Chapter 17: Why am I still a lizard?!

Chapter 17: Why am I still a lizard?!

Evolution

[Young Inferno Dragon]

[Young Sacred Dragon]

[Young Black Dragon]

[Young Light Dragon]

[Young Devouring Dragon]

[Young Crimson Spark Dragon]

Woah, thats quite a lot of options this time.

After despairing in the pits of the stinkiness of rotting orc bodies, in the end, I decided to just cremate them. I couldnt take the smell anymore. At the very least, I prayed that they would find happiness in their next life. With the fact I reincarnated to this world, my prayers probably would have some effect, probably?

Anyways, after I did that, I cleaned up my cavern a bit, to make it less stinky and dirty. Evolving meant I would be unconscious for at least one day, so my home had to be comfortable. I also would be hungry, so I made sure to eat a healthy meal full of whatever spices or herbs I had left. Good thing dragons only needed meat to survive, right?

Young Inferno Dragon: A young fire dragon that has evolved due to its superb control over fire. An Inferno Dragons control over fire has risen to the point where even a young can spell disaster for any weaker creatures in the vicinity. Rank C

Young Sacred Dragon: A young holy dragon that has evolved due to a strong connection to the divine. The holy element contained in this dragon has given this dragon the title of "The Goddess's Angel" to honor the bond between the Goddess of Light and God of Dragons, in their pursuit to protect the world. Rank C

Young Black Dragon: A young, rare dragon-type that possess scales of pure darkness. A dragon that specializes in destroying its foes with physical attacks. Called a "Spawn of Kargryxmor" as they possess the blood of the God of Dragons. Rank D

Young Light Dragon: A young, unique dragon type that possesses the aura of divinity. A dragon that specializes in supporting and rallying allies surrounding it. A dragon created by the Goddess of Light, Aurena. Rank D

Young Devouring Dragon: A young, bulky dragon with an immeasurable appetite. Its gluttony knows no bounds, which causes it to be able to devour nearly anything. Rank D

Young Crimson Spark Dragon: A young spark fire dragon whose flames have changed to the color of a vibrant crimson. Through another mutation, this dragon has gained complete control over the flames it creates and the ones surrounding it. Rank D

Now this was an evolution tree! A total of six options, all choices, besides one, sounded incredible. This was the kinda experience I wished I could have had during my last two evolutions, but complaining wouldnt do much.

So, we have finally learned the name of the Goddess of LightAurena, huh?

Yup, it looks like we got two evolution options given by the titles from the respective god, Manager Mind noted, pointing at the [Young Black Dragon] option.

Yeah, that one so were supposedly related to the God of Dragon? I guess that explains why we have his blood or something. Yup, this proves it, those gods 100% are planning on using us for something. We arent taking these options, right? #2 gave us a rhetorical question. She knew what I wanted.

Objectively, they probably wont help our build in any way. One is a melee type and the other is a supportive one. We just committed to a mage build and I dont want to readjust our skill point usage. Besides, those two options sound so dull, compared to how flashy we are as a mage!

It also didnt help that without an ally the supportive dragon wouldnt be able to display its full potential. And if I were to take the black dragon option, [Battle Frenzy] would probably become even worse! It was a lose-lose.

Regardless of how cool the description made them sound, I wouldnt take them. There was the aspect that our preparations would go completely to waste. I just spent all that SP on my mage path, intending to primarily focus on magical prowess. There was also the god aspect that made them kinda bad.

Now, I had no bad impression of this Aurena and Kargryxmor. They havent bothered me yet, but they also havent helped me. The fact I was given the choice to choose either [Young Black Dragon] or [Young Light Dragon] meant they wanted me to choose who I sided with. I couldnt stay neutral, not to mention how much control they would have over me at that point.

I didnt want to risk it. Knowing that somebody was controlling you without knowing when or how was unnerving.

I would also like to veto [Young Devouring Dragon]

All my parallel minds vigorously nodded their heads, totally agreeing this was something we could never, ever have anybody know! Nobody was allowed to know that we were given this option, alright!

I am not fat! I may eat a lot but Im literally at my growing stage here! Im literally burning through calories like crazy here! I am not fat!

