Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System
chapter-1604

Once we finished Floor 2, the rewards were handed as expected this time they were the same as before too.

[Congratulations on clearing Floor 2/5 of the [Phantom Dragon's Abandoned Castle] as a Party!]

[Rewards will be distributed evenly based on contribution and total monster slain.]

[You gained: [+100.000.000 Divine Power] [Dark Dragon Blood Elixir (SS Grade)] x1 [Crystalized Phantom Heart (SS Grade)] x1 [Divine Ability Fusion Marble (SSS Grade)] x1]

"We came here to get Soul Beast carcasses to make Soul Gear, but this ended being unexpectedly good to get new items as well!" Benladann was rather overjoyed. "Thank you so much for these gifts, grandmother-in-law." "Oh, it is fine, dear." Laughed Svartalf. "I made these to help my children, but the cowards never visited this place, so you're free to take everything here if you want!"

"RAAR!" Even Drakda was getting rewards. I saw him fighting against some of the Soul Beasts. His Chaos Magic was very strong, as expected. He was already naturally conjuring some basic Chaos Spears out of just a mere thought. And his claws and dragon breath were also very deadly weapons. He had killed a few soul beasts by himself.

"Hmm, my soul is growing stronger now, papa." Said Kate, as she ate the second Crystalized Phantom Heart. "Here, take mine as well, Kate!" Benladra donated hers to her sister.

"No, Benladra, those are yours. Everyone needs to get their souls stronger. I don't want it." Kate rejected her offer. "E-Eh? But you need to get it to a certain rank, or you won't be able to…" Benladra muttered.

"It's fine, I'll do it on my own." Kate smiled; she was growing more mature.

"Leave our sister be, Benladra. Kate already took a decision. And she's not wrong, you'll need those crystals as well. Your soul is strong, but not the strongest. Make sure to consume them later." I told her.

"Okay dad…" She nodded while feeling still a bit confused over Kate's rejection.

And well, it wasn't as if Kate's soul wasn't growing stronger either.

[Soul Ether]: [B++] -> [B+++]

Her Soul Ether had just Ranked Up. Three more Ranks and she'll be qualified to use Soul Gear with the Ring I crafted. I don't know if the other three hearts we'll get will be enough for her. But the thing is, it is possible to make her soul stronger by also feeding her Divine Soul Beast meat.

"Now, let's complete Floor 3 and then take a break and eat a meal." I said. "Let's go!"

The third floor was unexpectedly easy as well. After getting used to fighting Soul Beasts, we were able to easily learn their patterns, evade their lethal attacks, and also defend better. This time there was only a single door that led to thirty floors shock-full of all the previous divine soul beasts we fought before.

The mini boss was actually three, the Dragon's Shadow, the Viper Asura, and a third, fusion between the two, which was named Shadow Draconic Viper Asura. The first two were easy to kill with my Holy Sun and Benladra's Heaven Magic, the third was taken down by the combination of Benladra and Miranda's strength, and we finished together the third floor in just an hour.

[Congratulations on clearing Floor 3/5 of the [Phantom Dragon's Abandoned Castle] as a Party!]

[Rewards will be distributed evenly based on contribution and total monster slain.]

[You gained: [+100.000.000 Divine Power] [Dark Dragon Blood Elixir (SS Grade)] x1 [Crystalized Phantom Heart (SS Grade)] x1 [Divine Ability Fusion Marble (SSS Grade)] x1]

As Kate ate her third Crystalized Phantom Heart, her soul didn't Ranked Up yet, but it grew noticeably larger. It was now time to take a break after all the intense grinding, so I quickly summoned my Divine Kitchen and a dozen Cooking Spirits, which helped me make several dishes using the Divine Soul Beast carcasses.

Although they were Undead, not all of them were particularly rotten, the skeletons had very clean bones, and the phantoms had a translucent, soft meat which was edible. So I cooked some delicious bone soup with Wyvern Skeleton bones and Phantom Monsters meat. I added some more veggies and created a really delicious stew. The bones were surprisingly tasty, and we ate them without hesitation, after all the whole "not eating bones" is more of a weakling thing. Dragons with sharp teeth always make sure to also eat a lot of bones to gain calcium to strengthen both our bones, claws, fangs, and scales.

"Hmm, so good! This is really good, the bones are so crunchy, I can't get enough of them." Benladann was snacking on them constantly. "The soup's so rich and flavorful too. And this thin and soft meat, it feels like a combination of both fish and chicken? Yet it has a beef flavor."

"Yeah, it is a very unique meal, I must say!" Grandmother had also begun eating what we were having using her Avatar. "It has been a few ages since I've had a proper meal like this, and it was always just a freshly hunted beast. But this is much tastier!"

"It's really good, and it is healing all the exhaustion my soul accumulated too!" Benladra said. "Papa's food is the best as always!"

"Hmm, my soul grew stronger again, papa!" Kate was excited, wagging her big metallic tail.

"Is that so?" I checked her status again, seeing her Soul Ether increasing again.

[Soul Ether]: [B+++] -> [A-]

"Amazing! It's already A-?! Maybe we can get her to A+ today if we keep working hard." I nodded. "Make sure to eat all of the food, Kate. Here, have more. Eat it all, eat, eat!" I told her, giving her a big plate filled with phantasmal meat.

"Y-Yes!" She nodded obediently, eating more and more, she was completely decided on growing stronger. Her Soul was finally blossoming, becoming larger and mightier.

After having such a comforting meal and resting for an hour, we decided to resume our climb, there were two more floors left before the boss.

And once we're done with this "dungeon", it is time to make new Soul Gear!