However, the promotion in rank was only the least noteworthy gain of his trip to the Fire Elemental Plane.

Even if the red dragon didn't kill those giants, the experience provided by the players would be enough for him to be promoted within half a year. It was just a natural process.

His greatest gain from this trip was absorbing the elemental power of divine nature in Ismail's body.

According to Cassius's guess, these were originally the materials that the Great Sultan of the Fire Giants prepared for his own deification, but he accidentally "enjoyed" them in advance.

Becoming a god is a lofty and universal goal.

This kind of thing is not uncommon among Erezegei's evil tendencies.

For example, the Githyanki ruler of the Astral Plane, the powerful lich, Vlagis 157, ate the power and souls of high-level Githyanki people and used them as materials for prayers in order to pursue the goal of becoming a god.

Most of the Githyanki above the rank of centurion have had their souls drained away, leaving only a shell that obeys Vlaakith's orders.

In comparison, the Great Sultan of the Fire Giants, who only trained six loyal direct servants into materials, can be considered a "benevolent lord".

Although this is only one of the six powers, it is the result of thousands of years of careful cultivation by the Fire Giant Sultan, and the power contained in it far exceeds Cassius's expectations.

If it weren't for the uprising of Prince Holy Flame, the Great Sultan would definitely come in his true form and fight with him to the death.

He also understood why the Great Sultan was so angry and almost lost his mind.

It has been more than a month since Cassius returned from the Elemental Plane of Fire, and that power is still surging in his abdomen and has not yet been fully digested.

It was a strange feeling, as if there was a fire giant noble wailing and roaring in his belly, resisting the transformation of the red dragon.

Unfortunately, the body of the Ancestral Dragon also possesses a very high essence, which firmly imprisons that power, and any struggle or resistance is useless."

"Divine power..."

"Tsk tsk, it's like it has its own consciousness."

Along with the sound of "hissing", the last bit of the fire giant's spirit was also absorbed by the ancestral dragon's terrifying magic digestion energy.

The red energy poured into the red dragon's entire body, returned to his atrium through the basal blood vessels, and was then pumped throughout the body by the powerful heart.

From the heart to the neck, head, forelimbs, wings, hind limbs and even the tip of the tail.

"Roar--"

The red dragon couldn't help but raise his head and howl towards the sky.

Along with his roar, flaming meteors fell from the sky and a huge fire storm formed on the ground.

Once these spells are cast, it will definitely cause devastation to all living things, but Cassius will not allow this to happen.

"Flame, obey my command"

"Stop."

But Cassius only groaned softly, and the explosive, surging flames obeyed his orders like docile sheep and all dissipated.

This is the power of authority.

As the inner plane that constitutes the existence of the world, the Elemental Plane of Fire is almost the original source, final destination and essence of all flames, and the elemental nobles are the holders of this authority. This power can not only be used in the Elemental Plane of Fire, but can also go a step further to control the flames of the material plane.

You must know that the elemental lord who truly controls the fire elemental plane - the Lord of Flame, the Eternal Fire Kasusi - is a deity of powerful divine power.

Red flames burned in Cassius's light golden vertical pupils, and the raging flames enveloped his head.

[You have completely digested an elemental divine power.]
[Because you have mastered the power of elements and realized the natural forces of the universe, you have obtained a new career path - [Element Master]]
[To qualify as an Elemental Master, a dragon must meet all of the following conditions.]
Race: Any true dragon.

Feats: Any three metabreath feats.

Spells: Able to cast arcane spells.

Special: Elemental Attunement: The dragon must have an elemental or energy subtype, such as air, cold, earth, electricity, fire, or water.

Breath Weapon: A dragon must have a breath weapon that deals energy damage.

[You have met all the conditions. Do you choose to advance to [Element Master]?]
"A new advanced profession..."

"Master of Elements."

Kesouston's eyes lit up. He really didn't expect that after digesting the power of the fire giant, there would be an unexpected surprise.

This was also a well-known dragon profession in the previous life. In the Silver Moon Bay area, there was an ocean dragon that controlled the water element. It could summon terrible waves and whirlpools, like the master of the West Sea.

This ocean dragon killed players who wanted to complete the Naga Kingdom side quest, leaving bloated corpses floating everywhere on the sea.

