Chapter 295: The Choice of Dragon Power
One month later, at the Dragon of the Magic Circle Guild, Elefseria couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at George:
"You truly are a genius in learning magic. Even I took three years back then to learn Dragon Slayer Magic, but you only needed one month.
It seems your race is far from ordinary!"
George was a type of magic cat he had never seen before—not human, possibly possessing a magical talent far superior to that of humans, which was why he could learn the theoretical knowledge of Dragon Slayer Magic so quickly.
"Maybe so."
George nodded noncommittally.
His ability to learn the theoretical knowledge of Dragon Slayer Magic in a month had absolutely nothing to do with the magical aptitude of his body.
Just look at Happy—the magic cat race probably doesn't have any special magical talent, they're just good at flying magic.
The real reason he was able to learn so quickly was that over the past month, he had dedicated the brainpower of all his clones, focusing entirely on studying the theory of Dragon Slayer Magic.
"Next, I'm taking you to the Earth God Dragon's Great Labyrinth to absorb its Dragon Power as a catalyst. Once you do, you'll be able to transform into an Earth Dragon Slayer Mage and increase your magical power by eating earth."
Elefseria activated a teleportation spell with George, performing several consecutive instant teleportations until they arrived at the entrance of an underground labyrinth.
Whether one self-studies, is taught by a dragon, or embeds a Dragon Crystal, the essence of it all lies in using a dragon's power as a catalyst to become a Dragon Slayer Mage.
When taught directly by a dragon, the dragon voluntarily injects its power into the person. Using a Dragon Crystal means absorbing the power within it. Self-study involves attaching Dragon Slayer Magic to draw a small portion of power from a dragon's body.
Therefore, the prerequisite is still the presence of a dragon—it's impossible to gain dragon power out of thin air.
He had become a Law Dragon Slayer Mage by secretly absorbing some of the Law Dragon's power in the past. The intelligence he had on the Black Dragon and the Five Divine Dragons also came from that same Law Dragon.
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He agreed to let George stay in the castle to learn Dragon Slayer Magic because he had sealed the Earth God Dragon. If George could truly master the theoretical knowledge, he would then be able to absorb the Earth God Dragon's power.
"You just need to absorb the dragon power right here at the entrance."
After bringing George there, Elefseria teleported back to the Dragon of the Magic Circle Guild.
However, George did not immediately sit down to absorb the Earth God Dragon's power and complete the final step of becoming a Dragon Slayer Mage as Elefseria instructed.
Through this month of interaction with Elefseria, he had gained a much deeper understanding of dragons and Dragon Slayer Magic.
In fact, among the dragons that fled from the Eastern Continent to the Northern Continent, there were six particularly powerful ones: the Gold God Dragon, Wood God Dragon, Water God Dragon, Fire God Dragon, Earth God Dragon, and Moon God Dragon.
The Earth God Dragon was the weakest among the six divine dragons, so it wasn't his first choice.
More importantly, earth magic didn't offer any unique advantages to him. Enhancing Dragon Slayer Magic by taking a big bite of dirt during battle felt somewhat degrading.
His top choices were actually the Fire God Dragon's power or the Wood God Dragon's power—becoming a Fire Dragon Slayer Mage or Wood Dragon Slayer Mage.
The Dragon Crystals fused in the Middle-earth and Harry Potter worlds were both fire-attribute. If this world also allowed him to become a Fire Dragon Slayer Mage, then the power of his fire-based magic would increase significantly.
If he chose water instead, the mismatch in attributes might lead to fusion failure.
As for gold, the bonus effect was uncertain, and the Gold God Dragon was too mysterious—even Elefseria didn't know its name. So even using a tracking charm, he wouldn't be able to find it.
Although he knew the name of the Moon God Dragon, its attribute was unclear. He had tried tracking it with a charm, but couldn't locate it.
Either it was dead, sealed, had tracking resistance, or simply wasn't in the same space—many possibilities, so he gave up.
If he chose wood, based on his understanding, wood gives rise to fire, meaning it should greatly enhance fire magic as well.
It might allow him to merge with the fire dragons from the other two worlds. Not only could he use powerful Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, but also Wood Dragon Slayer Magic.
Additionally, wood symbolizes life. If he became a Wood Dragon Slayer Mage, it might greatly enhance his vitality.
With significantly enhanced vitality, he wouldn't have to worry about the backlash of using Fairy Law. If he overused it, he could just eat a few thousand-year-old trees and recover quickly.
He was also currently studying life magic with elves in Middle-earth. If he gained the physique of a Wood Dragon Slayer Mage, it could accelerate his learning process.
Of course, whether things would go as he expected still needed to be verified over time.
What made things difficult now was that even if he didn't plan to kill or seal the Five Divine Dragons but just sneak near them to absorb a bit of their power, it probably wouldn't be easy.
So his plan was to try first. If it worked, great. If not, he still had the sealed Earth God Dragon as a backup.
At worst, he could come back later and honestly absorb the Earth God Dragon's power—eating dirt if he had to. It wouldn't be that bad.
Once his power grew strong enough in the future, he might even attempt to mix multiple dragon powers together. Maybe he could evolve into a being like the Black Dragon, capable of devouring all magic and turning it into magical energy for his own use.
According to Elefseria, the Black Dragon was so powerful because it could ignore any magic.
He finally understood why even Gildarts' powerful Crush Magic didn't hurt the Black Dragon.
Because the Crush Magic was devoured upon contact—the only thing hitting the Black Dragon was a regular punch.
To defeat the Black Dragon, one could only rely on physical attacks.
He had also gained some more definite information about Dragon Crystals.
Embedding a Dragon Crystal could indeed allow one to become a Dragon Slayer Mage without learning complex magic, using the dragon power directly. But it would suppress the Dragon Seed, preventing one from transforming into a dragon even if the power was developed to its limit.
In other words, theoretically, only he, Natsu, and Gajeel had the potential to transform into powerful giant dragons. Laxus, at most, could become a humanoid dragon.
So if he didn't plan on transforming into a giant dragon, and only used Animagus transformation, as long as he embedded a Dragon Crystal before fully transforming, he could stop the dragonification process.
However, Dragon Slayer Mages like Laxus who used Dragon Crystals would lose the ability to use Dragon Slayer Magic if the crystal were removed.
But he, Natsu, and Gajeel didn't have that drawback.
"Direction Manifestation: Ignia!"
Using a tracking charm to search for the Fire God Dragon, George flapped his wings and flew along the golden arrow.
(End of Chapter)