Seeing Naruto's strange gaze, Doria, afraid of being misunderstood, quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, you misunderstood, I don't like pain, I just feel that pain makes me comfortable—"
"Oh no, that's not what I mean!",
"It's just that my physique is too special; I don't have such strange hobbies."
"Naruto—you—you—"
Doria closed her eyes, shaking her head and waving her hands. Seeing that she was only making things worse, her cute doll-like face turned completely red with embarrassment.
She turned to hide downstairs, but her small foot slipped, and she almost tumbled down the stone steps.
Fortunately, Heather, who was also staying at Doria's house and was coming upstairs, timely helped her and asked with a puzzled expression, "Doria, what are you doing?"
"I—I—"
Doria didn't know how to explain. Heather smiled and put her arm around Doria's shoulder.
"Let's go, let's go. Since you're here, let's bathe together."
"Bathing in Dragon Blood only has benefits, no drawbacks."
"Anyway, there's plenty of Dragon Blood now, so we can use it freely. Before, I couldn't even imagine it."
"You—I—"
"Why are you being shy? Let's go!"
Helplessly, Doria lowered her head, her face red, and followed Heather back to the top floor of the lighthouse.
With a clang.
Heather casually plunged her fire crystal spear into the stone bricks and began to unbuckle her belt, shed her leather skirt, and take off her sleeveless top.
Then she removed her armguards, leg guards, and battle boots, tossing her equipment and clothes casually aside.
"Heather, you—you—"
"Why are you naked!"
Doria looked in surprise at Heather's smooth, porcelain-like back and her waist, which was even slimmer than her own.
"What's there to be afraid of? Naruto is only twelve years old. Are you afraid he'll eat you?"
Heather said indifferently.
After removing her equipment, she lifted her strong, slender legs and stepped into the wooden tub, squatting down to immerse herself in the high-temperature Dragon Blood, letting out a comfortable sound.
Naruto, with a clear view, really wanted to say, "You probably don't know I've mastered a secret technique."
"Heather, you weren't like this before. Could it be—you like younger men?"
With Heather as an example, Doria retorted, and without further ado, she also got into the bath.
Suddenly, the relatively spacious bathtub became a bit crowded, just like the inn in Border Town, with three people bathing together again.
However, this time the female protagonists changed from Sword Saintess and the Witch to the Great Sage and the Female Spear God.
Naruto really wanted to know, did he have some kind of bathing buff?
When he left Goblin Slayer World and returned to Konoha Village, would he be bathing with Hinata and Yamanaka Ino?
Or perhaps with Kurenai-sensei?
Naruto was both puzzled and a little expectant.
"Younger men, what does that mean?"
Heather raised her short purple hair, her arm like a white lotus root resting on the edge of the wooden tub, and her crimson eyes looked at Doria.
"Tsk, you don't even understand that? Younger men means someone younger than you."
Doria pouted, feeling a bit too much buoyancy in her upper body, and reached out to pull her bath towel.
Heather said helplessly, "I told you to read fewer strange books, but you wouldn't listen. You used to use your position as a librarian to hide who knows how many forbidden books of the kingdom."
"Ah, don't slander me! Ugh!!"
Just as Doria was about to argue, she let out a pained groan and immediately bit her lip, falling silent.
The concentration of Dragon Blood in the wooden tub might not be much for Naruto and Heather, but for Doria, it was like hot oil being poured over her body.
Excruciating pain, as if her skin and flesh were tearing!
Her slight tolerance for pain was nothing compared to the body-tempering process of Dragon Blood.
Doria immediately became obedient.
She gritted her teeth and silently endured.
"Here."
"Don't be foolish and just endure it; something bad will happen."
"Heather and I are not archbishops who believe in the supreme god; we cannot cast the miracle [Resurrection]."
Naruto exhaled, flipped his hand, and took out Vitality Potions, Healing Potions, and HP Recovery Potions from his item bar, handing them to Doria.
"Ugh… Thank… thank you…"
Doria quickly took the potions and drank them.
Without the support of the potions, she might really not have been able to endure it.
Seeing this, Heather's crimson eyes gleamed with an unusual light and she said, "Naruto, you're really thoughtful."
Naruto replied, "Actually, these potions were prepared for myself. I want to try drinking Dragon Blood directly."
"Drinking Dragon Blood directly? Naruto, are you crazy?!"
Heather cried out in alarm.
"Pure-blooded dragons are naturally strong-bodied, and their internal organs are subjected to the baptism of Dragon Blood from a young age to withstand this domineering power."
"Our human bodies are too weak; directly drinking Dragon Blood will only cause our intestines and stomach to rot!"
Naruto replied, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Feeling his physique constantly strengthening, he began to drink a mouthful of Dragon Blood.
The undiluted Dragon Blood, like scorching magma, was swallowed by Naruto, and a terrifying surge of fire and heat immediately erupted.
Naruto's face flushed, and he quickly Extract Chakra, absorbing and fusing the heat.
This way, he could reduce the power of the Dragon Blood and minimize damage to his internal organs.
"He… he really drank it…"
Heather opened her mouth in shock and gave a thumbs-up in admiration: "You're amazing."
"Only twelve years old, and he's drinking Dragon Blood directly. What will he be like when he grows up?"
Heather seemed to have already foreseen the might and invincibility of a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex.
More importantly, which girl could withstand the impact of a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex?
