Draco and Eva left the Inner Universe and ca out of the Anomaly Realm in the Aether Castle. After their one-week break to get so other thing done, it was about ti they headed over to the location of the Tower of Babylon.
At this ti, he went over to the area in which Qiong Qi and Clarent resided with their families. During the three and a half months since they returned from the Refinent God’s Treasury, Nea and Sphea, Qiong Qi’s two daughters, had begun to wean themselves of Sheera’s b.r.e.a.s.tmilk.
They had beco a little bigger, also manifesting similar traits to their closer affiliation between their parents. Nea was more like her father with the traits of a Divine Lion while Sphea was more like her mother with the traits of a Manticore.
Qiong Qi had been mating with Sheera since then, but they had yet to get another successful batch of cubs. After all, Qiong Qi had climbed to Rank 3 in tandem with Draco, so more of his power had been released.
Of course, as Draco’s contracted mount, Sheera too had ascended when he went to Rank 2 and further to Rank 3.
｢Na: Sheera - Rank 2 -> 3 Manticore
MON Str: 70 -> 100
MON Dex: 60 -> 120
MON End: 50 -> 90
MON Int: 30
MON Cha: 30
MON Lck: 50
Abilities: Poison Sting, Fury Swipes, Green Fire Blast (New).
Traits: Flight, Petrification, Agility (New).｣
｢Poison Sting – Ability
Effect: Pierce an enemy with a scorpion stinger to poison them. This drains 1% HP per second.
Duration: 20 seconds -> 25 seconds
Cooldown: 8 minutes -> 6 minutes.｣
｢Fury Swipes – Ability
Effect: Slash out at enemies with condensed energy from the claw, dealing 40% -> 50% damage from a distance.
Cooldown: 5 seconds -> 4 seconds.｣
｢Green Fire Blast – Ability
Effect: Channel the poison elent and the fire elent existing within the user’s body and erge them, forming a ball of green fire that burns and dissolves targets on contact. This deals 30% fire and poison damage to a single target as well as draining 0.1% HP per second.
Duration: 10 seconds.
Cooldown: 3 minutes.｣
｢Flight – Trait
Effect: Can take to the air at will. A maximum of three -> four people can be safely carried when in the air.｣
｢Petrification – Trait
Effect: Any entity that is stung by the poison stinger will be turned to stone for a period of ti dependent on their Endurance.｣
Effect: Possess a great amount of dexterity and speed, up to 2 tis your base ability in both these fields.｣
Her increases weren’t too crazy, but it could be seen that Sheila was mostly a status effect/damage over ti monster rather than a lee, magical, or crowd control one. On any other player, her abilities would be so broken as to allow them to step out of diocrity and onto the level of core mbers of Umbra.
Her stats had increased in various fields, with Dexterity being the highest this ti compared to Strength which was her highest during Rank 2. Sheera had been excited when she saw that she acquired Green Fire Blast, which was the Manticore favored skill for long-range attacks.
Agility was also well looked upon because one thing cat-like species loved were flexibility and agility. Sheera was likely even better in this regard than Qiong Qi, who was more of a defensive/power-based lion rather than a mystic/agility-based lion like Sheera.
Of course, it was likely that Nea and Sphea would inherit both of these characteristics, which was why Sheera had been interested in mating with Qiong Qi anyway.
Her size had also increased slightly, almost reaching Qiong Qi’s level, and she was now able to carry up to four people on her back during her flight. Of course, since Draco and Eva themselves could fly, this beca far less useful.
Then again, Sheila did co from a Legendary Rank scroll, so this much was to be expected. Nea and Sphea were Sheera’s kids, not Draco’s contracted beasts, so he was unable to see their exact stats.
The sa went for Qiong Qi, who, although being his mount on paper, was too far ahead of Draco for his ’master’ to even glimpse any of the fellow’s blasted skills or stats. After finding the shaless lion, he inford their family that they were to move into the Inner Universe and helped them facilitate this.
Sheera and her two daughters were cooperative, choosing a adowland to be their ho on the floating island in the void. Qiong Qi raised up a ruckus, demanding that he be given governor rights as well as a castle half the size of the island.
In response, Draco roared ’THIS. IS. MY. WORLD!’ then kicked Qiong Qi off the edge of the island, plunging him into the abyss and starting the war between the Morningstar’s 300 mbers against the legions who had been subdued by the Divine Lion!
Cough, of course, that was impossible. Rather, Qiong Qi howled like a little girl, his screams so loud that even the Eternal Tree shrunk its leaves in sha on his behalf.
