Chapter 222 Astounding Wisdom
The border region, Dragon Valley.
The midday sun was bright but not glaring. The crimson-silver dragon Deborah and Garus continued their guessing game. As time passed, the sun sank and disappeared into the west, and dusk deepened.
That's all for today.
After spending the afternoon relaxing without doing any exercise, Hong Tielong felt unwell, as if he had missed something important.
"Pleasant times always pass too quickly; this afternoon went by too fast."
The Crimson Silver Dragon, still somewhat unsatisfied, blinked and asked the Red Iron Dragon opposite it, "Garos, will you continue playing this guessing game with me?"
Galos nodded: "This is a relaxation for me too, but only after the important business is finished."
At that moment, accompanied by a dazzling streak of light, the fairy dragon Vera flew in from nearby.
"Me too, the three of us will play together."
She had been eavesdropping on the mystery between Garros and Deborah, feeling that she could play such a game herself.
Fairy Dragon has always been interested in anything related to games and fun.
Especially.
Recently, Garus has been playing guessing games with the Crimson Silver Dragon, but she can only hide on the sidelines, watching and listening enviously, unable to participate.
Now, the fairy dragon couldn't help but jump out.
"You can solve riddles?"
Galos asked in surprise.
Fairy Dragon's games tend to be more like nonsensical pranks, or brain-teasing guessing games? Galos doubted she had that level of skill.
"Hmph, don't underestimate me."
The fairy dragon hovered its small, exquisite body in front of Garus, raised its chin, and said proudly, "Back in the Fairy Wilderness, the unicorn elder praised me, saying that I possess extraordinary and astonishing wisdom."
“Those little flower fairies and Pixies all obey my commands and circle around me. I tell them to sing, and they absolutely dare not dance.”
That's amazing?
Hong Tielong smacked his lips.
He really couldn't believe that the little fairy dragon Vera was actually a wild bully with astonishing wisdom.
Wow.
The Crimson Silver Dragon exclaimed in surprise, "Then you must be quite good at riddles too."
“Yes, Vera often watches you play riddle games, and now she’s a riddle expert herself,” the fairy dragon said, flicking her tail from side to side without any modesty.
The crimson dragon's eyes lit up, and it said, "That's great, let's play a riddle game."
As dragons belonging to the same chaotic good alignment, she gets along better with fairy dragons, such as red dragons, iron dragons, and white dragons. She basically doesn't communicate with the red and silver dragons, but Garus is an exception.
"Okay, I'll go first."
"Cough cough!"
The fairy dragon Vera puffed out her small chest, her wings fluttering rapidly as she hovered in mid-air. She tried her best to imitate Deborah's melodious tone when she told riddles, and even the finest tuft of down on the tip of her tail twitched along with it.
Listen carefully!
"It's blue, very big, you can't touch it. During the day it covers your head, but at night when it gets dark, it...it..."
She hesitated, scratched her chin with her little paw, and said, "Hmm...it sneaks away! Then lots of shiny little eyes pop up on it! And there are soft, cotton candy-like things floating on it, and you take a bite..."
The fairy dragon pondered deeply, trying to add some depth to the riddle.
"Take a bite... mmm... it has no flavor at all! Not even a hint of sweetness! It's a fake marshmallow!"
Deborah blinked her beautiful silver eyes, tilted her huge dragon head, looked at Garros, then at Vera who was looking at her earnestly and waiting for praise, and made a confused gurgling sound in her throat.
Galos felt a sudden tightening in the muscles around his jaw.
He forced himself to keep his imposing red-faced expression from crumbling, and rubbed his brow bone with his paw.
Although dragons don't have eyebrows, this action is almost subconscious.
He looked at Vera's confident little face, and the phrase "astounding wisdom" kept buzzing in his mind.
The Red Iron Dragon and the Crimson Silver Dragon exchanged glances and stared at each other in bewilderment.
Seeing that neither of them reacted, Fairy Dragon Tail concluded that his riddle was too difficult.
"Guess quickly! It's the most important thing! Without it, we'd all suffocate!"
She thought her suggestion was a stroke of genius, and proudly shook her head: "And it's huge, huge, huge! Bigger than a hundred Garos stacked up! Bigger than a hundred Dragon Valleys!"
She spread her tiny wings with all her might, trying to express that feeling of boundlessness.
"Hehe, you can't guess, can you?"
A few seconds later, as the two dragons in front of her remained silent, the fairy dragon Vera flew around triumphantly as if chasing her own tail, and then somersaulted in the air, her small wings creating a gust of air.
Galos could no longer hold back.
