“This can’t be happening, no, this isn’t happening. It must be a dream, of course, this is just a weird dream”
While in a denial state I put my arm in my mouth and bite into it, as it is a dream, it won’t hurt, right?
“………………………..ARGHH!”
Pain, pain coming up my arm, I rapidly take my mouth off of my arm, a few droplets of blood drops from under my scales and drop into the floor.
“Okay, okay, this isn’t a weird dream, so it must be real life, but…. But, t-this can’t be real, am I really a dragon? That creature from mythology and games and stuff? This doesn’t make any sense!”
I shouted, but no one could hear me, I'm in an unknown forest, at least I think I am.
I'm looking around but I can only see trees and grass.
“Where am I?”
[Answer: Dharnas Forest]
“Whaaaaaaaargh! Who are you?!”
The voice I just heard inside of my head, I heard it somewhere before, but I can't remember exactly where.
[Answer: skill [Knowledge Library]]
It dawned on me, I remembered where I heard that voice and the skill before, it was from that weird dream I had before waking up he- ...it wasn't a dream, was it? I don't know how but I think I died? Wait, that hole on my classroom.
“did I die because of that hole in my classroom?”
[Information not available]
isn't your name [Knowledge Library]? Shouldn't you be the holder of all knowledge? I mean, your name suggests that, but at least I'm glad I'm not alone, kind of, at least.
If I remember correctly, I should have a skill called appraisal, but how do I use it? Maybe I need to concentrate on something and shout “appraisal”? Well, I won't lose anything trying. Let me try on this tree here.
I lock my eyes on the tree and begin to concentrate .
“Appraisal!”
[Tree]
It works! But what's with the outcome? I know it's a tree, can't you give me any more information?
I tried again to activate [Appraisal].
[Tree]
.... You won't give me anything more, right? Maybe it's like a battle thing, where you see the stats of your enemies? If that's the case, I should try it on myself.
I concentrate on myself and activated [Appraisal].
[Dragon]
Really? Just dragon? Can't you show me my stats or something like that?
[Displaying status sheet]
Suddenly a hologram like screen appeared in front of me. I tried to read it.
Name: None < Marcos Leandro >
Age: 0
Race: Baby White Dragon
Lv. 1
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Status: Normal
HP - 29/30
MP - 59/60
SP - 60/60 - 20/60
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Strength - 30
Defense - 30
Magic - 40
Magical Defense - 100
Dexterity - 35
Stealth - 25
Precision - 30
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Titles - None
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Skills -
[Racial] Dragon Scales Lv. 1
[Racial] Passive Growth Lv. 1
[Racial] Elemental Breath Lv. 1
[Unique] Knowledge Library Lv. 1
[Unique] True Mimic Lv. 1
[Normal] Appraisal Lv. 1
[Normal] Magicule Detection Lv. 1
[Normal] Magicule Manipulation Lv. 1
Wait, wait, wait, what’s this? Is this really a game? There’s even HP here! Still, this is worth looking at. My HP is 29/30, that’s probably because of the bite I gave myself. My MP is 59/60, probably from using [Appraisal] and [Knowledge Library], now, the SP, there’s one 60/60 and one 20/60, why two SP stats?
Just as I ask myself that, I hear my stomach growling. I look around, but can only see trees and bushes.
Maybe one of them has something I can eat? I can even try to appraise them, wait, if I try using my [Knowledge Library] skill together with [Appraisal] maybe I can get something out of them, oh, that reminds me, those two skills are level one, maybe if I try to raise their levels they get better? How do I even raise them? Anyway, I need to find food right now.
I begin walking to the nearby bushes, well, I tried, because I’m not used to this body I went face first on the ground.
Ok, maybe I need to relearn how to walk, it’s weird my four limbs being the same size, maybe I just need to get the way of moving with this, let’s try, right legs, left legs, right legs, left legs. Hey, I’m really doing it!
Walking slow and a little weird I manage to get to a bush, and luckily it had some berries. I concentrated on them and appraised them.
[Red Berries]
I don’t think I’ll get a straight answer out of you, won’t I? maybe with my other skill I finally get an answer? Let’s try.
I tried to utilize the [Knowledge Library] skill on the [Appraisal]'s results, the results were:
[Blood Berry – an edible fruit that has a strangely Human blood like flavor]
Well, it say it's edible, but has a blood flavor? I don't know if I want to eat this, but looking around, it doesn't seem like I have a choice. Okay, here goes nothing.
I eat a mouth full of the Blood Berries.
It’s strangely delicious, it doesn't taste like blood at all, maybe I have a new sense of taste because I’m now a dragon? In this case wouldn’t make the taste of blood delicious as confirmed by these berries? I’m really scared of myself now. I really need to think about something else, I can’t think about this right now.
