CHAPTER 213: CHAPTER 108: FIRST MAGIC! SUMMON HEROIC SPIRIT

Time passed quietly.

When the juvenile dragon came to the ancient Catman tribe again, it no longer caused great panic, though other Catmen would still retreat reverently due to their innate fear of giant dragons.

The elderly Catman priest hurried over immediately. He embedded the dragon scale on his forehead in a certain way, using a dagger to slice open the skin of his forehead and insert the scale into the wound.

For some reason, the previously old and weak Catman priest now appeared slightly younger.

He seemed to regain a hint of vitality.

"Great master!"

The Catman priest proactively welcomed the spiraling, landing juvenile dragon. His vertical pupils glowed with a faint blue hue; other Catmen were unaware of the transformation occurring in him, but the elderly Catman priest understood well that he had gained a hint of Sub-dragon bloodline power.

This would somewhat extend his lifespan, which explained why he appeared much more energetic.

The bloodline talent of the giant dragon is astonishingly powerful!

Ignorant mortals often think that materials obtained from slaying dragons are precious treasures, yet they don’t realize that the bloodline voluntarily bestowed by a dragon possesses even more astonishing power.

In a recent divination, the ancestral spirit informed the Catman priest that after this winter, he might die of old age.

"But the day before yesterday, the ancestral spirit told me I could live for another ten years."

Thinking about this, the Catman priest became incredibly excited. He believed that if he could live another ten years, he could lead the tribe through these difficult times, enabling the Catman tribe to thrive and grow again.

——Ancient Catman Priest (Sub-dragon Transformation) (Dragon Cat Transformation) (Vassal) (Three-Star Whiteboard).

Duncan was somewhat surprised too.

The Catman priest’s pupils resembled the number one human form, albeit weaker, just a faint icy blue, barely noticeable.

Has he transformed into a dragon descendant?

No.

It should be a Sub-dragon bloodline; the assimilation power of the giant dragon’s bloodline is quite terrifying.

If willing, a giant dragon could reproduce offspring with almost any creature, yet they’re notably difficult to breed with other true dragons, producing just a few clutches of dragon eggs every few centuries. In a giant dragon’s view, whether transformed bloodlines or bred half-dragon sub-dragon dragon descendants, they do not count as its offspring but merely servants that serve it.

Giant dragons only recognize offspring bred with true dragons.

Indeed, giant dragons aren’t even close to their bloodline offspring; if you dared to steal their parents’ treasures, you’d be half-dead and subsequently banished from the dragon’s nest.

Nowadays, the number of giant dragons on this land has dwindled significantly, with the Giant Dragon Royal Court exterminated by the Three Demon Gods; it is now the era of the Elf Empire, especially the Dark Elf Empire in the south, whose strength is second only to the High Elves residing on overseas islands.

High Elves claim direct lineage to ancestral elves, referring to themselves as high elves, although other races do not recognize this. Their tall stature merely earned them the nickname of High Elves.

One cannot just bestow themselves an impressive title without considering whether their strength can back it up.

It’s akin to suddenly having someone proclaim themselves as superior humans, not recognizing others as inferior humans; watch as other human forces unite to beat you up.

The Dark Elf Empire resisted strongly; they refused to acknowledge the existence of high elves.

This Catman tribe was formerly a vassal slave of the Dark Elves. Later, unable to survive any longer, they fled to the cold Northern Territory.

Dimension Space.

Duncan curiously observed the Catman tribe before him, consisting of less than a hundred people overall, with rather primitive conditions. Yet they possessed some advanced weaponry, and Duncan even spotted knight armor far exceeding the Middle Ages.

——Dark Elf Longblade (Curiosities): A standard weapon from the Dark Elf Empire, forged using magic to create a sharp, iconic blade known throughout the continent.

This weapon resembles a mutated Tang Blade, somewhat like the long blades used by Zor Elves in Dungeons and Dragons.

——Dark Elf Plate Armor Shoulder Guard (Curiosities): A shoulder guard from the Dark Elf Empire; not part of a full suit, but very durable and doesn’t impede movement, excellently crafted and scarcely found, private possession incurs the chase of the Dark Elf enforcement team.

