Ice Dragon

After that day, the birth of my two younger brothers, 1 year has passed.

During this time, I continued to train hard, but I did not forget about the rest of my loved ones.

To begin with, I learned how to control this "mana explosion". As far as I understand, this ability is very useful in battles when simple tricks and deceptions do not work. This "explosion of mana" is able to arrange a battle of mana power, if used correctly, it is a very useful ability.

I also decided to read that book on alchemy [ur8], but when I did, I wanted to blow up half of Purgatory! After all, it was because of what! There is a lot of information about alchemy, but the problem is that these formulas and methods are not familiar to me, or more precisely, I do not know how to do all this. After all, it is not written anywhere what the "root of varvaco" is and how exactly to use it together with the "root of nirvana". So it is not specified how I should separate them, and then use this root, along with the stems. In general, this book is for those who fumble in alchemy as a master.

And now I have to comprehend alchemy from scratch, well, of course I wanted to do it anyway, but I didn't think that I would have to search all over the Kingdom for all books on alchemy starting from level 1, ending with level 7. Unfortunately, I found only books on alchemy of level 6, and almost no one could make or find higher. So you will have to look for yourself or wait for the quest to be issued with such a reward. So in 5 months I was able to achieve level 4 in alchemy.

Also during this time I played with baby Greifia and walked with her around the castle. Sometimes we left the castle, but with a huge guard and Mom. Of course, we did not go anywhere, but visited beautiful places and all sorts of residences of nobles. Although the latter was not interesting to little Greifia, she wanted to run and play like a child should.

Sometimes, looking at Greifia so cheerful and cheerful, I think that I myself only wasted my youth on studying and training alone. I got too carried away with it and spent the most joyful time for all beings, namely "childhood"! By the standards of demons, I certainly look like a child, but I can do it as an experienced demon knight, although I haven't personally checked, so I'm not sure.

I also came in and played with my younger brothers. As I thought, Vali was the most mobile and restless. Vali waves his arms and legs every time, shows that he wants more freedom and to play. Zeldris, on the other hand, was lying quietly in his crib and did not attract much attention. I feel that when they grow up, my Father will push their education on me. I hope my nerves will be ready by then.

I also spent time with Yui, she keeps sneaking naked into my bedroom at night. But over time, I began to notice that I was beginning to react to her methods of seducing me. This is a sign that soon my body will be able to participate in sexual intercourse. And my premonition says, it is urgent to pump endurance!

I also sometimes walked with Milim through the forest of horror. But over time, I began to rarely see Milim. As my Father told me, Milim goes to accompany him to all sorts of events and important meetings most of the time. He also said that I would leave the castle with even more guards than in the past.

It was then that I realized that things in the Kingdom had become somewhat tense. Of course, preparing for war is always difficult, but this is also the moment when a lot of things can happen, starting from the abandonment of the inhabitants of the Kingdom, ending with attempts to revolt and change of power.

It looks like Father is trying to keep order in the Kingdom, and he is worried about me, because if someone can capture the heir of the Demon Kingdom and even brainwash him, then things will become very bad for everyone.

It was then that Teacher Dayron told me that we were going to train in the snowy mountains in the Northern Demon Country. I immediately realized that his Father had ordered him to take me there. After all, although this place is the most corrupt, but there are also many places where you can hide. Of course, I couldn't object to all this, but I had to agree.

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- Apchi! Brrr... it's so cold. - I voiced my condition

And now I'm walking in the snow trying to harden my body for the cold climate here. Also, teacher Dayron said that I would learn to survive in the harshest places, although the idea is good, so I can be much more stable and survive in cold places in the future, but when they do it to keep you away from dangers, like a small child, it annoys me very much. Although I'm strong enough.

- I hope Father will take care.. brrr.. about Yui's safety, though... brrr... her importance is not as high as mine or someone from the Royal family, but everything... brrr.. equally has a price. I said my thoughts out loud.

Since I don't feel the teacher at all and even my paranoia is silent, it means that there is no one at a distance of 1 km who could follow me. Although echolocation works a little poorly here, due to the huge cold mana that creates distortion, and the storm also interferes with accuracy.

- * Sigh* Brrr... if they did..brrr, the task, do it, well... brrr.. we will survive. I said, looking for shelter from the cold.

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So I lived in these mountains for 2 months. At first it was difficult for me, very difficult. I immediately wanted to warm myself with the infernal flame, but I had to hold it with my hands or cover it on my body. I tried to create a bonfire from hellfire, but it burns everything, everything means even a tree in a couple of seconds:((. I couldn't count on the power of hellfire for warmth, I'm just wasting mana. I then began to slowly but surely adapt to the temperature. But I was still able to get fire, it helped me to stabilize to the heat and not die from the cold. Also, all I'm wearing now are monster skin pants.

