It took Joshua three hours for Black to gradually adapt to the movements of a human body.
This is a normal thing. A giant dragon that has never had the experience of walking on humanoid bipeds cannot adapt to the method of action of a strange body immediately after transformation, not to mention that Hei has no inherited memory, even more so.
For three hours, the warrior worked very hard and finally allowed the black dragon girl to walk, run and jump smoothly, and speak a few words of human language. However, as long as she was not careful, she would still fall to the ground neatly.
As early as a few months ago, Hei could understand human language, but the throat structure of the dragon form made it impossible to speak. However, even so, Hei often communicated with Joshua and others through roars, so it was easier for her to learn languages. Learn to walk faster.
"Master..." The dragon girl who refused the help of the Steel Element No. 1 and tried to walk alone accidentally fell again. She slowly stood up from the steel ground in the bottom cabin of the Time No. and let out a soft cry.
Hei's voice in human form is light and pleasant, but he stutters when speaking: "Without a tail, it's very difficult for humans to... walk and balance."
When she said this, she looked at the warrior in front of her with admiration, as if being able to stand firmly on the ground was something extraordinary.
"Zizz, sizzle." On the side, the steel element who was asked to help Hei with his walking training also nodded slightly and made a noise of unknown meaning. At the same time, Hei coughed again, and suddenly a string of straight golden fire pillars Appearing out of thin air, the steel floor of the cabin burned red.
There are seven or eight similar signs of melting around.
“…”
Joshua, whose sleeve had long been burned off, opened his mouth to speak, but could not say a word. He could only shake his head and sighed, but Hill and Fina, who were hiding in the corner and watching, said that it was so short. In a short period of time, the black dragon girl has been able to reach this point and can be considered smart and talented.
"When I first became a human, it took me a long time to control the balance of power in my body."
Fina fiddled with the tips of her hair and smiled slightly: "But I have inherited memory. It's only been a few hours. It's impossible for Hei to master it so quickly."
"Starting from scratch, this kind of progress is indeed not slow." Hill nodded slightly, stretched, and said sleepily: "I think, Joshua, you should take a little rest now... Anyway, I want to go back to rest. Yes, I was woken up by you guys when I fell asleep not long ago..."
Because the initial training of the black dragon girl was almost over, the elf boy said goodbye and left. Fina also encouraged the dragon girl and then left. The sound of the two chatting was heard in the corridor, and only Qiao Xiu was left in the cabin. Asia, Black and Number One.
"Forget it, it's good enough."
The warrior murmured to himself. For him, whether Hei can quickly adapt to life in a human body is secondary. As long as she is happy, anyway, the humanization magic can be switched at will after the first cast. , if it doesn't work, let the dragon girl transform back into her dragon form, guard the Time Ship with Fina, and then slowly train her when she returns to the territory.
Thinking of this, Joshua's somewhat helpless expression softened. He stretched out his hand, rubbed his black and silky hair, and whispered: "You fought with the sea beast just now, and I brought you to train again. Thank you for your hard work." .”
After speaking, he looked up at the cabin located on the bottom floor of the Time Ship, then shook his head and said: "You are in human form now and cannot live in a place like this. I will find a room for you."
"Um!"
The black dragon girl seemed a little worried. She accidentally breathed out dragon breath when she spoke, so she covered her mouth with her hand and only made a slight sound of agreement. She nodded repeatedly to the warrior's opinion and looked very happy.
At this time, Hei subconsciously wanted to stick out her tongue and lick Joshua's hand, but how could the warrior let her succeed? With just a tap of his finger, the dragon girl hugged her head and screamed, not daring to make a mistake.
"Hold my hand." In order to prevent Heihe from falling after taking a few steps like he did before, Joshua thought for a while and stretched out his hand to Heihe. After making sure that the girl had a firm grip and did not open her mouth, the warrior turned around He turned around and took her and the steel element out of the cabin.
And on the other side of the ark.
—Time Ark, temporary alchemy laboratory.
Although it is named temporary, the alchemy laboratory located in the Temple Ark does not have a crude atmosphere at all. In fact, this laboratory, which occupies an entire large cabin, is well planned, with bright internal lighting, and every utensil is well-organized. The place was extremely neat and orderly, and there were several small constructions about the size of fists flying like bees in mid-air, carrying materials and information back and forth, exuding a professional temperament from beginning to end.
In the center of the spacious cabin, a series of large alchemy machines are running quietly. They are linked to a large silver-white workbench, with a huge silver metal ring three meters in diameter suspended above it, surrounded by countless light blue runes. flow.
In front of the workbench, a petite girl with gray hair was wearing goggles, raising her head and working seriously. She controlled the runes in mid-air, and in conjunction with the tools on the workbench, she fine-tuned the metal ring bit by bit. The structure on it, and a magic formula is engraved on it.
And a gentle woman with long platinum hair and an eye patch stood behind the girl who was concentrating on her work, watching her quietly.