I worked hard to stay in top form in my past life, and my pride as an idol (trainee) would not allow me to undo all that effort.

After calming down, I also agreed with my parallel mind to not take the C rank options. Sure, they might be superior, but think about it for a moment. It hadnt mentioned it yet, but I was sure if I skipped a rank, I would lose all I SP I would have gained if I had chosen a D rank evolution.

There were no ways to confirm this theory, so it would be better to stay on the safe side. No need to rush, after all. Plus, a rank difference applied to experience gains 100%. I also didnt have a confirmation on this, but if this world was in any ways similar to a game, experience gain deterioration at a certain level difference should exist.

Now, on the other hand, the moment I leave this cave, I would enter the Belzac forest, again. However, remembering that description of the Belzac forest, the mountains are the most beginner-friendly area, while the forest and swamp were the most dangerous. A place where strong monsters roam, it said.

Assuming this meant the average rank of all monsters there were higher, somewhere close to the orcs, then I should expect D rank at the minimum. Leveling wouldnt be that difficult. If I were to become a C rank, that would make me one of its top predators.

However, this was just like the [Young Drake] option it was a short term advantage. Skill points were the most important resource I had available.

Haste makes waste.

Its decided.

Will you choose to evolve into [Young Crimson Spark Dragon]?

Yes! Inject that mutation into me System Voice!

Evolution choice decided. Commencing evolution of [Young Spark Fire Dragon *]

And with that, I lost consciousness.

Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Mana Control Lv. 10] [Magic Power Enhancement Lv. 2] [Mental Stability Lv. 2] [Battle Mind Lv. 2] [Mental Warfare Lv. 2] [Physical Resistance Lv. 7] [Pain Resistance Lv. 8] [Fire Resistance Lv. 6] [Health Recovery Lv. 2] [Stamina Recovery Lv. 2] [Enhanced Mana Growth Lv. 7][Enhanced Mana Capacity Lv. 5] [Enhanced Strength Growth Lv. 5] [Enhanced Strength Enforcement Lv. 2] [Enhanced Intelligence Growth Lv. 6] [Enhanced Intelligence Enforcement Lv. 2] [Enhanced Agility Growth Lv. 6] [Enhanced Agility Enforcement Lv. 2] gained

Skill requirement fulfilled. [Mana Strike Lv. 3] and [Enhanced Claws Lv. 6] merged into [Draconic Claws Lv. 1]

Proficiency requirement fulfilled. [Draconic Claws Lv. 1] evolved into [Draconic Claws Lv. 2]

Skill requirement fulfilled. [Mana Strike Lv. 3] and [Enhanced Fangs Lv. 3] merged into [Draconic Fangs Lv. 1]

Skill requirement fulfilled. [Mana Barrier Lv. 1] evolved into [Draconic Barrier Lv. 1]

Skill requirement fulfilled. [Mana Control Lv. 10], [Mana Recovery Lv. 1] and [Primal Magics] merged into [Draconic Magics]

Multiple acquisition requirements fulfilled. [Enhanced Vision Lv. 1] [Pyrokinesis] [Unarmed Technique Lv. 1] acquired

Owwwwhat sort of wakeup call is this painful? Wait, isn Oh yes!

So much information just rushed into my head, that I thought it would explode. The worst part was that I was just sleeping a second ago. But, it also meant my evolution was done! I wasnt able to witness my second evolution, but I believe I didnt get this many upgrades when I evolved into a [Young Dragon]!

Do any of you guys know if we got any bonus improvements during the evolution into a [Young Spark Fire Dragon]?

I wanted to confirm this with my parallel minds. #2 to #4 all shook their heads and pointed at Manager Mind. Oh right, I only had [Parallel Thoughts Lv. 1] after the garm chase, so Manager Mind was the only one born during that time. I couldnt remember it, but maybe Manager Mind could find some info in my memories.

I woke up at the same time you did. I also cant say much about our status board prior to our evolution. The details arent clear, sorry.. Just consider it as a no.

