Lumi didn’t imdiately answer. Her tone, when it ca, was thoughtful. More serious than usual.
[It’s your lineage. More specifically, both your Fire Dragon and Thunder Dragon bloodlines are True Emperor-grade. You’ve inherited traits directly from them, including their emotional cores. True Dragons are not gentle beings, Master. Especially Fire and Thunder Dragons—two of the most destructive dragons out there.]
Orion frowned. ’So... you’re saying they’re inherently quick to rage?’
[No, not just rage—destruction. Their nature itself is destructive. Their instincts are built on dominance. When you activated Dragon Instinct, you didn’t just get faster reaction speed. You also amplified your emotions many tis more.]
That explained a lot. He hadn’t been angry before activating the Dragon Instinct. But the mont he activated it, the re thought of being challenged by a worthless trash like Aeron seed far too offensive to him.
Orion exhaled slowly. ’Is there any way to control it?’
[Of course! That’s what training is for. You don’t have full control of your Dragon Instincts due to your young age. You are still only a Hatchling among Dragons, after all. After your second evolution, maybe it will get better.]
’Maybe?’ he asked speechlessly.
[Hehe I’m not sure since you are a special case, Master. Most True Dragons can’t fully control their instincts until they are Young Adults.]
’Hmm...’ He shut his eyes, letting the silence return for a mont.
[But hey, on the plus side—you looked really cool when you smacked that guy’s shoulder into pieces! (*≧▽≦)]
Orion smirked. ’Yeah, well... let’s try to master Dragon Instinct sooner so I won’t end up killing soone accidentally.’
[Good, that’s the way to think for moving forward!]
He shook his head with a chuckle, then shifted under the blanket. ’Anyway. Let’s talk about sothing practical now. I got 1070 High Grade Mana Crystals today from selling those artifacts. Can I use them to upgrade my inventory?’
[Absolutely! You have 7 System Points right now, and you need 900 to expand the inventory from 10 to 100 slots.]
Orion blinked. ’So I should have enough, right? Oh, I need to convert Mana Crystals into System Points first.’
[Yep! I can do it for you. Just say the word.]
’How much do I get from High Grade Crystals?’
[Standard exchange rate is 1 High Grade Mana Crystal = 1 System Point. So for 1070 crystals... you’ll get 1100 SP.]
’Did you fail your math exam?’
[(¬_¬)]
[It’s due to the uneven distribution of Mana among them—so have higher, so lower. The System transforms the Mana inside the Crystals, not the number of them.]
’Ah, I forgot about that. Been a while since I exchanged Mana Crystals for SP.’
[So, do you want to upgrade the Inventory, or... GO GAMBLING!!!]
’...’
He speechlessly looked at the system screen, seeing her so excited about it. ’You just want to suffer. Are you trying to make sink deeper and deeper into gambling addiction?’
[Cough, nothing like that, Master. I just thought you might get sothing better from gambling than inventory expansion. Like maybe an Inner World Seed which you can grow in your body? Then you can store all the things in the world you want.]
Orion, listening to her words, felt a flicker of temptation rise—but he hurriedly shook his head, brushing it off like a bad idea. ’I have more chances of stumbling across a Divine Sword in this world than getting an Inner World Seed from Gacha.’
Lumi’s voice piped up again, tone mischievous and full of barely restrained excitent.
[So should I expand the Inventory? Or—]
He sighed, rubbing his temple. ’Just expand the inventory.’
She giggled softly, her tone laced with teasing charm.
[Are you sure, Master? Maybe not an Inner World Seed, but like, sothing to make you grow stronger in a short while?]
His brows twitched. ’Expand the inventory.’
[Are you sure?] she asked again, this ti with a mock-innocent tone.
Orion raised his hand as if to throttle soone through the air and muttered through a tired sigh, ’Yes.’
[Should I lock in your choice?] Lumi pressed on sweetly.
He stared at the System screen, expression deadpan. A long pause passed.
’...Yes.’
[You sure you won’t regret it?] she added with the tone of a devil whispering on his shoulder.
Orion let out an audible groan, collapsing back into the bed as he pulled the blanket over his face. ’Fucking hell, just expand it, you damn gambling addict.’
[Ding!]
[900 SP consud to expand the Inventory.]
