Age of Adepts

Thunder Dragon Ames.

As a 3rd level Thunder Dragon that had joined Grim in the midst of his life, Ames could be considered young and rich.

However, after forming an alliance with the humans, Ams has been completely rejected by the dragons on the Lance Side, and can no longer integrate into the small circle of the dragon race.

And correspondingly, Ams is apparently no longer compatible with the human sorcerer community either.

As a result, it has no firm support on either side, so it has become a lonely family and a lonely soul, sitting in a huge territory but living a muddled life.

It is said that the emerald beauty dragon Aretina, who has no small ambition, has quarreled with it many times over this, and there has been a huge rift in the relationship between the two sides.

If some means were applied to elevate this Ames to rank 4, the addition of a rank 4 dragon would definitely make the Crimson Family's overall strength even higher. However, in terms of loyalty, Ames was never as good as Zacha, the Dragon.

However, Zacha's current strength was only a 2nd rank senior, and was far, far inferior to that of Ames, and the effect achieved by using the divine power crystals on him was definitely not as good as the latter. Moreover, one was a pure-blooded dragon and the other was a half-blooded dragon servant, and there was a huge difference in battle power between the two.

Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, Grim finally contacted the elegant dragon in the Lance Dimension, Ames.

The magical light curtain slowly opened in front of his eyes, which presented a strange scene on the other end.

The other side of the camera was apparently located within a high mountain cave, and through the light curtain, Grim saw the long-unseen Ames.

Its scales and armor were still so radiant and glittering, its claws and dragon horns were still so sharp and sharp, and its smoothly flowing dragon body was still so great and aggressive... However, its spirit was extremely decadent, and its entire body was lying lazily on top of the rocky floor, even raising its head to greet Grim seemed so feeble.

"What... has happened to you?" Grim couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.

"Aretina is planning to leave me..." a pained look appeared on Ames' narrow dragon face, "She thinks I'm useless, she thinks I'm humiliated by the dragons, she thinks I can't make her a magnificent dragon cliff ...trying to get away from me!"

Grim was filled with astonishment.

He could never have imagined that he would see a decadent dragon hiding in his lair, complaining to himself and secretly crying his nose, in his lifetime. And yet, in the eyes of the ignorant world, the other party was an enviably powerful creature and great lord.

But that was good, the worse the other party's circumstances were, the more they wanted for themselves, and the easier the ensuing negotiations would be!

Grim wasn't one for nonsense either.

He stretched out his hand and clicked his fingers, and the magic light screen lens turned to focus on the pile of strange crystals shining with a light blue luster in front of him.

On the other side of the light curtain, Thunder Dragon Ames' eyes immediately opened wide, and his entire dragon body crawled up from the ground, trying to get in front of the light curtain to desperately lift his nose and sniff it out.

"The smell of the Laws... I detected the smell of the Lightning Laws on them... This... this is the crystallization of divine power. Where did you, no, where did you get them from?" Ames's spirits immediately perked up, his large dragon pupils bursting with a winged light of anticipation, and a look of lowliness that was careful to please but afraid of saying the wrong thing.

"Never you mind how they came to be, I'm just asking you, are they useful to you?"

"There... it works... it definitely works..." growled Ames immediately. "With this batch of divine power crystals and some of the resources I've collected over the years, there's absolutely no problem with advancing to rank 4 within two hundred years!"

The lifespan of the dragon race is really long, even a single watery advancement will easily take a hundred or two hundred years. I'm afraid that by the time it managed to advance to the 4th rank after a sound sleep, the slightly weaker 1st rank wizards of the wizarding world would have already been replaced by a crop of them.

"Two hundred years for such a sure thing?" Grim was secretly staggered, experiencing for the first time the tough promotion of dragon creatures.

The rules of the world were still fair!

Dragons have a strong body, superior magic resistance, great divine power, powerful spell-casting abilities, and unrivaled physical prowess... they have so much, they lose something accordingly.

It was extremely difficult for them to grow in strength, and even more difficult to breed their offspring.

It was the existence of these two things that restricted the number of dragons and kept them from overflowing and becoming disruptors of the world's balance!

"My lord, but I've signed a mutual aid contract with you, and I'm completely worthy of your trust! You...you see, these divine power crystals..."

Grim was expressionless and cold in his demeanor as he said, "We did indeed sign a mutual aid contract. But once you advance to the 4th rank, your mental strength will definitely be above mine, can this contract still restrain you? How do you think I'm supposed to trust you?"

