Even though he has transformed greatly, Long Yuan hasn't reverted back to his original Dragon form yet. Instead, he is in the intermediary form that lies between human and dragon, called the Half-Dragon form. It allows him to retain the strength and power of the dragon, in a more compact and nimble form.
Again, he isn't smart enough to consciously transform himself into the Half-Dragon state. The decision is based on gut feeling.
He somehow feels that it’s much more dangerous to turn himself big.
And after a while, he slowly understands why.
“Shit!” He swore to himself “No wonder! I would have been a bigger target!”
He once again swipes away a projectile coming from above, going as fast as lightning, yet striking as hard as a meteor. His right hand, exerting all of its strength, simultaneously feels numb and shivering from the impact.
Catching back the bouncing ball that she has thrown at him with the tip of her tail, Dragon said to him with a cheeky tone, while flicking and bouncing the ball around with it.
“Kryu! (Nice return! Now it’s time for three).”
Throwing back 3 bouncing balls with her hand, feet, and tail, all 3 fly at him with great speed and power, moving in complex patterns and aimed directly at his position.
As he frantically dodge and repel back the cannonball coming at him, he slowly gained an understanding of her ridiculous strength.
(Within her, is an incomprehensibly dense level of Dragon Element!)
Thicker than water, thicker than molasses, it’s like rock. The incomprehensibly solid-like substance, nevertheless, flows freely within her. Like the extremely compressed mantle flows beneath the planet, it churns deep from the core of her heart to the tip of her tail, and back again.
Only, unlike the slow and steady circulation which gives the planet its primordial heat and ancient momentum, it's much faster, much more compact, and much hotter.
And all of it, all tightly contained, within the tiny vessel of the baby dragon.
Against that, the venerable aura he released is just a breeze against mountains. No matter how much a dragon tries to puff up air, no way that air can blow away the rock-solid earth beneath his feet.
From the core of her heart to the tip of her tail, the dense Dragon Element imparted a bit of itself into the bouncing ball, as she fling it at him. Sharing the same unthinkable density, the ball strike at him with the speed and weight of a meteor plunging into the atmosphere.
Moreover, the dragon reign control over all things, through their infusion of the Dragon Element, forcing it to their will.
As such, the balls, condensed with so much Dragon Element, lay completely in her control. They follow through on her intent with complete and perfect precision, and chase after him like a giddy hyena stalking a fresh bleeding corpse.
Repelling back another trembling blow that he just barely dodge, only for it to go straight into the ground and bounce back at him, he once again swore inwardly, filling up his mouth with a copious amount of profanity.
“Goddamn little brat...[Golden Claw]!!”
Channeling all of his cursing energy, he swing out his right claw toward the remaining 2 balls, and a golden slash came out to intercept them, bouncing them back. That golden slash then cut straight to her position, carving the ground up as it passes through.
“Kryu (Is that your secret technique? Neat, I have something similar.)”
Catching back the balls once again, she casually swipes her claw horizontally, and a white slash instantly appears to clash with the oncoming golden slash. It completely stops the slash at its track, before completely overpowering it and cutting it in half. Desperately dodging it with his leg by jumping over, he watches as the slash suddenly disperses into thin air.
“Kryu (And I can even make it go away as well. Aren't I environmentally conscious?)"
With a cutesy-looking eye, her shameless tone even makes the onlooker to started pitying him.
Long Yuan feel his blood boiling up, and ready to burst. Unlike before though, he forcibly clams it down with sheer willpower.
He knows he is being played with, after all. There is no need to play along with her game, lest he let himself get out of control again.
Instead, he needs to concentrate his mind on analyzing her…
(There is something weird about her attack.)
Another ball comes barreling toward him, while he is amid his thinking. Forcing to bounce this back again, however, he silently confirmed his thought.
The attack is as dense as she is, but it isn’t as heavy. Comparing the scale, it’s like comparing the weight of a singular pebble, to that of a mountain.