"Drinking Dragon Blood directly can indeed temper the deeper layers of the body. If I persevere, my organs might even be comparable to those of a flying dragon, achieving consistency between the inside and outside of my body."
Naruto didn't hesitate, enduring the excruciating pain of his burning intestines and stomach, drinking the Dragon Blood mouthful by mouthful.
The level of pain was even greater than what Doria was enduring.
"So young, yet so courageous. He's much more impressive than those other soft Gold-Grade adventurers. He's charming."
"It seems the 'strongest defense' of the Earth Capital will have to change its title now~"
Heather bent one arm, resting her elbow on the edge of the wooden tub, her fist supporting the side of her face. Her beautiful eyes constantly sized up Naruto, a playful smile on her lips, exuding the heroic and refreshing charm of a mature woman.
Over the next few days.
Naruto used Dragon Blood without regard for cost, tempering and hammering his body.
The benefits were obvious: Naruto's previously neglected [Constitution] and [Strength] attributes saw a dramatic increase.
Especially the [Constitution] attribute, which even surpassed the [Spirit] attribute, becoming the highest among his four-dimensional attributes.
Only when the Dragon Blood of the Flying Dragon level could no longer provide improvement did Naruto stop his Dragon Blood body tempering.
This dragon disaster brought Naruto immense wealth.
Every part of a dragon species was a treasure, and there was an inexhaustible supply of Dragon Blood.
Just the Dragon Blood from five flying dragons was enough to bring Naruto, Heather, and Doria's tolerance for Flying Dragon-level Dragon Blood to its limit.
To improve further, they could only use Dragon Blood of the Giant Dragon level.
Naruto also brought Flying Dragon-level Dragon Blood back to Fire Shadow World to enhance Hinata's physique.
Now, after bathing in Dragon Blood, Hinata's close combat skills were completely on par with any Jonin of the Hyuga clan.
As long as she completely mastered Gentle Fist, Hinata would be the strongest in the Hyuga clan!
"I wonder how many Gates of Eight Gates a body tempered with Flying Dragon-level Dragon Blood would be comparable to."
Naruto's thoughts drifted as he sat on the stone window of the lighthouse, kneading Rasengan and researching new ultimate techniques, while gazing at the shimmering port in the distance.
A colossal object, far exceeding a fishing boat, was docked there.
Its hull was unusually cold, with a metallic sheen on its surface, not made of wood at all, but rather resembling layers of scales.
The mast erected on the deck was also strange; it wasn't wood but had a bone-like texture.
Even the canvas looked vastly different.
Who could have imagined that the giant ship's scales were Dragon Scales, its mast was Dragon Bone, and its canvas was Dragon Wing!
The entire ship was practically the embodiment of a giant dragon!
Now, a month had passed.
The Wind Capital Ship had been repaired, and the workers at the port began loading supplies onto the ship.
In addition to purified water, dry rations, vegetables, and fruits, there were also some heavy siege weapons.
Because Naruto and Heather weren't the only ones boarding; such a large ship sailing on the vast ocean required crew members and a helmsman.
It was also impossible for Gold-Grade adventurers to deal with all the sea monsters encountered along the way.
Many adventurers from Wind Capital volunteered to board the ship, wanting to contribute a little to the dragon-slaying expedition.
Of course, they couldn't intervene in the battle against the Silver Dragon Mother Tiamat.
All these adventurers could do was deal with the sea monsters encountered during the voyage.
"That Crown Prince is here too."
Naruto's eyesight was astonishing now; from the lighthouse on the cliff, he could see the port of Wind Capital.
In addition to the Crown Prince in top-tier equipment, there were also foreign warriors wearing Japanese armor, an Insectoid Monk with an insect head and human body, and a half-forest human archer.
If you added the Sword Saintess who hadn't come from Water Capital, the six-person team to stop the Demon God King's resurrection would be complete.
They were considered the top fighting force of the human faction in Goblin Slayer World at the moment!
[Eliminated a Red Dragon (Flying Dragon), Experience +1800 points]
[Eliminated a Blue Dragon (Flying Dragon), Experience +2000 points]
[Eliminated a Gold Dragon (Flying Dragon), Experience +2100 points]
[Eliminated a Black Dragon (Flying Dragon), Experience +1900 points]
At this moment.
Pop-up windows kept appearing one after another in front of Naruto.
This meant that the flying dragons trapped in the Absolute Cube were finally dying one after another.
"It's been a month, a full month. These pure-blooded dragons are really resilient, surviving a month in a near-vacuum environment."
"In this month, they probably squeezed out all the potential from their bodies."
"I guess there's not much remaining value in the Dragon Blood in their hearts."
Naruto shook his head.
Fortunately, during this month, he had successively eliminated other flying dragons, leaving only one of each different colored flying dragon.
Otherwise, Dragon Blood with almost depleted vitality would be no different from ordinary magma.
"Now, only one last dragon species remains."
Naruto stood up, standing on the stone window of the lighthouse, and without any wind-up, instantly moved to the top of Wind Capital's city wall.
The soldiers guarding the city were startled.
Seeing that it was the great hero who saved Wind Capital, they quickly knelt on one knee in salute.
Naruto raised his hand, motioning for the city guards to rise, and stepped onto the battlements, overlooking the cliff and the sea.
There, only one last dragon species remained—the Sea Serpent Dragon!