After confirming that this egg, which was most likely to be water-based, did like water, Syl simply built a small pool for it while getting real-time feedback from it.
When two-thirds of the eggs were submerged in warm water, the little dragon in the egg was most active, and the "pop, pop, pop" symbols that symbolized "extreme happiness" were passed on one after another as if they were free of money. , he stopped with satisfaction.
...It's just that this method more or less evoked his muscle memory when making hard-boiled eggs, and he even wanted to sprinkle a little salt habitually.
After creating an exclusive hatching pool for the water dragon eggs, he went back to check the status of the two frightened fire dragon eggs.
As soon as he sent a ray of magic power over, the two dragon eggs, which were originally as quiet as chickens, instantly felt like children who had just been bullied and found their mother who cared for them, and their emotions crackled like boiling oil with a drop of cold water.
It was an emotion different from the previous sadness and happiness...probably anger or fear.
Sile guessed and tried to comfort them with core magic power for a while. After they calmed down completely, the temperature was returned to the level that the dragon eggs liked, allowing them to continue to be roasted as they liked, and then left the grotto again.
In the next ten days, he devoted himself to cleaning up the messy vegetation in the Huahua Mountain area, and dug out two more live eggs.
The fourth one was most likely discarded at about the same time as the third one. The intensity of its vitality is similar. In terms of emotional feedback and pattern presentation, it is closer to wet soil, and it is probably an earth dragon egg.
The fifth one, which was also the last surviving dragon egg he found during this excavation, was undoubtedly in the worst condition.
Xier has cleaned up the dead leaves a lot, and figured out some rules: after stepping in, the strength that can stop the dragon's huge body from sinking is at least 200 years of rotten soil. Be careful when cleaning on this level, after all, the dragon eggs have the highest chance of survival.
Going deeper, all the dragon eggs found before were dead shells, so he could safely use the dragon tail and wind and earth magic to sweep them away.
The last two dragon eggs were found by him in the process of careful cleaning. The depth of the fifth one was exactly the same as the depth of the dragon's palm. Many dragon eggs that were buried far less deeply than it had completely lost their vitality. It is the only one left alive.
Of course, just the fact that it hasn't completely died can already be regarded as an out-and-out miracle.
When checking the state of its eggshell, Ciel couldn't even find that it was alive at first: because it was not like the other four dragon eggs, which had clear lines on the shell and only differed in dim or bright light. Pattern.
After wiping away the dark brown dirt, it was completely black, like those dead eggs with no trace of eggs left.
Only after Siel repeatedly probed the original magic power into it, did it respond weakly for the last time.
How weak is it?
The first two fire dragon eggs he picked up responded to his strength, like an adult being kicked by a newborn baby, weak but at least clear; while the third and fourth eggs, which were in similar condition, looked like a fallen leaf. The softness that fell from the lowest branch of the tree to the ground; as for this fifth egg, it was about as light as being scratched by the tips of the fledgling's first feathers that had just shed their first feathers. It almost felt like an illusion. It's insignificant.
But here in Xier, no matter whether he can survive or not, as long as he finds him, he will definitely take him back.
However, since the attributes of this black egg were unknown and its condition was really bad, he tried to add fire magic to it and turned it up a little, but he didn't know what else to do.
After hatching the eggs for more than half a month, he had some ideas: the overall temperature of the fire dragon eggs should be adjusted higher, and the surroundings must be kept dry and not close to water sources; water dragon eggs like to be close to the temperature of his body , plus most of the eggs can be soaked in warm water in a humid environment; earth dragon eggs are undoubtedly the best to raise, and perhaps it is its talent of being close to the earth that allows it to maintain its shape even after being abandoned for so long. Nice vitality.
Just bury it entirely in fertile soil and adjust the temperature to a little higher than body temperature.
...It's almost like being a beggar's chicken.
Syl had to work very hard to restrain himself from having unfriendly associations with dragon eggs.
By making slight adjustments to the attributes of each egg, the emotions fed back by the eggs would be more frequent and clear - whether it was normal growth or simply his illusion, he always felt that the vitality coming from the eggs would also change. Stronger.
Anyway, according to common sense, as long as the environment is better, the cubs will be in a better mood and of course they will grow faster.
But what should we do with this dying... black egg?
After completing the general cleaning near his home, before Syl could figure out what to do with the cleared land and woodland, he had trouble with the egg that seemed to be dying at any moment.
The feeling it gave him was too fragile, and he always felt that if he moved even a little further away, it would die.
Syl couldn't help but worry.
Just keep it with you until it stabilizes.
