Raelis smiled at his handiwork. It was a bit grotesque, but it was more than enough to get the job done.
He had stabbed the pursuer's head with his own curved sword, and then Raelis proceeded to pin it to a nearby tree.
It was a harrowing sight, and frankly, it made him sick.
However, if it was enough to make him sick, that ant the others would very likely feel even worse.
Therefore, with that finished, Raelis planned to leave, but when he shot the man's body one final glance, he spotted so kind of glowing golden-white object near his heart.
It was barely noticeable since it was hidden by clothing, but from the small hole, Raelis managed to spot it.
He took the man's shirt off and glanced at the object in question.
It was an extrely small fla that resembled his own, and when he focused on it, sothing surprising happened.
[Ding!]
[Dominion Fla has been activated!]
Dominion Fla: Your fla grows stronger by absorbing other flas, bloodlines, and elental essences. Each unique source grants a small permanent boost to heat intensity, elental resistance, or special fla effects. Only three traits may be active at once. New traits take ti to integrate, and unstable absorption may cause backlash.
[Ding!]
[Trait: Swordsmanship Talent (dium-Grade)]
—Description: Your talent with any blade-related weapon is enhanced significantly.[Personalized notice: This trait does not apply to daggers or knives.]
[Do you wish to assimilate with this Trait? Yes / No]
[Notice: You may, at any ti, remove the Trait from your being. If you do so, you will still retain the Trait's partial effects; however, you will suffer a 50% decrease in your mana pool for 31 days.]
Raelis stared at the pop-ups with wide eyes. He had nearly forgotten about the special effect he got not too long ago.
In fact, he thought it only worked on those who had special bloodlines, but clearly, it worked on soone who was pretty ordinary.
But... is this everything I could've extracted from his bloodline? Unless he had a sword-related bloodline, then I don't understand...
There were many variations of bloodlines, and they included increased mastery over arts as well.
It could be better comprehension of blacksmithing, alchemy, and tailoring. Swordsmanship, archery, and spearsmanship.
But that was only the tip of the iceberg. There were way too many bloodlines like that to count.
It really makes wonder what Clea's bloodline really is. She can shapeshift, but she can also make her nails extrely sharp. There's definitely more... but maybe she'll share that with soti in the future. I don't want to pry into her life too much.
Anyhow, since the person he killed very likely had a bloodline related to swordsmanship, Raelis was unsure of what to do.
He wasn't a swordsman. But he also had a persona he wanted to develop for the Black Lotus identity, Amon.
A swordsman with a revolver. It was sothing he had been thinking of for a while now; he just wasn't sure because he wasn't the best at swordsmanship.
But if this could solve that issue, Raelis was more than willing to sacrifice one of his three Trait slots.
So, just like that, he pressed "Yes" and began the assimilation.
He was expecting sothing grand to happen; however, there was nothing.
Or so he thought, when all of a sudden, information flooded his brain.
Basic stances, swinging posture, counters, and even the perfect trajectory for where his sword had to travel.
And within that sa instant, the flood of information stopped.
Raelis staggered backward, hitting a tree as a couple of pop-ups appeared before him.
[Trait: Swordsmanship Talent (dium-Grade) has been added to your list of traits!]
[Current Traits]
1. Swordsmanship Talent (dium-Grade)
2. Empty
3. Empty
But just when he thought that was the end of the surprises, he felt the fla in his heart grow significantly warr.
And when he checked his status, he realized it really had.
Na: Raelis Varekan
Age: 16
Race: Human
—Fla Core: 3 Fla Rings
Fla: ??? Primordial Fla (★★★☆ — Mastery: 15% → 87%)
↳ Dominion Fla [1/6]
—Bloodline: Cinder Phoenix
Purity: 28% → 29% (Kindle)
Next Rank: 30% (Fla)
—Attributes:
Vitality: 204 → 225
Perception: 198 → 225
Willpower: 191 → 225
Magic Control: 210 → 225
—Traits:
Swordsmanship Talent (dium-Grade)
—Abilities:
Fla Singularity (★★★★★☆ — Mastery: 0% → 4%)
Fireball (★★★☆ — Mastery: 81% → 97%)
Fire Manipulation (★★★☆ — Mastery: 29% → 87%)
Heat Control (★★☆ — Mastery: 30% → 79%)
Heat Resistance Barrier (★★★☆ — Mastery: 3%)
Fla Step (★☆ — Mastery: 9% → 92%)
Passive Fla Sense (★☆ — Mastery: 21%)
—Techniques:
Flying Knife Technique (★★☆ — Mastery: 24%)
Dagger Combat Technique (★★★☆ — Mastery: 9% → 14%)
Stealth Technique (★★★☆ — Mastery: 1%)
Fla Body Technique (★★☆ — Mastery: 1%)
—Resistances:
Acid Resistance (★☆ — Mastery: 1%)
Fire Resistance (★★☆ — Mastery: 42%)
It seed like every single technique, ability, or resistance related to fire had increased a big amount. Even the Phoenix Egg's hatching progress doubled.
The abilities that were previously difficult to increase even with maximum effort had jumped up significantly.
Even Fla Singularity... It's a last-ditch effort ability. I'm not using it any ti soon, Raelis thought, then focused on the Fla Body technique.
He was at 0 stars before assimilating with the trait, and now it had jumped up to 2 stars.
At a single star, he could infuse his body with his actual fla, which would obviously be the dangerous Primordial Fla. And at 2 stars, he could alter the Primordial Fla with extre precision.
He could turn his body into a deadly concentrated fla weapon that could burst at any mont, but of course, Raelis was not suicidal enough to try that right away, so instead, he focused on his other gains and finally resud his journey.
Killing that pursuer was an incredible boon, and he was sure that now he would have even less trouble dealing with the demons.
Especially because his Bloodline Purity went up.
If I can get the Phoenix Tear fast and refine my fla beside the dying phoenix, I should be able to break through into the [Fla] bloodline purity rank.
And he had already fulfilled the prerequisite, which was having a third Fla Ring, as well as advanced mastery over the Fla.
So all I need now is that last 1%.
With those pleasant thoughts, Raelis hopped inside the shadows and sped up, heading straight for the Azteran mountain range.
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