NGJ Chapter 66: Ddraig Goch
When I saw a tall tanned woman with dark blood-red hair and emerald green eyes with a fit body stretching in my basement with large boobs and a big ass my first thought was.
Damn.
And then when I remembered what should have been in my basement my next few indescribable thoughts resembled something like this:
Why Ddraig woman.
Of course, Ddraig too focused on just simply being content with being able to breathe and feel her(?) own body function took a hot second to notice me before shooting me a smile that twisted in confusion.
"Hmm, you seem very confused? But I do thank you for my new body, it really is great to be able to feel once more." She(?) said with a simple smile as her(?) eyes landed on me, staying on my body for a few seconds in appreciation before returning to enjoying the air.
"I... was under the impression that you were a male from the records." Saying this to the incredibly attractive woman(?) in my basement made me feel a bit stupid.
At least Ddraig seemed to understand my confusion now though. Best Dragon.
"Ahh, right. Well, I do not truly possess a gender, and neither do most dragons, in fact, it isn't unusual for us to change our human forms, sometimes very drastically.
For example, in her previous incarnation, Ophis took on the form of an old man but now she is what your generation would call a Loli. I have had numerous men and women as my wielders.
It is simple really, I have just decided to take on a female form, dear partner. Again thanks for allowing me to live again. As agreed I will stand by your side as your familiar."
As she said that a bright flash of green swallowed both of us before I felt a connection being established.
[ +30 Affection with Ddraig Goch ]
[ +40 Obedience with Ddraig Goch(Familiar Pact) ]
Fine fuck it. She is a girl now likely due to my eroge protagonist perks but what truly matters is that I have Ddraig as a level 200 familiar that has all the skills and experience Ddraig has.
[ Ddraig Goch | Dragonoid Homunculus LV. 200 ]
The only way to raise her level is the imbue her with more Twice Criticals. Which won't be too hard of a task. I can just send out a dozen Skeleton Assasins to scour the world for unawakened Twice Critical users.
As for how strong she currently was... Ddraig right now could... wipe the floor with me if I do not get to use my army. And still have a very good shot at winning even with my army.
After all with [Boost], [Explosion], [Transfer], [Scale Mail], [Penetrate] and even [Blazing Inferno of Scorching Flames] completely available to her she is more than formidable.
In fact, she would mop the floor with Riser in a completely humiliating manner right now if that Fire Resistance(Extreme) says anything.
But first I grabbed some clothes from my shadow and some boxers to cover her up since while I may enjoy the sight of her naked body she can't live in my basement.
I live there.
Ddraig easily caught the clothes I threw at her and shot me a look before a look of realization crossed her face. While she may have been stuck in that gauntlet for the past thousand or so years that did not mean she did not know common decency.
"Ah right. I do need to wear clothes. It becomes easy to forget humanoid habits after such a long time." She said as she slipped my clothes on, the lack of bra being apparent as I could see her nipples poking a bit out of the shirt.
Wait. Now that I think about it can't I do X-ray vision with my eyes?
...Yes, yes I can, nice. I just need to focus a tad more to do so.
I led Ddraig up to the actual house away from the basement which had become a construction site for my skeleton workers.
I kinda forgot to set parameters for them so they are just going at it while leveling their respective skills. But I kinda want to see what my workers can do when left on their own.
"Hmmh, your house is actually pretty nice. Not the biggest I have seen by a longshot but I quite like it." Said Ddraig as she looked around the house making me notice her lack of confusion at most of the things lying around the house.
"How up-to-date is your knowledge of the modern world exactly?"
"You do not need to worry about it, even if he hadn't awakened me I still know most things the boy himself knew. ...which included unreasonable amounts of pornography too for some reason." She said making me nod, this would be far easier than unlike Wiz who still struggled with the modern world.
I showed her around the whole house and introduced her to the fallen maids as someone who would be living here from now and got to her room which was one of the empty rooms I had left.
"Quite impressive for a human mage like yourself to be able to enslave several fallen no matter how weak they are in comparison."
