Reborn As A Dragon!? Chapter 13: Realization

Previously:

I take them up and out of the dungeon and head back to the 10th floor.

"Looks like I'm going to get stronger here!" As I walk to the next floor...

[Alderam] (Sora):

[Race: Adolescent Darkness Dragon]

[Age: 5]

[Level 44]

[Stats]

HP: 17200 - 44600

Attack: 2830 - 5100

Speed: 1550 - 2430 (Flight 6000 - 10400)

Defense: 2450 - 5250

Magic: 8800 - 15300

Intelligence: 600 - 1000

Luck: 750 - 800

Skills:

[Fly](SS) [Fire Breath]( A) [Soul Tear](S) [Intimidation](C) [Dragon Magic](SS) [Darkness Breath](S) [Appraisal](SS) [Conceal Status](S) [Dragons Might](SS) [Flight Speed](B) [Hover](F) [Air Slice](C) [Communication](B) and [Skill Nullification](D) [Killing Intent](F) [Human Transformation](SS)

Special Skills: [Accelerated Growth](S) [Darkness Eater](SS) [End of Creation](SSS) [Darkness Illusion](S) [Pocket Sand](SS)

Pa.s.sive Skills: [Calmness](D) [Weakness to Light](B) [Magic Resistance](SS) [Poison Resistance](SS) [Fire Resistance](SS) [Cold Resistance](SS) [Pain Nullification](A) [Dark Affinity](SS) [Dark Aura](E) [Darkness Heal](SS) [Dragon Language](S)

t.i.tles: Baby of Darkness, World Eater, Small Dragon, Heartless, l.u.s.t for money, Alderam, Adolescent Dragon, Compa.s.sionate

Kingdom of Dawn

(Leo) - "What the h.e.l.l do you mean that she's not here, you are telling me that she was near that stupid village near the ancient dragon? (sigh) I really want to kill something right about now. "

(Guild Master in Dawn) - "S-s-sorry Leo, they left to go to the Dungeon of Demise a few days ago, they should be in there hunting monsters."

Leo then heads to the village to wait for their return...

(End)

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I believe my next evolution to be around level 50 which is going to be ma.s.sive considering that my previous evolution increased my stats by so much. Speaking of that, all of my stats nearly doubled from leveling up 16 times. I guess [Accelerated Growth] helps more than I think it did.

I have been smas.h.i.+ng through the levels below the hydra, but there isn't anything that is really special and I have been getting little to no experience due to the monsters being around level 20-30 on floor 11.

I finally clear this stupid level and since I'm already rich and don't really need any treasure. It makes clearing floors that much faster because I don't need to deal with annoying mimics.

I get on the 12th floor to find that the monsters now level 30-40. I guess this means that they will get harder very quickly based on how low you go. I wonder how adventurers made it all the way down to floor 22 because that would make the enemies around level 220, right?

It hurts my head thinking about that. I would a.s.sume that they don't get that hard later down the line, but I heard that they believe the dungeon to be only 50 floors, so it was said that it will never be cleared.

I wonder if Leo was in the party who made it all the way down to floor 22. If he was, then it would give me a goal to reach to know when I should be ready to take him on.

Last time I evolved, I lost some of my [Weakness to Light] which means that I should evolve as quickly as possible to be able to tank more of those d.a.m.n spears.

Level UP

I reach the 14th floor with no problem while taking some of these guys out. There were mostly demons and typical strong monsters in a dungeon. Like wolves for example.

I walk down the stairs to see something that horrified me...

Parthenia, I did not sign up for this s.h.i.+t. Why didn't you say that there would be a whole floor of these things. I hate these things the most in my life now and in my previous life.

Spiders...

Ellie P.O.V.

We all woke up at the beginning of the dungeon and all of our heads hurt. It feels just like when we got knocked out. We all had a migr--

Oh no, he couldn't be. The little boy who was a dark n.o.ble, a mysterious figure, and had a familiar aura. He's the darkness dragon! We have been riding with the thing that has almost killed us in the cave 5 years back.

