First Legendary Dragon: Starting With The Limitless System novel Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Status Screen

The creature's body was covered in shimmering scales that glistened with a fiery red hue. Its small yet muscular frame seemed to be filled with immense innate strength.

The head bore a faint resemblance to a human's, but with elongated, sharp features and a set of small horns protruding from its forehead. A long, slender tail swayed behind it, flickering with embers.

As if welcoming its birth, the air around it grew warmer, and the fire inside its blood began to awaken, increasing the heat further. The draconian's eyes, a glowing amber, snapped open—filled with confusion but also an increasing sense of clarity.

"Where am I...?" the young draconian muttered in a rasping voice, his words a strange mix of human and dragon dialects. His breath was hot, and when he exhaled, small sparks flickered in the air.

But before he could think further, something deep within him began to awaken. His eyes opened wide as he felt the Dragon Inheritance inside him, feeding him basic knowledge of this world as well as the Dragon's wisdom.

The young draconian gritted his teeth in pain, feeling his mind get overwhelmed merely by the inheritance. But it wasn't supposed to happen like this, judging from what he had gathered from that knowledge.

Soon, he found the reason. It was because he was not a full-blooded Dragon; instead, he was a Draconian, as he saw his face reflected on the shiny cracked eggshell.

"I... am not a dragon?" he muttered in confusion.

But he decided not to focus on that and instead began to digest the knowledge the inheritance was giving him.

...

After a while, his mind calmed down as he took a deep breath.

"My true name is... Zaroth... Drakonis," he said after collecting himself. All True Dragons receive a name from their legacy upon birth.

It was said that the will of the world grants these names. One-word names for Draconians, two-word names for True Dragons, and three-word names for Irregular Dragons.

"So... I'm equal to a True Dragon despite being a Draconian?" Zaroth said in confusion.

This was all too new to him. He had just been born and learned that he was a Draconian. Even though he knew he would be a True Dragon in this life, finding out he had become a Draconian instead of a Dragon dealt him a blow.

After all, the status of Draconians and Dragons was worlds apart. One was the master, while the other was the slave. True Dragons never treated Draconians as part of their species; they always saw them as slaves to order around.

But before he could think further about this, another sound echoed inside his mind.

[Ding!]

[Welcome back, Host.]

Zaroth's eyes lit up. 'Yes! Echo! How did I forget about him?!' he thought with excitement, nearly forgetting the rewards he had gotten.

"Wait, wasn't it the Thunder Dragon Inheritance that I got? How did I become a Fire Dragon?" he asked aloud, waiting for the system to answer him.

But seeing the lack of response, he shook his head. "System, Status screen."

[Ding!]

Limitless System

[Host: Zaroth Drakonis]

[Title: Half Dragon]

[Age: 15]