Chapter 2: I wish using Magic would come with a manual.

Chapter 2: I wish using Magic would come with a manual.

Gruoooh!

Graaah!

Seeing those two furred things shout before running at me with their tree branches raised, I couldnt help but start screaming, Krrrrrriiiiiiah! before fleeing in the opposite direction.

No, no, no, no, no! I need to get the fuck out of here!

I didnt care where I was running to but anywhere was better than to stay here, waiting for those things to catch me. However, even as my fear shouted at me to run as fast as I could, my legs couldnt match my commands.

Im used to sprinting on two legs, not four, and with all the relatively large leaves and branches in the way, I also had to bypass a parkour course. I wanted to run faster but any more and my legs will just tangle into each other and cause me to trip.

My chest began to hurt from all this erratic breathing. My legs ached from being forced to move. I couldn't keep this up for too long. There had to be something I could do to delay them and I needed to find it out quickly!

My eyes darted around, looking for any kinda solution, but all I could see were bushes and trees. But then an idea appeared couldnt I hide inside one of those bushes. I was tiny enough to do so. Hiding inside these bushes wouldnt be a problem and I had the black scales to camouflage within its shadows.

With a plan set, I checked on how far those fur children were, however, the moment I did so, a stone crashed right next to me, leaving a small dent on the ground. It missed me but it flustered me enough to realize plans wont work if I get crushed by a pebble. New plan run even harder for your dear life!

As my breathing became more strained, my anxiety to not get caught suddenly invoked that feeling inside my chest again. Was it adrenaline, I wondered, but I had little interest in spending that feeling with thinking when I could make my legs run faster.

I didnt feel myself going faster at all, but then again, my vision was fusing all the green and brown of this park into a singular color. Fear and trepidation completely overwhelmed my mind, so much that my body just moved single-mindly for survival.

After what felt like an eternity, my body finally gave in.

[Exhaustion (Minor)] inflicted on [Dragon Hatchling *]

Kra!

My numb legs tripped over a branch, causing me to tumble on the ground and crash. I could feel aches all around my body, especially my arms and legs. Well, actually, its four legs, right? Regardless, when I opened my eyes again, I saw a large bush right in front of me.

My flight-or-fight instincts kicked in again, drawing out the last remaining amount of my power so I could drag my body under it. The moment I felt shadows around me, my body just lost all strength. My breathing was out of control and I could feel my chest constantly pounding the ground.

Kreh. Kreh. Kreh. Kreh. Kreh! Kreh! I was dead, I just had no will to do anything anymore.

Uuuieagh, this is too much to expect. I just woke up! This is far to harsh fo

Gruh I heard a low growl

Im sorry, Im sorry, Im sorry! Ill be a good girl and stop complaining, so please, dont find me! Please, dont find me!

I closed my mouth, holding my breath in as much as possible until those things went away. Sadly, as you could expect, my body had no interest in doing that when I was running out of oxygen. My muscles needed it so badly, but I forced myself to reject taking in deep breaths.

Breathe in breathe out

I couldnt stop myself from taking in air, but if I needed oxygen, I had to take them in slowly. I was a singer and dancer, knowing how to breathe was part of that foundation, and once I reminded myself of that, I even managed to slow down my rapid heart.

Breathe in breathe out breathe in breathe out. Take small ones. Sync it up with the blowing wind

I felt like a ninja. This anxiousness to not get caught was so similar to how I felt inside a stealth game, where it was game over if you couldnt hide or sneak well enough. That was exactly how I had to treat this moment right now. If I fuck up, I lose. I lose, I die

Acquisition requirement fulfilled. [Stealth Lv. 1] acquired

That startled me. Was that just a voice talking in my head? Wait, have I heard it somewhere before? Nevertheless, imagination or not, there was a time and place for everything, and I certainly do not need to think about that right now.

All of this can be pondered on later. For now, I need to stay quiet

Some time went by. The tenacity those fur kids showed forced me to stay in stealth mode until the sky began to turn orange. In this time, curiosity replaced some of my fear, prompting me to sneak a look at my pursuers. Aside from the fur around their bodies and their primitive clothing, what I also learned was that they had dog-like heads. Fortunately for me, they didnt have a dogs sense of smell.

After they left, I finally had the chance to relax. My four legs became cramped after staying in the same pose for who knows how long after running so much. Warning, after you warm yourself up, dont just sit or lie down without doing anything. It huuuuurts.

Still, since I was scared of moving out of this bush right now and had full interest in taking a rest after that marathon, now was the time to organize my thoughts. So, to start off

Proficiency requirement fulfilled. [Stealth Lv. 1] evolved into [Stealth Lv. 2]

Yeah, that voice appeared again while I was in stealth mode, but this time, I made a mental note of what it said. Now, the question was, how the hell do I make sense of this?

Like, it appeared when I was hiding in the bush and mentioned something about a fulfilled requirement, right? That weird, robotic voice echoed inside my mind as that sentence appeared inside my mind like an image.