[Inventory (10 → 100)]
-Damaged World Tree Seed (Supre Grade)
-Strange Stone (Unknown Grade)
-600 Tons of at (Common Grade)
-Bonesteel Sword (High Grade Treasure / Tier 9)
-Moonberry x9,975 (Common Grade)
-Thunderstrike Bow (Common Grade / Tier 8)
-Emberstone Staff (Common Grade / Tier 9)
-Spatial Blink Rune (Uncommon Grade)
-Three Lives Morning Dew (Uncommon Grade)
-Convergence Sigil (Legendary Grade)
’Finally!’ Orion removed the blanket and looked at the screen. ’Hmm, show all of my treasures in the Spatial Ring.’
[Ding!]
She showed a long list of items in front of him, neatly arranged under different categories: Weapons, Accessories, Utility Items, and Special Treasures.
He looked at it for so ti. ’Alright, then put the treasures in my Inventory—Stone Poison Blade, Windsteel Blade, Thunder Wood Armor, Shadowviel Band, Windshard Pendant, Nightshade Ring, Solarflare Pendant, Bracelet of Minor Fortitude—oh damn, I forgot I bought this, should’ve used it during training.’
[You can’t utilize Mana Armants before forming a Rune, Master.]
’Uh... I see. Well anyway, continue with putting in Runestone Hamr, Crystalwatch Compass, Binding Chains of Aelgar, Echoing Horn of Rally, Beastbone Arrow Set, Thundersteel Shard, Runic Mana Stone, Beast Lure Flute, Herd Collection, Elixir of ntal Clarity, Emberfla Grimoire, Fire Apprentice Spellbook, Azure Ice Rune Scroll, Abyssal Shadow Stone.’
[Done, Master! All the treasures are now in your Inventory.]
’Sort them out as they were sorted in my storage ring.’
[Done!]
’Wow, aren’t you quite efficient today.’
Lumi chuckled and cheekily said,
[I’m just built different. (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ]
’Sure, sure. Now show the inventory.’ He lazily said.
[Ding!]
[Inventory – 28/100 Slots Used]
Inventory expanded. System auto-sort enabled.
Categories: Weapons | Accessories | Utility | Special | Consumables
[Weapons]
-Bonesteel Sword (Common Grade Treasure / Tier 9)
-Thunderstrike Bow (Common Grade / Tier 8)
-Emberstone Staff (Common Grade / Tier 9)
-Stone Poison Blade (Common Grade / Tier 6)
-Windsteel Blade (Common Grade / Tier 5)
[Accessories]
-Thunder Wood Armor (Common Grade / Tier 9)
-Shadowviel Band (Uncommon Grade)
-Windshard Pendant (Common Grade / Tier 5)
-Nightshade Ring (Common Grade / Tier 8)
-Solarflare Pendant (Common Grade / Tier 8)
-Bracelet of Minor Fortitude (Common Grade / Tier 3)
[Utility Items]
-Runestone Hamr (Common Grade / Tier 7 – Runesmithing Tool)
-Crystalwatch Compass (Common Grade / Tier 8 – Navigation)
-Binding Chains of Aelgar (Common Grade / Tier 6 – Restraint Artifact)
-Echoing Horn of Rally (Common Grade / Tier 4 – Support Tool)
-Beastbone Arrow Set (x100) (Common Grade / Tier 3)
-Runic Mana Stone (Common Grade / Tier 7 – Runic Item)
-Beast Lure Flute (Common Grade / Tier 5 – Beast Control)
-Herd Collection (Common Grade / Tier 3)
-Thundersteel Shard (Common Grade / Tier 6 – Material)
-Abyssal Shadow Stone (Common Grade – ???)
[Special Treasures]
-Damaged World Tree Seed (Supre Grade – ???)
-Strange Stone (Unknown Grade – ???)
-Convergence Sigil (Legendary Grade – ???)
[Consumables]
-Moonberry x9,950 (Common Grade – Elven Food)
-Three Lives Morning Dew (Uncommon Grade – Rare Elixir)
-Elixir of ntal Clarity (Common Grade / Tier 8 – Focus Boost)
-Emberfla Grimoire (Uncommon Grade – Fire Spells)
-Fire Apprentice Spellbook (Common Grade / Tier 3 – Fire Basics)
-Azure Ice Rune Scroll (Common Grade / Tier 9 – Ice Spell Scroll)
-Spatial Blink Rune (Uncommon Grade – One-ti Use Blink Rune)
[See? Look how clean and neat your inventory is now! Even people with OCD will approve of this one. (ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ ]
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