"So what now?" I simply sat there, talking in my lonesome. Contemplating my existence and the absurd situation I've currently found myself in.
Staring at the green, yellow, and blue horizon once again, I came to a decision and sighed.
"I guess I'll live here now, not like I have a choice in the matter"..... 'Because honestly, what else can I do?' A heavy sigh escapes again.
I can't just go back to civilization looking like this, they'd open me up like those frogs and chickens in anatomy class. I mean in the first place, am I even in the same world? is civilization even here?
I face towards the grasslands and the oxen were still battling it out, in fact, they look rather massive, like, building-level massive.
Can I even experience the luxuries I used to have as a human again? A soft bed, toilets, cold drinking water, and other shit that makes the modern human be unable to focus and properly function because they haven't had their regular dose of "Modern Convenience" for a while.
An enormous feeling washes over me, emotions I can't name nor recognize, threatening to devour me.
Scared? I don't know, maybe, but I do know that I wasn't happy that's for sure, so I did what I've always done when facing problems, ignore and store them in the back of my mind.
"Now then, where am I? heck what the hell AM I?" I take a look at myself, trying to identify what my new body looks like.
I've got pitch black scales everywhere on my body, with pitch black wings and a tail with a sort of tail fins or flaps oriented horizontally at the end of my tail. The same goes for the base of my tail.
'It seems like I'm some sort of dragon?' I think to myself, looking down at my arms and hands, then to my tail, opening and closing the flaps on the tail end.
"Hmmmm" I squinted my eyes, trying to recall where I've seen it before. The feeling of familiarity tickled my brain, but before I could find the answer from my memories, a sound caught my attention.
*Ding
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[$....y...….s;t...….e;m...…..*@ct.....!v4t.....ed…..!#F….#+¡..°•n@||¥!]
[{Analysis Skill} has been used on self]
[Night Fury (II) / Male Hatchling]
(Open for more details. »)
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"HOLY S-" I stop myself from cursing out.
'I- I have a fucking System!!!!' A happy smile forms on my face, my emotions dancing all giddy and happy that I had recieved a system, and what's more, I have an [Analysis Skill]!! arguably the most important skill for any Isekai'd Person.
My fears and anger from before it's awakening had all but dissipated at the sight of the beautiful and wonderful ethereal blue holographic screen of possible world domination.
"A Night Fury? That's awesome, no wonder I looked so familiar" a small chuckle escapes my mouth, I face palm.
'Well, it has been a while since I've seen the movies' My eyes close as the nostalgia runs through me, my brain doing its work of recalling information, of the trilogy more specifically.
'Well I am still just a baby so it kind of makes sense why I didn't recognize it too' nodding and coping to myself.
I return my attention to the screen
'For now, let's see what this says,' I mentally press on it for more details.
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[Monster: Dragon / The Night Fury (II)
Species Name: Tytadraco terranoctus
Sub-species: N/A
Variant: Radia-Atuned
Life Stage: Hatchling (1 hr old)
Assessment: Healthy, Small but deadly
Species Average Attributes (Hatchling): AGI 50, DEX 120, INT 134, PER 179, STR 25, VIT 30
Current Attributes: AGI: 199, DEX: 272, INT: 294, PER: 319, STR: 175, VIT: 170]
[Species Description: Is a highly elusive and intelligent dragon species in "How to Train Your Dragon." Renowned as the Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death Itself, Night Furies are exceptionally rare and possess remarkable stealth. Categorized as a Strike Class, these dragons master the art of hiding in the night and executing dive-bomb attacks on unsuspecting prey with incredible accuracy, whether it be from a plasma blast or simply just diving like a hawk to catch prey. Notably, the Night Fury displays a distinctive ability to retract its teeth into its gums, a unique trait setting it apart from other dragons.]
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As I was reading it, I came to a realization that since I have a system, this must mean that there might be quests and shitty penalties too right?
