“…”

“…”

Silence dominated the room where I entered. A golden haired elf was sitting on chair in front of me. She looked at me with a baffled expression showing that she was not expecting someone to come and cut open the door.

This eerie silence was actually quite disturbing, so I destroyed it and started a conversation.

“Excuse me, are you the Fifth Elf Princess, Luna Lumisiera?”

“... Ah, yes!”

Contrary to me expectations, she raised a high pitched voice. Is seems like she was waiting for someone to rescue her.

“Then if you would please follow me, we can escape this place and head toward where Kiera and the others are.”

“Please…”

The princess, Luna stood up from her seat and came to my side.

(!? Partner! Someone’s coming!)

Just as she was heading towards me, Cordo warned me of someone approaching. I could hear fain footsteps coming from the passage I went through. The footsteps became louder with each passing second.

“That’s no good you know? You shouldn’t leave this place princess. Because if you do, you never know what might happen to the people in this town.”

“Ehh…?”

A silhouette came into view and threatened the princess. When the silhouette became clearer, it revealed that he was Kuhaal, the vampire that I beheaded earlier. His head that was dismembered was back on his body like it never happened, but the bloodstains were still there on his clothes.

“How are you still alive?”

“Sorry to break it to you, but I don’t give out my information for free. Now then, princess, please be a good girl and sit down and relax, while baby dragon here and I kill each other. The outcome is already obvious anyway.”

“… What do you mean?”

“What I mean is that you will die by my hand. After you killed Jaarl-kun, my only contact to the demon race is gone, and you’re going to pay for that.”

(!? Partner! This is bad! I can feel the [Presence of the Strong] aura from him! If you clash with him head on, you will surely die!)

‘[Presence of the Strong]? Appraisal’

[Presence of the Strong] – Skill given to those who are stronger than those said to be gifted or talented. They have been through countless battles where one risked his life and survived. If one activated this skill, surrounding enemies with a lower level than the user will have their status reduced equal to their level gap. The higher the skill, the less MP this skill consumes upon activation and increases duration.

What is with this cheat ability!? Just to figure out how my status will fare, I used appraisal on Kuhaal.

Name: Kuhaal Lockus

Level: 222

HP: 4012 / 5972

MP: 1030 / 3212

Str: 152

Agi: 191

Int: 182

Dex: 174

End: 167

Luc: 100 (-99)

Skills:

[Presence of the Strong 5]

[Blood Drain 10]

[Hand-to-Hand Combat 8]

[Blood Magic 10]

[Vampirization 10]

Titles:

[Pure Blood]

[One Who Lurks in the Shadows]

[Unkillable]

[Unlucky]

[Vampire]

[Blood Drain] – Steals the target’s blood, making it the user’s own. Vampire racial skill

[Hand-to-Hand Combat] – Increases the user’s hand to hand combat skill.

[Blood Magic] – Ability to control your blood like your own limbs. Vampire racial skill

[Vampirization] – Skill to turn your target into a vampire. Vampire racial skill

[Pure Blood] – Title given to a person if he has inherited the blood of only his race. Title Effects:

Increases growth rate of racial skills. Removes some of the racial disabilities. (Heart Stabbed, Garlic Eaten)

[One Who Lurks in the Shadows] – Title given to a person who has erased his existence from the world and commits acts while remaining unseen from the public eyes. Title Effects:

The title bearer is harder to be noticed.

[Unkillable] – Title given to a person who has been through countless battles while always surviving by destroying all opponents. Title effects:

Doubles current level, but attribute status remains the samde as the original level.

[Unlucky] – Title given to a person who has extreme bad luck.

Luck stat is reduced to 1.

[Vampire] – Title given to a person whose race is a vampire.

Can only be killed when heart is pierced, garlic is eaten, is wounded by pure silver items, or is exposed to sunlight.

WHAT THE HELL!!! DOESN’T THAT MEAN THAT RIGHT NOW, I HAVE NEGATIVE STATUS!?

Because of his [Unkillable] title and [Presence of the Strong] skill that works well when together. And also because of his pure blood vampire race, I can only kill him using silver or exposing him to sunlight. The only thing is I have no silver on me, and the sun is already down.

And the mysterious attack earlier must be an item since it wasn’t listed in his skill column. But I wonder what?

Right now, if I check my status, I could imagine what my status would look like.

