Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

[Extracting... The extraction was successful and the skill obtained: Super Digestion. 】

A hot feeling swept across his abdomen again. Mercer suddenly woke up from the confused feeling. He lay on the ground and let out a painful low gasp. Then, the hot feeling disappeared, along with the happiness of a full stomach. It was taken.

"...This is gone?"

Just when Mercer was wondering about the rapid change this time, his face suddenly stiffened and he touched his belly.

"...It's really gone."

He could feel that the food in his stomach was being digested rapidly. His stomach was like a furnace, refining all the flesh, blood and residual sand in his stomach.

At this moment, the satisfying feeling of fullness was completely gone.

He ate the remaining corpse without believing in evil, gnawed every part cleanly, even chewed up the bones and swallowed it in his stomach. But even though Mercer stretched himself until he was about to vomit, his stomach was still in good order. Digest it quickly.

After a while, the round belly will return to normal.

The happiness is gone...

Mercer began to wonder if the system had any objections to him, otherwise it would not interrupt his enjoyment in this situation.

Although this skill was quite powerful, he did feel a hint of malice from it.

He was stunned for a moment, and then sighed in despair.

Forget it, at least judging from the results, this is good. Strong digestion also means that he can absorb more nutrients, which will be extremely helpful for future growth.

Mercer quickly adjusted his mentality and then focused on the system's beep.

It can be understood from its words that some people seem to want to know more about Mercer, and some people have already started to take action to this end.

With such determination and such terrifying power of action, Mercer was really flattered.

However, now he has no idea of ​​being discovered. Who knows what the consequences will be if he is discovered by humans in this world.

After all, the humans in this world have found traces of him, but Mercer doesn't even know what they look like.

36 strategies, being stubborn is the best strategy.

Mercer licked his tongue and decided to hide it first.

So he turned around and ran, first returning to the stream to wipe the smell of blood off his body, and then hurriedly left here.

While running, Mercer was lost in thought.

Although he had to avoid human investigation now, the top priority was to understand the whole world. In this place where the sky was covered by leaves, he needed to go to high places.

So he ran upstream.

......

On the other side, in the tavern in the distant village, the atmosphere was extremely lively.

"Wow, what's wrong with you guys?"

A man pushed open the door of the tavern and was immediately startled.

Different from the past, these hunters are all ready to go. Except for the clothes they wear that can hide their shame, they don't lack anything else.

Healing potions, marker bombs, dry food, trap placement devices...

"Come on, come on, look at this."

Someone led him to the counter and showed him a new piece of paper stuck on it:

[Task name: Mutated Son of Fire Dragon?

Mission content: A hunter in the village discovered the scales of a fire dragon cub. According to her description based on the traces left on the scene, it was a black cub about two meters long with four limbs.Just in case, I hope the hunters will look into this and report back to me.

Task publisher: Village Chief Lizi. 】

"How? Do you want to go?"

Someone asked incitingly.

"Then we must go! When will you set off?"

"After a while, if you want to go together, we can wait for you."

"Okay, I'll go back and pack my luggage!"

There is no currency in the backward village, and people are so active in entrusting it because of their simple folk customs. The concept of helping each other in the village made them enthusiastically start the investigation.

Although there will be rewards such as food afterwards, most people come just to join in the fun.

With such mutual companionship and mutual invitation, it didn't take long for the news of a mutated fire dragon cub to appear in the forest to reach everyone in the village.

——Of course, Mercer was completely unaware of everything that happened in the village.

Now he has found a hidden cave.

The space inside the cave is very large. Judging from Mercer's visual inspection, he may be able to move his body freely in it if he grows to 20 to [-] meters tall, and even flap his wings.

At the same time, because of the large area inside the cave, you can see another exit if you go deeper. Outside the exit, there is a thin stream flowing down from a high place, with a large number of tree roots entangled and soaked in the stream.

And if he walked a few more steps toward this exit, he would have nowhere to start, because the towering trees blocked the road ahead and together with the high slope formed a wall in front of Mercer.

But Mercer was still satisfied with the spacious space, and there was an endless supply of water to drink as soon as he came out of the cave. I'm afraid it would be difficult for other caves to have such a standard.

Mercer decided to live there because the cave was not easy to find and if nothing unexpected happened, he would probably be able to grow up smoothly.

At the same time, I really need a place to live for a long time, otherwise it will not be enough to sleep in the open air every time.

However, one thing that dissatisfied Mercer was that there was already another owner here.

Chapter 7: First defeat

"Roar!"

Looking at the big brown bear standing at the entrance of the cave, Mercer couldn't help but secretly clicked his tongue.

What an astonishing guy. He was more than a head taller than me when he was lying down. When he stood up, his heavy aura hit him directly.

Although it was not as big as the herbivorous dragon Mercer had encountered before, looking at the sharp teeth in its mouth and the claws in its paws, you could tell that this guy was an omnivore.

Mercer could smell that it was the owner of this cave, and it probably went out to the cave to hunt for food. This time, Mercer entered the place by accident.

Staring at the brown bear in front of him, Mercer narrowed his eyes and retreated deeper into the cave.

The brown bear also roared and slowly approached Mercer on all fours.

