7 Chapter 7: Freedom

'What is that noise,' I think to myself. I feel something hard underneath me. Is it the ground, and why is my head pounding so hard?

*TING, CLINK, TANG!!!

My eyes open slowly, since my head hurts so much, and the noise isn't helping. With my eyes fully open, I try to raise my head, but I can't for some reason. Next I try to move my hand, hell, my fingers at this point, but I can't feel anything.

I know I'm on hard ground though because my head still has feeling. I try to move my head from side to side, but even that isn't working. 'What the hell is going on,' I shout mentally.

'Okay, calm down, you are alive. That's what matters, right?' "Hya, feel my might you over grown lizard," I hear. That's weird, who the hell is in here? All a sudden, I see options pop up from my status screen telling me I had new skill and an important message.

I try to say the word open, but no sound comes out. I feel tears start flowing, so I think, 'Open.' At least it works with thought...

[Skill: World Languages, Speech]

[Skill: World Languages, Written]

[Passive Skill: Rejuvenation]

[Passive Skill: Disguise, High Elf; granted with Survivor, to mask your monster race from intelligent races, allowing you to survive...]

[Buff Skill: Final Stand]

[Message: Congratulations on receiving the title "Tenacity" and "Survivor" and gaining new skills. Rejuvenation allows the body to self heal, while Final Stand allows the owner of this skill to survive fatal damage 1 time a day, and heals the user for 30% health]

My eyes widen on this message. But, if I heal that much, why am I paralyzed? I look closer and mentally slap myself. I have to activate it...

'Activate,' I think. While I do that, I go ahead and activate my other passive abilities I just got, since they want to be difficult. And since I hear people, this disguise ability will come in handy.

My body heals quickly, and I can finally move. I sit up, and I see 7 people fighting the dragon that beat me so easily. One is throwing ice spears at it, hitting Mr. Dragon in the face every now and then. 'You go girl,' I root for her in my head.

From what I see they have 2 tankers, 2 range fighters, 1 damage dealer, 1 healer, and 1 mage. I look at the dragon, trying to discern its condition, and I hear it...

*Ting!!!

[Activated hidden skill, Scan]

The dragon's HP and MP pop up over his head all of a sudden, and I see it's under 50% health. "2,000,000 HP left, huh," I mumble to my self.

I stand on shaky legs, glaring at the damn thing. I inhale as much as I can, and exhale with all of my might, aiming a energy breath at the back of its head.

*BOOOOOOM!!!

The dragon staggers forward, and falls down. The people see me, shocked. They quickly ignore me for a few though, raining more blows onto the dragon.

After what seems like forever, the dragon dies. It happens suddenly, with the dragon already dazed, it couldn't put up a fight anymore. Thus, the end of the dragon's plight.

[Congratulations, you have reached level 12. You have acquired the Title Dragon Slayer for your contribution of defeating a dragon. All rewards have been added to your inventory]

I stare at it shocked, but I shake my head. The people are starting over here, walking quickly. I sigh quietly, wondering what's fixing to happen.

"You girl, what are you doing in a dungeon at your level, and how did you even damage it? No, who are you period," the guy in the front asked. I looked at him tiredly, shaking my head to remain awake. I was pretty exhausted after this ordeal after all.

I answer back to him, completely lying," I don't actually know what's going on. I came in here thinking it was just a normal cave, but it seems it wasn't. I ran away from this beast, but I don't remember what happened after that. I heard you fighting though, and woke up laying on the ground. I figured I could help you so, I just tried one of my skills on it. What do you know, it worked, hahaha..."

All of the group members look at me in disbelief for a minute. The guy shakes his head, saying, "Never mind. Are you okay?" I slowly take stock of myself. After looking down, I start to blush deeply. I forgot, I'm totally naked.

I close my eyes, wishing I was anywhere but here. All of a sudden I feel a presence in front of me. It's the mage, holding out a set of clothes. She smiles a bit, "I'm guessing you forgot, hmmm."

I blush again, and she raises her eyebrow. I grab the clothes saying, "Thank you," as I dress quickly. She chuckles in a seductive way, making me blush harder.

After getting the clothes on, I also put on a pair of shoes she hands me. I thank her again, but she waves her hand at me, smiling. I open my mouth to say something, but she puts her finger to my lips.

"Lets get you out of here, and get you settled in town. It's a little dangerous here for you, so it's best to prioritize your safety. And don't worry, seeing as you are a new face, I will help you get acquainted before leaving you to fend for yourself."

I stare at her, shocked. I finally nod to her, unable to speak. She nods back and the rest of her group just shakes their heads. "Well, guess we should go then, don't want to waste time since time is money," their leader says.

We start to head to the entrance, and when I get to the entrance with the group, I hear a voice again. I startle a bit, but play it off so I don't garner suspicion.

[I will kill you one day girl, mark my words]

[Left Dungeon]

I look around, finally seeing the world outside for the first time. I gasp, staring up at the sky. What I see amazes me to no end. "Beautiful," I murmur, staring at 2 moons in the sky, both completely full.