"Alright this is your room, you can do whatever you want with it. But first some general ground rules, you are my familiar with all the things that come with that. Also, I need you to hide your identity for a while."
"Well, I understand although it is rather annoying you can't exactly reveal you have revived me, I guess I can act as the next Red Dragon Empress in that case."
She caught onto things very fast not surprising she aided dozens of RDE's in their time wielding the boosted gear.
"Other than that you are free to do as you please, just don't go in the hole in the backyard and disturb the crab."
"...The crab?"
"Yes the giant crab with the mushrooms in the hole, don't try to disturb him."
"...Fine I guess I will." Ddraig said with a resigned expression on her face.
"Alright, if you want anything just ask the maids and they should give it to you, try not to go in the basement. I'll leave you to get used to your new body, if you want to the garden is reinforced."
"I will, just summon me with the familiar bond if you need me."
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I left Ddraig to her own devices for now. I did not need her help at the moment. I had little time left as is and that was before my impulsive ass decided to revive Ddraig. Really sad familiars aren't allowed in Rating games.
I have two days left until the KFC throwdown. I should take the time to make some plans and get used to my new spells. I should not underestimate the guy who can throw down with Balance Breaker Boosted Gear.
Currently my status looked something like this.
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Status:
Gojo Akira
Level - 230
HP: 3,530 (10x Vit) (459 HP/min | 7.65HP/s) (1.3x multiplier)
CE: 11,760 (16x Wis) (992 CE/min | 16.5CE/s) (1.2x multiplier)
Race: Human
Tier: High - Medium
Classes:
Cursed Necromancer - [LV. 0/100(2%)]
-Options: [Soul Resistance] [Cursed Spirit Creation]
[Weak to Holy] [Strong against Holy]
Necromancer - [LV. 100(max)]
-Options: [Weak to Light] [Weak to Holy] [Necromancy]
[Resistance to Necrotic]
Sorcerer - [LV. 100(Max)]
-Options: [Jujutsu] [Cursed Energy Control]
Sub-Class:
Ward-Crafter - [LV. 30/50(33%)]
-Options: [Ward Creation] [Sigil: Reinforcement] [Sigil: Obfuscation]
[Sigil: Counter Curse] [Sigil: Warding] [Sigil: Recovery] [Sigil: Restoration]
Vit: 353
End: 398
Str: 260
Agi: 270
Int: 847
Wis: 735
Cha: 85
Luk: 100
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Not too shabby I say. Yes, I am a glass cannon but my army is there for a reason. Which will be a slight problem considering they won't be there for me beating Riser's ass. Now my strength and agility being rather low won't matter much when I can reinforce them using my Enhancement. Enough to damage Riser at least.
For now, I need ways to handle Riser, I could use fire resistance potions but...
They feel cheap.
I shouldn't need to rely on a crutch like Fire Potions against Riser.
I don't want to win against Riser, I want to beat him. I don't want to win against Riser because I had access to better potions than he did, I want to win because I was better than him.
I won't settle for some half-assed victory.
I am tired of winning every battle by a fucking inch.
Always relying on some crutch, always outwitting my opponents, pulling every trick in the book out of my ass just to make it out with my life.
Without my consent, images flashed before my eyes.
The overwhelming feeling of despair I felt as Hanami effortlessly dismantled everything I threw at him. How I had to do everything in my power not to win but to even try to make it out with my life. That helmet-like head staring down at me. That overwhelming presence that made me feel like puking.
Even worse, feeling like a cornered rabbit being hunted by a wolf through the woods. Throwing everything I had at Toji and them bouncing off of him, his predatory smirk was burned into my mind as he hacked me apart like a common bag of meat.
Did I really win those fights? Or did I simply make it out of them alive?
Am I really drinking a Fire Resistance potion for the Riser fight? Do I really fear him that much? Do I think I can't defeat him without that Fire potion?
I crushed the red vial in my hand.
I do not need that to win.
No, I won't need that to win.
A/N: What do you guys think about Ddraig? Or the reasoning behind Akira not using the potion(Pride). I would love to hear your thoughts about this chapter in the comments so please do!
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