Hearing that, Gill's eyes remained on Ezra's face.
The prince of Bloodfang Kingdom sighed and began to tell him what had happened earlier.
After hearing his story, Gill's pretty face seemed to ripple slightly. "Does your majesty's 8 Lost Dragons require dragon-type Martial Animal blood?"
The prince nodded.
"But I can only buy early tier 3 Martial Animal blood from the Glittering Jewels Pavilion which is less than ideal. The 8 Lost Dragons I end up with will be weaker too." Said Ezra Zephyr.
Gill Subzi got lost in pondering.
And in that vicinity of time, Fenrir spoke. "Boy, this is really not much of a problem."
Ezra Zephyr flinched inwardly. "Fenrir, why didn't you answer me all this time? Where were you?"
"Haha, did you cry, boy?"
"Not even my dick would cry for you, hollow-brained mutt." Ezra retorted.
He laughed and looked at Ezra Zephyr as he lowered his voice. "I have a method to make your early tier 3 blood even better than peak tier 3 blood."
Ezra Zephye's eyes widened as he asked in bewilderment, "Really?"
Fenrir forcefully nodded his chin, before he said. "Let me tell you a secret. If you mix my sons' blood with the blood of that early tier 3 dragon-type Martial Animals, you can raise their quality."
Ezra's feet instantly froze in place as he squinted his eyes and looked straight at Fenrir.
The Monstrous Wolf of Norse grinned slightly and said, "You cannot tell them that you heard this from me."
Hearing that Ezra moved towards the mountain, he found a cave and went there.
Ezra's wolf bracelet shone and two cubs came out. One was cerulean and the other had crimson colour, they were sons of Fenrir, Skoll and Hati.
Ezra took in a deep breath, before displaying his kindest and friendliest smile as he took the dazed Skoll and Hati.
Skoll yawned and sleep as if he didn't care. However, Hati was an emotional one and jumped at him.
He gently caressed it as he said in a tender voice, "Little cutey, I need your favour?"
Hati was exceedingly smart and possessed high intelligence. Hence, it naturally understood Ezra Zephyr's words, causing it to feel a little awkward, using its tiny paws to cover its eyes.
"Do you want to enjoy an extremely delicious meal made of Martial Animals?" Ezra Zephyr enticed.
Hati vigorously nodded its little head, its eyes practically glowing.
Ezra Zephyr revealed a warm smile as he said, "If you want to eat such meals regularly, I'll have to first have enough spirit jades. That's why I need you to do me a tiny little favour such that I will be able to obtain even more spirit jade in the future and let you regularly have great, sumptuous meals."
Hati was taken aback. Soon after, it somewhat warily looked at Ezra Zephyr. It had sensed a faint hint of danger by instinct.
Ezra Zephyr gazed at Hati as he retrieved a tiny little jade bottle from his sleeve and said with a faint smile, "It's actually very simple, I just need a tiny bit of blood from you!"
All the cerulean hairs on Hati's body stood on end. It curled up its body and barked at Ezra Zephyr.
This fellow wanted its blood!
"If you can't even help me with this small favour, I'm afraid that we'll no longer be able to eat the meals that I told you about." Said Ezra Zephyr in a calm voice. However, the threat within his words was extremely clear. It's been ages since these two cubs have eaten anything good.
Hesitation flashed across Hati's beady eyes.
It was evidently violently struggling inside.
"Do you want to eat stuff like the sumptuous meal such as dried meat? Won't it be regretful if you can't ever taste something like that?" Ezra's words were filled with temptation.
In the end, Hati let out a pained wail, before it dejectedly extended a paw, evidently no longer able to resist Ezra Zephyr's enticement.
A grin cracked open from the corners of Ezra Zephye's lips when he saw this. The short sword, Efsa began to glow, its blue-coloured hue flickering with a sharp cold light.
Ezra Zephyr channelled his strength, the sword tip transforming into a flash of light as it ruthlessly thrust towards Hati's paw.
Sparks flew when the sharp brush tip landed on Hati's icy paw. However, it had only made a tiny dent, unable to pierce even the tiniest little hole.
Ezra Zephyr was dumbstruck. This defence was way too strong.
Hati cast over a disdainful gaze. I let you cut but you can't even cut it open, so useless.
