Chapter 116 – A good source of materials
If you tell people, ‘Name five creatures in the world that you think are the strongest in the world’, one or two Despite the differences, some creatures were always included.
The few creatures were ‘drakes’, ‘dragons’, and ‘wyverns’, all three of which belonged to a large category called ‘dragons’.
Other than that, trolls were often mentioned, and sometimes subspecies such as champion orcs occasionally appeared in the rankings.
First of all, the world’s strongest creature and intelligent ‘old dragon’ dragon.
The dragon, the guardian of the earthly world, never steps forward unless it is a big event that threatens to destroy the world.
In fact, even when the Apostle of the Evil God ran rampant, they stayed still.
As long as you didn’t forcibly wake up a dragon that had gone to sleep, the existence of a dragon was basically a gentle being as long as you didn’t touch its treasure.
Except for dragons, the ‘flying dragon’ Wyvern is said to be the strongest in the air.
Wyvern can be said to be the king of the air, and although it is not as good as a dragon, its scales and leather are as strong as a drake.
According to legend, a dragon tried to lay multiple eggs by mistake, but it failed and died, and a wyvern was born from an egg that spent a long time in the dragon’s corpse.
In a word, wyverns are related to dragons, and even now scholars are said to be researching hard to verify this fact.
Similarly, except for dragons, Drake is the ‘Gypsy Dragon’ who is said to be the strongest on earth.
Drake could be said to be the most powerful creature on earth that no one would be able to deal with unless he was a twin head or a mutant troll.
However, according to legend, the drake was created by the original dragon to protect its territory.
It is said that this drake, created by a dragon with its own flesh, bones, and scales, served the dragon for a long time and defended its territory, but gained freedom after the dragon that created it died.
Befitting dragons in legends were created from flesh, bone, and scales, in order to harm Drake, a weapon that could penetrate scales and hides was needed.
This was possible because of the Weapon Auras that those with Aura Experts could create, so when organizing a hunting team to hunt Drake, only those with Aura Expert or higher skills were recruited.
Among these drakes, magma drakes and stone drakes were quite difficult to catch.
The magma drake, which lives in the high-temperature volcanic zone, is very dangerous because lava flows around the habitat, poisonous gases are emitted from the surroundings, and the flowing water is also acidic hot spring water.
The stone drake did not live in a dangerous area like the magma drake, but in terms of defense alone, it was an object with high defense among the dragon species including the drake.
There may be some differences for each individual, but in general, the scales and hides were formed by the primary protective layer of minerals distributed near the habitat.
This mineral is tightly bound together by bodily fluid secreted by the sebaceous glands beneath the drake’s scales and hide.
The tightly packed minerals deflect the opponent’s attack and crumble, giving the Stone Drake time to respond to the opponent’s attack.
In addition, this lump of mineral matter was difficult to damage with clumsy attacks.
Only one, the powerful lightning-type magic used by the wizard, was able to break through the protection of this mineral and deal proper damage to the Stone Drake.
So, in order to catch the stone drake, the role of the wizard was more important than anyone else.
As long as there is a wizard, the stone drake belongs to the axis that is very easy to catch.
Ironically, the metal-containing mineral shield that was wrapped around it to prevent physical damage became a conduit through which lightning-type magic could penetrate the Stone Drake’s body.
However, the stone drake that lived in the cave Adalbert entered was an exception to this weakness.
The mineral shield that this guy had on the outside of his scales was made of adamantine, which is used to manufacture artifacts to block lightning-type magic.
In addition, no matter how long it had been dug into the ground, this adamantine shield perfectly surrounded every part of it.
So the movement itself was a bit dull compared to other entities, but it was enough to deal with the aura expert’s warriors.
In addition, this guy has never sent a guy who invaded his territory alive.
Not too long ago, a weak being came in and dug some weeds, so I just sent it back.
In the first place, his territory was inside the cave, not outside it.
But now, there was a being who entered the cave.
The owner of this cave, Stone Drake, licked his lips and stood up.
Drake basically draws his energy from the leylines in his habitat, so he doesn’t need to eat anything.
However, Stone Drake knew how delicious beings called humans could be.
He raised his gigantic body at the thought of being able to taste once more the ecstatic umami he had tasted before.
It was so big that when he stood up, the cave became so narrow that even two people couldn’t pass.
“Kurrure… ….”
Stone drake slowly began to move its huge body towards the cheeky human who dared to invade its territory.
Every time he took his step, a huge thud, thud, and shockwave reverberated through the cave.
It wasn’t long before Stone Drake’s nose smelled like a human.
The distance is about four or five steps.
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Stone Drake ate his mouth again and rushed forward, and to say the conclusion, Stone Drake ended his life with that single attack.
He thought that Adalbert was weaker than him, so he ran in a straight line, and that became the biggest factor in Stone Drake’s death.
Adalbert, who avoided the attack of the bloated Stone Drake running forward, pulled out a long aura blade and cut the Stone Drake between its head and neck.
If you attacked with a sword aura that can be created at the level of a sword expert, he would have been a stone drake with high defense enough to attack two or three times, but standing in front of an aura blade was useless.
The aura blade extending from Adalbert’s sword slashed the stone drake’s head as if it were cutting through water.
Stone Drake was puzzled that the frail human escaped his attack.
Then it turned around and tried to attack the humans again, but it was too late.
The Stone Drake’s head separated from his neck and fell to the ground. The Stone Drake’s body, missing his head, was pouring blood from his throat.
That was the end of Stone Drake.
He was a guy who had lived in this area for a long time in his own way, but he was useless in front of the Sword Master’s Aura Blade.
Adalbert pulled out a very expensive magic pouch enchanted with subspace magic.
Then slowly, over time, they began butchering the body of the stone drake.
Once the stone drake died, the mineral mass fell all too easily.
Adalbert took a lump of mineral from the stone drake’s body and peeled off his skin with the scales still attached.
Of course, I didn’t throw away the mineral chunks, I took them separately.
It was because selling these things to alchemists would make quite a bit of money.
I’m going to use the leather to make a coat for Nina, but I thought I’d keep or sell the rest to add to the wedding fund.
Nina must have become a noble too. She said she would return to her aristocratic status only if she fulfilled the emperor’s secret orders.
It was because there was virtually nothing to stand between the two of them.
Adalbert worked hard with his sword to dismantle the Stone Drake.
The faster it was dismantled, the less time it took to make a present for Nina.
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Costume maker Hugo Lepelgroth doubted his eyes.
What was placed in front of him was the skin of a stone drake.
“Is this the real Stone Drake skin?”
Hugo asked a gray-haired young man who had recently visited his shop about the identity of the leather in front of him.
I meant this as a joke, because this young man really brought back the skin of a stone drake.
That meant that this young man’s skills were on par with anyone in this empire.
“Yes. Could you use this to make a stylish leather coat for a woman to wear? You can keep the remaining parts after making them.”
“Okay! I will put my honor on it and make the best work!”
Hugo Lepelgroth gladly accepted the offer from his potential future best customer.
This amount of leather was enough to make two coats.
He expressed his deep gratitude to the young man who brought the material that sparked his craftsmanship after a long time.
Through this relationship, he made Adalbert’s wedding dress and Nina’s wedding dress, which was in the not-too-distant future.