The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 448 - 377 Side Job?

Chapter 448: Chapter 377 Side Job?

Rand had put the iron muzzle back on, feeling a sense of balance.

The power of the Curse, the strength of the Crest Power on his forehead, and the restraint brought by the iron muzzle made him feel like a normal person.

"How can I obtain this power?" Lind asked.

He no longer needed to go to the Abyss, as he already bore the Curse on his body, making it the best option to try.

Rand changed his title and tone, "You need to follow me in recitation; this is a long poem from the Pustule Exiles themselves."

Swearing allegiance meant the contract was established. No one knew what would happen if someone broke the oath, but even the worst people never thought about breaking it casually.

In a world with gods, the binding power of language was stronger than one might imagine.

However, Lind preferred to believe that in the land of the Rand Kingdom, being a Duke, if there were any traitors, the Thunder would probably help him punish them.

"I love poetry!" Lind exclaimed.

As Rand had put the iron muzzle back on, Lind was uncertain of his current expression, but he saw respect in his eyes, respect for the poem.

He chanted with devotion:

"The Great Rift’s great despair, a new Chapter begins."

"The agony of the birth of the Three Gods, faith and oaths forgotten."

"Beneath the Monarch’s Curse, Calamity’s execution never halts."

"Morning, dusk, night, dawn, the Iris Flower summoned."

"Seek opportunities within the Abyssal Curse, seeking the Gate of Life."

"The fortress isolates the Mortal Domain, the Great Rift builds the city of the dead."

"Life ends, and your soul is freed."

"Please, with each breath, respect those who walk before."

"You shall die."

"You shall be respected."

"You shall go to that city of the dead."

"In the profound depths, life softly sighs, death echoes, no need for fear, you never walk alone."

"Life ends, and your soul is freed."

"Please, with each breath, respect those who walk before."

"..."

He repeated the latter part of the poem three times before stopping.

Lind closed his eyes.

When Rand’s voice came again, Lind had already entered a state; a special emotional force tugged at his consciousness.

It was complicated to explain, but easy to perform.

If one could gather the "Cursed Body" and "Poem," it would naturally progress.

Being cursed was not a good thing, it meant being stuck for life, unable to shake it off.

He repeated the poem, over and over again.

Rand saw Lind’s body begin to change with his own eyes, and as the rustling sound came, he watched as dragon scales emerged on Lind’s exposed skin.

The scales quickly enveloped Lind’s face, making him look like a humanoid dragon.

The Dragonification Syndrome Curse grew uncontrollably at its peak in an instant!

But Lind did not stop.

The dragon scales rapidly receded.

Rand, however, felt very strange; he could feel that Lind, who had been very strong from the beginning, suddenly became extremely weak, as weak as a village woman unable to lift a toilet bucket.

It was a strong feeling.

When Lind opened his eyes again, there was a flickering red light of bloodlust in his eyes, but his gaze was not cloudy and returned to normal in an instant.

He took a deep breath to adjust.

But to Rand, it felt as if he had breathed in, his body had suddenly transformed from a medicine pot village woman to a giant dragon of flames.

Can a person really switch like this?

Perhaps others couldn’t, but Lind could.

"Is this what they call starting a secondary profession?"

The Serpent Ring Emblem was still devouring the active Dragonification Syndrome Curse, and it continued to feed back to him.

The good news was, by absorbing the curse this time, the Dragonification Syndrome Curse would likely never have a sudden outbreak; the Serpent Ring Emblem acted as a buffer, preventing the curse from taking root like rootless duckweed.

To prevent corruption of himself, Lind once again invoked his second heartbeat. Under his Absolute Control, when the Exile’s power took effect and captured the Dragonification Syndrome Curse, he immediately tossed it into his second heartbeat.

The bad news was, the curse instantly turned his second heartbeat into complete dragonic contamination. If he switched to his second heartbeat, he would instantly turn into a cursed Lind afflicted with Dragonification Syndrome.

However, he needn’t worry about this since the second heartbeat couldn’t affect the first heartbeat, and he could discard this curse at any time and place.

Lind tried using the curse’s power and abruptly, a phantom dragon’s head appeared in front of him.

Boyd instinctively stepped backward, lost his balance, and fell to the ground.

"My lord?"

"Don’t worry, it can’t bite. It’s just... like this," Lind observed the dragon’s head and discovered it seemed like an extension of his own body.

Yet, it lacked any lethal power and seemed merely decorative, though it wasn’t particularly pleasing to the eye.

Lind walked outside to an open area and spread his arms towards the sky.

The dragon’s head grew swiftly, soon reaching the size of Dragon King Kote, completely filling the entire Exile Outpost.

The dragon’s mouth opened.

"Clore’s Explosive Flame!"

Far at the Gate of Mephisto outpost, Pulled a Big One was patrolling, having regretted missing his last checkpoint.

Why exert so much effort? Going on a side quest not only yielded little, but his desertion also caused NPC affections to drastically fall. He decided it was better to stick with Lind’s stride from now on.

Boom—!

A pillar of flame suddenly lit up from a far distance, only to vanish in an instant.

"What a pity," bemoaned Pulled a Big One, slapping his chest in regret. That was certainly the Exile Outpost, indicating those Undead had followed Lind on an important mission!

If only he had joined them.

Such a pity.

The offline Undead of the Exile Outpost logged back in upon receiving the news.

The terrifying heat engulfed them immediately—had someone blown a hole in the sky?

"My lord, is there some danger?"

"Could it be that the Abyss boss from the bottom level has attacked?"

The Undead gathered around Lind, noticing that the Exiles around him were as meek as little wives.

"I was just experimenting with a power," Lind said lightly.

"Experimenting?"

"A power?"

The Undead stared, wide-eyed. What kind of power was that, allowing an outpost days away to see the blaze?

And it looked even more exaggerated up close.

My God, it’s really going to breach the heavens!

No one knew exactly what power Lind was experimenting with, and the inquiring Undead found the Exiles tight-lipped.

Thus, they could only treat it as a hidden plot they had accidentally missed and regretted deeply.

Lind was in a good mood.

At the cost of tenfold energy, to gain several times the burst, the dragon’s head acted like a specific amplifier for enhancing various abilities.

Others might face a critical shortage of mana, and the presence of the dragon’s head might even mean a battle lasting ten minutes could be reduced to a single use of a skill.

But for Lind, consumption was never an issue. As long as he had his "battery," the Flying Dragon, spewing fire to charge from behind him, he could release endlessly.

Like battlefield enhancements, the encouraging music of a Poet’s path could also be released in this manner.

It was absolutely the most compatible ability with support careers, whether for crowd control, healing, or group buffs and debuffs. Unfortunately, Dragonification Syndrome had now disappeared, unless Lania drank the Magic Potion, refusing the help of the Crest to transform into the new Dragon King, making Lind the last one.

No matter how the Undead grumbled inwardly, Lind had made a significant discovery and prepared to sleep well, then head to the Abyss to have a closer encounter with the Abyssal Curse.

Given Boyd’s condition, it appeared as if curses could entangle each other, then evolve into a new curse.

Perhaps there were promising combinations waiting for him.

The Abyss? Just a new deck of skills!

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