Chapter 84: The Dragon’s Treasure
Jason put his hand out and made the dragon come down to nuzzle its snout in his hand before he looked up at the tab hovering on the dragon’s head and hummed.
It was a Rank II Rook, and that meant it was somewhere on the same level as the Adamantine Ant Queen that Jason had resurrected a while ago, but Jason knew that there was no way this was true. Although the Adamantine Ant Queen was strong, it was still not powerful enough to hold a candle to the dragon! Even when they were fighting, the Adamantine Ant Queen needed the help of the other Rook-class subordinates to put the dragon down properly.
’So does that mean the power gap in the Rook Rank is very large? If a monster this powerful is seen as a simple Rook Rank II, then how powerful does the monster need to be before it can become a Rook Rank III?’
Jason grinned at the system. If his theory was true, then he could look forward to just how much more powerful the Rook Rank III would be. It’s probably going to be as strong as the Leviathan Rank boss of a yellow gate!
Jason felt a great feeling of excitement bubble up from his heart when he realized just how powerful the Rook Rank III would be, but before he could really enjoy the moment, a new notification popped up in his system.
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By resurrecting a creature from the world of [Radagan], the user has successfully gained his first [Outerworld] subordinate.
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The user has unlocked the special feature [Baptismal Rite]
[Baptismal Rite: A special system feature that can only be used on Legion subordinates in the Rook class or higher. When Baptized, a subordinate will be granted a unique name by the user, allowing them to possess a more secure identity and giving the user greater control over their actions.]
Benefits of [Baptismal Rite]
10% Reduction in stamina loss for each command given to the subordinate
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Jason grinned. He had been waiting for the system to finally say something about him naming his subordinates. For a while, Jason thought about just giving his subordinates random names to make it easier to call on them, but after Jason started gaining more and more subordinates, he realized that it would be difficult for him to even remember all their names and he gave up on that line of thought.
But now that the system was giving him a feature for it, he could finally do it. The best part of all this was the fact that only the Rooks and higher would be getting names. If Jason had to name three hundred pawns, he would lose his fucking mind!
’I’d probably just give them names that start with letters or something like that. A, B, C... They’d fucking hate me.’
Jason laughed at that before he turned to the large dragon in front of him. If he was going to name anything first, then it had to be this. Jason might not be the sort of person to spend all his time on fantasy games or movies because of how he was always working, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t interested in them. He had seen a lot of clips from movies like Game of Thrones and games like Elden Ring and Elder Scrolls. They were just pastimes, but they were fucking awesome to him.
So Jason crouched down and put his hand on his chin as he started to think of a name. He needed something good. Something simple that he wouldn’t bite his own tongue off while using. Something like...
"Ragnar...?"
Jason’s brow furrowed as he mumbled this name and he heard the dragon release a loud roar once it heard it! Jason looked up in surprise, and a smile spread on his face.
’You like that name.’
The dragon looked down at Jason and released a puff of smoke from its nose. It was a good name and the dragon liked it!
"Alright, let’s go with Ragnar."
[Does the user wish to grant this subordinate the name [Ragnar]? Yes/No]
Jason chose yes, and the tab above the dragon’s head changed.
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[Ragnar]
[Ashenvalley Dragon]
[Rook Rank II]
[Hierarchy Level: 2 [0.00%]]
[Subordinate Count: 0/20]
[Upgrade Points: 0/150]
[Upgrade Limit: Knight Rank I]
[MP: 10,000]
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Ragnar brought its head down to Jason and nuzzled him with steam coming out of its nose. It was glad to have a name! Jason laughed and pushed it back before it could throw him to the ground.
’Okay, okay, that’s enough. You’re gonna burn me. hahaha. Alright, I have to name the other three. Come over here.’
Jason called on the other three Rooks and they came over quickly. Jason decided to first pick out a name for the [Adamantine Ant Queen], and after thinking for a while, he settled on the name Raya. For some reason, it just seemed to fit.
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[Raya]
[Adamantine Ant Queen]
[Rook Rank II]
[Hierarchy Level: 2 [10.1%]]
[Subordinate Count: 0/20]
[Upgrade Points: 0/150]
[Upgrade Limit: Bishop Rank III]
[MP: 5000]
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Raya came over and nuzzled Jason in thanks as well, and Jason laughed while making sure to avoid the sharp mandibles that would definitely cut him. But suddenly, Raya was shoved to the side by Ragnar and she stumbled away before Ragnar came around and nuzzled Jason as well. Raya hurried to her feet and screeched in anger before running to Ragnar and throwing him to the ground! How dare you try to steal the King away!?
Jason watched as the giant ant and dragon tussled, and it didn’t take long before Ragnar was sitting on top of Raya and preventing her from getting up. Raya cried out in anger as she tried to cut Ragnar’s legs with her mandibles, but Ragnar just laughed while releasing hot smoke from his nostrils. Jason ignored the both of them like a father ignoring his playing children and turned to the remaining two Rooks.
The [Adamantine Ant Soldier] was next, and Jason hummed for a while before he decided on the name Dino. The ant reminded Jason a lot of a dinosaur, especially with the way it fought in the previous raid, so the name seemed fitting.
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[Dino]
[Adamantine Ant Soldier]
[Rook Rank I]
[Hierarchy Level: 1 [59.2%]]
[Subordinate Count: 10/10]
[Upgrade Points: 0/50]
[Upgrade Limit: Bishop Rank I]
[MP: 4000]
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Dino screeched into the air as it tried to get close to Jason for a hug as well, but before it could even reach Jason, it was snagged out of the air by Ragnar and put under its feet together with Raya! Ragnar nuzzled Jason’s face again, and Jason couldn’t help but put his head in his hand and laugh! He finally understood what was happening! Ragnar was possessive of him!
Dragons were all very possessive creatures, so they were always trying their best to prevent anyone from getting close to their treasure. But now that Ragnar was Jason’s subordinate, it saw Jason as his treasure and didn’t want anyone getting close to him.
’Just don’t kill them, Ragnar. I don’t want to waste mana to resurrect them again.’
Jason turned away with a laugh as he sent this message to Ragnar, and Ragnar roared back in agreement! But Ragnar suddenly cried out as Dino and Raya both managed to flip Ragnar off his feet, and the three of them began to tumble through the forest as they fought for dominance!