Evil Dragon: My Adopted Dragonling Always Wants to Be an Empress
Chapter 18

What to Do When the Young Dragon Raised by an Evil Dragon Dies from Crashing into a Turtle?

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Lunch was corn.

The Fruit Corn planted by the evil dragon Lance was delicious after being boiled, and she ate twelve ears in one go.

The evil dragon ate more than twenty.

She tossed the leftover cobs to Er Gouzi, but Er Gouzi did not eat them. Instead, both his heads bared their teeth at her.

Weren't corn cobs tastier than Big Bone?

If a dog could eat Big Bone, why couldn't it eat corn cobs? Hellhound Er Gouzi remembered the new young dragon. His two heads discussed it and decided to seize an opportunity to bite the young dragon's tail.

They would not bite through the young dragon's tail. Making it hurt would be enough.

If they bit through the young dragon's tail, the evil dragon Lance might make them get a Rabies Vaccine again.

The young dragon would have to get one too.

The evil dragon Lance had said that anyone bitten by a dog had to get a Rabies Vaccine.

Even if she had not been bitten by another Hellhound, she still had to get regular Rabies Vaccines for safety.

Er Gouzi's lunch was grilled fish. The young dragon craved some and could not resist eating several pieces.

The fish had been scared to death that morning by the evil dragon's Dragon Roar.

When lunchtime ended, Lucia thought the evil dragon would make her crash into a turtle next.

Instead, the evil dragon told her to take a nap.

He was far too good at taking care of his health.

On the second day after being captured by the evil dragon, she learned to take a nap. How big could the turtle be?

If Lucia in the morning had been asked, she would have said that the turtle was at most three or four meters across.

Considering that the turtles on the island were raised by the evil dragon, it might be an oddball among turtles, perhaps six or seven meters across.

At six or seven meters, that turtle definitely was not small.

Some griffins in the imperial capital were about that size even without spreading their wings.

However, after waking from her nap and following the evil dragon to find the turtle taking a stroll around the island, her vision instantly went black.

A little hill! A turtle as huge as a little hill!!! Six or seven meters? The turtle strolling leisurely was at least thirty-some meters long.

Even lying down, it was nearly thirty meters.

She, in her young dragon form, was only a little over ten meters.

The key was that the turtle raised by the evil dragon was enormous. Once it sprawled on the ground, it was a heavy little hill.

Crash into and kill a turtle as massive as a little hill?

Even if she killed it, the giant turtle probably would not feel much.

A turtle's shell had the strongest defenses! A turtle this huge definitely had a shell harder than stone, harder even than diamonds.

Great.

She no longer had to worry about the evil dragon beating her up.

The evil dragon might even have to worry about whether she would kill herself instead. "Her name is Turtleturtle, and she has a very good temperament. Feel free to use all your strength when you crash into her. Once you can knock her over, you'll have become a little stronger."

"R-Really use all my strength?"

Lucia's voice trembled as she spoke. Use all her strength to crash into it? Someone might die. She was only in her teens and had not even been in love yet. What a waste if she died from crashing into it. "Yes, use all your strength."

"Can I use half my strength?"

"No."

"Lance... My dream is actually to become a Beast Taming Dragon. How about you teach me the Beast Taming Art instead?"

"Crash into her. Knock her over, and you'll be an entry-level Beast Taming Dragon."

"..."

Lucia was somewhat despairing. She could see it now: no matter what she learned, the first step would probably be to use all her strength to crash into a turtle.

What would the evil dragon do if she slacked off and refused to crash into it? He would probably be disappointed, then drive her away.

Drive her away?

That would be great! As the Imperial Princess, wasn't that exactly what she was hoping for?

"I'm not crashing into her. I—hey, hey, hey! Lance, why are you clenching your dragon claw into a fist? And why are you raising it so high? Ha... haha, you're not funny at all. Can't you tell I was just trying to cheer you up? You're teaching me Dragon Language and cooking for me. You even keep thinking of ways to make me stronger. I understand your painstaking efforts. Don't worry, I won't let you down. This turtle... I'm definitely crashing into her!"

