Shota is surrounded by monsters!

Shota paused for a moment. Contra didn't seem like such a difficult game, did it? Or was it...?

"Here, all together."

Onyxia handed him a controller, and after thinking for a moment, Shota transformed back into human form...

"Why are you taller than me?"

This was the first time Onyxia had seen Shota in human form—after all, she could only play games in human form.

"You don't need to pay attention to these kinds of details."

Shota took the controller, and Onyxia didn't ask any more questions, immediately starting the game...

Five minutes later...

"Wow, I didn't expect you to play so well. You were able to keep up with my pace. It's a pity you still perished in the second level."

Hearing her words, Shota chuckled awkwardly a few times...

This guy has been playing Contra for 3 years and this is his level?

That's incredibly low IQ!

"Let's rest and have something to eat. It's rare to have guests. How long are you planning to stay this time, Little Glutton? I heard there are many games in the human world. Let's go out and steal some game discs together."

When Onyxia saw that Shota could also play video games, and that his skill level was only slightly lower than hers, she decided to have him play Contra with her first.

"Ah, I had some other things to attend to, I was just passing by and making a visit."

Shota waved his hand to decline the offer, but Onyxia's expression changed. He quickly explained, "I'm about to turn 18, so I wanted to come and visit you, Uncle. Oh, don't worry, I'll buy you the latest game console before I leave... There are 10,000 games!"

"Ten thousand?!"

Onyxia's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "Does that mean I can play until I'm two hundred years old?!"

Onyxia was forbidden by her father to leave the house until she turned 200. The main reason was that her family had too many enemies in this land, since both her father and eldest son were troublemakers. Their younger daughter, who was weak and shared the same aura, was a target of their enemies' revenge.

"Ah, that's about right. Besides games, I'll bring some movies and animations too."

Realizing that the black dragon loli in front of him would be a shut-in for at least another 100 years, Shota had no choice but to offer her some more benefits.

"Oh right, you just said you were going to be an adult, right?"

Onyxia thought for a moment and said, "Dad seemed to have said that if you come to him when you're an adult, he has something to give you. Come with me."

"Oh."

As she spoke, Onyxia led Shota through a small door.

"call……"

A scorching wind blew towards the two of them in gusts. This was a cave that was darker and larger than the outside world, but even in the darkness, Shota could still clearly see the giant object in front of him.

A colossal dragon, as large as a mountain, is sleeping here...

"Dad is sleeping. I doubt he'll be able to get out of bed for several years."

After Onyxia made a casual remark, she led Shota in a large circle, ending up at the dragon's belly.

"Wait a minute, things are a bit messy. Dad likes to put all his precious things under his belly."

Onyxia gestured for Shota to wait there, then crawled under the dragon's belly, only emerging from it after a long time.

"This is it."

Onyxia patted the small, flaming treasure chest in her hand and said, "The mark on it says it's for you."

"Thanks……"

Just as Shota was about to reach out, he noticed that Onyxia had hidden the item behind her back and said, "Give me what you asked for first and I'll give it to you."

"All right."

Chapter 153. The Arctic

"How dare you invade the merfolk's territory..."

From the depths of the sea, several giant fish-men, each about five meters tall, surrounded the black-haired human in the center from all directions, saying, "Death penalty!"

"I heard you robbed the Black Dragon Princess of her food?"

Floating on the seabed is Shota, who has just left the volcano. He looks at the fish-men surrounding him and says, "Call your leader out. I heard he likes to rob human merchant ships?"

Although sound cannot travel underwater, Shota's voice still resonated in everyone's minds.

"If you want to see our boss, you'll have to get past us first!"

"Then there's nothing we can do."

Shota took his hands out of his pockets—his hands still resembling sharp claws—and looked at them before slowly saying, "I need some intense exercise to digest this burst of energy in my body. You guys will be my appetizer."

The Arctic, 30 hours after Shota left Kyoto.

A being that was half human and half beast set foot on this frozen territory.

"Is it just a little bit left?"

