Chapter 94: Fame and the Fallen
"A little hungry, Ed! Fiona! Go out and get me some food."
Rand folded his hind legs together in a bossy manner.
Lazily, he barked orders at the two young dragons.
The little black dragon and the little female dragon immediately flew out obediently.
Rand sighed a little, taking the two dragon cubs with him was actually quite good, these two guys, although a bit wasteful, still had no problem going out to hunt for food.
Even if little Ed had the red dragon bloodline, he might really be better than him at hunting underwater on the water alone.
The little black dragon is a fish out of water.
As for the little female dragon, Fiona?
It's good to have an extra dragon, because it's just idle anyway, and young dragons need to work more to keep their bodies alive, right?
So far, compared to a year ago in the Greenwood, everything feels fine, except for the lack of additional Gentar and the fruit fed by the elves.
Of course, there are other reasons for the good mood.
For example, about six months ago, he unlocked a new achievement [Fame] 1.
"[Fame] 1
After investigation by multiple forces in the Hazen Kingdom and Lane Kingdom, your evil deeds of destroying Sunshine Town and Ireland City have been discovered.
They are shocked by your evil, powerful calling you the [Red-Eyed Black Dragon]!
You have become well known among the top brass of the two kingdoms.
They acknowledge your status and strength as an evil dragon, and it will give them sleepless nights when they have a neighbour like you.
They are determined to destroy you, and for this reason you must be careful.
You have gained a new potential.
Potential + 1."
It goes without saying that physique goes up.
At this point, his physique also came to 24 points. (Correction here, the physique growth in chapter 92 should be 23, now corrected.)
Fame? A new way to gain potential.
It made the dragon excited.
But ...
Rumors were running amok earlier that he had overrun the Green Forest, held the trade routes, and wreaked havoc on the borders of two kingdoms, and he hadn't unlocked the [Fame] 1 achievement?
This was a bit of a puzzle for Rand to figure out.
Was it because, at that time, these guys, didn't take him seriously at all? Or maybe unlocking [Fame] was inherently more difficult than the others?
Rand suddenly felt a little defeated, what he had done before was really still too soft? This was not at all in keeping with his ancestral dragon status!
Outside the volcano.
The two little dragons flew out of the crater after receiving Rand's mission, they quickly made their way to the beach and flew maybe two or three kilometres headlong into the sea.
A school of fish was found.
Like a swordfish, the little black dragon twisted his dragon body and quickly headed for the school of fish.
His speed was very fast, even in seawater it was 50 to 60 kilometres per hour.
It was not even slow compared to pure sea creatures.
Comparatively speaking, the little female dragon is much bulkier, only half as fast as the little black dragon in the water, and can only go to catch some slow-swimming marine creatures or give the little black dragon a beating.
In such cases, the little black dragon will mock the little female dragon for her incompetence, to which the little female dragon does not dare to retort.
After all, the little black dragon is now the main force of the hunt, and if she dares to retort, the bastard will go to Rand and tell him off, after which ... she will naturally get a beating!
Ed the bastard! At the moment, his position is already a serious threat to her!
On the contrary, the little female dragon does not know how to secure her position yet.
When they catch the fish, they swallow them straight into their bellies.
Of course, it's not that they just open and eat it, but they store the food in a separate stomach pouch.
This is somewhat like the regurgitation of certain carnivores.
Certain female animals, such as in a previous life, when they had their own children and were out hunting, they would usually swallow and store the food in their stomachs to ensure that it was not taken away from them, and on returning home, they would vomit it out and feed it to their children.
Rand, in his boredom, had thought more than once that in the oldest times, when the supreme races of gods, demons and dragons, dwelt together on one piece of earth.
Even the dragons had to be careful when they went out to hunt for food, right?
Perhaps the true dragon's second stomach pouch also came about because of evolution?
It is only because the gods and demons are now living in two separate worlds, and the dragons are basically without natural enemies in this world, that they can comfortably use their other stomach pouch to store their treasures?
Of course, these are all speculations, after all, that era is too long ago.
Even the true dragons, in their heritage, would have classified it as a useless memory, or would have needed a greater age to use to unseal it.
The two dragon cubs hunted for food at an extremely fast pace, and in just half an hour or so, the little black dragon was almost close to filling its stomach pouch.
Just as they were about to continue.
Suddenly they found the waves surging and some of the fish that were just about to reach their mouths were violently swept a good distance away.
Their own swim was blocked and the fishing became difficult.
With no choice, the two dragon cubs exchanged glances in the sea water, before rushing out of the sea in unison.
