They watched Dragon Shadow depart with the three dragons.
Forgotten, Andre held the restless little Pawa and could not help breathing a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness... thank goodness little Pawa, not yet a month old, had escaped being sent to the Military Camp for now.
But... this child's future looked rather worrying.
Looking at little Pawa's bluish dragon face and boundless energy, Andre could not help silently mourning for him.
With a father who loved drilling others so much, he would probably have plenty to suffer through.
Eastern Niro City.
The Animal Pen.
A group of patrolling soldiers had just passed.
Pake and Rèla'er immediately seized the opportunity to enter Abel's underground lair.
The entire lair was rather spacious, since a dragon lived there.
But there was nothing laid out inside.
Despite being underground, it was kept extremely dry.
The two immediately began searching for the items they needed.
Only moments later.
Pake picked something up from the ground with some delight and said:
"Look! This! This looks like a dragon scale! Do dragons shed their scales naturally? We actually found one this easily."
Beside him, Rèla'er glanced over and said:
"Dragon scales rarely fall off naturally.
"But that dragon exercises strenuously every day. There must be some minor problems with his body.
"Scales are more likely to fall off when a dragon is in poor condition."
With that said.
Rèla'er withdrew his gaze and carefully examined the ground again.
Suddenly.
His pupils contracted.
He reached out and forcefully pried a clod of earth from the ground.
Seeing this, Pake could not help asking:
"Well? What did you find?"
"There are white spots on this clod... sniff, sniff... this scent seems to be Dragon Life Essence..."
Rèla'er spoke while twitching his nose.
"That's good stuff too! Although Niro City