After letting him fall over and over about 50 tis, Draco grabbed him back onto the island, in which a frightened Qiong Qi quickly rolled on his belly and made cute ow sounds.
Utterly disgusted, Draco kicked him down and sent him for another 50 loops before letting the matter go.
After dealing with the Lion, he headed over to the area of the Dragons. Clarent was sunbathing here with Chrona, and the two seed happy with their current life. Clarent’s treatnt of the forr wyrm was much better now that she had evolved into a Drake.
That’s right, with Draco and Hikari’s help over the past 3 months, the shy wyrm was now a beautiful silvery-blue Drake that was about three sizes smaller than the Rank 3 Clarent.
｢Na: Clarent - Rank 3 A.d.u.l.t Dragon
MON Str: 150 -> 250
MON Dex: 150 -> 250
MON End: 150 -> 250
MON Int: 150 -> 250
MON Spr: 150 -> 250
MON Cha: 150 -> 250
MON Lck: 150 -> 250
Abilities: Fireball, Flapillar, Immolation, Fla Explosion, Fire Claw, Sea of Flas, Magma Wave (New), Rain of Fire (New)
Traits: Divine Origin, Fire Immunity, Dragon’s Fire, Boost, Fire Ward, Magical Resistance (New), Fire Affinity (New), Aether Production.｣
｢Fireball – Ability
Effect: Shoot a ball of fire at a target within 500 -> 5000 yards. This deals 45% -> 75% fire damage.
Cooldown: 2 seconds -> 0.5 seconds.｣
｢Flapillar – Ability
Effect: Cause an eruption of fire at a certain location that engulfs an area of 15 -> 75 yards. This deals 125% -> 350% fire damage per second.
Duration: 15 seconds -> 45 seconds
Cooldown: 3 minutes -> 1 minute.｣
｢Immolation – Ability
Effect: Set a target within 75 -> 500 yards afla from the inside out. This deals 200% -> 500% fire damage.
Duration: 7 seconds -> 12 seconds
Cooldown: 6 minutes -> 3.5 minutes.｣
｢Fla Explosion – Ability
Effect: Cause a huge explosion in an area of 20 -> 100 miles. This deals 200% -> 500% fire damage.
Cooldown: 15 minutes -> 10 minutes.｣
｢Fire Claw – Ability
Effect: Imbue the fire elent into the user’s claws, dealing 15% -> 60% fire damage with each swipe for the duration.
Duration: 1 minute -> 2 minutes
Cooldown: 3 minutes -> 2 minutes.｣
｢Sea of Flas – Ability
Effect: Spray a great amount of fire over an Area Zone, setting it alight. This deals 500% -> 1000% fire damage.
Duration: 5 minutes -> 10 minutes
Cooldown: 1 day -> 20 hours.｣
｢Magma Wave – Ability
Effect: Spawn a huge wave of flowing magma that covers an area of 500 yards. This deals 150% fire damage and disintegrates anything caught within the wave.
Cooldown: 30 minutes -> 25 minutes.｣
｢Rain of Fire – Ability
Effect: Call down a rain of fire over an area of 20 miles that pelts anything within with little balls of intense fla. This deals 1% fire damage per strike from a hailstone of fire.
Duration: 30 seconds
Cooldown: 20 minutes -> 15 minutes｣
｢Dragon’s Fire – Trait
Effect: 200% -> 300% to all fire damage.｣
｢Fire Ward – Trait
Effect: A permanent aura of fire surrounds the user, blocking 20% -> 30% of all damage.｣
｢Magical Resistance – Trait
Effect: With the great magical acuity and favorability the Dragon race possesses with magic, the user has a permanent 15% resistance against all magical attacks.｣
｢Fire Affinity – Trait
Effect: As a pureblooded Fire Dragon, your affinity with the elent of fire is the strongest among all races in the universe. As such, all cooldowns for fire-related skills and spells are reduced by 30%.｣
Clarent’s improvent was, as usual, horrifying. He was a basic Fire Dragon rising the ranks right now even though his soul was Divine, but just look at this growth. Now, was it clear to all why Dragons had been hailed as the number 1 race?
However, when comparing Clarent to Hikari there was a huge gap. One could only wonder what the kind of growth top-tier Dragons like the Crystal, Light, Dark, Gold, Space, and Ti Dragons would have if even a Fire Dragon had such increases.
From a Young Dragon to an A.d.u.l.t Dragon, his size had increased by at least twofold. Now, he finally looked like a dragon one would expect a heroic knight to fight against to save the damsel in distress.
At Rank 1, he was originally the size of a computer, big enough that he wasn’t tiny, but small enough to still sowhat comfortably sit on Draco’s shoulders if need be.
