Dragons, once the rulers of the Wizard World, were formidable creatures that dominated both the skies and the earth.
As early as the Age of Ignorance, Wizards had begun studying these creatures. During the Age of Enlightenment, Dragonology even became a common subject among Wizards.
At that time, Wizards from every school of thought had to study Dragonology to combat dragons.
It was also during this period that Wizards conducted extremely detailed research on dragons. From Dragonbloods tainted by Dragon Blood to the subspecies dragons bred by dragons from other powerful creatures, and even pure-blooded dragons, Wizards left no stone unturned.
A significant portion of the encrypted notes Richard had collected were research records on dragons.
However, after Wizards overthrew the dragon's throne, this field of study quickly declined into a branch of alchemy that was neither obscure nor popular.
The research achievements of that era were relegated to dusty old books.
Now that Richard was cultivating the Myriad Transformation Battle Body, what could be more suitable than dragons, a race that was both powerful and thoroughly studied by Wizards?
Moreover, dragons had numerous subspecies, most of which were hybrids bred by dragons collecting the life information of advanced creatures.
They were born with mixed bloodlines.
Fusing with them would be equivalent to directly integrating the bloodlines of multiple creatures.
The more Richard thought about it, the more he felt his idea was genius.
He felt he had found a shortcut to mastering the Myriad Transformation Battle Body.
"This line of thinking should be fine," Richard muttered excitedly. "Even if the subspecies dragons don't work, fusing with pure-blooded dragons would definitely be no problem.
This is absolutely a shortcut!"
With that, he immediately pulled out his Communication Crystal Ball from his pocket and sent a message to Jolod about collecting knowledge on dragons.
"Collecting knowledge on dragons?"
Jolod, far away at the Black Tower Wizard Academy, looked at the message in the Crystal Ball, feeling somewhat puzzled.
"Is this kid planning to study Dragonbloods? I remember he did research in this area before and even achieved some results.
Is he picking it up again?"
Jolod muttered to himself while sending a message to confirm Richard's request.
After receiving confirmation, Jolod immediately summoned Yelena to his laboratory.
"Teacher, you called?"
Yelena, who had been summoned by a message, asked somewhat bewildered.
She had been in the middle of a class when she suddenly received Jolod's message, asking her to come to the laboratory.
"Yes, I called you," Jolod said, sitting behind his desk and putting down the Crystal Ball. "I remember your research direction is Dragonbloods.
Your senior brother just asked me to help him collect some knowledge about dragons. If you have any, you can bring it over.
I'll purchase it all with Magic Essence."
"Ah? Is Senior Brother Chuckes planning to research dragon Synthetic Beasts?" Yelena asked curiously.
Jolod shook his head: "Not Chuckes, it's Richard. Chuckes doesn't even have enough Magic Essence for himself, let alone spare resources to collect these things."
"True," Yelena smiled. "I do have quite a bit of dragon-related materials. I'll bring them over right away."
...
Jolod's efficiency was surprisingly fast.
In less than two months, Richard received a large box of dragon research materials.
These materials covered everything from the physical structure of dragons to their habits, personalities, and even their family genealogies.
Looking at these materials, Richard could only say that the dragons' defeat was well-deserved.
With their family genealogies thoroughly researched by Wizards, how could they possibly win?
With these materials, Richard's understanding of dragons and their subspecies increased rapidly.
He knew that dragons had two hearts and four lungs, that there was a secondary neural center on their backs to assist in regulating their massive bodies.
He also knew the muscle structure, neural maps of dragons, and even how high-pitched their cries were during mating, indicating pain or pleasure.
Richard had never understood a creature so thoroughly that he even felt he could create a dragon from scratch using Living Flesh.
After gaining sufficient knowledge about dragons, Richard realized that the bloodline of dragons was simply outrageous. A dragon king's offspring could be born with first-level strength, and by adulthood, they could reach third-level strength.
Ordinary dragons, however, could only reach first-level strength by adulthood. If they wanted to advance, they either had to break through via combat to become higher-level dragons.
Or they could rely on higher-level dragons to bestow blood, becoming "clan members" of higher-level dragons and thus advancing in level.
This meant that the bloodline of a first-level dragon and a third-level dragon were completely different in quality.
And the bloodline of a dragon king was worlds apart from that of an ordinary dragon.
If Richard wanted to integrate dragon bloodlines into the Myriad Transformation Battle Body, his best choice would be to use the bloodline of a World Master-level dragon.
But in the Wizard World, all dragons above third-level were mounts of Great Wizards, their status half a level higher than Third Circle Wizards.
