From a Talentless nobody to An SSS Class Dragon

Or maybe it would make more sense to say that the old side of me is what is here now since it has been around since everything started. I can't deny that like I want to.

"Anyway, I need to get the hell out of here. I'll leave this with you. Maybe we'll meet again at some point." The man says while leaving a phone on the counter.

"Yeah." I respond before picking up the phone.

I never used a phone before but I guess I have one now, thanks to that guy. I'm pretty confident that we won't meet again but who knows.

This path has been full of surprises so far, I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up fighting against him for some unknown reason. That's been my luck with everyone I've encountered since the start of this journey.

Fight, fight, fight. It'll get tiring after some point in time, I'm pretty positive about that.

Fighting is how you'll save everyone in your world. It will be tiring and I'm sure some days you'll just be ready to call it quits, but this is the best way to fix everything.

You just don't have to kill everyone you fight. That's the only difference with you and the enemies you might face.

No. I honestly think that killing is the smarter option at this point in time since they'll keep coming back otherwise. Then again, people I killed have come back already.

That guy I killed in the previous tower was back and bringing destruction to Elyndra before I killed him again.

Again, it'll just be more efficient to kill the ones that stand in my path for the time being. I haven't been given a reason why any of them should be spared, especially not the ones I face going forward.

For a dragon, you are a lot softer than I expected.

I just don't want to see a constant path of bloodshed. I've seen that way too much in my life before I got to this point.

For once I'd like to see someone do something good without it involving so much blood. I think you can be that person if you really put your mind to it.

I've already made up my mind. The path I'm on right now is the most effective way to get stronger and to make the world a better place.

It'll help me get to the monarchs even faster.

I don't want to walk a path that'll take me so long that they will get a chance to make everything worse. I'm sure the assholes are already plotting more ways to bring chaos to this world.

It wouldn't be surprising in the slightest, that's exactly why I can't be soft about it.

I wasn't mistaken. There is something going on with you, you were okay with killing before but it wasn't this intense.

Something has changed and I don't know how to handle this just yet. I'm going to take a break for a bit. Don't do anything stupid in the meantime.

I didn't plan on doing something stupid, I'll see you when you return.

Leaving me alone after saying I would have her for the climb, that's definitely something.

The people around me all seem to be chatting about random crap that goes on within the city. None of them are talking about the tower though.

A floor with life like this is definitely not something I want to stick around in for too long. The rest is great but the climb is the main priority.

So I finished my drink before leaving the bar. I'll be traveling alone for the time being until Rika decides that she wants to come back.

As I exited the bar I could see that the streets were still just as lively as when I first entered the city. People don't seem to care much about living in a tower.

This does make me wonder how this whole city came to be since people would have to build everything. Was it all built by the same being who made the tower?

Even if it was, why would they make the city so similar to the ones in my world.

There's so many questions that I don't have answers to. The list just continues to grow as I continue on this journey, but no one will ever answer all these questions.

With that I decided to find a place to stay for the night since I still needed rest. I knew that it would be dumb to progress without sleeping a bit.

Akina isn't here to give us an easy camp so it is just staying wherever I can for the time being.

Wait, there was a side to the bar that works as an inn. I go to the other side of the bar and get a room, giving the woman silvite for one night to stay.

After getting my key I went upstairs to find my room, it didn't take very long for me to figure out which room was mine. She did tell me it was room 27.

The inside of the room was pretty nice, it wasn't anything fancy but it wasn't bad. A comfy looking bed with a window that looks out over the city.

It'll be different to sleep without the girls around or in the same bed as me. I've gotten to used to sleeping in a bed with someone else that it feels weird to sleep alone.

Everything I saw from the crystal said that I'd be alone for the journey though, it might be best to start accepting that now. That'll make it easier to get over the feeling.

I lay down on the bed and look up at the ceiling after those final thoughts fade. Raising my hand towards the ceiling, I didn't really know why I was.

"Soon enough I really will be a monster. I'm not a hero, I never will be." I say Out loud while looking at the scales along my arms.

Heroes. Do people like that really exist within my world?

Instead I'm becoming the very thing that heroes slay, a dragon. It doesn't matter though.

I'll be saving people with this power of mine anyway, who cares if I'm a dragon or some normal hunter. They get to live another day because of everything I'm working hard to accomplish.

The hunters are also working hard to keep normal people safe, even if they look down on them.

But I think that's enough thoughts for today, I need to rest up for tomorrow. My climb is far from over and I don't want to stay up all night with my own thoughts.

I dozed off like usual, falling into the abyss once again. There was nothing but silence this time around.

Not a single soul seems to be here but me now, everyone else was gone or maybe they just didn't want to make an appearance. I was alone floating in this abyss once again.

I could never understand why I was the one picked for this. If the heavenly realm is truly gone... Tell me who gave me this role? Who decided I needed to survive every single time.

"Stop with this crap already." A familiar voice speaks up.

"Who's there?" I ask with a confused tone.

"Reaver. There's no reason for any of that. We have a goal, let's accomplish it." He responds with a serious tone.

He's right about that. I have a goal to accomplish and feeling sorry about anything won't get us there. Pushing forward is the solution to everything.

"The abyss just messes with my head when I'm here alone." I say with a calm tone in my voice.

"Don't worry about the abyss. It is peaceful here, nothing will harm you." Reaver assures me.

There was a time that I could've sworn something dangerous was lurking within the abyss. I don't know too much about it because Rika was able to get me out of here.

She brought me away from whatever that thing was.

I haven't heard it since that day but I know that it still lurks here somewhere. Could it be the dragon itself that hides within my body?

She did tell me that this power is capable of turning me into a full dragon when I'm ready to use it to that extent. Lilly also told me something similar about being able to become a powerful dragon.

SSS Class dragon. One of the strongest known ranks in our world being SSS that's a huge deal. No one has ever really reached such a rank.

I've met SS ranks now but anything past that is definitely not something I've experienced. Last time I did any sort of checks with Rika, she told me that currently I'm around S so I still have a long way to go.

"Then I'll rest with ease." I say while closing my eyes.

"Our climb is just beginning." Reaver responds.