Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

“I just gave up.”

Shinguji Kurono smiled and said, "If you become a demon, you can escape the fate of this planet. You can even influence karma and fate by yourself. Your magic power will also increase automatically. There are indeed many benefits, but the side effects are also great."

"side effect?"

"To put it simply, you will turn into a monster." Xijing Ningyin said.

"Under normal circumstances, becoming a [Demon] does have only benefits, but once you become a [Demon], you will gradually lose your human rationality, be devoured by your own soul, and become a monster without rationality. Xiao Hei was afraid of becoming a monster, so when she was just one step away from success, she backed off and found a good family to marry."

At this point, Xijing Ningyin's tone couldn't help but carry a hint of regret, as well as a hint of resentment and dissatisfaction, as if blaming Shinguji Kurono for this kind of retreat.

Instead of responding to her friend's attitude, Shinguji Kurono just sighed: "That's it, well~~~ It doesn't matter what happens to my business, the key is your business, Sieg - I told you just now, didn't I? The head of the Japanese branch has given permission, which means that at least in Japan, you have been officially confirmed as a [Demon]."

"Your participation in the Seven Star Sword Martial Festival is currently being re-evaluated."

The Seven Stars Swordsmanship Festival is, after all, just a competition for students.

However, Sieg is several levels higher than the student knights, and his biological level is the same as Xijing Ningyin. It would be unfair for him to participate in the Seven Star Sword Festival.

"But I have an appointment with Kurotsuchi to compete with him on the final stage." Sieg frowned and said, "It will be very troublesome if I can't participate. Kurotsuchi didn't participate last year because of this."

"Yes, I know about this. Kurotsuchi mentioned it to me last year."

Shinguji Kurono looked at Kurogane Ikki who had adapted to gravity and stood up on the stage: "I also promised him that if he can win the Seven Stars Sword Festival, I will let him graduate no matter how bad his ability is - but if you compete with him on the same stage, do you think Kurogane can beat you?"

"No."

Sieg has never competed with Kurogane Ikki, although he knows that he should be quite strong. After all, he can defeat a real knight, so his level must be good. But how strong he is, Sieg has no idea.

But this did not prevent him from judging the gap between Kurogane Ikki and himself.

"So you want me to give up the competition? Last year, I remember you said I must participate."

"Because they didn't know you were a Demon at that time." Shinguji Kurono said while puffing out smoke, "If you entered the state of Supernatural Awakening during the Seven Stars Sword Fighting Festival, it would really be a disaster."

Super awakening?

"What's that?"

"It's the Monster state we mentioned earlier. It completely merges with one's own spiritual outfit, completely abandons one's human identity, and allows the inhuman soul to devour oneself." Xijing Ningyin explained, "I have only entered that state once, and to be honest, I don't really want to enter it a second time."

"What if you become like that?"

Shinguji Kurono rolled her eyes at her and said, "Anyway, the new arrangement made by the Japanese branch for you is to temporarily freeze your eligibility to participate in the Seven Stars Sword Festival. We will make the next decision after further discussions on other suitable plans. Don't feel dissatisfied or complain. We also have our own difficulties. Please understand."

"...I don't really want to understand, but at the same time, I don't really understand you."

Zigg sighed softly: "Your country really has too many rules and regulations. Can't you be a little freer?"

"If we have freedom, things will be a mess. Do you think this is the era of thousands of years ago?"

"I have the same idea as this little guy. There are too many rules and regulations. It's meaningless." Xijing Ningyin hooked her arm around Qi Ge's neck. "I knew I could get along with you. How about it? Let's go for a drink later?"

"Don't take minors drinking, you idiot."

Shinguji Kurono held his forehead with his hand, feeling tired.

(These two free-spirited guys...)

42. Become a superior dragon?

In the toilet of the third training ground.

Because there were few people besides himself who could stand up from the gravity suppression of Xijing Ningyin, Sieg, who had nothing to do, thought of coming here to relieve himself first.

([Demon]... Is there also [Sacred Awakening]?)

Next to the sink, thinking about what Saikyou Ningyin and Shinguji Kurono had just said, Sieg looked at himself in the mirror and gently touched his eyes with his wet hands.

He was certain that all of Xijing Ningyin and Shinguji Kurono's judgments about him were wrong. After all, he was not a creature of this planet, and all the rules about swordsmen on this planet could not be applied to him. He had never been a [Demon] and had never experienced any [Awakening].

