[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-first-demonic-dragon":3,"chapter-first-demonic-dragon-first-demonic-dragon-chapter-40":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","First Demonic Dragon",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1077160,1393,"Chapter 40 Be Careful What You Wish For","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-40",40,"\u003Cp>POV : Exedra\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another brief flash of light, we were once again in an icy cave surrounded by darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren't for the metallic scent of blood assailing my nose I'd think we were at the entrance again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once I observed that Bekka was right behind me, we began our journey into the second floor of the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We traveled in utter silence since Bekka was slightly exhausted from her work on floor 1 and I wanted her to rest her mind and body on this floor as much as possible before we got to the third floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the sound of low growls and claws scraping the floor entered my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pack of ice wolves had appeared in front of us from the walls of the cave and was circling us like we were prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of the wolves were the size of a horse with glowing blue eyes and razor sharp teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked like they were going to lunge for us at any second but.. why would I let them move first?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gaia's retribution.\" As soon as my spell was activated, spears of earth shot up from the ground to pierce the legs and paws of the wolves rendering them immobilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While their yelps of pain filled the cavern I took out a khopesh style sword from my storage ring and proceeded to behead all of the wolves in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C x 10 Beta snow wolves killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- 1,000 SC gained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C 1 Alpha snow wolf killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- 200 SC gained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C Host leveled up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Woah!\" Bekka was clapping proudly with an awed expression on her face that left me slightly embarrassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'System what's SC?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C SC is shop currency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ohh so I get currency for killing monsters? That makes me even more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I looked at all the corpses of the beheaded wolves a glint of disdain flashed in my eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Haaa at this rate I won't be able to learn much. This'll be way too easy.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C Lack of proper challenge for host has been acknowledged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Come again?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C Sending request to entity �#%��* for an upgrade of dungeon difficulty or a suitable alternative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What the fuck?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if on cue the ground beneath us began to shake furiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-what's going on?\" Bekka in a rare moment of nervousness had instinctively come to my side and took my hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know, just hold on okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded furiously as we waited for the ground to stop shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a blinding white light engulfed Bekka and I and we lost consciousness shortly after.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck has that psychotic god done now�� I can't believe mother even allows this madness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I was coming to, I heard the voice of an old man chattering on about something I could barely make sense of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh my head��\" I was still slightly groggy and delirious. I wasn't sure of exactly where I was but I knew I was laid out on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes flashed open when a thought crossed my mind. 'Bekka!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat up and looked around in every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I appeared to be in an empty Roman style colosseum made entirely out of ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow was lightly falling from above onto the sandy ground beneath me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bekka?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bekka!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My wife was nowhere to be found.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mind began to run at a thousand miles a minute and I was so angry pressure was leaking off my body in waves, cracking the ground at my feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'SYSTEM WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO!?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C System functions are currently unavailable.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ROOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I knew it, the angry roar of a dragon escaped my throat and shook the walls of the colosseum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you shut up you damn mistake? Your wife is fine, I just didn't bring her here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I spun around desperately looking for the one the voice belonged to and my eyes focused on a figure sitting at the very top of the colosseum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was��weird.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore elaborate golden robes that looked like something Duke would've picked out for me to wear, and where his head should've been was instead a snowflake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't focus on his weird fashion choices or fucked up face for now so I just asked the burning questions in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is she?! What is this place?!\" I roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What an insufferable little mortal you are.\" The entity gave an exhausted sigh before he began to answer my questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is back at my dungeon, resting peacefully and free of danger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this place..\" he raised his arms out and spoke in a tone filled with pride \"This is your proving ground!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I frowned upon hearing this. \"Who are you that I should have to prove anything to you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'd like to tell you but unfortunately an unevolved being like yourself hearing my name would turn your brain into pudding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then send me back or say something fucking useful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing my words the snowflake man's voice suddenly became as cold as the harshest winter. \"Insufferable wretch.. if I didn't know any better I'd think you were their real grandchild.