Chapter 558: The Pact Between Man and Dragon

"Come here."

Liszt beckoned.

Leo sat in place for a while before slowly crawling towards Liszt. Dragons have four legs and a pair of wings, allowing them to fly, stand on their hind legs, or walk on all fours like dinosaurs. However, Leo's current crawling was done by squatting on its hind legs, lifting its forelimbs, and using its wings to maintain balance on the ground.

It moved slowly, in a strange posture.

Reflecting its inner turmoil, which could be sensed through the wrinkled scales on its dragon face and the struggling look in its dragon eyes.

It got closer.

When the distance was only one meter, it stopped, swallowing hard, its gaze no longer able to move away from the roasted beef leg.

It was impossible to know what it was like in its magic power state, but in its flesh-and-blood state, it had to consume raw meat. While raising it, Liszt had naturally done his homework, carefully noting the Fire Drake's living habits, behaviors, sounds, and logical thinking.

The intelligence of dragons was definitely comparable to that of teenagers, even though Leo was just a newly hatched juvenile dragon.

It was much smarter than the Grand Sprites—the Grand Sprites had an intelligence level roughly equivalent to that of a ten-year-old child, capable of speaking clearly and communicating normally, but they wouldn't actively think about problems.

Animals with higher intelligence were obviously easier to communicate with.

Despite language barriers, Liszt and Leo could communicate through language, behavior, and emotions, achieving barrier-free communication—Leo could directly understand Liszt's Serpent Tongue, supplemented by expressions, to grasp the meaning; Liszt could also judge Leo's intentions from its tone and behavior.

When Leo resided in his chest, existing in a magic power state, they could even vaguely sense each other's emotions, allowing for even more direct communication.

Unlike the Grand Sprites, who could use the power of contracts to overcome barriers, there was no contract between Liszt and Leo, making it difficult to influence each other solely through communication, especially given Leo's stubbornness. Without employing certain methods, taming it would be challenging.

"Do you want to eat?" He held up the roasted beef leg, making a cut with a small knife, and the mouth-watering smell of the roasted meat got even stronger.

Leo involuntarily nodded: "Oh ho!"

"You still have the same choices as before: first, starve to death; second, let me ride you." Liszt cut a piece of beef leg and threw it towards the Fire Drake.

The Fire Drake opened its mouth and gulped it down in one go.

Then, with a conflicted look at the roasted beef leg, it stayed silent.

Liszt cut another piece of beef leg and threw it for the Fire Drake to eat, then stopped his knife and calmly asked, "How is it? How does the roasted beef leg taste? This is your favorite dish. I've got plenty ready here. As long as you let me ride, you can have beef legs to eat whenever you come out of the volcano for training."

If it hadn't eaten before, Leo might have been able to resist the temptation.

However, the lingering taste of the two beef legs was still enticing in its mouth, and it simply couldn't refuse. It could only use its small front legs to hold its head, shaking it wildly to stop its will from weakening further. But the more it resisted, the more it couldn't change its attitude of decline.

Finally, it let out a loud, helpless "Oh ho!" and its body instantly turned into a ball of flame, rushing towards Liszt.

Boom!

It crashed into Liszt's body, following the pathways of mana energy within the body, and settled in the chest region.

Immediately, Liszt felt Leo trying to communicate emotions with him—it first firmly declared that it would never accept being ridden.

"Are you sure you won't let me ride?"

"Oh ho!"

"If you won't let me ride, then no meat for you. I won't let you have any, even if I have to take medicine myself."

"Oh ho," Leo expressed his dissatisfaction, then conveyed a feeling that he could help Liszt with his cultivation in exchange for food.

He was adamant about not being ridden.

Liszt was a bit confused.

He couldn't figure out why it was so against being ridden. As far as he knew, the dragon belonging to the Sapphire Duchy had once served as a transport, transporting a load of strategic supplies from the mainland back to the Blue Dragon Island—if it could haul cargo, it could certainly carry people, though no one had become its dragon rider. Now this Fire Drake,

unwilling even to be ridden, was truly frustrating.

Riding the dragon outright was probably out of the question, so Liszt had to settle for the next best thing, urging the Fire Drake to train and improve alongside him.

After repeated negotiations, he agreed to Leo's deal: "I can temporarily not ride you, but you must fully assist me in my cultivation, without slacking off! The effect of dragon demon energy refining must exceed five times that of my solo pill-taking, and as for dragon breath training, you must ensure it's completely unmanageable!"

"Hmph!" Leo cried out in grievance.

"You have no reason to feel wronged. The volcano is what I found for you, which is like me giving you the perfect training spot, and I will regularly provide you with a batch of magic potions to boost your growth. You could say that cultivating together is a win-win for both of us. Use that thick skull of yours to think it over!"

After a moment, Leo agreed: "Hmph!"

Then he suddenly emerged from Liszt's chest, transforming from flames and landing on the beach. He took the roasted beef leg handed by Liszt and devoured it. His appetite was huge; he could easily eat a whole cow in one sitting. After finishing one roasted beef leg, he continued to eat the food Liszt handed to him.

This included eggs from green-feathered ducks, fire rabbit meat, and milk from half-slope cows. Raising him, Liszt spared no expense.

Leo ate better than Liszt himself.

After Leo had eaten to half-full,

Liszt then said: "Leo, don't rush to eat, come with me to the seaside, I'll take you to meet someone. This person is my relative, and after I return to my territory, she'll often come to look after you and bring you food."

"Hmph!" Leo gave a "don't want to see" look.

"If you don't want to go hungry in the future, you'd better meet her."

Thus,

the unwilling Fire Drake, holding a large piece of steak in its mouth, followed Liszt to the edge of the beach. Acheronides was already waiting by the sea. Seeing Liszt bringing the Fire Drake over, her big, watery eyes nearly turned into crescents, sparkling like stars.

"Wow, brother, is this the Fire Drake Leo? It's so beautiful!" Acheronides wanted to approach but didn't dare.

Leo swallowed the steak in his mouth and roared directly at the mermaid, showing no kindness despite her cuteness, beauty, and purity. On the contrary, he carried a deep arrogance and disdain. Perhaps in his heart, Liszt barely counted as a food delivery person, while other lives were mere ants.

Out of respect for Liszt, he did not attack Acheronides.

Clearly, Liszt wanted more. He directly touched Leo's belly and said, "This is Acheronides. When I'm not on Dodo Island, she will be responsible for feeding you. You must not harm her, understand?"

For the sake of future food, Leo reluctantly responded: "Hmph."

"As a gesture of friendship, let Acheronides touch you now."

"Hmph!" Leo instantly bristled, baring his teeth and roaring at Liszt, with faint flames spouting from his nostrils, a sign of his anger being provoked.

Acheronides hurriedly said, "Brother, Leo is angry. Acheronides doesn't need to touch him, just seeing him is enough."

Liszt was somewhat startled, not expecting Leo to react so intensely, daring to bare his teeth at him in front of Acheronides, showing that the task of taming him was still a long way off.

"First meeting, a bit shy," he simply covered up the awkwardness and calmly said, "Then I'll go cultivate with Leo first. There will be plenty of time for contact in the future, and Leo will become friendly towards you."

"Okay."

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