BXBX NOVEL Chapter 186 - 186: Failure
After a long while following Song Jian’s departure from Black Dragon Albatleon’s nest, the Black Dragon egg that had already turned into rock cracks with a round of shattering sounds. Finally, it becomes a pile of stone fragments scattered on the solidified lava;
A hatchling, the size of a palm and in earthy grey colour, clumsily crawled out. With a sturdy body, the hatchling spread its two flesh wings that were as long as an arm, looking much like a huge bat;
This grey hatchling, covered in grey scales, had a pair of eyes like two dull stones, stumbling on the lava field. Having stood for a short while, it fell again, its limbs struggled against the rock ceaselessly with sharp claws that left trails and trenches;
Wha~
A roar echoed as the earth elements swiftly gathered in the mouth of the little dragon, and a stone spike over a foot long abruptly appeared, shooting towards the front, and blasted a giant hole at the rim of the bowl-shaped nest;
This earth attribute hatchling seemed startled, puzzled for a while, and with flapping wings and paddling limbs, it crawled to the rim of the nest. In no time, it stood on the edge of the nest, gave a strong jump, vigorously flapped its wings, took to the air shakily. Looking back at the shattered stone egg in the nest, it turned its body and flew outward. In a short time, it disappeared into the city;
Dierdeli looked with amusement at the Black Dragon hatchling climbing on Song Jian’s shoulder. The hatchling – its belly bulging, tightly clutching Song Jian’s Legion Armour with its four claws, and laying limp – intermittently exhaled a puff of black smoke mixed with sparks from its nostrils and mouth as it breathed;
Black Dragon Albatleon was already gone by then. Only traces of the previous battle remained in the distance: collapsed high-rises, bricks, and stones melted by the scorching flames, with black smoke billowing everywhere;
“Is that Black Dragon dead?” Song Jian curiously asked;
“Dead!” Dierdeli shrugged and said: “Did you get the dragon egg? To ensure you secured the dragon egg, I held back for a while before slaying it. You should know, once a Black Dragon is dead, all dragon eggs in its nest would be destroyed!”
“I had just arrived, and this little guy was hatched already. There were two more dragon eggs, but I could only retrieve one; the other one is destroyed and turned into a stone egg!” Song Jian pulled out the Black Dragon egg from his inventory, instantly, a giant egg over a person-high appeared beside him;
“Hey, you are lucky then!” Dierdeli chuckled while taking out a palm-sized cloth bag. She scooped towards the dragon egg, putting away the person-high egg directly into the bag;
“Spatial equipment!” Dierdeli showed the cloth bag in her hand to Song Jian, saying: “I know you chosen ones naturally possess this sort of equipment, certainly more convenient than us.”
“However, are you sure you want to raise this Black Dragon hatchling? You should know, the legacy of a Black Dragon is etched in its bloodline. As time passes, they will become more and more intelligent, be careful it may retaliate!” Dierdeli cautioned, glancing at the Black Dragon hatchling sound asleep on Song Jian’s shoulder. “One day, it will know you are not its kin. It’s strange; you don’t have a shred of Black Dragon Bloodline in you, why is it so close to you?”
“I don’t know either…” Song Jian scratched his head. Despite what Dierdeli said, he couldn’t bear to kill this little guy.
“Okay, let’s talk about the characteristics of a Dragon Hunter profession.” Dierdeli shook her head and directly pulled Song Jian into the Explanation Space, starting to explain the characteristics of a Dragon Hunter;
System: You have completed the trial of Dragon Hunter Dierdeli, greatly improving your favorability with Dragon Hunter Dierdeli; Dierdeli reveals information about combat job “Dragon Hunter” to you;
Song Jian stayed dumbfounded for more than half an hour in the Explanation Space before emerging, shocked. After all, it was his first time encountering a Legendary Level profession. Indeed, a Legendary Level profession was inherently far stronger than other jobs;
Just the professional inherent abilities alone were four, including absorbing dragon blood to enhance one’s attributes, thus increasing attack, critical damages, and movement speed. When confronted with dragon-type beings, it can induce a sense of fear in them, lowering their defenses, and increase damage inflicted on them. After killing each Giant Dragon, a random perpetual status would be granted;
The skills of a Dragon Hunter were numerous and immensely powerful. Just the core skills alone tallied up to dozens, and most importantly, all these core skills could be learned directly from Dierdeli, saving a lot of trouble;
System: You have found a combat job tutor, understood the relevant content of the job “Dragon Hunter”, completed the mainline task 6/10;
“How is it? Interested in becoming a real Dragon Hunter?” Dierdeli said with a beaming smile, sensing that Song Jian was already tempted.
“Of course, I wish to become a Dragon Hunter!” Song Jian said excitedly. This was a Legendary Level job after all. In the entire game, there were only five spots available for becoming a Dragon Hunter. Once one spot was held, there was one less spot. Currently, three players had already become Dragon Hunters, only two spots left. Song Jian estimated that these three players were likely NCPs, as no player had yet become a Dragon Hunter;
“Then let me help you change your profession now! You will soon be a Dragon Hunter!” Dierdeli smiled;
“But I have not yet completed my mainline task. I need to understand ten combat jobs before turning into one.” Song Jian said with hesitation;
“No problem, you can first turn into a Dragon Hunter, then go understand other jobs. It won’t conflict!” Dierdeli explained.
“Alright. Let’s get started.” Song Jian drew a deep breath to calm his agitated feelings;
Dierdeli raised her right hand, resting it on top of Song Jian’s head, and began chanting. Suddenly, a desolate and ancient voice rang near Song Jian’s ear, while different scenes appeared before his eyes. They were scenes of Dragon Hunters chasing Giant Dragons on the Wilderness, each Dragon Hunter wielded different weapons; some held spears emitting a blood-red aura, some held huge battle bows taller than a person. There were even those carrying a sniper rifle on their shoulder that had an opening as big as a fist engraved with complex Magic Runes…
Song Jian even saw a Dragon Hunter equipped with a pair of gauntlets identical to the one on Dierdeli’s hand, but that person was not Dierdeli;
Just then, a sudden ‘bang’ echoed near Song Jian’s ear. The scenes before his eyes shattered like glass, and in front of him appeared Dierdeli’s astonished face;
“Failed, it failed. How did it fail?” Dierdeli muttered to herself, seemingly encountering such an event for the first time;