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before I could ask him what he meant, he snapped his fingers and in front of me appeared ten warriors made of ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one carried a weapon and was almost three meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listen up mortal, you find my dungeon to be lacking? Fine. I owe a favor to the one who brought you here anyway and this will be a fun way to repay it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are going to compete against fourteen waves of warriors. If you survive, then I'll give you a very good reward and return you to your sleeping mate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he finished informing me of what was about to happen, the warriors moved to attack me with their weapons drawn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hastily pulled out my khopesh again as took an elegant stance as I prepared for the inevitable clash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do try not to die, I don't want to owe that damn psychopath any more favors nor do I want to piss off that fucked up family of yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first six waves of warriors were relatively easy to bring down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the seventh wave is where things got really complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of being regular warriors in armor, the snowflake man changed them into werewolf warriors and doubled their numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were bigger, faster, stronger and twice as deadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would come at me as many as four at a time, leaving me virtually no room to breathe or make the slightest mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly? My magic combined with my weaponry is the only reason I'm still upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ice these things were made of is special so even my flames don't work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'And this is only the seventh wave' I thought bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I delivered a swift kick to one of the werewolves and sent it tumbling into another a fair distance away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'd now taken down about half of these damn soldiers but I still had more to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I twirled my weapon in my hand before I rushed forward and began exchanging blows with another group of wolves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'd been using my khopesh to gradually leave small wounds that accumulated over time but things were growing dire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mana was all but spent, and my mental fatigue was gradually accumulating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\" I reflexively grew my wings and shot up into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the wolves finally got me and slashed it's claws across my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As my blood flowed out of the wound I became even more enraged at the absurdity of all of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn't even focus on the battle because I was too worried a dungeon monster would come across Bekka while she was asleep and start nibbling on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oi, you fucking mistake! That's cheating!\" I heard snowflake man scream another one of his annoying taunts but before I could retort the gravity on my body increased drastically and I plummeted towards the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it�� DAMN IT!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is pathetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'm too weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is embarrassing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'How laughable.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I sat there with both knees in the dirt I looked forward to see the nightmarish ice sculptures had recovered and were closing in on me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I bitterly closed my eyes and waited for the final blow that never came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I opened my eyes, I was floating in another black space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly I'm getting tired of waking up like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're pathetic.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly I hear a voice that's eerily familiar behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turn around and I see�� me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well old me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this?\" I sneered showing my obvious disdain for this current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is your intervention.\" The old me materialized a chair out of thin air and sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at you, giving up already. What the hell's wrong with you? Or parents used to beat us worse than this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I simply said nothing and continued to listen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what your problem is?\" My clone leaned back leisurely in his chair and stared at me pitifully. \"You don't know what you're fighting for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what if your combat experience is lacking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what if your flames don't work on them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what if you're running out of mana.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you're still breathing you still have a chance to end the battle on your own terms. \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It doesn't matter if it's not decisive, cool or praiseworthy. \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing those words my anger began to reach a boiling point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't stop talking and instead continued, \"For right now all that matters is that you struggle.\" He looked at me seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want to live? You want to become an abomination that strikes fear into the souls of others? Then struggle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep crawling forward until you can fly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up and walked towards me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are living out our wildest dreams in this world. You will not bring our weakness from our last life into our new one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the reason why we fight��\" He got so close to me I could see that his eyes were not my own and instead just pools of black as empty as they were endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is so that we are never forced to live as we once did again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I agonized over his words for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I realized he was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subconsciously I was still treating this like some sort of game or story where I was the hero and all victories would conveniently fall at my feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now do I realize how foolish I've been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am merely thankful that I realized this before I was in a truly dire situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just imagining a scenario where I could not protect my wives and daughter makes my blood boil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you finally get it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I said nothing and simply nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will never end up on my knees again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I opened my eyes again, the monsters were still rushing towards me but I felt incomparably calm compared to my previous self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if I was looking at puppies instead of wolfmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sense of hopelessness that assailed me before has vanished like dust in the breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright�� let's be serious now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C Skill : True Demonic Transformation, activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C All stats + 10,000\u003C\u002Fp>",1829,"2026-06-03T10:36:32.436Z","2026-06-03T10:36:37.173Z",1,"novelbin.me","ef59c5735d1d3019d3fd5291d349e6ba3792ad2b63c5170626ccbe87d9152467","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-41","first-demonic-dragon-chapter-39",1284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffirst-demonic-dragon-cover.jpg"]