Watching Kurnugi write furiously in his notebook without being affected by the carriage at all was actually rather interesting.
Dragons did not get motion sickness.
Dragon Slayers did!
From Kurnugi, they learned that his age was roughly equivalent to a human fifteen-year-old.
He was currently considered an adolescent dragon, and would reach adulthood in another year or two.
If he matured quickly, it might only take one year.
At that point, his body would grow taller, though exactly how tall depended on both race and individual differences.
There was no fixed standard.
They also learned from him that, generally speaking, almost all dragons had the ability to take human form. It simply depended on whether the dragon wanted to or not.
Most dragons disdained turning into humans.
Why would proud dragons turn themselves into humans?
Not to mention, their combat strength was greatly reduced in human form.
"You still haven't told us why you attacked the Council," Raizel said.
"They attacked me first! The moment they saw me, they blasted me with a Magic cannon. I wasn't injured, but it hurt!"
Kurnugi was talking about the Magic Convergent Cannon: Uranus.
That was Guiltina's local custom.
See a dragon, blast it.
Doesn't matter who you are.
Heaven help him, he had only wanted to challenge strong humans to sharpen his swordsmanship.
After he challenged a few people, the Council's magical assault boat had bombarded him. He had been too angry to let it go, so he went to the Council and blasted them back.
Of course, he had only fired one roar to vent his anger before leaving.
Aside from damaging some buildings and leaving the councilors covered in dust and soot, he had not caused any casualties.
Guiltina's Magic Council knew very well that Kurnugi's destructive power was not limited to that.
He had clearly held back.
That was why they did not hold an especially deep hostility toward him.
Since the Council had no way to kill a dragon anyway, they would rather avoid making another dragon enemy if possible.
This guy's personality was rather interesting too.
He did not hate humans.
In his own words, humans and dragons were no different.
As long as someone was strong enough, Kurnugi respected them.
...
The group traveled through mountains and rivers, making all sorts of detours.
Somehow, they ended up spending another two weeks playing around before returning to Guiltina's Magic Council MNP headquarters.
During those two weeks, Kurnugi suffered inhuman abuse.
Aside from Raizel and Lucy, everyone else had sparred with Kurnugi.
Wendy, Ultear, Mira, Erza, and Kagura all took turns using him as a whetstone.
Lucy had absolutely no desire to fight a giant dragon.
Besides, before learning Star Dress, if she fought, it would be her Celestial Spirits doing the fighting anyway. It would not have much to do with her.
As for Raizel, Kurnugi was still too weak for him.
Besides, Kurnugi knew he had no chance of winning against Raizel, so he never challenged him.
Of course, "inhuman abuse" was only what Raizel thought.
In reality, Kurnugi was enjoying himself.
Especially when he sparred in swordsmanship with Erza and Kagura.
Most of Kurnugi's power came from his father, the Sword Dragon.
A smaller portion came from his mother, Selene, the Moon Dragon God, and her "moon" attribute. After the two fused together, they became Kurnugi's purple-black Magic attribute.
However, there did not seem to be any precedent for this kind of attribute, so Kurnugi had named it himself.
Netherworld Style.
In truth, his fighting style was still closer to the title Sword Saint Dragon.
In dragon form, he relied purely on the Sword Dragon race's innate abilities, with a little spatial Magic mixed in.
In human form, he genuinely used swordsmanship.
And in that form, his swordsmanship had a clear sense of growing stronger the longer he fought.
He was worthy of the name Sword Saint Dragon.
Mira, Kagura, and the others also confirmed something.
Even if it was not Dragon Slayer Magic, it was still possible to injure dragons—as long as the physical attack was strong enough.
The Iaijutsu strike Erza had used with Benizakura had already proven that.
Kagura's Cursed Blade: Archenemy, which had been strengthened several times by resentment and various negative emotions, could also damage Kurnugi.
Likewise, Mira in her fusion form of Satan Soul and Mard Geer's Etherious Form could injure Kurnugi too.
