[What accompanies your awakening is a sweet, rich liquid in your mouth]
[“It’s delicious… kind of like Want Want milk…”]
[Your consciousness gradually sharpens, and you start to notice something wrong]
[“Wait, didn’t I turn into a dragon, and wasn’t I thrown into an abyss where not even light can reach? How is there Want Want milk here to drink?!”]
[You open your eyes and find grayish-white scales right in front of you]
[“Oh, you’re finally awake? It’s fine if you drink a bit more.”]
[Winteria lowers her head, gazing at you with a look of concern]
[“Hold on, she’s a female dragon?!”]
[“That’s right, didn’t she lay two eggs earlier? I saw them just now.”]
[You’re speechless, feeling extremely embarrassed]
[“Damn mouth, stop it now!”]
[Yet your body is like a machine running at full speed, craving energy, completely ignoring your brain’s commands]
[“Drink, drink as much as you like. That way you’ll grow up fast.”]
[Winteria’s voice is filled with maternal affection. She wraps you in her warm embrace, making you feel completely safe]
[“A little dragon that just hatched from its egg can’t digest anything other than dragon’s milk.”]
[“But… you really can drink a lot. A whole hour has passed since you were unconscious, and you haven’t stopped.”]
[You can hear the doting affection hidden in Winteria’s complaint]
[It’s a bit strange, but deep down, you still feel an inexplicable bond forming with this female dragon named Winteria]
[Host has consumed a rare material: Ice Dragon Milk. Experience +1000]
[Congratulations! Host level up!]
[You only stop when your level reaches fifteen]
[“Had enough? If you’re full, rest up. I’ll teach you how to survive in this place afterward.”]
[You’re not sure if it’s your imagination, but you feel like Winteria has completely taken you in as her own child now]
……
[Dragon Claw slashes rapidly, cutting a lunging monster into several pieces]
[Lightning (Purple) proficiency +1]
[Experience gained: 150 points]
[“So Dragon Claw can be used for Battle Techniques too.”]
[“This is better than any sword.”]
[You estimate that the strength of your Dragon Claw is about the same as a golden-quality longsword, since many high-tier weapons are crafted from dragon claws]
[After the thrill fades, you look at the monster’s corpse on the ground with disdain]
[“This… is this really edible?”]
[“Winteria survives on these things every day, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”]
[Despite having the Endless Hunger talent, the thing before you still looks hard to swallow]
[“The taste… really isn’t great.”]
[Attacher devoured complete. Awakened talents: Dark Vision (Green), Climber (Blue)]
[Dark Vision (Green) has merged with Dragon Bloodline (Purple), further enhancing night vision]
[“Whoa, I can see things much more clearly now!”]
[Your original visual range was only about a hundred meters, but now you can see more than twice that distance, and with greater clarity]
[Climber (Blue): You can sleep and rest on walls]
[Seeing this talent, you’re overjoyed. If you can rest on walls, you should be able to fly out of this abyss]
[However, that kind of plan requires careful consideration. If you fail halfway, you might end up unable to go up or come back down]
[After finishing your first hunt, you explore the surrounding area a bit before returning to Winteria’s cave]
[Looking at the now-familiar surroundings, you can’t help but reminisce]
[Time flies. Since you fell here, you and Winteria have spent about four or five months together]
[During this period, your level has risen all the way to thirty]
[Your once-weak little wings can now stir up a strong gust of wind, and the scales on your body have become much harder]
[At first, Winteria would go out hunting and come back to feed you]
[Once you grew bigger, she began teaching you all sorts of things]
[Winteria patiently taught you how to fly, and more importantly, she passed on everything she knew about surviving in this abyss]
[In the abyss, you must never make loud noises. Using Dragon Flame or anything like that is practically suicide]
[Winteria said that a long time ago, she attracted an absolutely terrifying beast. She hid herself and barely survived by starving for over ten days until it finally left]
[You strictly follow her rules, which is the only reason Winteria agreed to let you hunt alone]
[During this time, you finally no longer needed to drink milk. You could directly eat the flesh of those monsters to absorb energy]
[Though Winteria felt a little regretful, since you could no longer level up by drinking milk, you decided to stop doing that strange thing altogether]
[And today, you no longer have to eat prey caught by Winteria—you can finally fill your own belly]
[Additionally, you’ve made a decision in your heart: you will explore deeper into the abyss, devour more different kinds of monsters, and only then will you have a real chance of escaping this place]
[“I have to bring Winteria out with me.”]
[Winteria, of course, has no idea about your resolve. She just feels that being with you brings her more joy than before]
[Especially lately, she rarely pays much attention to those two strange eggs anymore]
[“I wonder why those two eggs haven’t hatched after all this time.”]
[Of course, you suspect that might have something to do with Winteria’s past]
[The scars of memory can’t bear being reopened over and over again]
[So you never bring it up on your own]
[Finally, during one of your explorations, you spot something different]
[About ten-plus kilometers from the nest, massive worms begin to appear on the ground]
[It’s only when you charge at them and use Battle Techniques that you realize they only look like worms]
[They have noses and eyes, and even claws on their fronts. When they notice you, they start hissing like snakes warning off a threat]
[Though they look frightening, they can’t even damage you. Dragon scales are just too overpowered]
[Just like that, you easily slaughter several of them]
[“Good thing they’re not bugs…”]
[These creatures actually look like they might be edible]
[Wingless Two-Footed Dragon devoured complete. Awakened talent: Venom (Blue)]
[“You’re a dragon too?!”]
[Even though you don’t truly acknowledge them as kin, you’re still thrilled to gain a new talent]
[After swallowing the dragon flesh, you gaze toward the even darker distance]
[“The bold are fed, the timid starve. Charge!”]
[You carefully flap your wings and fly toward that direction]