After we finally sent out a batch of scaly coins, I had nothing else to do. Teaching magic to my disciples took up a bit of my schedule time. The rebuilding of the University of Magic is in full swing. While the country is trying to establish production.

I've already discussed this with Andre and Sean. In my opinion, we should not extract fossil metals in large quantities, it is better to educate skilled blacksmiths and not only. All because the good metals that you can buy from other countries are inferior to my scales in strength, let alone those options that the system store offers. For example

"Name: Dragon Essence Steel

Strength Rating: 8/10

Special ability: Strengthens representatives of dragon blood. If it is armor, it will become a part of the body with an evolution

Price per kilogram: 10,000 CP"

The metal itself looks like a gray pebble, when touched by someone with a dragon bloodline, it changes color. And at first glance, everything is fine.

You might think that 3 kg should be enough for a decent weapon, however, when I bought one kilogram, it was a cube a little less than 2 cm in length and width. The system explained this by the fact that the metal is very dense, which is why it is so small.

If we calculate that the sword will be 50 cm, which is considered short, it will require at least 30 kilograms. Moreover, it will be a Short sword. Even the cheapest weapon to manufacture, namely a spear, will require a tip of about 10-15 cm. This is about 5-8 kilograms. Of course, since I am not capable of accurate calculations, it has its errors. But even with the most optimistic calculations, you can not even think about creating armor from this yet. It was too expensive.

Another important problem is balancing these *weapons*. It will be very difficult to hold them in your hands and the swing will feel like the swing of a huge hammer.

At the moment I have about 150,000 contribution points, and for now, I plan to save this either to buy a book about spatial magic or to buy dragon eggs. Dragon rearing interests me a lot.

Unlike a piece of metal that still needs to be forged, it seems easier to grow a dragon. The cost of food can not even be taken into account.

A system, open the encyclopedia. An article about dragons. How long does it take for an ordinary dragon to grow up?

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"System: Dragons, like other higher races, become stronger with age.

They usually reach adulthood in 140 years and are considered the elder dragons starting at 400 years old. At 800 years old, they are already considered old, and if within 200 years the dragon of Royal blood does not restore its core, it will die of old age, If the Royal blood dragon restores its core, he'll live 3000 years more, after that, it'll require another restoring. At 1500, they reach their peak of combat power."

Hmm ... doesn't this mean that the game will start only in hundreds of years when each of us will have several dozen representatives of the higher rate?

"System: Raising the level, in essence, accelerating growth. A living being naturally becomes stronger by defeating those who are stronger, but the system accelerates this process and also accelerates the growth of the body. Your current body corresponds to a 60-year-old dragon."

Considering how many levels I still need before the next evolution, it can be assumed that then my age will be comparable to a 140-year-old dragon. Of course, this leads to the natural question of whether this makes life shorter, but for an immortal race, this isn't a problem at all.

Thinking about all these questions, I couldn't help but frown. Things are going well, but it's impossible to say with certainty that my opponents are gathering an army for an invasion.

I am sure these words have been said by countless people countless times, but I will repeat them anyway. As always, strength is all that matter. Preferably personal, which no one will be able to take away.

So it is necessary to raise the level. Of course, I can start burning down local forests and gain experience, but it is advisable to do this in wartime. It will be difficult to pull the world one for now.

"Bring me the map." To begin with, it is worth finding suitable places for farming. Is it worth taking the children with you this time? Depends on the choice of the farm location.

When the servant brought me the map, I examined it. Matthew was talking about danger zones.

My eyes fell on a bright green area on the map. What did he say there? A poisonous swamp populated by liquid death? Considering that I have a resistance to poisons, I think this valley is well suited for farming. All the same, the risks are minimal. The creatures of this continent are already too weak for me. Maybe only poisons pose a threat to me.

"System: Even without the poison resistance skill, you have nothing to fear. Your body has become so big that you need to drink barrels of poison to feel something, and also because the core helps to heal injuries and also remove poison from the body."

Hmm... it seems to me, or is the core also a kind of multitool? Which one already? Dragon Energy, the System, and now the core. How many more presents do you have?

"System: The core does have many useful functions, but at the same time it is even more important for your survival than all the other organs combined. Even small damage to it will take years to recover. If you extract a fragment from it, you will lose part of your soul, part of your memories, and also lose levels."

I can't say that this is a big problem. The core is in my chest and its size is no bigger than a golf ball, and there is also a magical protective layer around it. Getting into it intentionally will be very difficult. More likely I'll get struck accidentally

"I'll be gone for a while. I will send signals every 10 days. Call only in case of emergencies. -Hearing this, the servant only bowed silently, and I, in turn, spread my wings and flew towards the swamp."