It was pitch black, nothing seems to be present except for me. I'm currently using a skill that I obtained after devouring the dragon egg. It is quite a useful skill I must say, good for escaping at the right moments. It was something called Void space, literally makes a new dimension for me, I could rest here and everything! However, it does take lots of my mana over time but it's still pretty good.
[ 'Void Space' has reached lv.2 ]
I continued regenerating my health as it was too worryingly low for my taste, that spiky thing the dragon used on me took lots of my health but fortunately for me, my high regeneration skill was able to keep up with the damage.
'Thank God!... Well, one did try to kill me. And I ate another too... '
I began thinking over strategies to go against the enemy I just challenged. One thing for sure is that dragon god really does lives up to its name. From its raw power and that boost or whatever it was, it could've killed me but I was fortunate enough to escape into my own space. Though, kinda sucks I have such low health points. But, I'm more surprised at how I even managed on surviving the first few seconds against it. I guess I was lucky that it only threw those exploding rock thingies and flinging me onto a wall with some clawing action here and there.
I'll be honest, I have just only realized the consequences of devouring the dragon god's egg literally after devouring it. It also said something about it being its little brother too which actually made me feel like absolute shit, and dragons are definitely gonna hate me forever now.
'First day and I'm already fighting a God. And dragons apparently hate me now too. Great.'
I guess having a devour as a skill really makes you power 'hungry', even now, I just can't wait to devour the other dragon... If I'm able to, that is.
And from the looks of things and my current situation, I'll be taking on god level beings from now on...
Note that most of them are most probably way out of my league, though looking at the bright side, this might also help me gain more power in the quickest and riskiest way possible ever. I grinned, well, in my mind at least. Thinking again about my previous actions, being able to tear apart the flesh of a god was indeed a miraculous accident but that only made it enraged and unleashed that ray of light to attack me.
Well, whatever, at least I was able to level up both my teleportation and acidic metal skill to really high levels. So both should be much more effective than before. Next was the two new skills I used, 'Intimidating Touch' and 'Hidden', I was able to level up both a little but that will be enough to help contribute in the next fight against the dragon.
After a few minutes, an idea finally popped into my head, it may or may not be effective but I'll just have to go with this. It worked for the arm, so it should work there too.
After I fully recovered my health, I deactivated the skill and went out of the void. It looks like I'm at the same place before I left, though everything around it was completely obliterated which startled me while thinking of the awful alternate outcome. 'Damn, I'm lucky...'
Looking at the direction where I remembered seeing the dragon before escaping, I saw the enormous creature, smiling? It does look a little creepy with its sharp teeth visible but whatever, time to kick some dragon god's ass. I activated 'Hidden' and began moving towards the clueless dragon to start my winning plan. It's a blessing that 'Hidden' was somehow able to bypass the dragon god's detection.
Immediately after teleporting right in front of its face, I wrapped my silver slime-like body around it before the surprised dragon could even react to it. I heard it gasp before the wailing dragon began thrashing around vigorously but due to how my body works, I continued to be firmly attached to its face.
Activating a skill, my metallic body began oozing out acids that soon touched the surface of the dragon's face as I heard it sizzling immediately afterwards. After leveling up 'Acidic Metal', the acids I produced became a lot more lethal than before, eating away the dragon's flesh faster than before. I was also able to feel myself sinking further into its head and through its skull, as a gush of crimson liquid rushed against me. Dyed in red, I continued with my actions as I heard muffled roars from the struggling dragon's mouth that had parts of its lower jaw bone exposed to the air.
It also started to panic even more as I activated 'Intimidating Touch', using its left claw it tried to slash at me like how it did previously but I quickly removed the left part of my metal body away before it could hit my body, making its claws sink into its own flesh tearing through some parts of its face while also adding a paint of red to it's already burned and grotesque face.
"RAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!," It roared in agony while I enveloped myself around its bloodied deformed head that has already shown signs of deteriorating flesh, capturing its left hand in the process.
'Well, that's gotta hurt.' I thought to myself as I continued my attacks.
I even started inching into its eyes and nostrils. As my body made contact with both of the dragon's eyes, the acid around me started to melt both eyes at an alarming rate. Going through the new passageway given to me, I entered the dragon's head.
As I was flowing through the dragon's head while continuously producing acids which disintegrated anything in my way, I heard the muffled roars of the suffering dragon but when time went on and I continued my destructive expedition through its head, the roars lessened as it started to only whimper a few times. That was also when I finally arrived at my destination, the brain.
[ 'Acidic Metal' has reached lv.11 ]
'Well, isn't that convenient.'
I rushed directly to its brain proceeding to wrap parts of my body around it and started producing an abundant amount of lethal corrosives from my body, dissolving the brain in the process. While the other parts of me that went through the nostrils has finally reached the lungs and got to the point immediately, burning the lungs. It also went through the fleshy walls of the dragon's body, mutilating several other parts inside of its body.
THUD!