Outside of gaining the [Spark Fire Dragon] unique skill, I probably receive a small evolution bonus increasing some skill and stats. However, this was huge. Huuuuge, I said! I honestly didnt care about not getting a bonus in the past evolution, cause I got stronger in any case. Who cares about the pennies, when the motherlode was right before you.

No more waiting, Profile!

Profile:

Name: *

Level: 0

Race: Young Crimson Dragon

Age: 2 Months

Status:

Health: 864/864(+334) Mana: 3946/3946(+1963)

Strength: 676 (+272) Intelligence: 853 (+351)

Vitality: 342 (+129) Wisdom: 398 (+136)

Agility: 1345 (+674) Stamina: 642/642(+268)

Effects: None

Skill Points: 300 (-4250)

Unique Skill:

[Spark Fire Dragon Lv. 6] [Spark Fires Fire Boost]

Skill:

Magic skills and related:

[Holy Magic Lv. 10] [Holy Amp] [Holy Magic Efficiency] [Sacred Magic Lv. 1]

[Fire Magic Lv. 10] [Fire Amp] [Fire Magic Efficiency]

[Inferno Magic Lv. 1] [Earth Magic Lv. 9] [Earth Amp]

[Earth Magic Efficiency] [Wind Magic Lv. 5] [Space-Time Magic Lv. 3]

[Space-Time Magic Efficiency] [Silent Casting Lv. 4]

[Magic Power Enhancement Lv. 2] (New) [Mental Warfare Lv. 2] (New)

[Mental Stability Lv. 2] (New)

[Draconic Magics] (New) [Draconic Barrier Lv. 1] (New)

Physical skills and related:

[Unarmed Technique Lv. 1] (New) [Draconic Claws Lv. 2] (New)

[Draconic Fangs Lv. 1] (New)

Senses and movement skills:

[Stealth Lv. 7] [Accuracy Correction Lv. 1] (New)

[Prediction Lv. 5] [Detection Sensor Lv. 1]

[Enhanced Olfactory Sense Lv. 4] [Enhanced Vision Lv. 1] (New)

[Night Vision Lv. 6] [Presence Killer Lv. 5] [Evasion Lv. 8] (+1)

[Acrobatic Lv. 8] (+1)

Resistances:

[Physical Resistance Lv. 7] (+1) [Pain Resistance Lv. 8] (+1)

[Holy Resistance Lv. 4] [Fire Resistance Lv. 6] (+2)

[Earth Resistance Lv. 4] [Wind Resistance Lv. 1]

[Water Resistance Lv. 1]

Stat growths and related:

[Health Recovery Lv. 2] (New) [Stamina Recovery Lv. 2] (New)

[Enhanced Health Growth Lv. 4] (+1) [Enhanced Health Capacity Lv. 1] (New)

[Enhanced Mana Growth Lv. 7] (+1) [Enhanced Mana Capacity Lv. 5] (+2)

[Enhanced Strength Growth Lv. 5] (+2)[Enhanced Strength Enforcement Lv. 2] (New)

[Enhanced Intelligence Growth Lv. 6] (+1)[Enhanced Intelligence Enforcement Lv. 2] (New)

[Enhanced Vitality Growth Lv. 4] (+1)[Enhanced Vitality Enforcement Lv. 1] (New)

[Enhanced Wisdom Growth Lv. 4] (+1)[Enhanced Wisdom Enforcement Lv. 1] (New)

[Enhanced Agility Growth Lv. 6] (+1) [Enhanced Agility Enforcement Lv. 2] (New)

[Enhanced Stamina Growth Lv. 4] (+1)[Enhanced Stamina Capacity Lv. 1] (New)

Others:

[Trap Creation Lv. 3] [Identify Lv. 10] [Battle Mind Lv.2] (+1)

[Cooking Lv. 6] (+1) [Dismantle Lv. 5] [Parallel Thoughts Lv. 4] (+3)The inaugural upload of this chapter took place via N0v3l-B1n.