He raised the sword again and took in a deep breath. Spiritual energy surged along the sword, converging into a blue aura at its tip.
The sword tip whizzed forth once again. It finally worked this time, cutting open a tiny slash on Hati's paw from which fresh blood immediately dripped out.
Ezra hurriedly stretched forward the bottle to catch the drops of blood.
Only now did he discover that Hati's blood had a deep blue hue. Every drop seemed to be extremely heavy while giving off a mysterious sensation.
"So heavy."
The hand holding the jade bottle sunk slightly. Hati's blood was exceptionally heavy.
"This truly is the good stuff." Ezra Zephyr licked his lips. His senses told him that Hati's blood was extraordinary. He immediately grabbed Hati's paw and squeezed it tightly to make more blood drip out faster.
Hence, after a few minutes, Ezra Zephyr was finally able to fill a bottle.
However, he could not help but lick his lips as he swiftly fished out another bottle, eyes seemingly burning as he said, "A little more, a little more!"
This was such a hard-to-come-by opportunity, he would get every last drop he could!
~GRRRRR~
However, Hati released an angry growl in response to his actions. Its paw suddenly raised and mercilessly swung towards the loathsomely greedy Ezra Zephyr's chest.
~THUUUMM~
A muffled thump was heard, followed by a miserable cry.
Ezra Zephyr's figure was thrown backwards, smashing one of the boulders of the cave as he arced across the air, before crashing into the ground with a yell of pain.
Fenrir guffawed. "Haha, boy. You crossed the line, how could you forget that he is Hati 'The one who Hates' haha."
Ezra lay on the ground, hand clutched over his chest as he crawled up. The first thing he did was check that the bottle had not been broken, before breathing a sigh of relief. Next, he shook his head and said, "Petty fellow, it's just one more bottle…"
He massaged his painful chest. Hati had been too vicious.
"But at least I got it." He gently swivelled the bottle in his hand as a look of joy appeared on his face. It was as Fenrir had said, Hati's blood would make the early tier 3 blood evolve into an early tier 4 blood.
"What are you doing?"
While Ezra was elated inside, a lovely voice suddenly rang out from the side.
He raised his head and saw Mahi Ingale standing nearby, her pretty face filled with confusion as she looked at him.
The prince kept the jade bottle and grinned, "Nothing."
He then asked, "Who brought you here?"
Mahi hesitated for a moment, before she said, "I heard that you went to the Glittering Jewels Pavilion to purchase Martial Animal blood for the 8 Lost Dragons, but ended up being beaten to it by Drake?"
Ezra Zephyr's expression was calm as he nodded. "He managed to buy up all of the peak tier 3 Martial Animal blood."
Mahi Ingale lightly clenched her teeth as fury flashed in her eyes. She had only despised Drake Ingale's actions.
She suddenly jerked her hand, throwing a black shadow at Ezra Zephyr.
The prince caught it in surprise, feeling a cool sensation as it entered his hands. It was another jade bottle, a wild and berserk aura spreading from the viscous blood flowing within.
"Peak tier 3 dragon type Martial Animal blood?" Ezra Zephyr was startled.
"I managed to pull some strings to get it from the official outer mountains, but I only have one." Explained Mahi Ingale.
Ezra Zephyr was rather astonished, evidently not expecting Mahi would help him obtain such an item. He immediately shook his head. "No need…"
Mahi waved her hand, cutting him off. "No need to be courteous. The grudge between you and Drake is ultimately due to my cousin. I will not stand by and do nothing."
She looked at Ezra Zephyr and suddenly laughed as she teased, "I've heard that you told Drake Tubble you would take away number one from him in the peak selection ceremony.
Word has already spread. Many are laughing at you for overestimating yourself."
Ezra was speechless. He had not expected news of this to spread so quickly. Looks like it was because of Drake again.
"I'm not the type to stir up trouble, but he's provoked me time and time again. It won't be me if I don't throw a punch back." Ezra chuckled. "Why, do you not fancy my odds?"
"Rationality tells me that your chances are not good." Mahi's red lips pouted slightly. "However, I do hope to see you snatching away first place from him."
Ezra Zephyr nodded. "I'll accept those good wishes then."