Day 4

The two Thieves advanced on Dracul and Dashi, their blades drawn. Terror gripped the money-loving dragonfly. His stare fixed onto the glint from the sharp edges. Dracul had fought all kinds of pests in this swamp, but none of them had used swords. Still, he (not him) had to try; because you know.... he likes to live.

"Now you be a good little dragon and hold still for us," one of the Thieves said.

"Now why in tarnation would I do that?" Dracul asked. He glanced at his captor's blade. It was a fine weapon. "Too bad, I have to break it."

Quick as a whip, Dracul swiped his tail around, knocking the Thief's feet out from under him and breaking his legs. "I'm allergic to blades! " he shouted. The other thief didn't hesitate before slicing through Dracul's wing. Blood gushed from the wound. Dracul flailed about with his limbs and thrashed his tail wildly. Then he turned to face the second Thief, who stood ready with a sword in hand.

"Big mistake..." Dracul opened his maw and blew out Toxic Flamethrower at the thieves. The toxic purple flames engulfed both of them. They screamed as they ran off into the swamp, screaming for help.

"So weak they didn't even give me exp" Dracul murmured. His eyes watered from the smoke. With a flick of his tongue, he cleansed himself.

Dashi watched Dracul and gasped when he saw how badly wounded he was.

"Dude you have a nasty wound on your wing... But that regenerates later. So let's get out of here." Dashi grabbed Dracul's scaly neck and dragged him back deeper into the cave.

Hey!" the Thief leader shouted. "Get them! General Gaul wants every single dragon!"

"Oh yeah! Come and get us!" The crocodile dragon and dragonfly taunted them.

"Ra!" One of the thieves charges forward.

"I was just kidding!" Dashi yelled. They are supposed to run! So the dragonfly flew on top of the poisonous crocodile while he'd tail swiped and jumped around, dodging the blades that wanted to cut them into pieces!

"I'm not with him. So don't kill me!" Dashi said.

"That bastard. And he calls me a coward." Dracul though. He knew what the Thief was doing. He wasn't going to attack until the leader did. Dracul could feel the leaden weight in his chest. He needed to rest. He couldn't keep fighting like this.

Another Thief charged at him with incredible speed, but he rolled out of the way. Dracul kicked the Thief in the back buck-style, sending him sprawling.

Throwing some haymaker around with a savage elbow strike at one a thief's face.

Not letting it jump, Dacul jumped up and swung his tail knocking three more away.

Their blood gets on his tail. Sparking a deep primal instinct in his blood.

"Oh, that smells good!" Dracul says with glee.

He feels alive.

He feels hungry.

He feels PISSED OFF.

"Who the fuck are you?" The leader thief walked up and grinned at what he saw. "Oh, this guy thinks he's hot shit." He started to circle Dashi and Dracul. "So, looks like you can fight. You know what. It doesn't matter. Cause now that we got ya surrounded, and I can teach ya a lesson for crossing me. You're gonna regret screwing me, punk."

"...Do you expect me to care, mister big man?" Dracul spoke absently. "Tch, keep sucking wind, you ain't scaring anybody. You'd have better luck trying to spook a squirrel. But, even then, the squirrel probably has bigger nuts than you."

"Dude, don't insult nuts like that. You know it's not fair to compare something that small to something that large." Dashi quipped.

"..." The leader gritted his teeth and kept his cool. He was like a professional. He didn't need to dirty his hands when he had goons for that. Then, grunting, he turned away from us and issued an order. "Break all his bones and capture him alive. Then get that gem."

With that said, The leader turned away for some reason. However, not two minutes later, he heard a blood-curdling cry of pain coming from one of his own men. Darting his head back to the scene, he watched with jaw-dropping disbelief as I stood over one of his larger thugs, who was cowering on the floor while gripping onto his wrist that had been twisted to clean off.

"AAAAAAAAH!" The thief screamed in agony. "You twisted and cut-"

"Shut it!" Dracul angrily shouted as he kicked the goon's face in, silencing him and killing him in the process. "Sheesh, for such a big guy, he's really a whiny baby." Dracul sized up the other exp dumps. "Is this the best you got! I feel ashamed being scared by a bunch of weak underlings like you!"

Looking at them. Dracul opened his jaw.

"ROAR!" At that moment, something awoke inside of him. First, a flash of rage and burning will ablaze deep within me. Then, as Dracul screamed, a stream of fire burst forth from my lips!

The flames startled the Thieves, catching their robes alight. They screamed in terror and pain as they rolled through the ground to put them out."It burns! It burns!" one of the thieves shouted.

The leader watched his men panic with horror in his eyes. "Keep him busy! I will get more men. We need to capture him, or that stupid general will kill us!"

No One moved. Hell, they forget to breathe for the moment. Four of their comrade's corpses are burning next to them.

"Well, what are you all waiting for!" The leader shouted angrily. "You saw what he did to our friends. Waste the punk!"

As it stands, there were at least seven thieves around Dracul, each armed and ready to go. However, the dangerous glint shimmering within my demonic red eyes gave Dracul an air of overwhelming intimidation that was difficult to resist.

The smell of urine and shit proves his point.

"You know, for people with such great hearing, I figured you would've heard me even if I whispered to you," The leader growled and stamped his foot, cracking the ground a tiny bit. "Hurry up, and waste the guy!"

"You all heard the man." Dracul goaded. "Go ahead, make my day. I'm a demon in a dragon's form! And I'm famished. I would like some tasty monkeys!"

"There's no time for your games!" The leader snapped. "We have to capture him alive! If you die, so does everyone else!"

"Oh, that sucks," Dracul said sarcastically. "Why did I ever come here? I shoulda just left you guys alone. Oh well, guess you're going to have to eat me."

"You dare speak to me with such insolence?" The leader hissed.

"What, you want me to bow down to you?" Dracul scoffed. "Because I'm not going to."

"Then die, demon!" A thief roared, lunging forwards with his sword.

Dracul immediately sidestepped. The tip of the blade grazed his scales, leaving behind a thin line of blood.

"Don't be a wuss, boy!" Dracul laughed. "I didn't come here to play around."

His foe came at him again. This time, Dracul ducked down and swept his opponent's legs out from underneath him. As the thug fell, Dracul smashed his forehead against the ground and pinned him with his tail.

"Ow, damn it!" The thug cried out in pain.

"That's right, you're dying!" Dracul said through his laughter. "And it hurts like hell!"

The thief writhed and struggled in his grip, but Dracul held him firmly.

"Noooo! Get me off! Let me go!" The thug pleaded desperately.

"No dice." Dracul chuckled darkly. "This is the end for you, puny monkey."

"Please! I'll give you anything! Anything at all!" The thug begged.

"Oh? Anything at all?" Dracul asked with curiosity. "Nope."

Breaking the thief's neck and twisting it until he screamed in pain. Dracul continued to twist and pull. "I have nothing to offer you, puny monkey. Because you're already dead."

"YEAH!" Dracul roared triumphantly.

[Due to your actions. You learned two skills]

[Skill Ability Learned Blood Hunt[ Lv - 1] acquired]

[Skill Ability Learned [Jaw of the Beast Lv - 1] acquired]

[Your Skill points have increased by 10 points]

"Wow, no more text..." Dracul thought to himself.

"You guys better kill these two when I get back!" The Theif leader shouted over the commotion.

"No worries boss!" The largest of the thieves replied. "We'll take care of you once we finish off this demon-dragon thing!"

"Good. Now, dispose of the bodies properly. Or else I will personally burn your village to the ground!" The leader barked.

"Yes sir!" The thieves replied.

Dracul shook his head.

"Puny monkeys never learn huh Dashi?" Dracul muttered.

"Yeah, I guess not." Dashi agreed.

Their leader just left them to this monster.

Just by looking at him, They can tell that he is not wrong about being a demon. With his firm stance, his eager smirk, and his dangerous eyes, he was waiting for the fight to happen. He wants so badly to viciously maul an opponent within an inch of their life that the thieves really did feel like helpless prey to the Dragons' piercing gaze. One wrong move and this dragon will have a very filling feast for the day.

Meanwhile, the Thief leader went to their HQ to get some muscle. But, instead, all he met were the men in his HQ dead by their correspondents, the Apes. When greeted with the sight of singed and muddy Thief leader, the Apes' leader, A Draco Ape, demanded an explanation. Equally ashamed and fearful, the Thief leader told him what had happened.

"A Dragon, did you say?" The primate said, shocked.

Yes, a black one!" the Thief leader said. "He torched us with fire and poison. My men are busy being meat shields to that monster. I think he is also a crocodile which makes no sense."

The news of a dino-dragon hybrid in the bayou perplexed the Apes, for they had believed dragon dino hybrids are rarely shown. They are usually top side. Must be an evolution one instead of a natural one. Because, in fact, there is only one type of dragon that exists in nature.

Primera, The Deathlady. The only ever natural dino-dragon hybrid to ever exist. Her children usually die quickly, thanks to how tasty they are when they are young.

