The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 45: Improving my Bloodline

After returning home, I spent ten days, selling items that I acquired and in no need, while buying items that I need for improving my bloodline. In addition to them, I brought a few other items that would help me in the future.

I did that because I knew that some of the goons of those elders should be following me to find out if I was the reason behind their disappearance. The third elder hired the assassins and they were supposed to report my death a long time ago.

On the first day of my arrival, I saw the third elder's expression. He was frustrated and angry but experienced well enough to mask those feelings. Though he may be good at hiding, but the others in his faction aren't, especially the eighth elder, whose grandson I humbled at the city's entrance.

Even though I didn't do much, except to tell him who in the family actually has power, I am sure that he should have exaggerated the issue. It has been the same since we were children. Whatever I do to him, he would increase the effect by ten times.

Though they should be sure that I am not yet Tier-1 at that point, they don't know if I killed them using any props that could have helped me to overcome them.

Even if you are at a lower rank, there are many props in this world that can help you kill someone of a higher rank. The only problem was that they were not easy to make and were very costly. So unless you are a child of a wealthy and powerful family or the child of destiny, don't even dream of owning props like that.

I knew that they would want to make sure that I was not responsible for the disappearance of the assassins and I was right to take caution. They sent some Tier-3 agents to follow me in secret. The issue was they were so sure that I couldn't detect them, they kept a close eye on me.

If they were far away, they wouldn't have entered my detection range but they got too close and found out about their existence. So I had to spend money on various items to confuse them and the reason why it took too much time.

Anyway, now that everything is ready, I can proceed with improving the bloodline. I had to wait until it was night to do this, or else it could everyone about what I was doing. The night would be the only time that they would forget about my presence for a long time.

Once the dinner was over, I locked my room and switched on the soundproof barrier. Well, it was said that the process would be painful and my screams could wake the others up.

Now, the process begins.

I drew the ritual circles on the ground. I have to stand inside them, then chant a few spells and consume the resources. I have no idea why I have to do that. It was only mentioned that this would be less painful. So I did exactly as prescribed. Why mess with something that's already working?

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AAARRRHHHH....It hurts, it fucking hurts. It doesn't work at all.

Why do I have to go through this to improve my strength?

There are many other ways to improve the attributes and most of them are much easier and not at all painful like this. There are treasures that directly improve one's attributes, though there is a limit on how many that they can take.

It still would be the best way to improve your attributes rather than by this way, where one has to go through excruciating pain.

Ah, it seems that I going to lose consciousness. I really should think about my choices clearly after I wake up.

Thud!

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Ahhhh-hhaaaaaa, Oh, it looks like it is already morning. Wait, it's morning already?

I immediately checked the time. It was only six in the morning. I breathed out in relief. I it was before I went to the forest, that I had to wake up at five in the morning for my daily training. Now, that I no longer need such training as I was at the cusp of reaching Tier-1.

Speaking of Tier-1, I had some awkward talk with my parents when they asked me about the mission. Though the mission has to be completed by the one who was taking the mission, others can help them indirectly. This is why the children of the nobles have a high success rate and get promoted to higher ranks when compared to commoner-born children.

I couldn't really tell them about my mission and the choices I got anyway. So I told them that I could easily complete the mission on my own and didn't need any help on that matter and that was it. They didn't bring that up again.

Now, let's see what those pains and screams are worth. I hope that I improved something.

"Status"

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Name: Magnus Frostwolf

Age: 14 (nearing 15)

Titles: Son of Viscount; Great Slayer; Hidden Smiden; Dungeon Conqueror;

Primary Class: Draconic Warlock

Secondary Class: Soul Arbiter (Unique)

Affinity: Shadow, Blood, Space

Bloodline: Black Dragon (2% Purity)

Physique: Devourer Physique (EX)

Talent: Ritualistic Summoning (EX)

Trait: Silk Smooth Skin; Sleepy; Aurum Skin;

Rank: Tier-3

Level: 100

Health Points (HP): 128,828,117

Strength (STR): 750

Endurance (END): 800

Dexterity (DEX): 315

Agility (AGI): 800

Intelligence (INT): 12,755,170

Magic Power (MP): 130,103,700

Soul Energy: 5,500 (+200%)

Class Skills: Shadow Bolt; Blood Dominance; Draconic Magic; Shadow Curse; Blood Heal; Shadow Shift; Blood Lock; Draconic Pressure; Shadow Merge; Blood Drain; Soul Judge; Soul Prison; Soul Container;

Special Skills: Rank Booster; Status Disguise;

Refined Skills: Shadow Bolt Volley Lv. 6;

Skills: Evade Lvl. 8; Dodge Lvl. 9; Sprint Lvl. 7; Alertness Lvl. 9; Devour Lvl. 5; Fusion Lvl.

10; Split Lv. 10; Demon Gaze Lvl. 3; Strengthen Lvl. 9; Tag & Track Lvl. 2; Night Vision Lvl. 5; Spatial Storage Lvl.

3; Mind Control Lvl. 1; Mind Probe Lvl. 1; Mind Defence Lvl. 1; Dragon Blood Evolution Lvl. 1;

Resistances: Physical Resistance Lvl. 10; Light Resistance Lvl. 3; Poison Resistance Lvl. 2; Magic Resistance (Non-Attribute) Lvl. 3; Space Resistance Lvl. 2; Fire Resistance Lv.

2; Water Resistance Lvl. 2; Mind Resistance Lv. 1;

Weapon Arts: Intermediate Staff Arts Lvl. 8

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YES! YES YES!!!!

My attributes indeed increased. It was not just STR, STA, AGI, and MP but also my INT increased. Though those improvements look insignificant with me having such huge attribute values, they are still welcome.

As I mentioned before, this is a magic world and anything can be possible here, as long as you the ways to do it and understand the rules to do so.