Life is tough, so Honglong resorts to performing?

Chapter 96 The Mother Dragon is Bad, the Flame Demon is Good!
"Although you are unwilling for me to contact my true self and become your real mentor, I have some new spells that I don't have anywhere else. Would you like to learn them?"

That night, after Loren finished his spell practice for the day, Casilla, who figured she hadn't used up all her time and didn't have enough time to practice another spell, started chatting idly with Loren.

After spending several classes together, she realized that being young has its advantages.

They have a quick and flexible mind, are always able to absorb new knowledge, and can come up with many imaginative ideas.

If the other party is an adult dragon like oneself, due to their obsession with magic, both parties will definitely have learned and absorbed an excessive amount of magical knowledge and established their own magical views.

When two dragons meet like that, it's not a matter of one teaching and the other listening.

They might have a serious argument over an academic issue, and end up arranging a fight offline.

"That seems like a good idea."

"Through the teaching and learning of magic, he imbued the little red dragon's nascent magical concepts with his own colors, creating a fellow red dragon with the same ailment and the same magical concepts..."

Just thinking about it made Cassilia tremble with excitement.

In the world of high-level spellcasters, those who share similar magical concepts are rare.

That is something even rarer than a lover, a relative, or a fellow enthusiast.

Even between true masters and students, differences in experimental results can lead them to go in different directions.

"Although there's a possibility that it might grow up crooked, the feeling of nurturing it... is truly delightful for a dragon!"

Cassilia's dragon eyes flashed, and her gaze toward Loren became increasingly strange.

"What kind of new spells are these that don't exist elsewhere?"

Loren became interested upon hearing this, although he felt a chill run down his spine from Casilla's expression, he was still intrigued by the new spell she mentioned.

"Some downgraded military spells, such as the level 5 city full-screen invisibility spell, have removed some frequency bands that are not designed for wilderness areas, and have a considerable degree of anti-invisibility and anti-detection capabilities."

Casilla casually gave an example, but Loren was speechless upon hearing it.

You really think I'm a child?
"What's the cost of learning this?"

Loren always remembered that the phantom in front of him was just a computing power model with the original owner's thought patterns and some knowledge.

When it was being designed, certain bottom-line issues were already incorporated into its model.

I would strongly recommend engaging in illegal or criminal activities; such actions are punishable by imprisonment, handcuffs, or account suspension.

"Ha, clever little devil."

“Normally, you should register with the nearest federal patrol office so that if there are any theft cases in the area, you will be the first person they investigate.”

Casilla laughed too.

It's better not to learn it at all; if you do, you'll be called to the patrol station every day.

Loren thought to himself, "Even professional thieves have to be at least level four to be legally registered with the patrol station. You just learned a level five spell and you're treated the same as them? Isn't that a complete loss?"

"I said it's the normal situation, of course there are abnormal situations."

Casillas, observing Loren's changing expression, continued,

"The Federation gives preferential treatment to talented young individuals."

“Especially for us dragons, young dragons like you who have already created the prototype of a magic crystal heart can apply for something like the Elemental Light Project.”

"After you register your mage level certificate and the prototype of the magic crystal heart on the military reserve website, there will be a war plan below. Just choose the spell version."

"In this way, you will gain access to some newly developed spells, as well as some additional perks."

"Unlike general spells that are moving towards simplification and refinement, these new spells are optimized for war applications, making them stronger, more powerful, and easier to trigger spell feats and supermagic skills."

Casilla explained.

Loren quickly figured out the differences between the civilian and military versions of the magic crystal armor.

The Federation's consistent operating logic is to make it easier for the weak in life to become strong, and to make the strong organized in war even stronger.

"However, these spells are not stored in the magic vault."

"These spells can only be taught one-on-one by individuals who are involved in their practice, and I am one of them. Do you understand what I mean?"

Casilla stared at Loren with a grin and said.

"How much money would it cost to learn such a spell?"

Loren asked bluntly.

Judging from the other party's description, most of the participants in the so-called Elemental Light Project were probably people like Metal Dragon, whose family members served in the military, and who were of a high rank.

Among the five dragons, the blue dragon may also be involved, as may the green and black dragons.

