one of which was a reverse joint structure similar to that of a feline. His arms were much more normal, except that many bone spurs were protruding from his forearms, and his hands had become claw-like structures.

What's most interesting is that this giant wasn't completely naked; he was wearing a well-fitting garment, which was tattered, but even so, Ander could still make out the intricate patterns embroidered with gold thread.

It was an imperial robe.

Just like the Qing Dynasty dramas that Ander watched when he was a child in his previous life, the yellow robe was embroidered with dragons and patterns from various regions in gold thread. Although the clothes had long faded and the patterns on them were no longer clear, Ander still recognized the silly-looking Chinese dragon with bulging eyes on the chest.

As Ender was still staring at this strange human, or rather, dragon, he heard a voice from beside him:

"Emperor Zhang, who embodies the will of Heaven, enjoys great fortune, establishes a unified dynasty, is wise and virtuous, displays great military prowess and merits, is supremely benevolent and filial."

Ander turned his head and saw Angers struggling to decipher a string of characters on the ground. The characters were carved into the floor of the deep pit and covered by white silk threads. If Angers hadn't looked closely, none of them would have known there were characters there.

"What are you reciting, you foreign scholar?"

Chu Jie stared at the scribbles on the ground. As a combatant with only a primary school education, she couldn't understand a word that this foreign scholar, Angers, was saying.

But his brother, Chu Hao, realized what was happening and looked at the writing on the ground, asking, "Is this a posthumous title?"

Su Yu, the most mature among them, came over. Su Yu was a member of the Heaven and Earth Society who advocated for the restoration of the past. He had a deep understanding of classical Chinese culture and was a true scholar.

He wasn't a talkative man, always silently completing the tasks Ander gave him. Now, he leaned closer to look at the writing on the ground and said:

"Emperor Zhang, who embodied the mandate of heaven, established the dynasty, and was wise, virtuous, and accomplished in literature and martial arts, was posthumously honored by Emperor Qianlong."

Ander frowned. He knew about the Shunzhi Emperor. As one of the earliest emperors of the Qing Dynasty and the successor of the Wild Boar Skin, he was not very prominent in history compared to his descendants. He died at the young age of 24.

"It seems he's an emperor."

Ander gazed at the giant before him, pondering the clues he had gathered. If this giant was indeed the Shunzhi Emperor, then why, as a member of the dragon race, did he not achieve great things like other dragons, but instead died young and ended up here?

However, Ander had no interest in those Qing Dynasty secrets. Looking at the excited smiles of the Heaven and Earth Society members beside him, he knew that the Heaven and Earth Society would not let the Qing emperor off easily if he was caught off guard.

Even a feud spanning ten generations can be avenged.

Chapter 46 Putting the Elephant in the Refrigerator

In the dark abyss, Ander looked at the enormous human before him. The members of the Heaven and Earth Society were already pondering how to deal with this former emperor.

For the Heaven and Earth Society, they had an irreconcilable hatred with the Qing Dynasty, while these members of the Demon Slayer Hall had a blood feud with the Dragon Clan. Now, they had encountered what might be the Dragon Emperor in Nibelungen. With old and new grudges combined, the group stared at the floating giant with red eyes.

"Uncle De, do we have any more explosives?"

"Using explosives underground, are you afraid you won't die fast enough?"

Seeing Chu Jie gritting her teeth, Ander decisively stopped her actions.

Ander knew that the little girl wanted to use explosives to completely destroy the monster, but considering the environment, using explosives might bury several people here.

Looking at the enormous creature, Ander was momentarily at a loss. He neither wanted to awaken the monster nor was he willing to miss the opportunity to kill it.

If the cocoon were small enough, Ander could take it out of Nibelungen. But this cocoon was so big that trying to carry it through the tunnel they came from was practically a pipe dream.

There is only one solution: kill the creature inside the cocoon here at the lowest possible cost.

Do you have any ideas?

Ander decided to consult Angers first, as he was the one who knew the most about dragons among the people here.

Angers frowned as he pondered a solution. He knew that explosives alone might not be enough to deal with the monster; they would only make him feel threatened and force him to break free of his cocoon prematurely.

More importantly, the use of explosives could potentially damage the pyramid's structure, burying several people inside and rendering them unable to fight.

