Dragons.

Large, serpent-like creatures that appear in many folklores and cultures. Their strength is supposed to be unrivaled among their fellow mythical creatures.

Typically, they're feared by everyone for their sheer power, which is able to eradicate kingdoms in the matter of seconds.

'And now I'm supposed to fucking fight them, even though it's just the second world I'm visiting. Fuck my life.'

What are crying about? You knew that you'd have to fight them one way or another.

'It's just that I thought, that I'd get a bit more fucking time, before I have to throw hands with them. Preparation is vital in a fight with stronger beings.'

So you won't just go at them, like you did with every other opponent?

'Do you think I'm retarded?!'

Quite so, yes.

'No, I'm not. My plan was, that I'd scrap together a whole army, like last time, and additionally collect a few ingredients for poisons, which could help me. Then I'd level up a notch, to be able to inscribe a new magic circle inside of me, and then take them on.'

Right, you don't have a slot left, do you?

'I actually do have 2 left. Lol.'

Wat.

'I don't know why, but my body seems to be able to hold a few more magic circles than a normal body would do. Maybe it's because of my "Extreme magic potential", but I don't know the exact reason for it. That's why I have one slot left. The other one is still vacant, because the "Etheral Body" is just a reactive circle, and does not put a toll on my body.'

I look in front of me for a second.

Raska is deep in thought about how she should spread my religion. It seems that, even though she's a hooker, she has something in her head.

'But one of the vacant slots is gonna be taken away soon, I guess. God, I hate to speed up my plans.'

"Raska." (Me)

Her way of thought gets disrupted suddenly, creating a surprised look on her face.

"Yes?" (Raska)

"You don't need to worry too much about how you'll spread my religion. I just need you to serve as my prophet." (Me)

"Huh?" (Raska)

I stand up from the kneeling position I was in.

"Janna, come here." (Me)

"Yes!" (Janna)

Janna steps out from the shadows, like a fucking assassin.

"THERE WAS SOMEONE THERE?!" (Raska)

"Yep. This is my little sister, Janna." (Me)

Janna glances at Raska for a second, before giving her an annoyed face.

"Don't you even dare approaching him." (Janna)

"WHAT?!" (Raska)

"Janna. I need your help with my next move." (Me)

She turns her head erratically, and looks at me with hearts in her eyes.

"Yes! What is it, dear?" (Janna)

"I need all the buffs you can give, concerning mana. All of them." (Me)

"AS YOU WISH!" (Janna)

She touches my forehead once.

You have been buffed 5x! (I ain't gonna send this message 5 times. Fuck you.)

Mana Regenration +1000%!

Total Mana +20%!

"..." (Me)

"Is it not enough?" (Janna)

I pat her head, like the good brother that I am.

"No, you did a good job." (Me)

'DAFUQ?! 1000%?! I ALREADY KNEW ABOUT THE 200%, BUT 1000%?! AND SHE EVEN BOOSTED MY TOTAL MANA!'

"A really good job. But now comes the ugly part." (Me)

I take out a simple knife, and heat it up like I've always done.

'What should it be this time, Screeny? My right arm? My thigh?'

HOW ABOUT YOU CARVE YO DICK?

'...no?'

I would say, you should place it at the left side of your chest, right next to the trainings-circle. It'd be the most efficient.

'At least one of you isn't a daft cunt.'

Aaayyyy, fuck you lmao

I put the knife on. The scorching heat burns through my skin like butter, but I can't even flinch.

The basic circle is done in a matter of seconds.

"WHAT IS HE DOING?! WHY IS HE CUTTING HIMSELF?!" (Raska)

"Shut up, parasite. He has to concentrate." (Janna)

"PARASITE?!" (Raska)

I draw the first set of arcanic runes. Those indicate the purpose of the magic circle.

'Improvement of mana regeneration.'

Each symbol consists of more than 8 strokes. Since some of them need to be stacked on top of each other, I need to be careful not to make a single mistake.

The worst case is...

'Well... death.'

The arcanic runes are done.

*A LOT OF ANNOYING SOUNDS!!!!!!*

Sweat drips from my nose, partly from the concentration, partly from the pain.

'SHIT! THIS HURTS!'

I begin with the second of 4 layers.

More runes to support the first layer.

