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Summary: A human soul transmigrates into the body of a newborn snake with some strange skills. How would it fare in this world where people with strength like Gods roam freely? Surviving this mayhem should be its first concern.

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[Azridan POV]

It's bullshitly hard and energy-intensive. How the hell does Veldora keep using {Dark Lightning}?!

Currently, I am trying to use {Dark Lightning}. But it has proven to be very hard. Apparently, Veldora has never faced many problems controlling the direction and intensity of the lightning.

Despite what this stupid Tsundere Dragon is saying, I can't even generate low intensity lighting without it rampaging around. I can just take {Scholar}'s help, but I want to perform it myself.

I do have ideas about how I can improve my control over it. However, testing them in a battle would be more productive.

"So Veldora, what do you suggest I do after leaving the cave?" I spoke.

In my time here, I had learnt to 'speak'. I had {Thought Transmission}, courtesy of Veldora. Though, I knew it wasn't a conventional method of communication. Therefore with the help of {Scholar} and {Echo Sense}, I was able to create specific vibrations in the molecules, effectively copying the effects of the vocal cord.

Ignoring all that, I have just been chatting with the Tsundragon and getting all kinds of advice from him. I don't even know how much time has passed, but it's more than a day for sure.

"Huh!? Are you leaving so soon!? I m-mean go ahead, and travel the world now. It's not like I would feel lonely if you leave," Veldora became sad after hearing my question. I am not sure if it was an illusion, but I swear I saw purple lines appearing around his face.

What kind of weird Dragon friend do I have? Sigh.

"I am not leaving you alone for eternity. I would occasionally return here to keep you company. Also, think about the possibilities. What if I can find a solution to this barrier?" I tried to placate him.

The voice that was coming out of my mouth was different from my past life, sounding far deeper and having a hiss to it.

That was definitely notintentional.

"HAHAHAHA, I am confident in you my friend! I am sure you will be able to crack this barrier one day." The cave trembled due to his laughter. I am really worried about his mood swings. Where did that 'depression' disappear?

"So, what does your brilliant mind suggest, I should do?"

"Well, I would suggest you try to evolve as soon as possible. I don't really know how the outside world has changed since my disappearance. I have already shared with you all I knew about the world before being sealed," He was again scratching his neck with a claw sharp enough to cut my scales like butter.

"As for how you could collect enough Magicules to evolve? Just go wild and eat every monster you see. You're already going to experience a steady increase in your Magicules. Add the mana you would receive from other monsters, and you should evolve in some time."

Hm, evolving fast would indeed be beneficial for me. I don't know how many monsters I would need to eat though. Hey {Scholar}, would I have taste buds in my human form?

[Answer: Affirmative.]

Cool. Now I would be able to enjoy good food and eat the bad-tasting food without feeling like vomiting. Truly the best of both worlds.

I looked at my friend and felt a very strange feeling well up in me. In my past life, I didn't have many friends. Almost all of them were either fake or were mere acquaintances.

Of course, there were some true friends, but even they didn't know much about me. This was the first time I had ever shared my life story with someone. To think that I would first open up to a big Tsun lizard. Sounds absurd but that's the reality I live in now.

"So, I think this is where we part?" I asked, feeling sad to leave this big guy here alone. I don't know when I will be able to visit.

"Yes, Azridan. Make sure you come back with awesome stories." Veldora spoke and I was able to see the smile on his face. Even if it looked more like a smirk.

"Hopefully when I see you again, you will be free. See you later, Veldora." I had already activated {Spatial Transfer}, another skill Veldora gave me. Before I disappeared, I saw a big grin on his face.

The skill had already activated and I was transported to where I first found myself in this world.

I was still feeling a bit of anxiety at leaving Veldora alone, but I am sure it would disappear over time. Anyway {Scholar}, make a path towards the exit of this cave for me. The exit should be in the direction where Magicule concentration decreases.

[Answer: Affirmative.]

I started heading in the opposite direction and saw Magic Ore in that direction. Not wanting to waste time with them, I just skipped past. There are going to be many monsters on the way, so Magicules won't be an issue.

Hmm, how much time has passed since I have come to this world? Can you tell me, {Scholar}?

[Answer: It has been 34 Days, 18 Hours, 29 Minutes, and 42 seconds.]

