Chapter 266: Refining the Fusion Dragon Crystal
After reattaching the dragon's head to the demonic dragon's body, George began drawing the magic circle for refining the Dragon Crystal around the massive corpse.
To refine a Dragon Crystal, no other auxiliary materials were needed—just one thing: the corpse of a dragon after death.
Using a special magic circle and channeling mana into it, the dragon's corpse would be condensed into a Dragon Crystal that contained all its essence. It could then be implanted into the body.
Sometimes, the dragon's corpse and heart would be refined separately, producing two Dragon Crystals.
However, the effect of such crystals was inferior to those refined from an entire dragon's corpse.
Naturally, George wouldn't settle for less. He wanted the best Dragon Crystal.
"Let's begin!"
After completing the drawing of the magic circle around the demonic dragon's corpse, George placed his hands on the array and began injecting mana wildly.
Under the effect of his mana, the magic circle radiated a dazzling light, wrapping the dragon's corpse. Then, under the influence of the light, the corpse began to shrink and refine slowly.
Roughly an hour later, the entire magic circle exploded with a loud boom, and a red Dragon Crystal, no larger than a palm, appeared on the ground.
Picking up the crystal, George could clearly feel the rich fire-elemental mana within.
"It worked!"
A faint smile appeared on his face. Without wasting time, he began chanting the spell to fuse the Dragon Crystal and slowly placed it near his heart.
As a wave of intense pain erupted at his heart, the crystal seemed to melt like water and gradually merged into his body, combining with his heart and infusing his mana with the power of the demonic dragon.
The moment the Dragon Crystal was fully absorbed, George felt his body undergoing rapid transformation, his physique greatly enhanced.
If previously, due to the stacked physiques of his various incarnations, he had already surpassed the limits of ordinary humans, then with the Dragon Crystal's boost, his physical attributes had at least tripled.
Most notably, his defense had increased dramatically.
Before, his body had decent physical resistance—regular bullets might only graze him and draw some blood—but his magic defense was practically non-existent.
In other words, without actively using magic to defend, being hit by spells had the same effect on him as it would on an ordinary person or mage. The magic effects wouldn't be nullified.
At best, he could dispel them due to his powerful mana and magical skill.
But now it was different. With the fusion of the Dragon Crystal, he had acquired a portion of the demonic dragon's physique and inherited part of its physical and magical resistance.
From now on, even without casting defensive magic, normal physical and magical attacks would have little to no effect on him. Even if they did, their impact would be greatly reduced.
"Just this increase in physique and defense alone makes it all worth it. As expected of the first progenitor dragon created by Morgoth."
Stretching his body, he opened his mouth, and a burst of black demonic fire erupted like spitting. It was so natural, no incantations or gestures required.
"This feels pretty good."
After spitting fire for a while, George looked around at the scorched ground and nodded in satisfaction.
He was now like a humanoid dragon, able to spew the same black demonic fire as the demonic dragon Glauron at will. The only difference was that his flames weren't as large as Glauron's.
But that didn't matter. It was natural that the fire he spewed wasn't as powerful—after all, he was human, not a dragon.
To strengthen his demonic fire, he could follow the path of a Dragon Slayer Mage from Fairy Tail and develop corresponding spells.
This made things much easier for him. Since it was the same fire element, he could simply copy the techniques Natsu had developed and use them directly.
In fact, breathing fire from the mouth had some advantages over casting fire through magic.
It was faster, more precise, more ruthless, and caught enemies off guard—making it easier to land a sneak attack than casting fire normally.
It's like throwing a needle with your hand—the enemy can easily dodge. But if you're in close combat and suddenly shoot a needle from your mouth, the enemy likely won't be able to evade.
From now on, if he were engaged in close combat, a surprise blast from his mouth would be highly effective.
"Next comes the most important part of becoming a Dragon Slayer Mage."
George extended his hand, releasing a bit of blazing fire, then took a deep breath and tried to suck it in.
Compared to regular fire mages, Dragon Slayer Mages had the huge advantage of being able to consume any kind of flame, thereby strengthening their own fire.
Essentially, it made them invincible against the same attribute—unless the power gap was too vast.
"Hmm? Why isn't it working?"
After several attempts, George realized he couldn't consume the blazing fire like Natsu and strengthen himself.
At first, he thought it might be because the fire was from his own magic, so he even went to the elf soldiers and asked for a torch—but still, it didn't work.
"Could it be... because dragons from different worlds are different, and that's why this happens?"
In the end, he could only guess that the difference lay in the type of dragon—Glauron the demonic dragon wasn't like the dragons from the Fairy Tail world who could devour elemental energy, so naturally, he couldn't do that either.
Still, it wasn't entirely a bad thing. At least in his experiments, he didn't suffer from the transportation sickness typical of Fairy Tail Dragon Slayer Mages.
"Looks like I'll have to find a way to get a genuine Dragon Crystal from the Fairy Tail world."
As the saying goes, an orange grown in Huainan is an orange, but in Huaibei, it becomes a bitter orange—different environments yield different results. So, it's understandable that Dragon Crystals from different worlds produce different effects.
All in all, he had still gained a lot.
The enhancement of his physique brought benefits far beyond just survivability—his close combat abilities after casting Giant Magic and using electric stimulation would also see a major boost.
Now, he could grow up to thirty meters tall. Although not as large as the Guild Master who could reach over a hundred meters, due to his strong foundation and the boost from electric stimulation, his actual combat strength might already surpass the Guild Master.
Likewise, his Marvel main body and other incarnations in different worlds received a synchronized power boost.
So even if there were a few regrets, they were only minor flaws in an otherwise perfect result.
Oh, and one last thing—his control over fire magic had significantly improved.
The Blazing Fire Curse, a black magic that used to go out of control and burn everything when released at full power, could now be fully controlled by him.
In the future, if he really went to war with Morgoth and planned to attack Angband, his plan was to unleash several massive Blazing Fires in front of the fortress each day, burning Morgoth's entire orc army to death.
Then everyone could gang up and beat Morgoth and the Balrogs together.
With the matter of the Dragon Crystal settled, George returned once again to the Elven City.
In just that short time, the Light Elves had already used Life Magic to restore the flowers, plants, and trees in the city that had been burned—bringing everything back to its former appearance.
(End of Chapter)