Ember Dragon Novel Chapter 472: Elemental Master

Chapter 472: Chapter 472: Elental Master

Chapter 472: Elental Master

However, leveling up was the least remarkable gain from his journey to the Elental Plane of Fire.

Even if Cassius hadn’t slain those fire genies, the experience provided by the players would have been enough for him to advance within half a year—it was rely a matter of course.

His greatest harvest from this trip was devouring the divine-like elental power within Ismael.

According to Cassius’ speculation, this power was originally prepared by the Great Sultan of the fire genies as a material for his own apotheosis, yet Cassius had inadvertently "enjoyed" it ahead of schedule.

Godhood—an ambitious yet widespread goal.

Such matters were not uncommon among the sinister forces of Erezaghe.

For instance, the ruler of the astral Githyanki, the powerful lich Vilagis the 157th, had consud the strength and souls of high-ranking Githyanki, using them as materials for wish spells in his pursuit of godhood.

Most centurions and above among the Githyanki had their souls drained, leaving behind only empty shells that obeyed Vilagis’ commands.

By comparison, the Great Sultan of the fire genies—who rely cultivated six of his most loyal direct retainers into divine materials—could almost be considered "benevolent."

Though this was only one of six such powers, it was the result of thousands of years of ticulous cultivation by the Great Sultan, far exceeding Cassius’ expectations.

If not for the uprising of the Prince of Holy Fla, the Sultan would have undoubtedly descended in person to fight Cassius to the death.

He could understand why the Sultan was so enraged, nearly losing his reason entirely.

It had been over a month since Cassius returned from the Elental Plane of Fire, yet that power still surged within his belly, not yet fully digested.

It was a peculiar sensation, as if a noble fire genie were wailing, roaring, and resisting its transformation within his gut.

But unfortunately for it, the body of an ancestor dragon possessed an extraordinary essence, imprisoning that power completely, rendering all struggle futile.

"Divine-like power..."

"Tsk, it almost feels like it has its own consciousness."

Accompanied by a sizzling sound, the final remnant of the fire genie’s essence was absorbed by the terrifying magic digestion of the ancestor dragon.

That crimson energy surged through the red dragon’s body, flowing through his arteries back into his heart, before being pumped powerfully throughout his entire form.

From his heart to his neck, skull, forelimbs, wing joints, hind limbs, and even the very tip of his tail.

"Roar—"

Cassius couldn’t help but raise his head and let out a mighty roar toward the heavens.

With his roar, streams of flaming teors rained down from the sky, and massive firestorms ford on the ground.

If these spells had been allowed to unfold fully, they would have left nothing but devastation in their wake—but Cassius would not allow such a thing to happen.

"Flas, heed my command."

"Stop."

With just a whisper, the raging, surging flas cald instantly, as obedient as docile sheep, dispersing into nothingness.

This was the power of Authority.

As one of the Inner Planes that ford the very fabric of the world, the Elental Plane of Fire was both the primal source and ultimate destination of all flas, its very essence. The elental nobility were the bearers of this Authority, and this power extended beyond the Elental Plane, allowing them to exert dominion over flas even in the Material Plane.

The true ruler of the Elental Plane of Fire—Karsus, Lord of Flas, the Ever-Burning—was a deity of greater divine power.

In Cassius’ pale gold slit pupils, crimson fire burned, tongues of fla wrapping around his head.

[You have fully digested an essence of divine-like elental power.]

[Having grasped elental Authority and attuned yourself to the forces of the cosmos, you have unlocked a new class path—[Elental Master]]

[To qualify as an Elental Master, a dragon must et the following conditions:]

Race: Any True Dragon.

Feats: Any three tabreath feats.

Spells: Must be capable of casting arcane spells.

Special: Elental Affinity—the dragon must possess an elental or energy subtype, such as Air, Cold, Earth, Electricity, Fire, or Water.

Breath Weapon: The dragon must possess a breath weapon that deals energy damage.

[You have t all the requirents. Would you like to advance to Elental Master?]

"A new advanced class..."

"Elental Master."

Cassius’ eyes lit up—he had not expected an additional surprise after digesting the power of the fire genie.