As for the Red Dragons... that's a bit of a family issue.

This means that even if the young red dragons are qualified to learn, who will they learn from?

Unlike other demigod-level beings, the ancient dragons belonging to the Federation do not conduct public online lectures.

Among adult red dragons that are not ancient dragons, the number of those who pursue a combat style that prioritizes melee combat and uses magic as a secondary means is far higher than the pure mage-style combat style.

"No wonder, I've never heard of this before."

"If I were a metal dragon, I should have known this news before I even began to create the prototype of the magic crystal heart."

Loren thought to himself.

He had to admit that under the federal system, metal dragons were much more popular and had an easier time than five-colored dragons.

It was sweet at first, then sweet again; I never knew what bitterness tasted like.

After all, they have a large family; if the younger ones get beaten, the older ones will suffer the consequences.

You need to thoroughly understand which policies offer benefits and which ones you should avoid.

Unlike me, I only found out about the benefits I was entitled to today!
"A level 5 full-screen invisibility spell costs 50,000. Seriously, why not consider becoming my apprentice and getting a 15% discount on spell learning?"

Casilla spoke slowly.

"Thank you, but no thanks."

Loren waved his hand to refuse, saying that 50,000 coins for a level 5 spell was indeed a bit too expensive.

Although the effect will be better and it can also counter stealth and detection, the fact that it is a down-frequency version that can be deployed to urban residents means that the Federation's stealth and detection technologies have most likely been upgraded again!

This group of people learning magic might just be there to test the stability of new technologies!

Loren never doubted the Federation's power, but he also did not overestimate its integrity.

Especially the group of spellcasters and researchers.

After all, he's a mage too!
This kind of frequency reduction stealth technology is clearly intended to be deployed to the military-grade magic crystal armor of city patrol stations or city security committees.

Its primary purpose should also be to combat the criminal activities of the spellcaster group.

Although civilian-grade magic crystal armor also possesses certain spell-like abilities, those who commit crimes in cities while driving civilian-grade armor are generally classified as terrorists and will be dealt with severely... To match this stealth technology, there must be even stronger detection and stealth detection technologies!
If I don't use this magic to make money right away, it will be a waste of money in a few years.

"Tsk, okay, see you in the next class then."

After Cassilia clicked her tongue, the phantom vanished into thin air as time ended.

Loren quickly accessed the military reserve website on the Magic Crystal Network.

After uploading his information and successfully passing the initial review by the intelligent program, he clicked on the Elemental Light Project to view it in detail.

"An annual acquisition event for flawless growth materials at a base price of around two million copper coins; special item purchase privileges that can accelerate the melting of high-level magic crystal blocks; new spell learning privileges..."

Loren carefully read through the so-called Project of the Elements and came to a general conclusion.

Do you want to grow rapidly? Do you want to quickly become independent?

Pay up!
Loren looked at the dazzling array of magical materials and painfully closed the app.

He then reopened the online learning platform and selected another tutor, the demigod-level fire demon, Alice Kandar.

Good evening, little red dragon!

As usual, the other party greeted Loren warmly.

"Master Flame Lord, I'd like to ask if you have any down-frequency versions of the new spells that I can learn, the kind that can accelerate the formation of the Penetration feat? I have the relevant permissions."

As an expert in the field of magic penetration, Loren did not believe this person was outside the Federation's scope of magic researchers.

"Yes, you can learn level 3, 5, and 6. I recommend you learn level 5. It's very useful in battles and it suits you well."

"How much will I have to pay you?"

Loren tried asking, needing to compare prices from different vendors to find out the price of this new spell.

"For Level 5, just give me 8,000, after all, Little Red Dragon, you study very hard."

"How much? Eight thousand?!"

Loren was shocked. Even though he knew the prices would be different, he didn't expect them to be this different.

Both are Red Dragons, isn't your premium a bit excessive?
So, people of the same clan stab each other in the back, is that it?

"Do you think it's expensive? Seven thousand five? That's really the bottom price."

Ellis said seriously.

"Seven thousand five, is that right? I'll transfer it to your account in a bit. Please let me know how to do it."