'Fuck, I hope it's not like one of those slave systems, I 10/10 would rather die again.' I grumble to myself
"Uh, Hello, System?" I try to talk to it.
It is tradition to try and talk with the system if you have a system. It's only natural to assume that there would be some sort of mystical A.I. running this thing right?
[Greetings Host] A voice chimes in my mind
'Ooh, so it can talk? Sweet, I was correct' the voice was somewhat flat and monotone, but I can definitely tell it's somewhat like a woman's voice
'Not gonna lie, i kinda dig it, it has a cool Office Lady Secretary vibe to it' I nodded off to myself, and yes, I am down bad for them, don't judge me.
"So I got a quick question for you, are you one of those Slave Quest Systems?" I asked her bluntly
[No] She replied flatly, she seems to be rather accommodating to me for now, and that's good, I wouldn't want one of those systems that defy their hosts every step of the way.
"Nice!" I pumped my fist and moved on to the next question
"Uhh, can you tell me what kind of world I am in?" I ask my system, maybe she has an idea, a little excitement oozes from my face
[Affirmative, You are in a world full of Kaiju's and Monsters] and now my smile has flatlined
"What?" I asked seriously
"D-did you just say that I'm in a-"
My question was interrupted as a gigantic speeding object travelled from below the cliff which generated a powerful gust of wind that knocked me off my state of bewilderment.
"Gaahhh!!" The strong winds came from the bottom of the cliff and travelled up to the sky, while also pulling me into the edge. Some red streaks painted the "porch" of the cave
I tried to claw on the rocky ground for grip while also flapping my wings to not get sucked away by the air trying to pull me off. The gusts subsided, and so I ran quickly away from the edge and soon stopped closer to the entrance of the hole I just escaped from earlier so that I could hide, I looked up to the sky to see what was the thing that just passed by.
And there I saw the cause of such a phenomena, A giant flying snake. It reminded me of a cobra but instead of a hood on the sides of its head, it had Bat-like wings.
"Woah!, what the hell is that?!" I look at the serpentine thing from the hidden comfort of a place that I subconsciously labeled as my new "home".
Warm and fresh blood mired the winds wherever the flying snake travelled. It was bleeding badly, it thrashed its body around wildly, sometimes hitting the cliff side crazily like a madman. I could see the wounds on its flesh, short streaks of cuts along its body where the blood was oozing from.
But more importantly, I noticed the small, sickly yellow to grayish-brown but numerous tiny flying creatures following and swarming around it, almost forming a grayish yellow cloud, seemingly the cause of its behavior.
*Ding
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[Warbat]
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"Warbat?...Oh, I remember those!" My mind instantly recalls the cobra-like Kaiju that almost strangles King Kong to a premature death before a rematch with Godzilla in the Godzilla Vs. Kong Movie, heh, what a fraud, man almost got checked out by a flying cobra, but then again he also just got out of the Hollow Earth Portal so that may have affected him a bit.
"Why is the Analysis description missing things?"
[What do you mean?]
"You know, like in my Species Analysis skill descriptions? It's like a whole biography there, why is it only a name here?" Could it be underleveled?
[The skills proficiency is not high enough, as for yours, it only makes sense that you should know more about yourself does it not?]
"Make sense" I nodded and let my eyes follow the flying serpent after my small exchange with the system
'So I really am in a Kaiju World, and not just any Kaiju World, it's the fucking Monsterverse, which means that human civilization is still around, I hope, still, the Monsterverse huh?'
The MonsterVerse franchise, much like the MCU or M-she-U as ridiculed by the masses as of recently pre-reincarnation, is a shared cinematic universe centered around giant creatures known as Titans, who were ancient, godlike beings that once ruled the Earth, they were so impactful throughout the world that multiple ancient civilizations revered them as actual Gods, stories and accounts from the people in those civilizations were kept hidden by MONARCH and the Government…I think.
