The time a writer reincarnated into a new world

by booklover123az

A sickly old man passes away with a few regrets. Reincarnating into a new world as an Archdragon he sets out into the new world to live his life to the fullest and to keep his promises. With a new life of danger and adventure he would use his new skills and his past as a light novel and manga writer to change his life and the world around him. R for sexual content later on.

1. Chapter 1- The end and a beginning

I looked out the window of my room, the afternoon sun poured in helping to warm my old bones. No doubt it was my old age but it seemed like my hospital room was a bit too cold for my liking, though if I wrapped myself up too much I would think it was too hot. Really there didn't seem to be an excellent middle ground, so I had long since decided to just live with it. I flinched as I felt my breath escape and a pain shot from my chest, I clutched a hand over my heart and did my best to catch my breath as the pain faded. It took me a few minutes before I felt my body return to normal as much as it could. But even when the pain was gone my aged body still felt fatigued and my breath was a little harder and a little slower to fill my lungs.

I should have just laid down and rested, my body was failing, and I needed to conserve what energy I possessed just to make it day by day. Despite knowing this I just had a bitter grin on my face as I forced myself onto my feet, an unavoidable groan escaped my throat as I forced myself to the other side of the room and into a chair next to a desk. A few pictures sat on my desk along with several pieces of paper, pencils, pens, and a few other things I needed for the only thing I had to do for most of the day.

The bitter expression on my face melted away as I looked at the picture of my deceased wife and me. Even now after her being gone for 20 years seeing her smiling face helped to ease some of the discomforts I felt both physically and emotionally. Touching the photo I remembered the day we took it a few days after our 10th anniversary we had gone on a trip across the ocean to the United States of America. We had traveled to many states both taken by vastly different environments, the sights had even been part of our inspirations for our next project which sat next to the picture. The first copy of our light novel was a good example of who we were, just a couple who loved everything anime, manga, or light novel.

We had spent countless hours debating our favorite genre, how we thought our favorite characters should have acted to different choices we would have made in their place. Really if there was an argument for an anime or manga chances were we would have debated it at some point. And in the end that passion allowed us to be successful authors and no doubt we would still be doing the thing we loved to this day if cancer hadn't taken her from me.

It had been a heartbreaking event for me, to lose the woman I loved with all my heart far too early in life. Was it not for her making me promise to keep on living my life to the fullest I may not have been able to eventually move on. Though these days I realize that I didn't keep my promise, I may have continued to live but I never lived the same way I did before her death and now with the end so near I regretted not having honored her wishes. Still, I can't say I regret everything I had done since then, I had taken that heartache and channeled it into several other light novels, I learned to draw for myself, and I had another blessing in my life that made life easier to bear.

''Speaking of which considering what time it is and the sound of those footsteps they should be arriving in 5…4…3…2…1''. The door to the room slid open followed by a pair of voices excitedly shouting, "Uncle!"

"Heh, right on time and as energetic as ever." Knowing what came next I opened my arms to embrace the small balls of energy that made the past years of my life a true delight. "Heh, easy there kiddos these old bones have a hard time handling dealing with all that energy."

"He's right kids, you know your uncle isn't doing so well, so you need to be more gentle with him."

With the words of their mother, both kids quickly let go and took a few steps back, both looking properly chastised. The mother was Ahmya my niece, and the oldest of two kids was Chiasa, and two years younger than his sister Chikao. The trio would visit me every weekend and over the last few months since I was admitted into the hospital they try to visit twice a week now and each time it's the highlight of my week. Both the youngsters would sit on my bed or on my lap and try to talk over each other about what they had been up to.

Chiasa would talk all about her art projects or the good grades she would get in class, she was a studious one always trying to act like she was more mature than she really was. No doubt trying to play the role of a proper big sister, is an adorable sight. Chikao never tried to hide his enthusiasm, much like his sister he enjoyed art mainly drawing his favorite characters from every anime or manga he read. Not to brag but his favorites were mostly the work I had done over the years and I'm sure it was me who had taught him what were the best mangas available, even in my old age I made sure to keep up with what kids these days enjoyed.