Looking at the evil dragon's raised fist, Lucia instantly understood what she needed to do.

Damn it!!!

The evil dragon's reaction was completely different from what she had imagined.

If she slacked off, shouldn't the evil dragon have been disappointed and then driven her away? Why had he immediately raised his fist as if he were about to beat her? Crashing into the turtle with all her strength would hurt, but being beaten by the evil dragon would hurt even more. She no longer envied the powerful figures of the human world at all.

Before becoming powerful, the suffering and pain they endured were unimaginable. "If you think crashing into the turtle is pointless, I can give you another Body Tempering Method."

"Change it. Please, you absolutely must give me another Body Tempering Method. I'm not saying this because I'm afraid of pain. I'm afraid I'll hurt the tu—Turtleturtle you raised."

Mm, she was afraid of hurting the Turtleturtle raised by the evil dragon.

"Lightning Tempering."

"???"

"What do you mean by Lightning Tempering?"

"It's simple. Find a stormy day, fly you into an area dense with lightning, then throw you in and have you endure the lightning strikes.

"This tempering technique is rather romantic. The process may be a little painful, but if you can endure it, the strength of your dragon body will eventually rival that of a red dragon."

"..."

The strength of her dragon body would eventually rival a red dragon? Heh. She had to have a future first.

Endure lightning strikes? She feared that before even one round of lightning ended, she would vanish completely. "Let me crash into Turtleturtle. Please, I'm begging you."

"Actually... I think Lightning Tempering suits you better."

"No, no, no. Crashing into the turtle suits me. Once I knock the turtle over, I'll go crash into a mountain. Is that okay?"

Lightning.

The power of lightning was the most terrifying. In the human world, mages who wielded lightning were all powerful figures.

During battle, one Lightning Spell was enough to make a person smoke. The evil dragon was going too far. He wanted her to undergo Lightning Tempering directly? That kind of lightning was much more frightening than the lightning controlled by mages. Three or four bolts would leave her gravely injured, and after one round of lightning, not even her bones would remain. Crash into the turtle! No matter how much it hurt, she would choose to crash into the turtle! "Then crash into Turtleturtle."

A look of regret appeared in Lance's golden-red vertical pupils. Lightning Tempering was better.

With him there, the young dragon would not die in the lightning. But she would definitely have to endure the pain of being battered and torn.

Afterward, though, he would soak the young dragon in a Medicine Vat and use the medicinal liquid to heal her wounds.

Lightning Tempering was a path of tempering he had tested out himself in order to become stronger.

To absorb lightning's power and make it his own, he had even studied in the human world for a while.

It had taken him a full two hundred years to perfect his Lightning Tempering Method.

Sometimes, when his thoughts wandered, he would wonder whether continuing to cultivate like this might one day let him achieve Ascension to Immortality.

Ascension to Immortality was impossible, of course. Cultivation could only make him stronger and stronger.

He would let the young dragon crash into the turtle first.

Once she could knock Turtleturtle over, he would have her crash into a mountain. Once she could smash a mountain apart, she could finally undergo Lightning Tempering.

How could she become stronger without suffering a little?

The young dragon began crashing into the turtle with a series of thuds.

Perhaps she was worried that the evil dragon would make her undergo Lightning Tempering, because she put in extra force while crashing into the turtle.

"Don't crash into her directly with your head. Use your dragon body."

He wanted the young dragon to strengthen her dragon body, not practice the Iron Head Skill.

This child had crashed into the turtle with her head so much that she could no longer walk steadily.

He needed to boil some medicine. Once the young dragon finished, she could drink it right away.

"Crash into her three hundred times, then rest once you're done."

"Okay."

Her head was so dizzy. Lance went to boil the medicine. While he was at it, he also carved a Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon out of wood.

Buddha.

He refused to believe he could not teach the young dragon the correct pronunciation of "Buddha."

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