The Tales of Draconic Warlock

I started to climb the stairs.

When I took my first step, I felt nothing. It was the same for the second, third and so on. It wasn't until the hundredth step that I first felt a light tingle.

Even then, it was almost negligible. I felt nothing, so I continued to climb on.

Every hundred steps I could feel that the strain started to increase. After five hundred, it started to increase every ten steps and after reaching seven hundred, it became every five steps.

It was not like the strain didn't increase for every step taken but I didn't feel much difference.

The real trial started after I reached the nine hundredth step.

From then onwards, for every step taken, I can feel the stinging pain caused to my soul.

This trial was as I thought it would be. This was testing my soul but for what purpose? I was able to reach this far because my soul energy was very high.

Months ago, I didn't know if my soul energy was high or average but as started to take the stairs. a small clarity. I could understand that my soul energy is pretty high when compared to others. I don't know if there are other geniuses or what the soul energy would be for someone who is at a higher rank than me but I know that I possess strength far beyond what I should at this point.

With such soul strength, I didn't feel much but that changed after the nine hundred steps. The difficulty increased by a lot. Each step felt as if I had taken two or three hundred steps.

The closer I came to the thousand steps, the more the pressure on me was.

It was quite difficult but I managed to reach the top of the stairs, which was the thousandth step.

Hmm, there seems to be a palace and a fort in front of me but I am not sure whether it is real or not.

While I was looking at the palace/fort before and contemplating about it, the mechanical notification came announcing the end of the trial.

You have completed the Trial of Soul perfectly.

You have gained 100,000 Soul Energy.

Huh?

Is that it?

There was no extra reward or wait...the reward is different. It is directly adding 100,000 points and that's it. Aah, I thought I might get a 100x bonus like the other three.

From what I read in other stories, improving the soul is the most troublesome thing as there are not many things that can do so. It doesn't matter anyway for me as I have other ways to do so.

The only thing stopping me was whether it was good to do so at this point or not.

I mean it's the soul and I have no knowledge regarding that. If any body part of me gets injured, there are healing potions and healers that can help me but what about soul injuries?

Is there anyone who can heal an injured soul?

Are there any items that are capable of doing so?

I don't know. So it's best that I don't experiment with them without knowing more about it.

You can now enter the Nexus.

Huh?

So it's called Nexus and it seems I can enter. I believe whatever the secrets this realm holds, I can find them there.

Before that let's check my status screen once more.

"Status"

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Name: Magnus Frostwolf

Age: 16

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(A bit Improved); Sleepy; Aurum Skin; Sexy Smile;

Rank: Tier-4

Level: 100

Health Points (HP): 6,441,328,117

Strength (STR): 1,947 >> 194,700 (+100%)

Endurance (END): 2,036 >> 203,600 (+100%)

Dexterity (DEX): 1,246

Agility (AGI): 1,978 >> 197,800 (+100%)

Intelligence (INT): 637,755,170

Magic Power (MP): 6,505,103,700

Soul Energy: 5,500 (+200%) >> 105,500 (+200%)

Charm: 3,009

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; Nether Flames; Shadow control; Blood Boil;

Special Skills: Rank Booster; Status Disguise;

Refined Skills: Shadow Bolt Volley Lvl. 15;

Skills: Evade Lvl. 16; Dodge Lvl. 16; Sprint Lvl. 12 >> 13; Alertness Lvl. 12; Devour Lvl. 8; Fusion Lvl.

16; Split Lvl. 16; Demon Gaze Lvl. 4; Strengthen Lvl. 13; Tag & Track Lvl. 4; Night Vision Lvl. 13; Spatial Storage Lvl.

10; Mind Control Lvl. 8; Mind Probe Lvl. 8; Mind Defence Lvl. 1; Dragon Blood Evolution Lvl. 1; Scent Recognition Lvl. 10; Sexual Stamina Lvl.

5; Perception Lvl. 16; Pet World Lvl. 2; Parry Lvl. 7;

Resistances: Physical Resistance Lvl. 16; Light Resistance Lvl. 4; Poison Resistance Lvl. 4; Magic Resistance (Non-Attribute) Lvl. 5; Space Resistance Lvl. 4; Fire Resistance Lv.

6; Water Resistance Lvl. 6; Mind Resistance Lvl. 1; Wind Resistance Lvl. 2 >> 3; Lightning Resistance Lvl. 1 >> 3;

Weapon Arts: Advanced Staff Arts Lvl. 1; Intermediate Movement Arts Lvl. 2; Basic Hand Combat Arts Lvl. 9;

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Everything looks good.

Sprint increased by a level, probably because of the Trial of Agility. There are two resistances that improved and that was a bonus that I gained from the Trial of Agility.

The other trials didn't improve any skills, probably because I wanted to end them quickly and did so. To achieve that I used the best skills which are very high. These are skills I presume won't increase easily anymore.

The trials are weak for me but I know that they are very strong and probably no one can achieve a win.

My STR, END, and AGI now appear decent but my DEX still looks bad and that was something I need to think bout later, in addition to finding ways to improve those skill levels without others finding out about that.

Well, no one knows that I have so many skills. So if they see me finding ways to improve them, then they would come to the conclusion that I most certainly have those skills. if not why would anyone take an interest in improving other skills, with the limited amount of time one has?

Anyway, that is something I need to think about later. Now, let's enter the Nexus and see what it is all about.