"What does it say, Matt?" Alice asked quickly when she saw Matt frown while reading one of the scrolls.
She still didn't learn the ancient language perfectly, so while she could read some things, there wasn't much of it.
That's why she would need Matt's help to know exactly what it said.
Matt nodded a little, "They seem to be sending messages to each other. It's possible that the cave was always in the hands of the devourers, and that's why they had that information. Maybe the dragon was being slowly wounded by them so that the herb we got could absorb its corpse. According to this, the devourers seem to be preparing for something big." Matt replied.
Both girls frowned as they heard this.
"It seems that the devourers have become more greedy lately. Even though they have much of the world to themselves, they still want more." Alice replied slightly angrily.
Matt smiled as he heard her say this. 'These devourers are a strange breed. This is my first time seeing them, but they have a mentality and intelligence similar to any other intelligent race. I wonder where this new type of enhanced vampires come from.' Matt thought and then started reading the rest of the scrolls.
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Matt, Alice, and Isla were traveling back to the city at full speed, and nothing unusual happened. Matt feared that the devourers might track them, but his concern lessened as he saw the vast city walls before them, allowing him to relax after entering.
And after a long night's rest, the three of them set off again for the West Trade City.
It was a long and restless journey, but they finally arrived in the city a couple of days later.
Once here, they visibly relaxed and hurried to Paul Cox's house, who was waiting for them with a smile.
"It's been many days since then. Were you able to hunt the dragon? Was there really one?" he asked quickly with a bit of anxiety.
Alice smiled and nodded, "Mr. Paul, we got it. But it is complete, so we must dismember it. Do you have any large rooms to do this in?" She asked, and Paul nodded quickly.
"Come quickly; I have a basement room where I do blacksmithing." He said and started directing them to the place.
Soon, they arrived at a rather large and reinforced hall. It was just below Paul's house and was as big as his house itself.
It was laid out in a way that could allow him to blacksmith the right way, so it looked spacious.
Arriving here, Alice pulled out the dragon.
"My goodness, a fire dragon, and it's a very well-preserved carcass; it doesn't look that damaged..." Paul said when he saw it and started examining the scales.
"The scales look shiny, and the bones look so tough... It really is a dragon." He said with a big smile and pulled out huge knives, throwing them at the boys looking at him.
"Use them and cut them in the way I will tell you so that what you do not need can be sold at a high price. Although the internal organs look slightly damaged, they can still be sold at high prices." He said, and with his help, the trio of students started to cut this massive dragon into parts.
It was a long and complicated process. The bones were so hard that cutting them was a real challenge. Still, a full day later, they could finally sigh when all the parts of the dragon had been preserved.
The blood was in containers neatly arranged side by side. The flesh was in different containers and the bones in other places, the latter taking up a great deal of space, for this dragon, though a baby, was still a dragon. Its skeleton was quite giant.
The organs were frozen.
And a large number of scales were accumulated in one place.
"Boy, now tell me. What kind of weapon would you like me to make for you? Will the other girls have weapons, too? Let's use this paper, to make a blueprint, of the weapon you want." Paul said as he came in with a large blank sheet of paper, which had several things to help him create weapons.
Matt didn't expect this man to be so eager to get started, but this was a big help, so he smiled and began explaining what he wanted.
It's a different kind of weapon.
In his past life, he was an assassin, so he experienced the pros and cons of being one. He experienced it firsthand when traitors beat him, and he could do nothing to defend his wife.
That is why, in this life, he will not be as simple a killer as he was in his past life.
He wants to change and be something different, a more complete killer, or, rather, a more complete existence.
For that, he needed a different weapon, and he already had it in mind.
That was why he started drawing the kind of weapon he needed.
It was not going to be a sword, nor was it going to be a spear.
It looked more like the dagger he had right now but slightly curved. Not a tiny sword, but rather, a somewhat larger dagger with a different and slightly longer handle.
'A weapon that will allow me to fight using all the modes I know in combat while still allowing me to fight with my fists.' Matt thought as he made the model of this weapon.
It was not a new model, but he knew that this model would allow him to fight in a better way and eliminate the cons of being an assassin.
When Paul Cox saw the design, he was shocked.
'This guy seems to have very good knowledge of weapons, but this weapon... It looks quite interesting and easy to make, but it seems to be quite complete...' He thought and smiled.
Matt continued making a slightly different design this time, which was the weapon he wanted to give Isla. As she was learning from him, her style was adapting to his, so she needed a new weapon.
That's why he made her a slightly different design that would better suit her current style.
And finally, with Alice's help, he could make a new design for her. Actually, she didn't want a new design, but seeing the opportunity and thinking about the problems she had faced, she decided to make a slightly longer sword.
Then, three armors were made.
"Hmm, I think I get an idea of the number of materials I'll need to make all that with your measurements." Paul said and started walking around the place where the dragon parts were collected while patiently explaining to them how much he would use for each thing and why he would use that much.
In the end, he also took quite a bit of the dragon blood.
"Okay, this is enough. I'll start making your weapon, kid. I'll call you when it's ready; you can trust me; I have a good reputation." Paul said, smiling.
Matt nodded, "I trust you, Mr. Paul. I'll wait for you to call me and I'll come. Besides, I'm leaving you those things as a gift; maybe I can help you keep up the good work as usual." Matt said as he stuffed many dragon materials into his storage ring and left some things out. They were of high value.
When Paul saw this, his eyes sparkled, "Hahaha, good boy. Okay, I'll gladly accept it then, hahaha." He replied, and after that, Matt, Alice, and Isla said goodbye to him.
They had been away from the Academy for several days, so it was time to return.
A little trip out west had turned into them now having a grand dragon in small pieces and an exciting treasure.
'This has been a productive travel.' Matt thought as he made his way back to the Academy.