76. It’s Time
I want you to help me make a corpse.
Reina quickly calmed down. She absolutely couldn’t show any panic in front of her subordinates.
“A corpse~”
White Scale touched her lips and asked, “What kind of corpse?”
“Any corpse will do, as long as it’s human and usable. Remember, no soul.”
Reina said, “This should be very easy for you, right?”
White Scale nodded: “Mm, it’s a piece of cake… unless it has to be human.”
She looked ashamed, her tail drooping.
“Why?”
Reina was puzzled: “White Scale, you should have some human souls stored, shouldn’t you?”
This wasn’t just empty talk.
White Scale was a master of necromancy.
Although she had a gentle personality and a petite figure, she was older than almost any other dragon. Countless humans had tried to challenge this powerful being, but all had failed without exception.
And based on White Scale’s collecting habits, Reina was certain that she would have turned those corpses into skeletons and stored them within this massive sarcophagus.
Other dragons collected treasures, she collected bones.
“Humans are too weak…”
White Scale timidly raised her head, glanced at Reina, and then quickly looked away.
“Alright…”
Reina covered her forehead with her hand. It seemed this plan had completely failed.
In general, relying on others was not as good as relying on herself.
Just as she was about to turn and leave, White Scale quickly grabbed Reina’s sleeve, making her turn back.
“Sob, sob, sob, I’m sorry, Lord Azure Scale! I didn’t do it on purpose! I’ll kill a few humans and bring them to you right now! Please don’t make me into dragon soup!”
Reina chuckled wryly.
She had a feeling that if she left now, this terrifying little girl might pack up her precious bones and run away overnight.
Looking at the tears welling up in White Scale’s eyes, Reina patted her head and smiled:
“Who scared you like this? I have no other requests for you.”
“Sob, sob, sob.”
White Scale looked up tearfully, finally realizing that Reina wasn’t a despicable dragon like Crimson Scale who bullied others, but a kind older sister figure like Shining Scale.
“I understand, Lord Azure Scale.”
“We’re of the same rank, why do you keep calling me ‘Lord’?”
“Sister Azure Scale.”
“That’s more like it.”
Reina nodded, suddenly feeling a sense of inexplicable accomplishment.
Before leaving, White Scale knelt on one knee and shouted:
“I will be eternally loyal from now on!”
“Oh, and please don’t make dragon soup out of Sister Shining Scale!”
“…”
Reina felt a headache coming on, but she didn’t bother explaining further.
The relationship between these two sisters was truly enviable.
Why would I envy dragons?
Although the letter from the Saintess had great reference value, the speed of information transmission was too slow, which would affect her decision-making.
So, Reina planned to use the [Soul Chalice] to connect with a corpse resurrected by White Scale to gather intelligence in the human world.
But the result was disappointing.
Besides making little White Scale trust her more, it was completely useless.
Therefore, Reina understood one thing.
Self-reliance was better than relying on others.
In a deserted corner, she took out the [Soul Chalices] she had obtained with great effort.
They were five golden, hourglass-shaped chalices, almost identical in appearance.
But Reina knew they were one and the same.
[Light Clone]
Reina chanted silently.
Suddenly, an identical version of herself appeared beside her.
Looking at this identical “self,” Reina subconsciously stared at her chest, the demonic horns on her head, and the constantly twitching tail behind her, and let out a helpless smile.
She looked every bit the part of a capable dragon maid, a hint of numbness in her gentle eyes.
What disappointed Reina even more was that the Light Clone was currently just a useless illusion.
However, if she used the [Soul Chalice], she might achieve a different effect.
Following her memory, Reina placed the chalices together, forming a circle.
“Whoosh—!”
Just as the new, complete chalice from her memory was about to appear, the power of the five chalices was instantly drawn out and surged into Reina’s Dragon Mark!
This rapid process was even faster than the merging of the Soul Chalices.
Reina suddenly felt a special power surging within her body.
When she reacted, the chalices had already turned a dark purple—if they could even still be called chalices!
Now, Reina discovered a problem.
—The excess magic power Calysia had infused her with last night hadn’t been fully dissipated yet!
“Forget it, calm down, Reina.”
The good news was that the absorption was successful.
But Reina didn’t feel like she had leveled up.
At level 98, she wouldn’t reach level 99 just from a few small chalices.
This was normal.
However, it seemed that other changes were quietly taking place.
Reina was about to leave when she discovered that the “clone” she had just summoned was still standing there, like a robot in standby mode.
She could sense a special fluctuation…
As if this clone wasn’t an illusion, but a real, tangible entity.
To test it, Reina subconsciously reached towards the clone’s chest.
“Mmph!”
A strange sensation shot through Reina’s mind. Although she hadn’t touched her own chest, she felt that unique sensitivity!
Reina blushed, confirming an interesting fact:
The Light Clone was a success.
It seemed that although the Soul Chalice didn’t provide any levels or attributes, it had completed her skill.
Only now did Reina feel like she had truly grasped the essence of [Light Clone].
The techniques and methods resurfaced in her mind like recovered memories.
[Light Clone]
Its function was to create a clone similar to the caster, consuming a large amount of magic power, and inheriting 10% of the caster’s power. The clone could return to the caster at any time, without any conditions.
The clone’s senses were shared with Reina, obeying her commands like a remote-controlled car. She could also sever the connection, but then she wouldn’t be able to control the clone, because its essence was still a “projection.”
Importantly, the clone could transfer the power it collected to the caster.
What made this skill even more irresistible to Reina was that the Light Clone could slightly alter its appearance—for example, using the plasticity of light magic to eliminate dragon features and infiltrate the human world!
So, using her own methods and skillful character creation techniques, Reina successfully created a “clone” in human form.
Looking at her creation, Reina smiled joyfully, suddenly feeling that her future was limitless.
“It’s time to become humanity’s hero.”
