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Chapter 2 - The Ugly Pigs

As he fully got up off the ground, he noticed he was taller than a human really several should be. So, he looked down at himself and screened. But all that came out was a loud "roar". He was so shocked that the person who ran up to him patted his tail and asked "Are you ok?". She flew up to his nose and looked him the eye. "I'm being chased by an ugly pig; can you help me." she asked. He nodded his head carefully and then thought of all the otherworld books he read and suddenly thought that he should see if he had a status board.

He thought, 'It should work to just think it, right.?"

'Status' he said in his brain.

Name: Rigel Rowan

Age: 100(looks 16 to 17 years old)

Race: Ancient Dragon

Level: 1 (0/10)

Money: 2 Platinum (100 Gold) (money in storage only, exchange function for currency is as follows: 100 Bronze = 1 Silver, 100 Silver= 1 Gold, 50 Gold = 1 Platinum 5 Bronze can get you a simple meal and drink)

HP: 100

MP:500

STR: 20 (12 for average human)

AGI: 20 (12 for average human)

INT: 50 (10 for average human)

Status Points: 3 (each level up gains 3 points, use 1 point gain 5 stat)

Skills Active/Passive: Analyze(2) Language(maxed) Telepathy(maxed) Transformation(maxed) Creation Magic(maxed) Compounding(5) Medical Diagnostics(3) Medical Treatments(3) Leadership(7) Accelerated Thinking(5) Mapping, Storage, Heavy Eater, Spell Creation, x2 Exp Gains,

Skill Points: 5 (gain lvl when using skill, 3 skill points gained on major lvl)

Proficiencies: Crafting(Grandmaster) Blade Wielder(Master) Magic Casting(Master) Military Combat(Grandmaster)

His stats were higher than he thought. He found the skills in the status board.

'Analyze' 'Accelerated Thinking'

Accelerated Thinking: Slows down the time to think on different things. Ex. You can see the arrow pass you. Your reaction speed may not be capable of keeping up. Able to split mind to do separate tasks.

He thought, 'ok'. 'Analyze' 'Transformation'

Transformation: Ability can transform any living or non-living thing to the castors will. The will and thoughts of the item or person being casted on can interfere with the casted magic, either canceling or changing the results.

Slowly, he turned into the human form in his mind. It took no time at all to shrink down to human size, but when he began, the girl realized something was up and flew away a few feet. After he was done, she when up to him and clung on to his waist. He asked, "Are you not scared of me? I'm a dragon!". She said, "Nope. A boy from the human contennent, cointent, ummm. Oh. Continent. Anyways He just appeared here and told me you were good, but he said he couldn't stay and disappeared. Do you know where he is.?" Her question sparked a memory. 'It was him at the hospital at my bedside. That boy she mentioned was in my hospital room.' "I don't know where he is now, but I think he was a ghost of a dead man with regrets. He asked me to save you and take you back your grandparents!" The girl looked at him to see if that was the truth. It was. "What is your name. My name is Kaida. I'm a princess. Who are you?" she asked.

"My name is Rigel. Rigel Rowan, At your service young lady. I'll transform and fly us away, so just point me in the right direction!" She responded,"0k, lets' go that way." As she pointed behind her. I transformed into a dragon and flew the way she wanted. While flying, Rigel started to see more flat lands and less of the forest. He flew over multiple farms and several towns. An hour had gone past by now. He finally saw a big castle and she started to tap on his back, but with all the thick scales on his back; it was impossible. By the time he noticed it was too late and he used the telepathy skill he saw on the skill board. 'I will take you directly to the castle and land inside the walls' he said in her mind. She patted his back to respond as she didn't have her own telepathy skill yet.

They landed on the biggest safest area in the training grounds and were immediately surrounded with the Palace guards. "Halt. Show me your ID and palace entry permit!" said a guard. The princess popped out of behind the boy's head "Princess. Are you safe? Thank the gods are home" he said to the princess. A second later to his subordinates, "Go. report to the king immediately? he shouted. "Transform' Rigel thought. He knew it would be easier and quicker to talk in a human like way, "I found her in the forest running away from a few orcs" he pulled the 3 orcs from his storage and looked at the 'ugly pig!' as she had called it.