And so our time would usually pass with me mostly listening to them, admiring their drawings, and giving some advice here and there. It was always a happy time, but today they were both a little quieter, and a little less enthusiastic. And I couldn't help but wonder if their mother had said something, or maybe they could feel it in the air. I had been feeling it all day, the subtle chill in my bones, the ache in my body that while dulled still a bit deep into me. I could see the worry in Ahmya's eyes, she knew my condition had been getting worse over the past few weeks and that I didn't have long. And it seemed even the children were becoming aware of it now, it was a somber thought, that soon I wouldn't be able to see their smiling faces, I wouldn't be able to see them keep on growing.

It was a sad reality we lived in, but it was one I had accepted a long time ago. My life may not have been as happy as I would have liked, I and my wife were never able to have children. We had no luck even in our early years, and adopting had never appealed to us, we understood that we could give a child who was in need a good home but we just couldn't bring ourselves to adopt, we wanted a child of our own. At least one that we had been able to bring into the world together, but it never happened and then her cancer appeared and ravaged her health, she fought it every step of the way and I supported her with all I had, but in the end, she accepted her fate. She had smiled at me in the end and had me make my promise, which had seemed to help her go in peace.

And now I knew it would soon be my turn to follow her into death and into the next life, knowing that I couldn't allow this to end on such a sad note. I could at least do what I could to make my precious niece and nephew smile during what could be our last time together. So after they finished with their usual trying to speak over the other I grabbed my sketchbook and showed them what I had been working on for the past few weeks.

A set of drawing featuring a boy in his late teens, with long hair that went down to the back of his neck, it wasn't too detailed but there were other drawing next to him, one of a horned dragon, its appearance both majestic and ominous, and a third drawing that seemed to a combination of the boy and the dragon. Dragons had always been creatures that had captured my imagination, especially western dragons and my nephew in particular loved them as well. "Well you two, how about we finish this character up today? I was thinking he could make for an interesting character to make a fun story out of and I could use your help thinking of the details."

That perked the two of them up, Chikao was the first to speak up his small arm shooting up as if he was in a classroom. I hope he behaved more in his actual class because he didn't wait for me before he started talking.

"Oh!Oh! Can I name him, please?! I have a great name for him, it's super cool I promise!" The kid was bouncing up and down on his heels so much and so fast that he seemed to be vibrating. His sister was put off by her little brother being the first to speak but she didn't argue, she just crossed her arms and tried to act as if she was above being so excited for something so silly as naming a fictional character, but her pouting gave it away.

I held back a chuckle and simply nodded for him to go on, "He's dragon right and his scales look kind of dark so I think his name should be…Yami Ryuu! And he should have awesome dragon and demon powers! Like…like…maybe he gives off an uh…. oh! He should give off a dark aura that scares his enemies so much that they just fall to the ground and wet their pants!" Most of that was said with less breath than most people could handle, luckily his sister stopped him from potentially ranting.

She scoffed and poked his cheek as she interrupted him, "Yami Ryuu? Really? You couldn't have thought of something more creative? At the very least his name should be Ryuu no Yami, it would at least be more grammatically correct."
Instantly this set off an argument between the two that their mother once again had to settle with a few curt words. Once they had settled down I patted both of their heads, "Heh, that's all right you two, I think the name Yami Ryuu is a fine name, it gets the point across nicely and quickly. Now Chiasa since your brother got to name him why don't you come up with some powers for him? I bet you could come up with some clever abilities for him to have."

That brought a smile to her face, she always likes to be seen as clever and she shared my enjoyment of thinking of potential abilities and how they could be used in multiple ways not just combat. "Hmm…well he would obviously be able to change his form, from a human to a hybrid, to a full dragon. But he shouldn't just be a muscle-head fighter, he should have a technical skill."

"Oh! What if he can break stuff and put it back together in different ways or like combine different stuff like metal and his scales to make them super tough!"

