It's been a solid while since the trip to Dwargon. Our lives carried on as usual, studying japanese literature, surviving the hellish training from Shifu, being a dressing doll to which I'm starting to get used to, even somewhat enjoyed when they even made me clothes that I designed based of the clothing style of my previous life, which resulted in super comfy clothes. Lately, they've been doing these dressing sessions more with me than with rimuru, who they mainly have to try out the more feminine clothes. These sessions do come out of nowhere, but since they always have outside of school and training, I don't really have much to complain over. There isn't much pop culture here in tempest, so I'll take what I can get to pass the time. Felt a bit off that they were more focused on having me try on clothes more than rimuru. With how obsessed they were in the source material, the contrast feels highly surprising, almost like it's a paradox
Kaijuno: hey, so why are you two insisting on having me trying on clothes?
Lavandra: Because you always look so good these clothes, how could we not try them on you
Kaijuno: no no I mean why me specifically? You also have rimuru try on some of these, and its not like they wouldn't look good in the unisex or even masculine clothing. Heck, Benjamin and Leonardo would likely look good in the more dapper clothing as well. But why are you going out your way to have me specifically try these on?
Cameilla: It's true that rimuru-sama looks cute in the dresses that we put on them, but it brings us the most joy when you try on the clothes we made.
Lavandra: It's absolutely fun to make the designs you made for us too. Sure, Benjamin and Leonardo would look nice in these, but out of everyone, you look the best in all these clothes.
Cameilla: Making all these clothes for you is one of our greatest passions
Lavandra: Exactly, just as much as improving my cooking skills to make the best food I can for you
Kaijuno:(What!? Out of everyone, they're most passionate about me!? what is there even to be passionate about!? How am I worth their time and effort to this extent. I guess a better question, How do I respond to this? Guess I'll try to wing it)
It didn't help that I was unaware of my tail wagging while hearing this. I immediately grabbed a tight hold of it before making my response
Kaijuno:I---
Rimuru:(Hey everyone, I need you all to meet me in the meeting room)
Kaijuno: Oh! I wonder what they want talk about?
Lavandra: beats me
Cameilla: let's see what is going on
Kaijuno:(SAVE!)
We head to the town hall where we met with a small group who already arrived before us. Soon after, Rimuru had arrived to make an announcement.
Rimuru: Thanks for coming everyone
Benjamin: of course, but why have you summoned us?
Rimuru: Well I have decided to I shall travel to a human kingdom, but this time I'll be slipping in my human form for it instead as a diplomatic visit
Rigurd: To which kingdom?
Rimuru: I've decided to head to Blumund first then I'll make my way to Ingraccia
Geld: But if you're heading to an outside nation, shouldn't you have some folks to escort you
Rimuru: No worries, I'll have Ranga to protect. Plus I'll have Kaval's party to guide me to Blumund
Gobta: I'm back!
Rimuru:Did they agree to help?
Gobta: Hai! Yes they did
Rimuru: Great
Kaijuno: ok but why are you heading over to Blumund and Ingraccia?
Rimuru: For Blumund, I need to go over there to sign the written treaty for Blumund and Tempest. As for Blumund, there's a promise I made that I most fulfill over there
Kaijuno:...so wait, you're gonna establish the diplomatic tie between Blumund and Tempest all by yourself?
Rimuru:Yeah
Kaijuno:Rimuru, are you not seeing how risky that is?
Rimuru:What do you mean?
Kaijuno: Well think it about, we are a nation set in land that no other nation could expand their territory on due to the population of dangerous monsters so we would exclusive material that other nations likely can't get a hold of. Secondly we have a bunch of folks that can fight against armies and megalodons, making our military assistance highly desirable. I'm other words, it's easy for nations to want to have the agreement be put in more in their favor.
Rimuru: Well I'll just keep in mind of that before signing anything
Kaijuno: The major issue with that is that could write it in the way that could hide or trick you into thinking otherwise, like a con artist
Rimuru: I guess I see what you mean there, but could I even do about this?
Kaijuno:...uuuuuuuuuuuh... Oh! Just take Vesta with you
Rimuru: Vesta? Oh yeah! He was a minister of Dwargon before, maybe he knows a thing or two about thus
Kaijuno: better safe than sorry
Rimuru: there is the issue of getting him back here since I plan to head to Ingraccia afterwards
Kaijuno:I got a solution for that, Willfla!