I met a bunch of ice and snow type monsters here. As I learned from the battles, they are very dangerous in their environment and stronger. Of course, I understood that I was not used to this area at first, but I had to adapt faster. As I noticed, there were more and more monsters. At first I didn't understand what it was about, but after a couple of days when it was getting colder, I remembered that the winter season had already come on our continent. Apparently the teacher didn't tell me this on purpose or he forgot it himself, but rather the first.

So, now I'm stalking my prey! My prey left a barely noticeable trace, although it is difficult to call it an ordinary "trace", I just found the energy of an unusual mana that left a trace in the atmosphere. My prey is more suitable for the category of "ice dragon", these are not those dragons from the Dragon Kingdom. This dragon is more wild and not intelligent.

And I'm already starting to hate Teacher Dayron, he never took me away from here. A month ago I was able to learn how to find monsters that can hide among the snow. So I can say for sure, I have not felt the presence of the teacher this month, and paranoia is also silent.

When I took the first step to the ice dragon, I received a message about the quest:

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[Quest: Ice Dragon Hunt!]

[Description: Kill the ice dragon without dying in the process.]

[Requirement: Kill the Ice Dragon [0/1]. Kill in 2 hours.]

[Reward: Summoning cube[ur5] x1, {hell ice}.]

[Penalty for refusal: Dayron will leave you here for another 6 months.]

[Penalty for failure: Dayron will leave you here for another 2 years. ]

[Timer: 2 hours]

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- Niva, what kind of awards are these? "Summoning Cube" and "Hell Ice"? I have not heard of such a thing anywhere. I asked Niva.

[The host, in short. The Summoning Cube is an artifact that allows you to summon any creature according to your desire and knowledge about this creature. The cube is also limited by the summoning level. Hell ice is a subspecies of "Hellfire", much harder and more dangerous than the usual ice element. This ability will be in racial abilities. Ice also has several other properties. {Detailed information is not available}] - Niva answered me.

- Is the cube limited to this world? I asked.

[No, Master, you can summon any creature from any universe.]

- I see, so that's how it is, well, at least the reward is useful. I'm bad at magic, but if I can use hellfire and hell ice at once, I'll become much more dangerous, well, I hope so. I said to myself, and then set off in the footsteps of the ice dragon.

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When I reached the entrance of the ice dragon's lair, I felt his aura. And as I noticed, there are many emotions in the aura of this dragon, but most of them are suffering. It looks like something has happened to the dragon, since it emits a negative aura.

Aura is generally useful in this regard. If you train well and understand the principle of your aura, you can eventually feel someone else's aura and find out what emotions the owner of the aura has. Although experienced in this matter have already learned to hide emotions through the aura.

So, this dragon emits such negative emotions through the aura, which means you can sneak up on him unnoticed. Although I understand that fighting an ice dragon on its territory is not entirely reasonable, but I need to try something.

I made my way into the cave and the first thing I saw was an ice dragon healing wounds with ice magic. It looks like the dragon participated in a battle in which he received a wound, but it does not seem serious.

The ice dragon has a huge stature. Its scales are dark blue, and there are light blue scales on its chest. Some parts of his body are covered with ice.

I slowly began to sneak up on him. The closer I get to the moment of a surprise attack, the faster I can kill him. I hope this dragon has a very weak intelligence, otherwise the fight will be more difficult. But first I'll check his status:

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{Status.}

[Name - Ice Dragon]

[Monster Class - Medium]

[Level - 98 ]

[Age - 104 ]

[Gender - Male]

[Race - Ice Dragon (wild).]

[Racial abilities - dragon aura, dragon ice breath, ice absorption, ice scale cover, high endurance, high physical strength, medium regeneration, ice element.]

[Abilities - ice cover[ur5], freezing ray of ice [ur7], ice claws[ur6], breath of ice[ur8].]

{Characteristics}

[Strength - 739 ]

[Dexterity - 351 ]

[Endurance - 32173/59301]

[Protection - 451 ]

[Mana - 12163/23381]

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Hmm... he surpasses me in characteristics, but if I play everything well enough, there are still chances of winning. Moreover, he has already spent half of his mana and stamina, so this chance should not be lost.

When I'm close enough, I pull out a sword I made myself from parts of ice monsters. This sword has a black hilt made from the skin of a snow savage werewolf. Its blade is also made from the blood of a wild ice devil.

Although it is very strong, but I had to test it with my hellfire. As a result, 4 swords were destroyed. This is the fifth sword in a row, but I was able to figure out the right time, and the maximum sword will withstand 29 seconds of hellfire. And in order to become strong again, the sword needs to be in a cold environment.

