I Only Wanted to Be a Kind Poison Dragon

A pink world, faint breathing sounds, and dazzling illusions.

Xu Nan walked by alone, smiling without saying a word.

Although his body was temporarily bewitched by the poisonous fog, his extraordinary charm and resistance allowed him to remain God Above clear-headed.

You have killed a lord-level monster: the Poison Dragon Abake.

You have obtained the Abake Poison Sac!

You have obtained the Totem Fragment - Poison Dragon!

[Your Divine Favor Value +!]

Xu Nan was overjoyed at the increase in Divine Favor Value Points. Sure enough, this poisonous dragon was wreaking havoc on Earth, and as long as he was killed, he would definitely gain the favor of the Star Spirits. A full 10,000 points of Divine Favor Value was almost one-tenth of the advancement requirements.

Overall, leveling Initiate Sorcerer is quite difficult, since the Poison Dragon is a Tier 2 Lord-level monster. Even Xu Nan might not be able to defeat it in a one-on-one fight if he wanted to find a similar one.

As for the totem fragments, they were a unique reward for him after advancing to the Azure Dreamland Totem God. He could obtain totem fragments from monsters after killing them, but he hadn't figured out what they were used for yet.

According to Xu Nan's own deduction, the Abake Poison Sac is indeed a useful alchemical material. It would be perfect for making aphrodisiacs... Damn it, why are all the materials so unorthodox?

Just as Xu Nan was secretly complaining, the system suddenly gave him a notification.

[Can one read Aba Ke's memories through totem fragments?]

Huh? Totem fragments have this function? He figured his charmed state should last a while, so he chose to agree.

I am a poisonous dragon abandoned by my mother. When I was three months old, I was thrown into a cracked mud pit in the swamp and left to bake in the sun, waiting for death to come.

I saw vultures and hyenas. I was so weak that if it weren't for the presence of my mother's scent near the swamp, they would have torn me apart.

The reason my mother abandoned me is unknown. I don't seem to be much different from my other brothers and sisters. However, while they learned how to spray poisonous fumes, I could only exhale a small amount of pink gas.

This gas can bewitch the Flower Fairy that the mother casually captures.

I really like the Flower Fairy. Although they are timid, they love to tell stories, especially after I've charmed them. They become as talkative as if they're drunk.

Although I couldn't understand their language, I always found it interesting.

Unfortunately, her mother and other siblings didn't like them. She only captured the Flower Fairy because they tasted good as appetizers.

I never saw the Flower Fairy again.

Of course I didn't die. An elderly human apothecary happened to be passing by the swamp and saved me.

From then on, I lived in the pharmacist's house. He fed me vegetarian food every time. At first, I was very tired of eating vegetarian food, but later the pharmacist told me that to be a kind poisonous dragon, I had to eat vegetarian food.

Although I don't understand what kindness means, I still agreed to be a vegetarian. Well, occasionally sneaking a few mosquito bites when the pharmacist is out doesn't count as breaking our agreement, right?

The Old Apothecary clearly liked me, but he wouldn't let me get within three meters of him. Even when he occasionally joked with me, he wore a thick mask and strange clothes.

I really dislike it.

But I still cherish my friendship with the Old Apothecary. His care made me feel that even being abandoned wasn't such a big deal.

He began to teach me to distinguish herbs and the Common Language. He took me on a journey, and occasionally when we passed through human cities, many humans would run away when they saw me. I asked him why, and he said it was not my fault.

After that time, the Old Apothecary never took me to the city again.

The pharmacist died a year later. I don't understand how he died, since humans should have more lifespan.

But when he was on his deathbed, I saw that the spots on his body were the same color as the ones on mine.

I think I understand something.

Before he died, the Old Apothecary told me to be a kind-hearted poisonous dragon. I agreed.

Although I was young at the time, under the Old Apothecary's tutelage, I had already learned how to find water sources and avoid humans, while resting in dark and damp caves and finding sweet potato tubers to fill my stomach.

However, I am a venomous dragon. Even though I am vegetarian, I still emit venom and gas all the time. Disaster is destined to occur wherever I go: lakes will be polluted by me, animals will be poisoned to death by me, and I will only be accompanied by scavenging creatures that are unafraid of toxins.

I feel very lonely.

So I tried to approach the human city-states. I made contact with a human and told him that I was a vegetarian, kind-hearted poisonous dragon. He nodded and believed me.

The human's eyes were very bright, like gold coins.

Two days later, I woke up to find myself sold to the arena, where five or six tall barbarians wielded battle axes, trying to kill me.

In my panic, I spat out an unprecedented black venom, killing the barbarians and poisoning many spectators as well.

I fled in panic, and in the wilderness, I encountered that human adventurer again, and I angrily confronted him.