I begin to walk through the forest, trying to keep my mind not thinking about the possibility I lost my humanity.
let’s try, right legs, left legs, right legs, left legs.
should be right left leg, back right leg ; right front leg, left back leg ; and so.
thats how quadrupal animals walk since they need to have balance not to fall and all that.
sorry, im just being picky and mess with u teehee
Don't worry
I wrote like that because I chose the way a maned wolf walks with both his legs
Edit suggestions:
“where am I?”
Missing capital ... there's a few of these actually.
It downed on me, I remembered where I heard that voice and the skill before, it was from that weird dream I had before waking up he......it wasn't a dream, was it? I don't know how but I think I died? Wait, that hole on my classroom.
“did I died because of that hole on my classroom?”
"downed" should be "dawned"
"waking up he...." might be better written as "waking up he- ..." if you're trying to indicate him stopping in the middle of the word.
"did I died" should be "Did I die" even though it's a question about the past... it's a weird tense requirement.
"hole on my classroom" twice should be "hole in my classroom". Using "on" generally means something on the outside of, "a mark on my book", where as a hole has to be inside something. An exception is for when you have a specific location of a hole, like "hole on the left" or "hole at the end of the road", since they're directions rather than what the hole is actually a hole in.
Still, this is worth looking at, my HP is 29/30, that’s probably because of the bite I gave myself, my MP is 59/60, probable from using [Appraisal] and [Knowledge Library], now, the SP, there’s one 60/60 and one 20/60, why two SPs?
You seem to have a lot of these comma spliced sentences. Ideally, this many commas is something to avoid, I'd probably break it up like this:
"Still, this is worth looking at. My HP is 29/30, that’s probably because of the bite I gave myself. My MP is 59/60, probably from using [Appraisal] and [Knowledge Library]. Now, the SP, there’s one 60/60 and one 20/60, why two SPs?"
Also note I changed probable to probably, seems a typo. I don't know if the comma in "Now, the SP" is correct, I think it's fine either way.
Ok, maybe I need to relearn how to walk, it’s weird my four limbs being the same size, maybe I just need to get the way of moving with this, let’s try, right legs, left legs, right legs, left legs. Hey, I’m really doing it!
Just to grumble, this is a terrible way of walking for a 4 legged animal. They generally have a center of gravity too far away from their legs to be able to move this way unless they're moving with some amount of speed. Not to say that there aren't animals that can move this way, it's just not ideal when moving slowly. The study of gait for pretty much all animals ends up being complicated.
[Blood Berry – an edible fruit that has a strangely Human blood like flavor]
It’s strangely delicious, I can’t feel the taste of blood at all, maybe I have a new taste because I’m now a dragon? In this case wouldn’t make the taste of blood delicious as confirmed by these berries?
Sounds like food to feed vampires.
Curiously enough, humans finding the taste of human blood nice doesn't seem to be that rare, maybe a left over urge to lick wounds?
Anyway, "I can't feel the taste of blood" isn't right, but depends how much you want to rephrase it. I might say "I can't taste the pepper" or "I'm not noticing the taste of pepper" if it's part of the flavour; "It doesn't taste like pepper" or "I wouldn't call it the taste of pepper" if it doesn't match the flavour described; I'd only use "I can't feel the taste of pepper" if I were referring to something like spiciness or my emotional response to the taste.
As written it might be interpreted as numbness or lack of taste buds, a literally inability to taste things.
You should probably rephrase "maybe I have a new taste because I’m now a dragon" as well, dragons do taste different from humans but that isn't what you meant. I'd suggest "I have new tastes" to convey a change in what kind of things you prefer to eat, or "I have a new sense of taste" to convey a change in the actual taste buds making things taste different than they used to.
Thanks for the suggestions. I've changed my mistakes
Sounds like food to feed vampires.
Vegan vampires
I love that he is really living like in a rpg, it is interesting the whole view he has, just like people playing rpg lul
I love where Nihility is going, I look forward to the next chapter
the skills part kinda reminds me of that Anime/Manga/Novel called Reincarnated as a slime (Or something like that its been a while since I've seen it) where when the mc dies and he gets the skills at the beginning
Thanks for the chapter
That time i got reincarnated as a slime. Yeah, it's similar because it's one of the anime/manga/novel i took inspiration from to write this story, i love the series
If you can be a dragon in a shitty fantasy world, the concept of "humanity" seems to be a little worthless and when that happens, just let go and go with the flow. When you're in a kill or be killed world, you can be considered safe only if you're the disaster of that world
I really like "reincarnated as a dragon" stories so keep going