At Rank 2, he was about the size of a 4x4 luxury car. His body had beco less chubby and sleeker, while his muscles began to show all over his body. His snout had beco longer, while his ridges and spines had beco longer and sharper. His wings had also beco longer and firr, allowing him to fly faster, longer, and easier.
Now at Rank 3, he was about the size of a house. Any human that stood before him would have to crane their necks to make eye contact with him. His body had beco even spikier with two red horns appearing on either side of his forehead.
His teeth had beco longer and sharper, his scales far firr and glossy, while his wings now spread almost 20 ters on either side of his body.
Chrona had long laid their egg and just like Draco and Hikari they were waiting for it to hatch. Unfortunately, the gestation period was far longer for the duo, about 5 years. Draco and Hikari only got to take a shortcut because Draco’s human genes had greatly reduced the duration.
Clarent was even lucky that Chrona had been a wyrm when she had conceived the egg, as it could have taken upwards of 20 years if both of them had been pureblooded Dragons.
Clarent didn’t make a fuss like Qiong Qi upon entering the Inner Universe. He simply requested a Dragonperch for himself, Chrona, and their future brood. Then, he flew up there peacefully with his partner, settling down.
Draco however, narrowed his eyes.
Trying to act like a tad husband and family man? Too naive! A hooligan would always remain a hooligan, no matter the day or age!
If Qiong Qi couldn’t help but cause trouble, how would that bastard Clarent be able to hold back?
It didn’t take long for Draco to be proven right, the mont Clarent had settled into the Dragonperch, he turned around and took a deep breath before bellowing for everyone to hear.
"Listen up! This Inner Universe is now the property of the Dragon Race! Everyone shall co here every day to make offerings to for protection, solidarity, and good living! Refusal to do so will make your crotch sll, your eyes turn yellow and your teeth rot!"
Draco, and every else’s face blanched at how cruel Clarent was. Just imagine if the fellow had the ability to make curses real, who could tolerate such a hefty punishnt?
Imdiately, Draco rushed over and beat Clarent off his Dragonperch, also sending him down into the void for 50 loops. Clarent howled in fear continually, not as pathetic as Qiong Qi, but still quite shafully.
When Draco brought him back on dry land, the fellow quickly wore a traditional Japanese samurai’s attire and knelt on his hind legs.
"SHOGUN! This unfaithful warrior will now commit seppuku to avail my cris! Please don’t send down that void again!" Clarent cried out with a knife placed against his belly.
He roared valiantly as he pierced the knife into himself and fell over, his eyes slowly closing as the breath of life left him. Draco on the side only watched with a neutral expression.
Clarent popped open one eye slightly to see if his lay worked, but before he could even tell, Draco had kicked him down the void for another 50 loops. Once he ca back, the fellow was shaking like he had been traumatized, making Draco burst into laughter as he pointed his index finger right at Clarent’s snout.
His mocking laugh was so painful to hear that Clarent burst into tears and ran away crying.
After bullying Clarent, Draco turned to Eva who was in the midst of accommodating Luxia in her own Heavenly Palace. She created a Tree of Light where Luxia would be able to perch whenever she was on standby instead of being kept in her inventory.
It had to be said that Luxia had also changed once she hit Rank 3.
｢Na: Luxia - Rank 2 -> 3 Light Phoenix
MON Str: 100 -> 150
MON Dex: 100 -> 150
MON End: 100 -> 150
MON Int: 100 -> 150
MON Spr: 100 -> 150
MON Cha: 100 -> 150
MON Lck: 100 -> 150
Abilities: Light Blade, Wings of Light, Light Barrier, Afterimage, Light Beam (New), Light Bomb (New).
Traits: Streak, Self-Restore, Autonomy, Elentalize, Purify (New).｣
｢Light Blade – Ability
Effect: Send out a blade of Light Energy that deals 100% -> 150% Light Damage to one target.
Cooldown: 8 seconds -> 6 seconds.｣
｢Wings of Light – Ability
Effect: Coat one’s wings with Light Energy and bombard an area with slashes of light. Deals 1% Light Damage with every hit.
Duration: 30 seconds -> 1 minute.
Cooldown: 30 seconds -> 1 second.｣
｢Light Barrier – Ability
Effect: Create a barrier made of the purest Light Energy that resists all physical and magical attacks and negates damage by 10% -> 20%.
Duration: 30 seconds -> 1 minute.
Cooldown: 5 minutes -> 4 minutes.｣
｢Afterimage – Ability
Effect: Instantaneously move in a single direction so quickly that an afterimage is left behind where you once stood to receive damage on your behalf.