"Can you put the weapons and magic spells away, please?" he added, "if I wanted to hurt someone, I would have done it already." The guard did so, only after a command from the behind was shouted out, "Put the weapons away, men. The king approaches." A man with a long lizard like tail and a crown upon his head approached the child duo with gusto, his personal guards had a look that said 'move to fast and we will skewer you'.

The king walked directly up to the 2 younger kids. "Grandpa, I went to find daddy and momma, and I found this brother instead. He saved me from a nasty ugly pig. see!" Her grandfathers

face paled by far as he saw the 3 ugly orcs his granddaughter pointed at. He bowed before Rigel deeply. "Sir. I thank you for saving my granddaughter. She has just lost her mother and father on a war about 2 years ago. She was 2 years old then." Rigel was startled. "Please stand up. Formality makes me uncomfortable. I don't wish for a reward, please just send me to the human king. I was sent on a mission by his brothers' son. He left his dying wish to me?" the king looked startled at the Rigel's strength. Though Rigel was strong compared to the guard, the king could tell the difference. The king was also a dragon kin and had a high strength stat due to the level ups he had gained in his youth.

"I can do that, but please let me do more for you." he pleaded. He was testing Rigel, and if Rigel knew, he didn't show it. 'I should accept it. He looks desperate', Rigel thought. He knew the king was giving him a test to see if he was a greedy child. "Okay. I will accept the deal. However, I do plan to live with the humans' I took a request from him to save her as part of the deal. I'm here to save her from the forest and then go there to make a home. I don't wish for anything else. Oh, but I do wish to talk to her when she is older as I want to tell her what I know about her parents. I learned about them when I was asked to help her."

"Can you tell me?' asked the king. "Yes. but It's a long story that I wish to tell her directly. I wish to tell you both in in a few years' time after I have established myself in the human nation" Rigel said to the king. He knew about the monarchy being a female led nation, so he knew the current queen would place a lot of responsibility on the girls' shoulder later on. He also knew that the one who killed the parents was still alive in the desert. The one who killed them a demon dukes' son. He killed the children of the king and queen after an order for peace was released and as such, are now considered traitors and will be killed upon sight. He would take them to the person and let them decide punishment for the man. "So, can I get a room and we can talk about the rest of my story later. I just got here, and I'm kind of tired!" the explanation Rigel gave the king was accepted and soon, he was given a luxurious room to sleep in.

According to the king, it came with a few changes of clothes and a meal. They told him that he could stay as long as he liked. The words of the king were as if carved in stone, they were to be upheld. And after telling the servants assigned to the room to call him f or dinner, he decided to check his looks and status in the mirror. He was a typical 16-year-old boy, in looks only, as he saw the makings of a nice set of abs. his hair was black as night and his eyes were golden and slightly radiant. 'status'

Name: Rigel Rowan

Age: 100(looks 16 to 17 years old)

Race: Ancient Dragon

Level: 4 (15/100)

Money: 2 Platinum (100 Gold) (money in storage only, exchange function for currency is as follows: 100 Bronze = 1 Silver, 100 Silver= 1 Gold, 50 Gold = 1 Platinum 5 Bronze can get you a simple meal and drink)

HP: 400

MP:1500

STR: 24 (12 for average human)

AGI: 24 (12 for average human)

INT: 54 (10 for average human)

Status Points: 12 (each level up gains 3 points, use 1 point gain 5 stat)

He focused on the part of the status board he wanted to see and doled out the 12 points he had from leveling up.

He assigned 1 to each of the stats and felt he slight increase

STR: 29 (12 for average human)

AGI: 29 (12 for average human)

INT: 59 (10 for average human)

'I'll save some stat points for later, who knows when ill need them'

When he was done, not even 10 minutes went by. He felt I slight bit more relaxed but he still felt like taking a nap. So, nap he did.

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