Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 140 Inheritance and Continuation

The dragon beast nodded as if it understood, then said, "I understand. You're my only family now. Teacher, what's my name?"

Agreed looked at him and for some reason thought of his teacher, Presidian. Then he said, "Your surname will be Presidian. As for your given name, according to the custom of the dragons, the next descendant inherits all the names of the previous ancestor and then continues to be named in succession. So you can just take 'Presidian' as your name. I hope you can carry on this name and make it great."

The dragon beast cheered and said, "Okay, okay, then I'll be called Presidian, and I'll make sure my descendants all inherit this name."

Argreed walked to the skeleton of the red dragon mother and used magic to compress her bones into a necklace of dragon teeth. Argreed put it around Presidian's neck and explained, "This is a necklace I made for you using your mother. I will enchant the top of it later, so that she can continue to protect you. If you miss her, just look down at the necklace around your neck. You are lucky. I saw great and rare maternal love in your mother."

Presidian asked, somewhat naively, "Teacher, what is love? How great is it?"

“I can’t describe to you what it is, I’m sorry, I’m a complete idiot and can’t describe its existence to you, but it is a miracle of life, so great that it makes me ashamed! My child, that’s why I say you are lucky, because very few people in this world get to experience or even witness its greatness,” Agreed said.

"Then, teacher, have you ever experienced love?" Presidian asked again.

Agreed lowered his head sadly, as if recalling something, and then sighed, "There were some, but I, as their teacher, failed to protect them. I couldn't protect any of them, not even once, whether they were parents, friends, teachers, or family."

After a while, Agreed suddenly perked up and continued, "Alright, little guy, wait for me for a bit. After I absorb this dragon bone, I'll take you to settle down with me. I'll raise you into a giant dragon that can stand tall and proud."

After saying that, Agreed began to absorb the huge red dragon skeleton, while Presidian sat there obediently waiting for Agreed to finish his cultivation.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Agreed had absorbed all the energy from the red dragon's skeleton. As expected, Agreed had finally perfected the Divine Bone Realm. The last bit of divine light on Agreed's body was completely absorbed into his body. At this moment, Agreed had finally perfectly elevated his physical body to the peak of the demigod level. Now that all his suffering had come to an end, it was finally time to cultivate the magic left behind by Tutankhamun and make the God of Light, Baldr, pay the price!

After completing their training, Agreed led Presidian out of the active volcano. Under Agreed's tutelage, the dragon beast quickly learned how to use its magic to fly. Soon, Agreed returned to the Western Swamp with his new disciple. Presidian's status as a dragon beast greatly shocked everyone. However, Agreed's subordinates quickly recovered from their shock. After all, if it were Agreed, even the most surprising things would seem reasonable.

During Agreed's absence, the Western Swamp had developed into a semblance of civilization. Crops were thriving on the fertile land, and towns with thousands of humans were flourishing. Here, vampires were responsible for the safety and daily security of the human residents. However, in return, all adult human residents were required to donate blood every six months as a "protection fee" for the vampires. To be honest, the current blood reserves were far from enough to supply Lester's nearly ten thousand vampire warriors. But this was only temporary. With the development of the town and the increasing number of human residents, these problems would eventually be solved. Moreover, even if the vampires were at their worst, they could still survive by absorbing animal blood. It's just that animal blood was difficult to digest, and it was better to have a blood supply than human blood.

At the same time, the orcs under Kasa's command are required to donate blood every four months to provide food for the vampires. So although the vampires cannot afford to drink luxurious human blood on a per capita basis, they have more than enough to fill their stomachs.

Afterwards, Agreed took some time to check on the development of the orcish region under Kasa's supervision. Kasa had not disappointed Agreed's trust; the towns in the orcish region had now developed to the same level as the orcish empire at that time, and even far surpassed it in agriculture and handicrafts.

The damage caused by years of war has been completely restored by the orcs' construction efforts. At this rate of development, the orc population will soon surpass that of the original orc empire.

Satisfied with everything being on track, Agred returned to his castle in the western swamp. After carefully observing the problems in various areas, Agred tailored a series of development plans for them and distributed these plans to Lester and his men.

Afterwards, Agreed created a new technique called "Dragon Battle Technique" for his newly recruited dragon beast disciples. The main principle of this technique is to use the dragon's terrifying physical strength to absorb external magic power in an almost brutal way to hone one's own body, accelerate physical growth, and enhance the ability to control magic power.

Furthermore, Agreed also gave Presidian a magic encyclopedia that included magic below the sixth rank, instructing him to first learn these spells and become able to cast them at will. At that time, Agreed would teach him the technique of instant-casting magic, giving him strength no weaker than dragons of the same age.

In just one month, Agreed categorized all of Presidian's basic training paths and potential growth, and selected the best growth path he could provide. During this month, Agreed and Presidian even explored and created a set of melee techniques suitable for the dragon's body through sparring.

After resolving the issue of his adopted apprentice, Agred finally found time to begin his own cultivation. However, just as Agred was about to enter his secret chamber for immersive cultivation, Brecel came over and intercepted him before Agred could even touch the door of the chamber, while cautiously making a request.

"Sir, wait a moment. I have something to discuss with you. Could I trouble you for a little while? Please."

Agreed helplessly lowered his arms; had he not lost all his physical organs, you would have definitely heard his weary sigh.

Agreed asked helplessly, "What's wrong now? Is there a problem in the area you're responsible for?"