Chapter 4

*Nom nom nom*

*tear*

*Nom nom nom*

'I never thought spider meat will be this tasty.'

'Thank God, I have the memories and experience of Arnuria, but now I can't call myself Arnuria ! what should I call myself.... Meh ! I can think about that later. Now, my first priority order learn everything and then upgrade everything. Every single thing Arnuria knew. She has a mindset that nothing is impossible in this world. So my first goal is to survive this labyrinth. My second goal is to relearn and improve my magic and if possible this haki thing. If this haki is similar to what there was in one piece world, then this labyrinth is the perfect place to learn. But I should also try to get a human transformation. But that can wait. Now I have only knowledge of the upper floor of this labyrinth. No human had ever gone to lower floor and return alive. ' While munching on the spider meat, the dragon thought about her future plan. After finishing her food, she decided to test her magic.

' I should proceed with caution. So first I need speed and agility. It will be hard for me to face stronger and larger monsters. I was lucky that this idiot spider decided to hunt me in this tiny space. And then there is my mana reserves. I need some physical strength too. I can't always rely on mana. '

That's how the true journey of a baby dragon started.

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It was very dark inside the labyrinth. But the dragon has no problem because of her night vision. The first thing he decided to practice is mana perception. It was an advanced mana sensing skill that allows to draw an three dimensional mental map surrounding the individual. It was the discovery of Arnuria. But inside the labyrinth the mana density is very thick. So her technique isn't that cost effective.

'The original Arnuria did this by sending her mana to surroundings. And sense it after the mana contacted anything. Then she used all the information to make a mental map by an simple arranging spell. This might seems easy but because of the higher mana density, it takes a lot of mana here. So I can't activate it all the time. Hmmm..... When I think about it the technique is similar to how bats find their pray in night. But instead of sound waves, she used mana. This could work if I send electromagnetic wave. But the problem is the conjuring. It may be similar to programming an app in a computer, but the problem is a single mistake can cost your life. That's why most of the mages only learn pre-existing magics instead of conjuring a new. I have to be really careful while doing this stuff. But first order, I should find a safe place for me to stay and secure more food..... Yosh ! let's go ! '

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After who knew how many days of searching, the dragon found a good cave inside the tunnel. It was empty. So she decided to make it her stronghold for now. So she strengthen the cave with earth magic. And after creating a pseudo door with earth magic, she decided to find foods. There are plenty of plants here which can she eat. These shrubs are away from sun light only growin on mana. But they didn't taste good. The dragon has already learnt her lesson after eating a poisonous herb. She thanked God for knowing healing magic. But one thing she noticed that she has developed a little poison resistance in this whole ruckus. So she decided to consume a little bit poison in a regular interval. As for meat and water, she found that hunting large spiders are easier than hunting hell hounds. The spiders are fast. But the cramped space is not enough for their movements. And while their silk is pretty much indestructible, they are vulnerable to fire. And hell hounds hunt in a group. So it was very troublesome if they coordinated their attacks. On the first floor these two species have the highest population . There were other species too. But they were very few in numbers. There were underground water source . But Those were very dangerous. And she learnt about it in a hard way.

*flashback before finding the cave*

Dragon has finally discovered an underground water source. It was a large pond. She cautiously approached the pond. But suddenly her instincts screamed at her. She didn't sense any large presence despite using the high mana consuming mana perception. So she followed her instincts and decided to jump away. But she was a bit late. Some green liquid flew out of water and landed on her foreleg. The effect was instantaneous as burning feeling course through her body. She quickly backed away. Then she saw a greenish black gooey salamander came towards her slowly. But before it could come anywhere near her, she killed it with a air slicer. But now she has to deal with the poison. She kept on her healing magic and filtering the poison from her body. But the pain only grew with time. After what seemed like years of pain and struggle, finally she was able to fully isolate the poisons from her body. The incident gave her the warning that she shouldn't underestimate even the smallest of things here. After that, her poison resistance increased a lot.

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After the encounter with poison salamander, She decided to work on her own poison magic. But first thing she has to develop is the alternative for mana perception. Honestly with the increasing amount of mana she has, she can easily use normal mana perception. But she wanted to make this conjuring anyway. So she decided to do it.

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The price for successfully making a universal percepter as she named it, is four times of electrocution. But thanks to her healing magic, she healed very quickly.

'Now that I think about it if I conjured a specific mana instructions to my soul, then I probably can create my own unique skill like those in the light novels. But I have to do a lot of experiments. I don't want to die after all ! Maybe I should start with an AI. Yep ! like the great sage in tensura verse. Yosh ! let's try that next !'

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author's note - No it won't be like tensei shitara slime datta ken. It will be dark in the future. But I might add some comedy too. But I don't think I can do that in this first arc. But I will try.