Though her attack is still dangerous to take hit directly, it should have been fine for him to take it, or so he thought…
“Kryu! (Heads up! Lightning Kick!)”
Another strike distracts his thinking, coming from Dragon's flip kick and going at him in an erratic zig-zag pattern. Deflecting it countless times, as it kept aiming for his vitals, he keep feeling his arm getting more numb, and his scale flaking away helplessly, no matter how much he tried to strengthen it.
(That stupid strike keeps dealing damage to me, even if it should be something that would bounce away from my hand. The same thing happen the first time as well, even though the scale around my chest should be much harder…It’s like my armor itself doesn’t matter.)
(Either that cute little brat has some way to bypass my defense, or...)
“Kryu! (This is my final winning goal! Draconic Mirage Shooter!)”
Momentarily distracted by his thought, his feet stopped for an instant.
Not letting that moment slip away, Dragon unleashes a barrage of blows on a ball floating in midair, before turning her body and flickering that ball toward him using the entirety of her tail. The ball then split into countless mirage images of itself, completely surrounding his position, before slamming in all over his body, bruising him from head to toe.
“Kryu… (As expected, no one can stop this genius me.)”
Striking a cool shounen pose in front of everyone, she turns her back away, and lets the explosion behind her light up her backdrop…
As Long Yuan blows all ball away from himself with a golden aura pushing at everything, being extremely annoyed.
“Goddamnit, stop interrupting my thought! I was thinking of a way to defeat you here!”
“Kryu! (Oh, thanks for the background lighting, that was some timely special effect!)”
“Grr...and stop taunting me with your cute little cries! Don't your parent teach you that a Dragon fight with their fist, not word!?"
“Kryu...(Eh…)”
Acting genuinely confused, she tilted her head cutely, putting her little paw in front of her face.
“Kryu (Well, I don’t know who taught you such a dumb thing, but as my Soon-to-be Mother always said…)”
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“Remember, [redacted]... in a fight, everything is allowed, for only winning matter.” Dragon’s Soon-to-be Mother kindly taught him, putting his little body on her lap.
"What sort of winning you want to achieve differs from person to person, but generally, when you're fighting, you're supposed to give everything you have to reach your goal, and your opponent already expected you to do the same. People who refused to go down under and get your paw dirty are fools clinging to their useless honor, and people who expect their opponent to fight in any sort of standard they expected are fools embroiled in useless pride."
“Usually, those fools need to be ignorantly strong, otherwise they end themselves in a useless grave...But of course, you should already know that, being personally being taught by him after all."
“Kyu!”
Hearing a sweet cry, his Soon-to-be-Mother satisfyingly smiled, her brown eyes twinkling in the sun.
“Of course, that means taunting, mocking, and any sort of attack you inflict on your opponent through words, are all valid ways to ensure your victory."
“Kyu, I know that! That’s why I asked you the method to do such a masterful taunt, being able to control anyone with just your carefree word.”
"Very good, [redacted]! Here's a cookie!" Feeding him a cookie and watching him put his little paws to his face and nibble on it adorably, she continued on with a melted face. "I just want an excuse to feed you, and watch you dive in with your cute little snout!... To taunt like me is exactly that.”
“Ah! As expected of my Soon-to-be Mother!”
Understanding her meaning, he looks on at her with big eyes, twinkling in excitement and expectant. Feeling her heart squeezed in wholesomeness, she continued, while barely keeping her desire to snuggle him in check.
"Yep yep. Taunting isn't just belittling your opponent with cheap insults, it's leading your opponent into any direction you want, with nothing but a sneer, or word that dances together truth and lie as you please. In that way, you can belittle them with your action, to look down upon them with just a gaze downward.”
“Well, not that I need to do so with such an adorable bundle of fluff like you are, yes you are!”
“Kyukyukyu!!”
Not holding back anymore, she then dives deep into his stomach and snuggles his soft fur as much as she wants, tickling him very much in joy.
