Under the Red Dragon

The mountain where the red dragon resides is now perpetually shrouded in billowing hot air. Combined with the scorching summer heat, the air here seems distorted, with only glimpses of the molten lava lake visible through the shimmering haze.

Even the young dragons are unwilling to approach this mountain. Although their robust bodies remain unharmed, they dislike the intensely hot environment.

However, today, the elemental storms and hot winds enveloping the mountain seem to have dissipated considerably, improving the clarity much more than usual.

Karon's form can now be vaguely seen through the hazy heat, submerged in the scorching, corrosive lava.

This corrosive lava cannot harm the red dragon's tough scales, even if he spends all day soaking in the lava lake.

Even as a young dragon, his scales were strong enough to withstand the strikes of ordinary iron weapons. Now that Karon has grown into a juvenile dragon,

the scales' protection and resilience have greatly increased, and his adaptation and resistance to fire elements have reached a terrifying level.

The lava doesn't even make the red dragon's skin feel hot. Instead, it cleans his scales thoroughly, washing out even the crevices that Karon has difficulty reaching himself.

However, as Karon soaks in the lava pool for longer, the lava, depleted of its energy by the red dragon's body, gradually solidifies on him.

He begins to resemble the wild boars in the forest that love to wallow in mud, covered in a thin layer of solidified lava rock.

The heat haze, which had been thick enough to obscure vision, dissipated at some point, and the mountaintop returned to tranquility.

Amidst the pungent smell of sulfur, the red dragon comfortably opened his eyes, and his massive body rose from the lava lake.

Karon felt a slight stiffness in his body. Looking down, he saw that many parts of his body were encased in a layer of semi-solidified stone.

The solidified lava was a strange, dark red color, evoking some unpleasant memories.

Tsk, Karon activated the magic in his body, shaking off the solidified lava from his wings, and then, like a swan taking flight from the water, he flapped his wings and landed on the shore of the lava lake.

"No wonder dragons can sleep for decades once they find their favorite lair. This feeling is just too comfortable,"

Karon shook off the outer layer of lava from his body like a bird preening its feathers, and the dark red surface turned into fine gravel that fell to the ground.

Feeling that the slight constriction on his body had disappeared, Karon then retracted his wings and began to move his body around on the mountaintop.

After this period of rest and nourishment with ample magic, Karon's body has grown a little more, now reaching a length of thirteen meters.

To be honest, Karon enjoys the feeling of constantly growing just by lying down and sleeping. Unfortunately, Karon knows that the power gained solely through natural growth is not enough to stand in this dangerous world.

Even young and adult evil dragons can be slaughtered for various reasons, let alone Karon, who is still just a juvenile dragon.

Moreover, his conversation with the mage instilled in him a sense of urgency to become stronger. However, after the last lesson, the red dragon and the other young dragons already know the importance of cautious development.

Fortunately, after talking with the mage Laps, he roughly knows which direction he should take in the future.

Karon's increasingly large body squatted down, like another red hill standing on the mountaintop.

He began to retrieve the knowledge about magic from his sub-brain. Rows of information flowed through his eyes, and spell models, analyzed and simulated by the sub-brain specifically for Karon, began to take shape.

The light of magic began to surge on Karon's red claws. An acid dart formed under Karon's will and flew towards the ground, striking a shallow mark on the scorched earth and corroding it with a slight sizzling sound.

This is the effect of the magic cantrip Acid Splash.

The magical light on Karon's hand continued to surge, and four lanterns appeared around him, emitting a hazy light. This is the Dancing Lights spell.

Another illusory sound rang out around him. The volume of the sound was originally equivalent to the volume of five or six ordinary people. This is the Ghost Sound spell.

However, due to Karon's exceptional magic resistance, this cantrip applied to himself had no effect. This was just Karon's judgment based on the magical common sense that the mage Laps had taught him.

Then Karon continued to try several other cantrips, including Arcane Mark, which was not much different from the dragon's innate spell Item Identification, and Mage Hand, a cantrip favored by low-level mages.