Should I tell the others? No, he was friendly the whole time we were with him and I felt his scared aura when we first met. He doesn't seem to be bad with all of the actions he has taken. If that dragon is down in the dungeon alone, then it can probably clear all 50 floors of the dungeon by itself.

It probably knocked us out to kill the Hydra and lose dead weight that he was carrying. It is frustrating, but I can't help but thank him for what he has done for us. He simply knocked us out when we invaded his home, he saved us from the hydra, and he has been nice to us the whole time we have known each other.

I-I mean we need to go back down there to help him or at least tell him we are sorry for the things we have done to him previously, but how will I explain this to the others without them going into the dungeon and immediately trying to kill the dragon.

(Jean) - "Ellie, are you alright? You seem to have a troubled look on your face. I don't remember exactly what happened, but i do re--." Jean looks down and sees that his crotch area is all wet. He starts tearing up after sprinting into the forest to change clothes before Riza wakes up.

(Ellie) - "Jean, I think you p.i.s.sed your Jeans." I start dying laughing as he peed himself again after being knocked out a second time.

Riza slowly wakes up to see Jean standing near her with an embarra.s.sed face.

(Riza) - "What happened? Let me guess, you wet yourself again after being knocked out, right? What the h.e.l.l is it with you and p.i.s.sing yourself?"

I don't know what to say to them. What could I say to them? I guess that will have to do.

(Ellie) - "Jean, Riza, I have something to tell all of you guys and don't go on a rampage before I finish. Does that sound alright?"

(Riza) - "My head hurts at the moment, but sure lay it on me."

(Ellie) - "The little boy Haku is actually the darkness dragon in his human form."

(Riza/Jean) - "What!"

(Riza) - "Are you telling me that he knocked us out just like how he did when we were in the cave!? You have to have some serious evidence to accuse little Haku of being a horrible monster."

(Ellie) - "He isn't horrible! He just wanted us out of his way so that he wouldn't expose his secret and take down the hydra alone. His aura is familiar and I feel the same as I did when I got knocked out previously 5 years ago."

(Jean) - "We have no choice then, we will confront Haku about this and if it turns out to be true, then we have no choice but to kill him on the spot."

(Ellie) - "No! He saved us and you just want to go kill him? He hasn't done anything wrong and you just want to go kill a child."

(Riza) - "A monster child is still a monster Ellie."

(Ellie) - "Give him one chance, if he does anything harmful to us or anything, then you can attack him. Until then, please let him have a chance to prove himself because he has a kind soul!"

(Jean) - "Are you really sure about this Ellie? I mean, what if that thing kills one of us. That would make you responsible for our deaths."

(Ellie) - "With you or not, I am going to go thank him for saving us, but if you even think about attacking him. I-I-I I'll leave the team!"

There is a long period of silence

(Riza) - "Fine, you have made your point, we will give him a single chance."

(Jean) - "I still don't know guys, isn't he supposed to be pure evil?"

(Riza) - "Shut up p.i.s.s pants, we'll give him 1 chance."

We all start to head back down the dungeon to find the young darkness dragon.

Alderam P.O.V.

I don't know what to do. I am stuck on the 14th floor because I am too big of a p.u.s.s.y to go and clear the floor.

Argh, this is so frustrating! I can defeat a hydra, but I can't move in the face of a spider. Utterly pathetic on my part.

I decide to wait a few hours contemplating whether I should go or not until I realize that the adventurers might come back down soon to find me chilling by the entrance of the floor. As I start to tiptoe into the floor I hear a faint sound behind me.

"Wait"

Oh no, they are already here, I have to deal with them now. I need to establish that I mean them no harm which is going to be difficult now that I know they want me 100% dead.

(Riza) - "Nice seeing you again you b.a.s.t.a.r.d."

She frowns at me and pulls out her daggers, but it doesn't seem like she will attack me. I look over at Jean and he pulls his sword out while Ellie stands without her staff readied. What are they planning?

(In mind) - "h.e.l.lo, again humans."

(Alderam) - "h.e.l.lo pathetic weaklings." Oh no, my communication skill is really a pain in the a.s.s and it kicks in at the worst possible time.

(Ellie) - "Regardless of what you might think, we came here to thank you and apologize for our behavior towards you. Thank you for saving us from the hydra and sorry for attacking you while you were a baby."

