Chapter 185: Chapter 185: Dragon Egg
Translator: 549690339
This little Black Dragon’s cry of “Momma” left Song Jian somewhat dazed.
“Could this little guy be a fool? He can’t even distinguish between men and women!” Song Jian thought to himself sarcastically. However, he quickly realized that he was currently just a mass of black mist, and there was certainly no distinction between male and female in this state.
Whoosh, whoosh-
The little Black Dragon flapped its tiny wings against its back and pounced towards the black mist that was Song Jian.
Song Jian was startled and hurriedly dismissed his black mist mode. Even if the Black Dragon cub was first-rate elite, with the current damage of the black mist, it would only take a few seconds to turn the cub into a dead dragon.
Standing at the edge of the nest, Song Jian gazed at the two dragon eggs in the lava and gritted his teeth as he jumped directly into the lava, swimming towards the nearest Black Dragon egg.
As he entered the lava, he immediately activated the main skill of the “Guardian Sword”, the Knight’s Faith. A transparent light dome enveloped him, and his 500-point defence began to visibly decrease. A few seconds later, Song Jian rushed to a dragon egg, held it with both hands, and put it into his inventory.
Another dragon egg was only five or six meters away from him, and the defence of the thought field shield had dropped to below two hundred. If he went to retrieve the remaining egg, the shield’s defence would definitely drop to zero, causing him to fall into the lava.
Song Jian didn’t think he was capable of swimming in lava given his current physical condition.
When the Black Dragon cub saw the black mist disappear and transform into Song Jian, it looked at him with a bewildered expression, but quickly sensed a familiar bloodline from Song Jian. It flapped its wings and flew towards him.
Splash-
The little Black Dragon plunged into the lava, struggling constantly to swim towards Song Jian while continuously crying, “Momma, Momma…”
After hesitating for a moment, Song Jian immediately swam back to the edge of the nest. The moment he climbed up, the protection shield shattered, and his vitality points recovered significantly, now restoring more than seventy percent of his vitality points.
As the Knight’s Faith skill was in cooldown, Song Jian began to walk along the edge of the nest towards the edge closest to the last dragon egg. As soon as the Knight’s Faith skill cooldown ended, he could retrieve the last dragon egg.
Although he didn’t know what the dragon eggs were for, anything that Dierdeli wanted was surely priceless.
“Momma, Momma!” The little Black Dragon hopped out of the lava again, following right behind Song Jian, and closely following him along the nest’s edge.
“This little creature, I wonder if it could drop some equipment if killed. Though, I’m afraid it’d only be first-class equipment, which is not particularly valuable. Perhaps I should level it up to level ten and then kill it?” Song Jian looked at the little Black Dragon that was constantly following him and calculated in his mind.
Song Jian knew that many creatures would acknowledge the first creature they saw upon birth as their parent. He was surprised to find out that even the superior Giant Dragon species had such an inclination.
However, the wisdom of a Giant Dragon was incomparable to other creatures. Once this little Black Dragon grew up, it would not take long for it to realize that Song Jian was not its parent, and it would inevitably attempt to kill him.
As Song Jian was contemplating the Black Dragon cub following him, all of the glittering crystals on the surface of the large bowl-shaped nest shattered simultaneously. Instantly, the golden patterns on the nest surface dimmed, the surrounding temperature decreased rapidly, and the lava in the nest began to solidify. The fiery red lava turned into black hard rocks in a matter of seconds. The dragon egg sinking in the lava also became dull and lifeless, the silver glow that was previously bright as stars was gone, and the dull surface covered with a thin layer of rock texture became lifeless.
All of this happened so suddenly that Song Jain was taken aback. When he reacted, everything had already ended.
Song Jian was amazed and couldn’t help stepping onto the lava that had solidified in the nest. The touch from his feet confirmed that the lava had indeed solidified into volcanic rock.
At this moment, Song Jian heard a sorrowful dragon chant coming from a distance. It seemed that the Black Dragon, Elbatrilion, had sensed something.
Song Jian approached the last dragon egg. It had blended into the solidified lava, devoid of any luster, without any sign of life.
“Oh, what a pity!” Song Jian shaking his head, he could feel that this dragon egg seemed to have turned into a stone. The dragon inside died before it could be born.
“Momma, Momma!” The Black Dragon cub flying around him kept shouting at him, making him somewhat annoyed.
Poof-
A spark of flame sprayed on Song Jian’s face. The Black Dragon cub sneezed at him, looking at him innocently.
“It looks like I’m going to develop a new recipe!” Song Jian caught the Black Dragon cub and tried to stuff it into his inventory.
However, he found that no matter what he did, the Black Dragon cub could not be put into his inventory.
System: Living organisms cannot be put into the inventory.
“If the Black Dragon cub is a living organism, then isn’t the Black Dragon egg? Or does it not count if it hasn’t hatched yet?” Song Jian wondered. He was relieved that if the Black Dragon egg was also considered a living organism, he wouldn’t be able to put it in his inventory. A Black Dragon egg as tall as a person weighs at least a few hundred pounds. How would he transport it to Dierdeli in the first place?
“Momma, Momma!” The Black Dragon cub seemed to have a limited vocabulary. Perhaps due to the game mechanics, it only knew this single word.
Song upheld the cub’s neck and brought it to eye level, the Black Dragon cub was obviously uncomfortable and was struggling with quite some strength.
Song Jian thought for a moment, took out a piece of Zombie meat from his inventory, and passed it to the cub. To his surprise, the Black Dragon cub bit the flesh and began to chew on it. Within moments, a chunk of Zombie meat almost the size of its body was fully in the Black Dragon cub’s belly.
Burp-
A puff of black smoke mixed with sparks spewed out of the Black Dragon cub’s mouth and nose. Then, breaking free from Song Jian’s right hand, the Black Dragon cub flew onto his shoulder. Its four claws firmly grabbed Song Jian’s clothes, and it nestled against his shoulder and fell asleep.
“This little guy is quite audacious.” Song Jian shook his head, turned around, and walked out of the nest.
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