乨But——

[If we judge by the standards of this planet, then Sieg-sama, you are undoubtedly a 'born demon'.]

Brunhilde's figure suddenly appeared in the mirror.

"Miss Brunhilde."

[I have just investigated all the databases on this planet and found a lot of information about demons that can be verified. I have also run multiple calculations using the Dragon Slayer System. The final conclusion is that if you are judged by the standards of this planet, you are undoubtedly a natural-born demon.]

What is the definition of a demon?

It is an existence that transcends its own limits, breaks free from the fate assigned to it by the world, and in turn interferes with the fate of the world with its own will.

If we use more common terms, demons are beings whose magic power can increase on its own and who can change the world with imagination - this is almost exactly the same as Sieg's situation. After all, Sieg's magic power will gradually increase with his training and repeated battles, and the magic he uses is essentially equivalent to interfering with the world with imagination.

Therefore, according to the standards of this planet, Sieg is undoubtedly a demon.

"But I don't have any spiritual clothes."

Zig said.

"In addition to these two points, a more important feature of the [Demon] is that it can completely integrate its spiritual equipment with itself, or it can let the spiritual equipment devour itself, right? I don't have a spiritual equipment."

[This is not a problem, Lord Sieg]

Brunhilde shook her head slightly.

[The essence of the spiritual suit is the embodiment of the soul. This is a physiological characteristic of the humans on this planet. In layman's terms, it is the same as the neck of a giraffe. The environment of this planet since ancient times and the laws that evolved from the planet itself have led to their becoming beings whose souls can be embodied as weapons.]

[Let’s not discuss whether Sieg-sama can learn to use his soul as a spiritual tool. He can just merge his soul with his body, or let his soul devour his body. There are 1000 similar methods recorded in the database of the Crimsheed.]

"Eh?"

Zigg couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "So what you mean is... I can learn those methods?"

[According to the analysis of the Dragon Slayer System, after filtering out the methods that require preconditions, there are 108 common methods. ]

Are there actually so many?

"That is to say, even if I don't have spiritual equipment, as long as I learn these methods, I can also achieve... uh, that [Transcendence Awakening]?"

[At least in theory it is possible]

[Of course, considering that Sieg-sama and Tina-sama were born on the same planet, my suggestion is that you can just learn from Tina-sama directly. After all, like Sieg-sama, Tina-sama is also a demon according to the standards of this planet.]

Learn directly from Tina?

"Then I'll go back to the Clinshid this weekend."

“That’s not necessary.”

Tina's figure suddenly appeared in the mirror.

She had a towel around her neck and was wearing a sports vest and shorts. She looked like she was doing physical training. "If you just want to be like me, there's no need for you to come back and learn from me. It's more important for you to know yourself than for me to teach you."

“My perception of myself?”

"You've known for a long time that you're half-human, half-dragon, right?" Tina wiped the sweat off her face. "Compared to the human part, you're more of a dragon. It can be said that except for the fact that you can't transform into a dragon, you're almost the same as a high-level dragon like me."

"Although I don't quite understand what awakening and demons are, if the so-called [Transmigration Awakening] means accepting all of one's own power and allowing oneself to use all of one's power without restriction - then in my opinion, [Transmigration Awakening] and [Dragonization] are actually the same thing."

——【Dragon Transformation】

This was a concept that Zig had long known.

During the more than one year that he lived with Tina, Sieg heard her talk a lot about vampires, and the most important of them was the origin of vampires.

Taking the Roaring Blood Clan as an example, [The Dragon of Words] Bagram is the blood master of the clan. It is said that he was directly appointed by the Dragon God who seems to exist only in legends. The other Dragon Kings seem to be the same. After becoming a Dragon King, Bagram can give his blood to others and transform humans into superior dragons.

All high-ranking dragons were originally humans, and middle-ranking dragons and low-ranking dragons are merely beasts born from the blood of high-ranking dragons.

After transforming into a superior dragon, the human's original cognition will be completely distorted. Even if that person was originally a compassionate saint, after becoming a dragon he will only become an evil dragon that cries and creates massacres.

As for [Dragon Transformation], it is an ability that every superior dragon possesses. After completing the transformation, superior dragons that were originally human will generally continue to maintain their human form for the sake of convenience. Although they have a far superior combat power in this state, their abilities themselves cannot be fully utilized.