Cassius continued to browse the information on Panel Mountain, deepening his understanding of this profession.

【ELEMENTAL MASTER】

Dragons are creatures made of raw elemental forces. Two powerful forces race through their veins: the energy that drives their breath weapons, and the elemental essence that forms the core of their being. Elemental Masters strive to achieve perfect and pure attunement with both of these forces.

Almost only true dragons pursue the path of the elemental master, since the class requires a connection to elemental and energy forces. Some dragons have several levels in another class, usually a wizard or sorcerer, before taking on this prestige class, but many others do not.

Elemental Masters are the most solitary and withdrawn of all dragons, devoting their lives to communing with the elemental forces of the universe rather than with the creatures they view as lesser life forms.

When they do cooperate with other creatures, they choose elementals and outsiders from the Elemental Planes as their allies, and occasionally younger dragons of their own kind.

"An advanced dragon version of the Elemental Warlock..."

Cassius stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and made his choice.

Don’t miss out on this free professional level!

What's more, he also mastered some elemental divine power. If becoming an elemental master for ordinary dragons still involves the risk of unstable energy and body explosion, then for Cassius it is just a natural thing.

[You choose to advance to [Element Master].]
[The [Erebus Pasha Essence] you devoured brings you a large amount of Elemental Master exclusive experience, and your [Elemental Master] level is raised to 4.]
As a result, three different professions appeared on Cassius's career panel.

Warlock 16/Elemental Master 4/Bloodscale Berserker 3
This is absolutely unique among the players in the previous life, and there was only one person who was just trying to have fun and upgraded four professions to level one, but he could never upgrade any higher after that - there is a price to pay for doing things, and the balance of professions means the dispersion of power.

But this was not a problem for Cassius - because his other two professions were given to him for free.

"Good fellow, you are a master, right?"

Cassius exhaled a puff of white sulfur-smelling smoke and couldn't help but complain.

How about finding an opportunity to collect all the dragon profession inheritances in the future?
The information on the panel is still refreshing.

[Your Elemental Master level has increased to: 1]
[You gain special abilities——【Elemental Mastery】【Energy Coordination】]
Element Mastery: An elemental master gains additional attunement to the elemental type corresponding to his subtype.

As a dragon with the fire subtype (including red, gold, and brass dragons, as well as infernal dragons), you gain fire proficiency: If the dragon and its enemies are exposed to fire or use items or spells with the incandescence or pyroblast special abilities, the dragon gains powerful control over it. Energy Attunement: An elemental master is attuned to the type of energy that powers his breath weapon.

A dragon with multiple energy breath weapons can choose to attune to an energy type among acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sound energy, allowing the dragon to enter a state of "elemental mastery" and gain greater control over its breath.

"They are all means to increase energy output. For me, they are just icing on the cake."

"But... after all, it's a free professional level, so why not miss it?"

Cassius opened his mouth and spewed out a tiny wisp of flame, which he controlled to fly in the air like a silk thread, forming various patterns, and his whole body was leaping with flames.

This is the effect of [Energy Coordination], which enables the dragon to control its breath to an incredible level.

Moreover, as a red dragon who possesses equipment such as [Eye of the Storm King] and [Horn of Everfrost], Cassius has a high level of understanding of energies such as lightning and frost. He can even breathe out lightning and has already achieved coordination with the energy of lightning.

Cassius' eyes flickered, and lightning, frost, and fire appeared in his breath in turn.

The information on the panel continues to refresh.

[Your Elemental Master level rises to: 2, you gain special abilities - [Energy Replacement] [Summon Element]]
Energy Substitution: An elemental master gains the ability to alter his spells with energy descriptions so that they instead use energies with which his dragon is attuned.

The replaced spell functions normally in all respects except the type of damage dealt.

Summon Elemental: Starting at 2nd level, once per day an elemental master can use his breath weapon to summon a Medium elemental corresponding to his elemental subtype. The dragon breathes normally, but the elemental appears after the breath.

If the dragon decides, it can instead summon an Adult Arrowhawk (wind or cold), a Commoner Salamander (fire), an Adult Crab Turtle (water), or a Commoner Xol (earth).

