As a child, I knew I was different…special in a way. All of the other children avoided me due to this difference. It didn’t matter though because I didn’t bother to care enough of them for it matter. Caring about others isn’t exactly my nature. Heh, you could even say I was born with notion of not caring about others other then myself, of course.

Anyhow, from a young age, I knew a great destiny awaits me. One would that alter the fate of my life and others around me…and even those beyond it. And I knew that to meet it, I had to survive and become strong. So strong that anyone who dares to oppose me would face the fear of powerlessness and death.

Yes…I had to become strong enough to rival God himself.

Though it is easier said than done, of course. God himself is omnipotent, and to reach such a state in power, requires more than just hard work. I, myself, had to say I was born with a talent that was incomparable. Not to boast about it, but anything requiring even geniuses years of dedication to learn would be comprehended by me in a heartbeat

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An amazing feat to behold, considering how young I was at that age. Even I amaze myself at times. Not to mention the people around who praise me to their utmost of how much of a genius I was. Though I couldn’t care less about it.

The genius that I was, I had no equal. I eventually became peerless in power and intellect. Still, I knew I still had a road to follow and the end was still far off. The path for it was dangerous and unpredictable; however I remained safe and steady. However at this point, I began to truly understand the meaning of the word loneliness. After all, at the top, there can only one person, and I just so happened to be him. But still I tread on enduring it and led by an unknown force.

Perhaps, it was my destiny guiding me to it, and providing me with the necessities to meet it. Heh, often times I would think of it as a parent I never had. How laughable.

Regardless of much help it gave me, I still had to put in effort of which course I did. And it bore fruit.

Countless years passed and…

Finally, I was able to reach the end of that road. Finally, I was able to meet to my destiny. When I reached that point, everyone of this world had learned of me and come to revere me as the Dragon God. Indeed, I had unknowingly become the Dragon God by treading this long path. Still…to reach it, I had to endure the feeling of loneliness which still haunts me every day and night.

By bearing those feelings and treading onward, my powers became to rival that of God defying the laws of the heavens. Ironic, how heavens had given me these gifts but yet had not expected me to push this far with them. Hmph, the fools that they were…

Of course, God himself wasn’t too glad either to have another entity equaling him. After all, if such a thing was to happen, then there would be no point in calling him ‘God’. So, he tried to exterminate me with his loyal subjects and followers.

However at that point, it was already far too late. Heh, if only God had foreseen this and killed me off from the start. I could only guess my destiny blinded his eyes from seeing me and my future.

God sent his best minions and warriors from heavens to kill me off. Of course, the results were obvious. I annihilated them with mere ease. After all, I wasn’t called the Dragon God for nothing. Still, this mini skirmish between God and me brought great joy to me. My loneliness and boredom was cured by it.

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However, after eons of failure of trying to kill me, God finally drew back along with his crowd. The coward that he was, he didn’t want to risk angering me into fighting head on with him in which could cause him to risk his godhood. Though I could care less about such a thing. The only thing that mattered was that my cure for loneliness and boredom had ceased.

And so, with God gone, my life of loneliness and boredom returned.

In the blink of an eye, ten million human years had passed by. With the passage of time, changes occurred. More so to me, the so called Dragon God, who had to endure the countless years in solitude. I had reached Godhood, and my lifespan had surpassed any other living beings. Knowing this, I never interacted with any of them. Already too late, I had come to regret of not doing so when I was younger and was still a mere mortal.

Perhaps, it was my ego driving me to pursue my destiny and disregard all else. It was already too late anyways, the only thing I could do now was to regret. Indeed after millions of years in solitude, I had change. The once careless and indifferent me had withered away with the passing of time.

What remained left was a broken shell – full of regrets and extreme feeling of loneliness. The state that I was currently in brought great shame to me. From that point on, I began to hate the destiny that had guided me here. I had power but I had nothing.

Often times, I would wonder what would my life had been if this hadn’t been my destiny. If I had never become Dragon God, would I have been happier?

With all these negative thoughts and feelings in mind, I began to lose myself.

Then, he came….God

He came to find my sorry self. I thought he had come to use the opportunity to kill me once and for all but instead what he came for was a surprise. He had wanted to help me.

I had thought he was joking and just teasing me but the serious facade he had on proved otherwise. It seemed he pitied me and wanted to at least soothe my suffering. He, too, after all suffered the same way I did. Maybe it was these similar feelings that brought him here.

Though I still didn’t get how he could help me. What he suggested however greatly shook me…’rebirth.’ For since, he was the true God of the universe; he tinker around all he want with it. I could only touch a tiny bit upon it since it wasn’t exactly my universe. Though I could have made one of my own, I didn’t…as it could possibly anger and offend my new-made friend.

Anyways, with God’s help, I was able to drag my own soul out from my godlike draconic body. On that day, the Dragon God had finally died.

As my soul faded, though, I could see the envious gaze God gave off to me. I could only smile back to him as a response. I, too, would have felt the same had he been in my shoes. For this reason, I greatly pitied him. With those last thoughts, my consciousness faded away and my soul was dragged out of this world.

And thus, I entered the reincarnation cycle God had created…