It is morning right now. I am the first one to wake up and I go outside to breathe the fresh air and I go to the kitchen to cook some of the raw dragon meat that I didn't cook last night.
I prepare and cook dragon soup for today's breakfast and something unexpected happened.
*Ding!*
*The [Mid Tier Cooking Lvl-1] skill has been acquired.*
I never thought that there is such thing as a cooking skill. It still helps me to cook better dishes and apply some bonus effect whenever we eat the food I cook.
After cooking the food, I call all of the heroes to wake up and eat breakfast. All of the heroes wake up and their mouths are drooling after seeing the cuisines I made on the table.
"Dinner is served!", I say to them.
Despite me saying it out loud, none of them heard it since they were too focused on seeing and sniffing the food that I prepared. There are some prime dragon ribs and dragon lobsters. The dragon lobsters are lobsters that have a dragon bloodline and they are 10x bigger than the average lobster.
Even though the dragon lobsters are level 2000, I still defeated it pretty easily using my [Black Hole] skill.
We all eat and gobble down our foods satisfyingly. We receive some buffs from the foods thanks to my cooking skill.
The buffs are a ten percent increase in attack for an hour and a ten percent increase in stamina regeneration.
After I eat all of my food, I go outside, stretch my arms, and head to the dragon mountain.
I ran very quickly so I can reach the deepest part of the mountain. After several minutes of running, I am met with a huge cave and I think that there is a dragon sleeping or a priceless artifact inside.
Thanks to my high luck stat, both the dragon and the priceless artifact are inside.
*Ding!*
*The host has entered the dragon king's cave.*
*Ding!*
*The host has triggered an S+ Task. Will the host accept the task? Yes or No?*
'Yes.'
*The host has accepted the S+ Task. Task information will be displayed. Please wait...*
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S+ Rank Task
Completed 0/2
-The host will need to accept the dragon king's request and the host must also be recognized by the dragon king as a powerful being.
Reward: A random mythical rank skill and the dragon king's blessing.
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'This won't be easy and I didn't know that the dragon in there is the dragon king. If I had known then I wouldn't have entered this cave.'
I walk silently that there aren't any footstep noises that can be heard.
If I am correct then the dragon king must be at least level 10,000 or higher since this old lizard is living in this world for a hundred years or so.
Should I kill it instead? I am no match for it in my current state but if I use [Limit Break] then it will be another story.
But the task didn't inform me about slaying the dragon king so I think I don't need to do that.
The dragon king starts to move its body and head, opens his eye, and stares at me before uttering a sentence.
"What is your reason for visiting this old one? Better give me a decent reason or you will pay for disrupting my slumber!", The dragon king says to me with a domineering tone.
He sounds like some powerful being who had overcome and defeated many strong ones.
He might rival the demon king in terms of strength but I doubt this old dragon can defeat the whole demon race. That must be the reason why he remains dormant and always sleep as nothing has ever happened.
"I have come to find a worthy opponent for myself and also to hone my magic spells. I have defeated a lot of dragons in this mountain and none of them is a worthy opponent so I seek this mighty one's for requesting a duel with you!", I answer the dragon king's question while not wavering at his domineering presence.
I activate half of my power to show the dragon king that I can defeat anyone in this mountain.
"What an interesting fellow who hasn't wavered in my presence but instead shows his power in front of this old one. I must have been sleeping for a long time and this generation's youngsters are quite interesting.", The dragon king says to me.
He doesn't mind that someone disturbs his slumber but instead shows fascination and interest towards me.
He must have deemed me as a worthy opponent and not just someone who is courting death.
"I do admit that I'm surprised that I stumbled upon your cave and if I had known that you lived here then I wouldn't have dared to enter your cave and disturb your slumber. It must be fate that allowed me to encounter you.", I humbly say to the dragon king.
Unlike the beastman king I had met in Eldion, this dragon king is someone worthy of my respect and admiration so I remain humble in his presence.
The dragon king's body starts to shrink until his size is just a bit taller than me and it seems that he transformed into his human form.
"I will request something from you and as compensation, I will reward you.", The dragon king says to me.
"I'm listening for your request.", I reply to the dragon king.
"I want you to prove to me that you are worthy of my daughter's hand in marriage. If you are a powerful being then you might pass my test.", The dragon king says to me.
"Eh?! I didn't come here to request your daughter's hand in marriage and not to mention that I already have a fiancee. She will kill me if I am cheating on her.", I say to the king while showing that I'm confused by his request.
"Having two girlfriends is normal for a handsome and powerful young man like you and some even have six of them.", The dragon king says.
"I don't plan on making a harem and I am loyal towards my fiancee so it will be impossible for me to accept your request.", I answer the dragon king.
"What are you here for then? Most beings who come to me are testing their luck if they appease me and allows me to accept their son as my son in law.", The dragon king says.
"I have no idea about that... I only came here to find a powerful being who will be my sparring partner since I encountered most of the dragons in here and none of them rival me.", I honestly reply to the dragon king.
The dragon king seems to be in deep thinking right now since the pause for a while and starts thinking about what to do next.
I don't want a harem and that's my honest opinion. It's troublesome to take care of a lot of wives and that's the reason why I still don't have a girlfriend when I was on Earth.
I'm also picky when it comes to choosing my wife but after seeing Aerin, I thought of her as someone who is similar to me in terms of personalities and she seems to be loyal and honest so I agreed to accept her as my fiancee and not to mention that she has good looks as I have.
"Are you here just to spar with me? I am quite disappointed that someone powerful like you won't be my daughter's boyfriend but I am still happy that you said your honest opinion. I don't want to force you anyway.", The dragon king says.
I start to gather a lot of black fireballs in my left hand and say, "Shall we get started?"
"Ready when you are!", The dragon king says while preparing some magic spells of his own.
I throw [Explosive Fireball] towards the dragon king and it explodes after making contact with his body.
I wasn't surprised that he left unscathed since my arrival in his cave will be useless if he will be defeated by a simple explosive fireball.
"I gotta say that despite using a low ranking spell, you made it destructive and powerful but it won't be enough to wound me!", The dragon king says and he dashes towards me with astonishing speed but my eyes can still see him despite his quick movement.
"[Shadow Domain]!", I chant and the cave suddenly turns dark.
"[Shadow Monarch's Bind]!", I chant and a thousand shadow clones start to hold the dragon king and restrain him from moving.
The dragon king struggles to break free but to no avail, he didn't break free from my magic spell.
"I am impressed that you can bind me with this magic spell despite me using 20% of my strength.", The dragon king says to me while being bind by my magic spell.
"Looks like you have weakened from the slumber you have. I only used 50% of my strength and I still haven't used my strength-enhancing skill and also my strongest spell.", I say to the dragon king.
The dragon king's power starts to rise and he eventually breaks free from my bind.
"Shall we use all of our power?", The dragon king asks me.
"I thought you will never ask!", I answer the dragon king while releasing all of my strength and activating [Limit Break].