The First Dragon God

A sound of labored breathing could be heard as Leo tried to pass air through his cold and burning lungs.

He could still hear the pounding in his ear and his body felt very cold, and the cold air and burning lungs wasn't helping his case. His legs were quaking and he could barely feel his finger.

It took him a while but he was finally able to steady his breathing and his body started relaxing slowly.

He really felt like dozing off and going to sleep, but he knew that he couldn't. Even though he's already safe from the horde of zombies outside, he still doesn't know if inside the building is as safe as it appears to be.

Also, he can't keep lying on the cold floor for too long or he will freeze to death. Leo sighed in exhaustion and tried to push his body up but it refused to listen to him.

He tried again but no matter how much he forced himself, his body refused to listen to him. His legs still continued to quake from time to time and his fingers were still numb.

Leo knew that with his body's current condition, he won't be able to achieve anything even if he forces himself to stand up. He decided to relax a bit and regain his strength before doing anything else.

His decision to seek shelter and safety from the rain, and zombies outside was a decision he made without any fore knowledge about the entire situation in the building.

But the reason why he chose the building was because from a look outside, he saw that its lobby was empty of people and looked completely safe.

Leo has no idea if there were zombies in the building. Even if there is, there's nothing he can do about it in his current exhausted condition.

The truth is that when he got close to the door of the building and it opened automatically, his heart fell to the lowest part of the abyss.

He thought that the door would also open up automatically when the zombies came close to it but he was very happy when he saw that it didn't happen. And as to why it didn't open? He has no idea.

Thinking back to then, his body was drained leaving him powerless, Ms Ves was still in his arms and the zombies were just a few away from me.

What should he had done then? Start looking for another building? That was beyond impossible. He could only brace it and hope for the best.

This was the reason why he felt extremely happy and relieved when he saw the zombies slam their bodies against the closed door.

Even now, he could still hear their growls and the loud snapping of their jaws as they bite into thin air while pressing their bodies against the glass door.

While he waited for his body to recover, he decided to check the screen. He immediately summoned it and it appeared in front of him.

[Name: Leo ****]

[Level: 1]

[Specie(s): Human, ****, ****]

[Class: –]

[Title: None]

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[Strength: 16]

[Agility: 16]

[Stamina: 15]

[Intelligence: 13]

[Mana: 100]

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[Stat Point(s): 0]

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[Skill(s): Regeneration (Innate).]

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Leo quietly studied the screen, taking in the information displayed on it. The first thing that caught his attention are the asterisks in front of his name.

'Why were they there?' He thought to himself curiously. He noticed that it wasn't just his name that has those asterisks but also his species.

"I'm not just human?" Leo thought to himself with a frown.

It wasn't a very pleasant thing to know that you're different from everyone else. It was like finding out that everything you have been known growing up was a lie.

This would had been true for someone else but for someone like Leo who has always had the feeling of being different from others, the information only elicited a frown from him and nothing more.

Also, the content of the letter his parents left him hinted at something and the information displayed on the screen was just some sort of confirmation.

But that didn't mean that Leo wasn't curious. He was very curious to know exactly what the asterisks were hiding but he knew that there was nothing he could do about it. At least for the time being.

He turned his attention to other things as his eyes went down to the part where his stats were displayed.

"When it was displayed the first time 'for explanatory purpose' according to the second voice, each of them had in front of them, ten in brackets. What does that mean?" Leo thought to himself out loud.

"It means that ten is the average stat." A familiar voice said, causing Leo's eyes to widen in fear.

With a quick reaction, he pressed his hands on the floor, to push himself up but he quickly collapsed back to the ground.

"Fufufu… No need to be scared, I'm not a zombie," The voice laughed lightly.

"I know that you're not a zombie. Zombies don't talk. You're that princess girl. What do you want?" Leo asked with a frown on his face as he turned his head to where the source of the voice.

Just as he thought, it was the princess and as always, standing behind her is Elda, the middle-aged woman dressed in a maid uniform.

He was very curious to know what they were doing here and how they were able to get into the building without him being aware. Was he that absorbed in studying the screen?

He tilted his head and looked at the door to confirm a thought of his but unlike what he was thinking, the zombies were still at the door.

He saw them continuously clawing at the door trying to get in, with constant loud snapping sound from their jaws as they bit into the air.

'It seems they didn't get in through the entrance. Then how?' He thought to himself, but when he remembered how they were standing in the heavy rain, and they never got wet, he knew that something like this would be very simple for them.

Tatiana's eyes twitched in irritation when she heard what Leo said about zombies being unable to talk. She can't understand why this boy always knows just how to get on her nerves.

"Hey, I gave you the answer to your question. Shouldn't you at least be appreciative or something?" She asked as she glared daggers at him.

Leo slowly turned his head to look at her and smiled.

"Thank you."

"...."

A very awkward silence descended in the lobby afterwards as Leo and the young lady stared at each other with their thoughts unknown.

Ahem...

The young lady coughed lightly, finally breaking the awkward silence.

"Good to know that you're grateful. Now, let's do a little introduction. What's your name?" She asked as she took slow steps towards his lying position on the floor.

Leo took a look at the young lady walking towards him. He has no idea why she was asking for his name but he didn't feel any reason to withhold it from her.

From what he has seen, she's definitely someone special, has some sort of status, and she's also powerful. It wouldn't do him any good to make an enemy out of her. It would only add to the already existing problems he has.

With that decision made, he proceeded to tell her his name.

"The name's Leo."

The young lady smiled and nodded lightly in acknowledgement when she heard his name.

"I'm Tatiana von Carstein. Daughter of the ruler of Crimson Fall, Lucian von Carstein, the Blood Progenitor and the King of Vampires. The lady behind me is Elda, my handmaid and my bodyguard."

"Such status!"