She is responsible for single-handedly devastating the entire human continent's west coast area and slaughtering scores of S-Ranks Legends along with millions of millions of civilians in her wake. As a result, Primera is regarded as humanity's greatest calamity. Only five legends survived that fight.

In recognition of their 'survival, the five surviving S-Ranks were named Arisens. Primera was also given the epithet of humanity's greatest calamity. The amount of devastation and death she had caused served as a warning to the rest of the world about how deadly an S-Rank Dragon-Dino hybrid could be.

She is also the winner of the Dragon Festival. An event where multiple S rank dragons compete to be named queen or king. Primera quickly killed every single dragon in the tournament and was crowned The Dragon Queen of Death.

Just her name invokes fear.

"How is it possible?! We thought there was only one hybrid dragon?" one of the Apes asked.

"Oh no, Gaul isn't going to like this, Boss," another Ape Soldier moaned.

"Where did you last see this dragon?" Ape boss asked the leader.

The Thief leader pointed to the path from which he had come. "Down in the middle of the swamp! He wasn't alone, though. There was a dragonfly with him."

"Then, we should pay them a little visit and capture the dragon. Come on, boys! We're going dragon hunting!"

The Apes cheered and roared as the Leader whistled for their rides, giant bat creatures called Dreadwings. They landed, screeching menacingly, and the Apes all mounted them.

"You stay here," Ape said to the Thief Leader. "We'll get the Dragon."

"Right you are, Commander," the Thief Leader saluted.

"And clean this place up! It smells... HAHAHAAH!" Ape boss laughed.

The Dango Moneky looks around and releases an annoyed sigh.

"Great, I need to do more recruiting." The Monkey said with an uncaring tone.

Meanwhile, Dracul was still in the effects of the Blood hunt.

When Dracul kills an enemy, he gains a stack and marks any enemy with a mark. In addition, he gains bonus movement when towards a bleeding enemy. Dracul also gains bonus attack speed upon attacking a Blood Hunted target or an enemy unit that is below 50% of their maximum health.

He also gets more bloody thirsty.

Against his better judgment, one of the thieves, a short, stocky individual, hesitantly charged at Dracul. Then, with a make-shift stone dagger in hand, he rushed Dracul with a quick stabbing motion, hoping to end it in just a single strike. However, Dracul didn't give him a chance and sidestepped out of the way before wrapping his front left arm around his aggressor's own.

Not letting up, Dracul tightly gripped at the thug's elbow, causing him to drop the dagger, and with some proper application of force, promptly snapped his arm backwards as well. Unfortunately, the thug didn't even have time to scream as his head was bitten clean off.

Taking advantage of the moment, another Dango monkey thief attempted a sneak attack from behind. Then, gripping a stone club tight in his hand, he winded it up and let loose at Dracul with all his might.

The weapon broke against his skull.

With a blur, Dracul's tail met the monkey's shins. A resounding crack echoed into the air, causing everyone who was watching to cringe at the sound. His legs now broken, the monkey doubled over in pain. Following through, Dracul brutally slashed his chest. Retching from the attack, the monkey eye's rolled back into his head as he blacked out and fell backwards onto the ground.

Twitching and foaming from the mouth.

Two thugs had been viciously taken out in under ten seconds with brutal efficiency.

"Dude, if you kill them all, you might get a level," Dashi said with a gleeful grin on his face.

As a fuse had been set off, every remaining thief barrelled down on Dracul with whatever courage they could muster. Then, grinning a mad grin that was wider than he ever had, Dracul eagerly leapt into the fray and uncaged the monster that had been restlessly waiting from within.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!" Dracul roared at the top of his lungs. Blast the area around him.

In the blink of an eye, every single Dango monkey thief was dead.

"Oh my god! I'm going to hurl!" Dracul expresses out loud.

When the last monkey died. He lost whatever feeling that was about and was about to puke his guts!

"I fucking love my life." Dashi laughed at his friend's weak stomach.

Fuck Dashi.

Dracul looked over the bastard dragonfly trying his absolute best to not burst out laughing.

"Mother-

"What are you doing?" A female voice asked.

"AHHH! Don't kill me! I bruise easily!" Dracul let out a manly voice. The effects of blood hunt are no longer active.

He did. Dracul swears.

Dashi couldn't hold it in anymore. The dragonfly howled with laughter, doubling over and clutching his sides.

Dracul sneered at my right hand, who was currently still laughing on the floor.

"Oh, you can fuck right off, Dashi!" Dracul said, glaring at the dragonfly. "I would have eaten you alive if you weren't useful sometimes!"

This, of course, made Dashi laugh even harder.

Dracul sighed out heavily.