Willfla: Hai! I'm gonna need you to stay in Vesta's shadow for the trip as his bodyguard, you can handle that?
Willfla: of course master!
Rimuru: just Willfla?
Kaijuno: I'm sure Kaval's party wouldn't mind extending the favor for the trip back
Rimuru: hopefully they don't mind
Kaijuno:ok, I'll go let him know about it
*Later at the Research Lab*
Kaijuno:Hey Vesta
Vesta: Hello Kaijuno-Sama, what brings you here?
Kaijuno: Well I came to let you know that you'll be going on a business trip
Vesta: a business trip?
Kaijuno: Yep, you'll be need to assist Rimuru in establishing the treaty between Ingraccia and Tempest, since you were a minister, you'd be our best bet for this situation
Vesta: I see, well I suppose taking a break from the lab wouldn't be so bad
Kaijuno: Great! I'll have Willfla be assigned as your personal bodyguard for the trip
Vesta: That's assuring
Kaijuno:Oh and one more thing
Vesta:hm?
Kaijuno: Blumund will definitely take advantage of tempest being in the middle of them and the eastern empire. Make sure we get compensating benefits for our defense, especially make it clear about it before Rimuru signs anything
Vesta: I shall make sure to do so
Kaijuno: Alright
When their preparations have been made, Rimuru and Vesta set out on their journey with Kaval's party to Blumund. I spent days hoping Vesta didn't let Rimuru get screwed over by the King of Blumund and that he didn't get killed and eaten while on the way back. My hopes were fulfilled when he eventually came back with Kaval's party in fine shape. It was good timing too, as by then, school was on summer break. Thankfully I didn't have to worry any holiday homework, mainly when we were setting up the school system, I was able to set it away from the Japanese style of school with mainly no homework for summer. Imagine already have loads of homework to do over the summer of all times but on top of the adventure I was about to head off to. While waiting for Willfla to return with Vesta, I thought of an excuse to why would I go to Dragons Peak with the assistance of Wise Sage. A short time after Vesta's return, I called in everyone for meeting for my own departure.
Kaijuno: Thanks for coming
Dovakin: as always, but is this about?
Gobta:yeah, why did you call for us?
Kaijuno: Well, there's something I wish to announce. You all recall how our armory vastly improved due to all of the Charybdis scales we collected
Geld: yeah, I did receive a shield that is really durable due to being made of the scales, but what about it?
Kaijuno: well, I realized how having a variety of materials would vastly improve our armory. Also our supply of scale, while massive, will still run out by some point. As I want to head out to obtain other tough material.
Rigurd: obtaining material? you mean like trading?
Kaijuno: No I mean getting the mean getting the material for the source instead of purchasing it
Benjamin: ok, but where in the forest are you getting these materials from
Kaijuno: That's the most notable thing, I'll be stepping out of the forest to gather these mateiral
When I said this, some folks dropped a sweat or two
Cameilla: How far are you going outside of the forest?
Kaijuno: Not too far, just a little up north of Dwargon. Aka I'm heading towards Dragon's Peak
When this was said, the tension only increased, the first to speak are Cameilla
Cameilla: Dragon's Peak! but it's full of hordes of dragons residing there
Kaijuno: That what makes it ripe to harvest from, loads of dragon scales get. Besides, its not like I haven't been improving my strength, especially with Shifu training me
Shifu: ho ho! I second this, taking on a dragon or two might be what's needed to improve your strength
Benjamin: still, you shouldn't go alone though, regardless if you can handle some
Leonardo: I can how a clone of mine watch over Kaijuno-Sama during his trip
Kaijuno: yeah, plus I already plan to have Willfla come with me
Lavandra: Kaijuno-Sama, I wish to come along with you
Kaijuno: request denied
Lavandra: Why not!?