Time passed. I don’t know how long it had passed, but the gray-haired girl finally inscribed the last rune on the huge metal ring. She took off her goggles a little tiredly, and then rubbed her eyes: "The third stage of holy text inscription Completed...Sister Saya, you can now try to inlay the sacred artifact."
"Well, thank you for your hard work."
The nun slowly approached the workbench. She raised her head and looked at the metal ring suspended in mid-air. She said with some surprise: "Noelney Nolan, you are indeed a genius alchemist. I didn't expect you to be such a talented alchemist." Being able to create the sacred carrier and complete the inscription of the combined spell so quickly in accordance with our requirements... is really impressive."
Saya is not the kind of person who speaks well, so she will only praise like this to express her inner surprise. After hearing this, the girl formerly known as Nono was also very happy. She said softly: "Actually, thanks to The last alchemist left complete information for me, otherwise I would not have been able to complete the structure so quickly."
"If an ordinary alchemist wants to understand the research data of other people in the same profession, it will probably take several months. We can't wait such a long time."
Walking to the workbench, the nun once again used her special 'vision' to sense the slowly rotating metal ring. After a long time, she smiled and patted the girl on the shoulder, nodded and said: "Perfect It meets the requirements, it’s really awesome, Nono, if we can destroy the abyss crack this time, you will have at least one-third of the credit!"
"This is what I should do." She hugged Saya's hand and the gray-haired girl stared at the ring on the workbench, with a somewhat complicated light flashing in her eyes.
All areas related to Chaos and the Abyss in this world are actually limited within a certain range. This is true for the Plague Land in the Western Mountains and the Famine Land in Moldavia. They are organized by the Church of the Seven Gods or the local The Guardian family guards to ensure that the power of chaos within it does not spread widely.
Only the Abyss of Anos is different. The abyss crack is hidden in the deep sea, and it cannot be restricted.
In the past, the church could still send priests to guard this sea area, but now that the five-color dragon tribe is besieging the Holy Mountain, the church has no extra power. In addition, they seem to have a deal with the abyss. In order to avoid accidents, the Holy Mountain made up their minds. Destroy it completely.
The metal ring on the silver alchemy workbench is the church's preparation for destroying the cracks in the abyss.
The full name of the metal ring is the Wheel of Holy Light. It was developed by a church believer who was proficient in alchemy three hundred years ago. It has the function of condensing the energy in several holy vessels and amplifying it. At first, this believer just wanted to invent some kind of powerful weapon, but it turned out that the Wheel of Holy Light, which could stably output holy light energy, was more suitable as a defensive core to support the church's barrier.
The so-called holy artifacts are artifacts that contain holy light. Since there is no natural holy light energy in nature, most of the artifacts are the personal belongings of priests in the past. After years of infiltration, these artifacts often contain The very huge power of Holy Light, when brought together, is enough to form an impenetrable defense, or an indestructible attack.
After adjusting the design of the Holy Light Wheel, the Church of the Seven Gods transformed it into a disposable consumable that can instantly release all the holy light in the holy vessel. As long as you are willing to pay enough holy vessels, its power can even In an instant, the energy level exceeds the legendary level. Such an explosion is enough to destroy the cracks in the abyss and completely disrupt the space-time structure of this area.
Originally, the Church had prepared a Wheel of Holy Light as a self-destruction device, but the Time No. was never able to penetrate deep into the Abyss of Anos and enter the central maelstrom to find the cracks in the abyss. During the fourth exploration, the Time No. was arrived at the maelstrom. On the periphery, they were attacked by several powerful chaos monsters, and the Ark was almost sunk. The team leader at the time, Robzek, could only choose to use the Wheel of Holy Light to block the opponent's offensive and retreat temporarily.
But during the battle, the alchemist who originally belonged to the church and transformed the Wheel of Light was seriously injured. The church had no choice but to follow the other party's recommendation and found a disciple of his friend to try again. Create a new Wheel of Holy Light before entering the central vortex.
It is obvious that this girl whose full name is Noelni Nolan is indeed a real genius. In just a few days, she used the imperfect alchemy laboratory on the Time Ark to create a new Holy Light. Wheel, and looking at the structure, it seems to have been faintly strengthened a lot.
"No matter what, we have to thank you."
Saya's character is a very traditional gentle priest. When she saw the tired face of the gray-haired girl, she couldn't help but touch her cheek with some distress: "Let's go Nono, let's take a rest."
"Okay." Continuing to hold the nun's hand, Nono showed a sweet smile and agreed immediately.
In the rest cabin.
Joshua, who was introducing the well-behaved black dragon girl to Robzek and Loranda, saw the nun opening the door out of the corner of his eye.
The warrior didn't pay much attention at first and just wanted to say hello, but he saw the gray-haired girl following Saya again.
Suddenly, Joshua's heart shook.
—Why is this guy here? !
(End of chapter)