The Dragon Lord System
S1 - HOST Evolution

"Hoam"

I woke up from my sleep, and I was still sleepy.

"Well, sleep again like... Zzzz..."

"Young...."

I really don't know how many days have passed since I decided to stay underground.

To be honest, I didn't pay much attention to this month or so.

Does this world have different time zones?

Hm...

Unlike when I was human and could check the time on my phone accurately.

There is no clock or calendar.

I can only try to calculate the time based on the position of the sun.

But it's not accurate.

So, it's no surprise that I lost track of time with all this.

People in the past were really great.

Often I wake up from a nap and realize it is morning.

As you might expect, I'm like an overworked unemployed.

Ah, but at least I no longer have to face boring meetings or stressful deadlines.

I can live leisurely and enjoy a comfortable life in the ground.

Even so, for some reason, I feel sleepy more and more.

"Is it because living as a dragon makes me lazy?"

"Or maybe this place is so comfortable that I always fall asleep?"

Hmmmm...

Whatever the reason, it seems like my underground life is being tinged with endless sleep.

Maybe I'll get a medal in the "Most Lazy Dragon" category at the Dragon Olympics, if there's such a thing.

"HAHAHA!"

In the beginning, I built and built a house in this land.

Every day, I would look out of the keyhole I had made at the entrance.

It felt like once a day was the limit of my ability to interact with the outside world.

Earlier, I meticulously placed a stone I had scratched using my fangs near the door in lieu of a calendar.

I try to determine how long I've been here by repeating the cycle of looking out and laying stones all day.

However, as time went on, I got more and more involved in digging deeper and eating more soil.

I got further and further away from the entrance, until it ended up being too troublesome to go back there.

I stopped because it was too far away. Maybe I was too lazy to walk back.

Ah, it seems that ever since I became a dragon, I have indeed been too lazy.

Do I miss my human life?,

"of course not!"

Here, I can laze around and eat delicious food every day without the burden of a mind.

For me the land is now a truly delicious dish for me!

Who needs to be confused with human life?

I can live comfortably in this land. It is only me, the silence, and the enjoyment of food from the earth.

I am a dragon who leads a life of comfort and laziness.

Is that not the dream of every living creature?

Hehe, yes, living as a dragon is fun.

Nothing reminds me of deadlines or boring meetings.

There is only pure pleasure and living in comfort.

I was born to live like this.

Now, let's enjoy the delicious dishes of this land again.

More sleep, more eating.

That is real life!

Ah, how lazy I am.

Hmmm, I feel like something is missing that matters.

"But what is it?"

Come on, let me remember.

Too lazy to think about it.

"Damn it!"

In this dragon body, I have to fight my laziness.

Focus... Focus... Focus...

Well, let me remember very well the beginning of my being in this world.

Originally, I woke up in a dark room and suddenly turned into a dragon.

And after that, I heard...

"That's it!"

"I have a System!" How foolish I have forgotten this important thing.

Alright, "STATUS!"

A hologram status panel appeared before me:

...[.STATUSES]...

...Name: Calliga...

...Species: Dragon??...

...Level: Level 20 (100 XP is required to level up)...

...Health Point/HP: 48...

...Power: 23...

...Defense: 45...

...Speed: 40...

...Evolutionary level: 1...

...[.EVOLUTION]...

...[.THE HOST HAS A BONUS OF 20 STAT POINTS!]...

I gawked at my sharply soaring status and shouted in confusion.

"Eeehhh?!!"

"Since when have I reached level 20?"

"I didn't hear the notification sound from the system!"

"Damn it!"

Maybe my system got a bug, this system is useless!

But wait, there might be something wrong with my hearing as a new dragon.

Perhaps the notifications were covered by the rumbling sounds and the sound of my food being full.

Well, that must be a reasonable reason. Doesn't the system have to give clear, audible notifications?

Hehe, I am stupid sometimes.

I need to be more careful and focus on developing my strength as this dragon.

With a bonus of 20 stat points, I can become even stronger.

It's okay, mistakes happen, the important thing is I realize that now.

When I looked with great enthusiasm at my status panel, slowly, something looked different.

Hmmmm...

I looked closely from top to bottom, and I was excited as the number of my status points doubled from before.

My eyes slid down, and suddenly, there was the inscription "EVOLUTION".

"Yes!!! Finally something interesting!"

Without a doubt, I quickly pressed the [EVOLUTION] button.

Five seconds passed...

ten seconds...

But nothing happened.

Hmm, maybe I should try it again. CLICK, I push that button again.

Ten seconds passed...

thirty seconds...

one minute...

I started pressing the evolution button spam.

1 Minute passed....

Three minutes passed...

my teeth rattled withholding my emotions...

"SAMP SYSTEM..."

Before I could finish my words, suddenly my body felt like it was electrocuted with a high voltage.

"Damn! It's very painful"

My body feels so hot.

I fell lying on the ground, enduring this unbearable pain.

I could not speak, and was unable to endure this pain. Finally,

I fainted...

Fainted, I slept on the ground.

I dreamt of flashes of light and strange sounds that sounded deep in silence.

After a few moments that felt like centuries, I finally woke up.

When I opened my eyes, I felt something different.

I feel like my body is stronger, and my skin feels harder.