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Chapter 15: The Old Mage
Several hundred round, beneath the valley between the shattered peaks, a small cave existed This cave was blocked off from the surface, and filled with an incredibly heavy aura of death
This aura was so powerful it seeped into the earth itself, exuding the faintest trace of aura to the mountains and valley above
The cave was small, only a couple dozen meters wide The most unique aspect about this cave was its shape
It was entirely circular, like a large sphere cut froround The walls were smooth, unlined by dust or cracks
The Aura Dorian unleashed was full of raded version of the Aura the fallen Angelic Class Wizard had held in life He had onlyuse of the unique Soul Spell Matrix he had
Still, even when Dorian unleashed the degraded version, its reach spread out for miles on the surface, and hundreds of round below
And, at that exact htest hint of that Aura reached this cave, deep underground
The an to appear, a sed voice spoke aloud,
"My successor?&8221;
When the pale, slightly grey skinned woan to yell back at Dorian, he kneas in trouble
He played it cool, however, his success in driving away the huth of the Aura he e to fade, he noted with alarm The red haze that surrounded his body had thinned, aler, he would need to draw on it again, using up another quarter of one of his trump cards
‘Ausra, can I use one of my Absorptions on the that held a bloodline However, according to the safeguards the Godking had set, he would have to i/for for his Soul to bear, he could collapse and perish Ausra had made this clear to him
‘These two appear to be Va by their physical appearance and intensity of blood aura Your Soul would be unable to bear the burden’ Ausra’s replied
Dorian blinked, a sinking feeling in his sto Shade!&8221; The woman called out the words to a spell Ian covering the sky
‘So be it’ He thought, steeling himself He’d made it this far, he would make it a bit farther
"YOU DARE OFFEND THIS GODLY DRAGON?!&8221; Dorian roared out, puffing out his tiny dragon chest with all his ht His voice almost cracked as he said the last word, parched fro
The female Va an effect! All hope was not lost!
‘Quick!’ he thought, frantically He needed to say so that would scare theon of the heavens
As darkness sed the valley, inspiration struck
"YOU THINK DARKNESS WILL AFFECT THIS GODLY DRAGON? FOOLISH MORTAL, I WAS BORN IN THE DARKNESS! MOLDED BY IT! YOU HAVE MERELY ADOPTED IT!&8221; His voice thundered as he waved his roast deer leg threateningly, quoting a character fro
He couldn’t lared in their general direction The cri it impossible for Dorian to see, even when his draconic body
All of a sudden, he heard a loud thudding on the ground
A split second later, he feltslam into him, and then envelop him His entire body was instantly surrounded and chained down, unable to an to suppress hishis consciousness to waver
His body felt like it was being crushed No led or ic spell crashing upon hiood run Goodbye cruel world’ As the inevitably of his death seee cal over him
‘Several bloodlines have been detected Do you wish to absorb them?’ Ausra’s voice in his head was like a cool oasis in a fiery desert of darkness
‘Yes, YES! FUCKING YES!’ Heon, desperately clinging back to life The strange cal detected bloodlines-
-Bloodline Origins-
29 Golem Wolf
25 Black Mire Wolf
24 White Rain Wolf
15 Virulent Wolf
5 True Vampire
2 various undetermined bloodlines too small to currentlythe bloodline origins of the beast that had attacked and enveloped hiy was absorbed and stored in his Soul Spell Matrix, awaiting his evolution
At the sa hi hi, and he heard a loud scream
"ARRRRGH! SALUM NO!&8221; Gaia felt a vile, horrible tearing sensation in her soul as her innate connection with her Blood Beast, Saluh her consciousness as she trembled in shock
A split second later the beautiful vampire’s eyes rolled up in the back of her head and she collapsed, unconscious
"Damn&8221; Brutus made a split second decision as he saw this
His years of experience had led to hi several life-or-death situations, but this one was like no other
"Blood Magic: Caesar’s Burn&8221;
His body racked with dark, criest spells he knew Caesar’s Burn, a spell created by a long dead Highlord Vampire, sacrificed ten years of one’s lifespan to teht After casting the spell, however, one would become incredibly weak for several weeks, and be unable to cast ic for several months
It was a spell that only soenerative prowess of a Vae If a human tried to cast it, their body would directly collapse froest disaster he had ever faced in his life
Any being that could casually destroy a Grand that could end his life with ease
I ahold of Gaia His body ly fast it was a blur, every step he took sending round
He scooped up her body and tossed it over his shoulder, and then hurled himself to the south
He paid no attention to the condition of his body, brutally pulling on every fiber of his being Several of his bones cracked as he pushed the outward away fro ht on his e, felt upon the sight of that terrifying beast
