Chapter 549: The Dragon's Tactics

"Ha! I know!" the Dwarf eagerly interjected, "Is it because before breathing out, Dragons must inhale, right?"

"Completely... wrong," the Elf Priest smiled and shook a finger at the Dwarf, "but you can't be blamed for that, because that's one of the most widely held misconceptions about Dragons, and the True Dragons are quite happy that mortals think so. In fact, through the dissection of Dragon Corpses, Elven Scholars have long discovered that a Dragon's stomach is divided into upper and lower parts. The lower tail is where food goes, while the upper stomach stores the Elemental Energy used for digestion. During combat, that Elemental Energy from the upper stomach floods into the lower one and is then emitted in the form of a Breath Attack. At the same time, the tension and pain of battle prompt the upper stomach to rapidly condense new Elemental Energy, and when the lower stomach is filled again, the Dragon is ready to unleash another Breath."