Became a Hatchling of the Grand Duke of the North

79 – Dragon Mage, Awakening (3)

That night.

Han, the guardian dragon, felt a change in himself.

‘Status window.’

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[Status window.]

Name: Guardian Han

Type: Holy Beast White Dragon (Hatchling Stage)

Characteristics:

– Shiny mania: Dragons prefer gold and silver treasures above all else.

– Dragon Scales : Dragon scales have a special magical energy than anything else. Scales that grow over a lifetime, only one scale grows at a time.

– Ice attribute power (D grade): Power that handles some of the attributes of the natural world.

– Magical Power: You will be able to more directly utilize the energy stored in all things, such as objects and bodies.

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Han’s elemental power has risen to D-class.

Remembering that at the beginning his ability was only F at most, the current change must have been a great improvement.

‘Now, it’s up to me to cause the cold. Is it possible naturally, like moving your limbs?’

The growth of elemental power is not limited to the inside.

From the outside, it doesn’t look like much has changed, but in reality, a lot of things change.

Remembering that in the beginning he spent quite a bit of mental energy just to fly in the sky for a short time, now he has at least dozens of times the internal capacity of that time.

What’s more, the chill like the cold snow is getting stronger.

‘What is this?’

Han stared at the inside of the scale.

I could see that there was something on the projected transparent scale color.

As Han slowly raises his energy, the color of the scales changes at once.

It looks like the scales are turning pure white with frost as if they are freezing.

Gooh Oh-.

The light began to shimmer in the color of the scales.

It was a transparent light color like pure white ice crystals or jewels.

It’s as if a pure white fog is filling up inside the scales.

Whoa-.

When I exhaled in that state, I could see that my breath was freezing, perhaps because of the chilly air that began to build up around me.

‘This is…’

The shape of the scales is very familiar.

A few months ago, the existence he encountered.

An adult dragon that was so gigantic that it reminded me of the small Mount Taesan that was said to have given birth to Han.

It was a color similar to that of his mother, Calliope.

In addition, the color of the light became more and more intense the more Han gathered energy.

‘They say that dragon scales are a special magical material in themselves… Indeed, that’s true.’

As Han puts magic on his scales, he feels his own momentum grow stronger.

He secretly used his magic as a test.

‘Shield.’

Aka energy defense body. A magic shield that surrounds mana, imbued with his icy coldness.

However, the thickness of the curtain was somehow thicker than before.

‘Oh-…’

Han’s eyes lit up.

I can definitely feel the momentum of growth. Should I say that it is visible that the magical body’s ability to accept is higher than before?

It felt like the efficiency was better than before.

‘Of course, my ability itself seems to have gotten stronger.’

If the previous Han had the feeling of just ordinary middle-level wizards.

Is it accurate to say that he has reached a high level even at the intermediate level of the same rank, for example? It was such a feeling.

‘Oh… I didn’t know something like this was possible.’

It is now possible for him to use himself as a magical medium.

Even applying the scale as a medium to activate magic, the power was much stronger.

It was as if he had used their antennae as substitutes for canes when dealing with so many ants during the day.

‘Uh… Uh, wait.’

Suddenly, Han realized.

He opened his mouth.

He felt a sharp chill that seemed to kick up his back. It was because he had goosebumps.

‘This… Can’t it?’

I reared my head wondering if this is the true reason why dragons are called the masters of magic.

Scales of this size.

So all of Han’s scales surrounding his body were inflating his own magical abilities.

It’s as if each sheet plays the role of an amplifier.

‘Could it be that the reason the dragon’s magic was so fraudulent… Is because of these scales?’

My God.

Now I know.

For a person, this was like having hundreds of top-tier magical weapons piled up all over his body.

For this reason, the dragon’s magic could not be weakened even if it was weak.

‘I… Was a more deceitful monster than I thought, wasn’t it?’

[Ki-i-.]

He cherished his own body.

Ah, my precious scales.

I thought these were all magic tools.

It was shock and horror.

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At dawn when Han was in the midst of a great shock.

At the same time.

Someone was turning the pages of a book.

“…”

[The personality of dragons is noble and dignified.

This same quality can also be seen as mainly arrogant in sentient beings, mainly humans.

However, this could be a style that originated from the human point of view.

This quality can be found commonly in any beast in the wild, and forest predators are a representative example.

Existences such as wild hunters such as foxes and hawks are lofty beings alone, and mainly these beings hate the interference of others and are also famous for rejecting them.

They don’t pay much attention to other life forms in the forest, and the only time they show interest is when they themselves are starving.

They usually don’t even look at the same beasts.

Judging from these wild creatures, perhaps the lofty and arrogant nature of dragon beings is easier to explain than you might think.

Forests, no, dragons, the top predators of the continent.

However, even when they see humans and other monsters, they just ignore them as if they were looking at them, maybe they are beings standing tall and looking down on the continent like forest predators.

For them, the true beasts of the continent.

We humans are no different from rabbits in the forest-…]

“Hmm. Is it.”

To explain the ecology of the dragon by comparing it to the animals in the forest.

It was definitely a pretty interesting perspective.

But there was some truth to it.

As she quietly read the book, this interesting sound made her feel herself comparing her own experiences and thoughts with the book.

It means that I was immersed to that extent.

The homeroom professor of anti-magical defense, Lapis.

The book she was looking down on was none other than an ancient document about the ecology of dragons.

But soon.

Tup.

She closed the book.

“Now is not the time for this.”

This is an old book that I read just to pass the time.

The author of this book was already dead more than a hundred years ago.

His name is Yuseong, he was famous at one time, but in the end, it was the old generation’s point of view, and it was also just an old idea.

So, it was unreasonable to compare her knowledge with her living in the present.

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Moreover, the footprints of the real dragon are clearly left in front of her now.

Now, in this academy and her dorm, the vivid ‘remnants’ of Hatchling are left intact.

So that was all I had to do.

“Soon, let’s try to focus again…”

Then he turned his gaze to the wreckage.

Gooh Oh-.

In front of her was an ice crystal that scattered a white halo of light.

It is the remnant of the Hatchling’s magic that completely froze the group of Giant Ants.

It was a broken material obtained from a previous battle with them, the Giant Ants.

[Huh … What do you do because all of our kids are injured?]

I remember the expression of Yenicherin, the professor in charge of ‘Magical Biology’ who was collecting this.

She was quite the whiner because her dungeon, which was her own area, was destroyed.

But even so, I faithfully took care of what Professor Lapis asked for.

Originally, any investigation or interest in dragons was strictly forbidden in the Empire.

In the first place, a dragon was a very sacred existence, to the extent that continental people likened it to the god of magic.

To dare to pay attention to a being of that level was not permitted, nor was there any possibility.

But Professor Lapis was different.

Because the Empire and the Academy allowed her to investigate dragons only for her.

Although the ‘indirect’ condition of not touching or interfering was added.

Anyway, it was clear that quite a lot of research resources and time were devoted to it.

“The best magic to find out about an opponent is to look at the traces of magic used by the opponent.”