That's a lot of time. In all that time, the only things I remember doing were eating Magic Ore, Hipokute Grass, Monsters and talking to Veldora. However, I have definitely gotten stronger than before. Show me a list of all the skills I have, {Scholar}.

[Answer: Affirmative.]

[Intrinsic Skills: Thermal Resistance, Poison Fangs, Poisonous Breath, Echo Sense, Thermal Sense, Hard Scales, Mana Core.

Extra Skills: Magic Manipulation, Alluring Aura. Hero, Magic Sense, Thought Transmission, Fear Resistance, Poison Resistance, Pain Nullification

Storm Magic: Storm Blast, Thunderstorm, Ruin Tempest, Storm of Destruction, Death Heralding Wind, Black Flame, Dark Lightning

Elemental Magic: Flight Magic

Others: Spatial Transfer

Unique Skills: Scholar, Evolver]

This list has definitely grown a lot from before. Also, I don't think I have asked this before, but what exactly does the {Hero} skill do?

[Answer: The Extra Skill: Hero grants The Host an aura that radiates salvation and hope. Individuals standing in the presence of Host would feel secure and attracted to Host. Higher Existences can resist the effects.]

.. That sounds a lot like mind control? But since it just makes people feel more secure, it should be fine right? I definitely wouldn't be burned at a stake for this.

As we are already on this topic, what does {Alluring Aura} do? I hope it's not another mind-control-ish skill.

[Answer: The Extra Skill: Alluring Aura makes the Host more attractive and charismatic. It works exceptionally well on females of a species. The effects can be resisted by Higher Existences.]

Sigh, I give up. However, both skills offer many practical uses. At least, most creatures won't attack me on sight.

Ugh, how long would it take for me to encounter a monster?

[Notice: Analysis complete.]

[Notice: Armorsauruses also known as "Shell-Lizards" are B-minus ranked monsters. They are territorial by nature and live in small groups. They possess a natural advantage in defence, due to having Intrinsic Skill: Body Armour.]

[Notice: Unique Skill: Evolver's {Dynamic Adaption} activated.]

[Notice: Host's Intrinsic Skill: Hard Scales has evolved into Intrinsic Skill: Body Armour.]

I had encountered a lounge of 7-foot long lizards. There were four of them, but I faced no problem in putting them down. I just used {Poisonous Breath} on three and {Poison Fang} on the remaining one.

{Poison Fang} wasn't what I expected. It was like my fangs glowed purple and were coated with poison. When I bit the lizard, the poor fella experienced pain. It was screaming very loudly as if its insides were being melted by the poison.

This was kind of hard to watch, but it died pretty quickly. After seeing that, I didn't particularly feel like swallowing it and the others. But knowing the importance of eating them, I devoured them after a bit of hesitance.

The increase in Magicules wasn't much but it would build up.

What exactly does this new skill do?

[Answer: The Intrinsic Skill: Body Armour, allows the user to form a shell-like substance harder than steel around the desired body parts like armour. It takes ambient Magicules to create the armour, the Grade of which depends on the power of the Host.]

The weirdness I felt after eating those lizards disappeared, and was replaced by happiness. This skill would be very useful, simply because it would grow alongside me.

I immediately used it and felt a layer of white exoskeleton form around my tail. Interesting.

I tried shaping the exoskeleton around my tail to form spikes, and I succeeded. So now I can grow different types of weapons from my body. The only restriction would be that it can't be separated from me.

As I deactivated the skill, the 'armour' expectedly vanished.

With that finished, I continued back on my path.

I really want to know how these monsters are designed. I am currently looking at a large centipede-like monster. Since it's battle time right now, {Scholar} is handling the output from {Magic Sense}.

Once I get out, I might just leave it completely to {Scholar}. Thoughts for later.

Anyway, the creature I am looking at is downright disgusting. I am relieved that I got Tempest Serpent, instead of whatever that ugly shit is called.

It has a long and thick, red pipe-like structure acting as the main body. There were sharp claws and legs all segmenting around its body. Its face was that of a centipede for sure, it looked like a horrifying creature straight out of someone's nightmare.

All I could feel looking at it was disgust.

It was some hundred metres away from me, so I just needed to get a little bit closer, for my spell to reach it. I am gonna use magic this time since I really wanted to try out the spell and it needed a living being.

