EPIC OF ICE DRAGON: REBORN AS AN ICE DRAGON WITH A SYSTEM
Chapter 1
Reborn... as an Ice Dragon?!
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It's so cold.
The freezing sensations quickly take over my body, as I feel my senses become numb…
I should not have come skiing today…
But I could not disappoint my sister who was so eager.
I mean, it was her birthday and all.
So cold…
The coldness encompasses my entire body, my breath becomes lesser, there is no area for me to breathe, to begin with, my mouth is filled with snow too.
I had already gone past the asphyxiation pace and I think my body was also crushed by the weight of the avalanche that hit me directly.
It was painful for a few seconds before all the pain became numb…
But this coldness… this freezing coldness never disappears…
If I am… going to die… let me die without feeling this horrible coldness…
<Request confirmed. Acquiring [Cold Resistance]… Success>
What?
I heard a faint voice say something into my ear.
I do not know what it meant… but this cold, it somehow went away?
No… not enough…
I am dying… so cold…
<Request confirmed. [Cold Resistance] has evolved into Immunity]>
Hm?
Suddenly… I do not feel cold anymore.
However, that also negates the numbness of my body… and the pain takes my mind completely.
Ugh…
I wish I could have been tougher.
I wish I could have been able to stronger… to resist this…
My body was so weak… I should have worked out when my brother asked me to…
Agh…
<Request confirmed. Acquiring [Immortal Body]… Success>
I feel… somewhat strange…
This voice… am I hallucinating?
Will I die?
No one is coming to help me…
I am dying…
A Human body is so terribly resistant to cold… and avalanches.
Why am I so unlucky…
My whole life I have always tried to do things right but… nothing never works.
I guess this is… it…
<Request confirmed. Designing a body that does not possess human weaknesses. Success.>
<Request confirmed. Designing a body that is not affected by avalanches… Success>
<Request confirmed. Acquiring [Ice Absorption]. Success>
What is even going on anymore?
Ugh…
Alright then, give me some magic then! Screw this weird hallucination…
<Continuing… Acquiring [Ice Magic]. Success>
Only Ice Magic?
<Continuing… [Ice Magic] has become [Freeze>
More…
<[Freeze Magic] has become [Glacial>
That's it?
<[Glacial Magic] has become [Tundra>
Oh… Come on.
<[Glacial Magic] has become the Unique Skill [Winter>
Ah?
Ahaha…
I am really going insane…
These must be the last moments of my life…
The very… few seconds left.
Screw it… make me a God and also a System too… or something… I do not care anymore...
<Request confirmed. Acquiring [God]… Failure>
<The [God] Skill has been sealed>
<Request confirmed. Acquiring [System]… Success>
My mind feels numb once more.
I think… this is it…
Hahh…
I hope… if there is a second life waiting for me… that I can find a girl one day…
Am I dreaming too… much?
<Request confirmed. A scenario where you can acquire a [Girl] has been set in motion>
<Wish Limit Reached>
And with that little last hallucination… my mind blacked out.
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The world's will suddenly noticed a disturbance, a strange soul loaded with the power to surpass everything in this world and its logic was about to be reincarnated.
Surpassing everything the world had ever seen before based in the many souls that had landed in this world, the world's voice decided to quickly deal with it in a way it could. It was weakened now, but at the very least, a small curse was still possible.
It was about to be reborn into a powerful race, but due to such a curse, its path to grow stronger would be filled with challenges and perilous encounters...
Hoping that due to the curse, it would die before fully developing, the world's will continued observing in silence...
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[Day 1]
Hm?
Where am I?
Didn't I die?
I cannot open my eyes.
But I really do feel like I have a body!
Hey, what is going on right now?
I try to force my way through, but it feels as if I am submerged in some kind of liquid, and my entire body is enclosed in an incredibly hard and heavy object.
This is… quite something.
But I do not know where the heck I am!
Eh? I even feel more revitalized…
What is this?
Try to push through harder than before.
Come on…
I suddenly feel some small limb within my body move… this is odd.
Crack, crack…
Suddenly, I hear cracking noises.
Push through with all my might, something is cracking.
Am I inside an egg?
This is getting weirder and weirder.
Crack, crack!
I once more manage to crack my "eggshell"…
Do not tell me…
I am quick to catch up to things, but I wish I were not now…
I am really inside an egg.
Am I a chicken?
Did I died and reincarnated as a bird of sorts?