Obtaining their bloodlines was nothing short of a pipe dream.
"Then I'll have to settle for the next best option."
Richard rubbed his temples and then headed to the entrance of the fourth underground level.
Richard unlocked the entrance, revealing an empty room.
In the center of this room was a massive egg, placed within a Magic Array.
"What a tenacious life," Richard murmured as he looked at the egg.
This egg was the Dragon King's egg given to him by the Magic Dwarves. After obtaining it, Richard had gathered some materials to try and hatch it.
But after such a long time, the egg's vitality had become almost negligible.
Whether it could hatch was still unknown.
Therefore, Richard didn't hold much hope for it. If it hatched, great; if not, he would use it as a catalyst.
But once the hatching process began, the egg's resilience surprised Richard.
After who knows how many years, this egg began to show signs of life under the nourishment of vitality.
Now, after several hundred years of incubation, the egg's vitality had grown stronger, as if it could hatch at any moment.
Richard walked over to the egg and gently touched the golden surface.
After reading so much about dragon research, Richard knew that this egg was now at the final stage.
Before hatching, a dragon egg has neither a body nor a soul.
During the incubation process, the body of a young dragon gradually forms inside the egg, and once the body is complete, the dragon's soul will be born from the body.
Now, this egg already had a body inside. As soon as the soul was born, Richard would have a dragon king's offspring.
But dragons had a significant stillbirth rate.
According to Wizard experiments, on average, one out of every five dragon eggs would be stillborn.
Richard really needed this dragon king's offspring, so he didn't plan to rely solely on luck.
Casually opening a Spatial Rift, Richard pulled Ulysses out.
"Ulysses, I remember your Dark Extinction Crows are also oviparous. Do you have any Divine Arts that can ensure the hatching of eggs?"
Ulysses, who had been pulled out, looked at Richard in confusion.
"Yes, I do, but why are you suddenly asking this... Holy crap, where did you get that?"
Ulysses stared wide-eyed at the Dragon King's egg, his jaw nearly hitting the floor.
"The Magic Dwarves gave it to me," Richard said nonchalantly. "This egg was almost dead, but after I nourished it with a Magic Array, it came back to life."
"You had something like this and you kept it from me!?" Ulysses shouted angrily.
Richard awkwardly scratched his head: "What if I told you I initially planned to eat it, would you believe me?"
"So you were planning to keep it all for yourself?"
"...Let's change the subject. Do you have that Divine Art or not?"
Ulysses glared at Richard angrily, then replied: "Yes, this Divine Art is a must-have ability for every race's deity."
With that, a layer of Holy Light appeared around Ulysses.
This Holy Light was much thicker than when he had preached decades ago.
In the next moment, a milky white light shot from Ulysses' eyes and directly entered the Dragon King's egg.
Then, the massive egg began to emit a faint Holy Light.
Crack!
"Wow, you brought it to life just like that?"
Richard stared in shock at the egg, which now had cracks. The effect of this Divine Art was too powerful; the egg was hatching right after the spell was cast.
"Nothing to be surprised about," Ulysses said calmly. "This Divine Art was developed by the Life God of our race specifically for oviparous creatures.
For eggs that are on the verge of hatching, this spell can directly hatch them nine times out of ten."
"Impressive, truly impressive," Richard praised as he looked at the egg.
This egg had been in this state for over a decade. Without Ulysses' Divine Art, it might have remained like this for who knows how many more years.
The cracks on the egg grew larger, and soon, a small dragon claw broke off a piece of the shell.
Then, a young dragon about the size of a Corgi emerged from the egg.
"Why is it so small?"
Richard looked at the egg, which was half a person's height, and was shocked.
Such a massive Dragon King's egg hatched such a tiny creature?
But before Richard could complain further, a faint yet chilling pressure descended upon him.
The young dragon flew in the air, its golden dragon eyes looking down at Richard.
It commanded in the Dragon Language: "Servant, prepare food for me."
"Servant?"
Hearing this term, Richard's face showed a strange smile.
Then, a powerful pressure erupted from Richard's body, instantly causing the young dragon in the air to stiffen and fall to the ground with a thud.
No matter how powerful this dragon was, it was still only a first-level creature.
If Richard were a Dragonblood, he might have been dominated by its bloodline and unable to resist.
But Richard was not a Dragonblood; he was a Wizard, one who had overthrown the dragon's throne and turned the once-dominant dragons of the Wizard World into servants of Wizards.
Richard walked over to the young dragon and looked down at it.
"Little dragon, you'd better understand the current situation.
The era of dragons is over."
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