"Hiss~"
Lyle gazed toward the lava sea, and while he was pondering how to deal with the Solar Anglerfish issue, he felt a burning, stinging sensation across his entire skin.
He lowered his head.
Raising his arm to look at his exposed palm, Lyle clearly remembered that he had already used healing magic to treat his injuries.
Why was there still a stinging sensation?
"This is..." Lyle looked at his skin, and his eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.
Due to the influence of the lava sea in the Lava Zone, the red, scorching light released from the lava was reflected everywhere between the mountain walls in this area.
Therefore, Lyle hadn't paid much attention after initially healing his injuries; only now did he notice that there were large patches of red marks on the surface of his palm's skin.
In an environment already filled with fiery red light, they weren't conspicuous; if one didn't observe closely, they really wouldn't be noticed.
A grave expression appeared on Lyle's face as he hurriedly checked other parts of his body, finding that besides his palms, large red marks were present wherever skin was exposed.
It was like the kind of red marks that appear on a normal person's skin after rubbing it.
These were all the places that had been stained with dragon blood earlier.
"Heal Greater Wounds."
With a serious expression, Lyle looked at the large red marks on his skin as a pure white, holy light was released from his palm, enveloping the skin.
However, as the healing light dissipated, the red marks on the skin remained unaffected.
"It's not an injury, and it shouldn't be a curse. What is this?" Lyle frowned, his face darkening slightly.
The stinging sensation on the skin was not intense—it could even be described as faint—but the feeling was real.
And it wasn't just the skin!
Lyle also felt a faint stinging sensation in his mouth, exactly where he had licked the dragon blood earlier.
Hm?
Under his gaze, Lyle suddenly noticed that the large red marks on his arm seemed to have shrunk slightly.
An illusion?
No, with his current perception, a change of this degree shouldn't be a mistake.
"So, what exactly is this?" Lyle's frown deepened.
He possessed the "Complete Curse Immunity" ability, so he didn't need to worry about whether this was a curse left behind by the Ancient Fire Dragon before it died.
What Lyle cared about was whether it was some other unknown power; a thought flashed through his mind, and he subconsciously glanced at his Status Panel.
The data hadn't changed much...
This is!
Lyle's gaze froze.
'HP: 448→449'
If he remembered correctly, after raising [Mad Mage] to max level, his MP value should have been 448 points, but now it had suddenly increased by one.
"It's because of the dragon blood's effect!" A bright light appeared in Lyle's previously serious eyes.
Currently, this was the only possibility!
However, only increasing one point of MP—was it because he hadn't been stained with much dragon blood?
Lyle had originally held a skeptical attitude toward the phrase "a dragon's body is full of treasures," as the resources currently available were too few.
Not to mention the corpse of a giant dragon, he would even collect the corpses of slightly stronger Demonic Beasts.
But he hadn't expected there to actually be a special effect.
Most importantly, it still worked on him!
Comparing by Rank, Lyle was currently Rank 41.
The Solar Anglerfish's Rank was around 47; as one of the three great rulers, the Ancient Fire Dragon possessed the "Ancient" prefix title and was a fire dragon, which was stronger than the weakest frost dragons.
Its Rank should also be at the level of 47 or 48, but it likely wouldn't exceed 50.
The Dragon Clan's racial Ranks were: Young (Lv 10), Juvenile (Lv 10), Adult (Lv 10), Old (Lv 10), Elder (Lv 5), and Ancient (Lv 5).
That made for a total of 50 racial Ranks, and within the Dragon Clan's class system, there was a class called "Dragon Race Transcendent."
This class was held by both the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord and the Platinum Dragon Lord; therefore, Lyle speculated that only after raising the racial Rank to the maximum of Lv 50 and taking a step further would one obtain the "Dragon Race Transcendent" class.
Lyle halted his thoughts.
In short.
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