Chapter 41

As others ran off in a hurry, Angge became idle. He held the piece of brass dragon scale and asked, "How do I use it?"

"What do you mean, how to use it? What do you want to do with my scale! Grind it into powder and drink it with water, or make it into a plaque and hang it on the wall!" Nagelis roared in sorrow and anger.

There was nothing more heartbreaking than seeing one's own 'remains' with one's own eyes. Even more heartbreaking was that the remains were just a small piece. Where had the rest gone?

There was only this small piece left, and Angge actually wanted to 'use' it?

"Oh." Angge turned around, found a basin, and placed the brass dragon scale inside.

Nagelis was furious: "Kuabada, I was just talking, you really plan to soak it in water and drink it!"

Angge poured a bottle of essence liquid into the basin, just enough to cover the dragon scale, and then squatted down to observe.

"Hehe, soaking the dragon scale in essence liquid, quite luxurious, a few thousand magic crystals gone like that." Nagelis mocked angrily, upset that Angge was messing with his scale.

However, it was strange that Angge could understand the mockery. After observing for a while and finding no changes, he picked it up and shone the holy light of the Purification Spell on it, but there was still no change.

After some thought, Angge cast the Purification Spell again, but this time it was not just a simple Purification Spell, but the improved version of the Purification Spell by Lisa.

Nagelis finally realized that Angge was not planning to soak his scale in water, but was conducting research with a purpose: "What are you doing?"

Angge pointed to the angel skull: "Grow."

Nagelis understood now. It turned out that Angge was trying to make the scale 'grow' back into a body, like the bones of the angel skull.

"Are you dreaming? I'm not an angel skull, and I can't just grow back with a shine of holy light?" Nagelis thought Angge's idea was too far-fetched.

"The ones that can be revived by holy light are angels. Angels are not living beings but combat weapons created by the gods of the Church of Light to suppress heretics. They cannot be compared to natural life forms. Trying to revive a dragon with a scale is like trying to revive a person with ashes... uh..."

Just as Nagelis was muttering, a thin layer suddenly grew from the dragon scale.

"Is this possible? What is that?" Nagelis exclaimed in surprise.

Angge kept shining the holy light on it, and the layer on the dragon scale grew thicker, quickly reaching a thickness of about one millimeter.

"Although it's still very thin, it's clearly a layer of dragon skin. Kuabada, did you really use a scale to restore my skin? This is impossible, this is unreasonable. How can this be? There's no logical basis. Could I have a blind spot in my knowledge? What a joke? I am the god of knowledge!"

This strange phenomenon had a significant impact on Nagelis, causing him to fall into self-doubt and endless muttering.

When the dragon skin grew to three millimeters, a clearly skin-like tissue began to grow.

"I get it. It's because of the 'holy' light. The holy light you cast contains your will, so it can have a reviving effect on ordinary life forms." Nagelis thought hard and finally came up with, or rather, forced himself to come up with, a reasonable explanation.

The 'holy' in holy light magic refers to will. The so-called holy power is the will of the gods. For example, when the Church of Light deems undead creatures as heretics, the holy light magic will cause additional damage to the undead.

However, Angge used the same holy light magic to beautify a lich.

Angge himself has a soul network and faith essence, which are the foundation of 'holiness.' The Purification Spell cast by Lisa must borrow Angge's power to have a 'holy' effect.

When Angge believed that the dragon scale could grow into a 'dragon,' the holy light would follow his will.

This was the only reasonable explanation Nagelis could think of. Whether it was correct or not, he would test it later.

The layers of dragon skin, keratin, epidermis, and dermis continued to grow. When it reached the thickness of two fingers, no matter how hard Angge tried, it wouldn't grow any more, and the growing area began to show signs of withering.

For some reason, Nagelis felt a sense of relief, saying, "See, it still doesn't work. Trying to revive a dragon from a single scale is just a dream."

Angge didn't get discouraged. He put the withering dragon scale and skin into the essence liquid, and after soaking for a while, the withering area expanded.

Angge continued to cast the Purification Spell, and the dragon scale continued to grow.

Nagelis didn't know what to say. Why hadn't he thought of this?

Wounds from severed limbs can grow back when soaked in essence liquid. Theoretically, putting severed limbs in essence liquid could also grow a person, but no one has ever had that much essence liquid, and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to try it.

Just having essence liquid isn't enough. Soaking in essence liquid only prevents withering. To make it continue growing, the Purification Spell must be cast continuously, and it must be the 'holy' light Purification Spell containing Angge's will. Lisa probably wouldn't be able to do it.

As he continued, Angge's Purification Spell suddenly became several times brighter, turning into a larger version.

"This is... an upgrade? No way, is there such a thing as a second-level Purification Spell?" Nagelis wished he could jump out of Angge's body and personally study this larger Purification Spell.

The Purification Spell is a first-level holy light magic. It is a first-level spell, and there is no such thing as a second-level Purification Spell. Higher-level spells include Group Purification and Holy Light Flash.

Yes, Holy Light Flash is actually an upgrade of the Purification Spell. Theoretically, when the Purification Spell reaches its peak, it becomes Holy Light Flash.

However, Angge's larger Purification Spell had nothing to do with Group Purification or Holy Light Flash. It was just a stronger version of the Purification Spell, with the holy light intensity several times stronger than before.

The second-level Purification Spell improved efficiency, and the dragon scale grew faster. It grew to the size of a fist in half a day, to the size of a watermelon in a day, and was fully formed in two days. By then, Angge had used up all twenty liters of sacred nutrient liquid.

In front of Angge was a half-meter-long brass dragon... corpse. It was indeed a corpse, although it looked very fresh, its heart didn't beat, and its blood didn't flow. It was just a dead object.

At this point, Nagelis was also at a loss. Angge had really managed to create a dragon, but it was different from what he had imagined. It wasn't the former brass dragon Nagelis, but a small brass dragon. Was this what he looked like as a child?

"What should we do? Should we try to bring it back to life? Maybe give it an electric shock?" Nagelis suggested.

"Electric shock?" Angge tilted his head in confusion: "Cook it?"

"Idiot, an electric shock can cause muscle contractions. There's a certain chance that the heart muscle will resume beating if it's shocked. Try it, at the heart position." Nagelis said. At this point, they might as well treat a dead dragon as a living one. Otherwise, creating a dead dragon would be meaningless.

Twenty liters of sacred essence liquid, at the price in the human world, would be worth two hundred thousand magic crystals, enough to buy a fully grown dragon.