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29.04% Reborn as a DRAGON [STUB] / Chapter 114: Chapter 177: Sea monster

Chapter 114: Chapter 177: Sea monster

Swimming above the deep dark chasm, I waited patiently to see how the presence lurking below would react. Both of us were already aware of each other's presence, so now it was only a matter of who would make the first move.

'Come on, don't make me go down there,' I inwardly mumbled.

After what seemed like a few minutes, the unknown lurker finally made its move. A sudden loud reverberation shook my scales causing a frown to make its way to my face as I prepared myself. I felt the mana steer with some of the elements closest to me retreating to surround me in an almost subconscious reaction.

Soon, the unidentified presence finally appeared. Its body easily dwarfed my own by a large margin making me grin wildly. My blood boiled in excitement as I studied the unfamiliar creature glaring at me. It almost looked like a massive lizard, with a fishtail attached to it.

Its face was akin to that of a serpent but with huge sharp teeth giving off an intimidating aura. The creature had bright white scales that almost shined underwater. Its red eyes were bloodshot as it glared at me with a venomous gaze.

The creature's massive body was still halfway inside the deep chasm, which only served to show tell its absurd size. "Well, well, well. This should be interesting," My grin extended across my face as I began to summon the water elements in my surroundings.

To my immediate surprise, the serpent-like creature began to do the same in an attempt to wrest control over the water mana from me. This reminded me of my brief confrontation against Alat back during my naming ceremony.

"Aren't you one tough bastard," I cursed, finding it harder to keep up with the monster.

Its control over water mana was shockingly high, almost as high as my own. This quickly brought us into a stalemate. Water element clashed against water element, sending blasts underwater. Still, I stayed defiant while glaring at the monster with a wide grin.

This must have irritated it since it suddenly shot towards me with its mouth wide open. I swiftly dodged, moving upwards, my claw ripping through the left side of the monster's face, drawing blood.

A scream of pain followed by an immediate attack using its tail. It moved it with surprising grace, not giving me enough time to retreat. I hastily summoned the water elements I could to shield me from the blast, as the tail swatted me down towards the sea bed.

Sand rose as I hit the ground, and masked my body. The monster didn't seem to have any intentions of stopping as I quickly used its tail to launch another attack. This time, however, I was prepared. With the elements ready, I managed to somewhat stop its tail, before attacking it with my claw, drawing blood once again.

Before I could relax, the monster's face suddenly descended upon me with its mouth open in another attempt at swallowing me whole. "Ah, damn it. Just give it a break already!"

Flapping my wings, I instantly dashed forward under its belly, not forgetting to run my claws all across it. This further enraged the monster as it abruptly dropped trying to squash me with its body weight.

Seeing that It was too late to dodge, I hastily summoned a shield with the help of the elements, preventing the monster from making contact. Glancing at the elements barely holding on, I audibly clicked my tongue and summoned every I once of water mana I could manage, before sending it outwards in a blast.

This sent the massive monster away, giving me time to breathe. The beast's scarlet eyes glared daggers at me as It once again tried to wrest control over the water mana. This only ended up nullifying its effect for both of us, meaning a physical fight was unavoidable.

"Come on then, you big bastard!"

Both of moved at the same time, the monster used its massive right limb to thwart me away. Still, I was faster and managed to dodge to its left continuing my approach towards Its face. My goal is the serpent's scarlet eyes.

It must have sensed the danger since it unexpectedly pulled Its head back, but it was too late. My grin never quite left my face as I pushed with my wings, and instantly passed the monster's left eye. My tail shot towards it in passing, blinding the monster from one eye as I continued moving past It.

The beast's tail quickly moved to intercept me, yet I coated my claw with water mana, the effect now boosted with me being underground. My claw collided with Its tail sending a shockwave in all directions.

Both of us were blasted away from one another. The monster let out an enraged roar, yet I didn't give it time to recuperate. Moving from its now blinded side, I hurried to its flanks and closed in on Its head once again.

The beast had a terrifying intuition and still managed to avoid my attack. My cut ended up being too shallow and was a few paces above its remaining eye. Seeing how I missed it, I shot towards Its head and landed above it before I began to hammer at it with my claws and tail.

The serpent-like monster thrashed about in pain and continued to roar in defiance. Yet I kept my grip steady while taking care not to get flung off. I bit and clawed at Its head drawing more blood, as the surrounding waters turned red.

Feeling a disturbance in the water, I quickly dodged the monster's sudden tail strike. This didn't work out for the best for It, as it ended up further injuring itself. Seizing the opportunity, I opened my mouth and launched my dragon breath at Its now exposed skull.

The monster had no time to dodge, the water elements moved in sync to make way for my dragon breath. The second it connected to the beast's head, an explosion pushed all the water away and forced me backward.

Soon, a loud thud followed as the monster's body collapsed to the seafloor. The water turned deep red. I glanced in satisfaction at the dead beast below, who was now missing a large chunk of Its head.

"Well, that was fun."