This was a well-known dragon class, even in his previous life. In the Silvermoon Bay region, an ocean drake attuned to water elents had been able to summon terrifying waves and whirlpools, ruling the Western Sea like its true master.

That ocean drake had slaughtered players attempting to complete the Naga Kingdom questline, leaving their bloated corpses floating all across the sea.

Cassius continued scanning the panel’s information, deepening his understanding of the class.

[Elental Master]

Dragons are beings forged from primordial elental forces. Two powerful energies surge within their veins—the elental energy that fuels their breath weapons and the core essence that constitutes their very existence. Elental Masters devote themselves to achieving perfect harmony between these forces.

Almost exclusively pursued by true dragons, this class requires an intrinsic connection to elental and energy forces. So dragons take levels in Wizard or Sorcerer before advancing, but many do not.

Elental Masters are among the most solitary of dragons, dedicating their existence to communion with cosmic forces rather than mingling with what they consider lesser lifeforms.

When they do form alliances, it is usually with elentals, extraplanar beings, or, on rare occasions, younger dragons.

"The draconic equivalent of an Elental Sorcerer..."

Cassius stroked his chin, thought for a mont, then made his decision.

A free class level? Of course, he would take it!

Moreover, he had already absorbed a portion of divine-like elental power. For ordinary dragons, advancing into Elental Master might risk energy instability or even bodily detonation, but for Cassius, it was rely another step forward.

[You have chosen to advance as an Elental Master.]

[The Pasha’s Essence of the Fire Genie you devoured has granted you a massive amount of experience exclusive to Elental Masters. Your Elental Master level has increased to 4.]

With that, Cassius’ class panel now displayed three different paths.

Sorcerer 16 / Elental Master 4 / Bloodscale Berserker 3

Among players in his past life, such a class combination was unheard of. Only one eccentric player had ever attempted to level four different classes at once, only to find themselves permanently stuck—spreading levels too thin ca at a cost.

But for Cassius, this wasn’t an issue—his other two classes had essentially been handed to him for free.

"A true jack-of-all-trades, huh?"

Cassius exhaled a puff of sulfurous white smoke, unable to resist a sarcastic remark.

Maybe he should aim to collect every single draconic class in existence?

The panel continued refreshing.

[Your Elental Master level has increased to 1]

[You have gained the abilities Elental Mastery and Energy Attunent]

Elental Mastery: Grants enhanced affinity with the dragon’s elental subtype.

Dragons with the Fire subtype (including red, gold, brass, and hellfire wyverns) gain Fire Mastery—if both the dragon and its opponent are exposed to fire or wield fire-based abilities, the dragon gains significant control over them.

Energy Attunent: The Elental Master harmonizes with the energy type of their breath weapon.

Dragons with multiple breath weapons may attune to Acid, Cold, Electricity, Fire, or Sonic, entering a state of "Elental Dominance" that enhances breath control.

"More ways to enhance energy output—just icing on the cake for ."

"But... a free class level is a free class level."

Cassius opened his mouth and exhaled a thin stream of fire, controlling it like a thread dancing through the air, weaving intricate patterns as flas flickered across his entire body.

This was the effect of [Energy Attunent], allowing a dragon to achieve an almost unimaginable level of control over its breath.

Moreover, as a red dragon equipped with [Storm King’s Eye] and [Eternal Frost Horn], Cassius had developed a strong understanding of lightning and frost energies—he could even breathe lightning, already qualifying for Lightning Energy Attunent.

His golden eyes glead as lightning, frost, and fire alternated within his breath.

The panel continued to refresh.

[Your Elental Master level has increased to 2. You have gained the abilities: [Energy Substitution] and [Summon Elental]]

Energy Substitution: Elental Masters gain the ability to alter their spells with energy descriptors, converting them to match their attuned elent.

The substituted spell functions normally in all aspects except for the type of damage it deals.

Summon Elental: Starting at level 2, once per day, the Elental Master can use its breath weapon to summon a dium elental of its corresponding elental subtype. The dragon breathes as usual, but an elental manifests afterward.

If the dragon chooses, it can instead summon an adult arrowhawk (Air or Cold), a common fire salamander (Fire), an adult spiked shell turtle (Water), or a common solstone golem (Earth).

Energy Substitution—a fascinating ability.

