Chapter 1008: Chapter 353: An Unexpected Gain (Double-Length Chapter) (Part 2)

Batalov looked at Rein and shared his thoughts.

“By the way, the effect of taking the Ancient Dragon Soul Potion is best the first time for each person, after which the effect greatly diminishes.” As if remembering something, Batalov quickly added this.

Rein thought for a moment and agreed, nodding, “Of course, then it would be up to Dean Batalov to handle the creation of the Ancient Dragon Soul Compound.”

First of all, he did not have the recipe for the Ancient Dragon Soul Compound, so making it himself was not an option.

Secondly, collecting the other raw materials was also a time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

In fact, if it weren’t for his timely action in killing the Ancestor Dragon Kolaxius this time, avoiding huge casualties for Winterfort Academy, Batalov, the dean of Winterfort Academy, might not have revealed that he had the recipe for the Ancient Dragon Soul Potion.

“Don’t worry, Lord Rein, I will personally oversee this matter, as I also need the Ancient Dragon Soul Compound to see if I can take another step forward.” Batalov said with a full smile.

“Dean, you have a chance…” Beside him, the beautiful woman Werti quickly realized something and exclaimed in surprise.

“Slightly insightful, but it is still very difficult to break through.” Batalov nodded and smiled.

“That’s great!” The high-level members of Winterfort Academy congratulated one after another.

“Congratulations, Dean Batalov!” Rein also smiled slightly and congratulated him.

A Third Level Crystallization Wizard, taking another step forward, would become a Fourth Level Wizard.

That would be a power almost equal to that of an Imperial Dragon Knight, an Epic level battle power, but very rare in number.

He had previously heard Admiral Edward mention it by chance, saying that over seventy percent of the Guardians of the Dragan Empire were Dragon Knights, with the rest being Fourth Level Wizards.

“Lord Rein, compared to you, it’s nothing.” Batalov waved his hand with a wry smile.

“According to Merita, you are only about twenty years old. You may not know, but it took me 159 years to go from a Wizard Apprentice to where I am now.”

“Even so, it’s already considered a very fast promotion speed in the history of Winterfort Academy.”

“Dean Batalov, you flatter me.” Rein was momentarily at a loss for words.

Indeed, compared to him, Batalov’s current battle power was slightly below the Legendary Peak, which might cause him some distress but would definitely not be a match for him after he transformed into the Dragon-man General.

Moreover, Rein was also roughly aware of the difficulty of a wizard’s advancement, the further one progressed, the harder it became.

But 159 years was still considered fast, which was somewhat beyond his expectation.

It shows how challenging it is for a wizard to advance to the level of a Fourth Level Dawn Wizard.

Fortunately, he had a system that greatly compressed this advancement time.

At this moment, Merita suddenly stepped forward, pointing to the dragon’s corpse being processed, and solemnly said, “Lord Rein, Mentor, I think you two need to take a look.”

Hmm?

Out of curiosity, Rein immediately, along with Batalov and others, followed Merita to the abdomen of the Ancestor Dragon, only to see that its belly had already been cut open, revealing scattered undigested giant bones in its stomach.

“This is…?” For a moment, Rein was puzzled.

“Lord Rein, after appraisal by several wizards from our academy, these are the bones of the Ancestor Dragon.” Merita said in a deep voice.

“Hmm?” Rein raised an eyebrow.

He instantly understood Merita’s implication.

“Are you saying that Kolaxius might have devoured a fellow kind?” Rein looked at Merita.

“Yes!”

Rein gestured towards the Bear Monster Priest directing the other White-furred Bear Monsters not far away, and Ulu Sen immediately ran over quickly, bowing respectfully, “Great King, please command.”

“Ulu Sen, did you know that Kolaxius once devoured a fellow Ancestor Dragon?”

“Uh… yes, indeed, there was such a thing. Lord Diyaam was devoured by Lord Kolaxius before.” Ulu Sen confessed without much hesitation since Kolaxius was already dead, and there was nothing to hide.

Everyone couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement at the Bear Monster Priest Ulu Sen’s answer.

“What a brutal guy, if other dragons knew, Kolaxius would surely be hunted down by the Giant Dragons.” Beside him, Werti lamented.

“Yes, so brutal and cunning, it’s hard to imagine such a cunning creature appearing among the Ancestor Dragons.” Batalov couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh.

It’s important to know that most Ancestor Dragons, although violent, are not very intelligent.

In this aspect, Ancestor Dragons are far inferior to the Empire’s Five-Colored Giant Dragons, the gap being comparable to the difference in intelligence between an adult and a seven or eight-year-old child.

Perhaps because of the lack of intelligence, Ancestor Dragons are almost unable to cast witchcraft, relying only on hand-to-hand combat and Dragon’s Breath to fight.

This also makes the Five-Colored Giant Dragons look down on this evolutionary level of Ancestor Dragons, even to the point of classifying Ancestor Dragons as Dragon Beasts.

…

Since it was Rein’s first time entering a Giant Dragon’s lair, after delegating the task of handling the corpse, he wandered around the lair with Anna, Lagaray, and others.

“Wow, Rein, look, this large patch must be snow moss, isn’t it? It’s very rare in the outside world.” As a Druid, Anna had a natural advantage in herb identification, pointing to a corner of the glacial wall and exclaiming in surprise.