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But that's not enough. A Fireball Dragon that grows to seven or eight meters tall isn't exactly a big guy, so Zicomo plans to give it another boost.

He walked out of the alchemy workshop with the dragon egg, only to be met with a blazing fire. Zicomo quickly dodged it.

The flames lasted only a dozen seconds before going out, leaving a black burn mark on the ground that was one meter wide and tens of meters long.

Looking at the mark, Zicomo knew without even thinking what had happened.

It seems Hermione and Lani have chosen chili peppers as their next mutated plant, and this scene is clearly caused by the fiery chili peppers.

Hermione and Lani also noticed Zicomo holding a dragon egg. They came closer and saw the runes on the back of Zicomo's hand.

“Cousin, why did you get a dragon too? Didn’t you always look down on dragons before?” Hermione asked.

When Hagrid was in first grade, Zicomo looked disdainful of him.

When the little witch asked Zicomo why, Zicomo told her that the dragons were too small and not imposing enough.

Moreover, it's not powerful enough; a few skilled wizards can easily subdue a fire dragon, which seems rather unimpressive.

As it turns out, Zicomo, who used to look down on these dragons, is now holding a dragon egg, which makes the little witch very curious.

“I despise those dragons that are all show and no substance. My dragon is different from theirs, and I will make it extraordinary!” Zikomo said confidently.

Lani, however, recalling the dragon corpse that Zikomo had taken from the royal city of Rodel a few days ago, probably knew what Zikomo was up to.

With a thought, Zicomo rearranged all the empty spaces in the "Zen Garden" into a large, open area. Then, with a wave of his hand, he retrieved Gransanx's corpse from the system space.

Even when the dragon's corpse was laid horizontally on the ground, it almost exceeded the height of the "Zen Garden." Fortunately, after several expansions, the garden could barely accommodate the dragon's corpse.

Hermione's eyes widened, her mouth agape, and she remained stunned for a long time.

The little witch swore she had never seen such a large dragon.

According to her estimation, this dragon, even when it was crawling, was nearly 300 meters tall. An ordinary dragon would probably be no bigger than a finger in front of it.

Hermione only came to her senses after Zicomo had been busy with the dragon for quite a while.

She still looked shocked as she approached Zicomo and asked, "Cousin! Where did you get such a huge dragon? As far as I know, there's absolutely no record of such a large dragon in the history of wizarding world!"

Only in myths and legends… Wait! Myths and legends! Cousin, could this be a dragon from mythology? Nidhogg? Or Fafnir?

No wonder Hermione thought that way. Having been by Zicomo's side, she had already experienced far too many things that would be considered astonishing even in the wizarding world.

That's why she believed that the giant dragon corpse in front of her came from mythology.

Zicomo tapped Hermione on the head and said, "I'm Leviathan, you know. I'd love to see those mythical dragons, but I don't know where to find them."

"The origin of this dragon is similar to that of those plants and runes," Zicomo explained vaguely.

Hermione nodded knowingly upon hearing this and didn't ask any further questions.

She knew Zicomo well and knew this was his way of saying he didn't want to talk about it. Since her cousin was unwilling to say anything, she wouldn't press him for details.

The little witch changed the subject, asking, "So, cousin, what are you doing right now?"

While busy inscribing the magic circle, Zicomo explained, "I'm preparing to refine the essence of this dragon's bloodline so that my dragon egg can absorb it, thus raising the growth potential of my dragon. Maybe one day it can grow to the size of the dragon in front of us."

At this point, Zicomo added in his mind, "To be precise, it will surpass the current Gulansanx."

Because his Fireball Dragon will have a second chance to improve.

In the temporal rift and storm center of Famyazla, at the border, sits the King of Elden before the Golden Tree era—"Dragon King" Platon Sanks.

As the strongest and oldest dragon in the border region, it will be Zikomo's second target.

Before long, the refined magic circle was completed.

Zicomo activated the magic circle, and a flash of light appeared. Wisps of red light began to emanate from the dragon corpse in front of him.

These crimson rays gathered above the magic circle, gradually condensing into a mass of blood.

"Let's go out for dinner." Zicomo clapped his hands, beckoned the two women, and turned to leave.

"Are we just going to leave it like this?" Hermione asked.

"Of course, who knows how long it will take to refine such a huge dragon corpse? Why don't we go out for a meal first, and while we're at it, check the time flow rate of the entire area..."

"Speed ​​it up a bit."

Hermione, upon hearing this, quickly followed. She didn't want to be left alone here.

I don't want Zicomo to have spent several days here while she's just having a meal.

Upon returning from lunch, Zicomo discovered that the refining of the magic circle was not yet complete.

