Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Crimson Spark Dragon *] has risen from [Level 1] to [Level 9] Attributes have increased due to level up Acquired 2400 skill points Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Earth Magic Lv. 10] [Wind Magic Lv. 6] [Magic Power Enhancement Lv. 3] [Stealth Lv. 8] [Silent Casting Lv. 5] [Accuracy Correction Lv. 3] [Dismantle Lv. 6] [Parallel Thoughts Lv. 5] [Stamina Recovery Lv. 3] [Enhanced Health Growth Lv. 5] [Enhanced Health Capacity Lv. 2] [Enhanced Vitality Enforcement Lv. 2] [Enhanced Wisdom Enforcement Lv. 2] [Enhanced Stamina Growth Lv. 5] [Enhanced Stamina Capacity Lv. 2] [Humanize Lv. 3] gained Multiple skill requirements fulfilled. [Terra Magic Lv. 1] [Lava Magic Lv. 1] gained Magic gained: [Lava Ball] [Earthen Shackles] [Terra Wall] [Wind Blast]

Woah.

‘Woah, this is hard to control.’

‘I know, right? It feels like swimming but without all that water, which makes it even more important to never stop flapping otherwise we’re going down.’

‘You guys remember that feeling when your stomach drops during flights? Yeah, it feels worse, so don’t fall again.’

Since I left the cave, two weeks have gone by with me aimlessly wandering the Belzac forest, which I would rather call a maze but whatever.

After exploring around this area, I’ve noticed that it isn’t much different compared to the mountain, I was born at. Although I must say that the variety of plants and monsters bring a much more vibrant and livelier atmosphere, that my birth location was severely lacking.

There were so many monsters here, that I was excited about the idea of overhunting everything for the experience!

Regrettably, my search for rank D monsters has been completely fruitless. Most of my battles in this forest were against multiple rank E monsters, while anything below just outright avoided me.

I mean, I won’t complain if they want to gift me experience on a silver platter, but I question how they survived until this day when they can’t evaluate how strong I am.

With my fire elemental magic, these guys are mostly fodder anyways, ‘cause against the havoc, I can do with upper-tier fire spells and [Inferno Blast] from [Inferno Magic], they just stand no chance. My evolution bonus, [Pyrokinesis], is a godsend that allows me to spam all this fire without fear of burning down the forest.

In fact, my control over my flames is so precise, that I can create a barrier or armor of fire without the need of a specific spell for it. Frankly, without this skill, this forest would have been long gone, considering how boldly I’m using my fire spells.

Ah, I love it.

Now back to the present.

What I’m trying to do here is flying. During my [Humanize] practice, I recently learned that my wings have finally gotten strong enough to lift me. Well, not their physical ability. It's more like my wing's mana capacity has grown to the point, that it has enough space for me to strengthen them.

I was overjoyed when I found this out that I could, at long last, take a step towards the sky. The human desire to conquer the skies, the dream of Icarus and Daedalus, and now I will be the one to make it come true.

Unfortunately, there are some complications.

First, [Humanize Lv.3] took away the hunchback and made me as tall as a 5-year-old, but it did not change the weight distribution of this body. How am I to fly in my “human” form, when standing is already a challenge? The human won’t conquer the skies; the dragon will.

Secondly, flying is not so easy. Birds make it look super easy, to the point that I could believe them being biological anti-gravity machines. This whole defying gravity using mana is hardcore stuff.

I’m getting better with controlling my mana in my wings so it’s progressing somewhat.

‘Enough for today. Our mana is under 2/3rd now.’

‘Whew, good work. I think we can go have a tour around the forest’s skies soon, with how much we are improving the control of our mana output. This whole process just requires a ton of practice, that’s all.’

I shakily descended towards the ground, being careful to do it slowly to prevent any accidents. Once that familiar feeling in my feet returned, I activated [Humanize], waited for the smoke to disappear, struck a pose, and…

“Kra Sasa!”

…yelled a cool catchphrase.

‘What the hell…was that?!’

