"But the good times didn't last long. The Five-Colored Dragon Queen and her evil followers set their sights on me. But I didn't know that an even greater disaster was waiting for me."

“That day, the sky was covered by the messy wings of colorful evil dragons, and the earth was stained red with blood. My allies, wife, and children fell in front of me one after another. The evil dragons wanted to slaughter the city, and I could only watch it all in despair and despair.

At this moment, a voice appeared beside my ears. Dark mud gushed out from the ground. A chaotic, yet extremely powerful force surrounded me. The voice told me that if I accepted this power, I would be able to take revenge on them and stop the rampage of the five-colored dragons.

Beatrice looked at her fellow tribesman whose face showed indignation and sadness involuntarily, and asked in a deep voice: "So, you chose to accept it?"

Titus looked bitter, and did not answer directly, but continued to narrate. "The evil fire of the abyss burned my enemies to ashes, but I knew that I was already entangled in sin, and it would not be long before I would be no different from the things I once hated.

I know that I am no longer qualified to meet my family and friends, enter Mount Heaven, or even meet His Majesty Bahamut. My body may seem normal, but the most evil and chaotic abyss fire is surging in my body. "

"Shh-"

As he said this, another burst of dark flames emerged from behind the golden dragon. Titus groaned in pain, but still forced himself to suppress it and spoke with difficulty.

“So, I exiled myself to the astral plane and sealed my body in a place where time stopped. I don’t know how much time has passed.

Until one day, the seal gradually became ineffective after a long time, and I did not choose to return to the original world, but came to the strange material plane of Erezega to seek a new path. "

At this point, Beatrice's face was filled with regret and sadness. At this moment, she had completely believed in Titus' words.

The spreading despair moved her even more, and the doomsday scene described by Titus also emerged in her mind and replayed continuously.

According to conventional thinking, how could a noble and kind golden dragon take the initiative to seek the power of the abyss?

And Titus' story is a reasonable explanation.

——He had no choice but to sacrifice himself in exchange for the survival of his relatives and companions. Although he possessed the power of the abyss, his actions were not evil.

Titus, or rather Cassius, raised his head, stared at Beatrice, and said with a sigh: "Sir Beatrice, I have told you everything. If you are worried about the safety of the Everlasting Order, you can expel me at any time, and I will leave on my own initiative.

I want to join the Carved Skin Organization only to find a way to suppress the power of the abyss. If this symptom continues to worsen, don't worry, I will end my life with my own hands." His tone was firm and low, and there was a glimmer in his golden pupils.

Beatrice could tell that by then, this fellow might really commit suicide without hesitation to eliminate the evil in the world.

This is the dignity of the Golden Dragon, the leader of the good dragons and the descendant of Bahamut. It cannot be desecrated or damaged. Even in death, it must be as pure as a gem.

But she never imagined that the "golden dragon" in front of her was actually a red dragon disguised as the one she hated the most.

After hesitating for a moment, Beatrice was about to speak, but finally blurted out, "Wait, Titus, maybe I can help you. Your character and deeds are enough to become a Leathercarver, and the runes of the Eternal Order Realm may be able to suppress your symptoms.

But the abyss power in your body still poses a certain threat to the Eternal Order Realm. It is my duty to protect the Scale of Landis. I cannot let you approach the monastery. You can only practice in the Valley of No Forgiveness. "

"Thank you, Lady Beatrice. I am very satisfied to be accepted by you with such a sinful body."

"Titus" slowly stood up, his whiskers fluttering, gratitude showing on his majestic dragon face, and his voice was sincere and solemn.

Finally, he tricked this ancient golden dragon. It seems that he will be able to steal the inheritance of the Carved Leather Dragon soon. Cassius was secretly delighted.

Although Cassius already possesses powerful traits like [Demon Slayer], the crazy and chaotic will of Karix is ​​still buried in his body, and there are still considerable hidden dangers.

As an advanced dragon profession similar to a monk that pursues pure order, [Carved Leather Dragon] can enable the red dragon to gain stronger willpower and resistance, and make up for its own shortcomings.

