Riddles in the Dark

The fog envelops Syrth and time passed quickly. Then the ten minutes passed and the Scarlet Copper Dragon appeared before him.

"I hope you're ready young, I've done the puzzles but I'll only leave if you hit them when you answer them all," the Scarlet Copper Dragon said as he laughed thinking about the difficult puzzles he'd just picked.

"It has no root that can be seen, higher than a tree that rises, tall, tall it seems, and never grows."

"On the red hill, thirty white horses; first head, then trample, then it is easy to stop them."

"No voice he screams, no wing he flies, no teeth he bites, no mouth resonates."

"The eye on the blue face saw the eye on the green face." Like that eye, "said the first eye," But underneath, not in the high rank. "

"Not what you feel, what you see, don't hear or sniff behind the stars, under the hills, fill empty holes in the mines, first come, finally spy, kill life and kill joy." . "

"It's a box without a lid, without a lid too, but gold is the treasure it contains."

"Alive is, but never breathes, in the cold of death his body is aimed; he is always thirsty but never drinks, his armor and sound is not perceived."

"Legless lies on one leg, two legs sits on three legs, four legs gets a little."

"This thing devours everything: tree and bird, fauna and flora; gnaws iron, bites steel: grinds stone without a trace; it kills the king, destroys the village, from the high mountain makes sand."

The Scarlet Copper Dragon liked to find fun things to do. He also had a great fascination for people who liked brave enough to challenge himself. That's why he created this fog so close to a human city.

"It seems a little unfair to me." - The Scarlet Copper Dragon was outside and took a piece of mineral with the tail and put it in his mouth and swallowed it. He let out a loud burp and said, "Using my conscience and wisdom to suppress a young draconian." Although this guy deserves praise for his courage, it is still a bit much for him.

As he thought to himself he suddenly heard the young man's voice.

"I'm ready to answer your riddles," Syrth said with absolute confidence.

-Oh really? So fast? "The Scarlet Copper Dragon was doubting his words because it was only ten minutes away, it took almost a whole six months to answer those riddles for that old drowning hill frog.

"Yes, the answer from the first and the mountain, the second teeth, the third wind, the fourth sun, the fifth dark, the sixth, the seventh fish, the eighth fish on a table, man sitting on a bench, cat gets the pimples and the ninth and the time. Syrth said with absolute confidence that those puzzles he'd heard or read them somewhere before.

-… you hit them all without even one that was fantastic. "The Scarlet Copper Dragon didn't want to believe this young man could get all the answers right without even hesitating. - Congratulations you passed the challenge and passed in a very fast time, which even surprised me! Regardless, I will give you your reward.

The Scarlet Copper Dragon's voice of disbelief came from outside the fog bubble. He didn't expect Syrth to be able to solve the challenge so quickly. "What should I give you reward?" The reward for each hit should not be too great. But for this boy he will be the only one I will show my generosity to! The Scarlet Copper Dragon pondered a little, then pulled nine chests out of nowhere.

[You have completed the challenge of the Scarlet Copper Dragon Aldebaran.]

[You gained them ten thousand experience points.]

Syrth watched the battle log closely. Really gained experience, I never expected that this challenge would yield me a good experience. - This was the first time he had experience since arriving in this new world, the feeling was kind of strange it felt like a wind wave was entering his body for a moment, he opened his status window and checked his attributes and realized who could invest five points in any attribute and put all five dexterity into it at number twenty-five he set a goal that first he would leave strength and dexterity at least thirty points before improving the other attributes.

The fog receded slowly, returning to the stony area he had been in before, leaving nine chests behind. Syrth knew this was the Scarlet Copper Dragon's reward. He opened the first treasure chest and to his surprise inside it was a book inside it.

[You have acquired a Draconic magic dome, after its consumption will allow you access to all existing Draconic magic types, have an effect Draconian knots will raise your growth rate to the rank of a lower-ranking youth, possessing more strength. , superhuman agility, speed, and endurance and their regeneration is a little more advanced than that of humans.]

[Want to consume immediately ?.]

[Yes?.]

[Not?.]

-Yes. Syrth said mentally as happiness was etched on his face. "I would never expect this simple challenge to be so rewarding.

"Don't be too glad about that." "The Scarlet Copper Dragon said right beside you. "You were lucky I had a Draconic magic book here with me otherwise you would have a long way to go before I could even use some kind of magic.

-I understand. "Syrth said." "Then I appreciate the gift you gave me."

"You don't have to say thank you for such a thing." He suddenly looks at the slowly burning book and says. "It seems like I won't have to explain to you how the process of consuming a magic book works."

Syrth did not understand at first but he looked at the book and it was slowly turning to ashes as they came back towards him and went straight into his head, a fairly large amount of information flooded his head quickly he was confused but after falling thirty minutes he turned back to consciousness.

-What was this?. Syrth asked, confused by this new and unprecedented experience he had just had.

"This is a book of Draconic magic that was written at a time before the war against the Lords of the Nine Hells, much knowledge and techniques were lost along with the inhabitants of these and one of them even we dragons do not have such a wonderful technique. The race that made them was long gone even before the war began and they were already extremely unique at that time and practically a divine class item.

Syrth listened attentively to every bit of information the dragon was releasing as he spoke to him, suddenly he had a question and asked. Are there other books of magic, such as arcane and divine?

"They must exist but no one has yet found any of them, the ones of dragon magic were easier to do because our magic comes from our own bodies so we just had to take the experiences of some ancient or ancestral dragons and ready a new magic book." draconic was ready, but they could only be used by us true dragons or all our subspecies. The Scarlet Copper Dragon looked at Syrth with a confirming expression as if he couldn't be wrong. "Also including your race."

-I understand. "Syrth wasn't surprised that the Dragon knew he was a Draconian." "Can other races realize my origin?"

"No, only the Metallic Dragons can see through their origin just by slapping their eyes while the Chromatic Dragons would never mind checking their origin." The Scarlet Copper Dragon looks at Syrth and says. "Can you call me Aldebaran and what should I call you young?"

"My name is Syrth, and nice to meet you Aldebaran." Syrth was not surprised by his name or the fact that he wanted to know her name. "So now I'll open the other chests."

Aldebaran looked at him and said nothing as he watched him open the rest of the chests.

After Syrth opened all the chests he checked all the other items.

A pair of curved daggers and Syrth were analyzing them and saw that they had a brand name named [Skyforge].

[Double daggers]

Quality: Unusual

Effect: Ignores light armor and directly punctures opponents' flesh.

This was a pretty decent pair of curved daggers. At least its effect was quite decent. Its classification was unusual and the armor effect was very useful after all. The material used on these blades was very good, they were durable and the blade was quite sharp.

He took the sword and drew the blade and it had the same dagger mark, he takes the bow and the check too and see that he also has the same mark

[Curved sword]

Quality: Unusual

Effect: None

[Compound Bow]

Quality: Unusual

Effect: Improved firing force, dealing more damage to the opponent.

Syrth was not surprised by the results of the sword and bow and decided to check all other items.

[Light armor made from the Scales of the Scarlet Copper Dragon Zyram, can be worn under other armor to provide extra protection.]

Quality: Epic

Effect: All weapons below the epic rating cannot penetrate the parts the armor protects.

[Azerom Cloak]

Quality: Rare

Effect: It can nullify the noise produced by the steps or equipment that are generated while moving.

[Minarum Mask]

Quality: Unusual

Effect: Allows you to see in the dark when equipped.

[Taquion Ring]

Quality: Epic