He let out a heavy sigh, like the wind blowing through a furnace, and two streams of hot air, carrying sparks, escaped from his nostrils.
"Those 'deceptive cotton candy' and 'bright little eyes' you mentioned, are you referring to that patch of something above our heads—"
He raised his paw and pointed to the deep blue sky, tinged with twilight and dotted with a few scattered stars.
"--Sky?"
Vera's smug expression froze on the little dragon's face.
She looked up at the deep dome following Garros's paw, then looked down at Garros and Deborah, her small mouth slightly open, uttering a short "Gah?"
"Uh... yes... it is the sky, that's right..."
She muttered under her breath, her voice lacking any confidence.
"Your riddle is quite something."
Red Iron Dragon shook his massive head and slowly began, “It’s like mixing a piece of raw meat, a handful of dirt, and a gemstone together, and then asking someone what kind of dessert it tastes like.”
Deborah, however, had a different opinion.
She smiled encouragingly and said, "What an interesting metaphor! The tasteless cotton candy may be naive, but it's quite vivid. Vera has the potential to become a riddle master."
In order to have more dragons to play riddles with.
The Crimson Silver Dragon said something against his will.
Across from her, Vera's little ears twitched, but her frustration lasted for less than three seconds.
After being praised by Deborah, her little flame of pride, which she considered "amazing wisdom," was stubbornly rekindled.
She swiftly flew to Deborah's enormous head and affectionately rubbed her small head against the other's cool, crimson-silver scales: "That's right, Deborah understands me best. Garus, you're too old-fashioned."
She made a face at Galos.
"Alright, you two can play now, I need to exercise."
Hong Tielong said.
He walked heavily to his training area.
The site is adjacent to the Dragon Valley Lake. The ground and stones are flat and have been reinforced by warlocks and shamans. It has a metallic sheen and a black pillar is placed in the center.
This is an alchemical tool obtained through a merchant guild, capable of creating a three-fold superweight within a certain range.
Galos first drank a bucket of black oil to boost his physical arousal, then walked to the center and activated the super-weight item.
An invisible sense of heaviness descended upon them instantly.
The red iron dragon's powerful and robust body stood firm like a mountain despite the sudden increase in weight.
His dragon head, which seemed to be covered in heavy armor, was slightly raised, and there was no longer any laziness in his eyes, only undivided focus.
Immediately afterwards.
Red Iron Dragon made an extremely abrupt yet powerful move.
The enormous head, covered with diamond-shaped metallic scales, suddenly tilted back and upward!
The heavy dragon head, with a whooshing sound that tore through the air, drew a powerful arc. The thick neck muscles, as thick as a battering ram, instantly tensed and bulged, emitting a teeth-grinding groan like a taut steel noose.
The massive back of his head, like a giant hammer, slammed heavily and precisely onto the metallic ground.
Thump!
A sound like muffled thunder echoed and spread across Dragon Valley.
Now, Garus's posture is extremely oppressive.
His massive and majestic body remained motionless, his neck forming a sharp angle with the ground. His body was turned upside down, with his neck and hind legs supporting his body. His dragon arms embraced his chest, and his back was suspended in the air, yet he was firmly rooted to the earth.
This is only a static representation.
With a low growl, the strong, heavy body began to tumble and roll gracefully, centered on its neck.
The muscles on both sides of the thick neck throbbed and bulged violently like living mountains, and the double scales were almost stretched open by the taut muscles.
The air was filled with a chilling, low grinding sound and the creaking of bones struggling against gravity, like the string of a giant bow being stretched to its limit.
Red Iron Dragon's neck seemed to be the convergence point of the entire body's power.
Steel-like muscles operate wildly under extreme loads, displaying a primal and pure violent aesthetic belonging to the dragon race.
Sweat.
Or rather, a mixture of high-temperature steam and water vapor, similar to sweat, hissed out from the gaps in the scales on his neck, fell to the ground, and instantly evaporated into a small patch of white mist due to the high temperature.
The Crimson Silver Dragon and the Fairy Dragon had forgotten about the riddle and were staring intently at the Red Iron Dragon, almost forgetting to breathe.
This red iron body, brimming with violence and power, is 'beautiful' not only to the five-colored dragons, but also to metal dragons and dimensional dragons.
"Wow, that feels amazing! I want to try it too."
Vera went to the edge of the super-heavy field and tried to do it in the same way as Galos.
A crisp cracking sound came from her neck. She hissed and gasped, flying up as if her butt was on fire, screaming with her head tilted to the side, "Ah, it hurts! My head is broken! I'm going to die!"
(End of this chapter)
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