I sneak up behind the dragon and quickly cover the sword with hellfire, then make a quick dash and...

-*In the past*-

-*Whistle*-

-*Shh*-

I made a perfect vertical cut on the dragon's back, while slightly touching its right wing.

- ROOOOOAAAAAA!!!!- The ice dragon roared.

I wasted no time quickly activating dark matter and creating wings on my back. Then I quickly fly out of the cave. I also didn't forget to put the ice sword in my inventory. The dragon apparently noticed me and runs after me. When I flew out of the cave, the dragon flew after me, but probably because of the wound, his flight speed is inferior to mine.

I'm flying to a free snowy battlefield. I know I'm giving the advantage to the dragon, but I want to test my strength. Moreover, I have always dreamed of fighting a dragon, of course not with such a weak mind and strength, but it will also do. Landing on the ground, I look at the ice dragon in the sky.

- Well, an overgrown lizard, are you ready to die? I asked in a cheerful tone. I didn't even notice the crazy smile on my face. The dragon either understood, or just answered me with a roar:

- ROOOOOAAAAAA!!!!! -

- I'll count it as "DAAAAAAA". I hope you can help me unlock the full potential of this technique. I said and took out an ice sword from my inventory.

The dragon rushed at me with great speed, I wasted no time immediately creating wings and jumping from the place of his fall.

-*Bam*-

Now looking at the place where I was a couple of seconds ago, now there was an evil ice dragon. And now I see how this dragon opened its mouth and a blue light began to shine from there. I decided not to give him much time, but just flew straight at him.

When I was almost next to him, the dragon suddenly stopped creating icy breath and abruptly raised his right paw in my direction. I decided to show him the difference between us.

I quickly put the sword in the inventory, again, I quickly created paws from dark matter, and covered them with hellfire.

-*Bam*-When our blows collided, the dragon abruptly let out a roar:

- ROOOOOOOAAAAAA!!!-

- Like it? This is a "hellfire", and not some pathetic flame with which you are probably already familiar. I said with a crazy smile.

The dragon did not appreciate my humor and sharply attacked with his tail from the left side. I quickly created more hands out of dark matter, and defended myself from the attack of the tail.

-*Bam*-

Noticing this trick, I just couldn't help but smile and say:

- Ahahaha, come on, show me what you're worth!!! I said, laughing madly with joy.

- ROOOOOOOAAAAAA!!! The dragon roared.

He tried to breathe icy breath on me, but I abruptly release a huge amount of hellfire.

- ROOOOOOOAAAAAA!!!- The dragon's roar of pain.

I noticed that due to the icy environment itself and its scales, the flames are too slow to kill it. I quickly break the distance from the dragon with a backflip jump, and take out the ice sword from the inventory. I quickly cover the sword with mana for sharpness, then create wings and fly at great speed towards the dragon.

-*Whistle*-

-*In the past*-

Flying towards the dragon, I noticed that a blue ray of light was already flying at me. Realizing that this is the same ability "freezing ray of ice [ur7]", I quickly cover my entire body with dark matter and created a cocoon of darkness.

-*Bam*-

-*Explosion*-

Closing myself completely from the impact, I began to feel that cold energy was trying to penetrate my cocoon. I quickly covered everything inside with hellfire, for reliability. After 2 minutes, I stopped feeling the cold energy trying to penetrate the cocoon, so I decided to take it off.

When I took it off, I saw that the dragon is still covered with my hellfire, but the Dragon does not want to die yet. I decided to try that technique, but first I quickly drank a couple of mana potions [ur5-6], for a quick recovery.

- ROOOOOOOAAAAAA!!!-

The dragon continues to scream because of the hellfire on his body. I quickly cover the sword with hellfire and fly towards the dragon again at great speed.

I see how the dragon suddenly looks at me, and I see in his eyes a huge hatred for me. Then the dragon started using his "freezing ice ray[ur7]" again.

I decided to take his blow with my sword covered with hellfire. After a couple of seconds, our attacks collided:

-*Bam*-

-*Explosion*-

The explosion from our attacks was big. Because of this explosion, there was a huge cloud of smoke and snow. I wasted no time using the cover of smoke and got close enough to the dragon, and then being right next to him, I make a high jump to his head.

- Thanks for the battle. This is for you to say goodbye. I said with a kind smile. Then I point the sword straight at the dragon's head and shout:

"Hellfire Roar!" I shouted the name of the technique, and a huge amount of hellfire abruptly flew out of my sword, and rushed straight at the dragon with great speed.

- ROOOOOOOAAAAAA - The dragon roared from the hellish pain of my flame.

