Chapter 35: Golden Flame Like Fire Dragon
The Stepstones, Cutthroat Isle Main Island
A few minutes ago... "Ugh... Headache..."
Jon, who had been forcibly logged out by the system once again, stood up from the weirwood throne rubbing his head, and the wounds on his spine were healing at a visible rate.
To be honest, every time he undertook a dungeon mission, Jon always felt like he was in 'The Matrix' because the roots on the weirwood throne were quite similar to the brain-computer interface inside it.
"Screech..."
As Jon awoke, the Falcon that had been perched on the heart tree's branches rushed towards Jon like a returning swallow, and Jon appropriately raised the bracer on his right arm for it to land upon.
This Falcon Jon obtained in White Harbor had now grown to about 50 centimeters. Since Jon wasn't very knowledgeable about birds of prey, he didn't know the species of this golden-eyed, golden-clawed hawk.
"Screech..."
Jon named it "Golden Eagle." Perhaps influenced by Jon's system, this eagle was also very intelligent.
After landing on Jon's wrist, it let out a low cry towards Jon and kept glancing towards the Dock Market.
Although they hadn't spent much time together, Jon understood that it was warning him.
"Let's go!"
"Screech..."
At Jon's command, the Golden Eagle shot into the sky like an arrow loosed from a bowstring, while Jon calmly headed in the direction of the docks.
After becoming the hybrid class "Dragon Lord," Jon's Skinchanger ability had reached the pinnacle.
He could now perform dual-screen operations, using his Skinchanging ability with one part of his mind while moving his physical body normally.
A while ago, Jon had tried a triple-screen mode, but unfortunately, it didn't succeed. Perhaps when he reached Level 2, this operation would be successful.
Under Jon's control, the Golden Eagle began to fly into the distance. With the enhancement of the eagle's super long-distance vision, everything happening in the waters around Cutthroat Isle was grasped by Jon.
At this moment, Jon also spotted Ghost confronting the pirates, and he saw the sea battle scene where the latter was gradually falling into a disadvantage.
"Since you insist on coming to die, then become the first sacrifice for my dragonstone!"
Seeing the heavy losses sustained by his subordinates and base, Jon, whose mood was already somewhat poor, became completely enraged.
Jon took out the dragonstone he had synthesized some time ago from the void—an almost elliptical crystal prism like a ruby, shining with a blood-like red under the sunlight.
"Extract Dragon Soul Energy to activate the dragonstone?"
Looking at the query panel that appeared in the void before him, Jon took a deep breath and tapped 'Yes' on the panel.
As the panel disappeared, a strange power emerged from the top of Jon's head—a tingling sensation, as if an electric current was moving from his central nerve to every part of his limbs and bones.
As this sensation continuously intensified, waves of indescribable pain began to appear around Jon's body.
Jon felt extremely uncomfortable at this moment, as if someone was constantly pumping air into his body, giving him the illusion that he was about to explode.
"Ah... Roar..."
The indescribable agony made Jon very uncomfortable; the scream of pain he wanted to let out turned into a beast-like roar before it even left his throat.
Immediately after, Jon smelled smoke, followed by waves of burning heat from flames. He could feel his clothes catching fire bit by bit.
The silk lining and the leather armor were shrinking and charring under the scorching flames. The sensation was very clear, but Jon could no longer care, as an even stronger pain began to spread throughout his body.
Furthermore, Jon felt his body slowly flying up towards the sky above the forest, that special feeling of weightlessness being just as unforgettable as the pain.
After rising into mid-air, the pain in Jon's body began to gradually subside because he could clearly sense an energy flow, like a whirlwind, revolving around his body.
This energy flow acted like a fan, slowly eliminating the violent power within Jon's body.
"Roar..."
When everything ended and consciousness returned to Jon's control once more, Jon felt that he was different now, or rather, 'it' was.
Jon had now transformed into an incomparably massive winged dragon. His huge wings stirred up fierce whirlwinds with his movements.
"H-Help... Help me..."
"Dragon... Dragon!"
"drowned god save me, drowned god save me..."
"I want to go home..."
