28. Rites of passage

"Ice cubes, red leaves, crackle stones..."

The lake is quite wide, surrounded by the lush forests next to it, and it looks like a huge pupil that reflects like fish scales in the sunlight.

The materials Ke Lili bought were relatively primitive, and presumably the coming-of-age rites of the dragon tribe would not use items that required precision machining.

Ice cubes are valuable to the relatively primitive subhumans, the red leaves of Ketira grow in the underground rivers, and the cracked stones grow in the depths of the leylines, although they are different substances, but they all have the same effect.

Decalescence.

Before the medical revolution, human beings often used to lift red leaves to treat malignant high fever, although it can play a good clinical effect, but often can lift red leaves can frostbite human organs and cause more serious complications, and now no doctors use such items anymore.

Fisher watched as Corelli fed Rafael the little black and red leaves, and looked down and touched her forehead, the effect was obvious, and soon her body temperature dropped, but it was still as hot as a huge stove.

"You... I think about it, I will definitely try to assassinate you again when I become an adult, and I won't regret it if you help me through the coming-of-age ceremony completely... Complete dragon warriors must be rare for you humans to see. ”

Indeed, most of the dragons captured now are in a juvenile state, and it is difficult to capture dragonmen in an adult state, and even if they are captured, they are probably in a state of death or serious injury, which has no meaning.

Dragons are born warriors, and their fighting stance will fully bloom when they reach adulthood.

Fisher nodded indifferently, and just said,

"You still have two more assassination chances, and you owe me one more punishment."

Rafael was stunned for a second, then laughed, and suddenly said to Fisher in Nari,

"You.. Yes.. See..."

The "see" in the back should be to say other words, but I can't remember what the word is, so I have to say a word with the wrong meaning and ambiguity to replace it.

She learned Nari very quickly, and was able to memorize many new words in just one night, and it seemed that the human notion that the subhuman IQ was equal to that of a domestic pig was completely wrong.

“... I'm looking forward to it. ”

At this time, Corelli floated over from the lake and said to Fisher,

"Lord Fisher, the ceremony is ready."

The sun gradually sinks, and the moon rises at the other end of the sky, causing the temperature of the ground to drop. In the middle of the lake, Ke Lili asked Sia to move a large pile of cracked stones to make a platform, but as soon as they were placed on the surface of the lake, the water under the cracked stones turned into a thin layer of ice, just so that the stones could not sink.

Above the stone, a bed was made of ice, and several leaves were placed next to it.

"Ask your companion to come and help, no clothing is allowed during the ceremony."

Corelli just wanted to help Rafael undress, but as soon as she touched her linen clothes, she felt burned, and she had no choice but to ask the dragons to come and help her take off.

Mill and Farsher came over to help her undress, and Rafael naturally wanted to see if Fisher was looking at it, only to see him lighting a cigarette in the distance.

Rafael pursed his lips and was carried by several dragonmen to the ceremonial venue in the lake, but as soon as his physical body touched the ice bed, a large amount of steam instantly evaporated, making it like a fairyland.

"Rafael, I must remind you that the difficulty of the dragonman's rite of passage varies from dragon to dragonman, and it may be a matter of sleep, or it may be painful to the bone... Your reaction is bigger than any other dragon-man I've ever seen, so if it's hard to feel at that time, take the ice leaf next to you, as many as you want, to temporarily alleviate your pain. ”

Corelli's illusory body was staggered by the gradually rising temperature of Rafael, wiping the non-existent sweat, she looked down at the scales that Rafael had fallen, even the scales of the dragon race were actually ignited by that temperature, and fell all the way down to the stone through the ice bed below.

"When you're ready, I'll start chanting incantations to guide your growth."

Rafael took a deep breath and closed his eyes,

"Hmm... Let's get started.."

Ke Lili nodded, and then floated from the heated lake to the shore, took out a quaint leather scroll from her arms, and looked solemnly at the middle of the lake under the night.

The dragonmen next to him all clenched their hands and looked over there with concern, silently praying for Rafael's coming-of-age ceremony.

The moon gradually rose, and like ice, the moon seemed to completely cover half of the sky, and the whole lake seemed to be frozen, turning a silvery white.

Fisher lit another cigarette with a blank face, leaning his palm against his side, his gaze falling on the steam-surrounded lake.

“Κάψτετο,ψυχήδράκου”

Ke Lili took a deep breath, and a sentence of dragon language that even Fisher couldn't understand was recited, the voice was not loud, but after it reached Rafael's ears, it seemed that some invisible and irritable energy was induced.

