The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 116: My adventures in the secret realm (3)

As I entered the Inner region, the number of monsters increased. It was not just the number but also the ranks of the monsters increased.

Even with such an increase, they didn't pose a problem for me. With my rank and skill levels, I chopped them as if they were vegetables. It was also good for me, as for a year, there was not much of a change in my rank. It has to change by the time I exit the secret realm.

I need to reach peak Tier-4 so that I can show that I am peak Tier-1 to the people and take on my promotion mission.

In this world, strength is the only thing that people respect. I stayed in Tier-1 for too long. If I stay in that rank anymore, they would think I am weak.

It can be considered average to reach Tier-2 by the end of the first year. By the end of the second year, most students would reach Tier-3. This was the general average.

After that, the rank-up takes a sharp turn. Most wouldn't enter Tier-4 by the end of five years. This was due to the difficulty of the Tier-4 promotion mission.

There is a huge difference between them, at least that is what I heard. I skipped Tier-1 to Tier-3 promotion missions. So I have no idea if there was a change in difficulty personally.

In a few days, I might experience that.

It was said that from the Tier-4 promotion mission onwards the difficulty of completing them would be increased exponentially.

It again changes at the Tier-7 promotion mission.

This was said after checking with various professionals who went through hell to complete those missions.

Though my mission wasn't that difficult on paper, it was. It caused a burden on my mind, that can't be eased.

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Though the monsters are a lot, the EXP gain is low. This is because I teamed up with Inari.

The EXP gained from solo hunting and group hunting are different. Though it was a disadvantage, I let her be my partner in hunting and gaining EXP.

Though as a Succubus, this is not how she gains rank, it can be done in this way too. I can consider this as compensation for keeping her with me for a year without her permission.

Though we belong to different races, doing this felt wrong but to rank up I could only do this.

Doing something wrong to strangers wouldn't be as horrifying as doing something to people who I have known. This was why I chose such an option but as time went on, it became a burden on my consciousness.

I looked everywhere to send her back and was finally able to find a way but the resources to do so are not easy to find. Finding those resources was also a reason why I had to enter this secret realm.

Finding and sending her back wouldn't erase the guilt I am feeling. So I thought it would be best to make her powerful than before and with that, she can have a good life when she returns home.

I don't know the specifics but from the conversations that we had, I don't think that she had a very high status at her home but still she wanted to return. It is her home after all.

The places I live and move around are places where humans live. If they see other races, it could cause a problem, especially when that person belongs to the demon race.

Though my kingdom is not at war with them, that doesn't mean that they tolerate demons on their soil. There would be repercussions if people saw her. So I could only let her out when we were alone and never in the out in public or open areas even if there were no people.

I can't foresee the future to know when people will come around.

So to avoid problems, I kept her in the pet world space. After the secret realm is done, she will be returning home. So whatever I can do to improve her, can only be done now.

Once I exit the secret realm, I will probably have all the items that I need to reverse summon her and she will be back at her home. Even if not all are available in this realm, I am quite confident that the Cosmic Market would have them and I could earn the credits required to buy them through the resources that I collect from this realm.

Anyway, having her as a partner is not much of a loss. I owe her this much. I can hunt a few more monsters to make up for the difference.

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Huh?

What is that?

I have never seen such a monster before. I should capture it. It looks small, so it probably wouldn't hate me too much after I do so. It would be bad if the tamed monster riots against its master.

There are such situations that occurred in the past and were recorded.

Most of the time, it occurs when one tames an adult monster. They should have established their own life and family as an adult. Taming that monster means that you are tearing it away from its family and most likely starving its family members who could be waiting for the monster to bring food back home.

These monsters would resent the tamers and when they have the chance, they would certainly betray their masters who might have caused their families to starve and die.

Even though they are monsters, they too give birth and have families. Though they are not as civilized as humans and other races, they too care for their cubs except for a few which even eat their children.

So it was decided that tamers have to bond with newborn cubs or unhatched monster eggs.

They won't have too much intelligence. As long as they were treated well, they wouldn't go against their masters. There is one warning issued though about taming cubs or unhatched eggs.

Make sure that their parents are nowhere near and they can't track you.

What I see is a cub but what I don't see is its parents.

If I tame it, there is a chance that the parents would appear and I have no idea what those monsters' strengths would be or the skills that they would possess.