Angers knew the best course of action was to keep the monster asleep until they were fully prepared, as they couldn't handle such a monster right now.

But Anger didn't want to leave like that. As an avenger who saw the dragons as enemies, his dream was to die on the way to the dragons' vanguard.

Angers quickly came up with another idea: the magic circle that Anders had shown earlier. In Angers' view, this magic circle had a power far exceeding that of alchemical weapons. Once a strong dragon's body entered it, it would be decomposed into a small gem.

"Can your magic circle be used?"

"You mean..."

Ander immediately understood what Heat meant. While the monster was still asleep, he threw it into the magic circle he had obtained, just like the sleeping red dragon cub, and directly refined it.

Ander carefully examined the dimly lit place. It was more spacious than he had imagined, and even if his true form appeared here, he would not feel crowded.

Looking up, you can see the top gradually narrowing, like a pointed hat placed on a large pit.

Ander estimated the approximate size of the magic circle and prepared to inscribe it directly on the ground.

For dragons, their awakening time is fixed. Before the awakening time arrives, no matter how much noise is made around them, it will not wake them up.

Unless the dragon inside the cocoon encounters a fatal danger, or is invoked by the bloodline outside the cocoon.

After receiving Angers' confirmation, Ander began to estimate the general shape of the magic circle. He knew that this monster was not just a dragon cub, and that it would take much more effort to kill it without anyone noticing.

The magic circle given by Bahamut is not so simple; it contains multiple different spells, and changing any one of them could completely reverse the effect of the magic circle.

For this enormous monster, Ander also needs to inscribe a larger magic circle, but with each increase in size, the efficiency of magic transmission will decrease, which means Ander needs to inscribe more nodes to solve this problem.

He used fossils to soften the ground. Ander used his staff to carve the marks of magic circles into the ground.

Inscribing the magic circle was more troublesome than Ander had imagined. In order to plan the overall shape of the magic circle as much as possible, Ander had to transform into a dragon once again, flapping his wings and hovering in mid-air, using his dragon claws to draw the magic circle.

Angers, observing the massive structure, could clearly see that the giant egg was held in place by those white, thread-like structures.

The bottom of the giant egg is connected to a groove, and judging from the black substance on the edge of the groove, the dragon vein should have emerged from this egg.

Perhaps we could consider cutting the threads and having Ander place the giant egg into the magic circle. If the movement is gentle enough, the monster shouldn't wake up.

On the other side, under the precise control of Ander, which was the opposite of his massive body, the magic circle was nearing completion. The huge circular magic circle was covered with various symbols, with a kind of orderly beauty.

Ander blinked his dry eyes. Without the aid of magic, he wouldn't have been able to draw the magic circle in such a short time.

The next most important question is: how do we put this monster into the magic circle?

Just like that classic joke about how many steps it takes to put an elephant in a refrigerator, Ender's solution was extremely crude, full of the idea that a dragon's strength is so great that a brick can fly.

Pick it up, throw it in, and activate the magic circle.

Meanwhile, Angers had begun to study the white chains that bound the giant egg. These chains were made of twisted strands of silk that adhered to the eggshell, keeping the giant egg stable.

When Ander returned after drawing the magic circle, he saw Angers struggling with a thick white chain, the chain's strength exceeding Angers' imagination.

Use this!

Ander took out the precious sword he had obtained from the Chu family. This sword, the Breaking Barbarian Sword—no, it's now called the Stabilizing Country Sword—was incredibly sharp and perfectly suited for this situation.

"I'm sorry, little girl."

He apologized to the Chu siblings, then proudly wielded the Dingguo Sword and with a gentle swing, a chain snapped under the invisible blade.

"It's almost like a spell, commanding the object being cut to break itself."

Admiring the sword's sharpness, Ander hugged the upper part of the giant egg. To him, the egg was like a large oval-shaped pillow, requiring both hands and feet to hold it.

With the combined efforts of several people, the giant egg was removed. The monster inside showed no sign of waking up and remained quietly floating inside the eggshell.

Ander used both his hands and feet to lift the giant egg, but unexpectedly, the egg was so light that Ander didn't even need to use magic to fly with it, as if he were holding a large balloon filled with air instead of a three-story-high egg.

Thanks to Ander's efforts, the giant egg was placed in the center of the magic circle, and magic was used to keep it from tipping over.