[Humanize Lv. 1] (New) [Pyrokinesis] (New)

Ability

[Flame Blast] [Spark Claws] [Spark Flame] [Spark Fire Breath]

Spell List:

Holy spells:

[Minor Heal] [Cure] [Modest Heal] [Smite] [Light] [Holy Protection]

[Holy Strength] [Purify] [Sacred Smite]

Fire spells:

[Fire] [Firebolt] [Imbue Fire] [Fire Ball] [Strengthening Flames]

What happened to my stats?! Oh, wait, calm down.

Looking closer, the reason for the decrease seemed to have been caused by being humanized.

Our stats are getting decreased by 1/3rd due to just being humanized?

Humanized (Minor)

This being used the skill [Humanize] to transform into a human. All parameters of this being will be reduced by 1/3rd and mana will be consumed to maintain this form. This can be dispelled by deactivating [Humanize]

Crazy right? The spell requires an initial mana cost on activation, and it seems like its draining our mana to keep up the form. Thankfully, our mana recovery is high enough to completely offset it. Manager Mind gave a quick sigh before pointing at my Mana, where I saw it was slowly going up.

Once I gave her a satisfactory response, Manager Mind nodded and returned to her explanation, Thats a relief but it seems our stats aren't the only changes in our profile. Our level, race, age and now we have a section for Job.

Level 25. Why are we level 25 of all things?

Seems really arbitrary. Even if you thought about it logically and counted up our combined levels from our time as a dragon, we would have been level 45. It could be determined another way, like our stats, but to come to a proper conclusion, we need a human to compare it to. Our age, on the other hand, seems acceptable.

I dont know about that. We are small enough to pass for a 3 to 5-year-old, but why change it at all? #2 questioned it but #3 disagreed and even gave her an explanation for it.

The reason could be how this skill was designed to function as a disguise for non-humans. A human-looking monster is more approachable, after all. Maybe the more we level up [Humanize], the older we get?

#2 was impressed. Oooh, that sounds reasonable. If somebody were to use [Identify] on us, they wouldnt think were a dragon with [Dragonewt] being displayed in the Race field. The problem is that we still look pathetic?

The trio were back to their theory-crafting sessions. I could leave them to that. Personally, I wanted to confirm something else. I smacked my teeth-like jaw plates against each other, similar to how I would use [Spark Claws] with my claws, with the hope to unravel my new body parts true function.

As if they heard my wish, sparks began appearing on the strike area of my jaw fangs. Using some mana to let it grow, I unleashed my dragon breath over the surface of the lake.

Spark Fire Breath.

The heat singed the very air, scaring away the barracudas close by. Watching this flamethrower right underneath my eyes was certainly amazing.

Yup, that didnt disappoint. We can still use our dragon skills in this form.

Thats good to know but not very usable in our current situation, Manager mind immediately shot down my experiments findings. What a sad day

Our stats are decreased by 1/3rd. This skill should be useful if we ever reach civilization, but it would be stupid to handicap ourselves like this. Try to avoid using this skill when its dangerous, original mind. As I said before, their theory-crafting was more important than me. After all the bonding I did with them yesterday, now it felt distant again.

True, but we could use this mana smoke caused by the activation of [Humanize] in our favor.

That leaves Job for last. Manager Mind brought that to my attention, reminding me of the kobolds and orcs.

It has None in it. Expected. Buuut, with what we saw in the profile of the kobolds and orcs, getting a Job should be possible even for monsters. We just dont have an answer for that since we killed all of them. However, this should mean we could get a Job or something.

Identify it.

Identify.

Job

A specialization attained by an individual. Most jobs grant the owner power, skill improvements, or other advantages. Jobs can be attained through titles, Crystals of the Divine System, or naturally through certain actions

This sounded like a dream come true for any fantasy nerd, but I was slightly bummed out by this. From what I could see, the Job section disappeared when I transformed back into a dragon, meaning I could benefit from the Job fully. It sounded like a waste if I wasnt fighting as a dragonewt or human.

Still, I didnt know how the Job system in this world worked. Maybe there were other nuances to it? Well, until then, I had to put this Job thing in the back of my brain. It wasnt important now, especially since I had no idea how to get one.

After this experiment was done, I transformed back into a dragon and went back to my cavern to rest a bit longer. During my stay there, I decided it was time to make a real attempt to leave this place.