“Remember, when your opponent gets riled up either way, regardless of if they knew it or not, you have successfully grasped them playfully in your little paw." Soon-to-be Mother gently said. "Once successfully baited in, the opponent will have no choice but to follow your pace, as their own will refused to do otherwise.”
“Well, our lesson will begin shortly, after I finished filling up on [redacted]ium...Oh yeah, one more thing.”
“?”
“If anyone else talks to you about how unfair or uncouth, taunting them like such, just said it to them like such…"
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“Kryu ('Since you're expecting your opponent to fight with their best, isn't it your own fault to fall into your opponent's trap?'. My Soon-to-be Mother said as such.)"
“Kryu (As such, isn't it your own mistake then, for getting angry against such a sweet little brat like I am?)"
With a sneer, she holds her paw up in front of her mouth, barely holding back a laugh.
In return, Long Yuan immediately charged at her with a Golden Tackle, baring his reinforced shoulder against her, wanting to blow his fuse all over her shredded body. Of course, completely expecting that, all she has to do is to nimbly step aside and let him crash into the wall at the other side.
“Kryu (Oh, to let yourself be stuck inside a wall again...Aren't you pitying the poor instructors who would have to be fixing up this place all over again?)"
“How dare you...Don't you send me to a wall just recently, so isn't that your fault instead!?"
“Kryu (As I said, isn't it your fault for being so weak? It's still your feeble body that broke the wall after all.)"
“YOU…!!!”
Losing himself once again, he goes into a berserk state, and once again charges at her recklessly, trading his relentless barrage of clawing slashes for her casual and controlled swipe.
In the first place, he isn't the type to think things through before he charges in, preferring to let his fist swing wildly, and his body moves through instinct. It's essentially a miracle, to the people that personally knew him, for him to actually have some spark between his neurons.
Once again, that miracle struck twice, and he began to have a thought again.
(Tsk, my hand is being chipped away, even while we’re trading equally.)
Feeling his claw getting duller every second, he decided to bounce himself out of harm's way and maintain distance. He wanted to bounce her away instead, but then instantly found that to be impossible, as she overpowered him easily once again.
(At this rate, I would lose, unless I can do something drastic…)
Even without his instinct screaming all over, he already knew that he's in a disadvantaged position. He has been wounded all over, just barely able to recover using his stamina, while her fur still stays as pristine as at the beginning of the fight. Plus, she still has the trick she has been using all this time, that he still wasn't able to figure out...
He has to perform one drastic blow, using the one move he knows will be able to damage her.
As such, with his chest heating up, he began to gather his power toward his mouth.
(So he decided to end it with a Breath huh)
A Breath is the most direct way for a Dragon to express their power. Concentrating their power into one spot, they let it all out within one shot.
For him, it definitely would be his strongest attack, considering his stubbornly straightforward personality, or so she thought.
(As such, it wouldn’t be so bad to respond in kind)
Deciding in a flash, she firmly planted her limbs onto the ground and began to gather her breath as well. Concentrating an unimaginable amount of Dragon Element within the depth of her throat, her mouth began to glow an uncontainable wave of light.
As dull as he is, even he wouldn't fail to notice that.
As such, he instantly performs his next move.
Completely disappearing in front of her sight, Long Yuan is then found to be behind her, in a blink of an eye.
With her feet firmly stuck in place, she wouldn’t be able to turn back toward him in time.
And with a point-blank breath attack right at her back, even she wouldn’t be able to escape unscathed.
Or so he thought.
(Take this! Golden Brea-!!)
When he began to release his Breath, he saw something shocking.
As if already knew that this would happen, her eyes completely tracked him, without fail. Then, performing a quick spin on the tip of her toe, she aimed and fire a small fireball right in front of his eyes.
Though small, it concentrates an unimaginable amount of light within.
As such, when it exploded, his world immediately get replaced with a painful and blinding white. Distracted by such a powerful assault on the senses, his prided Breath attack ended up missing her position by a hair’s breadth.