The Stepstones, Cutthroat Isle Main Island
A few minutes ago... "Ugh... Headache..."
Jon, who had been forcibly logged out by the system once again, stood up from the weirwood throne rubbing his head, and the wounds on his spine were healing at a visible rate.
To be honest, every time he undertook a dungeon mission, Jon always felt like he was in 'The Matrix' because the roots on the weirwood throne were quite similar to the brain-computer interface inside it.
"Screech..."
As Jon awoke, the Falcon that had been perched on the heart tree's branches rushed towards Jon like a returning swallow, and Jon appropriately raised the bracer on his right arm for it to land upon.
This Falcon Jon obtained in White Harbor had now grown to about 50 centimeters. Since Jon wasn't very knowledgeable about birds of prey, he didn't know the species of this golden-eyed, golden-clawed hawk.
"Screech..."
Jon named it "Golden Eagle." Perhaps influenced by Jon's system, this eagle was also very intelligent.
After landing on Jon's wrist, it let out a low cry towards Jon and kept glancing towards the Dock Market.
Although they hadn't spent much time together, Jon understood that it was warning him.
"Let's go!"
"Screech..."
At Jon's command, the Golden Eagle shot into the sky like an arrow loosed from a bowstring, while Jon calmly headed in the direction of the docks.
After becoming the hybrid class "Dragon Lord," Jon's Skinchanger ability had reached the pinnacle.
He could now perform dual-screen operations, using his Skinchanging ability with one part of his mind while moving his physical body normally.
A while ago, Jon had tried a triple-screen mode, but unfortunately, it didn't succeed. Perhaps when he reached Level 2, this operation would be successful.
Under Jon's control, the Golden Eagle began to fly into the distance. With the enhancement of the eagle's super long-distance vision, everything happening in the waters around Cutthroat Isle was grasped by Jon.
At this moment, Jon also spotted Ghost confronting the pirates, and he saw the sea battle scene where the latter was gradually falling into a disadvantage.
"Since you insist on coming to die, then become the first sacrifice for my dragonstone!"
Seeing the heavy losses sustained by his subordinates and base, Jon, whose mood was already somewhat poor, became completely enraged.
Jon took out the dragonstone he had synthesized some time ago from the void—an almost elliptical crystal prism like a ruby, shining with a blood-like red under the sunlight.
"Extract Dragon Soul Energy to activate the dragonstone?"
Looking at the question panel that appeared in the void before him, Jon took a deep breath and tapped the panel.
As the panel disappeared, a strange power emerged from Jon's head, a tingling sensation, as if electricity was moving through his central nervous system to all his limbs.
As this sensation intensified, waves of indescribable pain began to appear all around Jon.
Jon felt extremely uncomfortable at this moment, as if someone was constantly pumping air into his body, giving him the illusion that he was about to explode.
"Ah... Oww..."
The indescribable agony made Jon extremely uncomfortable; the cry of pain he tried to let out hadn't even left his throat before turning into a roar resembling a wild beast.
Immediately afterward, Jon smelled smoke, accompanied by waves of burning heat from flames. He could feel his clothes gradually catching fire.
The silk lining and leather jacket were slowly shrinking and charring under the scorching flames. The feeling was very clear, but Jon could no longer care, because an even stronger wave of pain had begun to spread throughout his entire body.
Moreover, Jon felt his body slowly flying toward the sky above the forest. That peculiar sense of weightlessness, like the pain, was unforgettable.
After ascending into mid-air, the pain in Jon's body began to gradually weaken because he could clearly sense an energy flow, like a whirlwind, spinning around his body.
This energy flow was like a fan, slowly eliminating the rampant power within Jon's body.
"Roar..."
When everything ended and consciousness returned to Jon's control once more, Jon felt the difference in himself now—or rather, in 'it'.
Jon had now transformed into an incomparably huge winged dragon, whose massive wings stirred up fierce whirlwinds with every movement.
"Help... help me..."
"Dragon... Dragon!"
"drowned god save me, drowned god save me..."
"I want to go home..."
"Run away!"