"My lord, I am already a member of your family. Do you still not trust me? Moreover, with such a lightning attribute, there is someone else within the family besides me..." only halfway through Ames's big speech, he saw an image of a draconian that Grim had anthropomorphized with flames.

Ames immediately closed his eyes in pain, but it was still struggling.

"My lord, Zacha is only at rank 2 now. Even with the help of these divine power crystals, it's hard to cross two major ranks to become a 4th rank, right! What's more, creatures like dragons are not comparable to us true dragons in every way except for that physical fighting ability and some insignificant elemental spells..."

The curtain of light in front of his eyes shifted once again, and the corpse of a huge, divine creature imbued with a silky divine breath appeared. Looking at the corpse that was dead but still filled with awe-inspiring air, sensing the threads of divine breath, Ames' words once again came to an abrupt halt, falling into a state of desperate stagnation.

What had this Grim done... how could he even obtain the remains of a divine creature? And looking at the integrity of its remains and the strength of its breath, it was definitely a peak 4th stage terrifying creature in its lifetime!

As long as Grim was open-minded, with this divine creature's corpse and divine power crystals, even if that Dragon Zacha's qualifications and talent were inferior, it could be lifted up to the 4th class level.

Now, it no longer had any room to bargain with the other party either!

A look of painful struggle appeared on Amslon's face.

After dealing with Grim for so many years, it naturally knew what the other party wanted. But to put its future freedom and life in the other party's hands for a 'district' bit of divine power crystals, this... always made it feel a tinge of pain and reluctance!

However, it also knew in its heart that if it missed this opportunity, it would be a thousand times harder, if not impossible, to obtain this 'zone' of a bit of divine power crystals.

If it were to lead a team of giant dragons to loot the different planes, it wouldn't be able to seize this level of divine power crystals. If it chose to follow those 4th stage dragons to the Otherworldly Plunder, even if it obtained such a trophy, it was destined to belong only to those great dragon lords.

It would not be able to dye a fraction of it.

Therefore, a divine power crystallization of this level, which also perfectly matched its origin attribute, was simply unattainable. If it missed this opportunity, it would regret it for a thousand years!

After struggling in pain for a moment, Ames finally raised his head once again, his pale blue dragon pupils staring at Grim with a deadly stare as he said word for word, "Give me this divine corpse, and give me those divine crystals, and I'll sign a dragon soul contract with you."

An ordinary dragon contract was no longer a small binding force for a giant dragon, but a contract that was directly modeled on the dragon's soul was even more terrifying. Such a contract was the same as a giant dragon giving one of its lives intact to an outsider.

The other party could decide its life or death with just a turn of a thought.

This... was simply unimaginable to the pure-blooded dragon race that had always been proud and arrogant.

Grim's eyebrows were raised, but his face remained calm as he calmly said, "The divine corpse will be given to you at most half... I already have other uses for the other half, so I can't give it all to you!"

The twist and struggle on Ames' face had made it somewhat grim.

"Half and half it is...but I want a real dragon cliff!"

"This is no problem!"

A thick, dark breath came out of the inside of Ames' massive nose, and he said viciously, "I want the best!"

"This is even more okay! I can drink Gargamel to open the family treasury and build you the most massive, luxurious, and jeweled Dragon Cliff in the Lance Position, ensuring that you will become the brightest star within the 4th Order Dragons!"

Hearing Grim's assurances, Ames was only feeling a little smoother.

With the divine power crystals, its control over the lightning laws would undoubtedly go up a notch. And with that half of the divine corpse, its thunder dragon bloodline would undoubtedly be greatly nourished. At that time, not to mention advancing to the 4th rank, there would be a slight possibility of even advancing to the 5th rank!

And there was still a small thought hidden deep within Ames' heart.

If... if it could advance to Level 5 before Grim, even the Dragon Soul Contract would no longer be invulnerable!

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If it were any other sorcerer, he would never be willing to give away such a 4th-order divine corpse to an outsider.

As long as some necessary means were used, the unique immortal characteristics of a deity's corpse could also be transplanted onto one's body. It was just that Grim took the route of an elemental sorcerer, and his desire for an immortal body was not as strong as that of an alchemist sorcerer.

As for him forcefully snatching half a divine corpse from Ames' mouth, he wasn't considering himself either, but rather making an 'old man' of the Crimson Family worthy of a proper investment.

Perhaps, when that fellow became powerful, he could bring some surprises to himself.

After all, there weren't many things in this world worth keeping and reminiscing about for him anymore!