Oh great. I was in this fearsome creature’s domain with no exit. I began to notice the increase in water; it was only at my ankles earlier, now it was at my armpit. Then the floor gave way. I had to kick my legs to keep afloat. This is bad. To make matters worse I lost sight of the dragon.
Using my sensing technique I expand my Mana past my body a send it out in pulses to act like sonar. Immediately I feel my mana return to me from the direction right below me! I quickly use my void step and dive to the area to my right, teleporting a few feet away. It was just in time, as I look back I see the dragon rise from the depths and see it clamp its mouth shut at the location I was originally.
It seemed to notice it didn’t eat me; it looked around and spotted me. Its dark pupils turn to slits against its yellow eyes. Then it opens its mouth and it hissed out me. It sent shivers down my spine; however, I formed an idea. “I must hate life,” I mutter to myself as I look at the pillars around the room. There were five total, one central and four surrounding it. I swim over to a pillar and turn around to notice the dragon following close behind. I had to Void Step close to the pillars to avoid being chow.
Climbing up the pillar, the dragon had attack a few time. It launched itself at the pillar to eat me several times. “Earth Molder,” I whispered as I drove my hands into the pillar drawing out the iron to make the pillar no stronger than stone. The dragon reared its head back for another strike and sprung forward. This is the part where I flee to safety. I quickly launch myself into a portal to reappear on the second pillar.
The dragon had broken through pillar with ease. Taking my time this time I send a lot of iron into my Void Space and quickly make the pillar as weak as possible. The Cave Pool Dragon noticed me near the second pillar. In a rage, it rushed at me again. Striking again. Missing again. I can its frustration building up. It must be mad at the fact I keep slipping away.
I repeat the process twice more. I had arrived at the central pillar, but I do not have time to weaken it. Huge torrents of water are blasting at me. Oh, did I offend? This dragon is seething with rage and completely beyond rational thinking. It keeps blast water at me, only to hit the pillar.
Eventually it arrived at the pillar to continue its attack on me. It changed its style however, instead of striking, leaning back and striking again, it started to just chase me, taking bites out of empty air.
I see it is really desperate to kill me, a little too desperate. It got close enough to me that I slashed at it with my sword instinctually. I was hit with major rebound. Those scales are so hard, there wasn’t even a scratch. Seeing the chance the dragon tried to strike at me but I had already jumped into my Void Step and arrived on the other side of the pillar. I was about to soften the pillar, put seeing so many fractures running up and down it, I pass on it.
The dragon blindly struck the pillar out of rage, smashing it to smithereens. Seeing the ceiling starting to sag, I quickly use a portal to hug a wall at the edge of the cave. Just as I reach the wall, the cave ceiling crumbles falling on the dragon’s head. A few pieces smash into the dragon with sickening crunches. Quickly the dragon was covered in rubble.
Seeing nothing move, I ran over to the far wall and extracted a few baseball sized water crystals and stuff them into my Void Space. I make my way toward the exit, only to realize there was no exit. Like the scene in movies, the rubble behind my back moves and the dragon explodes from underneath it. Oh great.
I take a look at this tattered dragon and see that I am the target of its extreme hatred. Hmmm, how to deal with this… I jump into the air and pass through my portals ending up at the ceiling. Grabbing onto the rock, I well all my power into my legs as the dragon searches for me. I kick off and shoot through the air like a meteorite. The dragon seemed to notice me; to keep it from taking advantage of the fact I was in the air, I threw my sword. The Void Sword found its target, an open wound at the side of the neck.
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Once the sword pierced the open wound, it let out a roar of pain. Right at where I want it. I collide with my horns first, bashing against the skull. The head bounced off the floor from the force of the impact. I walk up to the extremely weakened Cave Pool Dragon and put my foot on the lower jaw and my hand at the upper jaw. I forced its mouth open and pulled my sword from the Void Space. I send a silent prayer for its soul and shoved my sword through the back of the head angle upward, hitting the brain.
Feeling the tense jaw go lax, I confirmed it had died. With its death, the water levels went down to the level of mere puddles. What’s more, the exit was visible.
*PING* *PING* *PING* *PING**PING* *PING* *PING* *PING*
End of Battle
4,000 experience gained, 940 more till level up
You have leveled up, You have reached level 5
You have leveled up, You have reached level 6
You have leveled up, You have reached level 7
You have leveled up, You have reached level 8
Skill Learned
Due to the unassisted defeat of a monster, Cave Pool Dragon, that outranks you by many levels, you have learned one of its skills as a reward.
Skill Learned: Dungeon Create
That is a lot to process. I guess I’ll look at my Stats now, “Status.”
Name Alexander Phendahl Age 18 years old Race Void Demon Level 8
Titles Heir to the Grand Dukedom of Drayasil, Survivor of a dying Race
Strength Vitality Dexterity Intelligence Wisdom Charisma
50 48 48 95 45 45
Health Mana Stamina
860 1800 900
Rank F Unassigned Stat Points 60
Skills and Abilities
Void Space
Allows infinite storage of items, putting everything in a stasis until take out. Allowed to even put living things, or a corpse in the void
Mana Manipulation
Allows the direct manipulation of mana, ability to create new personal spells. No need for chanting
Analyses
Information on objects and people will be displayed when used.
Slow Time Lvl. 1
Through combat experience, you have learned to slow the world down for a few seconds, at least in your perception. The higher the level, the longer the effects.
Void Step Lvl. 1
Like teleportation, the user can step into the Void and reappear elsewhere.
Twin Horns Lvl. 1
Used for Head butting enemies. If done right, it can impale them. Horns will appear on either side of the forehead. Useful for winning arguments.
Dungeon Create Lvl. 1
Dungeon Create is a skill used by Dungeon Masters that can create a space that is controlled by the Dungeon Master. Should the Dungeon either die or choose for its destruction, the dungeon will revert back to its normal space. Dungeons also take on the characteristics of the Dungeon Master.
It seems like I’m turning into a monster. The average citizen is only a level 2, and barely at that too. Ah, I think I’ll loot the corpse first then just sit back for a while and relax before going back out there.
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Chapters are coming in fast right? it will slow down at chapter 15. Sorry.