I stared at the dragon for a while, and it didn't notice my presence. Should I attack before it realizes I'm here? I think I should edit my defense too, just to make sure hitting it won't damage my own body too much.

  I'm sure that if I strike with all my strength without editing my defense, my body will suffer the consequences.

  Alright, let's edit my strength and defense.

  [ Average Offense Ability : 175 Edit applied! Average Offense Ability : 5,000 ]

  [ Average Resistance Ability : 142 Edit applied! Average Resistance Ability : 5,000 ]

  5,000 should be enough, right? Its defense isn't that high, and I don't want to overload my body. But thinking about it, I probably can't kill it in a single hit… unless I strike a weak point.

  Should I aim for the back of its head?

  But with my strength edited, I can't edit my speed to get close without being noticed. That was stupid. I undid the strength edit and then edited my speed to 5,000.

  After taking a deep breath, I attacked.

  I ran at high speed, kicking up dust in the process. In an instant, I appeared right behind the dragon. Its body is huge—truly massive. It's covered in tough brown scales.

  It also has rge, curled horns.

  How tall is it? Around eight meters? It's almost touching the byrinth's ceiling! And its body length is enormous—definitely more than fifteen meters. I can't measure it precisely.

  One thing I can say for sure: this monster is incredibly BEAUTIFUL—and incredibly threatening.

  Die! I shouted in my mind, switching my edit from speed back to strength. But…

  I don't know if it was because of the skill "Territorial Instinct," "Detection," or "Concentration," but it sensed my presence. A powerful wall of earth suddenly rose in front of me, and I crashed into it.

  The earth shattered into pieces. The dragon turned its face toward me, and I saw its threatening golden eyes. It was the first time I felt fear. Is it because of the skill "Intimidation"?

  I barely managed to react. I shot my web toward the nearby ceiling and pulled myself up.

  The dragon looked at me and roared, sending chills through my entire body.

  Even if I'm stronger than it with edits, I'm still afraid of this guy. A dragon really is something, huh?

  And this one is an anomaly.

  I'm really curious about that.

  Why is this guy an anomaly? What caused it?

  I'd love to ask some questions, but he doesn't seem intelligent enough to answer—and he's definitely not interested in listening. He roared again and this time used earth magic to unch projectiles at me.

  I edited my speed and dodged, nding a few meters away, facing him.

  Looking at him more closely… what a beautiful and fascinating monster.

  Too bad he's an enemy.

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  The dragon stared directly at me, and once again I felt that unfamiliar fear.

  Is he affecting me mentally or something? I need some kind of mental resistance to deal with this.

  Tsk.

  I clicked my tongue and started running.

  I gnced at my SP, which was steadily draining, and kept circling around, trying to mislead the dragon's eyes. He can definitely sense my presence, but since his speed is only 850, I doubt he can react to my attacks.

  Just as I thought!

  After circling around, I finally managed to shake him off and nded the first hit.

  I didn't strike his head—I hit his back instead.

  I tried to break his scales with my legs, and I succeeded. But even with my defense edited, I still lost some HP—and especially SP.

  HP: 145/154SP: 121/189

  And the dragon's HP…

  Earth Drake (Variant) LV28HP: 2,100/4,800

  It dropped below half with just one attack. Besides breaking his scales, I probably damaged his insides as well, taking a huge chunk of HP. The dragon roared in pain, and then earth spikes began appearing everywhere.

  Ceiling, walls, floor—all trying to impale me.

  Since I had switched my edit back to speed, I was able to keep up with all the magic and dodge every attack, striking him again.

  The dragon tried to swing its tail at me, but failed. I jumped and used my web, wrapping it around his face.

  I probably shouldn't do this. I just want to have a little fun.

  I managed to cover the dragon's eyes for only a few seconds, but it was enough to distract him and focus on his weak point.

  Yes, if I hit him there, I'll definitely kill him, I thought, clinging to the byrinth's ceiling.

  Then I unched myself toward the back of his head. Midair, in less than a second, I switched my edit to strength. The dragon sensed my presence—but couldn't react in time.

  I struck him like a bullet, driving my leg as deep as I could into the back of his head.

  Despite my leg not being that resistant, his flesh parted like butter under a knife.

  His massive head, now pierced through, began spewing a rge amount of blood as the dragon thrashed violently from side to side. Since I was still attached to his head, I started feeling dizzy.

  After a few seconds, the dragon finally died.

  [You have acquired the title "Dragon Syer"]

  [Title bonus has been added]

  [The skill "Ultimate Life LV1" has been learned]

  [The skill "Dragon Power LV1" has been learned]

  ["Small Taratect LV9" has become "Small Taratect LV10"]

  ["Small Taratect" can evolve]

  I'm about to pass out.

  ParodyGirl