Chikao just couldn't hold back his idea which now led them to begin arguing but before their mother could step in the argument evolved into them bouncing ideas off each other. Working together they seemed to brainstorm several possibilities, and within minutes they had come up with three main abilities. First, since he was a dragon who could change his shape they thought he should be able to control or tame other lesser dragons if he can win their loyalty. Second, they thought that he should be able to break apart anything he touched or was near him, maybe even be able to convert it into energy, I helped them out with that idea suggesting he could convert kinetic energy or spread it out. They had both jumped at the idea though I didn't think they fully understood what 'kinetic energy was. The third one though was a surprise, they thought he could be able to change matter or the world around him with just his words, from making spells, to creating barriers that enforced rules his rules.

When I asked them why they would want him to have so much power they smiled and pointed to me, from their point of view since I was the writer I could pretend to be connected to the character and I could write changes to his world whenever he needed to change something. And I think in a way they wanted this character to have a connection to me I think? After all, they had each come up with an ability for him to have and I suppose they wanted him to have a skill connected to me as well. It was sweet for them to want this character to have a connection with all three of us so I smiled and in one free corner of the paper I wrote down his abilities.

"Uncle, are you going to make another manga with this character?"

Looking at Chiasa I could see the earlier worries returning, was it possible she could sense why I wanted to make this character together? Did she know that I didn't expect to stay with them much longer? She was a smart girl and it wouldn't be too out of the question, but could I really talk to them about this? I wasn't sure what was the right thing to say so I decided to try to give an excuse that won't make them worry. "Well, Chiasa, I'm afraid I may be a bit too old to come up with a good story for such a great character. I'm just not as creative as I used to be, that's why I wanted us to work on it together. I want the two of you to work together and come up with a story for him one day." I gave them my best smile as I handed them the paper, and I was glad that distracted them because I felt the pain in my chest return stronger than before.

I felt my heart skip a beat, and my breath suddenly became more labored, I looked at Ahmya and she must have picked up on my distress because she grabbed the phone next to my bed and called for a nurse. I was struggling to keep calm and not show the pain I was in in the few minutes it took for the nurse and a doctor burst into my room. Ahmya tried to usher the children out of my room but just then I couldn't stay in my seat.

The doctor and nurse rushed to my side and managed to catch me before I hit the ground, everything was becoming blurry. My eyes couldn't focus on anything and the sounds in the room were beginning to fade away, it was a muffled mess that I couldn't make sense of. I thought I was on the floor but suddenly I felt the mattress underneath me, it had never felt so soft. My vision swam and I couldn't focus, people were moving all around me saying things I couldn't understand. "Everything is moving so fast…everyone is a blur…I can't keep up and it's so cold…why is it so cold?"

Confirmed. Cold resistance was successfully acquired. Request confirmed… acquisition of the extra skill Thought Acceleration successful.

The chaos was so strange, nothing was clear until I saw my beloved niece and nephew at the door staring at me with looks of fear and confusion on their face. In the distance, I felt my body jump up and a jolt of something run through my body sending heat and shock through it. Strangely it didn't hurt but I would still prefer to avoid the discomfort.

Accepted. Heat and Electrical resistance acquired…successful. Heat and cold resistance have been combined to create thermal fluctuation resistance.

"Don't look at me like that…please…I don't want to see you so sad. I'm sorry I lied, if I could, I would keep going. I would persevere for as long as I could…Maybe…maybe in my next life, I'll be able to keep my promise….yes…I will keep my promise." Everything was going dark, so painfully dark I could no longer see them. "I can't see…I know why but still…I would like to see them no mater what in my last seconds of life."

Request confirmed… skills Magic Sense and Sense Heat acquired…confirmed.

I could feel my breath leaving me, my heart trying to keep going despite my body and mind giving in to the growing darkness. "I promise kiddos, I will bring the character we made to life, I'll give Yami Ryuu a great story, with all those creative ideas."

Request for the acquisition of the unique skill Dragon knight confirmed. Continuing… acquisition of the unique skill Converter confirmed. Request for unique skill Writer confirmed…unique skill Writer has evolved into the unique skill Voice of Change.