‘A pose and a cool catchphrase.’

‘You call that cool?! Wha? How the…We’re supposed to understand the original’s, your, decisions and actions but that is…lame!’

‘Lame. Lame. Lame! OMG, the cringe.’

‘Pff, shut it already. Look into my mind and you'll understand why I did that. The pose is cute and when our voice comes back, it will blow away people! Invest in this now, girls.’

‘I admit, the pose doesn’t look that disastrous, considering how our appearance is “cool” looking, but what is "Kra Sasa" supposed to mean? From our understanding, it's apparently just some sounds you made up.’

‘Which makes it sound cute.’

‘‘‘‘‘…’’’’’

…

W-What is this silence?! Even the other parallel minds, #4 and #5, are looking at me in a way a parent would look at their failing kid.

‘…Manager mind, our original mind seems to have been infected by another dose of stupid.’

‘W-Wah?!’

‘I can’t help but agree. It seems something is affecting her thought process that is completely foreign to our own.’

‘Hey, you big bully, what are you trying to say?! I haven’t changed at all, at all. If you can’t understand that I just did something cool, cute, awesome and super cute, then it’s you guys that are disconnected from me!’

‘Su-Super cute?! Where did your shame go if you consider that appropriate for our age?’

‘Guys! I-I think I know what’s going on here.’

‘Wait, you do?!’

‘Y-Yeah. Remember how we used to act, when we were 5-years-old Remember how [Humanize Lv.3] would change our physical age? She’s…uhhh…acting her age?’

‘…How do you conveniently know that already?’

‘‘‘Manager mind, we are literally five separate clones of an original mind, who processes information at an inhuman rate, while having full access to the original's memories, current feelings and senses. One of us finding the proper answer to what could be happening doesn't sound farfetched.’’’

Manager mind and #2 were astounded that they overlooked this simple fact. It seems being bested by #3 and the two quiet parallel minds, gave the usually vocal duo a grave shock.

‘Hey, stop ignoring me! Why are you suggesting that acting my age is something bad? You guys are meanies!’

‘…Oh.’

‘Yeah, that does bring me back to the time our mother introduced us to that anime about transforming magical girls in sailor outfits. That page in our black history, where we did all those weird poses in kindergarten. Argh, it’s coming back!’

‘…Please turn back into a dragon right now, original mind!’

‘Huh? Don’t wanna.’

‘Please stop acting like a kid and turn back for our sake.’

‘Not gonna happen. You guys insulted my cool, cute, awesome and super cute pose and catchphrase.’

If they won’t accept them, then I need to make them accept them. Witness the power of a pose made by a Sailor Girl!

“Kra Sasa!”

The moment I did it again, my parallel minds froze for a second, grimaced, and began cradling their heads to hide a huge blush that they all had.

#2, instead, chose to let out her anger to hide her embarrassment.

‘Oof, you bitch…if you want to play that game, then eat this. Remember the time with those slimes?!’

‘What are you talking about?’

‘Come on, I know you still remember it. If you don’t, then how about this. Girls, join in!’

With that said, my parallel minds fully exposed a single, condensed memory pack that was hidden inside my mind.

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It was the second day after leaving the cave.

Besides a few rank F monsters that I hunted down for taste testing, there wasn’t anything exciting to mention. I was able to replenish all the herbs and spices, now that I’m out of the cave, so my meals have started to taste better again.

Not to mention all the strawberries…I mean fragassas. The name is different, but this is essentially a strawberry in this world. It’s sweeter, bigger, and smells amazing. Imagine strawberry perfume and shampoo!

Fragassa A red fruit covered by small seeds on the outer part of its skin. A sweet fragrance is always emitted to attract animals into eating them to help distribute the seeds around. The juices are plenty and sweet to a fault

Those rank F have been able to stop [Battle Frenzy] from appearing but I’m feeling a bit unsatisfied by this.

That’s when I found a shack. A shack in a forest. OMG. A human could be living there…oh, forget that option. This hut looks like it had seen better days.