The whimpering Dragon God that went through a world of pain and torment fell to the ground with lifeless eyes causing a mini earthquake on the surrounding area. The tremendous yellow aura that once filled the cave had vanished without a trace. Silence invaded the cave as I began to encase the whole body of the massive dragon before it disappears, devouring it whole.
I slowly began to shrink back to my normal size as the dragon's body vanished inside of me.
[ You have devoured the 'Earth Imperial Ancient Dragon God, Vodr' ]
[ You have gained new skills and few of its attributes ]
[ 'Devour' has reached lv 8 ]
[ 'Devour' has reached lv 9 ]
[ 'Fast Teleportation' has reached lv 9 ]
[ 'Acidic Metal' has reached lv 12 ]
[ 'Intimidating Touch' has reached lv 5 ]
[ 'Intimidating Touch' has reached lv 7 ]
[ 'Hidden' has reached lv 3 ]
[ 'Hidden' has reached lv 6 ]
...
[ You have been upgraded into 'Proto (Type 2)' ]
[ You have gained a new skill for 'Living Metal' ]
[ 'Upgrades Window','Upgrade Points' and 'Upgrade Quest' have been added ]
[ You have gained 5 Upgrade Points for your achievements ]
'Oooh, something new!'
Upgrades...Well, I am a Living Metal, so it does fit together, maybe I can make myself harder. No wait, that sounded wrong. I meant my skin, making it harder will hopefully prevent most impaling attacks. I'll check em later, for now, I should get a look on my stats since I didn't have any time to do so previously. 'Open Status'
> [ STATUS ]
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> Name: ???
> Age: --
> Level: 1
> Experience ( Next Lv ) : 0 %
>
> Species:
> Proto Living Metal (Type 2)
>
> Class:- --
> Health: 48/280 (2.0 per minute)
>
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> Stamina: 43/150
> Mana: 38/220 (1.0 per minute)
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> [ATTRIBUTES]
>
> STR: 21(71)
> VIT: 60(80)
> FOR: 103(153)
> DEX: 103(123)
> INT: 60
> WIS: 3(13)
> CHR: 0
> LCK: 1
>
> [ Statpoints left : 0 ]
>
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> Titles:-
>
> 'The One & Only'
> 'The Ancient Devourer'
> 'Dragon-Eater'
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> Effects:
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> Enhanced Awareness, Enhanced Survival Instincts, Enhanced Adaptability, Enhanced Sight, Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced Body Hardness
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>
> Devoured:
> Abyssal Ancient Dragon God
> Earth Imperial Ancient Dragon God
>
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'Umm, the layout changed and there are some new sections in here. I guess I'll unlock more in the future and WOAH!? My attributes are high as fuck! Well, probably not the same level as the gods but I think I'm quite strong for a metal!' I shouted in mind, sadly it seems like my charisma and luck has not increased at all. I'll probably need charisma or charm more than luck. I've been unusually lucky lately, so I'm okay with it.
My attributes may be high but I don't know if these were the norm or not in the current world I'm in, so I still need to be cautious and probably stop devouring random eggs wherever I go. I guess the pacified mind skill would've been useful in stopping my desires... Okay, let's see the others. 'Skill List'
> [ SKILLS ]
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> General Skills:-
>
> Identify Lv.1
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> 'Living Metal' Skills:-
>
> Pacified Mind (OFF)
> Acidic Metal Lv.12
> Body Storage(Type 2)
> High Regeneration Lv.3
> Informative Touch Lv.2
> Devour (Modification) Lv.9
> Transmutation Lv.1
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> Devoured Skills:- (Modified)
>
> Intimidating Touch Lv.7
> Fast Teleportation Lv.9
> Hidden Lv.6
> Void Space Lv.2
> Impaling Silver Spikes Lv.1
> Directory Needles Lv.1
> Hardened State Lv.1
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> Resistance Skills:-
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> Acid (30%), Water (10%),
> Dark (10%), Void (20%),
> Spatial (10%), Earth (40%),
> Light (10%)
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> Bonus Skills:- --
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'Okay this is some good stuff, I got lots of new skills and there are some new sections here too. Oooh! Those spike attacks would definitely help me, thank you Earth Dragon God!' This was really good. Most of the devoured skills seem to be somewhat adjusted to fit my species but it still should work almost the same way.
My resistances seem to be sufficient but I'll have to increase it somehow, probably from either training or just devouring other species. I'll work on that soon but now... Transmutation.
Perhaps I'd be able to take the form of other beings but since its level one, I doubt I could take the form of a dragon god. Maybe parts of it? Or a smaller version of it? Let's try it.
Activating transmutation, a screen popped up in front of me.
> [ TRANSMUTATION ]
> [ Earth Dragon Registered ]
> ...
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> [ What form do you wish to take? ]
> Earth Dragon
>
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'...I mean, this is cool and all but only one!? Where did the Abyss Dragon go and it's not even the same as the Earth Imperial Dragon God. Well, technically it is but this does not seem to be an imperial but oh well, better than none,' I said as I picked the only option on the screen.