“Kryu (Much impressive. To fearlessly coming close, not minding yourself getting caught in the blast zone…)”
“Kryu (In response to that effort, let me show you the trick I have been using all this time. It's simple really, so you could learn to use this next time)"
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At the moment between instants, she dives into his chest again, touching it with her palm. Then, an intense wave of Dragon Element entered his body.
Dragon Energy is the way for a Dragon to force a phenomenon to happen according to their whim. Mostly, it was used to externally apply an effect on the opponent, and forcefully impact them from the outside. The dragon element can also be used from within, and most dragons use it subconsciously, to protect their body from any outside influence.
As such, it’s possible to directly send the Dragon Energy within your control to your opponent, and, grasping their entire body within their hand, chaotically messed with their internal process.
The scale which protects them will automatically turn weak and brittle. The claw which they used to pridefully attack, will automatically turn dulled and soft.
And the internal energy which runs from their core to their limb, nourishing them with life, will instantly reflux back against them, and turn into an attack. What gives them life, will be giving them death.
“Kryu (Dragon Style: Draconic Internal Reflux)”
That’s the last word he heard, as he felt what this technique is with his entire body.
The concentrated energy he just barely released with his breath, instantly turn in and wreck his inside. All the cells within his body immediately turn on each other and twist upon themselves. Finally, all of his energy immediately turn into one direction, and simultaneously burst out of his body, dragging him into the sky.
However, the last thing he remembers isn't the pain or defeat...
It’s the soft paw he felt on his chest and the slight fragrance of her fur.
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[Self-made Quest: Spar with the Third Son (Rank EX). Completed!]
[Completion Rank: EX]
[Calculating result…]
[EXP Gained: 50,000,000 * 500 (Overlevel bonus) = 25,000,000,000 EXP!]
[You have gained 20+ points in all stats]
[You have maxed out favorability with Long Yuan, the Third Son of the Golden-Scaled Dragon Clan. You can now travel to any region within the Golden-Scaled Dragon Clan freely, except restricted areas.]
[In the future, you have gained access to 1 unconditional favor from him.]
Overlevel bonuses happen, when you complete a mission, or kill a monster that’s beyond your level, in order to both reward players that strive to perform hard missions beyond their parameters, and also to allow them to catch up with a higher-level player. The bonus is calculated by dividing the mission's recommended level by the player's current level, then multiplying the EXP reward with the differences.
For most of the players that are trying to do challenge runs, the highest possible bonus you can achieve is 100. Attempting to do missions that are more than 100 times your level, and the bonus seems to stop there, instead of going further.
Especially for the speedrun-dedicated players, it's a relief. The bonus having a hard restriction meant they only need to do missions that are only 100 times their level. Though it's indeed hard, many many players have proven that it's possible for a level 1 newbies to be able to complete a level 100 mission, with many videos as proof.
The game isn’t normally meant to be played as such in the first place, but it’s part of the challenge and the charm.
However, it is possible for a player to get the bonus value beyond 100, for the scaling didn't actually stop there. Instead, it leapfrogged from 100 to 500 times your level.
Known internally within the community as the Extreme Overlevel Bonus, the reason this bonus level isn't as talked about, is that it's practically impossible to achieve. Even if you’re extremely lucky, and/or being carried by the top player to their destination, it's still slim-picking for a level 1 player to accomplish a level 500 mission. The only reason it's even discovered is that a lot of newbies get involved in the World Raid against the Eternal Demon Lord, a recommended level 999 last boss.
It's an achievement so impossible, the collective speedrun community automatically discounted any video claiming it, for it's 99.99% a scam. To even attempted to do it the “proper” way by beating a level 500 monster as a level 1 noob is even more impossible, and would get laughed at into oblivion.
So…
[You have defeated an overwhelming opponent against all possibilities! You have earned the title [Equaling Titan], replacing the title [Equaling Goliath]]
[Your skill “Against The Odd" have been upgraded to "Against All Odds"!]
(Huh...Is this guy actually more decent than I thought?)