Dorian growled ferociously as heinto the valley as the bloody fog faded
A large pool of blood stained the ground near him Several s the once peaceful paradise into a cratered battleground
It seemed the attack that had tried to crush him had been made entirely of blood from several types of wolves Any blood his body touched was blood he could absorb due to his unique Soul Spell Matrix Attacking hi hi snack
He carefully looked to the left and right, his eyes alert
He saw no one
A crackling noise caught his ears and he spun around, his teeth pulled up in a snarl
Miraculously, the fire that he was roasting a deer at was somehow still lit The deer was still on the spit, and part of it had set to sizzling
The fight had seemed like it lasted forever, yet in reality had only taken a few shortit out The deer was fully cooked, and anyh, there was no chance he could eat anything right now He set down his half eaten deer thigh
The powerful, red aura he had unleashed gradually began to fade away, dissipating around hi over to the river
He looked down at his reflection His green scales were stained red, covered in dark blood, giving him a ferocious appearance No fish could be seen in the river, all of the fled due to the aura he unleashed, and the i off the blood He then swam over to the small hole, hidden in the side of the river
He quickly entered the s his breath as he swam all the way down to where he had found the dead Wizard’s empty Spatial Pouch and bones
The cave was the sa, half filled ater
As soon as he made it safely into the cave, hidden away, Dorian collapsed on the ground, his body shaking haphazardly
"Hahaha…hahahaha…HAHAHAHA!&8221; He began laughing uncontrollably, tears strearound cave, bouncing off the walls His ee, fear, horror, self-doubt, joy, and exciteether
"I’ as the tension and stress of the previous few ain, his tiny dragon claws clinking together as he air pumped
"YES! YES! YES!&8221; He let loose, his ean to dance around the cave, celebrating, his tiny dragon feet clinking on the hard stone floor
"Fuck you shitty Vampires! Fuck you shitty hu the fact that he was once huon with your pathetic strength?!&8221; Dorian was giddy with excite off as he took joy in si alive still
As he was in the h his mind
‘Your soul has sufficiently adapted, thanks in part to a spurt of growth over the past few e…’
The valley returned to a semblance of norm as both the humans and the Varadually returning A cal away the stench of blood and destruction
As Dorian’s body began to evolve, safely hidden within his cave, a s where Dorian had been just a few ed voice spoke aloud, eure of an elderly man appeared, transparent and ephe, white robe, adorned with golden lace The emblem of a sun was e out from it He had a kindly, tired face, with a bald head, and a long, white beard His piercing red eyes scanned the valley, noting everything
The round Dorian, who’s body was currently transfor
"No… You merely have a similar Aura within you Refined from a reed voice sighed with disappointment He could not bestow his inheritance to soons did study ic, the one before hion’s body transfor to a young adult dragon, at a vastly accelerated pace
"It seeic&8221; The old man rubbed his chin, a deepset sadness in his eyes His body was a collection of his remant Soul and Soul Spell Matrix, foro
He had hidden in this valley forthey would find hione to rest after so to awaken only when he felt an Aura similar to his own
Unfortunately, it see his loss It seeic truly would perish today, the experiences and knowledge he’d gained passing on into the dark
At that ed Wizard
Off to the side, next to a pair of cracked trees, a young Wizard lay deathly injured, covered by a collection of Healing Branches from a Great Elical recreation of the Healing Branches of a Great Elic, the young Wizard’s wounds were far too grievous Death seemed unavoidable if he continued down this path
The Elder Mage Horhavil looked at the dying Wizard, his eyes filled with pity He could gather what had happened to the young reat battle had taken place here, quite recently He could detect traces of the Blood Aura of Vay that could only cos of Fate Magic All of the Wizard here studied Wood Magic, one of the ic, but was only at the Sky Class He could faintly sense the wavelength of the injured man’s soul, and could tell he wasn’t evil
Clearly, his co hilea Betrayed by his trusted co hilea youngif this man was from his Clan? His Clan had yet to find him, after all these years, and if he perished noithout passing on his inheritance, his Magic and knowledge would leave this world forever, wasted
And the situation the man was in touched him, deeply at a core level
He would save this man, and make him his successor
But for that to happen, he would need a favor
The old Wizard turned his head to look underground, where a certain dragon was dancing in celebration at its newfound growth in strengthIf you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible