Reborn As A Dragon!? Chapter 16: Power Hungry

Previously:

(???? #3) - "Enough you two. We came here to discuss the operation of the plan tonight. Mizuchi will gather the dead dragons from the burial site we found down south near the Demon Forest and bring them to the front gate while I take out the main gate guards so that we can sneak our way in to bring chaos to the whole kingdom. Does that sound good to everybody?"

(Katawa) - "Yes, master Tennin."

(Mizuchi) - "Certainly yes, our Lord likes this plan very much. I can hear him telling me that it is perfect."

(Tennin) - "Let us set our plan into motion..."

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In the Dungeon

So Nightmare and I have been getting along better these next few days. This is probably due to him being like a permanent roommate that constantly talks to you. It is nice to be able to chat with somebody else though.

He used to annoy the s.h.i.+t out of me which he probably does on purpose. This is probably due to his [Annoy] skill that I saw in his status, but he is nice... for a demon.

(*Nightmare*) - "..and that was the story on how I got my first kill."

(*Alderam*) - "Yeah okay, do you know anything about a system that speaks to you?" I have been hearing a lady-like voice talking and wondered if this happens to everyone or if I'm special.

(*Nightmare*) - "Hey, do you even care about my story! Ugh, and no, I've got no idea what you are talking about there buddy. You are hands down the strangest dragon I have ever met. First of all, you are an adult at 5 years old. Second, you act nothing like a dragon because I have never met a dragon that is scared of spiders as much as you are."

Alderam doesn't know this but Nightmare has been thinking about this since they met...

(*Nightmare*) - "Since we will be bound together for a long time, I wish to be no secrets kept from one another. Please answer this truthfully... who or what the h.e.l.l are you?"

Back to Leo Ellie P.O.V.

I wake up and look around and I seem to be in a dark room with concrete walls all around. My hands are bound and I have a huge headache. I feel a burning sensation in my chest and look down to see that there are st.i.tches and bandages wrapped around my stomach.

When creating the proper magic circle for the heal spell, the circle shatters and I realize that there is something blocking my magic so I can't escape. It makes sense or how would he be able to keep anyone down here.

(???) - "Seems like you finally woke up. He told me you would be a great addition to our group with your healing capabilities, but I can't believe the holy magic coming off from you."

(Ellie) - "Who are you and where is my team!"

(???) - "I don't really feel like answering that question and I don't really care about your team. He just needs you for a little bit of healing right? He didn't say anything about having some fun with you before he came."

A sinister smile appeared on his face as he moved closer but then stopped. Seeing a hand on his shoulder and feeling a horrible aura made him wet himself.

(Leo) - "Mizuchi, move before I take your head off..." The man called Mizuchi moved out of the way and ran out of the room. "The only reason that I'm with these idiots is to give me more connections. Even though their so-called 'G.o.d' is the dragon I'm hunting. Now then, back to-" He gets cut off by Ellie.

(Ellie) - "Go to h.e.l.l!"

(Leo) - "Feisty little one even after having a huge wound on your chest, you are still yelling like a banshee. Since you refused my generous offer earlier, my new offer is going to be nothing because you had to be a stubborn little b.i.t.c.h."

(Ellie) - "No matter what t.i.tles you hold, you are nothing more than trash who has such a big ego that he doesn't care about anybody else."

(Leo) - "You might just be true about that, but I'm not the person who became friends with a f.u.c.king dragon."

After a minute of complete silence, Leo grabs a weird device out of a bag he brought with him.

(Leo) - "This little toy right here will forcefully take your magic, so it was my other option. I could have done it while you were asleep, but I want you to be awake and watch when I do it. It is going to be very painful because it's mainly used to get the mana out of magic ore, so I hope you don't go and 'die' on me."

As Leo was about to place the device on Ellie she instantly got teleported away leaving Leo alone, angry, and confused.

[A/N - I'm not going to torture little ol Ellie, come on.]

32nd Floor

(*Alderam*) - "Fine, you deserve to know since Parthenia found out already. I am a dragon born with a human intellect which is why I am more human-like." It's mostly true, but I'm not going to tell him that I reincarnated.

Oh, by the way, I found out a way for Nightmare to not be able to read my thoughts. I use my telepathy skill to communicate with him so it is not directly coming from my head. It is kind of confusing, but the author kinda wrote himself into a plot hole.

(A/N - Sorry, not sorry)

(*Nightmare*) - "That is confusing, but okay, you were born 90 years early so there has to be someth--"

(Alderam) - "THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT YOU d.a.m.n CAT," I say this out loud and the whole floor 32 starts to shake.

Well, I guess my screams can shake a whole floor. I feel like I am overflowing with power at the moment due to my constant leveling and evolution. It feels nice knowing that there are a lot of foes that can not defeat you.

Ever since my fight with the spider queen, nothing big has been happening. There are no more spiders probably due to the queens' death and the floors have just been a complete ma.s.sacre.

The most recent floor was simply a floor with a bunch of death knights that were all around level 70 which are total pushovers for me now.

It got so bad that the knights started to get terrified of me.

Flashback

(*Alderam*) - "Nightmare, you ready to take out these knights?"