The Mage Hand released by an ordinary mage can only move objects weighing about five pounds, but in Karon's claws, this simple cantrip can move objects weighing hundreds of pounds.

Moreover, it is flexible enough to fly up and down and move around with Karon's thoughts, not just simply supporting the weight.

This is not only due to the dragon's excellent magical talent, but also to the effect of Karon's sub-brain tailoring the spell to the red dragon based on individual differences.

By collecting the notes and insights left by mages who have used this spell before, the sub-brain then deduces a spell release method and magic operation route that are more suitable for Karon.

With enough knowledge to refer to, the sub-brain made some slight adjustments to the spell models of these cantrips after calculation and analysis. Judging from Karon's experimental results, the effect was unexpectedly satisfactory to the dragon.

Moreover, through these spell tests, Karon came to the conclusion that the magic power and mental power consumed by these cantrips were no burden to him. He could almost always release these low-level cantrips.

As long as his magic power is enough to supply the consumption of these cantrips, but the consumption of magic power by these cantrips is far less than the speed at which the dragon itself absorbs magic power.

However, these cantrips are not very useful to the dragon now. That is, the Mage Hand makes the dragon feel more interesting.

But Karon then raised a doubt. When he used the magic knowledge taught to him by Laps to release magic cantrips, he did not feel that he had touched the legendary Weave.

You must know that although the cantrips Karon released just now were low-level, they were different from the dragon's own awakened spell release. The dragon's own spell release is more like a warlock's spellcasting. It is normal not to touch the Weave.

But no matter how low-level the spell is, it needs to touch the original magic. In some of Karon's previous life's cognitions, to touch the original magic, it must be locked through the Weave to be touched.

Karon recalled the concept of the Weave based on the memories deposited in his brain by his sub-brain.

In the worlds in the multiverse, almost all places are full of magic. All existence, including every stone, every stream, every living thing, and even the air itself, contains undeveloped potential energy.

These potential energies are the raw materials for creation and belong to the original magic.

Mortals cannot directly use these energies, but they can use a magical energy weaving structure as a bridge connecting the caster's consciousness and the raw materials of the original magic. This bridge is called the Weave by casters.

Without the Weave, the original magic will be difficult to be locked by the caster's consciousness, resulting in inaccessibility.

However, Karon did not feel this bridge as a caster's intermediary in the process of releasing magic. He seemed to be able to directly touch those original magic powers.

Karon suspected that it was because the released spell was too low-level to clearly sense the existence of the Weave, so he urged the magic power in his hand and planned to release a slightly more advanced magic.

Under Karon's will, a ball of hot fire gathered magic power, emitting rolling heat between his claws, and then was thrown out by Karon, hitting a rock under Karon's will.

Bang, the fireball rotated and hit the rock, and then exploded, blasting cracks in the newly formed fragile rock.

This is Scorching Ray, a serious spell, no longer a low-level cantrip.

But he still did not sense the existence of the Weave. Karon raised his claws and scratched his chin, thinking about whether there was a problem with the magic knowledge that the mage Laps gave him or whether there was a problem with himself.

The magic knowledge that the mage Laps gave him seemed to be too comprehensive, which made the mage very suspicious.

But thinking of the abundant magic power mixed with anima in his body, he was a little difficult to determine. However, this matter concerns his secret, and he cannot ask the mage.

Perhaps, there is a problem with this world, Karon thought, and sharp claws unconsciously scraped sparks on his hard scales.

But this problem was soon left behind by Karon. Although he actively contacted this knowledge about magic, the initial goal was just to simply enhance his strength.

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After the conversation with the mage Laps, his attitude towards magic knowledge is now to observe a corner of the real world from the perspective of a mage and obtain more knowledge about the real world.

The paths of dragons and mages are different. Although the two are consistent in the general direction, it does not mean that Karon will become a dragon mage.

Compared to magic, dragons prefer to destroy enemies by using their bodies and claws, as well as the dragon breath that is naturally more powerful than many magics.

Karon is also influenced by this concept, and he is still a red dragon who advocates physical violence.

However, Karon's difference from other dragons of the same race is that he believes that the power of magic is also an extremely effective and powerful means.