Duncan looked around curiously, pondering to himself, "I wonder if I can learn this technology?"

"Bring it back to the Middle Ages?"

If Duncan could bring back the plate armor technology, even if it’s non-magical weaponry, it would be ahead of its time.

Strictly speaking, the Catman tribe were rebels and escaped slaves; they killed a small team of Dark Elf soldiers oppressing their tribe and fled under cover of night, barely surviving to reach the Northern Land.

Yet these armors were not fit for Catmen, the Dark Elves were tall, while Catmen averaged only about 1.56 meters with slightly hunched postures and feline-like spines, making unsuitable armor severely limit mobility.

"If the master needs it, you can take these," the Catman priest said respectfully.

Dragons are inherently greedy.

However, the juvenile dragon before him was somewhat different—it wasn’t as greedy most of the time. The ability for a juvenile dragon to restrain its innate greed was astonishing for the Catman priest and even for the dragon race’s inherited memory.

Truly the legendary unique dragon!

The juvenile dragon subtly shook its head, turned around, and glanced at the saber-toothed tiger whose fur stood on end. The big cat was quite frightened of him and was still recovering from a recent battle injury.

Unbeknownst to him.

Duncan had already maneuvered the juvenile dragon to the Catman altar, which was his primary objective.

——Ancient Catman Altar: The sacred fire of this Catman tribe has never fully extinguished; as long as it burns, they remain under the protection of the ancestral spirit. Features: Summon Heroic Spirit (Sacrificial Charging), Protection, Dispel the Undead, Calm Emotions, etc.

The Catman priest’s pupils narrowed, seemingly sensing something, yet he allowed the juvenile dragon to step onto the altar.

Nearby Catman warriors hesitated to speak, fearful the juvenile dragon might destroy the altar.

Then.

Information suddenly surfaced on the projection page.

"Discovered Ancient Dragon Language Magic!"

"Would you like to learn Engraving?"

As expected, this altar has something going for it, and Duncan immediately got excited.

Engraving!

It was a bit different from what Duncan expected. Engraving only required the consumption of 1 Legendary Level point, and it wasn’t engraved directly onto the body, but onto a special mark labeled ’Dragon Soul’.

A surge of the Wind of Magic appeared.

A sudden gale rose on the altar, blowing the nearby Catmen backward, and the Juvenile Dragon let out a low Dragon Roar, seemingly mimicking Dragon Language pronunciation. The runes on the altar dimmed slightly, as if some energy had been absorbed by it, and the faint Spiritual Light on the sacrificial stone vanished in the next second.

The energy of the sacrificial stone’s charge bar was drained by the Juvenile Dragon.

—"Summon Heroic Spirit (Ancient Dragon Language Magic): The ancient inheritance of the Catman Tribe, gaining the protection of Ancestral Spirits through long sacrificial rites. Under specific circumstances, this spell can be activated with ritualistic magic to summon an Heroic Spirit level existence of the Catman race, with a small chance of summoning a named Heroic Level unit with Legendary Level."

(Unavailable for use.)

(The Juvenile Dragon cannot summon Catman Heroic Spirits; it must resonate with specific Heroic Spirit units through ritual.)

(Cannot anchor Giant Dragon Heroic Spirit.)

(When the Juvenile Dragon uses this spell, it must first make a contract with specific Heroic Spirit groups. Summoning a Giant Dragon Heroic Spirit also requires consuming a great amount of Magic Power and offering treasures as tribute.)

Heroic Spirits are not singular.

The Catmen using this Ritual Magic are essentially calling upon their ancestors for help, making it very easy to do, but other races find it extremely difficult to summon Catman Heroic Spirits.

Under normal circumstances, this spell is used to call one’s own ancestors, preferably those with a blood connection. The stronger your ancestors, the stronger the one who is summoned.

In the Ancient Era, many races were constantly warring with each other.