...Yeah, let just moving on. Let's also ignore the genuinely confused face Dragon made, as she thought he is just a level 200 boss at best.
The less one should say about how a little dragon trounces a level 500+ final boss like the fool he is, the more dignity he can retain for himself.
[You’re the first person who has obtained this title! Your achievement will be recorded in the Hall of Fame]
[You have obtained an additional +10 of all stats]
[Would you like to reveal your name?]
(Well, of course not. I value my free time more than my fame)
[You have decided not to reveal your name. The announcement will begin shortly.]
After that Dragon quickly flicked that notification away with annoyance, and an announcement is made for all the players all over the world, announcing her achievement. As expected, the name is hidden, so no one knows who has achieved it…
Though, considering the timing, it doesn’t take much effort for the keen-eyed onlooker to figure out who the announcement is for.
“(Wait, so the tiny dragon is a player? I thought she is also an overpowered NPC that also just come here to play…)”
“(JustADragon, level 1...The naming sense is definitely that of a player, but level 1!? Wouldn’t she have received a ton of experience from defeating him, so why keeping it...)”
“(Nevermind that, she actually beat him while being level 1...And considering the name, the guy must have been at least level 500 and above!?)”
“(Not even the Giant David guild, the guild that's filled with level 1 Super Novice freaks, hasn't achieved that yet, despite declaring it for years...I sure want to be the fly on the wall to see how chaotic they are right now. Anyway, she is definitely an Irregular, that’s for sure)”
“(Most likely, considering how good she is as acting like a pet...She must have been one monstrous-level scalie, even having a skill which allow her to perfectly convey her meaning with only a cries.)”
(Hmph, I am an actual dragon tho...Well, not that I care)
Ignoring the rabble behind her, she continued checking her status while sitting comfortably.
[You have created a self-made Quest of Rank EX on your own. You have earned the title [Myth Starter]]
[You have completed a self-made Quest of Rank EX on your own. You have earned the title [Complete the Myth]]
[The title have combined with each other, as you have created and completed a self-made Rank EX Quest on your own. The title has been changed to [Self-Made Mythos]]
[Your story has changed the fate of a major figure in history! You have earned the title [Overturning Fate]]
[You have defeated a great dragon with your own hand! You have earned the title [Dragon Slayer]]
[You have condensed an unimaginable amount of Dragon Element. Your affinity with the element has reached an unimaginable level...]
[You have earned yourself the qualification to become a [Dragon God]]
[! Your Personality Skill [Absolute Dragon] has automatically denied the invitation. A Dragon shouldn't be stooped down to merely a God.]
[The Dragon Element is already completely in your command, by the weight of your status. You have earned the title “Ruler of Dragon”]
[!By the influence of your Personality Skill [Absolute Dragon], the two title "Dragon Slayer" and "Ruler of Dragon" is merged together…]
[The new title “Dragon Conqueror” is generated.]
(Oh? How convenient)
Intrigued by the creation of the new title, Dragon decided to check through it.
[Dragon Conqueror
Rank: EX
Description: The title which reserves only for the absolute ruler of dragons. Your presence itself made the dragons shiver.
Effect:
*All stat +20%
*Increase your damage against [Dragon] target by 300%
*Increase the effectiveness of any skill, ability, and action on [Dragon] target by 300%
*Increase the effectiveness of any [Dragon]-related activity by 300%
]
(Heeh, isn’t this a pretty overkill skill? Especially the last line….Is the game balance okay?)
Thought Dragon, the one who broke the game balance in the first place. Moreover, to create an entirely new title, by having two extremely rare and hard-to-get titles combine together, through the influence of her extremely OP Personality Skill…
...Then again, it's perhaps a common theme for the trio at this point, so debating over the absurdity of it all feels redundant.
[You’re the first one to obtain the title [Dragon Conqueror]. Your achievement will be recorded in the Hall of Fame]
[Would you like to reveal your name?]
[You have decided not to reveal your name. The announcement will begin shortly.]
(...Speaking of, did the guy I downed over there, realllly an important figure of history?)
