Reincarnated as a dragon’s egg ～Lets aim to be the strongest～ - Chapter 287

287. Abyss Hell

Distancing myself from Mother, I lower my altitude.
I’m gonna have to level up Alo in the meantime.

I thought about returning Alo back up the cliff, but she’s the only one out of the others who I can rely on to fight against a rank B monster.
It’s difficult for me to separate the Mother Guards from Mother and strike a fatal blow at the same time.
I want to defeat Mother right here, right now.
Mother and her Guards have the toughest defensive formation out of everything I’ve fought in this forest.
But, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to break past it.

As we get closer to the ground, Alo shoots〖Gale〗at a nearby Abyss.
It wasn’t enough to kill it so I assisted her with〖Wind Slash〗and Partner with〖Death〗.
We continued attacking while we descend until about ten Abyss died.
Notifications of experience points gained repeatedly ping in my head.

【Obtained 138 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg: Lv—〗skill gives you additional 138 Experience Points.】
【The Lv of〖Ouroboros〗went up from Lv 79→80.】

Good, good, everything’s going smoothly so far.
There’s no sign of Mother attacking, maybe she doesn’t want to break their formation, but their〖Enraged〗status condition is still large.

Her ever-extending tentacles might still be able to reach us, but that’s nothing my〖Wind Slash〗can’t handle.

“〖Gale〗!”

Alo blows away many Abyss with her twister.
When I breathed fire to an Abyss that was blown in the air, I noticed something strange about Mother.
Her four blue eyes are glowing red.

“Vu~e~e~e~ee~e~e~e~ee~e~e~e~e!”

Mother screams in rage.
Black light glows around mother and slowly expands.
The ground seems to crack and gets distorted as if some heavy object is placed on it.

Wait, I’ve seen this skill before. I know this.
The intensity is vastly different, but there’s no doubt that it’s the normal skill,〖Gravity〗.
The Twin Head I fought in the past used this skill too, but it wasn’t as powerful as this.

The surrounding Abyss were also pushed down, unable to move.
In no time at all, I was already within the gravitational area’s range.
I was caught in the black light and my body suddenly became heavy.

I couldn’t lift my wings.
We gradually lost altitude and before I knew it, I was pushing my feet on the ground, trying to resist.
The baby Abyss on Mother’s back doesn’t seem to be affected by the gravitational force and can still move their legs, but Mother herself couldn’t move either.

If the enemy can’t move, I have nothing to be afraid of.
I try my best to resist the force by crawling inch by inch on the ground.

“……〖Clay〗”

Alo chants while also getting pushed down on my back.
The ground shakes and sharp clay spikes rise up from under it. The spikes pierce through the incapacitated Abyss from under them and they squirt out bodily fluids.

【Obtained 120 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg: Lv—〗skill gives you additional 120 Experience Points.】

Alright, nice going Alo.
And, just when I was praising Alo in my head……

“Vu~e~a~a~a~a~a~a~aaa!”

One of Mother’s tentacles wriggle up and whips at me.
I resist the gravity as hard as I could, trying to lift my wings up and cover myself.
The tentacle whips my wing and I felt a sharp pain from it.

After that one whip, the black light disappeared and my body became light again.
Of course, there was recoil from the sudden change in gravity, and I had to adjust to it, but at least Mother’s tentacle went back to her.

Ow…… I know it’ll automatically heal on its own, but that still hurt……

“Vu~ee~e~e!” “Vu~eee!”
“Vu~ee~e~e~e!”

At the same time, the horde of Abyss that were immobilized by the gravity is now mobbing at me.
They were stepping on each other until they all stacked and became a wave of Abyss heading towards us.

I open my wings and take off in the air in a panic, but then an Abyss jumped on my wings and bit it.
It didn’t take long for other Abyss to catch up and they were all nibbling at my feet, injecting me with their paralyzing saliva.

…… I-Isn’t this turning bad for me now?
There were three or four Abyss biting me in each of leg, three on my body, two in each wing, for a total of four Abyss gnawing at my wings.
They’re so heavy, I can’t fly like this.

“Gra~a~a~a!”

Partner freaks out and uses〖Death〗at the two Abyss on one of our wings.

【Obtained 186 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg: Lv—〗skill gives you additional 186 Experience Points.】

But, more Abyss jump on us and continue their numbing nibbles.
This will never end.
We were going good fighting at a safe distance in the air, but now we’re being chewed at by cannibal bugs with paralyzing drool just because we fell back on the ground.

“Gru~u~o~o~o~o~o~o~ooo!”

As I roar, I slam my tail on the ground and spin a full overhead rotation.

“Kya~a~a!”

Alo gets thrown in the air.
I catch her and secure her in my mouth, then I use〖Roll〗, heading to the cliff wall.

I accelerate my〖Roll〗and crash at the bottom of the cliffside.
The twenty Abyss on my body and the Abyss that got flattened by my〖Roll〗all spurt out bodily fluids.

Cries of many Abyss echo in the cliffside.

【Obtained 2760 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg: Lv—〗skill gives you additional 2760 Experience Points.】
【The Lv of〖Ouroboros〗went up from Lv 80→83.】

Whew.
I somehow got out of that, serves you right you spawns of the devil.
My whole body is drenched with their bodily fluids now, and there are still some dead Abyss stuck on my back, but I pay it no mind. It frightens me how much I’m no longer bothered by it.
I guess in the end,〖Roll〗still remains my lifelong savior and best friend. 

From my current position, I rest my back on the cliff wall and remain on my guard.
The Abyss at the sides who weren’t squashed by my〖Roll〗 all ran away from me.

“Vu~ee~e!”
“Vu~e~e~ee~ee!”

They must’ve been really scared when they saw how powerful my〖Roll〗was.
W-Wait a minute, can’t I just zip past the Mother Guards with〖Roll〗……?

I face Mother and immediately used〖Roll〗, dashing towards her direction.
Any Abyss I run over gets turned into experience points.

“Vu~e~a~a~a~a~a~a~aaa!”

Mother cries again and another surge of black light envelops the battlefield. Once again, my body feels heavy and the ground cracks.
So you used〖Gravity〗again, huh.
That’s not gonna stop me! Full speed ahead!
Even Mother’s tentacles whip at me and yet I still charged head on nonetheless.

“Vu~e~a~a~a~a~a~a~a~a~a~a~aaa!”

Mother panics at our approaching〖Roll〗and screams.

If you want to dodge, then go ahead and dodge.
If Mother moves from her current position, they’ll just be breaking their formation instead and I’ll target the Mother Guards to reduce their numbers.
If you don’t want to dodge, that’s also fine by me. My trusty〖Roll〗which has won against many strong monsters, I’ll let you have a taste of it firsthand. 

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Author’s Note: 

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〖Irushia〗
Species: Ouroboros
Status: Normal
Lv: 83/125
HP: 2195/2195
MP: 2212/2212
Attack: 877
Defense: 516
Magic: 967
Speed: 630
Rank: Ａ

Sacred Skills:
〖Human Path: Lv—〗

Characteristic Skills:
〖Dragon Scales: Lv7〗〖God’s Voice: Lv5〗〖Grisha Language: Lv3〗
〖Flight: Lv7〗 〖Dragon Moth Scales: Lv7〗 〖Dark Element: Lv—〗
〖Evil Dragon: Lv–〗〖Automatic HP Recovery: Lv8〗〖Presence Sense: Lv5〗
〖Automatic MP Recovery: Lv6〗〖Double-Headed: Lv—〗〖Split Mind: Lv—〗
〖Communication: Lv3〗

Resistances:
〖Physical Resistance: Lv5〗〖Falling Resistance: Lv6〗〖Hunger Resistance: Lv5〗
〖Poison Resistance: Lv6〗〖Solitude Resistance: Lv6 〗〖Magic Resistance: Lv4〗
〖Dark Element Resistance: Lv4〗〖Fire Element Resistance: Lv3〗〖Dread Resistance: Lv3〗
〖Oxygen Deprivation Resistance: Lv4〗〖Paralysis Resistance: Lv6〗〖Illusion Resistance: Lv3〗
〖Instant Death Resistance: Lv2〗〖Curse Resistance: Lv2〗〖Confusion Resistance: Lv2〗
〖Intense Light Resistance: Lv1〗

Normal Skills:
〖Roll: Lv7〗〖Status Inspection: Lv7〗〖Scorching Breath: Lv5〗
〖Whistle: Lv2〗〖Dragon Punch: Lv3〗〖Disease Breath: Lv6〗
〖Poison Fang: Lv7〗〖Paralyzing Poison Claw: Lv6〗〖Dragon Tail: Lv2〗
〖Roar: Lv3〗〖Skyfall: Lv3〗〖Ground Upheaval: Lv1〗
〖Human Transformation: Lv8〗〖Wind Slash: Lv7〗〖Decapitation: Lv4〗
〖High Rest: Lv6〗〖Self-Regeneration: Lv5〗〖Companion: Lv—〗
〖Death: Lv4〗〖Fake Life: Lv4〗

Titles:
〖Son of the Dragon King: Lv—〗〖The Walking Egg: Lv—〗〖Klutz: Lv4〗
〖What an Idiot: Lv1〗〖Infighter: Lv4〗〖Vermin Slayer: Lv8〗
〖Liar: Lv3〗〖Dodge King: Lv2〗〖Stray Path: Lv8〗
〖Disaster: Lv7〗〖Chicken Runner: Lv3〗〖Chef: Lv4〗
〖Mean King: Lv9〗〖Guts: Lv4〗〖Giant Killer: Lv3〗
〖Ceramics: Lv4〗〖Alpha of the Pack: Lv1〗〖Laplace’s Interference Authority: Lv2〗
〖One Who Knows Eternity: Lv—〗〖King Ant: Lv—〗〖Hero: Lv5〗
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Since I couldn’t find a way to put it in the main story, I’ll just place it here……
It’s been a while since I last wrote his whole skillset and looking at it again like this, that’s a lot to write on.

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Translator’s Note: 

So apparently, I mistranslated Irushia having〖Big Eater〗title even though it should’ve been〖Mass Killer〗or Giant Killing or Mass Murderer so I fixed that. He never had〖Big Eater〗title at all, I’m sorry for this.

Also, I retranslated his〖Calamity〗title to〖Disaster〗so it could match Petite Nightmare’s title since they’re actually written the same.
Also, I retranslated his〖Calamity〗title to〖Disaster〗so it could match Petite Nightmare’s title since they’re actually written the same.