Chapter 185: A little pissed off (1/2)

When Sol finally opened his eyes, he could feel slight chills. Even though he had been playing around at first, in the end, he had really fallen asleep.

Though, he had to keep a sliver of consciousness in order to avoid being taken off guard.

Still laying with his back on the ground, he gazed at the dark sky with an entranced expression,

”Beautiful.”

He couldn't help but exclaim in shock at the sight that greeted him.

Currently, night had fallen, and the three overbearing suns were replaced by six large silver moons, so close that he felt like he could see very crevice on them.

Aside from the moons, he could see no other stars in the sky despite how clear it was.

This prompted him to ask himself if he was even on a planet currently.

Watching this starless sky, he felt like he was being sucked into the depths of space. He couldn't help but feel so small and helpless.

”Now that I think about it, this is really the first time I am alone.”

If not for the near freezing cold, it would have been quite romantic.

The only saving grace was that the cold seemed to have far less effects on him than the heat.

This was something worth knowing.

In a way, he was briefly tempted to stand up and walk. If he explored during the night and slept during the day, he was sure that it could work.

But, he immediately squashed this thought.

'I am tired of having to prove myself.'

Before falling asleep, he had clearly felt that someone was spying on him. Since he was used to Medea doing so in the tower, it wasn't hard for him to catch on that.

What's more, the portal and coordinates had been opened by the goddesses themselves after promising to do so in a contract.

Since it was so, only a goddess or perhaps the one this dimension belonged to could change the coordinates.

This meant that once again, he was being tested. Once again, he had to prove something to someone he cared nothing of.

It was tiring.

The fact that after this he would once again be tested by the dragons to become their so called prince was akin to adding insult to injury.

His eyes shifted to the side when he felt a few presences running toward him.

From the dust that was rising far in the horizon he could imagine that they were quite fast and large. He could already feel animosity in the air. Clearly, whatever was coming was not friendly.

Inwardly though, he couldn't help but scoff.

He had been sleeping for all day and a great part of the night but he met no one, but just as soon as he woke up, he was being attacked?

Of course he could not rule out the possibility of those beasts being nocturnal and him being on their roads being just bad luck.

He wondered if he should just act shamelessly and lay down without trying to fight but he discarded the notion.

It was one thing to lay down without moving, but he couldn't gamble with his life. What's more,

”I really want to punch something.”

Standing up, he twirled his shoulders and finally managed to see what was comings toward him,

'...Sonic the hedgehog?'

He tilted his head in confusion at the sight of what looked like five blue cannon balls filled with spikes rolling towards him.

Shaking his head to chase away the confusion, Sol finally spoke, his voice amplified with mana and intent.

”If you come closer, I will consider you as enemies.”

Sol knew that it was impossible to expect all races he found in other dimensions to be able to understand him.

But the intent behind his words was something of a universal language.

He did not wish to kill others simply because they did not look like him or because they could not understand each other. Normally, even if those beings rushing toward him were unable to hear, they should have understood the message.

Seeing that much less stopping, they accelerated toward him and that the killing intent they emitted grew stronger, Sol's eyes finally grew colder.

”I did warn you guys.”

His iris changed into slit and the color of his eyes became a mix of black and gold. His form changed as he grew a few centimeters taller and became more muscular. The tone of his skin also changed from a fair white to a more tanned tone.

Finally, two golden horns made out purely of energy grew on his forehead.

<<Dragon force: First Step>>

Without waiting for them to reach him, Sol rushed at them at full speed, his eyes glowing with barely concealed battle thirst.

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Back in the palace, the two Phoenixes were observing the fight with surprise.

The monster that had been sent was a type of mad-beast known as Tapir.

They had their back covered in a sort of super armor made out of rock and spikes while the front of their body was rather soft and flexible.

Thanks to this, they could easily roll on themselves and use their armor as a way of combining both attack and defense.

Mad beasts were beasts that, after being exposed to a great concentration of mana, suffered from mutation that affected their sanity.

In her dimension, the Tapirs, while not at the top of the food chain, were still quite powerful.

In fact, two or three would be enough to fight equally with an inexperienced Duke.

Gabriel could feel clearly that Sol did not seem to have a Zone. With their current number, she had only been interested in how long he could last before she would save him.