The walls of the hut were covered in moss, only missing around areas that had a hole. I’m no expert but this place mustn’t have had any visitors for ages now. I don’t think any humans are in there, but the possibility of a monster using this place as a home sounds plausible.

Approaching the shack with caution, I noticed a few corpses, more like skeletons, of monsters I am very familiar of.

Identify.

Garm Skeleton The skeleton of the monster wolf that hunts in packs to take down its prey. Rank D

Garms.

All of the skeletons found close to this place belong to the monster species that nearly killed me. I know “it’s kill or be killed” in this world but I’m still not exactly happy I had to experience that.

With further investigations, there were no other skeleton presents, so I'll just assume all the humans who lived in this hut made it out alive. It might be dangerous, but I would like to investigate this place a bit for any usable information.

What I need to know about, in preparation for my return to civilization, was the language and culture of this world. If there are any history books concerning the gods, then that would be helpful too.

Hmm, my detection sensor seems to be picking up one signal from inside this hut. Gotta need to be careful during the search.

Just to be safe, all buffs activate.

With all my buffing spells and my draconic barrier activated, I entered the hut.

The hut wasn’t very big from the outside, but it looks more cramped than I thought. The room was decorated very plainly; nothing special nor fancy to be found. The single bed, chairs, bookshelves and pretty much all the furniture was made from wood, so the moss hasn't been merciful to them either, but from the little that was left untouched, I can recognize that they were masterfully made by an artisan’s hands.

I'll be honest that I’ve no real opinion on quality woodwork, but from the few that I saw at the homes of my papa’s friends, I can tell that these aren’t of lesser value. It’s just a shame that everything is ruined.

I wonder if the guy who lived here made all this.

Still, pondering on that won’t be much help, so let’s see if the bookshelves have anything readable.

Compared to the furniture, the books were actually in a much better state or at least they were readable. There still were some traces of degradation due to time but I’m in luck that not all the pages are rotten.

Contrary to my excitement, the reading itself was a big disappointment. I expected as much but I can’t read a single letter of the language written on these pages. No illustrations, no maps no nothing to help me learn more of this world but regardless, I’ll still be taking them all with me.

Oh?

Something fell out of a book, that I was about to put in my storage. It was a sheet of parchment and it looks like something is drawn on it.

Hmm, are those…pointy ears? A kid, an adult with long hair and one wearing a bow and sword. All three have pointy ears with wood brown colored hair.

Ahhh, could these be elves?! Could this possibly be a drawn picture of an elf family?! OMG, the fantasy power is back. Yeah!

Oh, does this mean there could be dwarves too? Beastmen? Maybe also halflings?

Ooooohh.

Ha. Kid, thank you for this picture. I won’t be able to return it to you or your parents, so I’ll be keeping this for a bit until we meet.

“Kraaaaaa!”

Waaaaaaaahhhhh! Elves, elves, elves!

Yes, I’m fangirling over this, but this is my first real encounter with a fantasy classic! How could I not be excited?

…Wah? [Prediction]? Above? …Woah!

Woah, woah, I dodged that but what just fell?! …A blob? No, wait, it's moving around. What fell down the roof was a translucent, gelatinous monster shaped in the form of a blob with liquid tendrils extending from its body.

It is none other than the classic, fantasy monster, the slime! Also known as the weakest monster in any fantasy world that would be used to train up warriors-in-training, as they wouldn’t present the slightest of danger.

I can’t believe another fantasy classic just popped up from nowhere. So, that was the signal indicated by the sensor.

On a closer look, the slime is actually quite cute…if it doesn’t extend the gel tentacles. The form, the blue color, and the plain appearance are just perfect. The only thing that seems to be missing is the "slime core", that the slimes in my memories would have but I can write this off, as something this world does.

Hmm, can I…touch it?

Just a teeny-weeny pinch on that smooth surface.

Oooooh, so bouncy~

I wonder what slimes can eat. I heard slimes are carrion eaters who would take any scraps left behind from a monster’s kill, so I guess some meat would do. How about a fish?

