Humans donât rule this world. Beasts occupied a large part of the worldâs territory.
Walking in this worldâs forest, Lucius felt like he was walking into the giantsâ world because of the extremely tall trees.
Of course, he didnât wander the forest alone like a host of a survival TV show. Vampires had been adapting to live in buildings. So, he chose the batâs favorite placeâa cave.
It was a dark cave; Lucius came here with Naiya. He heard she usually came to bathe here.
The cave did have a lot of water pools inside. The cold air emitted from it turned into a white mist.
The light inside the cave was very dim. Although he had a night vision, he instinctively took out a glowing stone called âFluorite.â
The light wasnât for him but to a poor struggling creature tied on a pillar.
Naiya entered the deep pool water and swam around. Lucius didnât care. Right now, he had much more important things to do.
âArghhh!! Help!!!â The survivor wore a scorched knightâs armor. His eyes were filled with terror as he gazed at the man in front of him.
Lucius had brought a survivor here for one purpose only.
âSystem. What exactly is the source of human power in this world?â
[Answer. Detected the life form possessed a non-human gene. Most of its power came from this non-human gene.]
That Dragon God?
Is it true that the blood of dragons runs in his body?
If itâs true, then Lucius wanted to see it.
âIs there any way to replace the gene replacing his human gene?â
In the end, itâs all about evolution! The reason why he was able to maintain his human form instead of dragon form was that he was interested in the Dragon.
He wanted to find a way to strengthen his bloodline! He just wanted to confirm something!
[Answer. A high concentrated Blacklight virus can accomplish the hostâs purpose.]
The Blacklight virusâŠ
At the beginning of its development, it wasnât intended to be a tool of horror that could turn humans into mindless zombies, but to evolve humans.
The Blacklight virus was initially developed as a genetic modification agent to make humans stronger.
But the virusâ world was like a Pandoraâs box. Any humans who opened the box would unleash the monster in it and tear apart the ignorant humans.
The human strengthening program was a failure. But the zombies created by the Virus were indeed far more powerful than humans!
âVirus? How familiar.â
An injection syringe filled with crimson liquid appeared in his hand. When he turned around, the man tied to the stone pillar struggled again.
âI feel your fear flowing out.â Luciusâ eyes turned into radiant gold, glowing in the darkness, which is probably why the man feared him.
The Dragonâs eyes.
Is it because he had the dragon blood in his body and felt fear after seeing a real dragon?
Of course notâŠ
Lucius ignored the manâs scream as he injected the syringe into his skin. The Virus instantly surged into the flesh as soon as it entered his body.
Almost 200 milliliters of Blacklight virus liquid was injected into the humanâs body.
Lucius threw the syringe aside, and a glass-shattering sound echoed in the cave.
âUrghhhh!â The manâs scream turned into a violent growl. His eyes filled with a devastating crimson glow.
Just like all humans infected with the Blacklight virus, he wasnât an exception.
Die⊠to be reborn!
His body began to crumble as a large number of scarlet tentacles emerged from his body, wrapping around the knightâs armor.
It was like a cocoon! Just like a new creature inside was about to emerge from the cocoon!
âUhâŠarhg!!!!â The face split, revealing scarlet flesh inside, long fangs grew out. He had gained power, becoming more powerful.
It was breaking through the blood ropes that bind him to the stone wall.
He fell to the ground; his whole body was twitching with pain. The skin behind his back cracked, emerging a sharp barb one after another.
The skin was gradually covered with a dark, scaly surface and his humanâs pained voice turned into a grotesque roar.
After the last roar, the human body was burst entirely apart, and a horrifying creature had been born.
Its mouth was overflowing with corrosive saliva, hands transformed into claws made to hunt.
Looking at the strange creature in front of him, he was certain that the life form had nothing related to a dragon.
Itâs not a dragonâŠ.
But a worm!
A greedy worm that wanted to devour everything!
The reason why the man feared Lucius wasnât because he had the Dragonâs blood who met a real dragon.
But a wormâs instinctive fear against a powerful creature such as dragons!
The worm-like creature spat out corrosive liquid towards Lucius. Yuri, the Virus Matrix, wasnât around to control it.
So the infected life forms would attack any living things in front of it.
An azure light flashed in the dark, slicing the worm into two from the waist. Blood of various colors mixed together flowed on the ground. The split body still wriggled even after death.
But itâs undoubtedly quite powerfulâŠ
Lucius held the Yamato Blade and approached the poor creature.
âThatâs ridiculous.â Lucius stepped on the struggling worm, pointed the blade towards its head. âSo itâs how a âdragonâ of this world looks likeâŠâ
The Yamato blade sliced through the insectâs brain, killing it. And the wormâs carcass continued to twitch a couple of times before finally stopped.
Lucius pulled his blade and flicked it, and the filthy bloodstain disappeared.
The hideous carcass on the ground taught him one thing.
They thought they were dragons when, in reality. They are just filthy insects that could only crawl on the ground!
But the world was completely unaware of the truth.