The blood and sweat starts to block my sight, but Janna wipes off both of them, gently.

And then licks it.

WHAT?!

I beg your pardon?

'You heard the narrator, and now shut the fuck up.'

The pressure from missing even one stroke increases, the more symbols start to gather.

I already feel the mana in the environment gather around me way more, and my own mana pool producing more at a time.

The third layer of foundation circles is finished.

The fourth soon follows.

"I'M FUCKING DONE!" (Me)

A new magic circle has been added to your body!

Effect: Increase of base MP REGEN by 1500%!

Mana gathers around you more easily!

Creatures, who have a high mana affinity, are more easily seduced by you!

"EASY!" (Me)

I pull Janna into an embrace, as a reward.

I think she has been rewarded enough with your blood and sweat.

Oh right, there was still this:

The God of Mana has taken interest in y-

'Yeah, fuck that. I decided that I'd go against the Gods, so the "God of Mana" can eat my ass for all I care.'

The God of Mana has never been insulted like that before! His likability dropped heavily!

The God of Lightning liked your decision, since she had a long feud with the God of Mana! Her likability to you was raised heavily!

'Oh, and fuck all the other Gods while I'm at it. Fuck you all.'

You have insulted all the Gods! Their likability dropped heavily!

The God of Lightning liked your decision, since she had a long feud going with all of them! Her likability to you was raised heavily!

'She had a feud going with... all of the Gods?'

She's not very popular.

'HA! I LIKE IT!'

I clear my throat, and massage it while I'm at it.

"Dear? What are you doing?" (Janna)

"I'm preparing for my biggest spell, yet." (Me)

I seep a constant flow of mana out into the environment, and link my voice to it.

Even more mana gets released, and spreads over kilometers.

My new Mana regeneration fights against it, regenerating about 112 MP per second.

"Dear? Why do I feel you all around me?" (Janna)

"Sister, give me a minute. I'm trying to spread my mana over the kingdom." (Me)

"WHAT?!" (Raska)

Using the environemnt as an extension for my own mana pool, I fill it with my mana, which is constantly being replenished.

I feel every living being inside of this domain. Every building, stone, atom. Everything feels like it's in my command.

Step 1/? complete.

'Great, more questions.'

Slowly, my mana pool is running dry, and I feel the limits of my own consciousness getting overwhelmed by so much information.

'I guess this is my limit.'

A third of this whole planet, is now filled with my mana.

"People!" (Me)

My voice resounds from everywhere, louder than anything heard before.

From my mana, I feel that every single living being is turning their attention to my voice.

"WHAT IS HAPPENING?!" (Raska)

'Isn't she sick of asking that already?'

"It is I, God." (Me)

'Fuck, this is more taxing than benching a truck.'

"I have descended, to help my followers in need. This world is being raided by an evil force, called "Ark". Ark has been raiding the poor villages of this world, and is still doing it with immense power... and dragons." (Me)

At that moment, the citizens of every kingdom fall into a state of dispair.

"DRAGONS?! WHAT THE FUCK?!" (King of the human kingdom)

"ORC SMASH DRAGONS!" (Orctribe chief)

'Plagiarism, Author. Watch out.'

"But how do we know, that you really are God?" (Queen of the dark elves)

I take the staff from Raska, point it at the sky and pour the last of my mana in it, to enhance the effect.

Result: A huge storm, continent wide.

"Enough as a proof?" (Me)

"Quite so, yes." (Queen of the dark elves)

"That's why, I want you all to send your best troops to me, to-" (Me)

"Where are we right now?" (Me)

"Hege Village, in the human kingdom." (Raska)

"-to Hege Village, in the human kingdom. This will be our base of operation." (Me)

"But why would you need our help, if you are God?" (Queen of the dark elves)

"Just fucking do it. I'll explain shit later. Oh, and bring some rare ressources. I need them." (Me)

You dropped in character at the end.

'It's already difficult to speak like that, so, naturally, I'm getting even more annoyed if someone asks questions.'

I disperese the mana in the environment, and finally my mind is free from the unbearable pressure.

"And now, all we need to do, is wait." (Me)

Their troops came in about a week, even though it needed a few more thunderstorms and natural disasters to convince them.

That's how the prelude to the fight against dragons started.