After making a quick decision, Ciel felt that it was inconvenient to hold it with his flexible but short front paws, so he pulled a few vines and reinforced them with his most handy metal magic, turning it into a A golden temporary dragon egg care zone was created.
He felt it was not safe to carry it on his back, so he moved it to his chest and put it completely under his nose.
——Perhaps it was his psychology. After doing all this, he seemed to feel that the little life in the black egg became slightly stronger.
Although this dragon is still in the sub-adult stage, it has grown taller and more powerful than ordinary dragons. Its scales are even more glittering and golden. There is a nondescript dragon with huge black eggs hanging on its chest. Bag of gold.
If the Shuilong couple had seen it with their own eyes, they would have been so sad that they would have cried out that their chests hurt as he mercilessly damaged their beauty and image.
However, as the dragon in question, Ciel obviously didn't care about this kind of thing at all.
Fixing the black dragon egg to his body, at least he didn't have to worry about it having an accident when he turned around. With his worries relieved, he naturally stretched his wings on the spot and let the majestic broad wings carry him to fly.
In terms of inter-dragon communication, the help provided by inherited memory is very limited: especially since he is still a sub-adult who has not yet entered adulthood and theoretically has no attraction to adult dragons. Apart from saying hello, the memory teachings may not be useful for anything else. They all have to wait until the courtship period to come in handy.
After thinking about it, Syl decided to follow the human relationship: if the newly moved residents plan to stay there permanently, it is best to visit the neighbors, preferably bring some gifts, and then politely ask them to take care of them. .
He is now in a state of poverty and has no choice but to find gifts outside. According to the Shuilong couple, the natural gem mines and metal mines on Dragon Island have been divided up by powerful dragons, and their nests have been set up nearby. Ordinary dragons don't even dare to get close.
Syl wouldn't seek death either.
He himself has no interest in gems and precious metals. He just wanted to prepare some gifts out of etiquette. Of course, it was unnecessary and would offend other powerful dragons.
Then there are only two choices left: go to the continent where humans live, or go to the ocean surrounding Dragon Island.
Considering that there were still four eggs hatched by magic in his lair, and another one hanging on his body, it was obviously not a wise idea to travel far away - Ciel decisively decided to go for a walk in the sea.
Guessing that the nearby sea area must have been raided many times by dragons, he deliberately flew a little further away, and after applying many layers of protective magic to the egg on his body, he slightly folded his wings, and used water and wind elements to With the help of magic, he slowly dived.
The fish and monsters living in this sea area had been scared away by the pressure of the dragon that penetrated from the sea. When he actually dived, the water was clean and he could run away as early as possible. , those who couldn't run also tried their best to stick to the escaping fish and hitch a ride.
Searle's target is obviously not them.
It didn't take long for him to find some large shells hidden deep in the coral.
When the golden dragon activated its magic power, the trembling corals impatiently spread their soft limbs in all directions, completely exposing the unlucky shells hiding in the depths without permission.
Fortunately, the dragons they welcomed this time were not greedy at all, nor did they have the violent temper they feared most: after searching one after another, they only picked up a dozen shells, and the golden dragon stopped and left.
Of course, Syl didn't expect the pearls from these shells to be a gift that would amaze his neighbor, the dragon.
His requirements are not too high: as long as he doesn't look too shabby, barely meets the two standards of "shining" and "jewelry ore type", it doesn't have the opposite effect of irritating the other party, and it's enough to be polite in his mind.
The big round pearls were stuffed into the egg bag by the little golden dragon, and he tested the black egg without high expectations.
There is no fluctuation, which means that it has no interest in pearls.
I really don’t know what breed this black egg is... Could it be related to the black dragon Dis who brought him here? The black color of Black Dragon Dis symbolizes the closeness to death, but he also likes to turn into a human body and move around the human continent. The few times he appears in dragon form are during plagues or wars where death is coming.
This has also led to the fact that the black dragon is considered a symbol of ominousness and danger by almost all people living on the continent - this also includes the continent of Ulop where the pre-awakened Ciel lived before being forcibly abducted by Dis.
As soon as this idea surfaced, it was rejected by Seal himself.
Although Dis's scales and this egg are both black, the former is a mixture of gray from fire ashes and dark red from dried blood, which is far less pure than the blackness of this egg.
Black eggs...dark night? Should it be taken out to dry in the evening?
Then we can try it tonight. If that's the case, the black egg might be the best to hatch among all the eggs.
Syl flew back while making random guesses.
But before nightfall really fell, he still had a lot of time, so he might as well go to the lairs of the two nearest neighbors first.
