The Dungeon Struggle Of An Earth Dragon! Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Usually, there’s nothing wrong getting carried away.

It's done!
I feel a sense of accomplishment.
It took me hours to dig this out.
At last, the hole is completed, I can now fit my whole body in it.

Finally, I've obtained my ideal home.
Well, far from calling it a home, it's just a normal cave.
It completely feels like a wild animal's burrow.
But I'm very proud of it.
In my past life, I still can’t get a house even if I try to buy it with a loan.
It was a meagre salary.
I've been working for five years but why my salary hasn't increased at all!
The overtime pay is fixed without overtime allowance! Not even a raise!
On the other hand, my workload just keeps increasing.

Let's stop thinking those empty days.
I don't care about it anymore.
Anyway, I don't have trouble sleeping here.
Gradually, I'll make this bed bigger.

Or, I could just make more rooms.
I also want to make a room to store various things like eggs and twigs.
Fufufu, my dream is getting bigger.

But that will be tomorrow.

Now that I'm full and tired from moving the entire day, I'm going to sleep first.
I rolled my body in the freshly made hole.
Just in case, I collapse the entrance of the hole, camouflaging it, so it can't be seen from outside.
Poking small holes to let the air in, everything is set.
Well then, goodnight.

Dark.

Then the morning came.
I don't know how long have I been sleeping. I guess it's already morning since the sun is coming up.
Somehow, it feels like the sun is closer. It's probably just morning.

One more thing.
I can't get out.
It’s more like my body is jammed inside while I was sleeping.
Before I went to bed, the hole is wide enough for my rounded body. But when I woke up, my body filled up the entire s.p.a.ce of the hole.
Unable to sleep anymore, I wake up.
What's going on?

Am I still growing?
Perhaps so. It's only been few days since I was born.
A baby's growth is fast after all.
But still, I have to escape from my home first.

Fuu, I'm out.

Looking around, with a ripping sound, my skin was torn off.
I see, so I was growing and molting during my sleep.
Indeed, I am growing quickly.
I had to expand my home after just a day.
This is unexpected.
Well, it can't be helped anyway.
Exploring will have to wait for now.
I need to expand my home first.
I'm also hungry.

Coincidentally, my home expansion will also be my breakfast.
Itadakimasu.
Chomp Chomp Chomp
What I'm currently eating is the same type of clay that I dug yesterday.
I can dig using my hand but since I'm currently hungry, I will eat for now.
Un, it is mild and has a liquidy texture to it.
Is it possible for me to become a soil sommelier?
Was there a soil sommelier before in my past life?
Probably no.

I eat the soil around me to make the place bigger.
While I was doing so, I hit a different layer of soil.
This is… red soil?
The next soil I discovered was a layer of red soil.
Furthermore, in that layer, I found red gemstones scattered all over the place.
Not to mention, they are big.
As I keep digging, there's more of them.
This is fun.
I stare at the brightly s.h.i.+ning red gemstone.
It's beautiful.
Wow, what's this supposed to be?
Isn't this gemstone used in jewelry?
Doesn't this sell for a lot? I think it does.
It may be valuable to the human but for me now, it's worthless.
With that said, itadakimasu~
For a dragon like me, there's no point of having it.
Soil can be tasty for this body. Surely, the gemstone will be as well.
Rather, my desire of wanting to eat is leaking out.
It's as if my body is craving for it.

Toss, catch.
Crunch Crunch Crunch

Gulp

……………Unn

This thing here, it somehow…. Absurdly delicious!!
What the heck is this?!
This stone is incredibly delicious!
Compare to the look of it, I would've never imagined it to taste this incredible!
It's mellow yet rich is just like eating the best beef stew.
Amazingly delicious.
Moreover, I can't get tired of this no matter how much I eat!
Seriously, what is this? It's really delicious.

I can't stop my hands and mouth.
Every time I dig, there'll always be more of them.
I'm eating from the end of the pipe.

