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Dragon.

To people, their existence was almost like a natural disaster that they could not control with their own power.

They often appeared in the human world under the pretext of play, and sometimes caused great incidents.

To the common people, it was nothing more than a legend, but at least in one village, things were different.

“Haa···”

The woman standing in the dark dungeon sighed deeply.

Her name is Ahmet.

She was a special girl born with horns.

And the cause was dragon’s blood.

‘It’s pointless to think about it now.’

Amet gently stroked the horn on his head.

Her magnificent horns proudly revealed the dragon’s blood flowing within her body.

When I was young, it was just a small bump, but by the time I became an adult, it had grown to a level that was impossible to hide.

But neither her mother nor her father had horns like hers.

Her birth was initially mysterious, but as she grew up, she caused great trouble.

Dragons were treated like natural disasters, but were classified as monsters.

The reason you can’t touch it is simply because it has such great power.

Her case was different, as she only had dragon blood mixed in her.

Among the nobles, there were often those who had a hobby of collecting rare items, and for them, the special nature of being a dragon half-breed was something they could not overlook.

“This bitch is a monster! How can you call someone with monster blood mixed in them a human!”

The nobleman who first discovered Amet deprived her of her human rights.

She was treated as a monster because she had monster blood mixed in her.

And then it became their property.

She was locked in an iron cage as a monster, not a human slave.

‘I guess I can say it’s fortunate that I was able to obtain this power thanks to that.’

Amet’s luck, ironically, was that he was classified as a monster.

While being transported like an animal, she was briefly moved to a warehouse, where she was able to obtain unexpected powers.

The noble’s warehouse contained a collection of all sorts of items, including artifacts.

The reason why the rare artifact was left in the warehouse was because the noble did not know that it was an artifact.

That would be the case, because Amet couldn’t tell at first that it was an artifact.

“I never thought that something that simply emits light was an artifact.”

The name of the artifact that Amet obtained was 『Light of Origin』.

Its use, as far as the nobles knew, was simply ornamental.

An object that only emits light inside a square glass box.

It was simply something that the nobles collected because it was curious, but it had unexpected powers.

‘Enhance the characteristics of living things.’

It was a simple ability, but no one had noticed it until she discovered it.

This is because special characteristics were needed to be chosen by the 『Light of Origin』 as it strengthened the characteristics.

And Amet, who had dragon blood flowing through his veins, was a being with characteristics different from others.

‘It’s just an imitation compared to the dragons in the legends.’

The 『Light of Origin』 that took root in his body strengthened Amet’s characteristics.

Because of this, she was able to use dragon-like abilities, even though she only had horns.

As if to prove it, a green creature appeared in the dark space.

“Lord··· Master··· Construction··· Complete···”

The monster, who spoke awkwardly, had a large build that seemed to be packed with muscle.

A large, human-like monster with green skin.

The orc, who was treated as trash by people, was looking at Amet with fearful eyes.

“Are you done setting up the trap?”

When Ahmet looked up, the orc felt like a frog in front of a snake.

The cause was Amet’s ability that was manifested as an artifact.

Dragon Fear, also known as the dragon’s charisma or fear, could be used by making monsters subordinates.

“That··· That··· Hmm··· Uh··· Okay··· No··· No···? Ah···! It’s possible···”

Amet frowned slightly at Orc’s words.

Not only was the speed of his speech frustrating, but even the content was jumbled up.

But for Orc, it was the best he could do.

“··· I guess it’s better to check it out yourself later.”

She let out a small sigh.

Just because you have the ability to give orders doesn’t mean communication will be smooth.

Most monsters, as their name suggests, had low intelligence.

If you tell it to sit like an animal, it will sit, but it has problems when giving even slightly complex commands or receiving reports.

If she actually had the same powers as the dragon, there wouldn’t be a problem, but the abilities she had were just imitations.

‘I guess this is the limit for orcs.’

Even monsters sometimes have intelligence that is no less than that of humans.

However, such entities were not only rare in number but also difficult to find.

Weak monsters hid to avoid predators, and it was unclear whether strong monsters could even be tamed.

That’s why Amet tried to train the easy orc, but the result was a failure.

They did not have the intelligence to understand and use language properly.

The first time I said that the construction was complete, I just said it like a parrot because she told me to.

“I’ll give you further instructions later, so just rest for now.”

“Rest··· Rest··· Sleep··· Eat··· ”

Even simple language took a considerable amount of time for the orcs to understand.

After mumbling for a while and racking his brain, he was finally able to reach one conclusion.

“Mo··· I don’t know···”

It was the only language the Orcs truly understood.

Looking at that sight, Amet let out another deep sigh.

“Haa··· Okay, then just get out of here.”

She used ‘Dragon Fear’ and glared at the orc.

A fear that stimulates the instincts.

The irresistible pressure conveyed exactly what she wanted.

“Heeek···!”

The orc let out a noise that was unusual for its size and ran away.

Still, the one in front of Ahmet was the best.

The rest of the orcs were unable to even mimic speaking.

Even though he understood the meaning only a little, he was an elite among the orcs.

That’s why I was developing the dungeon through that guy Amet.

‘I don’t think humans will come to this forest… but it can’t hurt to be prepared.’

Past experiences have left Ahmet with a strong wariness of humans.

Having been tracked and pursued across the continent for the past few years, she couldn’t help but feel bad about humans.

Of course, when I was young, I thought of myself as a human being because I grew up as a human being, but other people were just untrustworthy beings.

Rather, she was more comfortable with monsters that faithfully followed orders.

‘We’ve dug down to the third floor of the dungeon, so now we need to strengthen our security with traps and monsters.’

Amet, with the dragon’s blood revealed, was strong.

But there was no guarantee what would happen if humans came in droves.

In the legendary tale, dragons are eventually defeated by humans.

Although there was a lot of damage in actual history, there were records of successful eradication.

‘If I get caught by humans…’

Ahmet recalled what the nobleman had said in the past.

Dragon’s Half-Blood. Horned humans are even more expensive than elves.

Then you can force them to breed until you get a horned one.

After hearing her say that, she felt aversion to sex.

Fortunately, I still had a pure body, but I didn’t know what would happen if I was caught again.

“I need to go out for a bit and change my mood.”

Amet shook off his unpleasant feeling and walked away.

There was no uneasiness in her footsteps as she headed out of the dungeon.

He is a being with the blood of a powerful dragon.

He doesn’t associate with anyone and lives alone his entire life.

As she moved forward with such determination, a confident charisma flowed out.

But there was something she didn’t know.

That was the condition for the 『Light of Origin』 to be transferred to another living being.

While in the air, they are drawn to the characteristics of living things, but once they settle into a body, they move in a different way.

When the owner of the 『Light of Origin』 surrendered deeply to someone.

The ownership is transferred to the other party.

And that wasn’t all she didn’t know.

Not far from the dungeon, there existed an orc who had the same intelligence as a human and spoke a language.

An orc who appears in another world and uses the name ‘Croton’.

His existence, which possessed some special abilities, was beyond Amet’s common sense.