Kaijuno: I plan on getting there as fast as possible. I thought of this switching system where I fly for hours until I get tired enough to ride Willfla's back until I can travel by air again. Basically I'll be constantly on the move till I arrive to Dragon's Peak
Lavandra: but I could run fast for the journey
Kaijuno: I know about your physical capabilities, but if you really ran for the entire journey, you'll definitely have sore legs by the time we arrive to Dragon's Peak. It would be best to just have Willfla as he doubles as transportation support
Lavandra: h-hai
Kaijuno: now then, I shall start making preparations for the trip
By the next day, I had everything settled and ready for my long journey up north. A large group were by the edge of town to see my off
Cameilla: Farwell Kaijuno-Sama
Rigurd: be careful out there
Kaijin: make sure to bring back lots of dragon scales
Kaijuno: yeah, yeah. I'll head off now, see ya!
with wings sprouted out, I flown above the trees towards my destination. As I said, I flew for as far I as I could, until i was too tired to continue flying. By then I got on Willfla's back for rest. It wasn't smooth sailing during the trip as we did encounter multiple magic beasts, some lesser insectars and even a few ogre bears. None really gave me a significant boost of EP, but I'll take what I can get. After days of endless travel, we finally made it to the mountain biome of Dragon's Peak
It was by noon when we arrived. Nothing but stone hills for miles with fog at the highest visible peak. For an hour in, I simply out rode on Willfla's back with no dragons in sight. The long wait for a dragon to appear made me anxious, not knowing how to handle a fight against ginormous lizards, I kept tugging on Willfla's mane to hopefully use his fluffy fur to ease me in this dangerous setting. But eventually in our stroll, we spotted a group of dragons flying in the distance
Willfla: look master! there's dragons over the horizon
Kaijuno: o-oh, dragons? so they are, w-well-
Before I could suggest we wait for them to possibly approach us for chance to avoid and stall a fight against such intimidating beast, Willfla already dashed as fast as he could towards the winged dinosaurs
Willfla: AWOOOO!
Jumping high in the air, Willfla shot out violet lighting from his horn, swiftly doing a chained attack on the group of dragons. While I was used to seeing the attack, what astonished me was that all of the dragons immediately fall after getting attacked. Me and Willfla went over to see that all of them limp on the ground not moving
Kaijuno:(are they dead? or just paralyzed?)
Wise Sage:[Answer: the dragons infront of master are most certainly dead]
I hoped off Willfla and slowly walked over to the pile of corpses for an inspection
Kaijuno:(you're certain they're dead?)
Wise Sage:[yes]
Kaijuno:(you're doubly sure?)
Wise Sage:[yes]
Kaijuno:( ...you trippily su-)
Wise Sage:[YES]
I inched closer towards one of the dead dragons
Kaijuno:(hmmmmmmmmmm, Wise Sage are the dragons really-)
Wise Sage:[Suggestion: just check for yourself]
Left with no choice, I slowly and cautiously tapped on the dragon's scales. I continued to tap on the scales, picking up the pace until I was practically knocking on it
Kaijuno:(it might possibly be dead)
Wise Sage:[*sigh*]
Kaijuno:( but by one strike!? It was a group of dragons, how is this possible?)
Wise Sage:[Answer: Through analytics, these are estimated to be lesser dragons, which holds no essence of any elements. As such are considered quite weak for dragons and even in groups, which could be overwhelmed by magic beasts with a high efficiency of an element like a tempest star wolf]
Kaijuno:( I guess I could see that. For dragons, these guys look a little on the small side. They definitely don't look like they could've survived a hurricane from Willfla either. Well if I'm in the clear, it's Chow Time!)
With no more reasons to hesitate, I immediately used Muncher to devour all of the dragon corpses. kinda disappointed with the results though
Wise Sage:[ Notice: master is now able to mimic the form of a lesser dragons]
Kaijuno:( just mimicry? wouldn't a dragon have some sort of common or extra skill to obtain?]
Wise Sage:[Answer: due to the lack of elemental essence, lesser dragons don't posses much power, only having their wings, scales, and claws to rely on]
Kaijuno:(oh... kinda dissapointing)
For the next couple of hours, Willfla continued to take out lone or groups of lesser dragons. evetually I was feeling antsy and to try taking a shot at one. When there are a one that strayed away from the group that Willfla was targeting. I took this chance to see if I could get one too
Kaijuno: Violet Lighting!
In the next moment, the dragon was instantly killed and dropped to the ground
Kaijuno:I-I did it, I actually killed a dragons!
Willfla: you did good master
Kaijuno: thanks
I kinda felt guilty for killing a living creature, but was eventually sweeped by how awesome it felt to slay a dragon of all creatures. I wasn't sure how to explain it at the moment, but killing something . . . didn't felt as dreadful as I expected it to be
After a while a dragon slaying, we called it for the night and settled in a small cave. I cozied up on Willfla's mane
Kaijuno: (It's so FLUFFY!)