At that moment, they were shocked to find that the sky was filled with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and gusts of wind.
With a shake of their dragon wings, the two dragon cubs flew towards the crater of the volcano.
When they were about to return to the island, they were shocked to find that the island was not far away.
A small fishing boat, like a maple leaf with the huge wind and waves, kept being swept towards the island, eventually hitting the shore reef and falling apart with a crash.
A figure also rolled wheel from it and fell limply to the ground, struggling to get up.
It was a human being.
It appeared to be no more than twenty-five or twenty-six, naked, with a somewhat stocky build and slightly dark skin.
It was dripping wet, with brown hair past its shoulders, scattered beyond recognition, and a pair of brown eyes that showed infinite terror.
Pang!!!
The waves came crashing in again.
The man seemed a little scared and rushed off into the forest.
Seeing this, the two dragon cubs once again looked at each other and hurriedly flew into the volcano, shouting as soon as they entered
"Rand! Rand! There are humans coming to this volcano!"
"Humans!?"
Rand shuddered as the pool full of lava splashed out and landed on the mountain wall with a snorting sound.
He scrambled up from the pool of lava, then with one clawed hand, he grabbed the two dragon cubs and shot up into the sky.
For safety's sake.
He flew straight up to a height of six or seven kilometres, before being guided by the two dragon cubs and finding the human they were talking about.
At this time, the other party was hiding under a huge, somewhat banana-like tree to avoid the rain, looking pitiful and helpless.
"Is this the guy?"
Rand asked, stunned.
"That's right! That's him."
"Snort~ Looks like an unlucky guy who fell on hard times! It just so happens that I've been a little bored lately, and this god sent me a little doll! You guys just pretend he doesn't exist."
Rand barked a word of advice.
He finished eating the fish caught by the two dragon cubs and swallowed a few mouthfuls of lava, which temporarily solved his hunger.
After that, his life, which had been boring, was a little more fun.
Rand began to fly high into the sky intentionally, watching the human.
On the first day, the human ran down to the beach early in the morning, seemingly looking for something, and when he was hungry, fished for some seafood close by using a wood drill to make a barbecue to fill his stomach. Afterwards he settled down by the fire, gazing out to sea from time to time, perhaps praying for a fishing or cargo ship to pass by?
The next day, the same.
On the third day, the human was clearly in a much worse state, seemingly because he had not been replenished with fresh water. He began to go into the forest each morning to find some water to drink and found a small puddle that solved the water problem.
On the fourth day, the water was available, but the food was not and he went down to the sea and did not harvest enough food and was hungry for the rest of the day.
On the fifth day he began to try food from the forest, something like wild fruit, wild grasses to wrap his belly around.
On the sixth day, it seemed that there was something wrong with yesterday's food and he became very weak and scurried thin.
On the seventh day, his constitution should have been good and he was actually in better shape, but the food he caught in the sea was still insufficient and he had to continue to try some wild fruits and herbs.
On the eighth day, he was diluted.
Day nine, keep trying.
Day 10, scurrying thin ...
Rand felt a bit bored by this, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
The human had started to build a nest of his own on the beach, perhaps because he had discovered that it was not easy to leave the island.
On the thirtieth day, the human had lost even more weight, at least a dozen pounds more than when he had first entered the island, and he would probably die here before long.
For this was just a bore, a little bug to pass the time watching.
On the fortieth day, when Rand found him, he was still scurrying around, this guy, every day, wouldn't he shit himself? It was disgusting.
On the sixtieth day, he was looking much better, this guy, how did he do it?
On the sixty-first day, Rand spent the whole day observing and discovered that this human, had actually gotten close to the volcano! He was picking some strange looking mushrooms, weeds, that were growing on the rim of the volcano.
These mushrooms and weeds, which were also found inside the crater, grew extremely densely.
They looked strange, fiery red and looked like the heads of some animal.
The weeds, on the other hand, are incomparably rough, red and black, with some strange scaly-like patterns on their leaves.
These things had not been there before, and had only appeared after his descent.
Rand wasn't quite sure what the heck they were.
He watched as the human ate the mushrooms and weeds, red and hot but in high spirits.
On the eightieth day, the human looked much stronger, stronger than when he had first entered the island, his hair tinged with some red.
On the hundredth day, the human looked even stronger, his hair was red, and on his arms, lines similar to those of wild grasses were faintly appearing.
This human, with this change, had something to do with those mushrooms and weeds!
Before, it was just a guess, but this time, Rand was completely sure!