Reincarnated as a dragon’s egg ～Lets aim to be the strongest～ - Chapter 584

584 – Aro’s Fifth Evolution
『Since your level will be lowered for a short time, it may be a bit worrisome to walk about in this unexplored territory but… is that fine with you?』

“I want to get stronger faster even by a little bit, so that I can be of some aid to dragon-god-sama! Plus, I have the blessing of being protected by dragon-god-sama, so I don’t have any worry at all!”

Aro nods fiercely at my question.

『Right, leave it to me.』

I must repay her confidence in me. It’s doubtful whether suitable monsters will actually appear in a place like this but… if push comes to shove, I also have the means to help her level by turning nearby objects into monsters with [Fake Life], as I did before.

…In a sense, the monsters produced from [Fake Life] will be like Aro and the treant’s siblings. Creating life in order to have something to kill isn’t something I want to do at all, but for the sake of Aro’s and treant’s safety, I haven’t got a lot of options.

Aro will have evolved for the fifth time with this. From the F ranked [Wight], then the E rank [Skull Lowmage], D rank [Revaana Mage], C+ rank [Revaana Lowlich], then to B+ rank [Revaana Lich] with her current form. The next one should be around A rank.

She probably won’t get a ‘+’. There’s a big gap in stats between A rank and A+ rank. It’d be nice if she manages to hit A+ rank, but that seems unlikely. I’ve seen so few A+ rank monsters, after all.

I move in front of Aro. As she was born from [Soul AppendmentFake Life], she needs to have it used on her again in order to evolve. Aro closes her eyes, and clenches her fists tightly by her side.

Treant watches Aro anxiously, his branches and leaves waving about in an excited manner.

“GuuOOh!”

I roar. The black light from [Soul AppendmentFake Life] starts coiling around Aro. Then, the spiralling black light touches her and is sucked into her body.

I gulp. Until now, nothing like this has happened before.

The last of the black light vanishes into Aro. Her eyes snap open. The colours of her irises have been altered into a mismatched red and gold. Her outfit has changed into a black dress.

【[Walpurgis]: A+ rank monster】
【The monster feared as the [Undying Witch].】
【Having an indistinct existence, she will not perish even if her head is decapitated or her heart is pierced.】
【Rumoured to rule the world from the shadows, she is the fabled queen of the liches made using taboo sorcery.】

A-A+ rank monster?! Isn’t that just slightly less powerful than me?! Once her level increases, she’ll end up stronger than the A rank such as the seraphim, Eldia, and the chaos ooze…

She won’t even die from being decapitated or having her heart crushed, huh… That’s quite a disturbing way of putting it, but everything up to now has already sounded suspect though…

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Name: Aro
Species: Walpurgis
Condition: Cursed
Lv: 1/130
HP: 49/49
MP: 750/1137
Attack: 325
Defence: 263
Magic: 888
Speed: 291
Rank: A+

Characteristic Skills:
[Grisha Language: Lv4] [Undead: Lv-] [Darkness Attribute: Lv-] [Flesh Transformation: Lv9] [Privilege of the Deceased: Lv-] [Ruler of Earth: Lv-] [Evil Demon Eye: Lv7] [Undead Maker: Lv-] [Petrifying Demon Eye: Lv7] [Flight: Lv1] [The Undying Dark: Lv-] [Baleful Wings of Ebony: Lv-]

Resistance Skills:
[Status Condition Nullification: Lv-] [Physical Resistance: Lv8] [Magic Resistance: Lv6] [Physical Damage Halving: Lv-]

Normal Skills:
[Gale: Lv8] [Curse: Lv6] [Life Drain: Lv7] [Clay: Lv7] [Autoregeneration: Lv8] [Clay Doll: Lv7] [Mana Drain: Lv8] [Rope of Regret: Lv6] [Fog of the Dead: Lv6] [Charm: Lv6] [Wide Drain: Lv6] [Dark Sphere: Lv6] [Vampire: Lv7] [Death: Lv7] [Mirage: Lv7] [Black Bloodbats: Lv7] [Ravenous Poison Fangs: Lv1] [Darkness Kaleidoscope: Lv1]

Title Skills:
[Demon Lord’s Subordinate: Lv-] [Hollow Sorcerer: Lv8] [Undecaying Body: Lv-] [Undead Queen: Lv-] [Undying Witch: Lv-] [Final Evolution: Lv-]
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H-Her skills have seriously increased in number…! That said, what’s with these minmaxed stats?

Her magic power is extremely high as usual, but her HP is terribly low, in compensation for her MP being something outrageous. It’s the first time I’ve seen an MP value being over twenty times the HP.

I-Is this alright? Won’t her HP get reduced to zero by the tiniest mistake?

The characteristic skills that jump out at me are [The Undying Dark], and [Baleful Wings of Ebony]. Could her getting [Flight] be related to her new [Baleful Wings of Ebony]?

【Characteristic Skill [The Undying Dark]】
【The body is composed of darkness in the form of mana.】
【As long as she has mana, the witch will not be destroyed.】
【When her HP is exhausted, she automatically regenerates with the use of MP.】

I-I see… Because of this, her HP is equivalent to her MP in essence, or something like that. I’m relieved that I don’t have to be worried  about her getting her HP reduced to zero from tripping over her feet or something.

【Characteristic Skill [Baleful Wings of Ebony]】
【Enables the growth of pitch-black wings from the user’s back.】
【The feathers are harder than they look, and are can also be used for offence and defence.】

Oh, wow… She can grow wings, huh. [Flight] came with it too, so she should definitely be able to fly. That sounds pretty cool. Let’s have her show off a little after this.

The normal skills that stand out to me are [Black Bloodbat], [Darkness Kaleidoscope], and [Ravenous Poison Fangs], it seems. Let’s check these as well.

【Normal Skill [Black Bloodbat]】
【Enables one to create a [Bloodbat] from their own blood.】
【Vision is shared with the [Bloodbat].】
【The MP consumption is severe, but if the [Bloodbat] is incorporated back into the body, the majority of MP expended can be recovered.】

Ohh…! It seems like this would be effective for things like reconnaissance too. They’re probably a bit like the flies that Beelzebub had been using. I’m a little bit concerned about what it’s going to look like when she’s incorporating them back into her body, though.

【Normal Skill [Darkness Kaleidoscope]】
【Enables one to use mana to create a clone of the user that possesses a sense of self.】
【The MP consumption is severe, but if the clone is incorporated back into the body, the majority of MP cost can be recovered.】

I-I see… This looks like the self-clone version of [Black Bloodbat]… ‘Incorporating’ sounds somewhat grotesque though…

【Normal Skill [Ravenous Poison Fangs]】
【The user’s entire body opens up, becoming a giant mouth, and then bites down on the opponent in front.】
【Steals HP and MP from the bitten target, and inflicts a variety of status conditions.】

…It seems strong, but, giant mouth…? Her entire body opens up…? ……It might be better not to think too deeply about it.

“H-How is it, dragon-god-sama!”

Aro asks, her two hands clenched tightly into fists. I give a big nod.

『You’re A+ rank! You did it, Aro!』

“Is that true?!”

Her face all but glows.

『Yeah! Show us your new powers while we explore this forest if you can!』

“Please leave it to me! With this, I shouldn’t be a burden to dragon-god-sama!”

The treant seems somewhat anxious as he stares at Aro’s happy expression.

『Ah, master-dono! L-let’s quickly move to raise my level!』

W-we don’t have to hurry that much… Though, well, since we don’t know what’s happening to our original world, it’s probably better if we quicken our pace, though.