I don't really know much about them other than MONARCH being an Organization because if I'm gonna be honest, the only reason I was even watching Kaiju Movies was to see Giant Monsters fight, the only human I even remembered in the franchise was Serizawa, GOATED character, I think the guy definitely just wanted to see Giant Monsters duke it out.
*Ding
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[An additional feature has been unlocked]
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'Nice, upping this skills proficiency will come in handy, the world is a battle of information in one way or the other' I happily use it again, this time, a conscious decision on the yellow cloud swarm following the Warbat
*Ding
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[Leafwing (II)/???]
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'Hmm, I don't remember seeing this one, not even the name rings a bell' I frown, not remembering them appearing in any of the movies.
"Hey, what's with the question marks?" I ask the system
[It informs you of whether it is male or female which currently doesn't apply to it since there are too many at the moment]
"I see, thanks." 'Welp, not important for now'.
I look cautiously towards the one-sided battle that was with a Warbat and the massive swarm of Leafwings.
"I forgot to ask this earlier for mine but what do the Roman Numerals next to the name mean?" I inquired to the system about the added new features that had just been unlocked which also reminded me of mine.
[It is their Tier, you can think of it as their level of strength.]
*Boom*
*Shaaaa*
The warbat collides with one part of the massive cliff face I was in
"Hmmm, I see, thank you" I use [Analysis] again on the Warbat
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[Warbat (VII)/Male]
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"So higher tiers doesn't mean that you're invulnerable to lower tiers" I concluded
Observing the swarm cloud some more, and I see some of them standing out, some uniquely blue Leafwing leading the charge against the Warbat
Squinting my eyes some more and-
*Ding
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'Oh? Nice!' The quality of my vision had a noticeable boost, I could see a lot farther and clearer now, so I looked at the blue things again.
I was wrong though, it wasn't blue, I mean it's skin is a little blue-ish but the blue I saw from afar wasn't that, it was what coated it like a thin film, it was electricity.
"Wha-?"
*Ding
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[Electro-Leafwing (III)/ ???]
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'Ok this is getting ridiculous' My face scrunches into a frown from the bullshit
'No wait, if we break this down logically, If this world is a world filled with Kaijus, specifically the Legendary Pictures' {Monsterverse}, then the kaijus and some of the monsters, have some crazy abilities if the youtube videos that I stumbled to accidentally is to be believed, like that bat thingie who are under another bigger bat that can shoot electricity, so this probably isn't too farfetched, heck even Mothra's reincarnation is another crazy ability'
'And even in my previous life, in the natural world, animals that are numerous in numbers or pump out tons of babies at a time, tend to branch out in different specializations, like how beetles fill almost every other niche in the Animal Kingdom, from predation to herbivorous nature all the way to scavengers and detritivores, which is why they encompass 25% of the total known species in the entire world, so it wouldn't be farfetched to think that those little things can develop certain abilities, especially in this world, and as for my location, and judging by the sun's presence in the sky, I am most likely on Skull Island.' I frown even deeper.
"Fuck me sideways" On Skull Island, life is brutal and unforgiving, with every corner of the island seemingly designed to challenge survival and willpower, leaving very little room for comfort or certainty, and even though I saw the movies, it still doesn't matter because its thick jungles and rocky cliffs might hide countless unknown predators and dangers lurking that the movies don't show.
'That said-' I look at the Warbat again
'Why is that thing here? If I remember correctly, that thing belonged in Hollow Earth, so why is it roaming around on the surface? There must be something more going on here' I sat there, noticing the severe discrepancy.
'Travelling from Hollow Earth to the surface world and vice-versa isn't as simple as it seems if the movies are to go by, humans even needed the special futuristic jet just to travel through it without getting mushed to paste, and even then they looked like they're almost dying after exiting it.'
'But judging by the size of it, it 'might' survive the trip, which means that for it to arrive on Skull Island, it must've encountered an open hole somewhere on Hollow Earth which then led it to this Island' I nodded to myself.
