Chapter 538: The Dragon Oath

Li Mochen and Angela worked together for a total of fifty-four hours to repair the dragon language array within this plane.

The time spent on this dragon language array was longer than he had anticipated, and Li Mochen had to expend quite a few rare materials on top of that.

He had originally thought it would be a simple matter of copying the pattern, since the dragon language runes in the array were not too badly worn. But when he actually started the repairs, Li Mochen realized it was no easy task. The main issue was that the flow of magic and the pulse of magical energy here had become chaotic, and the 'Dragon Tomb' outside hung like a giant weight above, making the repair of each rune extremely difficult.

Repairing the runes themselves was not hard; the difficulty lay in adjusting the surrounding magical energy pulses and guiding the flow of magic, in addition to clearing the clogged parts.

So halfway through, Li Mochen already regretted it and several times felt the urge to back out. If he had to give back for the 'Dragon's Enlightenment', there was no need to do such arduous work.

But when he finished the array, Li Mochen noticed a change in his 'Divine Cloud Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda'; a vast amount of merit light formed around the pagoda.

Li Mochen focused his mind and sensed that the amount was over sixty thousand strands, with continuous gains afterward.

Previously, the daily income of the 'Divine Cloud Spirit Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' was about three hundred strands, but now it had broken through the five hundred and fifty mark, an increase of nearly two hundred and twenty strands.

This left Li Mochen dumbfounded and deeply shaken.

He guessed that the failure of the Dragon's Enlightenment would indeed lead to the destruction of the 'Dragon Tomb', thereby triggering some large-scale disaster, which was why such a huge merit reward was given.

After all, when he killed Adriana before, he had only obtained a little over four thousand strands of merit, with a subsequent daily income of just over ten strands. And that Blazing Flame Dragon Lady had caused disasters that killed millions of people in the Bright World.

But what surprised him even more was that afterward, a mysterious force gathered around them.

Li Mochen instinctively assumed a defensive posture, but this force ignored his external source armor and Light Demon No. 8, directly forming a dragon-shaped pattern like a tattoo on the back of his hand.

The same happened to Angela, except the dragon-shaped pattern on her body was located on her exposed arm.

"Is this... the Dragon Oath?"

After confirming through her senses, the girl looked surprised: "It really is the Dragon Oath! But I've never seen an oath mark of this shape before; it seems to be all-encompassing?"

This was a reward only given to those who had made great contributions to the dragon race.

Those who received the oath would be regarded as allies by the dragons and would not be actively harmed. Additionally, if the oath-bearer provided enough gold coins and gems, they could summon dragons from the void to fight for them. Generally, the more gold coins and gems prepared, the more powerful the summoned dragon.

But so far, dragon oaths were usually granted by individual dragons or a specific dragon lineage, such as the black dragon lineage, red dragon lineage, etc., with a limited scope. Slightly broader ones were aligned with factions: evil dragons and good dragons, or chromatic dragons, metallic dragons, gem dragons, void dragons, and so on.

Angela had never seen an oath mark like the one on them. It was a three-headed golden dragon, each head bearing huge horns like a crown.

In Angela's perception, the coverage of this oath was indeed vast, encompassing all chromatic dragons, metallic dragons, gem dragons, and void dragons in both the Bright World and the Dark World. All dragon species could sense it. As long as she invested enough money, gems, or other rare treasures, she could summon them to fight.

The number depended on her own cultivation level and the dragon's rank; she could summon one demigod-level dragon or replace it with five legendary young dragons.

Of course, Angela would also pay a huge price. Summoning a demigod dragon to fight for a day would cost her at least 1.2 billion gold shields.

Due to inflation, gold shields could buy fewer and fewer gold coins and gems.

This summoning contract seemed hardly cost-effective; hiring a demigod-level assassin for a day wouldn't cost even a third of that amount.

But Angela was still very happy. If the all-encompassing Dragon Oath was real, it could protect her from dragon attacks.

And at certain times, she could use it as an emergency measure.

Money was important, but if you lost your life, no amount of money was useful.

"It is indeed all-encompassing."

Li Mochen had already confirmed the validity of the oath through the dragon vein, which, as a true dragon, could verify this.

He couldn't help but look into the void with a strange expression, a hint of relief rising in his heart.

A Dragon Oath of this level could only be given by the Supreme Dragon God. Clearly, this great being, rumored to be gravely wounded and asleep, had not stopped paying attention to this place.

If he hadn't restrained his greed two days ago and had tried to forcibly seize the 'Dragon's Enlightenment', who knew what would have happened?

Then his heart was filled with surprise and joy.

This was a case of losing at sunrise but gaining at sunset. The fact that the Dragon Oath prevented active attacks by dragons was not something he valued much. But being able to summon dragons with gold and gems to fight was quite a pleasant surprise for Li Mochen.

Using this oath to summon a demigod dragon was indeed a loss, but summoning an ancient dragon above that level was very cost-effective.

Although it would cost 5 billion gold shields a day, an ancient dragon at the level of a lesser god was still very powerful in this world where gods were hidden. In the wars he might face in the future, it could be a decisive factor.

Five billion gold shields seemed like a lot, but even if an ordinary person had such wealth, they couldn't hire a lesser god to serve them.

Even Anthony, with his trillion-dollar fortune, couldn't use his money to make mages or lesser gods change their positions and act for him.

The gift from the Supreme Dragon God surprised Li Mochen and also made him feel ashamed and embarrassed about his subsequent actions.

But after hesitating for a while, Li Mochen unhesitatingly looted the lair of the three bronze ancient dragons.

This was probably not the main lair of those three ancient dragons; the amount of gold coins and gems was not huge, but if sold outside, it could fetch three to four billion gold shields.

Then Li Mochen, along with Angela and Hairo, returned to the Dragon Tomb and began searching everywhere for suitable dragon skeletons.

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Angela looked uneasy: "We just received so many benefits, and now we're stealing dragon bones here. I feel a bit guilty."

She was mainly reluctant to part with the newly acquired 'Dragon Oath' on her arm, fearing that this hostile act might cause the Supreme Dragon God to take it back. Its function was significant, and its value far exceeded that of a dragon skeleton.