I opened my mouth and the air around me began to shimmer and swirl, forming a vortex. The gust took on an eerie, dark hue, laced with Magicules. As the wind spread outward, every organic thing it touched began to wither and decay almost instantly.

Nothing was spared as the wind passed through. The Hipokute Grass decayed and was uprooted. Even the Magic Ore suffered some damage. The winds reached the centipede in no time and the results were as I had expected.

However, before the wind reached it, it released a yellow breath from its mouth. To its horror, the yellow particles were blown away by the incoming wind

I watched as the centipede's eyes darkened and its skin paled, before it collapsed, lifeless. If Veldora was telling the truth, then even its soul was torn away from its body by the wind, leaving nothing but a hollow shell behind.

The entire scene was accompanied by a haunting, mournful wail as the wind dissipated. It was both exciting and mesmerising, the sheer power and finality of the spell laid bare before me.

I got closer to the area and ate the corpse while still thinking about what extinguishing a soul meant.

I was also feeling somewhat tingly all over my body.

[Notice: Analysis complete.]

[Notice: Evil Centipedes, also known as "Great Centipedes" are B rank monsters. They are cannibalistic and combat using their Intrinsic Skill: Paralysing Breath.]

[Notice: Unique Skill: Evolver's {Dynamic Adaption} activated.]

[Notice: The Host has acquired Extra Skill: Paralysis Resistance.]

[Notice: Extra Skill: Poison Resistance and Extra Skill: Paralysis Resistance have combined to form Extra Skill: Abnormal Condition Resistance]

Ah, that breath attack must have been something like my own, just instead of poison it was a paralytic. Interesting.

What does the new skill do?

[Answer: Extra Skill: Abnormal Condition Resistance allows the Host to resist the effects of things such as corrosion, poison, paralysis, petrification, etc. Under a certain threshold the effects would be negligible.]

Without deliberating much on my earlier question, I continued making my way through the cave, feeling a bit more confident in my steps.

The combination of new skills and the steady accumulation of Magicules was definitely making me stronger. The latest addition, {Abnormal Condition Resistance}, seemed particularly useful. Not having to worry about various debilitating conditions would be a huge relief.

As I advanced, I kept my senses alert, using {Magic Sense} to scan for any nearby monsters. Despite Veldora's assurance that I wouldn't encounter any monster stronger than me, I was still vigilant.

The cave was eerily quiet at times, broken only by the occasional drip of water or distant rumble. It was easy to lose track of time in such an environment, but {Scholar} was always there to keep me company.

I picked up the pace, eager to see the outside world for the first time since arriving here. Thinking of how much time I might be wasting, practising control over {Dark Lightning} might prove to be a good idea.

Meh, I am sure I will become better at it than Veldora in no time.

"Yeah… Yeah… Yeah…. Doraemon and I will head to… A very bright future~" I hummed the Doraemon theme song.

I had been wal- Slithering for quite a while now. I got bored of just slithering and practising my skills, so I decided to sing a song.

It felt very obnoxious singing such a childish song as a big snake. I would never admit that I intentionally made my voice sound lighter. If anyone asks, I was just grinding my vocal skills.

As I reached the end of the song, I noticed something. Rather, it would be more appropriate to say, I am seeing many things.

Nearly 30 or so bats were hanging on the roof of the cave. All of them had black leather as skin and were as big as a human.

Though, I don't sense a lot of Magicules from them. They must be very weak then. Well, I would find out if I am wrong in a minute anyway.

My control over {Black Lightning} hasn't increased much, but right now it doesn't matter. I don't want it to be controlled.

With that devious thought in mind, I decided to unleash the strongest spell in my repertoire.

These bats weren't particularly strong; their Magicules were minimal. But I wasn't one to take chances. I focused my energy, feeling the raw power of {Black Lightning} form around my mouth.

I unleashed a torrent of black electricity towards the bats.

The cave was illuminated with a blinding flash as the black lightning arced and crackled through the air, raging around. Even with its chaotic nature, it struck many bats.

The high-pitched screams of the bats were drowned out by the sound of the lightning. In an instant, most of the bats were reduced to ash, their remains scattering in the updraft.

However, not all of them were caught in the initial strike. A handful of bats managed to evade the imprecise attack. They swooped down towards me, their wings beating furiously, and using some sort of screech attack aimed at me.

I felt the pressure building in my ears but remained unfazed. I quickly used another skill. As the bats drew closer, I used my {Poisonous Breath}.