He waited for nearly another hour before the magic circle finally stopped operating. This was even after Zikomo adjusted the flow of time; in other words, it took a full week to refine.

Unfortunately, the technique used to forge the Philosopher's Stone is not suitable for this situation; otherwise, it might have been able to drain Gransanx completely in less than half an hour.

Zicomo used a levitation spell to guide the nearly two-meter-diameter mass of blood essence in front of him and placed it into a small pool that had been prepared beforehand.

He then threw the Fireball Dragon's egg into the hole, and drew a magic circle around it to help the egg absorb the energy.

Since the summoned dragon eggs can only hatch when they are near their master or in the summoning space, Zicomo directly set up the entire "Zen Garden" as the summoning space for the Fireball Dragon.

In other words, as long as the dragon egg is in the "Zen Garden", it will remain in an incubation state.

So once the dragon egg had begun to steadily absorb the essence of the bloodline, Zicomo stopped paying attention to it.

He also needs to collect the remains of Gulansanx.

The refining magic circle only transformed Gransanx's flesh and blood into blood essence, so there is still a huge skeleton and a pile of dragon scales scattered there.

Zikomo immediately retrieved them all into his system space. These dragon scales and bones could be used to make armor or weapons later.

…………

The next day, Zicomo entered the "Zen Garden" and found that the pool of blood essence had been completely absorbed by the dragon egg. Cracks had begun to appear on the dragon egg.

The dragon eggs were hatching much faster than he had imagined. In just one night in the "Zen Garden," time had accelerated, and they were already close to hatching.

Zikomo had assumed that after absorbing the bloodline essence of Gransanx, the Fireball Dragon's hatching should take even longer.

After all, the more powerful a creature is, the longer it takes to be born.

Zicomo estimated that, excluding the time spent absorbing blood essence, the dragon egg's incubation time was exactly one month, which he assumed was due to the runes.

The effect of the "Dragon Egg" rune is that no matter what kind of dragon you summon, the hatching time is fixed at one month.

Just as Zicomo was pondering this, a cracking sound came from the dragon egg.

A small head covered in red scales hatched from the dragon egg. The little head looked around curiously and soon spotted Zikomo.

It felt a sense of familiarity with Zikomo, so it followed its instincts, broke open the remaining eggshell, and pounced directly at Zikomo.

Zicomo caught the dragon and examined it carefully.

Its scales are bright red all over, except for its belly, which is a slightly lighter color.

Unlike the typical Chinese fireball dragon, its forearms and wings are separate, unlike pterosaurs which have wings attached to their arms.

And influenced by Gulanshenx, it has two pairs of wings growing on its back.

The original Fireball Dragon had a row of thorns growing from near its head along its spine all the way to its tail, especially the head where thick thorns stood up, making it look just like a spirited young man with a hedgehog's hair.

The Fireball Dragon in front of us didn't have those thorns; instead, it had soft mane and a pair of horns on its head.

Its slender body lacks the bulkiness of Western fire dragons and is more like the Yinglong from Eastern mythology.

Zicomo rubbed the little dragon's horns and smoothed its mane. He was very pleased with the little guy's appearance.

“From now on, I’ll call you Ifrit,” Zicomo said, looking at the little one in his arms.

"Thank you... Master."

A childlike voice rang out, unlike his usual communication with animals, it was a genuine voice.

"Huh? You're a female dragon, and you can talk?"

Zicomo was somewhat surprised. Judging from her handsome appearance, he had assumed she was male. What surprised him even more was that she could talk. This little one had just hatched; even if she was incredibly smart, surely no one had taught her yet?

"Yes, yes. There is a legacy in my mind."

"Little Dragon, no, Ifrit's voice rang out again."

“Oh? Besides speaking, what else has your heritage taught you?” Zicomo asked.

"and this."

Ifrit extended a claw, and red lightning gathered in her hand.

Upon seeing this, Zicomo immediately understood.

It was the power of Gransanx.

He had sensed Lansax's body before, and the power of the red lightning had long since dissipated.

Unexpectedly, after refinement, a trace remained hidden in the bloodline, and it was absorbed by Ifrit as a legacy.

The lightning in Ifrit's hand didn't last long before it disappeared.

The little guy rubbed his belly and looked at Zicomo, saying, "Master, I'm hungry."

Zicomo waved his hand to bring her eggshells, feeding them piece by piece into her mouth, enjoying the pleasure of being fed.

After finishing her meal, Ifrit smacked her lips and said with some lingering satisfaction, "Master, I'm not full."

Zicomo took out a large pile of meat from the system space, and Ifrit happily plunged into it.