After muttering something, Shota raised his head again. Unable to control his power, aside from his human face, his entire body bore the marks of the gluttonous beast. He knew that after 30 hours of hunting and with the help of the dragon heart given to him by Onyxia, his power had reached adulthood, but only by erasing all the physical features except for his tail would he truly be an adult.

We need to speed things up.

Shota looked around, seemingly trying to identify something, and finally pinpointed a location before running towards it.

"Is this the place?"

Shota seemed to be searching for something, brushing away the snow covering the glacier as he carefully examined its incredibly thick thickness...

Not long after, he saw a dark figure.

"Bang bang—"

Shota slammed his fist into the glacier until it cracked open, then used his two claws to dig it open, revealing the dark figure inside...

It was a humanoid creature, but ordinary people would be terrified by its ferocious appearance at just one glance.

This is a ghoul.

Shota tapped his head with his paw, and suddenly, the ghoul opened its eerie green eyes and leaped out of the glacier with a thud.

"Hiss...quack...ah..."

The awakened ghoul landed on all fours, looking at the uninvited guest who had suddenly disturbed him like a wild beast, and letting out a tentative growl.

“It’s me. I came here a few years ago. You should remember me, Timmy.”

Shota tried to communicate with the other party, and after the ghoul heard the other party call out its name, it circled around the other party in a strange manner.

"Ha, ah!"

The ghoul that Shota called Timmy slowly straightened up and made some sounds. Shota knew that the other party had recognized him.

"I'm here to see my second uncle. Where is he now?"

The ghoul seemed to understand Shota's words, nodded, scratched its butt, turned around and walked into the deepest part of the land, facing the blizzard.

Shota shrugged; he'd never guess a ghoul could talk, so he silently followed him forward.

Speechless all the way.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the ghoul Timmy stopped, pointed to the iceberg in front of him facing Shota, then turned and ran, quickly disappearing into the blizzard.

"Really..."

Shota shook his head helplessly, then looked at the iceberg in front of him.

"Waaah..."

Whether it was the sound of the wind or the whispers of the dead, Shota's ears were soon filled with all sorts of strange noises, but he paid no attention to them. He simply took a step forward and began to climb the iceberg in front of him.

"Whoosh!!!"

As the sound in his ears grew louder, the glacier began to tremble. Shota steadied himself amidst the tremors and continued crawling forward as if nothing had happened.

"Ah-"

On the ground, a skeletal claw suddenly emerged from the ice, and this was just the beginning. Like a chain reaction, countless hand bones emerged from the ice, and the once flat ice field instantly developed numerous cracks.

"Clang—clang—"

Skeletons emerged from the ice, some wearing steel helmets, others wielding dulled machetes, their eyes gleaming with a ghostly blue light as they gazed at the peak of the icy mountain.

"Whoosh!!!"

As if welcoming something, all the skeletons pounded their weapons, emitting shouts like a war song!

"what are they doing?"

Yomi, who was hidden inside Shota's body, felt something pulling her, and asked Shota a question in confusion.

"The King of the Undead".

"Boom—"

As Shota's voice faded, the shorter iceberg around them instantly shattered, and the sky-covering bone wings suddenly spread open, with a huge bone dragon flapping its wings and rising from the ground.

"Ow!"

With a roar, the bone dragon flew directly above the iceberg where Shota was, circling continuously...

"The king of the undead?"

"A human, undead, lich who truly lived a legendary life."

Shota took the final step and reached the very top of the iceberg.

"The undead king who sealed himself and his undead army to this land."

Before Shota sat a man in black armor on a cold throne. He rested one hand on his helmet as if taking a nap, while the other hand rested on a longsword that exuded an endless chill.

As Shota arrived, the snowflakes that had accumulated on his body slowly began to melt, and two ghostly blue flames slowly ignited in the gaps of his helmet.

"It's been a long time, Second Uncle."

Hearing Shota's call, he raised his hand, which was originally on the hilt of the sword, and aimed it at Shota, then made a grasping motion in the air!

As if gripped by death, Shota's body involuntarily flew towards the other party, but he was not surprised at all. Instead, he raised his claw, which was as big as a casserole dish, and slapped it towards the Lord of the Dead sitting on the throne!

"Boom—"