At that thought, the fragrant tentacle meat in his mouth suddenly seemed a lot less appetizing.
Beating the big little girl was the first goal he had pursued in his dragon life. Now it seemed rather difficult to achieve.
Like him, the big little girl had something special in her bloodline, and apparently even more of it than he did.
What a headache.
( ̄~ ̄) Chew! Chew!
??
Why wasn't there anything left?
His claw came up empty. Chaos looked at White Chubby beside him.
White Chubby, who had been stuffing tentacle skin into her mouth, stopped and gazed expectantly at Chaos with her sparkling white slit pupils.
Does Green Chubby want some skin too?
After hesitating for two seconds, she raised a plump white claw, grabbed the section of tentacle skin still sticking out of her Dragon Jaws, and pulled.
[Urgh~]
Nearly a meter of wet tentacle skin came sliding out.
She held the wrinkled, black tentacle skin, covered in glistening dragon saliva, in front of Chaos.
Here you go, Green Chubby.
White Chubby said nothing, but Chaos felt that was exactly what her gaze meant.
No, no, no~
He waved his claws repeatedly in refusal.
White Chubby really knew how to gross a dragon out.
He had no intention of eating an idiot's saliva. Besides, tentacle skin was incredibly tough, like chewing cowhide, and tasted only a little better than dirt. He wasn't interested.
"I don't want it. Eat it yourself."
"Hmph!"
Her sparkling white slit pupils lit up, and the claws holding the tentacle skin stuffed it back into her Dragon Jaws.
The tentacle skin that had just been exported was immediately imported again.
Seriously, doesn't White Chubby find that disgusting?
Whatever. She's an idiot anyway.
Forget it.
He looked away. The tentacle meat he had eaten had only filled him about a third of the way, though it was rich in magic power. After eating it, the magic power in his body had noticeably increased.
But he still wasn't full.
He raised a claw and rubbed his belly.
Maybe I should snatch some.
Sitting on the ground, he turned his head and looked at the hatchlings.
Well, these hatchlings are all reincarnated starving dragons.
There wasn't any tentacle meat left. Around the twelve hatchlings, never mind the meat-even the skin was gone.
What a bunch of starving dragons.
Only Agatha still had some tentacle meat beside her.
He looked over at Agatha.
Agatha was still holding a steaming tentacle and gnawing on it, but she only had one left.
Just then, Agatha tossed her claw.
A piece of steaming tentacle meat sailed over and landed right in front of Chaos.
Chaos grinned at the steaming tentacle meat before him.
The big little girl is so nice.
"Thaaanks~"
He let out a roar of thanks, picked up the steaming tentacle meat, and started gnawing.
This time, he wasn't going to share with White Chubby. She ate far too much.
Having received no meat, White Chubby watched Chaos longingly from beside him.
Ignore her. Ignore her.
Chaos kept gnawing.
Soon, that half a tentacle was in his stomach too.
[Burp~]
Rubbing his rounded belly with a large claw, he let out a satisfied burp.
This is bliss. So comfortable I want to lie down.
Just as he was about to lie down, a dark shadow fell over him.
He looked up and found the big little girl standing before him.
"What is it, Agatha?"
"Let's get started now."
As blunt as ever.
Chaos understood what she meant. She wanted to start dealing with that Bamokangla right away.
That was indeed what they needed to do most urgently.
"All right."
Suppressing his drowsiness, Chaos pushed himself up with his claws and looked at the hatchlings sprawled all over the ground.
Before he could speak, the big little girl beside him spoke first.
"Everyone, get up."
Her young, cold little-girl voice carried little authority in itself, but they had just witnessed Agatha's downright ferocious fighting ability. A first-circle hatchling had utterly thrashed a fourth-circle Bamokangla.
Almost the instant Agatha spoke, all twelve hatchlings pushed themselves up in perfect unison.
"That Bamokangla hasn't been completely dealt with yet. If we want to keep living comfortably here through our hatchling years, killing it is a must."
"From now on, all of you will follow every one of Chaos's orders. Let's finish off that Bamokangla for good."
Agatha fixed her gaze on the most troublesome little Black Dragon.
Under Agatha's stare, the little Black Dragon slowly lowered her round head until it touched the ground. Her dark slit pupils had become as clear and innocent as the water in the Underground River.
Obedient, timid, but still a big eater.
None of the hatchlings objected. After all, Agatha had just fed them.
Doing a little work to repay her was only natural. Yes, that was it. It was perfectly fair, and they weren't sacrificing any dignity.
"It seems none of you have any objections. Let's begin, then."
Agatha looked at Chaos.
Chaos knew it was his turn to perform.
His gaze swept over the hatchlings before finally settling on Black Coal Ball among the Dragon Group.
His Dragon Jaws parted slightly.
He hadn't forgotten what had happened when they dug the water channel.
Some dragon must have played a dirty trick to get him washed away. The only ones with a grudge against him were Green Dazed and Black Coal Ball. Green Dazed probably didn't have the brains for it, so after thinking it over, only Black Coal Ball remained.
An: ...
With Chaos's gaze locked on her, An felt a bad premonition rising in her heart.
"All right, everyone, time to work. First, remove all the spines from the fish skeletons. Then we'll move on to the next step."
After giving his instructions, Chaos walked toward the Stone Pot.
The big little girl had just flexed her muscles. At a time like this, no hatchling would dare rebel.
He stopped in front of the Stone Pot and reached in to scoop out a Kashi Magic Core.
The Magic Core was about the size of a chicken egg and gleamed white.
He straightened up, then plopped his bottom onto the ground.
Building a magic formation required not only basic materials, but also something to serve as its magic power core.
The core could be any weapon containing magic power.
It could be a gem or any oddly shaped object, as long as it contained a high concentration of magic power.
These Kashi Magic Cores were the cores Chaos had chosen.
The Kashi Magic Cores contained highly concentrated water-element magic power, making them a perfect fit for constructing the Water Snake Formation.
He raised his right claw and began tracing in the air. As his claw moved, blue radiance drew fine lines through the air, and those blue threads condensed into a blue magic rune.
He tapped the completed magic rune floating in the air with his claw tip, and it sank straight into the Kashi Magic Core.
All right, this one's done. Next.
"You're amazing~ Chaos, you're so amazing!"
"You actually traced a formation magic rune in one go."
Hearing the praise from Feeny, who was lying on top of his head, Chaos proudly spread his Dragon Jaws into a grin without a trace of modesty.
"Of course."
"Oh, right, Feeny. Could you help me with something in a bit?"
"Mm-hmm! Just tell me, Chaos. Feeny is very capable!"
Chaos was delighted by her answer.
"When I control the formation later, Feeny, sit on one of the cores. You won't need to do anything else. Just channel your magic power into the core."
"No problem! Leave it to me."
Just listen to that innocent, confident answer.
Luckily, Feeny had met a "kind" Green Dragon like him. Had it been another Chromatic Dragon, she would probably have helped count the money even after being sold off.
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