I traveled through time and space and became the Archbishop of Stormwind!

Why do you say “weird”?

The baby dragons that have just hatched from their shells in this world are only half the size of an adult human, chubby, and have a pair of small wings. They are quite cute.

But the one in the pond is obviously not a proper young dragon...

Its mouth was half open, and a green, unknown liquid was constantly flowing in and out of its mouth and nose.

Its eyes were squinting, but their pupils had turned the same green as the pool water. Although open, their gaze was dull and unfocused.

The dragonfly's skin had become swollen due to blisters. The dragonfly, which should have been only half the height of a human, now had an upper body that was swollen to the size of an adult.

What was surprising was its lower body. It was no longer the lower body of a baby dragon, but a wriggling flesh worm!

"Holy Light, what kind of creature is this?"

Alvin growled.

Hearing Alvin's voice, Magni curiously leaned over and saw this half-dragon, half-insect monster. Even though the dwarf king was knowledgeable, he was still shocked and speechless for a long time.

"This...this blasphemy...Does Nefarian think he is the Creator?!"

Alvin suppressed his nausea and continued walking towards the next pool.

Not surprisingly, the next pool also contained a fusion monster consisting of half of a baby dragon's body and another creature.

It looks like the upper body is a dragon and the lower body is an orc...

No wonder the orcs downstairs were so frightened and said they didn't want to be sent upstairs.

It seems that they are not just servants here. Maybe one day Nefarian will have a sudden idea to dismantle their bodies and sew them onto other dragon beasts.

Continuing forward, there are still various dragon-shaped stitched monsters, and even some stitched together dragons and humans...

There are even those that have a woman's body from the neck down, with a dragon head on top...

Magni followed closely behind Alvin, and the two of them tacitly did not speak as they quickly crossed the pool area.

"Ok?"

Soon, Alvin noticed the difference.

"Those monsters just now were just dragons and other creatures sewn together clumsily, but here... you see, these monsters, they seem a little different."

Magni came closer and looked at a pool that Alvin pointed to.

Sure enough, the monster inside was no longer the previous one that was obviously two creatures put together.

In the culture pool in front of me, a strange monster was being soaked in red liquid.

From the appearance, it seems to be a humanoid creature with upright lower limbs and arms, but its entire body has the strong muscles and thick scales of a mature dragon, but it has no wings.

"The dragon...can walk upright??"

Magni asked in confusion.

Although he did not know much about dragons, the Dwarf King knew at least one thing - all the dragons he had seen, heard, and recorded so far were creatures that crawled on all fours, had wings on their backs, and were similar to large lizards.

There is no record of a dragon like this one that has no wings and walks upright on two feet like humans or orcs, even in the oldest books!

Alvin frowned and checked several nearby culture tanks.

The more he looked, the more solemn Alvin's expression became.

"What's going on? Tell me now!"

Magni urged.

"I have a guess..."

Alvin took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and cast "Power Word: Shield" on himself and Magni again.

"It's very likely that Nefarian extracted the dragon essence from the dragon eggs and injected it into the bodies of humans, orcs, or some other creatures, causing these poor test subjects to mutate. Their bodies began to transform into dragons, thus becoming a humanoid dragon beast..."

“Oh my god…”

Magni was so surprised that his mouth was wide open.

"In other words, these guys might have been injected with dragon essence while they were awake, and then watched their bodies transform before their eyes, eventually becoming what they are now?"

The dwarf swallowed and said, "I'm afraid this won't be a pleasant experience."

Alvin nodded and continued,

"Imagine if creatures of human, orc, or dwarf stature suddenly grew into three or four-meter-tall dragon beasts in a short period of time. What kind of excruciating pain would that be? That tearing sensation would surely crush their spirits. Nefarian would then use his magic to brainwash them, turning them into a fearless army that only obeyed his orders."

"..."

Magni didn't know how to describe his feelings. He could only grit his teeth and hold his hammer tightly.

"Alvin, can I destroy these pools and give these poor people a last hurrah?"

Alvin shook his head.

"Now is not the time to do this. And if these liquids leak and get on us, who knows what will happen. These liquids may have a hypnotic effect. It's okay for them to soak in the water, but if they all get out of the pool and go crazy, we will be in big trouble..."

"Onyxia was imprisoned by Nefarian because she opposed these cruel experiments. As long as we rescue her, we can easily destroy this place."

Alvin patted Magni on the back.

"Keep going!"

Magni nodded and followed Alvin without saying a word.

The two also came to the end of this floor.

Going up further, it is no longer a step, but a gentle slope.

The slope is not steep. After going up for a while, there is a turn and then a gentle slope leads up to the third floor.

This design was probably done intentionally to facilitate the movement of these experimental subjects.

The layout of the third and second floors is similar, except that the culture pool has been turned into a taller transparent culture dish. The dragon beasts inside are immersed upright in the liquid. Many goblins and orc warlocks are busy working here.

They saw two goblins coming up from the second floor, but they just took a quick look and then lowered their heads to continue their work.

It would be best if no one noticed, which was exactly what Alvin wanted.

He and Magni continued to walk through the huge petri dish. He noticed that most of the dragon beasts here were mature, and their bodies were much larger than the previous layer.

Some dragon beasts in a more complete and mature state are soaking in the liquid, but some dragon beasts are already incomplete. Some petri dishes only have one arm, and some only have one leg.

Alvin was wondering at first, but he soon understood what was going on.

In this experimental floor, there was an area where many people gathered. Alvin and Magni went over to take a look.

It turned out that there was a huge one-armed dragon beast lying on the ground, and the goblins were using one of its arms to sew up the dragon beast.

The orc warlocks nearby formed a circle and simultaneously cast a strange spell at the dragon beast.

A strange energy bound the dragon beast and its severed arm together. Strange, thread-like insects seemed to sprout from the muscles on both sides. The insects then tangled together, gradually sewing the severed arm back to the dragon beast's body...

"We still underestimated Nefarian..."

Alvin was shocked and trembling. He whispered to Magni,

"I thought that since we've created a mature dragon beast, the experiment should be over now."

"But it's clear that Nefarian isn't satisfied. He stitches together the strongest parts of each dragon beast... He wants to create the most powerful dragon beast warrior..."