Ignoring the background notification and the increased rabble of the mob-like onlooker, she casually glances back at the faceplanted fool from afar, who is now being treated by his entourage, as they're dumping all kinds of potion upon him haphazardly.
(Even the system said so, so I don’t think it’s a lie, but...if this idiot managed to be essential at any point, then the future must be bleak.)
(Additionally, that means he's in a position that would affect many lives at once. Make sense, if what coming into his mouth is true, but-Ooh, extra titles!)
[You have created an EX rank Dragon technique! You have earned the title [Granddragon]]
[You have earned a Grandmaster achievement at such a young age! You have earned the title [Genius Beyond The Age]]
[You have carved yourself into the story of the world. A certain fairy is interested…]
[! You have been founded to be related to a certain person. A certain fairy is really interested…]
[You have earned the title [Obsession of a Fairy]]
(Ooh, [Obsession of a Fairy] already?... Somehow I feel a biiit annoyed that I only catch their attention because of Rose though…)
[“I mean, you’re a companion of such an interesting source of story…”. A certain fairy said.]
(What, I ain’t interesting enough? maybe I should stop doing interesting things then...)
[! A certain fairy panically denied such. “Your story is interesting as well”, a certain fairy swear]
(That’s the spirit)
*SLAP*
With a direct disdained slap to the face from his entourage, the fool finally woke up, fully heal from his injury. If anything, at least a dragon's regeneration is great.
(Oh, thank goodness. At least he isn't that likable for no reason.)
Finishing her check (and teasing around), she pays attention to the fool, who is coming over for some reason.
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Long Yuan, the Third Son of the proud Golden-Scaled Dragon Clan, the royal clan that rules over all Dragons in Mae.
For the first time in a long time, he has lost thoroughly.
Never since the time he faced the ancient monster of his land, that he felt so helplessly beaten.
...Though, not exactly.
Coming over to her side immediately, he looks down at her tiny form, and looks straight into her cute beady eyes.
“Kyu? (Hm? What do you want to talk about, coming over here?)”
Just a moment ago, it was a golden eye, which look mockingly upon everything, as she demonstrate strength shamelessly and playfully. Now, it's a shiny black eye, which looks cheekily upon everything, as she still makes sure to make herself look cute and adorable.
Her attitude aside, the way her impression can shift from little brat to terrifying and powerful gremlin brat with just a shift of her eyes, is nothing short of baffling.
(This little smug brat...If I haven’t taken a beating from her before, I can’t even imagine that she would be this powerful.)
“Kyu (Oi, thinking something rude, ain’t ya?)”
Ignoring her cheeky tone and smug smile, he delved into deep thought, as his eyes continued to land upon her from head to toe.
In the first place, what does he come here for? He just felt compelled to come over, without any thought in his mind.
Does he want to talk to her, and give her a piece of his mind? That's absolutely uncouth for a proud member of the Golden-Scaled Dragon clan, to be complaining about a loss.
Does he want to ask her about something instead? If so, what does he want to ask her about?
In many ways, she is truly odd.
A grand presence, condense in a tiny body. Great strength, expressed candidly. Acted diminutive, but carried a great pride, befitting that of a dragon.
Though he hates to admit it, she is everything a dragon should be, in a form unlike any dragon he has seen before.
A dragon should carry great power, and she has that in spades. In no way within their fight, does her attack ever come off as weak and small, and instead is powerful and oppressive, performing with grace and elegance…
Even though the way she fights completely insults him to his core, but complaining about dignity in a fight between dragons is a pointless affair.
A dragon should always act with pride and might, and there is nothing shameful in how she acts. Despite her look, she always carries herself like she's the greatest thing in the world, and in fact even uses it as strength, filled with confidence and self-assurance.
...All in service of grating the ever-loving hell out of his mind, but a loser complaining to the winner about how they insulted them carries no weight.
