Chapter 2: The Beginning

Thanks to the evolution of creatures, the young dragons are sleeping for the first time, and they are able to use the energy they absorb from eating egg slices to activate various vital organs and begin to develop and grow through the coordination of their bodies.

This phase is not very long, it only lasts about a day.

When little Caesar awoke and surfaced, he found that the sun was just right, about noon, and the light was able to penetrate the thick fog and penetrate the swamp, casting a golden sheen and a warm and pleasant sheen.

But the Black Dragon Mother, and his younger siblings, were disgusted by the climate, and a sense of irritability permeated them, and they hissed low, hiding in the shadows deeper into the swamp.

"The black dragon loves gloomy swamps and mires, and the dirtier and filthy the better."

This is what basic cognition told Caesar, but fortunately he did not inherit this habit, but in order to avoid weirdness, the awakened baby dragon also hissed twice and burrowed into the nest built by the black dragon mother.

At this time, the young dragons can already breathe and run, and have a certain defensive ability, but they are still young and weak, and they are not even the opponents of some ordinary large creatures, and they still need the protection of the black dragon lady.

The female dragon lay lazily in the nest, covered in dull scales of hard texture, and the black dragon's head was thin and long, and the muscular skin was clinging to the bones, and the craggy skull made it seem to be wearing a layer of armor.

Compared to adult black dragons, the hatchlings looked less emaciated and shriveled, with thick, short necks, large, round heads, and thin, black scales that reflected metallic luster.

Over time, however, the hatchlings will gradually become like their mothers, with their scales becoming stiffer and darker, and as they grow, their skulls will become sharp, clinging to the epidermis and even piercing the skin.

While this change does not harm the Black Dragons, it does make them more terrifying and inaccessible.

Therefore, the black dragon is also known as the "skeletal dragon".

By this time, the mother dragon had prepared food for the children—a large, ferocious head fish, the size of five young dragons, barbed fangs sticking out of its mouth, soaked in acid swamps, and the heavy smell of carrion and fishy meat penetrated into the nostrils of each dragon.

Caesar could even see maggots wriggling on carrion.

Black dragons rarely eat red meat, and in non-emergency situations, they generally have to corrode and marinate their prey with acid for many days before eating, so a rotten and ferocious head fish is definitely a rare delicacy in the eyes of black dragons.

The two young dragons, who were already able to run freely, babbled around them, and they did not shy away from other foreign objects, and swallowed them heavily, the dragon's digestive system was like a furnace, able to digest everything they ate into their stomachs, not to mention maggots on carrion, even metal.

"What the!"

As a heterogeneous black dragon with a human soul, little Caesar looked at his brothers who were eating happily and constantly "sucking" saliva, and his throat was bitter.

However, he couldn't refuse, and the black dragon girl's gaze had already swept over, looking at the little guy who was born with a behavior pattern that was very different from that of other young dragons.

"Hmm......"

Caesar crunched a few baby teeth, and his tear ducts were a little sour, but he couldn't refuse.

Even if he went to search for food by himself, it is estimated that he can only find some wild fruits, rats and insects, and it is estimated that he is not as "nutritious" as this ferocious head fish.

He had no choice but to close his eyes and bite off a piece of flesh from the rotting fish, and his throat was bone-chilling, like swallowing deadly poison.

The white-flowered, fat, otherworldly maggot was chewed by sharp teeth, its flesh as soft as cotton, and its juice burst in its mouth.

"Huh?"

The little young dragon with his eyes closed suddenly paused, his straight pupils lit up, this thing was not as difficult to swallow as he imagined, after overcoming the psychological nausea and discomfort, the black dragon's sensory system brought him a completely different feedback.

Unexpectedly, there is a little bit of ...... Delicious?

Caesar took another bite of the rotting fish, and after making sure that his sense of taste was correct, he began to swallow like the other two young dragons.

The amount of food eaten by the young dragons was amazing, and after dozens of minutes, the extremely large ferocious head fish for the little dragons was eaten to only a skeleton, and even some brittle bones were chewed and swallowed by the dragon cubs.

In order to maintain the exertion of their powerful bodies, dragons generally eat surprisingly large amounts, even young dragons, eating food several times their own body weight without the slightest bloated appearance.