He was actually very impatient, but he didn't show it. He just slowly observed the exquisite carvings on the wall.

Suddenly, "Titus" snorted again. He seemed to be suppressing the pain and desire and trying his best to maintain his sanity.

"Sir Beatrice, if I completely lose my mind and kill me, do not hold back." His voice was intermittent and extremely hoarse, and the veins on his body were bulging.

Beatrice stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do for a moment. Was she really going to kill this respectable and tearful fellow with her own hands?

Only when the power was suppressed did the Golden Dragon gasp for breath and smiled weakly and helplessly: "I'm sorry, Lady Beatrice, I made you laugh."

Beatrice looked solemn and spoke in an anxious tone: "There is no time to lose, Titus, I will perform the ceremony for you now."

She didn't notice that there was a barely perceptible smile in Titus' eyes.

Very good, just hand over the inheritance, the sooner the better, Cassius thought.

Beatrice spread her wide dragon wings and took out the items needed for the ritual from the space of the demiplane. As the space fluctuated, several silver-blue, metallic-gleaming adamantine engraving knives appeared beside her, suspended in mid-air.

Mithril, this special metal is extremely hard and has abundant magical affinity. It can only be mined from the deepest underground where monsters are roaming.

Beatrice stretched out her claws, grasped the carving knife, and looked at Titus's huge body.

"The power of a carved leather dragon comes from the runes carved into our scales, which grant supernatural powers. Only a carving knife made of extremely pure adamantine can carve the hard scales of a golden dragon."

But she didn't know that in the Great Wasteland of Anzeta, tens of thousands of miles away from the material node of Yongxu Realm, on the top of Dragon Blood Mountain, a huge red dragon as big as a hill spewed out a mouthful of sulfur-smelling white smoke and ordered to the side: "Rump, prepare a hundred kilograms of refined gold for me."

At this moment, Cassius, with his own will, simultaneously controlled several giant dragons that were tens of thousands of miles apart, even across the etheric space, and memorized everything Beatrice said in his mind.

He is stealing the legacy of the Carved Leather Dragon.

In the Unforgiven Valley of the Eternal Order Realm, Beatrice continued, “The runes on each Carved Leather Dragon are different, and they are all carved according to their needs, but the original runes are basically the same, just divided into different factions.

For example, the evil blue dragon and green dragon often have special existences such as hell, tyrant, devil, etc. carved on their bodies. They may even carve the face of the dragon queen and evil spells.

The carvings in our Eternal Order Realm do not contain specific things, but runes written in Dragon Language regarding the laws of world order.

The original runes only occupy 5% of the scales, and the Leathercarver needs to gradually follow the commandments and perfect himself. The most successful leathercarver can have 70% of his body covered with carvings.

This is the reward my father received from Lord Landis, and it must not be spread to others." "Of course, keeping secrets is a virtue that every golden dragon should possess." Titus spread his wings and bowed his head to show his obedience.

Haha, of course I won’t tell others, but it’s okay to “tell” myself, Cassius laughed secretly in his heart.

"Okay, let's begin." Beatrice nodded slightly. After spending some time together, she had come to trust the noble character of this fellow tribesman and did not suspect that he had any ulterior motives.

How could an existence that regarded itself as a sinner and sealed itself away for thousands of years in order to suppress evil, spy on their inheritance?

Beatrice closed her eyes and recalled the original runes her father had taught her. The adamantine carving knife flew into the air and landed on Titus' chest.

"Keng——"

A crisp sound was heard, like two pieces of metal rubbing against each other. Under Beatrice's control, the fine gold carving knife cut across the chest of the "Golden Dragon" at an extremely fast speed, emitting sparks.

Cassius could feel that the scales on his chest were being chiseled by a fine gold chisel, and an extremely complex pattern appeared on them.

——That is the word "Order" written in Dragon Language.

When he finished writing the word, a faint light suddenly flashed in his chest. A powerful force surged and squeezed his spirit, causing him to groan.

Beatrice's voice came: "Skin carving is not only the carving of scales, but also the practice of the soul. The soul of the carved person will also experience the same pain.