Here, little guy. How about a fresh fish, caught about a few weeks back from a cave lake?

The fish fell out of my hand and landed right on the slime with a "boing" sound resounding.

Kyahhh ~…oh, uhhh.

I squealed at the sight of the bouncy gel. It was so cute… were it not for the fact that the fish sunk into its liquid body and disintegrated.

It was a slow process; the scales dissolved into nothingness until there was only muscle and meat left. I don't know how long I was watching but when I woke up from my trance, the meat disappeared and only the skeleton of the fish remained inside it.

Eiiiiiiikkkkkkkk. Th-That is so gross. What the hell is this abomination of a monster supposed to be? Where is my cute, harmless and friendly slime I just befriended with? Where is the imagery I had of the weakest monster in the whole world?

If-If that thing had landed on my head, would my-my head have ended up like that fish.

In my horror, the slime lunged towards me but was stopped by my [Draconic Barrier].

Ew, this-this thing must die! Fire Ball!

…I-I think I might have freaked out a bit but that was terrifying. I don’t think I have any right to say this, considering I butcher monsters, but watching that fish turned into nothingness; horrified me about the possibility of that happening to me.

Phew, let’s just get out of here.

*rumbling*

With the sound of a churning beast coming from a top, buckets of liquid were slowly squeezing themselves through the wall cracks and any moss in the room. I don’t need to listen to [Prediction] to know that I need to get the fuck out of this shack in like, now!

What followed me out of the shack wasn’t the small and lovable slime but a tentacle monster of the highest order of Lovecraftian eldritch horrors. Arguably, it was just a bigger slime with a bunch of gelatinous appendages moving around like a microbe, but I knew better.

I want to slap the face of the person who invented this monstrosity. Whoever thought it would be cool to create a being that can disintegrate anything it engulfs while having the mobility to chase after its prey while having no sense of fear, pain or fatigue, while having the gruesome appearance of a terror of the unknown.

Moss Covered Slime A slime that was created through a huge influx of mana in the surroundings. These slimes use their special ability to split up their body into tiny blobs, to let them hide in nearby moss to ambush unsuspecting prey. It is impervious to most physical attacks but is weak to fire and any attacks that manages to destroy its core. Rank D

*Gulp* There is only one way to stop this thing from harming the world.

…Burn it with dragon fire!

Earth Spears. Petal Flames. Flame Explosion. Inferno Blast. Spark Fire Breath!!!

It seems neither I nor my parallel minds remember this fight too well, so we aren't sure what we did in this fight besides destroying the shack.

Fortunately, by gaining experience and levelling up a ton, it proved that we killed a D rank monster, the first D rank monster we found in this forest.

Equally, two of my skills have also improved. [Earth Magic] reached level 10 and gave me the evolved version [Terra Magic], while also combining with [Fire Magic] into [Lava Magic], a sort of hybrid elemental type of magic. My group of parallel minds also grew up to 5, so that was nice.

I have to say. This is one memory that I will seal deep in my mind, so it never, ever comes back. Sometimes it’s best to leave anything related to eldritch horrors in a space of nothingness.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

'Stop it, stop it! Not that thing! Anything but that thing!'

'Then turn back already!'

'Alright, alright, alright!'

*smoke*

'*whining*'

'''''*groaning*'''''

'Burn everything. Burn all my memories.'

'''''I want to creep into a bed with a bucket of ice cream.'''''

