Chapter 6: Unwilling

In fact, this is not any kind of gravity magic.

It was merely dragon might.

Dragon might is a very terrifying thing—a pressure unique to the dragon race. It seems formless and insubstantial, yet it truly exists and can even interfere with matter.

Crushing rock, sinking the earth, severing rivers—these are not impossibilities.

The moment the dragon's might swept forth, Wang Bo felt immense pressure bearing down on his entire body, as if this colossal force was about to crush him into meat paste.

Unfortunately, although Wang Bo's body of steel was not outstanding in magical defense, it possessed astonishing resistance in physical defense. Suppression akin to gravity like this was not enough to crush Wang Bo.

Of course, to say there was no effect would be nonsense.

Wang Bo endured the dragon's might; though not crushed, his speed slowed, as if swimming in water, his every movement no longer as fluid as before.

But even so, Wang Bo scrambled on all fours, still making his way toward the cave entrance.

He was not willing to stay here at all.

Unfortunately, although Wang Bo dared not be careless, the giant dragon reacted even faster. Seeing that its dragon might had not crushed Wang Bo into dust, the dragon glanced at him in surprise while flapping its wings.

In an instant, a fierce gust of wind swept forth, raging within the cave and blowing away countless gold coins and gems.

The cave spirit, however, did not bring down disaster.

Clearly, a spirit akin to a mountain god was no match for the giant dragon.

The instant the gale swept forth, the giant dragon took flight, like an arrow loosed from the bowstring, racing toward Wang Bo, its enormous claw reaching for his head.

The dragon's claw descended, fierce winds surging, tearing the air and emitting a sharp, whistling sound.

Wang Bo felt a tremendous force sweeping in from behind. Not daring to be careless, he hastily turned around and smashed his fist toward the descending dragon claw.

This time, Wang Bo did not dare hold back.

First he used the Ripple Qigong to strengthen his own power, then he gathered the magical energy of his entire body and concentrated it in his fist.

As this punch blasted out, the air exploded in an instant with a tremendous roar, the fierce fist force tearing open a vacuum. The power, like a mountain crumbling or a tsunami surging, surged upward with an overwhelming, unstoppable momentum all the way.

Roaring, surging, the peerless fist force delivered the most powerful strike Wang Bo had ever unleashed.

Then...

He was sent flying by the giant dragon's claw, his body instantly slamming into the wall, creating a large crater, with cracks radiating outward like a spiderweb.

In an instant, the entire cave shook violently.

Gravel and dust came rustling down.

Wang Bo was embedded in the wall, his face a mask of bitterness. It looked like he was going to meet his end today. Who the hell could have imagined that there would be a giant dragon inside the Miracle Treasure Cave?

This is damn unscientific.

After the giant dragon swatted Wang Bo away with one claw, it lowered its head to look at him; a glint seemed to flicker in its mouth. It was obvious that the creature intended to unleash its dragon breath and burn Wang Bo to death in a single blast.

At the critical moment, Wang Bo shouted, "Stop, I have something to say."

The giant dragon was rather surprised, but still paid no heed, the glow in its mouth intensifying.

Wang Bo shouted hysterically, "You are not the dragon of this world; I can send you back."

In that instant, the light in the dragon's mouth vanished.

Wang Bo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He had bet correctly—in the original story, there was no giant dragon in the cave, but this dragon had appeared, so it must be a transmigrator.

He struggled out from within the wall, feeling sore and aching all over, without a shred of strength.

This was the first time he had felt this way since becoming Superman.

In the past, he had always been full of energy and formidable in strength.

But now it was different. After taking a claw strike from the giant dragon, his whole body felt as if it were falling apart, which showed just how terrifyingly powerful this giant dragon truly was.

That punch of Wang Bo's was already at his peak, yet he was still ruthlessly crushed by the giant dragon.

This made Wang Bo very sad. Are all dragons this terrifying nowadays?

He stretched his body a bit, relying on Ripple Qigong to quickly recover his strength, and said, “Perhaps you don’t know me—allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wang Bo; in this world I am known as Jia Fang. I am an envoy of the Multiverse Deities.”

Facing the dragon, Wang Bo could only put up a bluff now.

"Some time ago, the multiverse experienced a collision, and many people from various worlds left their own worlds in a daze, arriving in unfamiliar ones."

"And I am the staff member responsible for sending lost people back to their own worlds."

"If you are willing, I can send you back to your original world right now."

Wang Bo looked at the giant dragon with a sincere expression.

The giant dragon looked at Wang Bo a few times, blinked its eyes, and said, "No!"

"Alright then, I'll send you right now... Huh? What did you say?" Wang Bo's eyes widened, feeling he must have misheard.

"I said, no!"

The dragon's voice was not as deep and majestic as one might imagine; instead, it carried a certain clarity, like the voice of a young girl.

This damn one is even a female dragon!

Wang Bo stared at the dragon with a blank expression. It was the first time he had seen someone unwilling to go home—no, a dragon.

This greatly surprised Wang Bo. "Why? Don't you want to go home?"

"If I wanted to go home, I could do it myself. Why would I need you?" The dragon unhesitatingly rejected Wang Bo's proposal. "And if I leave, the treasures in this cave would just be a windfall for you, wouldn't they? So I don't want to. Besides, once I go back, I'd have to go to war with humans—too much trouble. So I plan to rest here for a few hundred years."

For a moment, Wang Bo simply didn't know how to even begin to complain.

Are all long-lived species this capricious?

But, more importantly...

"Go back, you can go back on your own?" Wang Bo shouted ecstatically.

He had not imagined that he would actually encounter a dragon capable of active traversal here; it was simply inconceivable.

My luck is simply too good.

In Wang Bo's memory, those who could traverse of their own accord were few, but not nonexistent.

For example, the protagonist of "The Devil Is a Part-Timer!", Maou Sadao, who is Satan from another world, possesses the ability to open dimensions. After being defeated in his own world, he fled in panic to Japan on Earth.

And then there is the gate in 【Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought There!】 that connects the other world and Japan.

Then there are the gods of "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!" who can also send people to other worlds. From Aqua's words, it seems that these gods control not just one other world.

Beyond that, [Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?] also features the ability to actively traverse between worlds.

And Tet from "No Game No Life" can also summon people from Earth to his world.