"Wait a minute" a realization came to me unprompted
[What?] She asks
"How in the hell is a Warbat from Hollow Earth getting injured by a bunch of tiny Leafwings?" I ask since it doesn't make sense that something that could tank a few hits from Kong is getting decimated by a bunch of what was essentially gnats to it.
[Well, in order for the Warbat to fly on the surface, it has to sacrifice certain qualities that a normal Warbat Kaiju in Hollow Earth wouldn't have to because of the higher gravity on the surface compared to the lower gravity in the parts of Hollow Earth where these giants tend to live in, you get where I'm going with this?]
I think for a little bit before answering "Yeah, they probably sacrificed their thick skin into a thinner outer membrane or skin, whatever you want to call it, and maybe an even lower body mass or both, so right now, it's basically a Warbat-shaped marshmallow, which means it is not the usually durable Warbat" I replied
[Exactly, though I'm surprised you know about the Warbats having tougher outer skins than their surface counterparts, much less the Origin of the species, seems like I lucked out in reincarnating you, you're pretty smart and knowledgeable, I like that.]
"Excuse me what?" To say that I am shocked was an understatement, there were so many things to unpack here, what did she mean by lucked out? Me having knowledge of the Monsterverse and Hollow Earth or just my simple deduction skills or both? Why and how did she reincarnate me? And why am I reincarnated in this world specifically? Why as a Dragon of all things?
[You heard me] her voice still monotone
"B-but why, wha-" I stuttered my words, I was starting to scratch the floor with my claws from trying to get a grip of myself, my breathing was starting to go off rhythm
'Nothing will change if I just freak out, All is well, All is well' I repeat a mantra in my head that I've used multiple times in my last life whenever I felt like crashing out and has always let me cool myself down to calmness.
"So-" I repeated the questions I had in my head earlier in a calm and collected manner
[Well firstly I lucked out on you because as I stated before, you are somewhat smart and knowledgeable, you wouldn't be too surprised about this world since you already had some prior knowledge of it.]
I nodded in understanding.
[As for your final 3 questions, well, the truth is, I am just as lost as you on that one, even I don't know why I reincarnated you and into what you are now, I don't remember much from before I reincarnated you either, it's like all the memories just vanished, well not all, some memories are still there, just a little bit though, and now I am reduced to nothing but an A.I. assistant that is happy to serve you, and I couldn't ask for more than that, well aside from the other goal] she answers me.
"So you don't know huh? What about the other goal?" I inquire, to which she answered simply
[To help you survive and become unimaginably strong]
"That's it?" I asked in minor suspicion, after all, it was too good to be true
[Yes, that is all, but I do remember a few things from when I was a Goddess but it'll probably take a while to parse them into words you can understand, they're God-levels and all that, you do understand what I am trying to convey?]
Ok another bomb has dropped, A Goddess, you used to be a Goddess? and why the hell are you my system? maybe it also took your entire Godhood to reincarnate me? Nah, thats too much for someone like me.
"Yeah I understand, just share if you've parsed some of them to me Ok?" Gods are beyond human comprehension, that's my understanding of it, so for an Ex-Goddess to take some time to translate her previous memories into something i could digest is totally understandable, I readily accepted that.
[Sure thing]
Wishing to distract myself from the System's absurd and world flipping revelations, my ears picked up the sounds of multiple loud clopping hooves.
"Hmm?" I noticed in my peripheral vision, the giant herd of oxen running, I turned towards their direction, and the herd was running away from the immediate vicinity I was currently in, where the battle between big and small was occurring.
'Ah, the Warbat must've scared them, judging by their size, one bite of a Warbat might be enough to eat one whole.' I nod in understanding, observing them once more
As they were running away, I noticed one of them, possibly a male, running in the opposite direction, with a broken horn, maybe signifying that he had lost and was now probably exiled from the herd.