But this little pain should not be a problem for you, Titus."

The sound of "clang clang" continued to ring out, and the fine gold carving knife flew in the air, touching the scales of the golden dragon again and again, leaving behind exquisite and coordinated carvings.

Where the fine gold carving knife passed, a faint light emerged, making the marks particularly obvious.

Cassius felt that an extremely solid fortress of order was being built step by step. The walls were getting higher and higher, gradually enveloping his body and spirit.

This is the dragon of carved skin, dedicated to perfecting the individual through complex carvings and long-term practice, in order to achieve the mysterious transcendence of body, mind and even soul.

The ceremony lasted for several days. After all, the ancient golden dragon's body was extremely large. Even for Beltrice, it would take a lot of effort to leave a carving on the scales that had become extremely hard due to the accumulation of years.

Exquisite, interconnected and exceptionally coordinated runes appeared on Titus' head, neck, chest, abdomen, north, limbs, and even his tail.

"What an incredible power." He said softly, feeling the power of the runes on the surface of his body and the clarity of his mind.

At this moment, the body of the ancient golden dragon looked like the most perfect work of art in the world, with the supernatural power of order overflowing from it.

“Titus, congratulations on becoming a skincarver. I hope you can suppress that power in your practice and don’t fall into the bottomless abyss.” Beatrice said as she looked at Titus’ body that was already covered with carvings.

A few days later, in the Anzeta Wasteland, Cassius withdrew most of his own will. Although the clone in the Eternal Order Realm could only be regarded as a projection of his soul, it still consumed a lot of energy.

"Keng——"

The red dragon imitated Beatrice's operation, manipulating the chisel to cut across its scales and carve marks on them.

However, his journey to skin carving was not smooth. You should know that the scales of Cassius' body are known as "gilded scales", and their hardness is comparable to that of pure gold.

To this end, he added a variety of strengthening spells to the refined gold carving knife, and with his own powerful strength, he was able to barely break his scales.

But even so, his seal carving was still extremely laborious, so that his progress was several days slower than Beatrice's.

"Building up your defenses too high is sometimes not a good thing. Carving on your own scales is more tiring than fighting."

Cassius's claws holding the carving knife trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Keng"

After struggling to make the last mark, the red dragon finally completed his carving.

Suddenly, the solid fortress of order appeared outside his body and spirit, and a faint light emerged from the delicate and complex carvings.

[You have completed the leather carving ceremony and obtained the advanced career path: [Leather Carving Dragon]]
To qualify to become a leathercarved dragon, a dragon must meet all of the following criteria.

Race: Any Dragon.

Alignment: Any Lawful.

Natural Armor Bonus: +20.

Base Bonus: Willpower +12.

[You have met all the requirements to become a [Leather Carved Dragon]. Do you confirm to accept this advanced profession?]
[confirm.]
Cassius chose to accept without hesitation the inheritance he had cheated from the golden dragon, which could also improve his physical and mental strength.

There aren't many good things like this.

[You get an additional advanced profession: [Leather Dragon]]
The Leathercarved Dragons are members of a mysterious order of dragons and half-dragons who take their name from the markings carved into their scales that grant them miraculous mystical protection.

The Yongxu Realm is one of the most ancient leather carving organizations. Six hundred years ago, relying on the runes covering his entire body, the ancient golden dragon Fernando killed an abyss lord who came to the world with just hand-to-hand combat.

[You gain special ability: [Spell Resistance]]
As a leather-carved dragon, the mysterious runes on the surface of your scales grant you supernatural protection against spells, spell-like spells, and all special powers.

[You gain special ability: [Poison resistance]]
You can keep all toxins out of your body, and even toxins that enter your body will be repelled by the power of the runes.

[You gain additional feats [Iron Will] [Suppress Weakness]]
Iron Will: After a long period of practice, you have used those mysterious symbols to build an indestructible fortress inside your mind.

Even extremely chaotic demons can hardly erode your mind, because your will is as strong and hard as steel, and you gain an advantage in all tests against chaos and fear. (End of this chapter)