Whether it is in destroying enemies or in other aspects, so he is also happy to accept magic knowledge. Although the process of learning magic is quite boring, Karon still enjoys it.

"However, in what way can I learn more about the real side of the world?" Karon recalled the mage's words. The more he understands the real side of the world, the more comprehensive he builds his unique understanding of the world, the more powerful he will be in the future.

Karon echoed the memory in his heart, and clusters of flames surged in his eyes. He was opening his Extreme Perception.

In his vermilion vertical pupils like magma rushing, the surrounding world turned into another appearance.

The trajectory of elemental flow was clearly visible in his eyes. It was the yellow earth, the green flowing wind, the blue water patterns, the red flames, and the green life, and so on, all kinds of pure and mixed elements.

In the range of the Extreme Perception field he triggered, the entanglement and flow traces of various elements are like watching the patterns in the palm of his hand.

As the owner of related elemental affinity talents, dragons can control and command these flowing elements through their will and spirit.

In the case that these elements do not resist, these controllers can use these elements to exert terrible and unparalleled great power in the real world.

Now Karon has the talent to control flames and earth and metal. He can touch these elements and use these elements to create boundless power in the real world.

More importantly, this vision perception is equivalent to giving Karon another way to observe the real side of the world. His perception is more like a real vision.

In this real vision field of Extreme Perception, he can see through some darkness generated by magic and non-magic, as well as some invisible creatures and objects, and can detect visual illusions through real vision.

If the effect of invisibility is achieved through middle and low-level spells, it will be unobstructed in Karon's real vision, unless the stealth spell reaches the master level or has special talents.

Just like Ruiwen's innate invisibility ability as a magic fairy, although Karon cannot directly see through the invisible little fairy now, some traces can still be discovered.

If this ability is further enhanced, he may even be able to directly see through the true form of deformed creatures or those who use magic to transform.

Those real forms covered up after using the transformation technique will also be seen through by Karon, especially those metal dragons who especially like to use the transformation technique.

There are also silver dragons, such dragons that do not have martial ethics. They especially like to use transformation techniques to become elves or humans to travel around the world.

Some dragons are particularly keen on adventuring with partners of other races, and then transform into dragons in danger to save the team, that is, showing the holy in front of people.

Then, even if there is no bard in the team, these dragons will take the initiative to tell the poets who like to sing stories and spread the story of themselves as righteous partners.

Dragons who are born to love vanity are so shameless and shameless. Many metal dragons' good names have been spread in this way.

If the five-colored dragons were not too chaotic and evil, perhaps the five-colored dragons could also reverse their reputation in this way.

But then again, according to Karon's knowledge, there are not many creatures in the world that are born with various special perceptions.

For example, blindsight, darkvision, tremor sense, etc. These special perceptions should also be able to touch the real side of the world in some way.

"It seems that we need to establish a relatively objective observation model of the real world, fully understand the knowledge of the world, in order to better build our own unique understanding of the real world."

Karon lay on the ground. After soaking in the lava for a long time, he now especially enjoys the feeling of the breeze blowing. He supported his thorny cheeks with his temporal claws.

"Or the understanding of the world is not only limited to the real material aspects, but also ideological or philosophical aspects can help you build a unique understanding of the world."

"But even a materialistic worldview can be divided into the macroscopic world and the microscopic world. If you continue to delve deeper, you could spend your entire life and still not fully grasp all of this knowledge."

The red dragon's long tail began to swing idly. With the red dragon's immense power, even a casual tail swing seemed particularly menacing, its robust tail shattering the dried and solidified rocks formed from overflowing magma.

"And what about other ways of viewing the world, such as earth, water, wind, fire, void, consciousness, the five elements, and the five energies? How can these be summarized and transformed into one's own understanding?" The red dragon's claw, supporting its chin, uncontrollably reached up to scratch its head.

The scenario that had played out multiple times with the blue dragon Dos was now being replicated with the red dragon. Caron began to feel a sense of academic remorse, a regretful realization of 'what if' rising in his mind.