Upon the appearance of the Dragonized Jon, the pirates gathered at the edge of the forest were instantly terrified, crying out for their fathers and mothers. At this moment, these scoundrels wished they had grown several extra legs.
"dragonstone use successful!"
"Dragon form duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds..."
Looking at the pirates on the ground, who resembled goats, Jon was momentarily unable to react. It wasn't until the system notification sounded that he realized his time was running short.
"Roar..."
After letting out a roar, Jon controlled the dragon body and flew upward for a while. Since this was his first time controlling a dragon body, Jon lacked experience.
However, after flapping his wings a few times in the air, Jon quickly adapted. He manipulated the muscles in his body to churn a certain organ in his stomach, while another organ in his mouth began to build up power, ready to unleash.
"Boom... boom..."
Scalding liquid, like molten lava, instantly turned into a scorching pillar of fire upon contact with the air. The flames extended in the direction the pirates were fleeing, igniting everyone and everything in their path.
With the appearance of the Dragonfire, a strange energy fluctuation began to spread rapidly outward, centered on The Stepstones.
It was like a stone dropped into a lake; with the emergence of the ripple, the previously still water surface began to show waves.
And with the appearance of this'stone,' certain things beneath the lake's surface also began to stir.
This world was already full of all sorts of mysterious entities; it was just that for some reason, 'they' had always remained in a dormant state.
At this moment, Jon was still immersed in the joy of transforming into a dragon, completely unaware of the potential consequences his use of dragonstone might trigger.
However, even if Jon knew what might happen, he would only be happier, because only by stirring up the waters could more big fish emerge.
"Th-that... is that a dragon?"
After seeing the golden dragon speeding overhead, Narsas stammered out this question.
Since transferring to the System Thief class, Narsas's eyesight was much better than that of an ordinary person, so Narsas was certain that what Jon had transformed into was indeed a giant dragon.
"I-is this Lord Jon's method?"
Watching this scene, like a myth descending upon the world, Narsas no longer knew how to describe his current feelings.
It was a giant dragon covered in golden scales. Illuminated by the sunlight and the firelight, it looked exactly like a dragon forged from pure gold.
"I knew it, I knew it! Jon is truly like those legendary kings of old! Hahaha, I, Kapo, will definitely fight for Jon until my soul and body return to the Water Palace!"
Watching the golden dragon fly further away, Kapo roared like a madman.
Kapo now completely regarded Jon as a divine being. If Jon declared himself a god,
Kapo would likely immediately abandon his original faith in the drowned god and start worshipping Jon directly. This was also why the Targaryen Family was initially regarded as gods.
Dragons, terrifying creatures, stood at the very top of the food chain. In the eyes of many commoners who had not seen much of the world, they were like gods. And when the Targaryen Family could command these terrifying monsters,
Many ordinary people, and even knowledgeable nobles, would regard them as divine beings.
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"Hoo hoo..."
Meanwhile, Jon, soaring through the sky, felt nothing, as he was completely immersed in the thrill of flight.
In every world, humans envy creatures that can soar freely in the sky. It is precisely because of this yearning that many gods in mythology possess the ability to fly.
Although Jon no longer had a human body, the special sensation of the panels meeting the air made him feel extremely comfortable.
After controlling his body to fly forward continuously, Jon finally arrived over the waters of Cutthroat Isle, where the battle had already reached a stalemate.
Except for a few rowing warships, all the great sailing ships under Jon's command had been captured by the pirates led by Blackfox Lena.
Dense longships and flat-bottomed boats, pulled by grappling hooks, entangled the great sailing ships of The Chainbreakers like morning glory vines.
If Garo and the others hadn't been constantly struggling to hold the line, this naval battle would have already been won by the pirates.
With Jon's appearance, many combatants fighting fiercely on the great sailing ships subconsciously paused their actions.
"Th-that... what is that thing?"
Seeing the golden dragon flying rapidly from the distance, many people cried out in alarm.
Some pirates responsible for lookout duty saw everything happening on the main island through their myrish tubes. Upon realizing that this dragon might be hostile rather than friendly, many of them were already contemplating retreat.
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