No, no, no… I do not like this, I hate this.
But there is no other way around.
I am also quite adaptable, I suppose.
So I keep pushing.
Whenever I break through this I will be able to finally know where the heck I am.
CRACK!
Suddenly, my eggshell bursts.
My entire body is sent flying out of it, and I fall over the hard and rocky floor, covered in a slimy substance.
I was really a bird…
Eh?
No, wait…
What is this?
I glance at my entire body, and the first thing I see is… scales.
Yes, you heard me right, my entire body is covered in hundreds of tiny, crystalline scales, all of them are azure, and shine as if they were crystals themselves.
I have… four limbs.
I have a small paw with crystal-like claws as well.
Am I some kind of lizard?
I finally glance at my surroundings, as I am greeted with a cave.
A dark cave, made of rock, blue crystals are shining brightly atop the ceiling, faintly illuminating my "home".
It is a fairly small cave, and it does not go anywhere…
I walk barely, trying to get used to my body… ugh… is this real life?
It must be, I really feel it.
I am some kind of azure-scaled lizard now, I guess.
I walk around, reaching the entrance of the cave, as a world of snow and coldness greets me.
Well, not exactly.
I do not feel any "cold", or more like I feel… comfortable with it?
Is it weird?
I do not know…
I do remember that I hear a message about getting Cold Immunity and Ice Absorption.
But there is no way that such game-like elements could exist.
It was probably… no…
Maybe?
I mean, I do not lose anything trying…
Is there some status?
And as if a divine voice obeys my words, a "status" appears.
…
Status
Name:?
Race: Ice Dragon Hatchling.
Title: None.
Status: Recently Born, Hungry, Cursed (Hidden)
Vitality: 100/100
Mana: 120/120
Strength: 30
Dexterity: 20
Magic: 30
Abilities:
Unique Skill: [Immortal Body]
Unique Skill: [Winter Magic]
Unique Skill: [System]
Unique Skill: [Ice Absorption]
Unique Skill: [God] (Sealed)
Ice Dragon Natural Skills:
[Ice Dragon Bloodline]
[Ice Dragon Breath: Level 1]
[Ice Dragon Scales: Level 1]
[Lesser Self-Regeneration: Level 1]
Resistance:
[Cold Immunity]
Ice Dragon Natural Resistances:
[Physical Attack Damage Resistance: Level 1]
[Fire Resistance: Level 1]
[Wind Resistance: Level 1]
[Thunder Resistance: level 1]
I see…
This is… really like a game, huh?
Oh, man...
Hey, why are my stats so low? Aren't I a dragon hatchling? I feel like something odd is going on in here.
Chapter 2:
First Kill.
I said Status and now I can see my status.
Okay then, it works.
I did get a System.
I do wonder though, is this related to my Unique Skill System, or is this just the System of this fantasy world?
You see, I am a rather avid reader of web novels and light novels, specifically of all the isekai crap nowadays.
So I know my stuff... But wait, it says I am... Cursed?! What does that even mean? Who Cursed me? I can't... Ugh, I can't even see who did it.
Every so often, when these characters die, they appear in a world of fantasy that already has a system integrated into it, any living being that is born there can use it somehow.
So I do wonder, is this System related to this world, or mine and only mine?
Nothing?
No response?
I guess I should have asked for the Great Sage Skill while dying instead!
Well, I honestly thought I was hallucinating, so I was just thinking a bunch of crap.
Who would have known that dying from a freaking avalanche would make me reincarnate as an Ice Dragon from all things?
Is this the irony of life?
Karma?
Well, it is what it is.
I glance around my Status once more…
I focus my mind on the Unique Skills, and try to see if I can get to see some extra info on the System one…
Ah, there!
Ding!
<Analyze has been activated>
<Unique Skill: [System] has the following effects>
Status Panel: The Ability to see your own strengths and abilities as a Status Panel. It also grants the Title Function, amongst others.
Analyze: The Ability to Analyze anything within the System or your surroundings. The capacity to see anything through the System.
Ability Development: The Ability to develop other Abilities through a Level System, alongside repeated use, certain mastery and comprehension of such Abilities is needed, the growth speed of Abilities varies greatly.
<These are your Abilities>
Oh…
Thanks.
I guess this is indeed mine.
System, can I see the Curse now?
<Curse has the [Hidden] Status, cannot be seen>
Eh? You're shitting me, right?