Confirmed. True Dragon body…not possible. The closes candidate available found…confirmed…the individual Sadao Miyamoto's soul will be reborn into a non-attribute Arch Dragon body.

"That voice is the only thing I can hear… it's so cold it reminds me of a computer…how strange. What is it saying? Something about a skill? And a dragon body? What does that mean? It sounds like something out of a manga…it could make for a fun manga. It would…be nice to live like that wouldn't it love? It would be…so much easier to live a full life…in a world like that…I'll keep my promise to you…Tora."

With those last thoughts, I felt my last breath fade away and with it all sounds, smells, all feelings faded away into that all-encompassing black void.

Dying was both what I had expected and yet completely different, the world going dark, the loss of feelings, that all was what I had come to think of it, a form of purgatory I suppose. But this felt different…" Wait…can I feel? But just a moment ago I couldn't feel anything?"

Strangely enough the moment of…well nothing would be the best way to describe it, like those sensory deprivation chambers I had read about but more complete. Nothing to see, nothing to hear, smell, feel, no need to breathe…" Wait…I can feel myself breathing, and…yeah that's definitely a heartbeat. Am I not dead? Did the doctors manage to bring me back? But then why can't I hear anything? They were making so much noise?" Not only that but as I focused on the feelings of my own body I noticed a stark difference, the continuous aches, and pains of my old age were no longer there. My breathing was easier than I had ever remembered it being even in my youth, and when I inhaled through my nose a few scents filled my nose. A slightly musty and earthy smell, with perhaps the faint smell of water mixed in.

"Strange, I've only ever smelled something like this once before, back when Tora and I decided to take that cave tour. Does that mean I'm in a cave?" Well, there was one way to find out, I steeled my resolve and forced my eyes to open. My eyes were met with complete darkness, wherever I was allowed no light to break the oppressive inky blackness I found myself in. "Well, that certainly adds to the possibility of being in a cave. Of course, that raises the question of how I managed to get here. And I suppose there is a chance I'm not in a cave, maybe a basement of some kind?"

More questions popped into my mind, a cascade of questions that threatened to overwhelm me, And yet I felt oddly calm about my situation. Back when I had gone on the cave tour our guide said that if we got lost to remain calm and try to keep one hand on a wall and calmly call for help. Given the mysterious nature of whatever event caused me to appear in this place, I had a feeling help would be unlikely to appear anytime soon. Also, if there was a chance the structure I was in was unstable calling out could be a dangerous move.

"Sigh…well standing around won't do me any good. Normally wandering around a cave with no way to see would be a horrible choice but I don't see any other way to deal with this situation."

Active the skill Magic Sense?

Yes

No

"What the hell was that?!" I had nearly jumped when that voice came out of nowhere, I reached out with my hand trying to feel for anyone else who might be nearby.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" I called out trying to keep my voice to just above a whisper hoping to avoid startling whoever that was or causing any damage to the structure around me. I waited for a few seconds but I heard nothing, the voice didn't speak again either, leaving me feeling confused as to what I had heard. I was certain I had heard a voice, but the strange thing was that it didn't sound like a normal voice.

Focusing my mind I recalled that just before I had 'died' I had heard the same voice saying something about acquiring skills? And something about a dragon? I had so many questions I wanted answers to but now was not the time, first I needed to find my way out of this place then I could begin to figure out what to do next.

"Hmm…that voice said something about a skill called magic sense and if I recall it said something about that skill before when I was thinking about wanting to be able to see my niece and nephew." The thought of them sent a stab of worry and pain as I remembered their worried faces, it was a sight I doubt I would ever forget and I struggled to push the image away, I needed to focus my mind. "Okay, logically nothing makes sense so I need to stop thinking logically and be more open minded. If these 'skills' are real I should look at this similar to the light novel and manga that involve those terms. If that's the case then my desire to be able to see when I was at the hospital and the voice mentioning the skill again when I was thinking that I needed to see may not be a coincidence. So if that is the case…"

Taking a deep breath, I focused my thoughts fully into wanting to be able to see however it may be possible, I pictured my thoughts being projected outwards into the world at large.

