Chapter 1: The Boss Is Actually Myself
"Roar———"
A massive roar echoed from afar.
It made the mountains tremble, the ground shake, a birds as fleeing in terror, startling the you deep in the cave awake, bewildered.
"Hiss"
"What oh happened?"
Lin Kai seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare, his mind still not fully clear.
But instead of the familiar room, there was no high-tech gaming pod and apanying equipment.
In its pce was a dark, warm cave, hard rocks, and even a few scattered gold s lying around.
"Where is this?"
Lin Kai felt a splitting headache as tless memories surged into his mind. There was magic like a fantasy novel, along with experiences as a pyer in a previous life.
He only remembered taking on a task from a rich pyer to grind Giant Fingers in the Giant’s yon for ht hours straight.
In the end, uo keep going physically, he went AFK to cate sleep, pnning to get bato the gaming pod and tier.
But when he opened his eyes, he inexplicably found himself in this strange pce, and his body felt odd.
He struggled to get up, instinctively walking on all fours to a puddle of water nearby.
"A dragon?"
The "beast" before him was covered in dense red scales, with golden slit pupils that exuded a sense of ferocity and brutality.
The body, over three meters long, still had a hint of youthful softness, but many parts showed the beginnings of something savage, with fine sharp teeth, razor-sharp cws, and strong, powerful limbs as proof.
Yes, this was a young dragon.
And it was the most powerful and most ferocious of the five-colored dragons, a red dragon.
His mouth was filled with the st of sulfur, and deep in his throat, it felt like a volo was ready to erupt, making Lin Kai feel unfortable.
He couldn’t help but sneeze, and steam and smoke billowed out from his nostrils.
A translut blue s suddenly appeared in front of him.
【Young Red Dragon】
Name: Cassius Cudious Norrixius
Tempte: NPC (10 years, 1 day, and 18 hours until server unch)
Type: Large Dragon, Lawful ral
AC: 18 (natural armor)
Attributes:
Strength — 21
Dexterity — 10
stitution — 18
Intelligence — 12
Wisdom — 11
Charisma — 14
Skill Proficies: Stealth +4, Perception +8, Hunting +2, Escape +4, Knowledge (Future) +4
Damage Immunities: Fire
Senses: Blindsight 10 ft, Darkvision 60 ft, Passive Perception 14 ft
Languages: Draion
As: Bite, Cw, Tail Attack, Flight, Breath Attack (Fire)
Feats: None
Challenge Level: 6 (2100 XP)
Description: "The strong cws and sharp teeth of a red dragon are enough to be an adventurer’s nightmare. They often use breath attacks or other special physical attack methods, as well as a magiever uimate even a young red dragon, or it will bee your lifelong nightmare."
"Did I transmigrate the?"
"And became Kai Ge?"
After browsing through this information for a long time, Lin Kai, or rather Cassius, finally cleared his thoughts and uood his current situation.
He began to recall memories from his past life.
"Erezaghe" is a holographic game based on the Dragon & Dungeon (D&D) system from the st tury.
This game has unknown ins, no known publisher, yet boasts teology that only be described as bck magic, g to create a real world for pyers, with over a hundred million pyers online worldwide at peak times.
From ordinary people to social elites and even business and political giants, tless people are immersed in it; some even live in the game pods all day, only ing out to eat and sleep.
Surrounding this epic masterpiece, a huge market has developed, with each game update even causing fluctuations in the global market. A piece of legendary equipment could fetch a sky-high pri the millions, making it the Bit of the new tury, leading more people to throw themselves into this game — he was one of them.
And the so-called "Kai Ge" was now him, real name Cassius Cudious Norrixius, the first world boss in the Erezaghe 1.0 version 【Aurmoil】, a wicked red dragon who signed a tract with an abyssal demon.
He had tless titles: Ashen Fme, Mountain Rage Fire, Pyer Life Reaper, and Newbie Nightmare.
In the early stages of the game, during the 【Winter Fury】 quest, thousands of pyers who had just ehe game were tormented by the red dragon’s fmes, almost drunk oh, uo hurt the dragon as it soared in the sky.
