Chapter 3: Hello. World! (3)

It's good that I've created new organisms, but how do I scatter them all over the world?

I'd like to just dump a bunch in one place and leave it, but that probably won't spread them properly across the world. Hmm...

Well, I have plenty of time, so should I just wait and see for now? If it doesn't work, I can find another way later.

I stumbled out of the cave where I was born with an awkward gait.

Hmm... walking is annoying. My legs are oddly thick, making it uncomfortable to walk, unlike when I was human.

I have wings on my back, but can I fly with these?

But if I'm a dragon that can't fly, wouldn't I be no different from a dinosaur?

I looked at the small wings attached to my back.

As a human, it would have been impossible to see my back, but thanks to becoming a dragon with a long neck, being able to see my back is quite peculiar.

The small wings on my back. They were wings of an unreliable size, but for now, I have no choice but to try using them.

I tapped the wings with the tip of my nose, trying to remember the sensation of that part.

The feeling of something touching near the wing bones on my back. A strange feeling of a body part unlike when I was human.

After imprinting the feeling of movement as I tapped with my nose tip as much as possible in my mind, I tried to move my back to recreate that feeling.

It was quite difficult to move since it was a part that didn't exist originally, but as I moved little by little, I started to get the hang of it strangely.

Hmm, ah. Is it like this? When I move something on my back hard, the small wings flap and move.

But I don't think I can fly with this. Hmm...

As I was pondering this.

✉️

An envelope shape popped up in the lower right corner of my vision.

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│How do you like your first impression of the new world?

│It might be lacking in many ways since there's still a lot missing.

│But don't worry! I'll help you as much as I can!

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│By the way, I've already prepared magical power there.

│The concentration of magical power is low now, but it will gradually increase.

│As time passes and the magical power becomes denser and somewhat structured,

│you'll be able to use magic too.

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│Of course, your dragon body will be able to handle that magical power

│at an instinctive level.

│The reason a large dragon can fly freely with small wings

│is because it's flying with the power of magic!

│Of course, you can breathe out breath attacks too, so give it a try!

│I'm excited to see what comes out of your mouth.

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│As for ecosystems too small for you to create,

│I've prepared them, so don't worry!

│I wonder if I've taken care of too much and left you with nothing to do!

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│Still, this world is for you.

│Enjoy it as you like!

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Oh my, how thoughtful!

Whether there's magical power or not, what use is it if I can't even feel it!

You said I could use it at an instinctive level! I can't even tell if it's there!!!

Hey! Just like this! Flapping my wings doesn't make me receive magical power and take off!

Like this! Like this! My body rising up and gradually taking off... taking off...

Huh? Am I flying...? My feet have left the ground???

What is this! I just flapped my wings and somehow a strong wind is coming out?! My body is floating?!

What is this? What is this??? Somehow I'm flying! Flying!!! I'm flying!!!! I'm flying!!!!

My body is gradually rising higher. Oh! This is amazing! By slightly changing the direction of my wing flaps, I can move forward, fly backward, and even turn left or right! This is incredible! Amazing! Fun!

Even as the height I'm flying at increases, there's no difficulty in flying itself. This is incredible! This is fun!!

But my back is getting a bit sore and tired. Hmm. Is it because I haven't been born for long and my muscles aren't developed enough? Or is it hard because the wing muscles aren't used to this?

At that moment.

The muscles near my wings hurt! It hurts!!! A cramp, I've got a cramp!!! Argh!!!!

I'm, I'm falling!!! It's quite high! It's quite high up here!!! If I fall from here, it'll be terrible!!! The muscles near my wings hurt so much I can't even flap them!!! I'm going to die!!! Help me!!!!

CRASH!!!

And so, before I could do anything, I fell to the ground.

If there's any consolation, it's that even though I hit the ground hard enough to create a large crater, my body doesn't hurt at all.

No, it does hurt! The wing area where I got a cramp hurts!!! But my arms are too short to massage the wing muscles!!!!

After struggling in the crater for a while, the pain in my wing area gradually disappeared.

Ugh. That really hurt. It was a pain I never want to experience again.