Name: Endou Kouta

Level: 22

HP: 2115/ 2315

MP: 613 / 920

Str: 75 (-200)

Agi: 70 (-200)

Int: 68 (-200)

Dex: 65 (-200)

End: 73 (-200)

Luc: 10 (-200)

Skills:

[Dota 2 Skill Set 2]

[Dragon Knight] [Breathe Fire] [Dragon Tail] [Dragon Blood] [Elder Dragon Form]

[Language Comprehension 10]

[Creation 1] (Hidden)

[Item Box 1] (Hidden)

[Appraisal 10] (Hidden)

[Self-regeneration 5] (Hidden)

Titles:

[God’s Target of Apology] (Hidden)

[Saint]

[Golem Crusher]

[Reincarnated Person] (Hidden)

[Thanked by the God of Creation] (Hidden)

Debuff:

[Presence of the Strong 5]

When I appraised myself, it showed that my attribute status is in the negatives. This is bad. Seriously bad.

“Playtime is over. Die baby dragon!”

Kuhaal quickly rushed to my place. Because of my lowered status, what I saw was just a blur before getting hit and getting knocked back for about 10 meters.

“!? Hero-sama!”

“Hmm…? Hero-sama…? Princess, did you just say hero?”

“…”

What, what did she mean by hero? Did she mean me? But why does she know about that?

Luna became quiet and refused to answer. She just looked at me with worried eyes while giving Kuhaal a scorned look.

“Anyway, whether he is a hero or not, he has seen too many things. He must die, do you understand, princess. Anyway, since our goals are polar opposites, I still need to rid of him.”

Shit, this is bad.

I cursed my own worthlessness as I tried to stand up, but because of the damage I took when Kuhaal hit me while my status was reduced, standing up was already a burden on my body.

(Partner! Turn into a dragon! Your life is worth more than preserving your energy!)

‘Seems like you’re right Cordo.’

I used Cordo as a support to stand up. When I was able to stand up, I looked at Luna, who was looking at me with worried eyes, while I gave Kuhaal a determined look.

“Kuhaal, sorry about this, but I’m going all out now. [Item Box]! [Elder Dragon Form]! [Creation]!”

Creating items [Pure Silver Spikes]…

MP Cost 450…

While my body became larger than my clothes, numerous spikes appeared all over my body. Also, the reason for using item box was to place Cordo inside to avoid being damaged in my fight against Kuhaal.

“Hoh, so you aren’t a baby dragon, but a child dragon. Interesting, I’LL CUT YOU DOWN!!!”

“GRRUUUAAAHHHH!!!!”

(TRY IT OF YOU CAN!!!)

When my body was finished transforming, my dragon body looked like that of a hedgehog. The silver spikes were not able to fully cover my body, but at least this gives me a bit of leeway when fighting Kuhaal.

My body grew too large for the room, causing it to collapse. Of course, I shielded Luna with my body as to not injure her from the falling debris. Kuhaal was fending off the falling debris with his bare hands. It’s like he was crushing fruits with his punches.

My body became too big for the mansion, causing the part of the mansion where I was to beautifully collapse. Kuhaal, was making a face as if he didn’t care. His attention was focused only at me. He had a delighted smile seeing me as someone who could fight him to the death.

‘Looks like he is a battle junkie…’

‘I wonder how long has it been since he had a life and death battle. It seems that his lifestyle, where nobody could oppose him was boring, so he was bored out of his mind, but now as if seeing someone who could finally give him the excitement he needed, he made a face that looks like he won’t waste even a second of this.’

“How long are you going to make me wait dragon child!!”

“GGUUUOOOHHH!!!”

(THIS DAMN BATTLE JUNKIE!!!)

I quickly let Luna escape to a place where she could not be harmed during our fight. Thanks to her abilities, she had no problem running from the underlings of Kuhaal. That’s a high elf for you.

Focusing my attention towards Kuhaal, I used [Breath Fire] as an indicator to start our death match. Kuhaal dodged the flame and dashed towards me and put his hand inside his pocked again. When he did that, I felt something scraped against my scales on my forelegs.

“GUUOOHHHH!!!”

(THAT WON’T WORK!!!)

The attack bounced of my scales and I prepared my wings, and flapped it down, causing a huge gust of wind to blow right from under me, and causing my body to float.

When I flew in the air, I shot another [Breathe Fire] towards Kuhaal down on the ground. For those wondering, when I am in my [Elder Dragon Form], [Breathe Fire] and [Dragon Tail] does not consume MP, unlike in the game Dota 2. This shows that this is reality, not some kind of game, and right now, I am staking my life to win this fight. Also, here is my status when I am in dragon form.