Energy replacement, a very wonderful ability.

Cassius released a [Magic Arrow] containing lightning energy, and then activated [Energy Replacement].

Suddenly, the lightning chain suddenly transformed into a flame chain and began to burn, burning the rock black.

This is the replacement of energy, which can replace the same spell with different energy forms, making it difficult for the enemy to guess.

As for the [Summoning Elements], there is no need to say more. It is just a free summoning spell and has little effect on Cassius.

As long as he wanted, he could even use the "prayer candle" negotiated from the Great Sultan to summon a fire giant noble who could fulfill his wishes at any time.

It is said that the fire giant nobles are terrified of the task of helping the Burning Empire realize its wishes, fearing that they will be unlucky and be picked, but they dare not shirk it.

After all, the notoriety of the "Soul-Eating Dragon" was not blown out of thin air, but was built up with the lives of hundreds of fire giant citizens, two emirs, and a pasha.

[Your Elemental Master level rises to: 4, you gain special abilities - [Energy Focus] [Energy Burst]]
Energy Focus: Elemental Masters have studied a certain element of energy to an extremely high level, and your breath will have unimaginable power.

Energy Burst: Elemental Masters can resonate with the elements in their environment, creating a damaging burst of energy around themselves.

"It seems that this is the highlight."

Cassius narrowed his eyes and white steam came out of his nostrils.

He felt an explosive force surging into his body, filling every inch of his basal blood vessels, like a potential elemental bomb.

The previous few [Elemental Master] characteristics are considered powerful for players and even ordinary dragons, but they are a bit useless for Cassius.

At this moment, [Energy Focus] and [Energy Burst] are truly powerful abilities for the current red dragon.

[Flame Dimension Gate]

The red dragon tore through space, left the outskirts of North Wind Castle, and came directly to the Khalkha Glacier in the northernmost part of Anzeta.

The cold wind was howling and biting, and the icebergs reflected a dazzling light in the sun.

This was once the settlement of the "Eternal Frost" tribe, but the frost giants who had lived here for nearly ten thousand years were exterminated by the red dragon, their heritage was taken away, and even the remaining members of the tribe became sweat slaves of the empire.

There are still rotten bone sticks and broken animal skins left in the ice cave, which may be the last traces of the frost giants who once lived here.

Of course, the broken glaciers, collapsed icebergs, and ruined snowfields also record that earth-shaking war, but most of them are buried under the snow.

"The Battle of the Icefall."

"Six years have passed already."

Cassius looked at the remains of the war with a sad expression.

Six years was just a nap for an ordinary dragon, but it was too much for him.

"boom!"

In the distance, a huge worm-like creature suddenly emerged from the ice and swallowed the ice yak on it into its stomach.

Due to the loss of the taming of the Frost Giants and the Empire's lack of management of this bitter cold land, the Centipede has become the most terrifying predator here - if the player has not accepted the Ice Hunting quest.

Cassius looked at the ice hole created by the centipede monster and whispered:
"Then let me test out this elemental master's new ability."

The red dragon climbed to the top of the glacier with ease, spread its broad wings, and opened its mouth slightly.

Energy coordination

The huge dragon's body was leaping with flaming light, causing the surrounding air to become hot and twisted, and the hottest center appeared in this cold polar region.

The snow is melting and the glaciers are melting.

The light on the red dragon became more and more dazzling, as if it had merged with the surrounding fire elements, causing all the snow and glaciers to reflect the dazzling light, and the world seemed to become silent.

Immediately afterwards, an even hotter flame suddenly appeared, engulfing everything around it.

"boom!"

【Energy Explosion】

The glaciers sublimated in an instant, the broken icebergs collapsed, and the thick snow on the ground turned into boiling water.

Steam, boiling white steam filled the air. It spread wantonly, covering everything within a ten-mile radius.

When the smoke cleared, the red dragon flapped its wings and hung high in the air. There was no more glacier or snowfield where he was, only a huge puddle with a diameter of nearly 100 meters, and the water inside was still boiling.

“This is an explosion.”

Cassius looked at the devastated Khalkha Glacier and grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth and a satisfied smile.

This power is about the same as he expected. (End of this chapter)