Active the skill Magic Sense?

Yes

No

Once again the voice rang and this time I tried to project the word 'yes' outwards while also giving a feeling of acceptance. All those decades of organizing my thoughts to make writing easier seemed to have paid off because the instant I sent out my thoughts something happened. It was difficult to describe but the world was suddenly lit up, and a wave of subtle light filled the area as if there was a low light shining with no real point of origin. I had only a few seconds to process the sight when a pang of pain shot through my mind like a hot knife. The sudden influx of visual information had been overwhelming, instead of just seeing what was in front of me it was like I had a mental image of everything around me running several meters into the branching tunnels. It was too much to process and I had to take a deep breath and focus on the source of the feeling, interestingly even with my eyes closed in concentration I was still fully aware of everything around me.

"Jeez, if this skill didn't hurt so much then this would be perfect for getting out of here…maybe I can try to lower the distance it's working?" It was worth a shot, now that I had a moment to focus my mind, I had noticed something new, despite the pain in my mind it didn't feel like the skill was activated in my mind, rather it felt almost like it was coming from deep within my body. It was an odd sensation almost like subtle carvings on some semisolid material, and to make it stranger it felt as if there were several other carvings, each one unique. It was a phenomenon I would have to investigate at a later time, for now focusing on the carvings that seemed to be influencing my mind I tried to decrease the amount of…power I suppose.

Not entirely sure how to do so the best concussion I could think of was simply to will it to lower, it took a couple of tries but thankfully I could feel the area in which I could perceive lower to what my eyes could see naturally albeit all around me. The pain eased dramatically enough for me to open my eyes, and now I could finally work on getting out of this place…once again my train of thought was cut when I looked down at my hands.

I had clutched my head when the pain had hit, but now I finally saw them and I was not prepared for what I saw. "W-what the hell!?" My hands were no longer wrinkled and liver spotted, nor were they even human hands. Scales now covered my hands, my fingers had elongated with claws several inches long at the end of each finger. This was just too much, what restraint I had broke and I let out a cry of surprise but instead of hearing my previous voice, a deep roar escaped me. The sound echoed through the tunnels repeating a cry that despite my never hearing it would have me thinking some terrifying beast was near. "What the hell is going on!?" Only now did I realize all my words had been within my mind this whole time, no wonder I hadn't realized the change.

In the end, I managed to calm down and examine my body, my conclusion was that I now had a reptilian body complete with a long tail. Though it seemed I also had a set of wings though it was hard to see them given there wasn't enough room to fully open them. And a closer examination of my own scales showed that they possessed a mostly deep purple coloring with a few scales being a few shades lighter with some small amount of black scales. Despite the darkness of the cave, it seemed my magic sense skill allowed me to see the effect of the light on my new scales making them glitter dully like polished stones.

Taking in all the information I had gathered, which wasn't much, I had come to a few possible ideas. One, I had not died yet and I was currently in a coma in the hospital, however, this didn't make that much sense given just how bizarre and different the situation was. While I had a creative mind I don't think a comatose mind was capable of creating such a situation in so much detail. Second, I had died, and this was some kind of purgatory where my soul was waiting before moving on to the next life. This brings me to my final and possibly most likely situation, I had died and somehow my soul had been reincarnated into another world and given what that mysterious voice said along with my new appearance it seemed I reincarnated as an ArchDragon.

It was such an impossible thing to happen I wanted to laugh at myself, "But really, what other explanation is there?" No matter what way I looked at it, it seemed the life I had lived was well and truly over, even if I was in a coma, it would only be a matter of time before I passed away. "If I'm just waiting to pass away then I may as well enjoy what time is left of my life, the same if this is my version of purgatory. And if this really is a new life…"

"Regardless there is no point in just sitting here and waiting for answers that may not come, best to think while I'm on the move."

