After a couple of minutes, I regained my composure and got back up. Although I was only reincarnated yesterday I was already, I was already starting to miss my human body.
After moving around a bit and getting used to my smaller body, I headed towards the entrance but noticed that I couldn't find one. After feeling around the wall for a bit, I saw that the entrance was blocked up by a couple of boulders. I tried to lift some to see if I could make a small gap but to my surprise, they felt as light as a pile of books despite being the same size as me. "Woah what are these rocks made from? They're super light!"
[They are made from rock. The lightness of them is due to your strength]
I stared dazily at the screen infront of me. Wait, so I was able to easily lift massive rocks? Just how strong am I?
[Due to being in human form, your strength is at about 7%. You will still be able to use the full power of your magic though]
Only 7% and I was already this strong. A chill ran down my spine as I thought just how strong I was. What would my power be like at full strength? Also wasn't I supposed to be a child? I don't care how strong a monarch dragon is, this is just ludicrous.
I also noticed that my magic is going to be working at 100% of its normal strength. I was going to have to learn to control my power otherwise things might get ugly.
After moving enough rocks to be able to leave, I stepped out into the light. The blinding light filled my vision as I squinted my eyes. After a few minutes my eyes readjusted to the light and I saw countless arrays of trees surrounding me.
I walked through the thick forest for only 30 seconds when I heard a rustling noise. I looked around and spotted a bush over hundreds of meters away. A single black wolf stepped out. All tho I was the most shocked that I could clearly hear it and see every last hair on its body despite being hundreds of meters away. Did my senses get heightened when I became a dragon and I just did t notice somehow.
Whilst thinking, it seemed the wolf noticed me and it was running towards me extremely fast. Panicking, I used my inspect skill to see if I stood a chance against it.
[Strong black wolf
Tier: C
Level: 21
Hp - 610/610
MP - 10/10
Stats:
Strength - 531
Defence - 761
Intelligence - 10
Magic defence - 761
Stamina - 910/1045
Agility - 1210]
My tension started to dissipate after I saw how much stronger I was than it. I was about to rush at it with my newfound confidence but stopped myself as this was the perfect chance to test my magic. Since I was a void dragon I think that testing out my void magic first would be a good idea.
However, I had no knowledge on the workings of magic so I decided to ask Ark
[to use magic you just have to visualise it. As your magic strengthens, you will have more control over its shape, movement and strength]
I tried visualising a small black ball and I felt a tiny bit of my magic being drained. I looked at the small ball that was resting on the tip of my finger. I shaped my hand into a finger gun and aimed it at the wolf. I imagined the ball shooting of my finger and at that moment I felt it leave my finger at rapid speeds, hurtling towards the wolf.
The small ball pierced the wolf through the head and the wolfs body instantly became limp and its momentum carried its lifeless body another meter or two. I approached the body to admire my own work and saw a small ball of blue light floating above the monster. I reached out to grab it and as I touched it wrapped around my hand and absorbed into my body. At that point I felt my strength improve very slightly. Although it was minuscule compared to my current stats, it was still a strength boost none the less.
"Hey ark so you have any idea what that was about?"
[ The life force in the body is usually lost in the environment and gets absorbed by surrounding animals, plants and the ground. But with the system, I can contain that life force and allow you to absorb it. Although you are only able to absorb about 1-3% of their power so it is not a fast way to get stronger]
After hearing this I was slightly disappointed because of how little of their power I could absorb but I didn't let it get me down and I continued exploring. Then I remembered that I hadn't received any exp from it and asked the system but at that moment it seemed that the system remembered and quickly displayed the message
[+3567 XP]
[+6 levels (10/40)]
I would usually be super excited as I just quickly jumped up 6 levels but at this point I had gotten used to it and just smiled. I carried on walking through the forest but since I didn't know where the nearest town was, I just ended up walking in a random direction.
After walking for another 10 minutes, I heard more rustling so I thought it would be another monster so I prepared a void bullet(I decided to name the skill that cause it looks like I'm shooting a bullet). However, I noticed multiple sets to footsteps and quickly prepared more. This time though, instead of resting on my finger, tens of void bullets appeared around me, ready for me to shoot.
The footsteps quickly grew near until they were behind the shrubbery infront of me. Four figures walk through the bush and as soon as the noticed me with a magic attack ready, a person with a shield quickly ran upfront and activated what looked like a shield and covered them with a force field.
Noticing they were humans, I lowered my hand and made the bullets disappear. The four humans saw this and their tension started to ease. After the panic, they finally managed to get a good look at me and noticed that I seemed to be just a little girl walking around the forest naked. One of the humans carrying a bag set it down and got a long t-shirt for me to wear and quickly draped it over my body. The one in front who was the most tense, decide to ask me a question.
"What are you doing wandering around the forest?"
After hearing this, I quickly became alarmed. They weren't talking in any language from earth and yet I new exactly what they were saying. I scratched my head for a couple of seconds before remembering that I had the [Language comprehension] skill. Once I calmed down I gave them a reply that seemed to be in the same language they were speaking.
"I woke up earlier and I was in the forest and I can't remember much or how I got here"
Obviously I lied. Was I just going to tell them I was an OP dragon who could probably kill them all in an instant? No of course not. That would be stupid.
They all finally lowered their guard completely after learning that I was probably abandoned. The one carrying the bag again opened it but this time took out some dry bread and handed it to me. I happily took his offer as Theres no such thing as too much food.
After wolfing it down in a split second, I asked one of the humans where the nearest city is.
"We were just coming back from a quest and are actually on our way back to the city, you can come with us if you want"
I jump up and instantly start nodding. Then I realised that I didn't know any of their names.
The person in front holding a shield was called Dan. He's an A-rank adventurer and a tank.
There was a slightly shorter human standing behind him so I forgot about him until just now when he popped out and said his name was Chris. Chris was also an A-rank adventurer and a swordsman.
The third human wouldn't tell me his real name and just told me to call him "Inferno". He was an A-rank adventurer and fire mage.
And finally the human holding the large bag in the back. Buuuttt... he's just a side character so we can ignore him for now.
We begin walking towards the direction of the city called Cristli which is the capital of the Neutral kingdom. It seemed the kingdoms are named after the races that inhabit them. The main kingdoms are the Elf kingdom, the Dwarf kingdom, the Demon kingdom, the beast-kin kingdom, the Human kingdom and the Neutral kingdom. The Neutral kingdom accepts every race instead of just one like many of the other kingdoms.
After walking for I bit I decided to inquire about the adventurers and the adventurers guild.
"The adventurers guild gives out quests to different adventurers. The difficulty of the quest is based on the ranking. With F-rank being the easiest and S-rank being the hardest. Similarly, the adventurers ranks also work in the same way. The weakest are F-rank and the strongest are S-rank.
S-rank adventurers are extremely powerful and there are only about 100 in the world. Even a full team of A-ranks could barely put a scratch on a S-rank.
There are 3 types of quests that can be accepted at the guild. Gathering quests where you gather materials. Subjugation quests where you kill monsters and escort quests where you guard people."
After they finally finished the king explanation, we arrived at the gate the the city. There was a massive wall around it 30ft tall and 15ft thick. This looks like it could even withstand a full powered strike from my strongest attack.
The adventurers hand the guards out front 10 copper coins and he lets us in.
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Cause I haven't posted in a bit I made this chapter extra long