Chapter 177: Chapter 82: Engraving! Rise of the Giant Dragon (Part 2) A great harvest.
Duncan now has plenty of Legendary Level to spare, so it shouldn’t be difficult to engrave any ability he wants. It’s fair to say that the bulk of the Legendary Levels from the Battle of Sharon went to him, Aetius, and the king and son of the Western Goths. If Duncan had not actively altered the course of history, most of the Legendary Levels would have belonged to the king and son of the Western Goths and Aetius. Now, the Legendary Level gained by Aetius should be less, with some directly transferred to Duncan, likely lowering his historical evaluation significantly.
Duncan managed to snatch some achievements from both sides, netting a big catch in one go.
There’s no need to store up too much Legendary Level.
Duncan glanced at the projection page showing the second human form, the dragon baby, currently sleeping soundly, pondering on what ability to engrave to nourish this juvenile dragon’s human form. Without the support of the Dragon Bloodline, even in a juvenile dragon phase, he wouldn’t possess such formidable physical qualities.
Using the terms from playing Dungeons and Dragons, this was like directly unlocking features of a Dragon Vein Mage, greatly boosting basic attributes. An adult giant dragon’s physical qualities are incredibly formidable, and a person with Dragon Vein Mage lineage can enhance their physical traits to an astonishing level.
In most worlds, giant dragons sit atop the food chain.
"Combat skills are not urgent."
"Every world’s power system differs, and the second human form is a unique dragon; most combat skills are not very useful."
No hands.
A dragon can’t possibly use its claws to wield a sword and slash people.
A dragon tail sweep would be more effective.
"So choose bloodline abilities, and some useful special abilities."
Duncan was checking the various abilities of the first human form.
He had hardly ever controlled the second human form, which spent most of its time sleeping, eating, drinking, and sleeping, often for several days at a stretch. Although human infants sleep a lot, they are far less compared to dragons.
For the first few decades, they spend the majority of their time asleep.
"Power of Gluttony?"
"Somewhat useful."
"Wait! Why such a high cost? A Power of Gluttony requires 3 points of Legendary Level."
Hiss.
Are all special abilities’ thresholds this high?
Engraving a Master Level combat skill only costs 1 point of Legendary Level, but the Power of Gluttony requires 3 points of Legendary Level.
"Not all of them."
"The Adrenaline Burst only requires consuming 1 point of Legendary Level. Why does Great Frenzy also consume 3 points of Legendary Level?"
Duncan rubbed his chin in thought, murmuring, "It seems some special abilities aren’t that easy to engrave."
Indeed.
A human triggering Great Frenzy results in a battlefield massacre.
But a dragon triggering Great Frenzy?
The scene would probably be terrifying.
Some special abilities may not seem worth consuming that much Legendary Level, but the key lies in who is using them. Some abilities appear less impressive on ordinary people but don’t indicate their inherent intensity isn’t high; it’s that humans’ physical qualities can’t fully unleash their potential.
They’re inherently abilities belonging to strong professionals, and in other worlds, Great Frenzy might be the frenzy ability of a high-tier Barbarian.
"Judging by this, the potential of special abilities is the greatest."
Duncan looked at Regeneration and Giant Powers.
Hiss!
This is even more extravagant. Regeneration requires consuming 5 points of Legendary Level, and Giant Powers has a plus mark; pressing once costs 5 points of Legendary Level, twice leads to a one-star mark, requiring 10 points of Legendary Level, totaling 15 points of Legendary Level.
Giant Powers is a matching level of consumption as the Dragon Bloodline. Duncan realized that any ability related to bloodline has a significant engraving cost.
"Is it directly infusing and engraving genuine giant power?" Duncan speculated to himself.
Maybe so.
In the reality-supernatural suppressed world, it would probably be at a level similar to the first human form, not particularly extravagant. But in the Mythical Era, where extraordinary powers are unrestricted, there’s a good chance Giant Powers would be greatly enhanced.
"Survive first, then output."
After contemplating for a while, Duncan chose to engrave the special ability ’Regeneration’ first.
The five points of Legendary Level made his heart ache for a moment.
As the Legendary Level was consumed, a wave of power surged into the body, then linked inside the second human form’s body.
The description of this ability had even changed.
—"Regeneration (Special Ability) [Golden Mark]: You possess regeneration abilities akin to trolls; in cases of severed limbs and disability, you can rapidly regenerate limbs. As a special race dragon, severed limbs such as dragon wings, dragon tails, dragon claws, etc., require time to regenerate, then dragon scales can regrow and recover the strength corresponding to the dragon’s age.
The vitality you lose will regenerate at a rate close to that of forest trolls. Before your vitality is depleted, you won’t easily die.
If triggering a death state, you can temporarily survive with a negative one life value, undergoing a constitution death check every ten minutes. If you pass through the constitution fortitude check, you won’t die; instead, you will slowly regenerate and recover.
However, you will die from additional attacks.
Just like how trolls need to be slain again, you also need additional eliminations to die completely."
Wow!