And most of all…
*SLAP*
Just like how his entourage slapped him on the right, this time he get slapped on the left, by Dragon putting her entire weight into her tail, and landed back gracefully on the ground, with a cutesy angry face.
“Kyu! (Hey, do you have anything to say to me, other than just gawking around?)"
Looking at her then wiping her tail with a handkerchief, he almost blows his fuse again.
But instead, he stopped. Then, he asked her a question
“...Who are you?”
“Kyu?”
“I said who the hell are you? I want an answer out of it.”
“Kyu (How rude...well, I am just a dragon, am I not?)”
Acting cutely and pet-like, she answers him thusly, seemingly without any dignity she has shown to him before…
But, the leftover Dragon Element visibly stirred up and quaked like a storm, for each word that she said. As a dragon, even he felt it immerse weight.
Even though she was speaking lightly, it was clear that she held herself very highly, and very proud. Yet even now, amidst the storms, she still stands unbothered and unbound. The heavy weight he feels, is treated as nothing.
...The most important part, is that the Dragon must be the most free.
Because a Dragon is the most powerful, and the most prideful, they should not be bound by anything but themselves. They act on their own rule, live on their own creed, and decided for everyone else what they think is just.
For her, she seems to even transcend that concept.
Acting so unlike a dragon, yet unmistakenly is one. She decided what strength is and should be itself...and as consequence, she decided what a Dragon should be, by her own will.
No one else, but her, decides who she is. Not even the nature of her own species can determine who she is, only she can.
As such, among all Dragon, she is undeniably the most Dragon-like dragon. For she is the freest existence in the world, with everything on her whim.
“...Ah, that’s why you’re so beautiful.”
“...Kyu?”
Wonder what is happening now, Dragon watch as he gently kneels down, with soft-looking eyes.
In the first place, though he has called her by many words, cuteness is something he has always acknowledged.
“For you’re the embodiment of freedom and pride, like a wild white rose blooming brightly above the field of flowers.”
When he immediately comes near her, another force seems to compel him, even more than curiosity or hatred. It's that same force that compels him to hang his hand near her face, like admiring a flower.
“Oh, because of that...I held my love to you.”
...Well, simply put, he has fallen right into his desire for a woman. Perhaps because his brain got rattled so hard, he is confusing his terror for love or something.
As such, saying with a straight face, he proposed his love to a literal baby dragon, in front of everyone. In front of the ᗜ_ᗜ face of Dragon, in front of the absolutely disgusting face of his entourage, and in front of the incredulous face of the onlookers.
“Kyu...(...You do realize that I am just my little old me, right?)"
"Yes, I know that you still have your baby fur... that's why I can wait."
With a handsome face, he declared, with a straight face, to everyone around. So that nobody can mistake the meaning of his word.
“Like waiting for a bud to bloom, I will wait for you to shed all your fur, revealing the beautiful scale you have within.”
"When you have fully molted into your most beautiful form...I will be there, waiting for you to fall into my arm."
Saying it with a shameless smile, the extremely handsome-ish face he made now even made the onlooker reel back.
In front of this, her ᗜ_ᗜ turn into a ᗜˬᗜ.
"Kyu (...Heeh, speaking of which, I still do have that one unconditional favor I have from you, right?)”
“That’s right. It could be anything, my love, including to immediately jump into my arm right now and return back to Mae…”
“Kyu (Well, I do have something I want to ask of you.)"
[Self-made Quest: Teaching a Pervert Dragon a Lesson! (Rank EX). Generated]
Immediately, an overwhelmingly dense aura is generated around her, instantly swallowing him up. As if being pressed down by mountains upon mountains, his entire body is held down into place.
Immediately in his mind, Absolution instantly appears, when he sees her. It's as if what she will say next, will be the absolute decree that he must follow.
"Kyu (Dive your face into the ground, and rethink your life choice, okay?)”
“...Eh?”
With a smile, her command immediately planted his face on the ground, sticking it like glue, and immediately knocked his dopey face unconscious.
[Self-made Quest: Teaching a Pervert Dragon a Lesson! (Rank EX). Completed!]
