It feels like I’ve been dreaming for a long time. I’m very sure that it was a dream of me fighting… or I think it was a nostalgic meeting with someone.
I might have heard some important things but I can’t recall the details. Well, it’s a dream anyway. It can’t be helped to forget the details when waking up. For now, I’ll stop thinking about it and focus on my current state.
Upon waking up, the first thing I see is something quite strange, tinted with a mix of black, red, gold, and silver. It looks just like metal. From touch, it’s quite warm and elastic. It’s like I’m inside a body of sorts. However, rather than being unpleasant, it’s actually quite comfortable.
I am completely wrapped by something similar to an eggshell. From what little I remember, looks like it formed around me. Anyway, it’s my Ogre Orb. Also, looks like some long thin threads where extending from my body.
It might be a bit late for me to realize but since silver was mixed in with black, red, and gold, I am pretty sure that my Ogre Orb had also changed when I ranked up.
Though it’s fine, I still wonder why the color had suddenly changed. Perhaps, before I slept, after having suffered grievous wounds throughout my body and in order to heal and keep myself safe, I made it unconsciously.
Whether that’s true or not though isn’t obvious. Well, it’s a trivial manner. Since I’m still alive, I won’t question it.
After a quick check, my body seems fine so I decide to quickly get out. Upon getting out of the shell formed from my Ogre Orb, I appear once more around the place where the decisive battle took place. Not much had changed since I went to sleep.
The first thing I notice is the corpse of the [Mother Flame Dragon Empress]. It seems to be covered in ice made out of powerful magic.
The magical ice is very thick and it’ll be difficult to melt and shatter it. For a moment, I think about who could form such a thing but quickly understand that the ice closely resembles Kanami-chan’s magic.
Definitely her. She took the trouble in preserving the corpse of the [Flame Mother Dragon Empress] with ice until I wake up. She’s still a considerate wife as always.
After thanking her consideration, I start paying attention to the lava rising around the decisive battlefield. It is still emitting extreme heat like before but the lava appears to have cooled down, having turned to black. I wonder if it’s because of the powerful magical ice that is currently located in the middle, or maybe it’s because I became the owner of this place. Still, the lava seems to have lost its vigor.
Although it’s still quite hot, its cooler at least compared to before. Thanks to my 【Rank Up】, even if my body is exposed right now, it will take time for me to turn black from the heat. Well, my skin’s already black anyway.
After confirming my surroundings, I start checking out my body. While I feel a little bit taller than my original height of two meters, the broadness of my arms and legs has not changed that much.
However, my whole body feels so powerful that it can’t even be compared to before. The difference is like between heaven and earth.
As a test, I lightly swing my fist, creating countless gales which strike the wall of rocks in the distance like thunder, shattering and scattering pieces of rocks around. This time, I slowly raise my foot and just like before, violent winds appear and strike the wall once more in the distance, leaving scars similar to the aftermath of a bombing run.