By the next morning, we head out to continue our dragon killing spree, we stumbled onto a group of dragons sitting around with one noticeably bigger than the rest. Willfla immediately shot violet lightning at the group. Most of the dragons were killed, leaving the bigger one still standing, albeit barely holding enough strength to stand
Kaijuno: pin the big one down!
As quickly as told, Willfla grew a bit in size and bit the dragon by the neck, lowering its head to the ground
Kaijuno: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
While screaming in a high pitch, I ran towards the beast with dual blades in hand. I rushed the dragons with a flurry of jabs straight to the eye. I stabbed as far I can till it was finally dead. Although I made much more jabs at it, not really cause it was still moving. It felt somewhat like a trance or sort, initially I was hesitant to commit to killing, once I did it, I almost felt like I didn't had enough. I was shocked out of this trance state by the Dragon's dying roar
Dragon:*ROAR*
Kaijuno:(..... is it dead?)
Wise Sage:[yes]
Did the usual predation and received unexpected but still not so outstanding results
Wise Sage:[Notice: master is now able to mimic the form of medium dragons]
Kaijuno:(medium dragons? was that why it was bigger than the rest? Well does it have any skills to obtain?)
Wise Sage:[Negative: while its the next evolutionary for lesser dragons, it doesn't gain an essence of an element, only making it superior to a lesser dragon at a minimum]
Kaijuno:(bummer, well if it helps with the end goal, I'll take what I can get. Still, kinda weird they're referred as medium instead of greater, especially with how the previous evolution is labeled as lesser)
For the next few days, we traversed through the mountain and killed more lesser dragons with a growing number of medium dragons. It seemed that the further and higher we go into Dragon's Peak, the more stronger dragons will appear. A couple days in we were only encountering medium dragons. Eventually we stumbled upon an even bigger serpent like dragon that resembled more what an intimidating dragon should look like.
Kaijuno: well now, THATS a big boy
Willfla: are you ready to take it on yet?
Kaijuno:mmmmm, yeah I just need a breather before we head in
Wise Sage:[Notice: master does not have the lungs to breathe in and out]
Kaijuno:( I just need a moment before the fight, alright!)
After a quick rest, we braced ourselves to fight against the big beast. I had Willfla take a front approach against the beast while I snuck behind it. We were caught off guard by the fact that this dragon was the first to hold an affinity for an element. Worst of all, it possessed the wind affinity, meaning that it could resist Willfla's violet light
Seeing how tough this dragon is compared to the previous ones, piercing it's scales looks a bit more difficult to achieve. I decided to cover my blade in violet flames to increase my piercing power. I slowly crept my way behind it while Willfla had it's attention. Unlike the previous dragons, this one did had wings, so the next effective thing to cut off would be a leg. And so when Willfla pushed it back far enough, I slashed right through one of the back legs, making it stumble and fall to the ground. Gaining an opening, Willfla pierced his horn right through the neck and used violet lightning within it. I landed the finishing blow by slashing it's head clean off.
Kaijuno: phew, that definitely took a bit more out of us than what the previous ones did
Willfla: but still, you were able to remain victorious to the end, you did a good job today
Kaijuno: thanks Willfla
Unlike Ranga who had an energetic puppy tone when he praised rimuru, Willfla's tone was more stoic and mature, kinda like a dad being proud of his son
Kaijuno:( I mean, I did make myself practically a humanoid tempest wolf and with Willfla being an older wolf and all. If you were to stretch it, this could be like a dad and son hunting trip in the wilderness that they do in rural settings. Actually, I think can pop out a horn like Willfla, would it look good?... NAH, I don't think horns would go well with my ears. Also I feel a bit conflicted about having a father figure as my subordinate... or more like my pet. Nevermind, time to devour!)
*munch*
Wise Sage:[Notice: master can now mimic the form of a wind arch dragon]
Kaijuno:[An arch dragon! So I get any new cool skills out of it?]
Wise Sage:[Negative: The most master could get is wind manipulation, but due to be blessed by veldora, master already posses it]
Kaijuno:( are you kidding me!?)
After our battle with the arch dragon we soon traversed high up the mountain, killing one arch dragon more by the end of the day and two more by the next day, this time there were some actual pay off
Wise Sage:[Notice: master can now mimic the form of a earth arch dragon along with the acquisition of earth manipulation]
Wise Sage:[Notice: master can now mimic the form of a fire arch dragon]
Wise Sage:[Notice: master can now mimic the form of a ice arch dragon along with the acquisition of ice manipulation]
Wise Sage:[Notice: request to combine skills using Unique Skill Photoshop Yes/NO?]
