parentshiftbook Chapter 48: The reason has been found.
Chapter 48: The reason has been found.
In this world.
Influenced by the low-magic environment, crops have a chance to mutate into life food, allowing living beings to become extraordinary beings through cultivation and accumulation of life energy.
In addition, living beings themselves are also affected by low magic, which creates another way to become stronger.
--Racial ability.
Almost every race possesses its own unique racial abilities and ways of expression.
Some of the more famous ones are:
The moonlit whispers of the elves, the life-giving power of the elemental spirits, the water affinity of the mermaids, the dragon language magic of the dragons, and so on.
As a member of the living race, humans naturally possess unique racial abilities.
Humans possess the following racial ability: Just as crops can mutate into food, some humans can also randomly awaken special talents.
Moreover, the probability of awakening is even rarer than crop mutation; it might not happen to one in a million living beings.
This talent is innate, and the abilities are incredibly diverse, ranging from incredibly powerful to completely useless.
more importantly...
Once this talent is trained to a certain level, it will be latent in the blood. If offspring are born, the descendants will also have a chance to awaken this talent.
The firstborn child has a 30% chance of awakening, while the chance of other offspring awakening is almost zero.
This is precisely why nobles place such importance on first-in-line succession.
Many lords' ancestors rose rapidly in ancient times by virtue of their various powerful talents, thus gaining a superior status.
and so.
The power that comes from talent has another name.
—The power of noble lineage.
...
Although some people can now randomly awaken talents, the world order is already fixed and power has been divided up, so they are more likely to become retainers of various noble families.
Although talent is very similar to magic.
But they are all different.
Magic requires long chanting and various rare magical materials, but its coverage is vast, primarily used on the battlefield.
For example, the Swamp spell can turn thousands of square meters of ground into a muddy swamp in a short time, greatly limiting the mobility of cavalry.
Among the Wolf Riders' army is a high-level wind mage who is skilled at casting wind manipulation spells on the entire Wolf Riders, which increases the speed of the Swiftwind Dire Wolves' charge to another level, making them invincible.
Talents, on the other hand, have a greater impact on the individual, just like Lucy did, who can instantly cast ice bullets for single-target attacks.
and.
She is also a high-level superhuman warrior. The combination of these two combat abilities makes her personal combat power far exceed that of superhumans of the same level.
...
Just as Richard was feeling sentimental.
Brad exclaimed in surprise and rushed into the garden. Looking at the scattered rose petals and ice crystals on the ground, he felt a pang of heartache.
"Lucy!"
"If you want to showcase your talent, why can't you invite Richard to the training ground? Why do you have to hurt my rose!"
He became increasingly grief-stricken as he spoke.
"Oh my God!"
"You've ruined the rose I painstakingly cultivated! My poor rose!"
Lucy smiled.
With his hands behind his back, he said in a slightly provocative tone:
"Since Father can't activate the ancestral abilities and spends all his time staring at this dilapidated garden, I'm just giving you a little lesson on behalf of our ancestors!"
Done.
She turned to look at Richard, slightly raising her chin, as proud as a little peacock spreading its tail feathers.
"Baron, is it you who took away the Rock Armored Earth Dragon that my father had been so eager to capture?"
Tell me about it.
"How did you do that?"
...
Faced with this scrutinizing attitude, Richard's pupils suddenly contracted!
Before he could respond, Viscount Brad, no longer concerned about his roses, suddenly put on a serious face and reprimanded him sternly!
"Lucy, watch your words!"
That's all.
He bowed slightly to Richard and apologized sincerely.
"Baron Richard, I'm so sorry."
"It was my daughter who spoke recklessly out of ignorance. Now that you have tamed that Rock Armored Earth Dragon, it is your legal property, Qi Feng, and has nothing to do with me, Frost."
He paused, then, as if afraid Richard might misunderstand, continued to explain:
"To be honest, I did attempt to capture it a few times before, hoping to tame it into a war mount."
"But it is extremely cunning. I have sent the Frost Knights to Blackpine Forest several times to hunt it down, but it has escaped each time."
"Now that you have subdued it, I will never have any improper thoughts, so please don't take it to heart."
...
Seeing that Viscount Brad's tone was sincere and his expression was frank and without the slightest hypocrisy, Richard's doubts and vigilance lessened a little.
Just that instant.
He thought that the other party's hospitality with Venus wine was a trap, a prelude to a fight, with the real purpose of seizing the Rock Armor Earth Dragon.
But now...
He finally understood why the other party was so friendly; the root cause was still the Rock Armored Earth Dragon!
To forcibly subdue a Star-level monster as a war mount, you would need a higher-ranking Moon-level transcendent to intervene and subdue it directly.
Either you need a tamer of the same level to slowly tame it using secret methods.
That's where the problem comes in.
As the fifth son of Benlang, Richard was traditionally only allowed to bring a hundred serfs and ten guards when he went to other places to reclaim wasteland.
This is no secret within the Northern nobility.
Yet this seemingly powerless team managed to subdue a Star-level Rock Armored Earth Dragon, a creature even Viscount Brad found difficult to handle, on their way to explore the wilderness.
This makes it hard not to speculate.
Did this generation of Wolves break with the tradition of driving away wolf cubs and secretly provide Richard with some kind of secret support, or even send a few hidden powerhouses to accompany him?
The Wolf is the only being in the North who can rival Frostfox; its strength is unfathomable.
If Earl of the Wolf truly values his youngest son Richard, then Brad should take the initiative to show goodwill towards Richard.
It makes perfect sense that they would even go so far as to offer Venus wine and supplies at cost price to express their sincerity in building good relations.
As lords of the northernmost region, living so close to each other, and with the other having a powerful figure whose mere presence could shake the entire north, it would be a fool not to cultivate a good relationship.
In short, it doesn't matter whether it is or not.
It's only beneficial for Frost to get along with Chiffon; there's no harm in it. As for how the other party knew he had tamed the Rock Armored Earth Dragon, that's hard to guess.
He parked his supercar in someone else's private parking lot; it would be strange if the host didn't know he had a guest.
Perhaps the moment he entered the city, Brad began preparing for the meeting. Even if he didn't come to visit, Brad might have invited him to Frosthold.
Figure this out.
Richard smiled with relief and bowed slightly to Viscount Brad.
"Your Excellency is too kind. I have never doubted your sincerity."
Done.
He looked at Lucy.
The girl's rosy lips pouted slightly, and her eyes held a hint of grievance, as if she realized she had said the wrong thing.
"Miss Lucy was just curious; I don't mind."
He offered no explanation.
I don't want to explain.
Since the other party insists on putting the wolf's skin that has been peeled off on him, then let him wrap himself up tightly; this will also benefit his subsequent negotiations.