(*Nightmare*) - "Sure, sure, whatever."

The black knights which I presume to be death knights because they look exactly like the ones in the Overlord anime. Those trashy 3D graphics and everything are on these things.

"Appraisal!"

[Death Knight]:

[Race: Undead]

[Age: 200-300]

[Level 65-72]

[Stats]

HP: 28000

Attack: 5000

Speed: 2000

Defense: 16000

Magic: 5000

Intelligence: 5

Luck: 0

Skills: [Slash](A) [Swordsmans.h.i.+p](A) [Reinforce Armor](A) [Intimidation](S) [Dark Aura](A)

Special Skills: [C-C-C-C-OMBO BREAKER](S)

Pa.s.sive Skills: [Weakness to Light](B) [Cold Resistance](A) [Heat Resistance](A)

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(Alderam) - "Prepare yourselves for death" wait a minute, that sounded so much better in my head.

(*Nightmare*) - "You moron..."

*10 Minutes Later*

Screeching could be heard from far away with hearing a maniacal laugh with cras.h.i.+ng noises. The forest pushes open to see a large dragon chasing the death knights and stomping on them while laughing.

(Alderam) - "HAHAHAHAHA SO MUCH EXP, YOUR SECOND DEATHS WILL NOT BE FOR NOTHING, FOR THEY WILL FEED THE GREAT ME!"

Level UP x4

(*Nightmare*) - "You confuse me sometimes, one time you are scared of level 50 spiders and now you are smas.h.i.+ng level 70 undead beings happily."

(*Alderam*) - "I deserve some fun after all of the s.h.i.+t I just went through."

(*Nightmare*) - "Fair point..."

Flashback End

The levels seem to be getting way higher as I go further down whereas earlier, it seemed to be easier. Maybe it had something to do with the village that made it hard to easy and then to hard again.

[A/N - Btw yes, I did take inspiration from Dungeon seeker's cannibal village. Just clearing that up, so please don't be mad at me. HIGHLY RECOMMEND the manga, great series.]

After the death knight incident, nothing too special happened on the later few floors 33-34 because all I ran into was a very annoying floor with about 100 mimics and you had to find the one that had a single f.u.c.king key to get to the next floor.

The door would not open no matter how many times I tried to smash it open, so I was there checking chests and 99% of the time, it would latch onto my hand like that d.a.m.n tomato did scaring the s.h.i.+t out of me. It was EVEN MORE annoying that I had to be in my human form to open the d.a.m.n chests in the first place. Being a dragon really has its ups and downs.

What worried me was what floor 40 would be like because if the spider queen wasn't the floor 50 boss, then that can only mean there are stronger monsters than her. Partly because that b.i.t.c.h was scary as h.e.l.l.

I don't believe that floor 35 will be a challenge to me in the slightest due to my rapid increase and that it is supposed to be an easier boss than the one that comes later every 10th floor.

Entering Floor 35

I push open the door to find a wooden box in the middle of the room that looks kinda li--...It looks like a treasure chest, so it's either a f.u.c.king boss mimic, or it's some crazy treasure.

I slowly approach it because I have dealt with enough of those little b.a.s.t.a.r.ds to know that they wait until your hand is a few inches from the opening of their 'mouths'.

I think to myself, 'wouldn't it be 1000 times easier just to prepare to burn that b.i.t.c.h down? I mean, I don't really need any treasure at the moment, and there is nothing that I could need at the moment.

Hehehehe, I just thought of the perfect plan. I'm going to hold a strategic area in the boss room and fire at it while jumping in the shadow again.

(*Nightmare*) - "So... you are just going to be camping in a wall? Talk about a p.u.s.s.y strategy. Heh, did you see what I did there? p.u.s.s.y can mean cat as well, get it?"

(*Alderam*) - "It is a very strategic move and shut up you d.a.m.n cat."

*30 Minutes Later*

I finally set up my perfect area. It consists of Nightmare being in the shadows of the cave wall with me and we are going to change its aggro so it keeps going back and forth while I use some other skills.

(*Alderam*) - "Okay, let's do this!"

(*Nightmare*) - "Sure, whatever."

I fire my first fire breath and it smashes into the mimic, but it doesn't move.

(*Alderam*) - "Hey, why isn't it moving?"

(*Nightmare*) - "Try using appraisal next time dips.h.i.+t."

"Appraisal!"

Answer: This is a normal chest, they can contain rare items such as keys, equipment, or other highly valuable rare materials.

(Alderam) - "WHY THE f.u.c.k DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING!"

(*Nightmare*) - "You never asked me and why else do you think I had a bored expression this whole time?"

I started to rub my temples to try to calm myself down after dealing with this cat over and over again.

I walk up to the chest and open it to find a note that says...

b.i.t.c.h you thought!

-Dungeon Master, 50th Floor.

I start to shake and scream at the top of my lungs.

(Alderam) - "THIS d.a.m.n DUNGEON!"

To Ellie, Ellie P.O.V.

I slowly open my eyes to see a bright light and quickly shut them slowly to adjust to the lighting. I find myself in a carriage and my hands are still bound. I look over to my right to see a man in a strange blue outfit.

(Ralof) - "You're finally awake."

(End)