Within less than a second, dark green gas left my mouth and made its way to the bats. They tried to manoeuvre their way out, but the gas was too widespread. One by one, they were engulfed in gas, and their screeches turned into hisses as their bodies melted and fell to the ground.

Within moments, the cave fell silent. The only sound was the crackling of the dying flames. I surveyed my handiwork, the charred remains of the bats scattered across the cave floor.

"Hah, you all weren't that strong. Get better b(r)ats!" I taunted the already dead bats. I am so funny.

I opened my mouth and consumed all the bats that still had a somewhat intact body.

[Notice: Analysis complete.]

[Notice: Giant Bats also known as "Blood-Sucking Bats" are C ranked monsters. They are nocturnal and prefer to reside in caves. Their means of combat involves confusing their targets with Ultrasound waves and draining them of their blood.]

These bats are indeed quite weak. This is my first time encountering any monster below B-rank.

Also, this would perhaps be the first time I didn't get a skill after combat. The increase in Magicules wasn't that much either. Truly wasted time.

Sigh, I looked ahead and still saw a long 'path'. I guess the saying was true. There ain't no rest for the wicked.

I heaved a sigh of relief. Man, fighting and this much really isn't for me. I am going to make my own empire and army and let them fight for me. I want power, and want to use that too. But this much is too much.

It's been five days since the 'Bat-cident'. I have faced many things since then. For example, many monsters. Many many monsters. They all were from the species I have already fought and didn't even prove to be a problem.

I have killed them in many different ways by now. Sometimes I would use {Black Flame}, on other occasions I would use {Black Lightning}. The latter is only used when there are a lot of them. I have probably used it only 3 times.

The funniest way I have killed a monster was when I let an Armorsaurus bite me and then used {Body Armour} to create a spike on that part. It pierced through its jaw and it died instantly.

The other most exciting part was when I encountered a big cliff. I thanked the only God-like being I knew for he had given me the perfect solution for this problem.

I had to simply use {Flight Magic}. My friend Veldora is indeed very helpful. It worked by using the Magicule resistance around me to propel myself.

Aside from that, it was just me either humming songs or killing monsters.

Having no one to talk to, and constantly being vigilant is really.. boring. I am trying to keep myself interested, but it still feels very boring. At least the monsters are somewhat interesting.

As I was going to go on a tangent about how bored I was, and probably sing a sad song after that, I saw something through {Magic Sense}. There were two doors.. doors mean exit.

I increased my pace and wiggled to where I saw them, about 300 metres ahead. I reached it and was greeted by two awfully big doors. They were way too big but I didn't care.

I got to the doorstep and stood there. After a moment of silence, I started dancing. When I say dancing, what I meant was to move my body in weird ways.

LET'S FUCKING GOOO!

Finally, I would get to bathe in the sunlight. I would get to touch some grass. I would be free to go. I would be in more danger, but that's irrelevant.

I excitedly approached the doors. I took a closer look at them and had to admit. They looked very plain for doors to the esteemed "Sealed Cave, Prison of Veldora". They were just big and were made out of… Iron? Is that Iron, {Scholar}?

[Answer: Negative. It's an alloy made up of Magic Ore and Iron.]

Yeah, that makes more sense. Even the B-rank monsters I encountered would be able to shred iron.

Now the question is, how do I escape from here? I think the best option would be to push through the doors. I am pretty confident in my strength.

I placed my head at the doors and pushed. I expected there to be some resistance but they were opening without any.

I let my previous life's programmer out for a second and marked my start in the outside world with two iconic words.

"Hello World"

Ahh, that felt good. Now time for the good things.

I slithered outside, ready to embrace the sunlight and the fresh air, only to be greeted by... pitch darkness.

"Huh?" I blinked a few times, trying to adjust my eyes. Instead of a bright, sunny day, I was standing in the middle of a dense forest under a starry night sky.

"Seriously?" I groaned, looking up at the twinkling stars. "I struggled for a month, battled monsters, met a Dragon and now this? At least it's not raining."

As if on cue, a raindrop splattered on my forehead. I looked up incredulously as more raindrops followed. "Oh, come on!"

I took a deep breath, trying to stay positive. "Alright, no problem. I'll just... enjoy the fresh night air and... wet grass."

Fuck my life.

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