He told me that a kind dragon wouldn't kill people, and that I had already killed so many people that I could no longer be a kind dragon.

I didn't know how to refute him, and then he succeeded in his sneak attack again. I was injected with anesthesia and sold to a larger arena.

I endured the three most difficult years in the arena. At first, I earned a great deal of bounty for my master, but later, no one dared to challenge me. They called me the treacherous, poisonous Poison Dragon Abake.

I just want to live.

Once, I overheard the humans in the arena talking. They wanted to kill me because my existence had increased their costs. Many creatures had died because of me, and I no longer had any greater value.

I struggled to escape the control of the arena, far from human control, and spent my days hiding in the cave, living in a daze.

I don't know how much time passed, but I unknowingly returned to the swamp where I had been abandoned.

I found the Old Apothecary's cabin, where a human woman now lives. When I arrived, she was arguing with a man who was trying to hurt her, but I stopped him.

This woman looked very much like the Old Apothecary, and later I confirmed that she was indeed the Old Apothecary's daughter.

The man was her husband, who tried to kill her and seize her assets. Although I didn't understand what her husband meant, I still helped her get through a lot of trouble.

She originally lived in the city, but later appeared more and more frequently at the forest house in Zhengzhou.

She often brings me many fresh jokes, such as the recent rumors circulating in the city-state about her, that she is Forest Witch who keeps a terrifying monster in the forest.

I laughed so hard I was doubled over.

Emily doesn't know any magic, she doesn't even know much about the Old Apothecary's herbalism, so what does she have to do with witches? As for monsters, hmph, with me here, what monster would dare to come near?

We had a lot of fun in the forest house.

Later, Emily fell ill. She grew increasingly frail, and I was very worried, but the herbalism I had learned from the Old Apothecary couldn't help her.

One time, her daughter came and took her back to the city, and I didn't see Emily for a long time.

Her daughter warned me to keep her away from her mother, which I don't understand.

One afternoon while I was napping, I suddenly had a strong feeling that I had to see Emily before I could finish my studies.

So I rushed into the city and found Emily, but by then she was already dying. Her face was covered with terrible spots, just like when the Old Apothecary died.

I took her away from the city-state, and people scattered in panic, except for her daughter who bravely tried to stop me.

Emily is still dead, she died in the forest house. It wasn't my fault.

But for her daughter, that's my fault.

I don't understand. I just wanted to be a kind-hearted poisonous dragon.

I buried Emily next to the Old Apothecary's grave, and then slowly crawled into the depths of the swamp.

I remembered what that adventurer had said.

He was right after all; I can never be a kind-hearted poisonous dragon.

When I opened my eyes, a voice told me that he could help me get rid of the toxins in my body, provided that I complete a task for him.

I was transported by that mysterious force to a completely unknown place. He asked me to kill someone for him, but I refused.

I hid in the lake, but my good fortune didn't last long. Strange humans found me and attacked me with powerful weapons. I could only spew out some pink mist to affect their minds, but they were really strong.

I'm not going to survive. I'm seriously injured.

I hid in a strange cave, recalling the time I lay on the cracked swamp, watching the vultures circling overhead.

The itchy feeling on my buttocks was exactly the same as the feeling of being surrounded by flies.

Fortunately, the Old Apothecary taught me a technique that allows me to easily scratch myself with my tail.

Unfortunately, the Old Apothecary probably won't be here to save me this time.

A force pulled on my tail, and I saw a bright blue light. I knew I was going to die.

I just miss that wooden house a little, and I miss that swamp and those tall trees.

It's really only a tiny bit.

Inside a yacht, in a certain room.

Zhang Jian looked at Xu Nan and the doll in front of him with considerable surprise. It seemed that this guy had a high resistance to charm. He only slightly moved his body from beginning to end and did not do anything too out of line.

Then wouldn't all these dolls that I bought with my own money be useless?

Huh?

Why is this guy crying? Is he too immersed in the role?

Zhang Jian frowned, and just as he was about to do something, Xu Nan quietly opened her eyes.

"I shouldn't have killed him..." Xu Nan murmured to herself, her eyes welling up with tears.

He never imagined that this "wicked" venomous dragon had such a story behind it. His memory couldn't be fabricated; the mastermind controlling the Five Yang Lake wasn't this lord-level venomous dragon, but someone else entirely!

Zhang Jian chuckled dryly, "Tsk tsk tsk? Now you know you're regretting it? You're so capable, you're afraid others won't know, aren't you?"

"I was planning to settle things with you later, but since you're not afraid of being exposed, let's have a proper chat."

Xu Nan wiped away her tears and said seriously:

"The mastermind behind the gathering of monsters in Five Yang Lake is someone else entirely!"

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