"Oh my... Brother? What's wrong with you?"
The sudden movement startled Anna.
However, her first reaction was to worry about whether Su Nian had encountered some accident.
"Ah... I'm fine, Anna, but transforming into human form still needs some time, so..."
"Brother, I understand..."
Anna picked up where Su Nian left off.
She curled up in the seat formed by dragon scales, her pretty face covered in a red glow, burning hot as she gently pressed against the dragon scales.
"Actually, it's not because of the spines. Anna has already... Oh my, anyway, it's not, not that. It's just... mainly because Brother's body is too enormous..."
"If... if Brother could transform into human form, even with spines... even if there are spines on your body, Anna could accept that!"
The last sentence seemed to be meant to strengthen her courage. Anna endured her embarrassment and almost shouted it out loud.
As soon as she finished, she regretted it.
[How could I say such shameless things?]
[Brother must think I'm a lewd girl now]
[But would Brother dislike a lewd girl?]
[No, Anna won't be disliked]
[When you're with someone you like, it's normal to unconsciously think about lewd things. Brother will surely understand Anna]
Anna kept reassuring herself in her mind.
She had no idea that everything she was thinking was being heard clearly by Su Nian.
Su Nian was struck silent.
He glanced at Anna's status panel. Half-Elf, no problem there. Fox ears and tail, not the type with demon horns and bat wings like a succubus.
Looking at her status again: Dragonification. That seemed fine.
Not a big issue... No, it was a big issue!
Dragonification plus being in love.
Su Nian seemed to have an epiphany.
If this continued, something problematic might happen. After all, creatures affected by Dragonification naturally develop strong feelings toward the source of their transformation. This emotion manifests as loyalty in male creatures, but in females, it's much more complex.
It's an instinctive attraction to the noble dragon bloodline.
No wonder the bird demon leader Ji Taimei had been looking at him strangely lately, like a pervert on a crowded train eyeing a little girl pressed against the door.
Anna already liked him, and with the added effect of Dragonification, it was normal for her to have such thoughts.
So the question was: how could he prevent his future female subordinates from constantly thinking about him?
Su Nian decided that after completing his current task, he would teach some Buddhist scriptures to the bird demon leader Ji Taimei, lecturing her about worldly suffering and emptiness, to purify her mind.
As his thoughts raced, the atmosphere between the elf and the dragon became somewhat silent, but within that silence floated a hint of pink tenderness, carrying a subtle sweetness.
"Alright, Anna, I understand."
"I'm different from other dragons. I don't need to wait until a certain age to transform. It will happen very soon."
"Mmm~"
Anna nodded obediently, her fair and delicate face buried between her knees, her heart tingling with warmth.
Indeed, Brother didn't dislike her because of this.
But even so, she didn't dare say anything more.
Saying those words today had already been extremely embarrassing, and she would need a long time to recover.
While they were talking, Sakura Island No.6 Novice Village was already in sight.
By now, the players of Sakura Island No.6 Novice Village had respawned and were searching around the novice village, their expressions somewhat agitated.
"Gogoko-chan?"
"Miss Gogoko, are you there?"
"Baka! Miss Gogoko hasn't respawned! She's been captured by evil monsters!"
"What should we do? Should we go rescue her?"
The player suggesting the rescue was the one who had protected Mei Magogoko near the flame arrow tower earlier today, and had even touched her rear lights at that time.
"Rescue with what? Rescue my ass!"
"But if we don't go rescue her, won't Gogoko-chan be tortured beyond recognition by those monsters? Wuwuwu, my Gogoko..."
One of the players, imagining his goddess being brutally tortured by those rough monsters, couldn't help but burst into tears, weeping uncontrollably.
"What are you crying for? Is that all you've got? Gentlemen, keep chatting, I need to go back to my room for some private business."
"Swish, swish, swish" - the sound of tissues being pulled.
"Look!"
A startled cry rang out.
The Sakura players looked in the direction of the shout and saw a black shadow in the sky growing larger as it approached. Looking carefully, they recognized it as the black dragon they had attacked earlier.
Had it come to settle scores with them?
How did this black dragon find their novice village?!
The Sakura players were completely stunned.
[Warning! A powerful creature has been detected approaching]
[Notice: Monster attack on the village in progress]
[Novice Village Protection activated, scanning current novice village as Level 1, protection level increased...]
[All monster attributes reduced by 50% within the Novice Village]
50% reduction? What good is that!
The Sakura players didn't feel any relief from this minor debuff.
They had already witnessed the black dragon's overwhelming power.
Even with a fifty percent reduction, it was still far beyond their ability to resist.
But they had courage! They had the spirit of Bushido!
"Gentlemen, we are invaders, we are players! We cannot bring shame to the Sakura people!"
"Indeed! Challenging the powerful has always been the great spirit of our Sakura nation!"
"Prepare for battle!"
There are always those who step up to lead in times of crisis, who guide people forward bravely and fight on the front lines, leaving only a towering silhouette behind.
Some Sakura players were just like that.
They were the first to charge to the front, shouting inspiring slogans, and also, the first to die.
[Ding! Novice Village Protection activated ahead, all attributes reduced by 50% upon entering the Novice Village area]
This was Su Nian's system notification.
"Is there a specific range?"
[Within a spherical area of five hundred meters radius centered on the novice village]
"Kekeke... Five hundred meters? That's enough."
Su Nian gave a sinister laugh, spread his dragon wings, and began to dive downward while simultaneously brewing scorching, corrosive dragon flame in his mouth.
"The black dragon is coming down! It's dragon breath!"
"Mages, cast shields!"
...
All resistance was futile.
Su Nian's method of spewing this time was very peculiar. He extracted almost all of his dragon breath liquid at once, forming it into a ball-shaped liquid molten flame that he spat downward.
As soon as the liquid molten flame made contact with the ground, it shattered. The already unstable dragon breath liquid, disturbed by the impact and exposed to large amounts of air, immediately exploded.
"BOOM—"
A sickly green mushroom cloud rose above the novice village.
Su Nian's figure swept past at extreme speed above the novice village.
He very easily escaped the blast range of the dragon breath, completely unharmed.
Using dragon breath in this way was very dangerous and extremely wasteful. Only a variant dragon like him, who was about to turn dragon breath into a basic attack, would dare to play like this.
"The power is somewhat less than ideal..."
"Nuclear fission back home was indeed more impressive. In that case, I'll just have to unleash a few more..."
With this thought, Su Nian folded his dragon wings and dove toward Sakura No.6 Novice Village once again.
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