Using this magic sense, it seemed there were only two ways to go, the path ahead lead downwards. The other would make sense if I was underground, but there was no guarantee that would lead me out, it could just as well lead me to a dead end. A fifty-fifty chance wasn't what I would call a winning ratio given the consequences could be getting lost in an unknown cave system. Giving the air a sniff, it seemed my sense of smell must have drastically increased because I could faintly smell water. How I knew it was water I have no clue, "Maybe it's instinctual knowledge?"

My questions just kept on piling up with no answers, but at least if I found water then I wouldn't have to worry about dying of thirst. So, taking the chance I made my way down the gently sloping tunnel. My sense of smell must have been much stronger than I had originally realized because I spent what felt like an hour walking before I found the source of the smell. The cramped tunnel led to a large cavern; a small waterfall poured from cracks in the ceiling down into a small lake with another stream going down another tunnel.

With the light coming from magic sense there was a soft glow to everything as if particles of light danced in the air giving the place a sense of beauty. My awe was broken when suddenly more than a dozen dark figures dropped from among the many stalactites. Their wings opened up to reveal massive bats, each one had to have a wingspan of a least a meter. I had little time to stare when they all dived at me, on instinct I tried to back away, but I was in the open and they were upon me in seconds.

I felt most of them land on my back, I hardly felt the impact as it seemed my scales were fully capable of blocking their claws and teeth. That is until I felt something being pulled from my body causing burning pain. "What the hell? Are they drinking my blood? But I didn't even feel their teeth? Maybe it's like a mosquito? Gahh! I don't have time to think about the details I need to get them off.!"

The others flew at my neck, but I managed to dodge them by rolling to my left causing the other three on my back to let go and fly up. The group flew around me in a circle waiting for an opening to attack. They flew quickly changing their altitude constantly, and all of sudden they all released high piercing shrieks. The sound made my ears scream in pain, disorienting me, I could feel my body swaying with the disorienting sound.

I couldn't focus my eyes, but I could see them diving toward me, "Shit I need to move!" Just as I wished they would slow down I heard that voice once again.

Activate Thought acceleration?

Yes

No

"YES!" I mentally screamed out, instantly everything seemed to stop, I could see the giant bats frozen in midair. But paying closer attention I realized they were moving but just at a greatly reduced speed. "Thought acceleration huh? I can't seem to move my body any faster but at least I have some time to think." So, with my new sense of time, I used my magic sense to get an exact reading for each of the bats, while my vision may have been affected, my magic sense wasn't so relying on the ability seemed like my best recourse. "Okay, this is a very useful skill though I wish I knew what else my abilities could do."

Would you like to use the skill Assess and Analyze on yourself?

Yes

No

"Well that's convenient, still would it be a good idea to use that right now? Even if my mind is working at a much faster rate will that mean my thought acceleration will be negated? I'm pretty good at multitasking but that may be too much to risk at a time like this."

Would you like to use the skill Parallel Process in conjunction with the skill Assess and Analyze?
Yes

No

And yet again another skill was revealed, it seemed as if I possessed many abilities, I was not aware of, just another thing I need to look into. The name of this new skill interested me though, "Parallel process huh? By its name, it sounds like it should let me be able to do multiple tasks and so far each skill mentioned has worked according to my desires or need. So it that holds somehow this skill should allow me to analyze myself without distracting me from my fight? It's risky but I think it's worth it, after all, I may have other skills that could be useful in this situation."

Taking a leap of faith, I sent out a 'yes' to the voice, the activation of the skill was strange, it felt as if a surge of energy passed through my mind and then formed into an orb connected to my mind through a connection like a cable. It did grab my attention at first but then it seemed to just fade into the background like some white noise machine, thus allowing me to put all my focus into fighting the swarm of bats.

And I was quickly able to fully appreciate just how incredible this thought acceleration really was. With this new sense of time, the first two bats that flew to my face were sliced in half with one swipe of my right 'hand' my claws slicing through them as if they were made of paper. But even with more time to react my body was still new to me as was moving with thought acceleration activated. For the next few minutes which felt like hours I fought with all my might, at one point I had one of the bats attack my back and without thinking I had swung my tail swatting it out of the air with enough to kill it on impact, it seemed I was starting to grow accustomed to my new body rather quickly.

