Volume 1: The Maiden and the White Dragon Chapter 18: Human Nature and Animal Nature
What's going on?
How could I possibly treat people as food?
After seeing the source of the fragrance clearly, Bai Long's hungry eyes instantly returned to reason, he was very shocked, he never expected that it was actually this unconscious girl who caused his appetite.
This is a real person?!
The white dragon looked at his "hand" in astonishment, which were covered with sturdy scales and five razor-sharp claws.
Is it because I became a dragon?
These talon-like talons can easily cut a long mark on the floor tiles, which is certainly not something that a human can do, except for his limbs, the rest of his body is far from a human.
Yes, now his body is no longer a human, but a dragon.
It is said that dragons are the apex predators of the terrible fantasy species, but in fact they are nothing more than ferocious beasts.
Of course, it's normal for beasts to eat people. In the world of the jungle, the weak are food, even if the object is human, and for nature, human beings are not anything special.
Besides, how can human beings, who claim to be civilized, really break away from the identity of beasts?
All he saw was a hairless monkey, indistinguishable from any other prey.
Grunt......
Bai Long swallowed his saliva, his stomach was rumbling all the time, and he believed it if he hadn't eaten for a hundred years.
But how can you eat people.....
No matter how much Bailong tried to deceive himself, there was always a voice in his heart telling him: This is a person, a living person.
However, despite thinking that he couldn't do it, the white dragon's limbs moved involuntarily, and he approached the girl who had no power to resist step by step.
In the white dragon's scattered beast eyes, there was hunger and greed.
Hunger can make any life lose its rationality and judgment, and in order to keep itself alive, to satisfy its deadly appetite, they will eat everything they can eat.
What is the taste of the flesh covered under the girl's white skin?
Under the temptation of the delicious flesh and blood, the narrow dragon's mouth opened, and the two rows of miserable white dragon teeth were dripping with cloudy saliva, and white smoke rose when they fell on the floor tiles.
The closer he got, the stronger the smell of food, and the stronger the beast's instincts.
It's just a mouthful, and I'll hold back.
Just one bite, just one bite, I'm not going to kill her.
The remnants of reason began to compromise in the face of the oppression of powerful animal instincts, and at the same time there seemed to be a demonic whisper in his ears.
What if I actually eat this girl?
I'm a dragon, isn't it normal for dragons to eat people?
And this human girl was afraid that she wanted to harm me before, and this is just her retribution.
Soon, the white dragon's trembling teeth almost leaned against the girl's neck, and the tip of the nose was also full of the girl's body fragrance.
No, I can't!
However, the white dragon suddenly retracted his head and gave himself a smack in the face with his right paw.
Clang!
The dragon's claws and scales sparked, leaving four white marks on the smooth dragon scales on the white dragon's face.
Even though this claw was forced, it didn't seem to be really hurt. However, the pain was still there, and after this claw, the white dragon's golden eyes regained their clarity.
I'm a dragon, but I'm also human.
Since you are human, of course you can't eat people.
The white dragon resisted the temptation, although it was extremely difficult, and even almost irretrievable, his human soul finally did not succumb to the beastly nature in this body.
Da, Da......
Retrieving his senses, the white dragon walked cautiously past the unconscious girl, trying to get away from her.
Huh?
However, the white dragon felt as if he had stepped on some viscous liquid just now, and he raised the front paw to his eyes, and he was greeted by a bright red.
This... It's not ketchup, right?
The bright red liquid on his paws smelled strong, and instinct told him that it was a hundred times sweeter than ketchup.
Just sniffed slightly, and the hunger that had just been suppressed came back to me.
It's blood!
By the time the white dragon reacted, his tongue had already stretched out, waiting to receive the delicious and tempting drop of "nectar" that was about to fall from the tip of his claws.
But before that, the white dragon quickly withdrew his tongue, shook off the blood in his hand, and then kept shaking his head, which was already a little delirious.
If you just tasted this drop of blood, the balance in your brain will tip to the beast again, right?
Blood can awaken the aggression of many carnivorous beasts, and even if they are not hungry, the predators will instinctively start chasing after their injured prey.
Chrissy's right hand was still bleeding, and her blood had soaked an entire floor tile due to the size of the cut, and it was showing signs of spreading.
