NOVEL WEB Chapter 870: At least three
Rain's eyes were fixated upon a colossal entity at the top, a massive pile of rubble, dominating the skyline. The massive creature loomed over the ruins, its sheer size and formidable presence making it the centerpiece of this apocalyptic scene.
At first, Rain could only see a massive shadow, but eventually, the wind blew the dust a bit more until the figure of that creature was revealed. It was a giant green and blue looking lizard… it looked a bit like a dragon, but it seemed too deformed to be one.
Rain's attention was focused on the peculiar and unsettling details adorning the colossal creature's body. As the haze of dust began to move further, Rain's eyes fell upon the creature's body, which showed swollen and disfigured protrusions akin to large, festering pustules scattered across its scaly skin. The sight was disconcerting.
Even though Rain knew it was merely a memory, it sent shivers down his spine, causing a visceral reaction as if experiencing the scene firsthand.
The creature appeared to be absent-minded, its gaze fixed on a vacant point in the distance, seemingly unaware of its surroundings. However, as the individual got closer, the creature's colossal form stirred slightly. Its massive frame tensed, and its eyes, previously vacant, shifted slightly to acknowledge the approaching presence.
Abruptly, the creature's body convulsed, a violent shudder running through its immense form. In an unsettling turn of events, numerous shadows seemed to emerge from the dust, forming into smaller, swifter versions of the creature itself.
These smaller replicas, resembling distorted and deformed versions of the colossal lizard that didn't have those deformities, suddenly dashed toward the approaching individual with alarming speed and bloodlust.
To Be continued…
When Rain saw those words, he turned around and then punched that guy with all his might… he honestly didn't know his place if he was willing to mess around that much. Rain kicked his face a bunch of times without saying anything.
"Ow, ow… you have to at least ask me something before torturing me."
"Don't joke with me, asshole," Rain said.
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"The end might be a bad joke, but my memories end there. You didn't feed me with mana, and you didn't let me bathe in dragon blood, and this is the result."
Rain kept kicking the face of that guy more and more, but there was no blood on his face since the asshole didn't have a real body. What he was seeing was just a manifestation of his mana and memories… that couldn't be hurt like that. That was because he didn't sell his experience and knowledge with some of his DNA sample like Rain did.
"Let me explain, and I know that I need that, probably because I fused myself with a bit of the dragons blood. Believe it or not, that thing is one of the first dragons that appeared on Earth."
"That was disgusting… what made it take a form like that?" Rain asked.
"I don't know, my memories aren't complete, so… please, stop kicking me."
Rain felt annoyed since more questions were what he got instead of more answers… at that point in time, he might as well be taking one step forward and three backward. Still, at least the memory made Rain learn a few things. He witnessed a colossal reptilian being that resembled a dragon but had clear deformities and abnormalities.
The creature's physical appearance, including swollen protrusions and disfigured skin, showed a deviation from the norm in dragon-like creatures. This detail showed the existence of entities with atypical traits within the world's history.
The emergence of smaller creatures resembling shadows, at least from a distance, showed the existence of a transformative or replicative ability of this particular creature's capabilities. This could suggest an innate ability to spawn smaller, distorted replicas from its shadow or projected energy.
The aggressive and hostile nature of the smaller monsters showed a sense of ominousness and implied danger associated with these creatures—their rapid and frenzied movements toward the individual showedt a threatening or predatory intent.
Rain's own gut reactions while experiencing the memory suggested a profound connection or resonance between his consciousness, body, and the memory encapsulated within the shield. His shivers and physical discomfort indicated a deeper level of engagement with the memory, possibly hinting at a link between his own experiences and the events witnessed within the memory.
"You may think of me as an enemy, but you should know that the enemy of my enemy is an ally. The dragons are our enemies."
"Bullshit, the enemy of an enemy is another enemy," Rain said. "I watched game of thrones too many times to know that. To those in power, others with power are obvious threats. To those who have power, they want to stand alone at the top and get rid of the concurrence."
"We only want to survive. Why don't you believe us? We even discarded our living forms to accomplish this someday. We aren't as prideful and greedy as dragons. Therefore, we are a lot less dangerous and sinful than them."
"I feel like a billionaire, so you should see me as a billionaire as well. Even though I don't have a single cent on me," Rain said. "Feelings are more important than reality, right?"
"Did someone ever tell you how exhausting it is to talk with you?"
"More times than I could ever count, at least three," Rain said.
Rain's encounter with the grotesque and deformed creature in the memory shook him to the core. He had been aware for a while of the cataclysmic destruction that had ravaged the world in the past, but actually witnessing a moment from that time was a surreal and terrifying experience…
For Rain, it was inconceivable to imagine that such an aberration could potentially evolve into the powerful dragons known in the present. The sheer magnitude of transformation that creature would undergo to become a dragon seemed hard to imagine. This revelation challenged Rain's understanding of the evolutionary processes at play within the world.
It was an incredible yet unnerving realization that something so grotesque and twisted could ultimately evolve into the dragons that existed in his time.