Finally I managed to catch and crush the last of the bats before it could attempt to escape, I could feel my heart racing from the fight, adrenaline coursing through me I glanced around the cavern. I even pushed my magic sense further out to try to find any other potential enemies, after a few minutes, or what felt like a few minutes I didn't feel anything else nearby. I let out a sigh of relief and with just a thought I shut off my thought acceleration, even this had become easier over the span of the fight.

With confirmation that there was no immediate danger I was able to take in the result of my work. The bodies of the bats lay in a circle around me, most of them sliced open with blood pooling around them with their intestines and other viscera pouring out them. Mentally I felt queasy and a little revolted that I had caused all this, it was then I became aware of the blood and other bits of flesh that clung to my claw and other parts of my body. Once again I felt revolted and other normal circumstances, I would have spilled my stomach but for some reason though my mind told me I should feel ill the rest of me felt perfectly fine. In face my body was thrumming with energy and some part of me almost felt…disappointed that the fight was already over.

"Why would I feel that? I've never been one to enjoy a fight, hell I only learned a bit of martial arts because Tora insisted it would be fun to learn. Heh, she always was a bit of a tomboy…" Remembering how energetic she was when it came to the lessons brought a smile to my face and helped ease why troubled thoughts and helped me to think more calmly. "The only thing I can think of is that when my soul entered this body maybe some of the natural instincts became a part of me? That's the only thing that makes sense, which means I'll need to be careful, there's no telling how else this body will affect my behavior."

Just another thing I would have to investigate more later on, for now I had no desire to remain covered in blood. So I used the pool of water to wash off the blood, once clean I felt a mental tug from the cord connecting me to the parallel process I had running. Turning my attention to it I felt a sudden rush of information flood my mind, unknown symbols flashed through my mind making me stumble for a second. I had to take a few deep breaths to help steady myself and after a minute I felt the information settle into my mind. Once it was settled the information was rather startling my skills and what they did were thus.

Voice of Change:This skill allows the user to manipulate and affect the world around them changing the properties of both the magical and physical world.

All of Creation-Provides full coverage of all unsuppressed matter and phenomena in this world

Law Manipulation- enables the manipulation of the laws of the world from either magical or scientific perspective

Analyze and assess- Analyze and assess the target

Inscription- can inscribe or enchant anything they wish so long as they have the required data

Create Material - the user can create anything they desire so long as they have the required data

Parallel Process- replicates the mental capabilities of the user to create a separate mind that can perform any tasks designated at the level of which the user is capable of.

Draconic Knight: This skill grants the user combative power compared to a member of the draconic race.

Form Change-grants the ability to change one's form

Dragon strength - an improved version of steel strength, also can convert magicules into even greater physical enhancements

Bond- allows the creation of a sub-soul corridor

Dragon senses- enhances all senses far beyond their base capabilities

Magic aura- allows magical affects to be applied to one's body or items equipped

Converter: This skill allows the user to break apart or defuse the target and convert them into energy that can be applied to another target or manipulate the energy.

Defusion- breaks apart the target into magiclues

Fusion- fuses or unites properties of one or more targes into another target

Gather- collects or gathers the target

Storage- a pocket dimension in which items can be stored.

I also seemed to possess a few other skill and resistance.

Self regeneration

Magic sense

Magic resistance

Melee resistance

Elemental resistance

Coercion

Elemental breath-unknown element

All in all it seemed I had some rather powerful skill, Voice of Change was the one that caught my attention the most however, if I could use it to gather information then it was by far the most useful skill I possessed. So I decided to set aside my goal of escaping this cave system for the time being. Making myself as comfortable as I could on the hard stone floor I tapped into these new skill and prepared to do some in depth research. After all if I'm going to live this new life in a new world I'm going to need all the information I could get my hands one, I could feel a new sense of excitement filling my chest and I couldn't help but smile.