This is a young, tasty, lethargic, wounded prey that makes an excellent prey.
Greedy saliva flowed out again, and the white dragon swallowed his saliva and took two steps back, widening the distance between him and the girl.
Oh my God, why are you giving me so many tests!
The white dragon knew that his body was extremely aggressive, and he had a hard armor, sharp claws, and a strong body, and was undoubtedly a natural killer.
Killing is the nature of dragons.
Yet he is human.
No matter what, he can't cross this bottom line, he can't eat people, and he shouldn't have an appetite for people.
This is the bottom line of being a human being, whether he is a dragon with a human soul, he is still a human being in essence, and he must not bow to the instincts of his body.
However......
There is a limit to his endurance.
Isn't there an exit here?
The white dragon wanted to leave the girl, it was better to leave the room directly, but he looked around and did not see any exit.
This girl... Still bleeding......
Frustrated, the white dragon turned his head and noticed that the blood around the girl was getting bigger and bigger, and if the blood didn't stop, I was afraid that something would go wrong.
And it stands to reason that if the palm is injured, the blood shouldn't flow so much, what's going on?
The white dragon was puzzled. As long as the average person's body does not hurt the arteries and the wound is not too large, the bleeding should stop naturally.
No matter how serious the wound on the palm of one hand is, it is too strange to shed so much blood.
And this is actually Chrissy's spell.
In order to make the wound flow enough blood for ritual use, Chrissy deliberately added a [Bleeding] effect to the knife, so the wound would not stop bleeding.
After completing the ritual, she only needs to apply a low-level healing technique to the wound, and the wound will return to normal and the bleeding will stop.
But this accident caused Chrissy to fall into a coma and naturally unable to treat herself.
Oh no! If I leave it alone, it looks like something is going to happen.
The white dragon flapped its wings and landed near Chrissy, provoking her right hand with its tail from a distance, observing the wound above to make sure that blood was still slowly flowing from the wound, and there was no sign of healing.
I have to do something.
As strange as this may be, when you don't have a clue, you have to try the most reliable and safe way.
Bai Long thought for a while, and thought of the method of emergency treatment of large wounds in the documentary he had seen about survival in the wild before.
Pregnant!
The white dragon, who thought of the idea, immediately flapped his wings and flew to the shrine.
Of course, he didn't have anything to do with the statue, he wanted a tablecloth pressed under the shrine.
However, Bai Long didn't tear off the tablecloth directly, because when he was about to do so, his teeth had already torn off a large piece of the tablecloth.
That's enough.
The sharpness of his teeth was a bit amazing, and Bai Long didn't expect this thick-looking tablecloth to be so fragile to himself.
Next, the white dragon used his claws to cut the tablecloth into slender strips, I have to say that his claws are indeed sharp, originally as a human need tool work, now he can directly and effortlessly complete.
After blowing and dusting off the strip of cloth, some of the bandages that can be used are ready, and it's time to bandage them.
My paws... It's going to hurt her, right?
The white dragon grabbed a bunch of strips of cloth and flew to Chrissy, but he looked at his pair of dragon claws that were glowing with cold light, and immediately became troubled.
The body of an ordinary human should be very fragile to himself as a dragon, and if he is not careful, he will aggravate the girl's injuries.
After thinking about it, the white dragon decided to use his teeth and tail to complete the bandaging work, so as not to scratch the girl with the dragon's claws.
Of course, this will also be more difficult, not to mention that he has to tie strips of cloth to his tail beforehand.
Holding the other end with his teeth also means that his nose will be close to or even close to the girl's wound. During this time, he had to restrain his desire to bite the girl while biting on the strip of cloth, which was absolutely torture.
However, at this time, the pool of blood around the girl was getting bigger and bigger, her face was getting worse and worse, and even her body temperature was dropping.
He couldn't have hesitated any longer.
The white dragon began to move, first he had to use his teeth and claws to wrap a section of the strip of cloth around his tail.
During this time, he had dealt with it as carefully as possible, and still broke two strips of cloth, but after some effort, the white dragon finally got the strength right.
After controlling the power, the following operation is much simpler, the white dragon carefully lifted the girl's arm with the back of his claws, then lowered his head and slowly shook it, so that the strip of cloth in his mouth tightly wrapped around the girl's arm, and began to circle around.
