Reincarnated As A Dragon Vol. 1: A New World, A New Life (Old)

Chapter 19: Elite Adventurer

I flew straight for my old home where I can calm myself down and relax in the spring on the cliff. At least, I thought I did. But when I looked around...

This does not look familiar... Am I lost?!

I looked back to see that I can still spot the town in the distance. Welp, at least I'm not lost.

I was about to turn around when I saw light approaching from the back and some heat which reached me. I swerved just in time to dodge it, but it only changed its direction back to me, which I then used some wind magic to create a shield to make it disperse, only for it to reform again behind me. 

What the hell is this thing? Is it alive?

I then launched a water beam into it, making it transform into steam.

What the fuck was that?

If god was a trickster, he'd be using all his tricky shit on me right now, as earth bullets started to shower me from down below. I managed to dodge or shield most of them, but some grazed me, creating some scratches on my scales with some deep enough to draw some blood.

WHO IS DOING THIS??

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It has been quite long since I've travelled somewhere on foot. A week ago, I had a breakthrough in my career, succeeding in exterminating a whole village of goblins who kept attacking buildings in the capital and stealing stuff from there and crops from the farm. The capital's high defenses were being used to do an annual checkup of all the other areas of the kingdom, so it is such unfortunate timing for the goblins to start attacking, and the knights weren't able to track them to their lair.

The king then made a ransom of 200 gold for the first person to be able to stop the goblins, and I was luckily already in the city and was the first to sign up for the job. As an elite adventurer, I was immediately accepted and started on my new quest. It wasn't even a dozen hours before I found their lair which was hidden behind illusion magic behind vines next to a river. It wasn't an easy fight, but it certainly wasn't the hardest I've done. Not long later, I got the 200 gold. Totally worth the time and effort. It was enough to last someone nearly a year! So I took a break but then found that I needed the adventure and thrill of my job to enjoy life. So, here I am, adventuring again to different places for quests and missions.

I decided to go on foot to the town of Univ, which I heard now has rising monster problems. I quite like the forest and I've done this many times, so I'm familiar with maps and such.

Although, when I almost arrived, I saw something purple flying in the air in the distance. The closer it became, the more details I see. I then realized that it was a dragon. Probably a lesser one. But what got me surprised is, it's purple!

Maybe if I subdue it, I could bring it to the government for profit! Or I can kill it and it'll most probably give me some money too if there is a quest on killing it. Why else would it be so close to town other than giving trouble?

That's when I cast some fire and manipulated it to get the dragon by surprise, but it surprised me instead by dodging it, then using wind magic to try and disperse it. By the third time I used the fire, I thought I got it, but it also had water magic in its arsenal as it made the fire disappear with it.

Impossible!

That's when I decided to take it seriously and casted my earth barrage. AND IT STILL CAME OUT IN THE SKY.

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I looked down to see that the source of all this mess is a man in some black metal plates wearing a brown jacket and wearing a tunic with a lighter shade of brown. He was well bearded and was bald. He was holding a sword in one hand while casting magic in another. He's looking mad.