This level of food is a very heavy burden for young dragons who do not have their parents to feed them.

Fortunately, if there are no accidents, dragons will usually accompany their offspring for a year to six years, so the dragon cubs at this time do not need to worry about food, and the two young dragons will float on the swamp after eating, rolling in the mud, letting the mud spread over their bodies, and enjoying the moist and salty air.

For true dragons, there is no concept of learning and meditation, and after accepting the dragon inheritance, even if the young dragons are playing and sleeping from beginning to end, they will continue to awaken their spell abilities in the future, and gradually reach the top of the food chain.

Caesar, on the other hand, had no knowledge of talent or magic in his head except for some basic knowledge of dragons; Strictly speaking, he is actually no different from the defective products that have been eliminated and degenerated into dragon beasts by nature.

In this case, in order to grow faster, he had to eat more than the other broodlings, and even after finishing his normal eating, Caesar had to "add food" to himself.

Resisting the desire to relax and squint for a while, the little dragon with the soul of another world left the small swamp where the young dragon rested, approached the riverbank, and stepped on solid hard soil.

That's right, Caesar was ready to eat dirt.

The dragon's digestive system causes the species to eat anything they can swallow, such as dead wood, rocks, and other inorganic substances.

However, most of the true dragons hate these things and are ashamed of them, the most noteworthy of which are the arrogant red dragons and golden dragons, who regard the devouring of inorganic matter as a great shame, even in a desperate situation, the red dragons would rather go hungry than touch these things.

However, Caesar learned from the basic knowledge of dragons that devouring inorganic matter helps to accelerate the hardening of scales, and it is difficult for the newborn dragon scales to play any role at this stage, they are tender and thin, and they can be easily torn, and only as they age, will they slowly grow into a hard and thick appearance.

Swallowing metal and stone does not make the scales of the true dragons stronger, but it does make the scales mature much earlier.

Caesar didn't swallow the dates, he first used his nascent claws to cut away the mud, turned over the moist soil, and sifted out the inorganic minerals further down.

"Hmm, ahem......"

Swallowing all kinds of stones with difficulty, the black dragon cub sucked a mouthful of the pool water, and then let out a dull coughing sound, this thing is simply not too unpalatable, even if he has the dual taste of human dragons, he finds it unbearable.

Want to throw up......

But it can't be helped, this is the throes of growth. Caesar comforted himself in this way.

Even at the top of the food chain, true dragon cubs have a high mortality rate, and some strong creatures are immune to dragon power and poach true dragon cubs at the time when the mother dragon is looking for food.

Moreover, even an adult black dragon is not completely invincible.

In this terrifying world, many creatures have the ability to fight against true dragons, and even hunt them for food. Not to mention the greater danger of the dark region, where the creatures that live here are easily overshadowed by an indescribable fear called "adventurers".

God knows how far the world's terrifying Homo erectus has expanded the recipe.

Caesar's actions were naturally seen by the Black Dragon Lady, but his Black Dragon Mother didn't care about the cub's strange behavior and held a meaningless attitude.

The young dragon pronounced the dragon's true name to prove her true dragon identity, and according to the instructions of Tiamat, the mother of the dragon, she must fulfill her duty of breeding, and as for the rest, the lazy five-colored dragon did not want to ask.

In fact, the notorious black dragon does not devote too much energy to his own offspring, it can definitely be called a thin cold, and breeding is just a duty. When the cubs reach a certain age, they will even expel their parents for their own territory and wealth.

Dragons are like that.

"What a freak."

The two young dragons soaked in the mud talk in dragon language, and their senses are very sensitive, and they naturally know what their "brother" is doing.

Hatchlings are not ignorant creatures, in a way, they are born to know, have a holistic grasp of the world and an understanding of their own identity, and they are born knowing that sooner or later they are one of the most powerful creatures in the world, with an innate sense of pride and superiority.

Therefore, the two young dragons are very disdainful of Caesar Ortorenzo's behavior, thinking that he is misrepresenting his true dragon identity, and has a disdainful attitude towards his nominal brothers, the young dragons.

However, souls from other worlds don't care about dragons' opinions, and under the questioning gaze of the two young dragons, Caesar spent a lot of time swallowing the inorganic minerals that were hard to swallow one by one, before he exhaled a long sigh of satisfaction.