(In mind) - "It is fine, can you help me clear this floor? I am really terrified of spiders, so I need help taking them out."

(Alderam) - "You shall take out this next floor for me because these spiders are too far beneath me and are gross." This is going to be the death of me someday.

Ellie smiles as she shakes her head quickly. The others look upset because of my communication skill that was used while talking. They walked pa.s.sed me as Riza looked at me the whole time we made it through the 14th floor. Jean and Ellie are handling the spiders with ease probably because I am just spamming [Fire Breath] upwards to kill the spiders above.

Hey, I've played Skyrim enough times to know that those nightmare fuels of a creature hangs up on the ceiling all of the time. I started to gag by seeing dead spiders around me, but I hide it by looking away from everyone as I am doing it. Just in case, I am burning all of the corpses that we come in contact with.

They aren't particularly strong, but still scary as h.e.l.l...

[Race: Demon Spider]

[Age: 13]

[Level 36]

[Stats]

HP: 1500

Attack: 1100

Speed: 1700

Defense: 300

Magic: 100

Intelligence: 10

Luck: 0

Skills:

[Bite](B) [Slash](B) [Poison Bite](A) [Intimidate](C) [Sense](B)

Special Skills: [Silk Shot](A)

Pa.s.sive Skills: [Increased Vision](A) [Poison Resistance](S)

t.i.tles: Demon Spider, Spider

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Timeskip 2 Hours

We finally clear this scary as h.e.l.l floor of spiders, so I start to go down to the next level while the group stays put scared to go further down because they know what is on the 15th floor is going to be bad. It might even be worse than the hydra they thought, but every 10 stages is a major boss while the 5 floors are just a mini-boss like a knight.

(Alderam) - "Do not worry mortals, I shalt deal with what dangers lie ahead, so you can choose to follow." Oh G.o.d, I'm starting to sound more and more like Parthenia which is going to be a huge pain in the rear later. I'm only 5 and I'm already talking like I am (Don't Ask) years old.

[Communication](B) has leveled up to [Communication](A)

Looks like I can only level it up by talking in my dragon form because I was talking all the time in my human form. This will help me finally reach SS rank for the skill.

(Jean) - "I want to apologize for my actions earlier, it was unjust and I thought you were nothing but a horrible demon."

(Alderam) - "What the h.e.l.l you mean "demon", I'm a bada.s.s dragon bro." Oh my G.o.d, it said what I actually wanted to say!

(Riza) - "Um, okay. I am also very sorry, even though I thought you were awful, I was quick to judge and I am sorry for that."

Ellie just has a huge smile in the corner and starts celebrating as she has just won the lottery.

(Ellie) - "I knew it! You aren't that bad of a dragon. If you look past all of the rumors, you are pretty cute for a dragon!"

What is wrong with this lady, I can't fall for a human as a big a.s.s dragon.

(Ellie) - "Awww are those purple cheeks of yours turning slightly red?"

[A/N - I am not going to a harem or some s.h.i.+t, I hate those types of books.]

I turn around in embarra.s.sment as I turn to see a smaller door indicating that there will be a mini-boss right through these doors. It looks like a bird is on the door, so I wonder what kind of creature is behind this.

Jean props the door open to immediately see a giant bird thing swoop at him as soon as he opens it. I react as I s.h.i.+eld him by taking the full blow which didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. Probably because of the huge level up that I received from that hydra.

(Jean) - "T-thanks a million, I can't believe the darkness dragon just saved me."

(Alderam) - "Don't worry about it weakling" I tried to stop myself, but it still came out anyways which is fine since my communication is becoming better and better as it levels up.

(Alderam) - "Your opponent is me!" I knock him away on to the ground and look down to see the monster in a bigger picture. Hmm, a griffin didn't expect a boss to lunge at him as soon as the door was opened, but a griffin shouldn't be too big of a problem.

We all enter the door together as a 4 person party...

Elsewhere

(???) - "It is finally prepared, the device that will be used to destroy our enemies. Countless lives were lost in the creation of this, but it was worth it to achieve our lord's goals. We will help him destroy everything!"

(end)