Chapter 91: The Path of the Crimson Scale (Part Four)

  Alger led the two to the entrance of the Giant's Maw Cave. Singo gracefully desded on his wyvern, while Mantou arrived betedly.

  "This is the pce. I will take you to meet the master."

  They walked into the cave, feeling the heat inside, with the st of sulfur and pumice permeating everywhere, like a volo about to erupt.

  Mantou said with lingering fear, "There won't be any more trials, right?"

  Singo calmly said, "No, I guess this is probably the residence of our fa leader—that red dragon. Did you notice the strange smell and unusual temperature?"

  "Acc to the information I have, dragons even alter their surrounding enviro."

  Mantou clicked his tongue in amazement, "If this is a boss, wouldn't it be a world boss, killing a bunch of people?"

  Mantou did not know that his guess was correct.

  They walked along the narrow rocky tunnel.

  Soon, the path opened up before them, and they saw the master here—the red dragon.

  What came into view was a massive body sixteeers long, with thick, knotted muscles covered by dark red hard scales, the edges gleaming with metallic luster.

  On the huge and ferocious head, goldeical pupils full of majesty fshed with a molten glow, and the two backward-curving, thick bone-white horns were like a .

  The red dragon y crouched in the ter of the cave, its mountain-like massive body rising and falling with its breaths, with wisps of white smoke occasionally emanating from it. Just gazing upon it, they could feel the heat radiating from its body, like a volo about to erupt.

  This was the first time they had seerue form of their fa leader.

  Mantou couldn't help but excim, "Damn..."

  Thinking for a long time, but with his level of education, he couldn't e up with any description, so he hastily added a sentence.

  "So damn big!"

  The two adolest wyverns were directly frightened by the powerful bloodline pressure, prostrating themselves, their bodies pressed tightly against the warm grouing gurgling sounds from deep ihroats, and no matter how Mantou patted them, they refused to lift their heads even a bit.

  Seeing someone approag, Cassius slowly stood up, his goldeical pupils overlooking them from seven ht meters high in mid-air.

  "We meet again, Starfallers."

  "Are you—ready?"

  Alger k on one knee, head bowed, aed, "Master, they have pleted the trial you set."

  Cassius narrowed his eyes slightly, l his head a bit, "Very good, this is beyond my expectations."

  As he spoke, the two could almost feel a sulfurous heat spraying onto their faces, and just the pressure emanating from the massive creature before them made them feel a bit panicked.

  The red dragon tinued, "Crimson Scaled querors will be the sharp bdes under my and, and from now on, you will shed this weak and powerless human shell, being the most loyal minions of the Ember ."

  Mantou muttered softly, "It's a pity my handsome face will be lost here."

  Singo cursed under his breath, "Do you want to lose favorability? If not, shut up."

  Cassius ighem, just said bndly:

  "Alger, begin the preparations."

  The half-dragon knight stepped forward aed the prepared oath: "In front of the Lord of the Ember, the great red dragon Cassius, are you willing to swear allegiance, dedig your life to being the loyal minions of the Ember , regardless of good or evil, right , using your fmes to quer everything for the master?"

  "Are you willing to bee Crimson Scaled querors?"

  The quest information on their interface refreshed.

  [Do you accept the fa sub-css 【Crimson Scaled queror】? If you accept, please proceed with the ritual.]

  [Note: After seleg a fa sub-css, your fa will be locked and ot be ged at will.]

  A string of oath words appeared below oerface.

  "I, Mantou (Singo), swear allegiao my lord Cassius Cwbourou Norixius, with unwavering loyalty, as the king's vanguard, burning all enemies, quering everything."

  The two pyers k on one knee and said in unison.

  "Very good, please follow me."

  Alger blindfolded them with crimson cloth, leading them and the wyverns deeper into the cave, arriving at the hidden cavern.

  "Bloodline Gift—"

  "Half-Dragon Transformation."

  Cassius silently ted in his heart, several drops of scalding dragon blood floated in the air with his will, then merged into the bodies of the two pyers.

  The dragon blood touched their fragile flesh, immediately emitting sizzling sounds, even produg white smoke.

  "Ah!"

  The scalding blood entered his mouth, and Mantou couldn't help but scream, rolling wildly on the ground.

  "Damn, even with pain threshold set to 5%, why does it still hurt so much?"

  "I want to turn off paiions!"

  Singo couldn't help but breathe faster, his whole body flushed red.

  White steam burst out from their pores, spreading all around.

  Uheir skin, the joints at elbows, knees, and spine protruded wildly, pierg through the skin and clothes, f sharp bone spurs and barbs.

  Red scales grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, appearing all over their bodies—chest, arms, even on the face—tearing the skin forcibly.

  Their faces, inally sed from reality, were distorted by dragon-like bones and scales, only a trace of their inal appearance could be seen, now more resembling ferocious dragon heads.

  Even with the pain system turned off in time, Mantou was still frightened. Informatio refreshing on his interface.

  [Acquiring data...]

  [You have obtaihe special race tempte 【Half-Red Dragon】]

  [his race tempte is perma and will be applied upon resurre.]

  [Your attributes have greatly increased; you have gained natural armor, fire breath, and other half-red dragon abilities...]

  Blindfolded and still undergoing transformation, Mantou watched the tinuously refreshing information, feeling exhirated. If he could trol his body to speak now, he would surely say "Awesome!"

  Beside him, the wyvern "Noodle" was also undergoing transformation, stantly screeg and struggling. The red scales c its body became harder, its slender body grew stronger, and its physique became rger.

  In its flesh, basal blood vessels began to form, and its blood emitted bzing elemental power.

  Moreover, an even more unknown ge was happening...

  [Datafication in progress...]

  [Datafication plete!]

  [Verifying parameters...]

  [Parameter cheplete!]

  [Detected that the wyvern 【Noodle】 is your special sub-css mount; it will be sidered part of the pyer's css system. Therefore, when the mount dies, you resurrect it from the a magic circle, but you o e items of corresponding value.]

  "The mount be resurrected?"

  "Damn!"

  "This css—is uable!"

  In the darkness, Mantou browsed the interfaformation, couldn't help but excim in his heart.

  FAL