The distance between the two is also slowly closing, and a tense atmosphere is brewing in the cave.

"Roar!"

Finally, the brown bear roared, stood up, and slapped Mercer with its thick paws.

Mercer narrowed his pupils and threw himself to the side, dodging the brown bear's blow.

The palm of the brown bear slapped the ground, making a dull sound. At that moment, Mercer seemed to feel the ground shaking.

"What a terrible power!"

Mercer was surprised in his heart, but his body did not dodge. He flew towards the brown bear, opened his mouth and bit the brown bear's shoulder.

The brown bear screamed in agony, and Mercer's teeth sank into its body, but it was unable to penetrate any further.

"Suffer..."

Mercer's bite force is amazing, but the big brown bear has a layer of tough fur as protection and its body fat is not low, so Mercer's bite not only did not hurt its vitals, but instead angered it.

The brown bear immediately became violent. It staggered and knocked Mercer against the cave wall. The force squeezed Mercer as if it was trying to squeeze his internal organs out of his mouth.

Severe pain surged through Mercer's body, and the scales and bones seemed to be broken by force.

But it wasn't over yet, it hit the cave again and again, roaring from its mouth.

Then, the brown bear's claws grabbed one of Mercer's legs and tried to tear him off.

Mercer was also angered at this moment. He refused to let go and wanted to tear off the piece of meat from the brown bear.

"Roar!"

Not to be outdone, the brown bear hit the wall again, squeezing Mercer's body.

The pain that felt like his body was about to be crushed into flesh aroused Mercer's fighting spirit. He bit the brown bear tightly and roared from his mouth.

Suddenly, he felt something itchy in his throat, as if something was gushing out. He didn't think too much and subconsciously followed his body's instinct.

So, while Mercer was biting the brown bear, a ball of fire came out of his throat and ignited the brown bear's hair.

"Ow—"

Not only the brown bear, but also Mercer was startled. When he felt the brown bear let go of his hand and touched his burning part, Mercer subconsciously let go and landed on the ground not far away.

Seeing the brown bear beating the flames on the ground, Mercer hesitated in his heart whether he should take this opportunity to hit the target.

But at this time, the brown bear had already run to the stream at another outlet, and he could only escape here now.

He couldn't kill the brown bear right now, so there was no need to risk his life to bite it just for the sake of quick pleasure.

Mercer spread his legs and left the cave, turned his head and took note of the area, then disappeared into the messy grass with hatred.

——My body is still aching. This is the most embarrassing time for Mercer in his previous life.

He recalled the battle with the brown bear. If his bite force was stronger or his physical fitness was stronger, maybe he could directly kill the brown bear.

Mercer pushed himself to the edge of the stream, stuffed himself with a few large mouthfuls of mud mixed with a few stones, and chewed it bit by bit.

...or, breathing fire.

Somehow, Mercer just sprayed a small ball of flame on the brown bear, which allowed him to escape.

The feeling was not very clear at first, but since the flames were sprayed out just now, Mercer noticed something strange in his throat as if he had awakened.

There seems to be some sac-like organ connected to his throat. There is a small amount of liquid inside the organ. He can sense the weight of this liquid in it, and he can also control the sac-like organ to squeeze out the liquid.

The liquid spurts out of the mouth and burns quickly when it comes into contact with the air. This is also the reason why he can breathe.

"It seems that this is my breathing organ."

Mercer accepted this fact normally. As a dragon, being unable to breathe made Mercer feel abnormal. Rather, after this discovery, he even temporarily forgot the humiliation of defeat.

He swallowed the gravel in his mouth and tried to recall the feeling just now. He controlled his breathing organ to spray out liquid, and a small ball of flame flashed in his mouth.

...Then, there is no more.

I don't know if it's because Mercer is just a young dragon, or if he has just used his breath once and the fluid in his organs has been completely exhausted.

But he didn't care, he just lowered his head and continued chewing the gravel.

It wasn't until he was exhausted from eating dirt that he felt the energy in his breath organ again and opened his mouth.

call--

Flames shot out, leaving bright trails on the water.

One, two, three, four...five.

He counted the time. After the fifth second, the capacity in the breath organ was completely consumed again.

"Only to this extent?"

Mercer was a little disappointed, but no matter what, it was because he was too young.

There was no need to rush now, he had plenty of time.

While he was thinking silently, there was a sudden movement from the other side of the stream.

First there was a rustling sound, and then a few people walked out of the grass. Most of their skin was exposed. They carried a large luggage bag on their backs and held weapons that were huge compared to human size.

"That's right, I feel the heat in front."

One of them said, looking at Mercer.

"Humans?" This was the first thought that flashed through Mercer's mind when he saw them. Then he looked at their slender ears: "Elves? What world have I traveled to?"

"This creature is-" The person on the other side of the creek opened his eyes wide and stared at Mercer: "That's right, it's a mutated fire dragon cub!"

"What language do they use..."

Mercer stared at these "elves" without daring to let down his guard at all.

In his sight, he saw one of the group of people take out a fist-sized ball from his waist, hold it in his hand, and suddenly throw it towards him.

Mercer subconsciously avoided it to the side, but unexpectedly the ball fell to the ground, erupting with a large amount of pungent breath and obvious colored smoke.