The Light Green Gem Dragon was on its last breath. Liszt quickly noticed that the rainbow-colored roots were extending from the base of a short shrub.
The shrub grew in a small pit beside the Light Green Gem Dragon's head.
"If I remember correctly, I left this pit here. A Mind Fruit Tree used to grow here. To prevent the Dragon-Bewildering Heart Fruit from losing its magic power, I transplanted the entire dead Mind Fruit Tree away. I never expected another small tree to grow in the pit—and it's absorbing the Light Green Gem Dragon's magic power."
Only after confirming that neither the Light Green Gem Dragon nor the small shrub posed any immediate danger did Liszt leap down from Rio's back and onto the Light Green Gem Dragon's body. This dragon had been reduced to skin and bones. It was not dead yet, but its breath had weakened severely, and death was not far away. Its wounds neither bled nor healed, exposing strips of split white flesh.
That was what muscle looked like after all the blood had drained away.
"No wonder the smoke mission said I could obtain a dragon. This Light Green Gem Dragon is practically dead already. There's no difficulty in acquiring it at all."
Liszt grumbled inwardly.
He knew a dragon would not be so easily obtained. At the very least, there should have been a series of smoke missions, little by little plucking at the threads of a dragon's fate until it finally fell completely into his hands—Rio had come to him that way, and the Invisible Dragon had also involved quite a few chain missions.
He climbed down from the Light Green Gem Dragon and slowly approached the small shrub. Only after confirming once more that there was truly no danger did he