Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

The Dragon Ball can be considered the condensed version of the Dragon Race Essence. It carries some properties of the Racial Essence, but its effects fall far short of the true Racial Essence.

The magic power that constitutes the Dragon Ball is mixed with traces of the characteristic magic power of a giant dragon from when it was alive, being extremely unruly.

If an ordinary person wants to absorb the Dragon Ball, the danger is quite high. The rejection reaction can cause a disorder of internal magic power, making it impossible to use magic or skills for a period.

But if used on a demon, the danger is much smaller.

Many demons have the ability to acquire magic power from other creatures to strengthen themselves.

As long as they don’t ingest too much at once, demons can still make use of most of the absorbed magic power.

So, Yang Yu chose the Dragon Ball to strengthen He Meng.

He Meng carefully examined the orange bead in his hand and asked, ”How am I supposed to use this thing?

You said it’s the material for some legendary equipment; surely, you’re not expecting me to figure out how to make it into equipment myself?

Or, use the method we used before...”

”Making it into equipment would require a lot of detours, and there’s rarely equipment that fits a slime...

If you can transform into anything, why do you even need equipment?

Just change into whatever equipment you want.

Even if you turn into a moving fortress, nobody will say anything.

Don’t just eat and sleep all the time.

You’ve acquired a lot of knowledge from the All Things Library; you could try transforming some things for fun.

You might find them useful in the future.”

He Meng felt strangely indignant, ”Your kind of talk sounds like I do nothing but eat and sleep.

I am working hard where you cannot see.”

”Then please, occasionally make an effort in front of me.

Even if just for show, let me see your determination.”

”I refuse. If you see me doing that, you’ll definitely force me to change into some weird things.”

Making a face at Yang Yu, He Meng turned his head to one side and pushed the Dragon Ball into his mouth, swallowing it.

He Meng tried to digest and absorb the Dragon Ball, but found the seepage speed of its magic power extremely slow, only using strong acid to corrode it could make the seepage slightly increase.

It would take a lot of time and effort to completely melt this single Dragon Ball.

Yang Yu warned from the side, ”Be careful, don’t ingest too much magic power at once.

Absorb it bit by bit. If the magic power from the bead makes you uncomfortable, spit it out immediately.

Wait for the discomfort to disappear, then continue.”

”I don’t need you to say, I know. I don’t want to upset my stomach.”

He Meng stuck his tongue out at Yang Yu, still feeling upset about the recent talk.

Yang Yu chuckled, ”I’ve never heard of a slime getting an upset stomach.”

Although He Meng still seemed a bit headstrong, he also understood the dangers of this adventure and was willing to grow stronger with them.

With the rewards mostly distributed, Yang Yu glanced over at the storage scroll, focusing on a black box.

This was the [Random Treasure of the Giant Dragon], a blind box.

With five victory points left, Yang Yu picked up the fishing rod to try his luck.

The moment the confirmation was pressed for the [Random Treasure of the Giant Dragon], the prize was decided.

Yang Yu previously thought about whether to open the blind box early, but eventually decided against it.

It was Yang Yu’s only prize he couldn’t determine the outcome of.

If by chance he hit the jackpot and got something good, he could share the joy with his comrades firsthand.

However, when Yang Yu lifted the box, eager to open it...

Laying on the red satin was a round glass bead, with three beautiful curves entwined, appearing truly dance-like.

Yang Yu was momentarily stunned, slowly closing the box then reopening it, finding the glass bead laying—as stationary as before.

Scrolling through the system’s item list, almost all the way to the bottom, Yang Yu pulled out an identical glass bead.

Yang Yu couldn’t help but raise his hand, giving himself a hard smack on the head.

This junk had managed to end up right back in his possession.

Laughing helplessly, Yang Yu shook his head with resignation.

Fortunately, he had been able to sell the glass beads back then, and bought a large quantity of potions to get through the early stages...

Those five victory points might as well be considered protection money for the past.

As Yang Yu was about to close the lid, he noticed another slip of paper inside the box, temporarily putting down the lid, and picking up the note to read it carefully.

The first half of the note described the origin of this glass bead.

This glass bead somehow ended up in the hands of the giant dragon, not because the gemstone merchant Yang Yu encountered conned the dragon into buying it, but because one eloquent salesman after another exaggerated it, passing on the baton and inflating its price until the dragon was finally intrigued, resulting in its eventual acquisition by the dragon.

With the dragon’s ability, it could clearly see this was a simple glass product, then why pay a fortune to purchase this thing?

Could it be this glass bead truly holds some special trait?

With this query in mind, Yang Yu read through the remainder of the paper.

As he read, Yang Yu’s mouth hung open, half of what he exaggerated back then turned out to be true.

”...According to our dragon’s appraisal, this glass bead indeed turned out to be an extremely standard sphere, just as those gemstone merchants claimed, with virtually no deviation, the distance from any point on the surface to the center being absolutely uniform.

In this world, the craftsmanship level required to create such a standard glass sphere no longer exists.

We initially suspected this glass sphere possessed a highly ancient history...

Because of its extremely standardized nature, we conducted an experiment: we compressed a magic spell into the glass bead, and using a trick, sealed the magic intact.

Transforming this glass bead into a magical tool.

We contemplated numerous times on the choice of magic; for safety, as well as to protect this rare standard sphere, we opted for special healing magic.

Simply holding this Treasure Bead results in receiving some healing magic influence, gradually restoring one’s health.

Alternatively, instant release of all magic within for quick healing of one’s injuries.

The specific usage method is....”

Yang Yu picked up the glass bead in the box to assess it.

[Dragon’s Secret Treasure: Healing Glazed Glass Bead

When carrying this Secret Treasure, every 5 minutes, restores 1% of the lost Life Value.

Also, using a specific method, can release the healing magic inside the Treasure Bead, restoring 60% of MP and HP and removing all abnormal status.

After a single use, this Secret Treasure becomes an ordinary glass bead.]

Dragons indeed live up to their reputation; they can casually turn ordinary items into magical tools.

If I pulled out the glass bead I currently have, just wonder if the dragon could carve more magic into it.

No matter how it’s looked at, a life-saving active like this, even if it’s just a glass bead, is worth five victory points.

Putting the glass bead back into the box and sealing it with the lid, Yang Yu stored the Healing Glazed Glass Bead within the system.

Ensuring Iyas and Lotcar completed the Skill Scroll, Yang Yu instructed everyone to return to their rooms and rest well.

Tomorrow morning, Yang Yu plans to lead them to the nearby Demon Beast Forest to test their new equipment and skills.