And then, I received this second message. [Stealth]? Why was it in brackets? Why did it have Lv. 1 and Lv. 2 behind it? Those messages almost sounded like an admin or system announcement to inform players inside an MMO a Massively Multiplayer Online game. In that case, is this [Stealth] a skill or perk?

If so, then I guess the monotonous voice announcing this skill acquisition should be a so-called System Voice? I mean, I dont know how its actually called but giving out names to unknown things would make it more convenient to address.

Coincidentally, that made this whole reincarnation idea more plausible, or maybe I was stuck inside a VR world. Who knows? Regardless, if I continued going with this thought, then there should be a way to observe my collective information, right? Like my skills or even status? The question is, how do I open it?

Making a sound isnt smart. I dont know whats outside this bush.

With that option thrown out, the only way forward was doing it inside my head. Hmm, lets begin with some simple commands first.

Status window, open. Nope.

Character window, open. Nah.

How about just Status! Nein.

Open the windows to my character information, please? Rejected.

Window? Denied.

Welp, I could continue doing this as often as possible. Haaaaaa, profile, maybe?

Profile:

Name: *

Level: 0

Race: Dragon Hatchling

Age: 0 Month

Status:

Health: 26/30 Mana: 47/80

Strength: 10 Intelligence: 6

Vitality: 4 Wisdom: 5

Agility: 16 Stamina: 0/12

Effects: [Exhaustion (Minor)]

Skill Points: 0

Skill:

Magic skills and related:

[Mana Control Lv. 1] [Holy Magic Lv. 1] [Primal Magics]

Senses and movement skills:

[Stealth Lv. 2]

Spell List:

Holy spells:

[Minor Heal]

Other spells:

[Shine]

Titles

[The Light] [Bearer of Kargryxmors Blood] [Otherworldly Reincarnator]The inaugural upload of this chapter took place via N0v3l-B1n.

Welp, that was a lot of fun. I even feel better now If I stop thinking of my past life and my parents. Arck! Stop thinking! Im hungry! Brain food. The hatchling demands food!

But nobody answered.

Now that I thought about it, I hatched out from that egg, right? So, that fluid thing was actually the yolk, the main source of nutrients for a growing lizard. The egg was strangely pretty large in comparison to me, so was I an early birth? Is the reason why Im so small cause of that?

Well, at this point, going back to it was impossible. I had no idea where I was and the sun was setting. I did drink some of that yolk before leaving my egg, but I had to find a different food source now, and that was when I saw berries in a nearby bush.

I was scared of leaving my safety bush, but I had to do something about this hunger. Babies shouldnt go hungry. I could just make the berry bush my next safety bush.

Poking my head outside, I turned my head to every direction; left, right, up, down, up-left, down-right, and so on. Every angle that my head could turn to I checked. Better safe than sorry.

My body felt numb and exhausted from all that running and sitting around hungry didnt help my muscles adjust. I couldnt afford to flee, again. So, channeling my mana into my legs, I quickly crawled over to the bush like a gecko, checked if anybody was inside it, and jumped right into it when the coast was clear.

I need to build up my stamina, again. Dancing would be impossible if I cant breathe after two minutes.

Making myself at home here, I looked up at the berry on closer inspection, these berries were huge in comparison to me. I probably should get used to that.

I climbed up along a branch to the berry using my flexible gecko body, only noticing when I stood right in front of it that it was a gigantic strawberry. It was large than the rock those dog-head kids threw at me.

Being tiny suckssss

I grabbed the strawberry, having made up my mind to feast. I immediately dug my tiny teeth into the berrys skin, easily piercing it. I slowly began sucking out the sweet oozing juices to quench my dry throat, before tearing a chunk of its flesh off.

Chewing the soft interior, my reptilian tongue waved around happily as it enjoyed every single crunch. Gulping it down, I felt a warm sensation inside my stomach, praising me for a job well down. I knew my stomach wanted to continue eating but I couldnt help but let out a sigh in relief.

Delicious.

A note from AbyssRaven

The first status boards have appeared!

With that, I would like to ask you guys if you like the status board to be like this or if I should put it all in a table. I'll have a poll after the chapter, so it would be awesome if you guys could choose one of the options.

Thanks for reading!

verdammt nochmal = (not literal translation) damn it all

Edit: Switched old tables with Royal Road ones according to the wishes of the majority of the poll.

Edit 2: Chapter was rewritten to my latest writing style. I'll just leave the poll open because it's funny looking at it grow.

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Friday, January 10, 2020 3:28:57 PM Germany [Member of Zard Skwad]

Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

I eventually found out that I've been spending a bit too much time with building, planning, and researching for the story, that I've decided to just share it with others.

Writing is mostly a hobby for me, but I would still love any kind of criticism to improve on it.

I'm also german, so please excuse anything that sounds a bit weird...I wouldn't mind you pointing it out though.

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