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MC's Status Board Profile: Name: * Level: 9 Race: Young Crimson Spark Dragon Age: 3 Months Status: Health: 1207/1207 (+343) Mana: 4625/4625 (+679) Strength: 911 (+235) Intelligence: 1234 (+381) Vitality: 457 (+115) Wisdom: 529 (+131) Agility: 1815 (+470) Stamina: 899/899 (+257) Effects: None Skill Points: 3000 (+2700) Unique Skill: Magic Skills and anything related

[Lava Magic Lv. 1] (New)

[Holy Magic Lv. 10]

[Holy Amp]

[Holy Magic Efficiency]

[Sacred Magic Lv. 1]

[Fire Magic Lv. 10]

[Fire Amp]

[Fire Magic Efficiency]

[Inferno Magic Lv. 1]

[Earth Magic Lv. 10] (+1)

[Earth Amp]

[Earth Magic Efficiency]

[Terra Magic Lv. 1] (New)

[Wind Magic Lv. 6] (+1)

[Space-Time Magic Lv. 3]

[Space-Time Magic Efficiency]

[Draconic Magics]

[Draconic Barrier Lv. 1]

[Silent Casting Lv. 5] (+1)

[Magic Power Enhancement Lv. 3] (+1)

[Mental Stability Lv. 2]

[Mental Warfare Lv. 2]

Physical Skills and anything related

[Unarmed Technique Lv. 1]

[Draconic Claws Lv. 2]

[Draconic Fangs Lv. 1]

Senses and Movement Skills

[Stealth Lv. 8] (+1)

[Accuracy Correction Lv. 3] (+2)

[Prediction Lv. 5]

[Detection Sensor Lv. 1]

[Enhanced Olfactory Sense Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Vision Lv. 3] (+2)

[Night Vision Lv. 7] (+1)

[Presence Killer Lv. 5]

[Evasion Lv. 8]

[Acrobatic Lv. 8]

Resistance Skills

[Physical Resistance Lv. 7]

[Pain Resistance Lv. 8]

[Holy Resistance Lv. 4]

[Fire Resistance Lv. 6]

[Earth Resistance Lv. 4]

[Wind Resistance Lv. 2] (+1)

[Water Resistance Lv. 1]

Stat Growths and related SKills

[Health Recovery Lv. 2]

[Stamina Recovery Lv. 3] (+1)

[Enhanced Health Growth Lv. 5] (+1)

[Enhanced Health Capacity Lv. 2] (+1)

[Enhanced Mana Growth Lv. 7]

[Enhanced Mana Capacity Lv. 5]

[Enhanced Strength Growth Lv. 5]

[Enhanced Strength Enforcement Lv. 2]

[Enhanced Intelligence Growth Lv. 6]

[Enhanced Intelligence Enforcement Lv. 2]

[Enhanced Vitality Growth Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Vitality Enforcement Lv. 2] (+1)

[Enhanced Wisdom Growth Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Wisdom Enforcement Lv. 2] (+1)

[Enhanced Agility Growth Lv. 6]

[Enhanced Agility Enforcement Lv. 2]

[Enhanced Stamina Growth Lv. 5] (+1)

[Enhanced Stamina Capacity Lv. 2] (+1)

Others

[Trap Creation Lv. 3]

[Identify Lv. 10]

[Battle Mind Lv.2]

[Cooking Lv. 6]

[Dismantle Lv. 6] (+1)

[Parallel Thoughts Lv. 5] (+1)

[Humanize Lv. 3] (+2)

[Pyrokinesis]

Ability List:

[Flame Blast]

[Spark Claws]

[Spark Flame]

[Spark Fire Breath]

[Spark Fang]

Spell List:

[Lava Ball]

[Minor Heal] [Cure] [Modest Heal] [Smite] [Light] [Holy Protection][Holy Strength] [Purify] [Sacred Smite]

[Fire] [Firebolt] [Imbue Fire] [Fire Ball] [Strengthening Flames][Flame Spear] [Petal Flame] [Flame Explosion] [Inferno Blast]

[Earth Wall] [Rock Blast] [Earth Strike] [Rock Bullet] [Sturdy Earth][Earth Spears] [Earth Crash] [Earthen Shackles] [Terra Wall]

[Wind Bullet] [Wind Cutter] [Air Shield] [Wind Slash][Swift Winds] [Wind Blast]

[Haste] [Storage Magic]

[Shine]

Titles: [The Light] [Bearer of Kargryxmor’s Blood] [Otherworldly Reincarnator]