Of course, it can't be too tight, what he has to do is to reduce the blood flow to his arm, not to strangle his arm.
And the degree of tightness can only depend on Bai Long's own judgment, but he has been a man in his previous life and has done similar things, so what he should be tied up will not be uncomfortable, Bai Long is clear.
Below, if the strip of cloth is used up, bite off the knotted buckle on the tail, and then wrap the upper and lower ones, and continue the above operation.
In this way, the strip of cloth was wrapped from the arm to the palm of the hand, and the blood that flowed from the wound was significantly reduced.
But this still doesn't work, we have to find a way to stop the bleeding completely.
Ben should have taken medicine at this point, but there was no medicine in the secret room.
Moreover, even if you find a bottle that looks like a healing medicine, it is not wise to use it without knowing the properties of the medicine.
That's all there is to it.
The white dragon stretched out his tongue and licked the wound, after all, ordinary saliva has a certain hemostatic effect.
It's just that there will be any problems with the dragon's saliva, and the white dragon doesn't know, but now he has no other way.
After the white dragon swept away the blood from the wound with the tip of his tongue, the knife wound with deep bones immediately stopped bleeding.
The dragon's saliva is actually a precious healing and alchemy material, which itself has a hemostatic effect, and can even break some stubborn curses.
Of course, the white dragon didn't know this.
But the effect in front of him was of course good, and the white dragon immediately escaped from the girl after wrapping the remaining strip of cloth around the wound.
That's right, it's escaped.
Just now he tasted the girl's blood, and the tip of his nose was full of the girl's fragrance, which was quite delicious, and the girl's blood seemed to have the power to make him crazy.
He couldn't stay with the girl anymore, at least not now.
As a result of tasting the girl's blood, the hunger in the white dragon's belly welled up again, and the feeling was even stronger than before.
This reminded him that when he was a child, he had been lost in the mountains for three days, and he was so hungry that he suddenly found a wild fruit to satisfy his hunger, but instead of alleviating his state, he made him crave food more and more.
He's losing his mind again.
I have to... What to eat......
The white dragon's eyes began to cloud again, and primitive instincts began to eat away at his senses.
He was a hungry beast locked up in this chamber with a sleeping maiden, who would hurt her if he slackened.
The white dragon didn't dare to look at the girl, he knew that his eyes were full of hunger and greed now, and his will could no longer stand the test at this time.
And on the other side of the line of sight is ...... Eggshell.
Yes! This can be eaten!
The white dragon pounced on the scattered eggshells like a life-saving straw, and after licking the remaining egg whites from the pieces of eggshells along with the dust, the white dragon, who could not bear it anymore, began to chew and eat the eggshells as well.
In fact, these eggshells don't taste bad, crunchy, and calcium, which is a good tonic for the newly born self.
It is...... Slightly toothy.
Ahh
When the white dragon swallowed a large piece of eggshell like a flatbread, a small piece of eggshell got stuck between his teeth, allowing the white dragon to pick at it with the dragon's claws for a while before getting rid of it.
Hiccup!
After eating all these eggshells, the white dragon's hunger subsided, and he even burped.
The eggshell of the giant egg is very large, of course, the white dragon feels hungry mainly because he has just woken up from his long sleep and lacks energy to replenish it.
And the eggshell of the dragon egg is indeed an energy substance, even larger than the content of some high-purity energy ores of the same volume.
So after the white dragon finished eating, he even felt a little stretched.
After eating a full meal, the white dragon's sanity also returned.
He turned his head to look at the girl, and saw that the girl was still asleep, but probably because of the loss of more blood, her body temperature was slightly low, and of course it was cold to sleep on the floor.
He didn't think about anything superfluous, just thinking that he was a little sleepy too.
So the white dragon crawled to the girl's side and lay down, put the dragon wings on her body, and the tail wrapped around her, closed his eyes again, and fell asleep in a steady breath.
"Hmm... Mom...?"
Surrounded by a warm breath, Chrissy, who had been asleep for several hours, finally opened her eyes.
She slept soundly, and always felt that she was sleeping in her mother's arms, protected by a reliable and gentle force, and that she could forget all her troubles and sorrows, and sleep soundly without fear.
However, when her vision gradually cleared. What appeared in front of her at this time was a dragon face covered with white scales.
This......
What's the situation?!