Name: Endou Kouta

Level: 22

HP: 10115/ 12315

MP: 15 / 3920

Str: 375 (-200)

Agi: 370 (-200)

Int: 368 (-200)

Dex: 365 (-200)

End: 373 (-200)

Luc: 10 (-200)

Skills:

[Dota 2 Skill Set 2]

[Dragon Knight] [Breathe Fire] [Dragon Tail] [Dragon Blood] [Elder Dragon Form]

[Language Comprehension 10]

[Creation 1] (Hidden)

[Item Box 1] (Hidden)

[Appraisal 10] (Hidden)

[Self-regeneration 5] (Hidden)

Titles:

[God’s Target of Apology] (Hidden)

[Saint]

[Golem Crusher]

[Reincarnated Person] (Hidden)

[Thanked by the God of Creation] (Hidden)

Buff:

[Elder Dragon Form]

Debuff:

[Presence of the Strong 5]

Without the [Presence of the Strong] debuff, I can say that I am stronger than Kuhaal, but because of it, I am now equal to him. I can also conclude that this skill is broken, no, completely broken, a broken skill that has transcended broken skills in this world.

The flame rushed towards where Kuhaal was, but this was also dodged and Kuhaal produced two black ominous wings.

“THIS IS IT!!! FINALLY!!! SOMEONE WHO CAN FULFILL MY LUST FOR BATTLE!!! AHAHAAHAHAHA! DRAGON CHILD!!! PREPARE YOURSELF!!!”

Kuhaal’s eyes seemed to glow for a second, and he pierced his own body with his hand. Blood gushed out and fell to the ground--- was not what happened, instead, the blood rose up like snakes and directly attacked me. Kuhaal also flew up into the sky and glared at me with a face filled with ecstasy and joy.

“GGUUUOOHHHH!!!”

(WHY AM I SURROUNDED BY PERVERTS HERE IN THIS CONTINENT!?)

“AHAAHHAAHA!!! THAT’S IT!!! MORE!!! I NEED MORE!!!”

While laughing like a madman, Kuhaal used up more of his blood to attack me while I was complaining about my situation in this continent. Blood danced around my body, trying to break of my scales in hopes of creating a weak spot in my defenses.

“GRRUUOOOHHH!!!!”

(USELESS!!!)

I dashed through the air and charged towards Kuhaal. Kuhaal dodged my charge by strafing to the right, and this time, he charged towards me and took something from his pocket. What I saw was something like a metal ball with a button. When Kuhaal pressed the button, I felt the same sensation earlier on my forelegs when Kuhaal put his hands in his pockets.

‘So that’s the item he used to cut my arm.’

I turned around to confront Kuhaal and used another [Breathe Fire] and flames gushed out from my mouth towards him. Kuhaal, who didn’t expect me to turn around, had no time to react, so he was directly engulfed in the flames under the dark sky.

“!? AHAHHAA!!! THAT’S IT!!! PAIN!! THE FEELING IF PAIN I HAVE NEVER FELT IN YEARS!!! AHAAHHAA!!! INETERESTING, THIS IS TOO INTERESTING DRAGON CHILD!!!”

“GOOOOOHHH!!!”

I made a roar of accomplishment as my attack hit. Although his body quickly regenerated, there was one part of his body that didn’t regenerate. That was his left leg. During my [Breath Fire] skill, I also place a silver spike in front of me in hopes of using the blast to send it flying towards Kuhaal. Of course, I lowered the temperature of the flames to make sure that the spike didn’t melt completely.

I charged at Kuhaal once more, repeating what we did earlier, but this time, he was able to dodge the flames. Looks like it won’t work twice.

“AHAHAHAA!!! IS THAT IT!? THEN LET ME SHOW YOU!! THE POWER OF A PURE BLOOD VAMPIRE!!!”

Kuhaal took another item from his pocket and revealed a vial with red liquid inside. He opened the cap and drank the contents, and I instantly regretted the fact that I hadn’t stopped him when he drunk the liquid inside.

His body turned red and steam rose up from his body. Somehow, this looks like something similar from a worldwide anime I watched back on Earth. His eyes glowed once more and when he was done, he threw the vial away into who knows where.

“AHAHAHA!!! NOW COME DRAGON CHILD!!! AND LET ME EXPERIENCE THE FIGHT OF MY LIFE!!!”

“GUOOOOHHHH!!!!”

(DAMN BATTLE JUNKIE!!! YOU’RE ON!!!)

This starts one of my hardest fights when I first reincarnated and also one of the reason why the town was reduced to rubble.