Episode 220
EPISODE.110
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Trance.
As a result, only the sound of inhalation and exhalation was continuously heard in the middle of the illusion that the four sides were quiet.
Along with him, Russell’s chest swelled and subsided repeatedly, as if to break the silence.
Knock-knock-.
The sound of dripping water was heard again and again.
It was the sound of water dripping down the stalactites.
smart.
The sound that comes out almost regularly is similar to the second hand of a clock that indicates the passage of time.
The sound is heard over and over hundreds of thousands… no, hundreds of thousands of times.
how long has it been
Tuk-tuk-.
A faint sound flowed through Russell’s body. It sounds like something very small and delicate is breaking or bursting.
With him, changes were taking place all over Russell’s body.
The epidermal layer surrounding the whole body cracked and peeled off like dead skin cells.
Tuk-tuk-.
The small sound was the sound of those dead skin cells opening and peeling off.
As if a snake were shedding its skin, dead skin cells peeled off from Russell’s body began to accumulate little by little around him.
At the same time, Russell’s skin became smoother than before.
The scars from the fierce battle weren’t completely gone, but the skin was smooth enough that not a single blemish could be found.
The change was not only that.
Along with the change in the skin, the hair became shiny, and the heat spread throughout the body.
Hwaaak-!
The heat naturally raises the body temperature, and sweat drips from the bones.
At first, it was an ordinary drop of sweat, but as time passed, the nature of the drop of sweat also began to change little by little.
It seemed to have a turbid energy, and then black sweat beads began to flow out, and a nasty stench spread in all directions.
It was an unusual drop of sweat as much as an unusual change.
It was a change that Russell, who had fallen into selflessness with water and forgot even the flow of time, still did not notice.
Hwaaak-.
The sweat that came out starts to evaporate little by little by the heat of the body, and the nasty stench also gradually thickens, and thump-!
With an eerie cracking sound, several of Russell’s toes twist grotesquely for an instant, then return to their proper places.
That was the beginning.
Knock knock-.
The sound of such fractures began to spread throughout the body from the toes along the ankles, knees, pelvis, and spine.
Knock knock!
In the aftermath, Russell, who had been sitting upright, lost his posture and his back touched the hard cave floor.
thud-.
If he had been the culprit, he would have screamed out in pain from the twisting of his bones.
However, the face of Russell, who was going through the same thing as him, was only calm.
It has to be.
A series of phenomena occurring in his body is a body change.
Unlike in the East, it was a reorganization of the body, also called metamorphosis.
As the body follows the level of the mind and energy that have become too high, the stability of the mind and body is achieved.
In the midst of such a change, stable mana slowly flowed towards Russell’s heart by scanning the veins of his whole body.
They filled the 7th circle, which still had many vacancies.
Slowly, very slowly…
[Your understanding of water attribute magic has greatly increased.] [
Your understanding of advanced water attributes has reached its limit.]
[Water attribute magic and ice The casting speed and power of property magic increase to a certain extent.]
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It was quite a while after that that Russell woke up.
Dip-dip-dip-.
The sound of water droplets flowing down the stalactites still tickles my ears.
“Mmm.”
As the ego was disturbed, Russell, who became aware of the sound, let out a light saliva.
‘What happened…’
Maybe it’s because I’ve been in selflessness for a long time. The feeling that some memories have been cut off.
Pressing his temples with his fingers, Russell stood up.
Looking around with still a little blurry eyes, I slowly recalled my memories.
He must have been in the process of circling to absorb Bingryong’s horn-.
‘Looking at the incomplete memories after that, it seems that he went into selflessness.’
The question was how much time had passed in that state.
‘My body feels a little stiff…and I’m quite hungry, so it seems like a lot of time has passed.’
It won’t be a day or two.
If I were to make a rough guess, I thought that at least one month, maybe three months.
‘I have to fill my stomach first.’
How long had it been since he had felt hunger like this since he reached the level of a Master?
There were times when I couldn’t eat properly due to various circumstances, but it’s been quite a while since I felt hungry.
Russell, who was about to open the subspace and take out the preserved food, suddenly frowned.
‘─What kind of smell is this.’
A moment to cover one’s nose with the stench scattered around one’s body.
Russell’s face changes at the same time he discovers his half-dead clothes after turning black.
‘no way…?’
His own appearance, which he hurriedly reflected on the surrounding ice crystals, was also quite different from before.
Not only did her skin become smoother, but she also appeared to be a few centimeters taller.
As far as Russell knows, there is only one phenomenon in which something like this could happen.
It is a change that is also called the metamorphosis of the bones in the East because the strong man who has reached the stage takes off his original human womb, acquires a new womb, and even changes his bones.
‘Body change.’
At the same time as manifesting magic in case of doubt, grasping -.
A bright blue magical light emanates, and electric shocks bounce between your fingers.