Sigh... So maybe I am not that overpowered due to this curse? Ugh. I guess I am... quite the weak dragon, huh. I don't even have wings to begin with, so I guess I am really at the bottom of the foodchain in terms of the dragon family.
Anyways, I guess this world does not have System, huh? Lucky me then.
And it only took to die miserably while being buried by an avalanche…
Ahh…
I think I should develop some kind of PTSD with snow, but now that I have Ice Absorption, I can only see it as something soothing and natural of me.
Which makes my minds and thoughts only the more conflicted.
Oh, man.
Alright, let us calm down.
This is my reality.
This is me right now.
Let's adapt, and let us see what we can do now, without thinking so much over… the past.
Though, I am really not going to see my family ever again?
That's… depressing.
Sigh…
I wonder if I have a family here.
I hatched from an egg.
So, there should have been someone that laid me.
A big and powerful Ice Dragon Mama would be nice.
If she can protect me and bring me food while snuggling with me… I think it would not be so bad, right?
Family is important for the development of a young hatchling such as me, after all.
…Right?
I hope she comes back then…
At least I do not feel cold anymore, so I am quite fine.
I am going to try to take a nap and see if my mother comes back.
Hmm…
Hahh…
Was I this sleepy?
I close my eyes as I doze off.
…
[Day 2]
I wake up.
How long did I sleep?!
I think I slept for at least… several hours.
System, why don't you have a clock function or something?
Can I analyze time?
…
No? Okay...
And where is my mother?
Nowhere to be seen.
Maybe I do not have a mother and my egg just spontaneously appeared in this little cave by the divine power that granted me these powers?
Wait, who was even the one that granted them to me, and why would it do that?
…I am already assuming there is a big scheme behind my whole existence here, let's calm down.
Maybe it was not even a person, just a natural phenomenon.
Or perhaps not and I am just talking with myself to not feel… alone.
I glance at my surroundings once more, cave, crystals, cave.
Alright, time to get out of here already.
If this is really a fantasy world, I should be able to… I do not know, find monsters, kill them, eat them, and level up or something?
Though, by checking my Status, there are no levels.
Just stats but no levels.
Do stats grow as I develop my body then?
I guess?
Time to try out.
No point in being holed inside this cave, time to meet the outside world like the brave little dragon I am now.
Dragons are noble and strong creatures after all, prideful and graceful as well.
So I might as well play like one, even though I am scared of actually discovering this new world filled with dangers, I brace myself with courage.
I glare at the outside world through the cave entrance.
The same Ice Storm, it seems that it is continuing and never going to end or something…
I glance down, there is snow.
I hop in.
The snow is… soft.
I can clearly feel the sensation of cold, but not the discomfort that always came with it as a human.
I begin to explore this new world as I glance around my surroundings, using Analyze in anything new I see.
But the only freaking things I see are snow, snow, and more snow.
<Snow >
<Snow >
<Snow >
I know!
Stop this!
Deactivate Analyze!
Alright, no, wait, activate it again!
What is that?
As I walk for a good ten minutes, I finally see something amidst the sea of snow…
It looks like some kind of… rabbit.
<Ice Horned Rabbit>
It is indeed a rabbit.
It is smaller than me, definitely.
But it has a sharp, crystal horn on the middle of its forehead, crimson eyes, fluffy white fur, and it seems to be looking for something with it is nose, smelling something, in fact.
Is it looking for plants to eat?
Well, too bad, because I am hungry, and you are going to become my dinner, my friend!
I stealthily walk towards the rabbit, but it immediately notices me.
I am not really good at it, huh.
The rabbit glares at me, as our eyes are locked in a bit.
However, instead of running away as I thought, it begins to rush towards me!
Wait, hold on!
It points its sharp crystal horn towards me, as it reaches me in mere seconds!
I quickly leap out, evading right in time!
Poof!
The rabbit trips over the snow, getting its horn stuck deep in the snow!
This is a chance!
I open my jaws, as I instinctively munch the rabbit's neck!
Crack.
A chilling sensation rushes through my spine as I hear the creature's neck quickly break…
It is dead.
Phew, it good thing I was not a dramatic person, and it is not like I have not hunted animals in my previous life.
I thank my father for having taught me how to take the life of animals.
I also thank the little animal, your life will not be wasted, as I might get to live another day thanks to your meat.
Now… Time to eat.
Wait, where is my EXP?
No EXP, I guess, only meat… raw meat.
Well, it is better than an empty stomach.
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