Ok, we are done here. Let's talk about what to do from now on. I say we replenish our food stock by fishing for a few more days. During this time, we can try to level up [Humanize]. Afterward, we venture outside.

Honestly, I just wanted to indulge myself in the lake for a bit longer. I felt safe here, now that the orcs were gone. However, I couldnt be so complacent as the orcs if I wanted to survive. Who knew when a random strong beast entered this place, after all.

It was for the best that I left this cave as soon as possible. For my growth and mental sanity.

Sounds good.

And with that, more fishing days awaited me. Leveling up [Humanize] proved to be quite a hassle but I still got it up to level two in the end. It seemed like it was around as hard as [Space-Time Magic] to level up.

My theory about reduced experience gain was also proven correct, as the number of barracudas Id killed was only enough for one level up. And I had killed enough that I could slack off on killing stuff for a good month.

With my preparations wrapping up, my time in this cave was nearing an end. The long search for the entrance started anew with me trekking around in this labyrinth-like cave. Without a map, I was practically wandering around aimlessly, so it took long enough for me to become 3 months old until I finally found the entrance.

The light of the sun. The fresh air. I can see the exit!

I ran. I ran away from the cold depths of this cave that has been my home for the last 2 months into the warmth of the suns light.

Outside. I am finally outside. Ah, how I missed the sun.

Trees, grass andbushes! Ha, I might be too big for one now. How nostalgic.

The Belzac forest. A forest filled with enough strong monsters to help me achieve my goal to acquire the strength to defend myself once I returned to society. Reaching max level to evolve was one of the objectives, but I also needed to spend time on [Humanize]. At the very least, I had to look like a cute girl again instead of a scary dragonewt. My idol career depended on it, seeing how appearance-focused it was.

An idol that brought fear was kinda contradictory. People valued beauty, no matter where you went. And it was especially the case for the entertainment and idol industry, one of the places where young women would starve themselves to achieve the perfect form.

But, the horrors of the idols industry was what I accepted when my parents educated me on everything. I made a conscious choice after everything I heard. As such, I had to live up to my own standards. No scaring potential fans!

Idolize me or be destroooyed!

Ahhh, yes! Yes! We shall worship you as our god now so please don't kill us!

Mwahahaha!

You guyshahahaha! Fuck my sanity, girls!

In these three months, I had experienced deaths scythe in numerous ways whether I was the one who swung it or how I was the one to dodge it. Admittedly, I wished my life would have been smoother, but I couldnt believe how much fun this had all been.

Yes, this new life had changed me for better or worse, but I believed that my core is still very much the same girl that grew up on earth. After all, after being stuck inside that cave for two months, I havent fully gone crazy. I was just speaking with myself. That was better than most people would have done!

As such, I had to be tough on myself. This adventure hadnt ended yet and it wouldnt end any time soon.

Be ready, gods and the world. For my dream, I will make sure to become the shining star I always wanted on this stage of yours.

Lets go! Time to become the dragon idol this world needs!

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Crimson Spark Dragon *] has risen from [Level 0] to [Level 1]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Acquired 300 skill points

Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Accuracy Correction Lv. 2] [Enhanced Vision Lv. 3] [Night Vision Lv. 7] [Wind Resistance Lv. 2] [Humanize Lv. 2] gained

A note from AbyssRaven

By the holy Aurena, I hate having to post chapters with all these blue boxes...but I still needed to do it.

This chapter was really far too long this time. Over 5000 words if I include blue boxes, urgh. Alas, I couldn't find a good point to just cut it into two chapters, so you guys got this behemoth.

The aftermath is now over, and we're on our way to the next part of the Belzac Forest arc.

Thanks to everybody who's supporting this story by reading it, and sorry for this massive info dump.

P.S. In case you can't imagine MC's new form, it should look like this Rawr , just ignore the horns. They are pointed towards her back. Also the hands. She's still walking on four legs.

Also, Crystal of the Divine System. Sounds spicy.

Edit: MC is now a Spark Fire Dragonewt in her humanized form.

Edit 2: Edited and rewritten to fit my current writing style and also to make it less of a hassle to read.

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