Kaijuno:( sure, I guess)
Wise Sage:[Processing... Successful, combining water manipulation, wind manipulation, fire manipulation, earth manipulation, and ice manipulation resulted in the Extra Skill Elemental Manipulation]
Kaijuno:(Sweet!)
After two rough days of battling against arch dragons, we were near one of the highest peaks within the mountain region. It was the day after when we were near the top. Instead of spending the day taking a break from the dragon slaying and having a great view of Dragon's Peak, we instead came across a new type of dragon. While the arch dragons were fairly big themselves, this one was HUGE, obviously not as big as Big Bro but I felt it might've been too much to take at the moment
Kaijuno: eh, you know what, let's just skip this one, I think we already have enou-
Dragon: you
Kaijuno:(... please have there be someone else they're referring to)
Dragon: YOU TWO!
Kaijuno:(CRAP)
Kaijuno: eh, hehe. Well hello there uuuuuh, sir. we were just passing by and didn't intended on-
Dragon: It was you two wasn't it!
Kaijuno: you miiiiight have to be more specific of what you mean by that
This had mildly irritated the dragon, making it scowl
Dragon: word had spread through the lands that our kin were being slain and butchered by outsiders, it seems to be you two
Kaijuno: w-w-what! absolutely not! I'm just a young fella with his-
Dragon: You dare lie to me! Its clear that beast besides you holds enough power to rival my kin! we mercifully keep to ourselves and yet you dare go out of your way to cause us trouble! YOUR FOOLISHNESS SHALL BE PUNISHED!
This is immediately followed by blazing flames from its mouth and two summoned circles. We swiftly dashed our sides as soon as the circles were summoned, avoid the scorching flames. The flames left even the rocky ground melted or cinched
Kaijuno: (Activate Humility)
Wise Sage:[Unique Skill Humility Activated]
Unlike the previous dragons, this one was highly dangerous. Not only in size, but in power and control of its magic as well
Kaijuno:(what's does Danger Calculation say about my chances?)
Wise Sage:[Danger Calculation Estimated 38% victory fighting it alone and 53% victory fighting it with Willfla]
Kaijuno:(It's practically 50/50. Alright got to do this smartly then)
Willfla immediately shot out violet lightings, while the dragon felt it, it was clear it was gonna take far more than that to take it down
Dragon: Your pathetic bolts are meaningless!
Kaijuno:( it might be too tough for magic, maybe I could pierce it instead)
I covered my dual blades in violet flames and l launched a flurry of slashes on it's knee. Unfortunately, it hardly scratched the scales
Dragon: FOOL! I hold the affinity for fire! your flames are useless against me!
Kaijuno: DUH! I walked right into that one
The Dragon proceeded to launch another barrage of flames towards me, for split second I attempted to use Unique Skill Muncher on it only for Danger Instinct practically yelling at me to get out of the way. I trusted my instincts and evaded it, I thought I could've devoured the attack, but it was just too intense and powerful for Muncher to handle
Kaijuno:(Damn it! It scales are too tough for violet lighting to do any damage, it specializes in fire so my covering my blades in flames is useless, it's flames are overwhelmingly intense that I'm not confident that I could safely endure it even with thermal resistance and magic jamming, HECK! even Muncher is overwhelmed by this guy. This Dragons is too sturdy for our attacks to do anything, the defense is too much for me and Willfla to break through, this opponent is just too tough to hand.... wait wasn't there fight like this in the light novel?)
Wise Sage:[Answer: A battle from the source light novel that could be considered similar is the fight between individual Shion and individual Ranga against individual Razul who's insectar exoskeleton armor was too tough for Hercules Edge EX and black lighting]
Kaijuno:(Really!? wait how did they win again?)