Chapter 115: Chapter 178: Sea child

With the giant monster dead on the seafloor, all previous presences that lurked around seemed to shrink back even further, intimidated by our previous battle. This was exactly what I was hoping for as I needed to clear the surroundings for our attempt at teleportation. The last thing we needed was a monster messing up our plans.

I glanced at my surroundings. The area appeared deserted enough. Still, I knew that some creatures were still there. Although most were intimidated by the fight, some remained unmoving. 'This is still not clear enough,' I mumbled to myself before turning my gaze northbound.

"Well, off to the next one. No rest for the wicked right?" I chuckled.

I didn't have to swim far before the seafloor changed into what appeared to be an almost large underwater forest. That was the only way I could describe it. What looked like normal green trees were growing on the sea bed, akin to a normal forest.

The only difference was that this was underwater. It was in this place that I felt the second presence, lurking between the trees.

"What about you? Are you willing to talk, or should I beat you into submission as well? Not sure if you'd survive that, however," I loudly spoke, my voice carrying over even when underwater. I wasn't sure If the creature could understand me, but it was worth the try.

I waited for a few minutes observing the forest below in keen interest. It appeared as if it was above ground, which made it all the more, fascinating. The trees had relatively normal-looking barks, the green leaves swayed gently with the water giving off a serene feeling to the entire area. After a while, a small shadow rose from between the trees and swam upwards towards me.

My eyes subconsciously widened in surprise as I scanned the newcomer. It was a mermaid. Her long dark blue hair stuck closely to her back, almost as if she was above water. She had small fins for ears. Her human part was naked, while her fish one had a piece of cloth wrapped around her waist.

She gazed at me with curiosity in her blue eyes, yet I could still see the vigilance in them. After a few seconds of silence, the mermaid finally spoke, "What are you?"

I was surprised at being able to understand her, yet I quickly composed myself and replied, "My name is Aether, and I am a Dragon, and you are?" I introduced myself before asking her for the same.

The mermaid frowned as she mumbled, "A Dragon? I don't know what's that. My name is Ilith a sea child."

"A pleasure to meet you, Ilith."

The mermaid once again frowned at my answer as if it was strange before asking, "Aether, the Dragon. You killed the basil."

"The basil? If you mean that giant snake, then yes, I did."

"Why?" She abruptly asked.

"Well, I wished to talk first, but it suddenly attacked me, hence why I was forced to defend myself."

"Talk? You are a strange one, Aether the Dragon."

"Is that so."

"Why did you come here? Did you come to 'talk' to me as well?" She asked, her brows frowned.

"That is indeed my intention, and It's good that you haven't suddenly attacked me."

"Hmm, a strange one indeed. What do you wish to talk to me about?"

"I am not from this land, you see, and I will be leaving soon. But to do that, I need a safe area to teleport," I said, my eyes scanning the mermaid in interest to see if she would understand.

"You wish to teleport here?"

"I would probably try to in a deserted area, and it's not safe for me to do so without scanning my surroundings, which brings me to this place."

"You are afraid I will interrupt your teleportation and harm you," said the mermaid.

"Indeed, I am."

"I see, and does that mean you came here to kill me to ensure that wouldn't happen?" hearing that question, I awkwardly scratched my head.

"Well, I was hoping I'd be able to, peacefully convince you to relocate elsewhere until I leave, then you can come back to your place."

Nodding, the mermaid spoke, "I see, and how long will it take you to leave?"

"I'll attempt to tomorrow, and It shouldn't take longer than a day."

"Okay, a day it is then."

"Hmm? That's it, you agree?" I asked in surprise, to which the mermaid tilted her head in puzzlement.

"Did you not just ask me to?"

"I mean, yes, but If I'm being honest, I thought it'd be a lot harder especially considering my previous attempt."

"You already killed the basil, so that proves your strength, not to mention this means his territory is now anyone's for the taking. And you don't seem interested in it. All I have to do is wait for a day and then claim it as my own as well. Besides, I saw no lies in your words. So I'd rather avoid fighting when I'm not fully confident in winning without sustaining serious injuries."

"You are rather awfully straightforward, aren't you?"

"And you are strange, Aether the Dragon."

"Well then, I hope you will honor your word."

Nodding, the mermaid shot me one final glance before she suddenly looked downwards and raised her hand. Thousands upon thousands of merfolks suddenly swam upwards. I froze for a second since I was unable to sense their presence at all. Ilith looked back at me and nodded before she swam away, her people silently following behind her.

'Well, I'll be damned. It feels like I dodged a bullet right there,' I muttered to myself as I watched them leave.

With another problem taken care of, I closed my eyes to sense other presences still lurking around. To my surprise, I was unable to find any. It seemed like Ilith's departure caused all the other creatures to back away. None of them appeared to be willing to spy on me any longer.

'Looks like, Ilith is way more important than I may have thought.'

With those final thoughts in mind, I finally swam back towards the lair of the now-dead basil. I explored the deep chasms with renewed interest. It helped that I no longer felt as threatened now that the area was clear. I had my doubts at first, but Ilith seemed to have truly moved away, that I made sure of using my water mana.

After I satisfied my curiosity, I found myself a comfortable underground cave where I curled around to rest for tomorrow, satisfied with my day's accomplishments.


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