Over the next few hours, Draco busied himself with experints on the firebird while occasionally sending out pulses of energy to check in on his familia mbers fighting below.
His curiosity had led him to try various approaches: gauging the firebird’s reactions to his elental and dragon energy, and even attempting to inject its magic stone with his own energy.
However, things didn’t go as planned when he injected his elental energy into the magic stone.
A conflict arose with the dungeon’s influence, resulting in micro-cracks forming in the firebird’s magic stone.
Fortunately, Draco realized the mistake in ti, ensuring that the firebird survived. Yet, its gaze shifted from one of mischief to a lifeless stare.
This change was understandable; although it was primarily driven by instinct, the firebird was not devoid of intelligence.
It recognized Draco as a dangerous being playing with its life and, lacking the ans to retaliate and not understanding the concept of suicide, it could only remain still and await its fate.
‘Did I go too far?’ Draco pondered, observing the now docile firebird.
“Sorry,” he apologized to the creature.
He had not intended to push things this far, but his curiosity had taken over.
Initially, he aid to ta the firebird, but his thoughts had shifted toward the possibility of transforming it into a Xenos, and it was at this point that his intentions grew questionable.
Turning his gaze downward from the treetops, Draco spotted a haggard Vasileios leaning against a tree, utterly exhausted.
To Vasileios left lay a pile of loot from the Gun Libellula’s and Lizardn he had fought for hours.
‘That should be enough for today,’ Draco thought.
Although Vasileios wasn't heavily injured, his stamina was nearly depleted, and he had run out of potions.
Sending out another pulse of energy to check on the rest of his familia, Draco sensed that everyone else was also fatigued, though not as severely as Vasileios.
He turned back to the firebird, contemplating what to do next.
Removing a monster from the dungeon was not a straightforward task; proper procedures needed to be followed with the guild.
Moreover, he was unsure if the firebird was genuinely tad.
Despite its docile behaviour, there was no telling what it would do once the next day arrived.
Suddenly, an idea sparked in Draco’s mind.
He decided to seal all the entrances and exits to this section of the dungeon using earth magic.
Since no other adventurers frequented this area, he doubted his actions would cause any trouble.
High above, on the ceiling of the room, Draco carved out a small space for the firebird and left it there.
His familia would be farming excelia in that area for the week anyway, and the firebird was not an easy target for the monsters lurking nearby, allowing him ample ti to focus on taming it.
He also recognized that this would give him ti to research the regulations surrounding tad monsters in Orario.
The motivation behind Draco’s actions stemd from a burgeoning idea: what if he could acquire a taming-related skill with potent effects on monsters?
The thought of potentially taming a dragon from the dungeon’s deeper floors sent a thrill through him.
Once he ensured that everyone was ready, the Bahamut familia made their way back to the surface.
The quests they undertook were general repeatable ones, so there was no urgency to complete them as other adventurers were also engaged in similar activities.
Most of the lucrative quests were located on the 24th floor, an area Draco believed his familia was not yet prepared to tackle.
Upon reaching the surface, the Bahamut familia made a brief stop at the guild to sell their loot and drop quest items, before heading ho, where their goddess, Bahamut, welcod them with a warm al.
After dinner, everyone except Draco turned in early, exhausted from the day’s intensity.
Draco, however, remained awake a bit longer, poring over the rules regarding tad monsters that he had acquired from the guild.
The regulations concerning magic-capable monsters, like the firebird, were particularly strict due to their potential to cause large fires within the city if not handled properly.
‘Sigh, why do I keep adding to my list of problems?’ Draco thought, rubbing his tired eyes.
He hadn’t fully considered all the complications that ca with taming a monster.
Normally, this wouldn’t have been an issue, but he felt an unexpected attachnt to the firebird, even though it had only been a day since they t.
So he couldn’t just end it’s life so suddenly.
‘Well, there’s always the option of taming it and leaving it in the dungeon,’ he mused. ‘Or maybe I could negotiate sothing with the Ganesha familia. That might be a good way to establish a personal connection with them.’ With that thought, Draco finally turned in for the night.
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A week passed in what felt like the blink of an eye.
During this ti, Draco and his familia had been hunting on the 19th floor.
The training regin for his familia had been gruelling, as Draco had increased the difficulty each day, varying the areas and types of monsters they faced.
To prevent overworking them, he decided to give everyone a day off today, of course, after they completed their patrol routes, as agreed with the Astraea familia.
Naturally, everyone was delighted with the day off; no one wanted to see the faces of Lizardn, Bugbears, Battle Boars, or Mad Beetles again so soon.
Throughout the week, Draco beca sowhat sidetracked from completing his first grimoire, instead focusing on the taming of the firebirds.
His efforts t with minor success; he had attempted to usurp the dungeon’s influence over the firebirds by replacing the source of their existence with his own elental energy.
However, he quickly realized such a feat was impossible.
The essence of the firebird was bound to its magic stone, and there was no alternative to its existence; he could not recreate another firebird from just its magic stone.
Draco considered himself fortunate to have captured two more firebirds, using one of them to test this theory.
While he did not achieve everything he aid for, he recalled that monsters could survive outside the dungeon’s magical influence, albeit at a diminished capacity.
Utilizing this knowledge, Draco managed to help two firebirds—one male and one female—transition from depending on the dungeon’s energy m to relying on the energy outside, as well as his own energy.
At present, he was experinting to determine if it was possible to change their elental affinities, but so far, he had made no progress.
Nevertheless, Draco felt a sense of contentnt with his achievents, having successfully tad two firebirds.
Yet he remained doubtful that the sa success would co easily with larger and stronger monsters.
Currently, Draco was on his way to et with the Ganesha familia’s captain, Shakuti Varma.
He had requested the eting three days prior through the Astraea familia, since he had no direct connections with the Ganesha familia.
Surprisingly, Shakti was willing to et, which brought Draco to his current destination.
He intended to negotiate with the Ganesha familia regarding his tad firebirds, as he currently had no place to house them.
‘Sigh, we really need to establish a familia ho soon, but this seems gay for so reason’ Draco thought, as he stared at the giant statue of Ganesha.
The entrance to the Ganesha familia ho was at the crotch of the statue.
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