Wise Sage:[Answer: Individual Shion used Unique Skill Battle God to have Hercules Edge Ex pierce individual Razul's exoskeleton armor, leaving it vulnerable to individual Ranga's all-out black lighting attack]
Kaijuno:(Dang! Maybe giving an intense attack of violet lighting on an exposed wound could be effective here too but the issue is that I don't have a skill like that to pierce this Dragon's scales though)
Wise Sage:[Suggestion: through analytics, it is estimated that the scales on the under belly is softer compared to the scales all over the rest of the body]
Kaijuno:(ok that is a bit more hopeful but unless if the boost provided by the flame coating on my blades, the outcome of piercing those scales is still unlikely..... If flames specifically were ineffective against it, maybe just coating my blades in pure magicules will do the trick instead)
I controlled the flow magicules within me, moving it steadily till it reached the tips of both of my blades, fully covering and enhancing my blades without the elemental alignment getting in the way.
Wise Sage:[Notice: Extra Skill Magic Aura has been acquired]
With the tool to actually do some damage, I needed a way to expose it's belly
Kaijuno: Willfa!
Willfla: yes master!
Kaijuno: I need you to head over to the other side of the dragon. Make a hurricane when they start to lean over
Willfla: Hai!
With Willfla dashing around the Dragon while evading it's flames. I took a page out the last airbender and stomped on the ground while using earth manipulation, making cracks on the ground til it reached the Dragon's feet. Then a huge chunk of rock immediately sprouted from the ground under the feet of the Dragon making only the the left side touch the ground while the right side was lifted high in the air. Immediately, Willfla summoned a hurricane, using it's intense winds to completely pull it over and have the Dragon land on it's back. With no hesitation, I took my chance. I sprouted out arch dragon wings and flew up into the air to then drop down into the air with aura coated blades in hand. Once I landed on it, I knew I shouldn't waste a single second. I launched a massive barrage of stabs and slashes on the underbelly scale, these strikes were fueled by my power, wrath, and determination.
Dragon: GAAAAH!
Once I did enough to leave a big exposed wound, I swiftly flew up in the air followed by Willfla
Kaijuno/Willfla: Violet Lightning!
We launched pair of intense violet lightning straight to the exposed wound, finally doing massive damage on the dragon. The Dragon screeched in response to its intense pain. After a couple moment of shooting violet lightning at it, we dropped down once we're sure it wouldn't get back up
Kaijuno:...o-oh my god, OH MY GOD! I can't believe we actually did that! I actually thought of something smart for once!
Willfla: That is to be expected Kaijuno-Sama, it's not really abnormal for you to hold such great wisdom
I was so excited that I only responded by gave Willfla lots of intense pats to which Willfa eagerly accepted
Kaijuno: MAXIMUM TURBO PATS!
Dragon: *cough* *cough*
Kaijuno:huh?
Dragon: f-fool, do you think that was enough to *cough* kill me
Kaijuno: well you looked down for the count, so yeah
Dragon: y-you cocky brat
Kaijuno: well since I defeated you, you'll now be my subordinate right?
Dragon:... hell no
Kaijuno: cmon submit
Dragon: no
Kaijuno: SUBMIT!
Dragon: NO!
Kaijuno: I literally defeated you in combat, it's practically the way of monsters for the weak to submit to the strong, plus I want a cool dragon subordinate and you're the only one here that can actually speak
Fire Dragon Lord: fool! I am a dragon lord, the mightiest and most intelligent of my kin here. I don't hold the place of power alone, infact with the intense light that you're attack gave, it is a matter of time til the other dragon lords arrive here and squash you both without mercy.
I used magic sense to the max to view the surrounding area and yeah, I sensed three sources of magicules that were just as big as the dragon lord here. But as I was sensing the area, I noticed a massive source of magicules at the top of the mountain, big enough to even make the four dragon lords look feeble in comparison
Kaijuno: what's up there?
Fire Dragon Lord: No! stay far from there! you're not worthy of going near our great ancestor!
Kaijuno:great ancestor?
Despite this presence being the biggest out of everyone here, I didn't felt intimidated by it. Infact I felt tempted to to pursue towards it. I hoped on Willfla's back head straight towards the source in spite of the Fire Dragon Lord's protest. We had to rush there as the other dragon lords were starting to close in on us. We finally arrived at our destination, it was then that I noticed that I was at the highly peak in the region with every surrounding mountain being noticeably shorter compared to the one I was on. All that was there was a small cave that looked like it could barely hold a medium dragon, let alone a dragon that holds more magicules than the dragon lords. we stepped inside the cave, we didn't traversed for long as it wasn't a deep cave. But near the end, there was a noticeable glow that seemed to be coming from the end of the cave. What we were met with was a sight that was odd and yet fascinating. What was there was a glowing orb like thing that shined in multiple colors like purple, pink, white, and even a weird shade of blue in the middle.