Of course, there was an important reason Erza and the others could deal effective damage to Kurnugi.
Kurnugi was not yet an adult.
There was only one exception.
Ultear.
Ice-Make and Arc of Time did not have much effect on Kurnugi.
But Ultear fought dirty.
All kinds of grass knots tripped him up.
Kurnugi could not touch Ultear at all and kept performing accidental faceplants and early New Year bows.
Of course, Ultear's problem was easy to solve.
In fact, it could be said to be very easy.
They only needed to extract the Magic Power from Dragon Slayer Lacrima and directly merge it into her special-material crystal ball.
If they gave it multiple attributes, even God Serena would have to say, "The title Child of the Dragon Gods belongs to you."
Since Kurnugi happened to be a dragon, Raizel, Ultear, and the others could use the chance to learn more about the Five Dragon Gods.
Kurnugi warned them in advance.
"I have to tell you first. Everything I know comes from the notes my mother Selene left behind. I don't know whether the exact situation is really like that."
Raizel nodded. "That's fine. Go ahead."
However, the moment Kurnugi opened his mouth, Erza and the others were stunned.
Because it was actually the Six Dragon Gods.
Of course, calling them the Five Dragon Gods was not wrong either.
The Earth Dragon God Dogramag had been killed nearly a hundred years ago, and he had died at the hands of a Dragon Slayer.
Of course, Kurnugi had only heard that he died. He had never personally confirmed it.
But the Earth Dragon God had indeed not appeared for nearly a hundred years.
"A Dragon God was killed by a Dragon Slayer?" Ultear signaled for Kurnugi to pause.
Since they were called Dragon Gods, this seemed...a little damaging to the title's prestige.
Kurnugi explained, "They aren't called Dragon Gods because they possess divine power. Their strength is simply so overwhelming that humans gave them the name of gods."
"I see." Ultear nodded in understanding.
Raizel had mentioned that they might try taking on the Hundred Years Quest later.
Although Raizel had not stated it directly, Ultear had already guessed some of it. She wanted to learn as much as possible about their potential opponents.
"I actually think Acnologia is pretty pitiful..." Raizel shook his head with some emotion.
Everyone, including Kurnugi, could not help turning to look at him.
"Why?" Lucy tilted her head, clearly unable to understand his words.
"Think about it. The Six Dragon Gods fled to the northern continent because they couldn't beat Acnologia and didn't dare return. They're also enemies of humanity, yet over here, they're called Dragon Gods."
"But Acnologia is called the Black Wings of Apocalypse and feared by everyone."
In truth, the fact that humanity on the eastern and western continents had survived might actually be something they owed to Acnologia.
If he had not started the Dragon King Festival in the far west of Ishgar four hundred years ago, most humans might still be living in endless suffering.
Of course, that did not justify the Black Dragon coming out now to destroy the world and slaughter Dragon Slayers indiscriminately.
"Maybe... it's a difference in appearance?" Lucy suggested tentatively.
She understood one saying very well.
Good looks were justice.
Raizel gave Lucy a thumbs-up.
"I suggest you say that to Acnologia if you ever meet him."
"..."
Lucy felt he was trying to get her killed!
During this time, the Moon Dragon God Selene kept peeping at them as if nothing were wrong.
Since she was female, and only watched during the day, Raizel did not stop her.
After all, Raizel had also used Super Archive Magic to peek back.
You look at me, I look at you.
That wasn't too much, right?
She spent every day soaking in hot springs.
Wasn't she afraid of soaking herself into a prune?
Of course, because of the mist, he could only see her delicate face, slightly flushed from the heat of the spring, along with her hazy curves and fair skin.
Actually, Selene had originally planned to peep at night too.
But Raizel stopped her with a look.
She understood immediately.
It seemed nighttime peeping was not allowed.
That was probably a major taboo among humans.
After exclaiming that she had learned something new, Selene very consciously limited her peeping to daytime only.
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