After taking the Dragon Scale, Odecras's entire body trembled involuntarily.
Angel vaguely saw that the flames covering Odecras had dimmed somewhat.
He could tell that the white Dragon Scale had come from an Abyss Frost Dragon. Frost Dragons were naturally opposed to Flame Dragons, and taking this scale would likely cause Odecras a certain degree of harm as well.
Yet when it accepted the Dragon Scale, it had not hesitated in the slightest. On the contrary, it seemed to relish it.
As Odecras carefully examined the Dragon Scale, Angel finally noticed the vivid mural on the hall directly ahead.
The entire ice-crystal hall was almost wholly translucent blue and white. Only that mural was so brilliantly colored that it did not seem like the work of an Abyss creature.
The mural depicted an Abyss Dragon as white as jade.
Angel had previously seen Fafnir's true form, and now Odecras stood before him as well. Whether Wind Dragons or Flame Dragons, their appearances were all savage and terrifying. Yet the Abyss Dragon in the mural was pure white like crystal, translucent and radiant. Even the paired horns that resembled enormous tumors on other Abyss Dragons carried an irresistible beauty upon its body.
The Abyss Dragon's scales in the mural were likewise translucent white jade, exactly identical to the Dragon Scale that had previously been frozen in ice.
Could this be the Abyss Frost Dragon called Binaqiongsi?
Judging from the tender way Odecras had gazed at the mural earlier, perhaps it really was.
Angel continued studying the mural. From the standpoint of artistic style, this Abyss Dragon's true form had been rendered in a mainstream realistic style. Perhaps it contained some beautification born of subjective perception, but at least it looked quite lifelike.
But the mural's background—
The Abyss Dragon stretched across