On average, they died dozens of times, with mountains of scorched pyer corpses piling up, including many future famous professional pyers. They finally defeated him only by sacrifig lives in suicide attacks.
This glorious achievement earned Cassius an immortal title — "Kai Ge."
Even now, with the game in its 4.0 version, the level cap raised to 20, pyers have started expl the Astral Pne, accepting cross-pnar missions, traversing the multiverse, yet stories of Kai Ge still circute: the tale of a red dragon skilled in roasting pyers to perfe, turning experts into piles of charred remains.
"Kai Ge’s BBQ, unmatched in the world."
But what’s the timeline now?
"Roar!"
Another roar outside the interrupted Cassius's ption.
The powerful aura in the air made the young dragon’s heart tremble, but he held back the urge to flee, sneaking over to the cave entrao peek outside.
In the distant sky, a massive red dragon ping its enormous wings, stirring up fierce winds, and looking down on the ground below.
That should be Cassius’s current mother. Just from the over twenty-meter-long body, it was clear this owerful red dragon in its prime.
"Half-human, half-elf bastard, get off my territory!"
"Do you know who you’re fag?"
"Before you stands the favorite offspring of Her Majesty Tiamat, the ruler of the Cloud Peak, the noble and powerful red dragon Aria!"
The red dragon’s tone was filled with arrogance, a trait endowed by her bloodline.
Standing fearlessly on the ground, fag the giant dragon was a warrior in dark golden armor, their face blurred, as if shrouded in a faint glow.
From the slightly pointed ears, one could tell they were a half-elf, and the slender frame hihey were female.
She stood with her sword, her tone firm and calm: "Evil dragon, sant and ceited, yet you ot foresee your end."
The half-elf stared at the giant dragon in the sky, speaking each word forcefully, "You have plundered unjust wealth and harmed i people. Your as have shattered the justid order of this entire world."
"No matter what god stands behind you, those of us who uphold our oaths will make you pay the due price — with your life!"
This was the Padin's Vow of Vengeance!
Finishing her words, the half-elf drew the silver sword from her back.
The red dragon in the sky snorted, let out a long roar, and dove straight down.
Her gaping, feroaw looked as if it would tear the tiny half-elf apart.
From deep ihroat, scorg fmes burst forth, the searing temperature dist the air.
"It’s the 'Twilight Bde' Rhea."
Cassius couldn’t help but think, finally recalling the quest lied to him.
Mai: 【Winter Fury】
[Ten years ago, the mother of the red dragon Cassius Cudious Norrixius was sin by the wandering half-elf padin "Twilight Bde" Rhea, and the young red dragon fled in panic. It lurked in the Ansica Mountains, awaiting a ce for revenge against humanity.
Now, it has signed a pact with the a demon in the depths of the mountains, being the "Ashen Fme," destroying several cities in succession. The evil dragon will lead its wicked army, breaking justid order, turning the entire Northnds to ashes!]
Now, this was likely the time of that battle between the red dragon and the padin — ten years before the pyers’ arrival!
From Cassius’s view, the half-elf padin in the distance was at level 20, nearly ohreshold of legendary status, and even bore divine favor, a world-css powerhouse without a doubt.
It’s worth noting that a mature red dragon’s standard challeing is only level 17. Even with a legendary status, it’s not enough against a padin blessed with divine
favor, this kind of "cheater."
Not to mention, this famed "Twilight Bde" had already advao legendary status by the 4.0 version in the previous life and was an important NP the main storyline of the 【Elven Kingdom】 series.
It seemed that his dear mother had little hope of survival.
The red dragon shook his head; he had no time to dwell on it. He just fpped his young wings, running and hopping back to the , preparing to pack up and flee.
Of course, before leaving his childhood home, he o "legitimately take" some starting capital from his dear mother.
"By Tiamat, this is the treasure trove of a red dragon."
"Let’s hope it’s not too stingy..."
Cassius let out a breath of sulfur-sted heat, shook his body lightly, and stretched his somewhat stiff wings.
Fake D&D, the red dragon’s setup is based on 3R, with innate spellcasting levels (5E’s flying lizards are really g) while pyer csses mainly reference 5E, with some modifications.
Additionally, it’s a game-like otherworld! An alternate world!