'Poor guy, but it is what it is, survival of the fittest, the weakest in the gene pool will slowly but surely get culled' I used [Analysis] on the beast
*Ding
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[Behemox (V)/Male]
*Ding
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[An additional feature has been unlocked]
[Behemox (V)/Male]
[Description: Native to the Jungle of Zaleria, the Behemox is a towering herbivore, descended from an oxen ancestor that long ago had mated with an invasive kaiju.]
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'The fuck?' My eyes widened slightly when I read the last part.
'That is certainly ... .Interesting…..this Kaiju, it seemingly has a relationship with, genetically speaking, I wonder what it is, but what's more interesting is the last part..' My eyes focus on the short little note at the bottom of the description
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[Note: There is a small chance that additional info restricted by skill proficiency can be bypassed through the consumption of said creature.
-Analysis Skill]
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"Consumption of said creature...Does that mean I can eat things other than fish?"
[Yes you can eat other kinds of meat] The System affirms me.
"Ayo pause- I mean, Well that's neat, ahem"
[Pause? Pause what? I don't have the feature for that unfortunately my host]
"Eh, it's just culture from my previous life, no need to worry about it"
[I see, I won't pry then, your memories are yours after all]
Now that widened my eyes a little bit "But isn't that kind of unfair?to be honest I appreciate you not looking into my past life but me asking you to share your previous memories from the time when you were a Goddess seems…not equal" I say to her
[Hmm, I see where you're coming from but no need for that, if sharing my memories while also not reading into yours is what helps you in growing unimaginably strong then my goals are also achieved, after all, another memory I still had when I was still a Goddess was that Humans are very protective of their privacy, so if me stepping onto to your comfort zones, i.e. your memories, causes you to deteriorate in your performance, then that is on me, so I will wholeheartedly accept the no-go zones which is your previous life's memories.]
"Oh, ok then" Let's just leave it at that.
Following with my eyes where the newly exiled Behemox was running towards, I saw that it was trying to jump over the small body of water it nearly fell into.
Although the body of water looked small on the surface it might've been very deep, must be why it's hesitating on just bulldozing through it.
It was preparing to leap over it entirely, its fear of drowning seemingly getting replaced with more courage when the Warbat was close by, although said Warbat was currently preoccupied at the moment with the Leafwing swarm. But he probably doesn't register that, all he thinks is, "See predator, must run" as most prey items would do.
Just as it was about to jump, something broke through the stillness of the water.
It was a relatively large grayish dinosaur that had somewhat muscular arms, with dark greenish spikes on its back, almost a dark jade-like color, the dirty gem-like green spikes on its back pointed towards the skys, aside from the larger spikes that was close to where I assumed were the shoulder blades, protruding even more with their tips facing forwards, the face of the beast was a little like a rectangular block in shape, the base of its jaws on its side-profile had circles on them and the underside of its jaws and throat had some skin that drooped down, and although I was a newbie reptile keeper in my previous life, I still had some knowledge of many different kinds of them, which leads me to the dinosaur again, it reminded me of an Oversized Mutated Iguana.
*Roar* *chomp* *Crrrsssssccchhhh*
The gigantic reptile ripped the giant bovine's neck off from inside its skin with a crack, effectively killing it with the critical hit from its sneak attack.
My eyes widened, 'What the hell is—'
*Ding
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[Zilla (III) /Juvenile]
Description: The older, larger form of the infant Zilla, it is classified as a Juvenile Zilla once it reaches 4 times the size of an Infant Zilla. They tend to group with other Zilla's of the same stage or lead a group of smaller ones]
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My brain malfunctioned when I read its status description 'Zilla? As in 1998 Zilla?, what the fuck is thing doing here? That Kaiju is from a completely different universe altogether'.
My mind starts to piece together all currently available evidence, and it all points to one conclusion:
'It seems that I really have been reincarnated in a world full of Kaijus'.