Loren looked at the Balrog's puzzled expression, took a deep breath, and decided to stop haggling.

Even though different spell types have different premiums, the spell addict's red dragon still asked for a price far higher than the market price!

"Flame Fusion, spell level five, is derived from the seventh-level spell Delayed Explosive Fireball. It can temporarily stabilize three to seven level three regular fireballs, and when cast out of hand, it enters a special fusion state mode, which is very effective against targets with strong fire resistance."

"Once you've mastered the skills and specialties, you can combine them at will, from ordinary fireballs to meteor bursts, you can use them all."

Ellis explained to Loren.

"Is this one of your unique techniques?"

Loren thought for a moment and then asked, as he had never heard of meteor explosions being able to fuse.

How to merge four meteors into one?
"I suppose so. The principle behind my legend is quite simple: it is the shaping and fusion of flames. All things in the world, including extreme cold and order, are expressions of flames."

Ellis said nonchalantly.

For a typical legendary mage, their own legendary principles are very important, and the fewer people who know them, the better, until they are solid enough to be unbreakable.

This is both our trump card and our weakness.

The more people know about it, the more likely someone will use your legendary reasoning to deduce contradictory phenomena and argue against you.

But Ellis, being a fire demon, didn't care much.

Among the demigod mages, she had the fewest experiments in exploring principles and the most experiments in applying them.

Argument? My argument is that I can combine three meteor bursts, four meteors each time, a total of twelve meteors, into one giant meteor and throw it at your face.

Go ahead and tell it what you want. My meteor is a real meteor, and I hope your fire resistance is also real fire resistance.

In practical application of magic, she is the most meticulous and refined, while in the exploration of the principles of magic, she is the one I think is the most capable.

Her bizarre and contradictory personality can be seen as a manifestation of the chaotic and evil attributes of a demon.

Loren fell silent for a moment upon hearing this.

Is the logic behind legends something that can be discussed casually?
If I had any other mentor, I would suspect that your next words would be, "You know too much," followed by an order for the ambushing men to rush out and take me out.

As a mentor, you are meticulous enough in teaching magic, but in other aspects, you are indeed quite rough.

Loren thought to himself, "This is what I'm complaining about."

"This is the spell construction model, and this is the node diagram. Look at it a couple more times, and then you can start practicing. I will point out your mistakes."

As Alice spoke, two glowing model images appeared between her hands.

After carefully memorizing the spell, Loren connected the mithril wire and began practicing the spell.

"Several major nodes have deviated, the sixth and seventh nodes have problems, and there are too many errors in the minor nodes. Let's stop building for now. We haven't seen each other for long, and you've already regressed too much!"

Alice frowned. She clearly remembered that the little red dragon's spells were quite meticulous and serious before. How did they suddenly become like this?
"Sorry, sorry, I was practicing dragon language magic that was closer to instinct before."

Loren also withdrew from the model-building phase.

He also realized the impact of the two different spellcasting mindsets on him.

"Is that so? Then you should adapt to it. For your dragon race, this kind of dual or even multi-line thinking is indeed beneficial."

"Have you ever considered undergoing a complete mental split, having surgery to install a multi-headed dragon template, so that spellcasting can be done without interference?"

Ellis suggested with great interest.

"No, I think we should forget about this. I'm more used to having my own head."

Loren shook his head in refusal. "To rebuild a new mindset and transfer a different way of thinking?" he thought.

So, is the remaining me me, or is the part that moved out me me?
This surgery looks really weird!

"That works too. While multi-headed creatures grow faster, their potential for growth is indeed somewhat limited in the future."

"Having multiple ways of thinking will be beneficial for your future mastery of the special weapons of the Elder Dragons. It's good to adapt to them sooner rather than later."

Ellis casually remarked that, from her perspective, as long as it was harmless or even beneficial to the future, any extra time spent or wasted at this moment was worthwhile.

"Does mastering ancient dragon weaponry require multi-threaded thinking skills?"

Another piece of new knowledge, Loren thought to himself.

Look at that Balrog, and then look at that mother dragon. They're both mentors, but they're worlds apart!
(End of this chapter)