Cassius conjured a [Witchbolt] imbued with lightning energy, then activated [Energy Substitution].

Instantly, the lightning bolt transford into a flaming chain, setting the surrounding rocks ablaze.

This was the power of energy substitution—converting identical spells into different energy forms, making it harder for enemies to predict.

As for [Summon Elental], it was just a free summoning spell—not particularly useful to Cassius.

If he wanted, he could always use the "Divine Petition Candle" he had acquired through negotiations with the Great Sultan to summon a high-ranking fire genie capable of granting wishes.

It was said that the fire genie nobles dreaded the task of aiding the Ember Empire, fearing they might be the unlucky ones chosen—but they dared not refuse.

After all, the infamous "Soul-Devouring Dragon" had built his fearso reputation not through words but through the deaths of hundreds of fire genies, two Emirs, and a Pasha.

[Your Elental Master level has increased to 4. You have gained the abilities: [Energy Focus] and [Energy Burst]]

Energy Focus: The Elental Master has attained an extre level of expertise in a particular energy type, greatly enhancing the power of their breath attack.

Energy Burst: The Elental Master can resonate with the surrounding elental environnt, creating a destructive energy explosion around themselves.

"Now this is the real prize."

Cassius narrowed his eyes, exhaling a burst of white steam from his nostrils.

He felt an explosive force surge through his body, filling every artery like a series of latent elental bombs.

The earlier Elental Master traits, while powerful for players or even ordinary dragons, had felt sowhat underwhelming to Cassius.

But now, [Energy Focus] and [Energy Burst]—these were the true ga-changers for a red dragon of his caliber.

[Fla Gate]

Cassius tore through space, leaving the outskirts of Northwind Fortress and arriving directly at the Wahala Glacier, the northernmost part of the Anzeta Wasteland.

The howling wind was bone-chilling, and towering glaciers glead under the sunlight, reflecting blinding rays.

This had once been the "Everfrost" tribe’s holand, but the frost giants who had lived here for nearly ten thousand years had been exterminated by Cassius. Their treasures were plundered, and their surviving kin reduced to imperial slaves.

The frozen caves still contained rotting bone clubs and tattered furs—the last remnants of the frost giants’ forr lives.

Of course, the shattered glaciers, collapsed ice mountains, and ruined snowfields bore the scars of that devastating war, though much of it had since been buried beneath the snow.

"The Battle of the Glacier’s Fall."

"Has it really been six years already?"

Cassius gazed upon the battlefield’s remains, feeling a rare mont of sentintality.

Six years was barely the span of a nap for an ordinary dragon—but for him, it had been a lifeti of battles and conquests.

"Boom!"

In the distance, a massive centipede-like beast burst through the ice, devouring an entire musk ox in one gulp.

Without the frost giants to keep them in check, and with the empire showing little interest in managing this frozen wasteland, the Centipede Behemoths had beco its most fearso predators—unless a player happened to take an Icefield Hunt quest.

Cassius observed the gaping ice hole left by the creature and muttered:

"Let’s put this Elental Master ability to the test."

The red dragon easily climbed to the peak of the glacier, spreading his vast wings and slightly parting his maw.

[Energy Attunent]

Flas flickered across his colossal body, distorting the frigid air with intense heat, transforming this polar wasteland into a searing inferno.

Snow lted, glaciers liquefied.

The light around Cassius grew even more dazzling as he beca one with the surrounding fire elent, causing the snowfields and icebergs to reflect a blinding glow. The world itself seed to fall into silence.

Then, an even fiercer blaze erupted, engulfing everything around him.

"Boom!"

[Energy Burst]

The glacier sublimated instantly, its frozen mountains collapsing, and thick layers of snow transforming into scalding water.

Steam—searing white vapor—billowed in all directions, enveloping everything within a ten-mile radius.

When the mist finally cleared, Cassius hovered high in the sky, flapping his wings. Below him, there were no glaciers, no snowfields—only a massive crater nearly a hundred ters wide, with boiling water still churning within it.

"Now that’s an explosion."

Cassius grinned, baring his sharp teeth in satisfaction as he surveyed the scorched ruins of the Wahala Glacier.

This was exactly the level of destruction he had anticipated.