It was still a fast-paced casting ability, but Russell himself could clearly feel the difference from before.
‘It’s a little bit, but the casting speed is a bit faster.’
Even if you say it’s faster, it won’t be half a breath if you measure it as a time unit of less than 1 second.
However, the strong people who have reached the stage are those who can exchange dozens of battles in one breath.
In such a fight, the faster casting speed would be a sufficient advantage.
Russell smiled faintly at the unexpected income.
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As soon as he cleaned himself using the clean magic and changed his clothes, Russell took out a piece of beef jerky and put it in his mouth.
Carefully chewing the beef jerky so as not to startle my stomach with the food that has been in for a long time, I moved toward the back of the cave.
A sound like a pulsating heart had been heard from a little deeper in the cave.
‘This-!’
What Russell found there was a huge egg that was trembling lightly with a blue light.
The pulsation of the heart was coming from that egg.
thump thump-.
‘Is it Bingryong’s egg?’
It was completely different from the fire dragon egg I found the day before.
Unlike the time when I didn’t even feel any vitality, I could clearly feel the vitality in this egg.
However, the problem was that its vitality was too weak.
In order to hatch Bingryong’s hatchling from an egg…
‘What should I do to boost vitality?’
The answer came easily.
Because dragons were living creatures that depended on mana in the air for food.
He enjoys food from humans and other races, but it was only a hobby or a hobby.
‘Infuses magical power.’
The moment their palms touched, a chill surged from the eggshell.
Since it was highly likely that Bingryong’s Hetzling was sleeping, it would be good to have a similar attribute for the magical power to infuse.
‘Cold.’
Recalling the magic of the horn that flowed into him and now belonged to him, Russell slowly raised the magic.
Awesomely-.
As frost spreads widely from the ground he was stepping on, white breath spewed from Russell’s mouth.
A profound chill flowed from the palm of my hand toward the egg.
Whoa ah-.
A reaction occurred in the egg.
As if he had been waiting for the magical power flowing through Russell’s palm, he began to accept it greedily.
‘Kuh-.’
For an instant, Russell’s body was greatly staggered by the mana that was being sucked in at an ignorant speed.
Feeling exhausted as if you fired more than a few rounds of 7th circle magic!
‘You mean you’re hungry?’
Not to be outdone, Russell starts to inject his magic more forcefully, and Hwaaaaagh!
tens of minutes after that.
“Whoa. Whoa-.”
After Russell’s breath was disrupted and he swallowed more than 80% of Russell’s massive mana, Al stopped absorbing it.
Awesomely-.
Then, thin incontinence began to spread throughout the egg, and boom!
Something violently struck the shell from the inside.
thump thump thump!
Once twice three times-.
A number of collisions followed and a fall-! Finally, he broke through the egg and popped out.
Caught in Russell’s arms as if it had met its parents, it looked at Russell and cried as if it had become a baby bird.
Beep beep-!
A small, feeble voice, probably because he was still a baby.
‘Bingryong in an infant state!’
Perhaps because it is a subspecies, the appearance of the young dragon held by Russell was quite different from the recorded water dragon.
It was the same in that it had no wings, but unlike water dragons, which were said to have the shape of a long snake without legs, it was short but had four legs capable of walking on four legs.
Besides, instead of a long neck and wings, what grew along the head was two strands of hair with a pretty light like the aurora.
The horns were small, right between the hairs.
Eyes that are twice as large as those of other dragons are also characteristic.
‘The fingers are webbed and the tip of the tail resembles a fish, so it seems to be a subspecies of a water dragon…’
Piyu Piyu-.
In the meantime, the boy was crying while changing his posture in Russell’s arms.
‘It’s the size of Pepper’s childhood.’
Thinking so, Russell opened the door to the spirit realm.
Hwaaak-.
He summoned Pepper and showed him the newly born Bingryong.
‘how is it?’
Gail!
Pepper, who sniffed at Russell’s question, brought his forehead to Bingryong’s forehead and cried.
Bingryong also cried as if he liked Pepper quite a bit, his eyes twinkling.
Beep beep-!
Fire and ice have opposite attributes, but putting the small guys together like that made them feel like brother and sister.
Then Pepper asked through his thoughts.
gurgling?
Asked what to name this little child. After all, it’s impossible to keep calling him Bingryong without a name.
Russell was silent for a moment before replying.
“How about sherbet?”
Beep-!
He nodded, crying out loud, as if he knew his name or liked it.
However, only Pepper, who was connected to Russell by involuntary thoughts, briefly looked contemptuous as he read what Russell was named after.
Gyareuk-.
‘whatever.’
You got your name from pepperoni- I was afraid to think, as Pepper pounded Russell on the head with his long snout.
Cook Cook Cook!
Gyaak!
dragon-swallowed wizard