What was there was a glowing orb like thing that shined in multiple colors like purple, pink, white, and even a weird shade of blue in the middle
The sight astonished me, I sensed the large amount of magicules coming from it. It wasn't something that can smite me down on the spot, it was just sitting there, completely vulnerable to it's environment. Holding no patience left, I used Muncher to devour it, bracing myself for any possible results. After a moment of anticipation, I finally gotten a response from Wise Sage
Wise Sage:[Notice: Chaos Dragon Core has successfully be predated and shall be analyzed. In addition, a high amount of leaking magicules have been devoured from the Chaos Dragon Core, would master like to use the excess magicules to evolve Unique Skill Muncher Yes/No?]
Kaijuno:(holy crap! YES!)
Wise Sage:[Notice: Evolution of Unique Skill Muncher shall now proceed... Successful, Unique Skill Muncher has evolved into Unique Skill Monster Muncher. All sub-skills has been significantly improved into the following sub-skills: Fanged predation, stomach, isolation, and mimicry]
Kaijuno:( That's good, but it feels somewhat lacking since rimuru's gluttony also holds corrosion and especially recieve and provide, that especially is very helpful in the long run. of well, beggars can't be choosers. although that change to fanged predation is looking interesting)
Wise Sage:[Notice: due to the leaking excess magicules devoured had given master enough EP to cross 200,000. Master is now officially qualified as a demon lord seed]
Kaijuno:(Awesome! at least I gotten what I mainly want from here... wait Chaos Dragon Core? That sounded pretty important, was a Chaos Dragon Core ever mentioned in the light novel?)
Wise Sage:[Answer: yes, in the light novel, the chaos dragon was Milim's friend that she sealed away that was later unsealed and gained the name of Gaia]
Kaijuno:(oooooooooh shoot, now THIS is gonna do something in the long term ain't it. Now I'm basically responsible to make sure Gaia ends up resurrecting, I really don't know how to pull it off though.... I guess I'll just sleep on it for now]
Kaijuno: Alright, lets head back home
Willfla: Hai!
We walked out of the came to start our journey back to the forest but halted at the sight that we were met with. What stood infront of us were four dragon lords with the Fire Dragon Lord looking like they were barely able to stand
Wind Dragon Lord: Who the hell are you?
Earth Dragon Lord: And what did you do with our great ancestor!
Kaijuno: uuuuuuh.... I am theeeeee... monster prince and the name is Kaijuno Tempest!
Ice Dragon Lord: you dare act haughty infront us, know your place!
The Ice Dragon proceeded to launch a wave of icicles towards me. With how more of an area attack it was compared to the Fire Dragon Lord's magic, dodging it wasn't really an option. The only thing I could do in response was using Monster Muncher out of desperation and hope it was powerful enough to devour the attack. I was surprised that instead taking a form of a vortex like Gluttony, Monster Muncher took the form of a big mass of predation that resembled a sphere with giant pairs of fangs. In an instance it inhaled in the incoming wave of ice in a near instant
Ice Dragon Lord: H-how!? How could my attack be avoided!?
Kaijuno:(They're probably in a state of panic or confusion, although if I take too long to respond, they'll take it as chance to strike. Even with the upgrade, a fight against multiple dragons would still be a but too much, got any suggestions Wise Sage?)
Wise Sage:[Suggestion: remove the mask and unleash your aura at full capacity to frighten the dragon with your power while also releasing the dragon corpses from stomach]
Kaijuno:(Jeesh! A bit dark, but I see what you mean by that)
With no hesitation, I removed my mask and released my aura to the max, making all four dragon lords quiver in fear. Right after that I opened up stomach to release all the dragon corpses I had, piling up to a small hill of dead bodies
Kaijuno: I am the monster prince, Kaijuno Tempest. Your ancestar had chosed to gift me their great power of chaos. Unlike the beasts that came before, I am willing to spare your lives, but in trade for your absolute loyalty. But if you refuse to accept my mercy, I shall smite you all here and now like I did for all of your kin here
I said this while having my mask display a horrific expression. Thanks to my unique skill photoshop, I can manipulate the form of my cosmetics including my mask and the faces I make on it. It's usually simple and goofy expression that I make intentionally or instinctively but this time I exaggerated my expression in hopes to intimidate the dragon lords. I would go with an ugly bastard look but If I have a chance of subordinating them then I wouldn't wish to miss the opportunity by scaring them to death with pure ugliness I kinda want but won't admit to desiring to get a bunch of cool dragon servants for sole sack of bragging rights and my general satisfaction
All four of the Dragon Lord's were conflicted on what to do. The situation looked completely against them. Their stubbornness makes them unwilling to submit to anyone and yet they only had the option to have a guaranteed survival by subordinating themselves or taking on a being that had claimed to hold the overwhelming power of their great ancestor. It wasn't favorable either way, but those were their choses. The first to choose was the Fire Dragon Lord
Fire Dragon Lord: I-I.... submit
Earth Dragon Lord: WHAT!?