[You have slain 33 Dango Monkeys!]

[You have been rewarded with 7,889 points of EXP]

[Congratulations! You've reached levels 2-10]

[You've been rewarded with 25 skill points for reaching levels 2-10]

[You're currently at the level threshold, you can choose an evolution path!]

[Due to hitting the EXP threshold, you've begun to approach exceed evolution]

[Due to a large amount of EXP influx at the level threshold in a concise amount of allotted time, you receive a one-time upgrade on your body parts except for the brain!]

[Titles acquired: Massacre Warrior: Lv 1 ]

[Titles acquired: Monkey Killer: Lv 1 ]

[Titles acquired: Poison Master: Lv 1]

[Titles acquired: Vomit Boy: Lv 1]

[Titles acquired: The Black Plague: Lv 1 ]

"Wow that is a lot of titles," Dracul said, analyzing the new titles he had received.

"They added some really cool ones too," Dashi said. "There is a title called The Black Plague! That sounds badass!"

"Yeah, but the description is really creepy," Dracul replied, cringing. "It says, 'Destroys everything in its way,' which is pretty much what I do already, so..."

"

Exactly!" Dashi agreed. "Your job is to kill things, so why not just call yourself 'Killing Machine?'"

Dracul thought about it for a moment and then, finally, nodded. "Alright, fine. Let's go with that."

"Good idea." Dashi clapped his hands together excitedly.

[You have broken an Awaking Spirit Gem.]

[Due to your heritage. You have unlocked your elements.]

]Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Ice, Thunder, Wood, Metal, Poison, Blood, Light, Darkness, and Gravity.]

[Due to having 13 attributes. Your exp bar is multiplied by 13.]

"Well, that's not fair!" Dracul whined as he read the message quickly doing the math in his head. That he needs to 13 times the more enemies just to level up! It's so unfair!

"I heard there was a special rule for people born with thirteen attributes," Dashi said, his eyes sparkling with mischief. "That means you will always be stronger than normal. The duo looked over the gem that was broken.

"Don't just ignore me!" Dracul and Dashi look over the voice that didn't make the dragonfly scream.

They see a black dragon with jade-green eyes, black wings with ruby membranes and one curved blade on each wing carpal, a ruby scaley underbelly, and a lengthy tail that ends with a scythe-like knife. She has six silver-white horns on her head, and a matching crest runs down the back of her neck.

She?

This female dragon is wearing a platinum choker on her neck, bracers on her arms, and a single bracer on her tail.

"Hi... there.... you," Dracul awkwardly said.

Great, his skills with girls matched his old life.

"Wow, man," Dracul hears Dashi next to him. "You will get laid in no time with your smooth-talking skills. I mean, I'm a guy, and I feel sorta horny right now."

Dracul just swapped at him with his tail.

The dragoness is still staring at them.

"Uh..."

"Ah..."

The two of us started speaking simultaneously, only to stop, collapsing into another awkward silence.

"Rumi!"

Dracul jumped when the dragoness yelled.

"My name is Rumi! Daughter a Dragon Queen. You best not to forget that dragon."

Each word she said caused her face to cringe.

"Hahaha!"

A massive blush streaked her face at Dracul's laughter, a few tears gathering at the corners of her eyes. He started waving his claws randomly in front of himself; his tone panicked as she was.

"Ah, sorry, I wasn't laughing at you! I mean, I was! No, I mean..."

Seeing that the girl, Rumi, was about to hurt him, Draucl decided to take severe measures.

SMACK!

Rumi's tears faded in surprise the moment she witnessed the cute dragon smack himself in the face so hard Dracul saw birds flying around his head. Then, her embarrassment and anger were forgotten, Rumi could not hold back the astounding words that flew out of her mouth.

"Why in Shenron would you do that?"

"Well..." Dracul spoke while rubbing my reddened cheek with a wince, "It seemed like the best way to make sure you stuck around long enough for me to explain myself, rather than run away thinking I'm just a random jerk."

Damn, He punched hard.

"And would you look at this! Two dragons!" came a voice from above. We looked up and saw a bat monster swooping down towards us. Dashi screamed in terror and dashed away from the monsters' claws as a reptile-like ape monster landed in front of them.

[Installing upgrade]

"Who... What about one-time upgrades?" Dracul asked. The crocodile dragon panicked and waited for the pain the come.

....

....

Nothing happened...

"Dragon, what are you doing?" The big ape asked Dracul.

Ok, it seems safe. "Oh, thank god! I thought I was going- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Dracul shrieked in agony, sending shockwaves of sounds all around them, and blacked out soon after.