In the next second, the magic circuits all over her body lit up, and the dense, magma-like magic circuits grew more than one circle compared to when Fisher saw them before, as if they were about to completely break the original magic circuits, and kept squirming.

"Whew!"

The illusory magic circuit was moving, but it was as if it had ignited every inch of blood in Rafael's body, and she soon tasted the pain, and the scorching heat of the sun burst out in her body, burning her senses and nerves to the ground.

The red leaves that she had taken before played a role, and between her constant exhalation and inhalation, the undigested red leaves continued to transport cold air to her body, and the medicinal herbs that were very cold to humans were as embarrassing as a helpless firefighter at this moment.

But in the pain, Fisher could clearly see the wriggling magic circuits sliding in an orderly manner with Corri's incantation, and a hard bump slowly grew in front of the brain at the link of all the magic circuits.

That's Rafael's horn.

The faster Ke Lili's incantation was recited, the more Mill and the party next to her all held their breath, for fear that their breathing would affect the situation in the distance.

"Lord Rafael's horns grow!"

Ral saw the long, beautiful red horn, which was now shining like the sun.

"What a formidable force, Lord Rafael..."

"Boom!!"

The steaming heat completely burned the ice bed beneath him, and even the cracked stone beneath him began to crack, and the stone fragments were blasted apart.

That horn has grown!

Ke Lili's guiding spell also reached the end, wiping her sweat and looking at the dragon lady surrounded by steam, that long red horn was so beautiful, it was simply stronger than any dragon man in history.

"It's done..."

The soul of Lord Rafael must be the hottest and strongest of all the dragonmen.

Ral thought blankly.

But Fisher's eyes seemed to see Rafael's state at this moment through the thick steam, a beautiful dragon horn had grown, and the magma-like magic circuit on Rafael's body had not subsided, but was still moving around as if he was alive, frantically looking for an exit.

No, the rite of passage isn't over yet!

"Ke Lili, her coming-of-age ceremony is not over yet!!"

Fisher stood up with his cane and hurriedly reminded the relieved Ke Lili.

The magic circuit activated by the spell was already fully excited, and he was looking for a fragile exit in Rafael's body like crazy, a dragon horn had grown, and a steady stream of energy overflowed from that dragon horn, but it was not an exit, causing the power to escape empty, bursting into flames.

All the preparation materials have been completely consumed, and Ke Lili has not figured out the current emergency, and looks at the situation in the lake in a daze.

"Ahhh

There were also a large number of magic circuits that did not radiate and stirred in Rafael's body, causing her to arch herself in pain, and at this moment, her body temperature had risen to a terrifying level, as if her internal organs were about to be burned through.

"Lord Rafael!"

"Why... Why isn't it over yet? ”

She couldn't bear it any longer, and subconsciously remembered Ke Lili's reminder, so she reached out to find the red leaf that was placed beside her, but the leaf that exuded a piercing cold aura exploded the moment it touched the dragon claw on Rafael's body, and the proud heat-absorbing ability was crushed by the terrifying temperature as if it were nothing.

"Boom!"

"Wait.. Her situation is too special for normal dragons to be..."

Before she could finish speaking, Fisher had already stood in front of her, throwing her coat on the ground and raising her cane at the same time.

"Then chant the incantation."

“... Good. ”

The man's voice came, and Ke Lili, who had no master of the six gods, hurriedly regained her concentration, and she returned to the beginning of the incantation, reciting the incantation with a trembling voice.

The mana circuit was channeled again, but this time nothing lowered her temperature.

The stone burned through completely, and Rafael's body fell towards the lake, but the temperature only caused the water to evaporate the moment it touched her, causing her to sink all the time, and all eyes could see the sun-like figure bubbling beneath the lake.

Fisher, however, was very calm, and held his wand horizontally in front of him, and as he closed his eyes, the ring of purple magical light on the staff lit up, illuminating a strange power deeper than the starry sky.

It wasn't the magic he had engraved, but it had to be used now.

As eight spinning dark purple rings swirled around Fisher, the world around him seemed to stand still, something invisible touched by the light of the rings, and the next second, the huge lake rose backwards towards the sky under the gaze of the moon.

"Didi..."

"Click..."

Eight Rings of Magic, [Gravity Ring].

Levitating with the already sinking and burning Rafael, Fisher exhaled and rushed towards Rafael in mid-air, carrying his cane.

"Lord Fisher!"

The light of the moon was subtle, and on the hollowed-out lake, countless suspended and still water droplets were touched and scattered by Fisher's advancing body, and then imprisoned in mid-air by an invisible force, reflecting the figure in front of him, like the sun.