Soon, the few remaining monsters in the territory seemed to catch the scent of the gray chunks and sprang from the shadows, only to die on the spot after offending the [Sublime Light Emperor].
Those monsters were all lizard-like Reptile Types.
Lizards were often considered close relatives of dragons, especially true dragons. Many dragon subspecies took the form of lizards.
Nor was it uncommon for lizards to absorb a dragon's power and transform into dragons themselves. Clearly, the gray chunk in Dark's hand possessed the power to mutate lizards into dragons.
He did not put the gray chunk away, instead continuing to hold it out and let its aura spread, hoping to attract more monsters and gather more clues.
But after roughly half an hour, he had no choice but to abandon the plan, as there truly were not many worthwhile monsters left in Black Lizard Territory.
He then temporarily put away the gray chunk, leaped down from the mountaintop, and entered the mutated black lizard's cave. The cave was filled with traces left by huge reptiles crawling through it.
Further in, he could even see lizard slime and droppings.
Deeper still, there were many objects that seemed to have been picked up from the Demon Race's territory, though they had all been badly corroded by lizard slime.
At the very deepest point, he could even see the mutated black lizard's stored rations.
And perhaps because its aura still lingered there, those "foods" had not been stolen by the monsters left behind. But those were not what Dark was looking for.
He searched the depths of the cave, yet still found no useful clues. He could not help but sigh softly. "As expected, it wasn't that simple."
He searched the cave once more and confirmed that there was nothing to