[Completion rank: EX]
[Calculating result…]
[EXP Gained: 1.000.000 * 500 (Overlevel bonus) = 500,000,000 EXP!]
[You have gained 10*2=20 points in all stats]
[You have maxed out favorability with No.1 of the Shadow Dragon Clan. In the future you can visit the domain of the Shadow Dragon Clan freely, except in restricted areas.]
[You have maxed out favorability with No.2 of the Shadow Dragon Clan. In the future you can visit the domain of the Shadow Dragon Clan freely, except in restricted areas.]
[You have maxed out favorability with No.3 of the Shadow Dragon Clan. In the future you can visit the domain of the Shadow Dragon Clan freely, except in restricted areas.]
[You have maxed out favorability with No.4 of the Shadow Dragon Clan. In the future you can visit the domain of the Shadow Dragon Clan freely, except in restricted areas.]
[…]
Ignoring the chain of notifications for such a useless thing, she immediately dives back into the arms of the lady with a huff and lets them carry her back to her group.
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Title
[Granddragon
Rank: EX
Requirement: Create a Rank EX Dragon techniques
Description: The title's reserved for the Dragon who masters their technique and strength to the limit.
Effect:
* +10% STR, +10% END, +10% AGL
* +100 STR, +100 END, +100 AGL
* Every Dragon will recognize you
]
Skill & Ability:
[Half-Dragon Transformation
Rank: A
Type: Continuously Active (Toggle)
Description: Transformed into the state between dragon form and humanoid form, in order to retain the dragon’s strength, while increasing nimbleness.
]
[Golden Aura
Rank: A+
Type: Continuously Active (Toggle)
Description: The aura unleashed by the member of the venerable Golden-Scaled Dragon Clan. Containing the mystery and majesty of the entire clan itself, it weights the opponent down with its massive pressure
Effect: Unleashing an overwhelming golden aura, which pressured down the opponent, as well as applying multiple status effects.]
[Golden Claw
Rank: A
Type: Active
Description: Unleashing a claw attack, made from the aura cultivated using the secret method of the Golden-Scaled Dragon Clan. The aura claw carves the earth and rends the sky.
]
[Golden Tackle
Rank: A
Type: Active
Description: The special move devised by the Third Son of the Golden-Scaled Dragon Clan, made by cladding the Golden Aura around himself, before charging toward the opponent. The unstoppable force of the charge can dig through mountains.
]
[Golden Step
Rank: A
Type: Active
Description: The secret movement technique of the Golden-Scaled Dragon Clan. The movement transcends space itself, by forcing through it with Dragon Energy, and at the top rank, one can move through any obstruction to get to the other side.
]
[Golden Breath
Rank: A+
Type: Active
Description: A dragon breath imbued with the Golden Aura. The majesty of the clan is concentrated into an unstoppable force.]
[Draconic Internal Reflux
Rank: EX
Type: Active
Description: The special technique devised by the pinnacle of all dragons, made with the principle of martial art. Inducing the Dragon Energy deep within the vessel, the user can take control of the entirety of the vessel itself, and violently and chaotically destroy them like a great storm. However, the true form of this technique is still not revealed.
Effect: Applying a great amount of Dragon Energy into the target, and took control of their entirety, down to their property and principle. The denser the amount of energy imparted, the stronger the hold.]
[Against All Odds
Rank: EX
Type: Passive
Description: Against all impossible odds, you found a latent strength hidden within yourself, only found when you pushed yourself to the limit. That strength can now defied fate itself, when you're truly backed against the wall.
Effect:
* Increase all status, proportional to the enemies's level you face off (+1% per level differences, cap out at 500%) (only applied against higher level enemies)
* Increase all status in proportional to the amount of HP loss (% below max HP= % increase*5)
* Increase all status in proportional to the amount of MP loss (% below max MP= % increase*5)
* You now obtained the force to change the course of fate, activated only in desperate time. The more desperate your situation, the stronger the force.
]