To survive to later generations and not face extinction, not only did this generation need strength, but many generations of ancestors had to be strong as well. Although it might rarely be used, in times of life and death for the race, it becomes the final trump card.

However!

This ability is not completely unusable either.

Because within the Dimension Space, Duncan discovered another symbol on the projection page, marked for summoning other Human Forms.

"Engraving: Consumes 10 Legendary Level points to engrave this Ancient Dragon Language Magic onto the soul."

"Summon Special Heroic Spirits: Based on the characteristic laws of different worlds, you can attempt to summon other Human Forms as Heroic Spirits, or summon them at a dimensional level beyond reality."

Hiss!

So expensive!

Why does it require such a large consumption of Legendary Level points?

Duncan had the Juvenile Dragon directly learn the Ancient Dragon Language Magic, and it only cost one Legendary Level point. Yet uploading the engravings to the soul actually consumes a total of ten Legendary Level points.

Not long ago, he destroyed the Kingdom of Camelot and gained only two to three Legendary Level points in dribs and drabs, with other Legendary Levels still fermenting.

—Legendary Level: 12/41.

If he engraves this, it will be drained completely.

But Duncan was still restless; he gritted his teeth and directly consumed ten Legendary Level points.

The world where the Juvenile Dragon is located, its power far surpasses that of the Middle Ages. What it needed was the power sufficient to breakthrough the real world laws. This was the only Ancient Dragon Language Magic he had come into contact with at present. Many spells from the Middle Ages were akin to tricks, even if learned, they might not succeed in casting due to their inherent weakness.

Buzz!

The entire Dimension Space lightly tremored.

The next second.

Peculiar changes appeared on the projection page, where two different forms of Duncan appeared at the side corner of the Dragon Soul mark.

—"Monster Hunter-Duncan (Lower-Rank Heroic Spirit): One of the Heroic Spirits inferred by the Law of Cause and Effect of the future, can temporarily summon a Human Form named Monster Hunter, but is not a substantial Heroic Spirit, only a replicate in the river of history, possessing the strength of a Monster Hunter."

[This Lower-Rank Heroic Spirit has a two-star silver-gray strength.]

[When ’Love of the Witch’ is triggered, it can temporarily upgrade to three-star whiteboard to three-star silver-gray.]

—"King of Britain-Duncan (Upper-Rank Heroic Spirit): One of the Heroic Spirits inferred by the Law of Cause and Effect of the future, replicating the form of the current number one Human Form, holds the strength of the King of Britain-Duncan, easily capable of fighting one against a hundred.

This Heroic Spirit typically holds the Divine Artifact Nord Bow, with a small probability of carrying the Holy Sword-Sword of Oath and Victory, and is certain to carry the High-tier Marvel Oathkeeper, with an extremely small possibility of possessing the Divine Artifact-Avalon Sheath.

However, summoning this Heroic Spirit requires the consumption of immense Magic Power, and the time it can be maintained is very brief."

[This Upper-Rank Heroic Spirit has a strength of three-star gold to four-star gold, under specific conditions, when using Holy Relics or other Curiosities to summon, there is an extremely small probability of transforming into a Leader Level Skull Mark unit, capable of summoning a Subordinate Heroic Spirit Legion with additional Celestial Destiny blessings.]

[When the Celestial Destiny Law is in effect, the target is temporarily regarded as a half-human, half-Divine Legendary Heroic Spirit.]

[Within the special planes brimming with Magic Power, this Heroic Spirit may break through the law’s limitations and descend in a five-star gold Legendary Heroic Spirit form.]

(Once the Heroic Spirit is summoned, it will continuously consume its own Magic Power.)

(Magic Power must be replenished.)

(Most Heroic Spirits summoned from Lost Horizon can only be maintained for a few minutes, and special methods must be used to extend the time of the Heroic Spirit’s descent.)

(The Juvenile Dragon lacks ’Summoning Magic Mastery’, greatly shortening the duration of Heroic Spirits and significantly increasing the Ritual Magic’s consumption.)

Hiss!

Is this capable of summoning the number one Human Form as a Heroic Spirit?

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