Is it because I was born not long ago? Or is it because it was a part that didn't exist originally? Anyway, I never imagined I could get a cramp in my wings.

From now on... I should do some stretching before flapping my wings.

I guess it's fortunate that my body itself is so sturdy that there wasn't a single scratch even after falling from a high place.

I'm not sure how tall I am now, but if I think it's similar to my height as a human...

I fell head first from about the height of a three-story building and didn't get a single scratch. The sturdiness of my body was definitely proven.

Anyway, that's not the important thing.

I flapped my wings again and took off.

This time, I feel a faint energy enveloping my wings. Is this magical power? This energy that's faintly permeating the air?

It was so faint that I couldn't feel it unless I paid close attention, but as I flapped my wings and flew, I started to understand it a little.

The concentration is still low, so I'm not sure what to do with it yet... but will I be able to use magic later?

I'm kind of looking forward to the future. Yeah.

And so, I flew high into the sky.

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The first thing I did after being able to travel around the world was.

"Be born! Life!"

I went around the world scattering the organisms that would become the ancestors of all the creatures I created.

I added a bit of shock absorption function, so I scatter these organisms that can withstand falling from quite high places all over this world.

It's a minor detail that in the process of adding the shock absorption function, their bodies became oddly soft and squishy.

I also added self-division function, the ability to interact with other individuals to create offspring, the ability to adapt to the environment, the function to absorb air for energy combustion, the ability to cause mutations, and...

Ah, these are Slimes.

No, I didn't intend it! But they're completely Slimes!!!

Moreover, they envelop small things with their bodies to eat! They can't swallow things that are too big! They swallow things like moss on the ground or leaves!

Hmm... Well, I guess it doesn't matter. It's a fantasy world with dragons and magic anyway. What harm could there be in having Slimes?

Rather, I added the function for Slimes to swallow and decompose filth and garbage, so it might be environmentally beneficial.

I also added the function for Slime mucus or the bodies of dead Slimes to become fertilizer for the soil.

And so, creatures that would exist just above the bottom of the food chain were born.

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What is the origin of humanity's birth?

The Life Order, which serves the Goddess of Life, claimed that the Goddess of Life gave birth to all life in this world, but this is not correct.

After decades of research, I, a professor at the Imperial University, claim that the origin of all life is Slimes.

Slimes that adapt to the environment and cause changes! That is the origin of all living things!

This can be confirmed from Slime fossils found all over the world-

- Announcement by a paleontology professor at the Imperial University.

- After this announcement, the professor was declared a heretic by the Life Order and the entire pantheon, and disappeared.

- There are rumors that the Guardian Dragon of the Empire was involved in the professor's disappearance, but the truth is unclear.

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I scattered Slimes all over the world.

And watching these Slimes turned out to be more interesting than I thought.

No, the evolution process of Slimes is different in each region.

And in different regions with similar environments, they're going through different evolutionary paths.

For example, comparing two similar swamp areas, in one place Slimes became Mud Slimes containing the mucus of mud, while in another place they changed into Poison Slimes that generate poison by collecting rotting matter in the swamp.

In addition, in environments full of ice, Ice Slimes as hard as ice appeared, and in volcanic regions, Lava Slimes with burning fire appeared.

Slimes that eat leaves and produce leaf-like structures to mimic them. Slimes that eat and absorb minerals to change like ores, and so on. The world of Slimes was infinite.

Slimes that entered water usually dissolved and disappeared, probably due to osmotic pressure from the concentration difference, but occasionally Slimes that adapted to live in water began to appear.

And amazingly, the water-adapted Slimes were changing their body surface to prevent losing their body fluids.

The single-celled Slimes began to divide themselves to create a harder body surface, starting to protect their internal moisture.

Instead, because their surface changed, they couldn't easily absorb microorganisms as food, so they started to create mouth-like structures to eat.

They also started to create fin-like structures for more active movement.

And perhaps to overcome the inability to breathe properly underwater, they began to create gill-like organs to absorb oxygen...? Is there oxygen in water? Anyway, they started to create organs similar to gills to absorb something like oxygen in the water.

And so, Slimes began to change to become like fish.