Wind Dragon Lord: How could you say such things!?
Fire Dragon Lord: my apologies, but heed my warning. This being already put me near death not too long ago. But not only were they strong enough to achieve that before, but now it's clear they're in a completely separate league from before. It's likely true that they took our great ancestor's power for himself and if it's really the case then we stand no chance against them
Fully realizing the weight of the situation, the other Dragon Lords followed suit
Ice Dragon Lord:..... I submit
Wind Dragon Lord: I submit
Earth Dragon Lord: Er... I submit
Kaijuno:(... OH THANK GOODNESS! they actually took the bluff, phew. Quite the sight to see, four massive dragons bowing down to me in submission. This feels great, infact I feel like a really badass villain here. hehe)
I eagerly accepted their subordination and sent a wave of full potions on the Fire Dragon Lord to heal him back in place
Fire Dragon Lord: my wound! its healed
Kaijuno: now as your first order to fulfil, you all must scout out as much of your kin as you can and make them submit. I shall go now but I expect to have an army by the time I return. Shall you fulfil this command?
Dragon Lords: Hai! we shall bring you a satisfying army of dragons!
Kaijuno: Good, now go forth!
Dragon Lords: Hai
All four dragon lords set out immediately to capture as many dragons as possible
Kaijuno:..... aaaaaaaaaah, what an exhausting day, to think the four actually accepted to serve me
Willfla: It is to be expected. they witnessed your greatness and they eagerly wanted to serve you
Kaijuno: not sure if they were THAT eager but whatever, I got some mighty new subordinates in the end of it... ok NOW we'll start heading back
Willfla: Hai!
With how intense this entire trip want, we decided to take a more leisure time heading back with taking breaks in between runs and sleeping in by the night. This whole trip surprisingly washed away the sense of shame I would felt when I killed something, even to the point I would feel something else but I wasn't sure what that feeling is
I wasn't sure if it was because of my newly developed instincts as a monster, instinct I'm not sure I would've had during my time as a human. Speaking of, this actually made me pondered about something. Throughout this whole time, I only killed magic beast, monsters that you wouldn't really sympathize with
But slaying dragons changed my perspective on killing, so could the same were to happen if I kill a human? Would something change in me if I resorted to do so, or would something awaken? I'm not sure it would be something that I even be the same if I were to ever commit to killing a human.
It took far more days for us to arrive back in to town. I was applauded back home immediately when I was in sight. First thing I did was heading over to Kaijin's and Brock's workshops to drop off the material
Kaijin: eh... quite the loot you collected
Kaijuno: yup
Brock: you didn't cause an extinction of dragon while you were, did you?
Kaijuno: Nope, I sparred some
Kaijin/Brock:( sparred!?)
In the end the whole trip was a massive success. I became a demon lord seed, my Unique Skill Muncher evolved into Monster Muncher, I gotten new powerful subordinates with more to come. almost of my problems were solved.... except
Kaijuno:( what do I do? How can I change their fate..... I know what happens, I KNOW what will happen! But how can I not think of what to do, how to make it better than it was in the original. think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think, THINK! OUT OF ALL THE TIMES TO BE AN IDIOT, THIS IS THE WORST TIME!
Wise Sage:[Activating Unique Skill Humility]
Kaijuno: (what do I do? what do I do? what do I do? what do I do? what do I.....)
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The days would carry on as such, Tempest continues to grow and people live out their lives. Some live out for ambition, some to achieve something, or some like myself with nothing particular in mind, just going with the on any immediate situation in this world. Although such a casual and simplistic lifestyle wouldn't last for long
And I had the gift and curse of knowing what will bring it all to an end