Taking Tina herself as an example, she can only exert 500 times gravity at most in her human state, but after transforming into a dragon, she can control even 1000 times gravity at will.

It can be said that the combat effectiveness of a superior dragon before and after it becomes a dragon is not at the same level at all.

"You should be able to transform into a dragon," Tina said. "After all, you were born half-human, half-dragon. If you must say, you were not human when you were born. Next, you probably just need to accept the dragon part of your body, or greatly increase the concentration of dragon blood in your body. You should be able to transform into a dragon smoothly and become a superior dragon independent of the blood clan."

"But that depends on whether you are willing to accept it. Don't you hate dragons?"

Tina's words made Sieg, who was staring at the mirror, fall into a long silence.

43. Methods of achieving dragon transformation

Sieg hated dragons, and he meant it sincerely.

After all, he had been attacked by dragons since he was a child. The village where he was born was destroyed by dragons, and the uncle who raised him was also killed by dragons. After he grew up, he had to fight dragons to survive. It can be said that if he wanted to survive on his original planet, fighting dragons was essential.

Therefore, he hated dragons, and hated dragons that would prevent him from living a good life.

But if it is for the sake of a better life, even if it means turning myself into a dragon...

"Although it's a bit nauseating, it doesn't seem unacceptable."

Sieg came back to his senses and looked at the two people in the mirror.

"Ms. Brunhilde also said that the purpose of the Dragon Slayer System is to slay dragons. It can use anything, even the power of a dragon. In fact, I have often borrowed the power of Ms. Tina in the past year. I am able to have my current strength thanks to Ms. Tina's sparring."

"I have already been borrowing the power of dragons. Now I am just transforming myself into a dragon. As long as I can continue to kill dragons, I will grit my teeth and endure it."

"nausea!"

As soon as Zigg finished speaking, Tina cursed him with a look of disgust on her face: "Don't talk as if we have a good relationship. Let me make it clear in advance that I have never regarded you as a companion, and every time I beat you, I beat you to death."

"Of course I know that." Sieg smiled slightly, "You do want to kill me every time. I am very satisfied that Miss Tina has this intention. Next time, you must train with me with the same belief!"

In other words, if Tina didn't have a strong murderous intention, it would be better not to train with her.

"But, accepting the part where I am a dragon...how do I do that specifically?"

[Regarding this, perhaps we can adopt another approach that Lady Tina just mentioned.]

Brunhilde said.

"Greatly increase the concentration of dragon blood?"

[Yes. Although it will take some time, we can ask Em-sama to make a drug for forced awakening, giving the dragon blood sufficient stimulation - in other words, a stimulant.]

"Can you still do this kind of thing?"

[During the contract with Master Em, we met many people who had excellent talents but were unable to awaken their talents for various reasons. At that time, Master Em often lent a hand and helped them with magic or drugs - and in the end, he took away their first kiss or first night in exchange for payment, or took them to the Climbheed to marry.]

"..."

What to say?

Although it sounds a bit strange, it seems to be what the moving masochistic perverted lesbian girl would do.

[I will convey the relevant conditions to Em-sama, and I will notify you when the potion is completed.]

Zig nodded, "Okay. I'll try another method here as well."

"Come to think of it, isn't there a little girl with dragon powers following you?" Tina said suddenly, "Maybe her powers can give you some inspiration - if not, come back and practice with me. I will beat you until you awaken your dragon power. Anyway, it's boring as hell on this ship."

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Tina."

"Don't say that! Disgusting!"

After glaring at Sieg fiercely, Tina's figure disappeared in the mirror, and Brunhilde's figure also disappeared.

After bending down to wash his face again, Sieg walked out of the bathroom and returned to the audience seats.

Compared with before he left, the situation on the stage had not changed much. The students who couldn't get up still couldn't get up. Just like drying fish in the sun, the afternoon sunlight, which was not strong but not weak either, shone on everyone.

But to say that there is no change at all...

“Ugh! Ugh! Ah!”

Although she hadn't yet completely withstood the ten times gravity, Stella was already able to stand up from the stage little by little. At least her knees were no longer twisted to the point where she had to kneel on the ground, and she was able to stand up in front of her.

But at her feet——

"Boom!"

The originally flat and smooth stage has now become bumpy, as if it had been trampled by some giant beast and looks a mess.