Cooldown: 10 minutes -> 8 minutes.｣
｢Light Beam – Ability
Effect: Concentrate Light Energy into a beam and fire it out, striking a single target and lacerating them. This deals 120% -> 180% Light damage.
Cooldown: 5 minutes -> 4 minutes.｣
｢Light Bomb – Ability
Effect: Focus a great amount of Light Energy into a circular-shaped bomb that can be flung out to strike all targets within a range of 1 mile, which is the explosion radius. This deals 500% -> 1000% Light damage.
Cooldown: 30 minutes -> 25 minutes.｣
｢Self-Restore – Trait
Effect: Absorb Light Energy to restore HP by 2% -> 3% per minute.｣
｢Elentalize – Trait
Effect: The user is able to fully transform their body into an elental form relating to their greatest affinity. In this case, the Light Phoenix can beco an existence of purest Light.｣
｢Purify – Trait
Effect: Due to the deluge of Light Energy radiated by the user, all darkness-related or evil-aligned beings automatically find themselves becoming cleansed of their nature.｣
Luxia’s size hadn’t increased much, but her beauty was far more potent. Her feathers trailed behind her, flapping as glowing as she flew and the ambient Light Energy that coursed around her ford an aura that made her look holy.
Eva was hugging Luxia’s neck tightly while the two cuddled each other lovingly. Draco smiled at this, for he knew that in the previous tiline, Eva did not have any pets nor did she like them, especially after she had degraded into Riveting Night.
As such, Luxia was her first and it was obvious that Eva loved her Light Phoenix just as much as her Light Phoenix loved her.
Seeing the bond between the two, Draco had to think about his own situation. Weren’t there so fellows like Essence Stalker who he had never interacted with in the previous tiline?
He had already delayed the Unique Quest for a bit and it was not like it would run anywhere, so why not spend so ti with their friends beforehand?
Draco could gather his boys, Rambunctious, Essence, Fitter, and Armonia to go and cause trouble in town while Eva could throw a party or sothing with her girls Subli, Keira, Lucia, and Hera who had been the Three Pinnacles of Darkrow.
It would be far more fun and interesting, also very good for them. Draco didn’t need to say this to Eva as he had already conveyed the idea to her through their connection, so Eva let go of Luxia’s neck and kissed the Light Phoenix one last ti.
She then teleported beside Draco using her Spaceti Regulation and nodded her head with a smile.
"That is a great idea."
The White-Haired Duo then left the Inner Universe and entered the Aether Castle once more, where most of the core mbers had moved into per Draco’s instructions. While their manors out there were great, they were nothing compared to a single suite in the Aether Castle, so many lived here while keeping their mistresses at ho.
It was easy for Draco to lure his targets out, as they too were kinda bored at this ti. Essence who was normally training repeatedly had reached a bottleneck, so he was resting, while RamB.u.t.t was currently painting a booty so grand that even the best h.e.n.t.a.i artists would kneel.
Armonia had long gotten rid of Qiong Qi and was seriously researching everything about Tradeskills in one of the libraries. Draco had even given him access to so Divine equipnt Norma had created in passing.
Fitter was in the process of laying the pipe down on Slim Fatty, so Draco decided to co later. He also called over Tunder who was still out in the world exploring and discovering new things.
Eva had an easier ti gathering her girls. Subli was in the office working, and hearing that she could cause trouble with Eva again made her burst into tears. Eva actually felt bad, like she had really been bullying the poor evil lolitician.
She then gathered her three forr best friends, Keira who had been training, Hera who had been helping Subli with paperwork, and Lucia who had been receiving so ’at’ from Silent Walker.
Amused, Eva also called over Jada and Jade who had been out clearing dungeons, and then finally called Rina who had been fl.i.c.k.i.n.g the bean to a picture of Draco.
Soon, the two groups set out to have their fun.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Author’s Note: I’m sure you’ve all noticed the fluctuating release schedule of Guild Wars in recent days. It beca worse after I got sick a while back too.
Well, the reason is because writing 5k words a day isn’t easy for in particular. It not even just the quality, but the fact that it’s spread across two different stories.
It seriously throws on a loop, especially when one of them beca intense while the other is still building up, or when one requires technical details like levels, stats, and skills and the other is focused on dialogue and the like.
Because I have to do this every day, it’s like writing two different exams on the sa day, separate by re hours of each other... every single day.
I’ll try my best to maintain a schedule, but sodays, I just end up behind my computer, just unsure of what to do next and which to write first.
Reviews
All reviews (0)