I wonder what is it?
When I eat the stone, I feel br.i.m.m.i.n.g with energy.
That's right. It's close to the feeling I had when I ate the monstrous crow's egg yesterday.
I'm filling myself with a lot of energy.

So in other words, that must be it.
The stone and soil here surely must have high nutritional value!
I'm sure of it.
Also, it does not only provide me with a lot of energy but also good for digestion and absorption.
This thing is great.
Engross with it, I continue to eat.

In the process, I shed skin for a couple of times.
My body is now two times larger than I initially was.

However, as I keep eating the stone, my body is getting warmer.
Well, I wonder if it has some kind of effect on my blood circulation.
Lava looking with infrared rays effect to it.
Fu-, I'm about to burp.
But I'm not gonna do it in my own home.
Let's step outside.

Bur-GUOOOOOOOO!!

In the next moment, a ma.s.s of raging flame was released from my mouth.

Ha……..?

The heavily burning flames melted the soil and the rocks in the surrounding causing the view of the scenery to distort by the s.h.i.+mmering hot air rising from the molten rocks.

Eeh? Wha- what's the meaning of this?!

Just now, the fire definitely came out of my mouth right?
Isn't this what they call the 『Dragon Breath』?
I never played a game before, so I don't know much about it.
I think I did saw it in movies.
Amazing, so this is my breath.

Ouh… Once again I realized I'm no longer a human.

I'm gonna be honest here.
That was so cool!
Somehow, the feeling I once lost after becoming a working adult has returned to me.
I feel nostalgic about it.
Yos.h.!.+ Let's do it again.
Imagining the sense, I tried to remember back how I did it.
Un. My body temperature is rising.
The lung is getting hot. My blood is boiling. I can feel the power raging inside me.
Yosh, let's do it!
I'll do my best to do something more flashy.
This time, a deeper breath.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuu….

Hot, the inside of my body is hot.
There's some kind of energy gus.h.i.+ng through the blood vessel and twirling inside of me.
After that, it condenses and concentrate at one point.

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

I spit my strongest breath.

Which is, a success.
A ma.s.s of flame which is several times bigger than the previous one was released, knocking down the surrounding rocks and created a large explosion.
The whole place was then covered by a cloud of dust.

Wow, amazing!

Shortly after that, the rising hot air causes a dust storm to occur.

Before long, it reaches to where I am.
However, this wind is nothing compared to a dragon like me.
The stones are hitting the scales but it doesn't hurt at all.

And after that, soon enough I realized something.
Huh? n.o.body was caught in that ma.s.sive explosion, right?

….There seem to be no one else around here. It's okay, isn't it?

I think it's fine since there's only the monster crow and the flying dragon when I was looking around yesterday.
Un. Let's stop thinking too much.
It's fine, everything is fine.

But still, what is this feeling.
Even though I've spent a lot of energy just now, I don't feel tired at all.
No, my satiety certainly has decreased but why it feels like my body is still overflowing with power?
What's going on?
Trying to make sure of it, I close and open my hand.
Well, I definitely feel my power surge a little while ago.
Perhaps my power rise whenever I use the dragon breath.
So, if I shoot more…………… As I was thinking so, I heard a voice.

「Gyugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! 」

A roar.
My ears. It's a roar which could break the eardrum.
At the same time, I break into cold sweat.
What the heck?
This is bad. I don't know what it is but I know it’s close.
The voice is from above.
In other words, it's in the sky.
I look up.
Blocked by the smoke, I could see a dim figure.
That thing.
There's no doubt. That's a dragon. It's the huge flying dragon I saw yesterday.
Circling in the sky, it raises a shout.
This is not looking good at all.
My instinct was telling me so.
That thing is dangerous. There’s no way I can win.

Covered by the smoke, something flashed for instant.

Explosion

Just now, that was the explosive sound of hot wind going off for ten times nonstop. I was. .h.i.t by the shockwave.
After some time pa.s.sed, I realized it was the flying breath shot.