I look at the fact that the dragon's body is completely covered with hellfire, as well as how the dragon roars in pain. My sword crumbled due to the too high temperature of the hellfire. After 2 minutes, the dragon stopped moving and roaring.

[Host, have you forgotten about the materials and ingredients from the dragon's body?] - Niva suddenly said, and I suddenly froze at her words and looked at the corpse of the dragon.

- NOOOOOO!!! MY INGREDIENTS!!!! I shouted at the top of my voice with a tone of despair!!!

[Master, you should learn to restrain your strength. The quest is also completed, and the "summoning cube [ur5]" is in your inventory. Also, you now have the "hell ice" racial ability. ] - Niva told me

After I extinguished all the infernal flames, I began to extract the ingredients from the dragon's corpse. When I finished I came to a disappointing conclusion:

- Damn it! Only a couple of his internal organs remained, as well as a few scales. You should have reminded me of this earlier, Niva! I shouted complaints in the direction of the Field.

[How was I supposed to know that you would use this technique, especially since I thought that was what you intended.] - Niva retorted.

- Okay, my fault is here too, but I could at least guess that I might have forgotten that I needed the ingredients from this dragon. I answered Niva.

[You'd better go to your hideout, Master. There will be a bunch of monsters here soon.] - Niva gave me advice. I realized that the topic would go sideways for both of us, I decided to just take her advice.

- You're right, I need to restore my strength, and I also need to test this new ability. I said, then opened the map and started walking towards my hideout.

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I walked for a long time, and I was also able to quickly restore my mana along the way. I'll have to ask Niva why?

While I was walking, I noticed a strange abandoned mine on the horizon. The strangest thing about it was that I felt living creatures and their auras there. Out of curiosity, I decided to look there.

The mine is made of wood that has already aged and started to slowly break down. The miner's road is also destroyed. There are still buildings made of wood, but with them the same situation as with everything here.

When I got close enough, I saw two demons standing outside the mine for some reason with combat gear.

Perhaps they are criminals or military deserters, because here is the best place to lay low.

I slowly sneak up on them, trying not to attract attention. When I get close enough, I create a blade on my right hand by covering it with hellfire, then I create a paw on my left hand. I quickly make a dash and ...

-*In the past*-

-*Shh*-

With a quick swing of the blade, I wounded one demon, and then with a quick movement I captured another demon with my left paw and pinned him to the ground. The first demon to receive a hellfire attack abruptly started screaming:

- AAAAAAH!!! I'M BURNING!!!! IT BURNS!!!! AAAAAAH!!!! AAAAAAAAA!!! - The demon shouted, and his partner, having just realized in what position he found himself, abruptly began to ask questions:

- What?! Where?! Who are you?!- The demon shouted at me, and then when he saw his partner screaming, he turned pale and there was horror in his eyes, because it looks like he has never seen such a flame, and the fear of the unknown scares many. The flame also emits a barely noticeable aura, from which the weak in mind and will, a sharp fright can happen.

- Answer my questions, if you don't answer honestly, then you will feel the same as your partner. If you answer all my questions, I may let you go. - I said in a strict and commanding voice, and also created a hellfire in my right hand, showing it in front of his face. Of course I lied about the latter, because he saw my face, which means he will be able to describe my appearance, and this does not bode well.

After a couple of seconds, the demon realized his entire position, quickly began to nod and said:

- I will answer any of your questions, just don't kill! The demon said with fear in his voice.

- What is this place? Is this your base? Are you criminals or deserters? How many of you are there? Who is your leader? - I asked him quite reasonable questions.

- I don't know exactly what kind of place this is, but we were sent here to guard this emergency entrance/exit from any uninvited guests. We are not criminals or deserters, we are a group of mercenaries "Gray Wolves", who were hired by the Naberius family. It's hard to say how many of us there are at once, since they hire several mercenaries at once. But there are 59 demons in our group, including me and my partner, and the leader. Our leader's name is Vaiko Gray," the demon answered me. I realized with the help of the aura that he was hardly lying, there was too much fear and all sorts of emotions to think about it.

Stop, the Naberius family, I've heard about it, it's a family under the patronage of the Ruler of the country Marmok Renway. What is the Naberius family doing here? I need to find out, if my guesses are correct, then I can benefit from it.

- Thank you, you helped me - I said it with a smile on my face. And the captive demon decided that I would let him go now, but then I said sharply - And now you can die. I said with the same smile, and then covered my paw with hellfire.

- AAAAAAA!!!! YOU PROMISE AAAAAAAAA!!!! NOT NADAAAAAAAA!!!! The demon shouted.

- I didn't promise anything. Don't make it up. I said, releasing the demon, removing the dark matter, and then I go inside the mine. As I walked, I slowly began to hear the demon's screams getting smaller and smaller.