My body felt a tingling sensation and began taking a silver color form of a quadrupedal dragon similar to the Earth Dragon God with a pair of silver skeletal wings protruding out from my body and four mechanical limbs growing while producing weird metal-like claws that does not seem to be from a dragon. My size grew taller and larger, while I did become a much smaller dragon when compared to the Dragon God but at least it is bigger than my original form. Though, instead of looking scaly like a real dragon, I looked more like a robot with the design of a dragon, not even a scale can be seen. I'm also shiny and metallic, just pointing that out. I also had a horn on the tip of my nostrils which was connected to a crest-like structure that went on until the back of my head. I looked like a metallic dragon skeleton though... I don't even look like a living creature.
Not only that, it feels somewhat weird as I now can walk and open my hollow mouth since I was rather used to being a slithering mute metal slime but I still rather have legs and a mouth. I also have a tail, a wide one like the Dragon God just a tinier version of it. Enough of that, next is the one I'm excited about the most! 'Upgrades!'
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> [ UPGRADES ]
>
> Upgrade Points: 5
>
> Upgrades:-
> Exoskeleton: 0
> Protected Eyes: 0
> Verbal Tongue: 0
> Form Shaping: 0
> Night Vision: 0
> Glowing Eyes: 0
> Scavenger: 0
> Auto-Counter: 0
> Predatory Genes: 0
> Self-Repair: 0
> Adaptable Machine: 0
> Ranged Weaponry: 0
> Melee Weaponry: 0
>
> Upgrade Quest:-
> None
>
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'Oh damn son! Heheh' I was getting too excited, so I had to turn Pacified Mind on to calm me down. I swear I kinda like that skill now.
These are all pretty straightforward stuff and since I only have five points I should be really careful with my decision. Well, I hope. After looking at the choices for a few minutes, I then put a point each for Exoskeleton, Verbal Tongue, Auto-Counter, Predatory Genes, and Ranged weaponry. I was considering Form Shaping but I think Transmutation would work, for now, I'll try the rest next time.
After confirming my selections, my body began changing again. My body started producing armor around my skeletal-like body. Though some parts remained armorless, I didn't really mind much of it since I'm just happy to not look like a silver skeleton. My metal teeth became thicker and sharper while my body became bulkier with the support of metallic armor on my body, I looked even bigger than before. I had another layer of thick metal covering my head like a helmet, this is when I also realized I had four eyes. I had two pairs of eyes that now enables me to have a wider view of my surroundings. At the end of my tail was a...gun? It was probably from the ranged weaponry upgrade. I guess I can shoot from my tail now.
After the transformation was done, I literally became an Armored Silver Dragon. No wait, that sounds kinda cool, I'll take that. This should be good as a disguise for the other dragons and probably for other beings, though I'll need to register other beings into my transmutation as well. I'll have to test some stuff out with the skill as I do not know if I have to devour them first or not. Now, I should name this disguise of mine.
'Silfur? Maybe Ezust? I need to make it like a Dragon's name. They had names like Vodr and Myrkur so maybe...Vyr? I think that's good enough, its just a name after all.' I shrugged after naming my form. Though, it's funny that I don't even have a name for myself. Well, I'll do that soon enough.
[ Transmutation: Vyr has been Registered ]
[ Vyr registered as 'Armored Silver Dragon' ]
'Ooo that's cool! I can name my form and species. I'll have fun messing with people...hehehe'
With all of that done...What should I do next?
After pondering over what to do next, the first thing that came into my mind was getting out of the dragon's territory. Since the dragon god I killed probably had other siblings, I need to get out of here fast. Just one of them was hard enough, I don't know if I could take more than two.
As Vyr, I flew out of the dark cave. It was actually weird using my wings but I got the hang of it quite easily and is also fun to use. Flying out of the cave, I then met with the bright light of the warm Sun. My eyes widened as I saw many wonders even from here. I actually saw a flying Purple Whale and a city? It seems to be really far from here but I knew for a fact that it has huge walls surrounding it and there were more similar to it further away from me.
"Hello, World! A new dragon has appeared for ya!" I excitedly shouted out, hovering over the destroyed cave I was previously in. While looking around, I saw a forest that was near the cave. I was also able to sense some life in it, which meant new prey for me to potentially devour..hehe *Ting* Yeah, I think I needed that.
[ New Upgrade Quest! ]
> [ The Hunter and The Brute ]
> Main Objective:
> A rogue Batrian has found its way into the Moon Dragon's Forest and due to the power it could gain from eating the Moon Plants, it could become a huge threat in the future. Kill it or help it before it does.
>
> Reward:
> 2 Upgrade Points
> +10 Strength
>
> Reward for killing it:
> +2 Predatory Genes
> -100 affinity with Batrians (Vyr)
>
> Reward for helping it:
> ???
> +100 affinity with Batrians (Vyr)
> Friendship with the Batrian Beast God
...and I'll gladly accept that. Time to find this 'Batrian'. Though, I do not know what the hell a Batrian is. It should've at least explain the species even a little would be enough but whatever and I may also get my hands on those Moon Plants.
"Rogue Batrian, here I come!" I yelled as I flew towards the purple forest ahead of me.