Chapter 366: Uniquer!

Chapter 366: Uniquer!

Up, down, back dodge, twiNo! Left! Woah!

Hahaha, its been a while since we trained Hestia! Youve definitely gotten better, but youre still a newbie with that [True Spear Technique]! Dont rely on its predictions and attack paths! Yorshka lectured me on how to wield my glaive, all while her hands kept moving up and down her spears shaft.

Urgh! I groaned as I parried one of her blows using my glaive.

In that moment, the [True Spear Technique] in [Drakonian Sunlight Edge] activated. The System then provided me lines of attackafterimages of myselfdirecting me in how I should fight Yorshka. Each presented an opening I could abuse, but when I picked one of the double digit suggestions, Yorshkas body jerked and the number of moves suddenly were reduced to about five.

When I stopped my body to readjust to the new lines, [Foresight] activated suddenly. In her current stance, she could only do a thrust at my legs, but my skill told me an attack would come at my head. I spent some mana on [Foresight], and apparently Yorshka would twist her body around and smack me with her weapons shaft.

And it all came true in a matter of a half-second.

Hrah! Yorshka made the feint with a loud cry, before her feet adjusted to turn her body around.

Ngh! I was already retracting my spear when I saw her feint, forcing me to just duck my head from the incoming attack. Seeing as it would take too long to think and choose an attack with [True Spear Technique], I just followed my instincts and tensed up my legs. Hup!

Using the momentum of ducking, I jumped back, bending my back around to do a cartwheel while sliding my long tail against the ground. The scale-dust ignited with a loud spark sound, allowing me to slash at Yorshka, forcing her to break off her attack and defend herself. Mid-way in my cartwheel, I used [Air Steps] to stomp the air and launch myself forward like a missile.

Tsk!

Damn!

As elaborate as it was, my attack missed.

Woo! Yorshka let out a sigh of relief as I slid across the dirt of Elyonda castles training ground. See? Your battle instincts have already been honed to a razors edge. You dont need to listen to [True Spear Technique]s fickle suggestions. Its a trap every newbie falls into. Feints, slight environmental shifts; pretty much anything which changes the chances of hitting things will affect it.

Its confusing, I summarized what Yorshka wanted to tell me, to which she nodded with a smile.

She then dug her spear into the ground and then tied her long, beautiful silver hair into a ponytail, swinging it around as she wiped some of the sweat off her forehead. Once she was done, she picked up her spear again and took a defensive stance. Alright, the warm-up is over. Try it out and then well take the skies like real dragoons!

Got it!

Training, oh, training. Without a doubt, most of my schedule was filled to the brim with training; idol, magical, martial, or whatever it was, it would always take up a large portion of my day. Pretty much whenever I wasnt busy with something else like providing healing, doing princess or blessed work, or even the occasional much needed rest.

Suffice to say, the moment I was done with my healing duties in Elyonda, I got right back into some sparring. In particular, weapon fighting, since I learned how woefully behind I was when I had to duel a weaponmaster. VifiYok and Larent both humbled me quite a bit.

Sure, I thought I had magic to always help me out, but the war also taught me valuable lessons. During active conflict, either I managed my resources well or got crippled by [Arcane Fever] and [Exhaustion]. I couldnt rely on the best scenario. Murphys Law: always expect the worst. In this case, being able to defend myself when I couldnt afford to cast or use mana.

As such, the best method to resolve this problem was the reason why I took up spearmanship in the first place: learning to become a master dragoon.

I glanced at my glaive as I reminded myself of it, gliding my hand across its sharp black blade, made from my corrosive obsidian. It was hardened and fused with eorianta metal that any decent weapon in Peolynca needed as part of an alloy at a minimumso it wasnt venomous anymore, but it still retained the edge and hardiness of it. After all, it was a material that came from my body.

I then touched the catalyst I had embedded on its head, on the blunt side of this single-edged weapon. I could see the remaining scale-dust inside, before I refueled it with more from my wings. I then touched my chest, where my solar core should be, and tried to scrounge out a bit of solar energy absorbed by my scales, channeling it through my arms and into my weapon.

Warning. The solar energy inside your solar core is at 0%. [Drakonian Sunlight Edge] will not activate properly

Just as the System said, the bright light and low heat emanating from my glaive was rather pitiful. Still, it activated. It was glowing, even just barely.

Nope, test number one is a failure. I guess I cant use it until my core is back to normal, I concluded after this one test. I did try if I could continuously absorb and channel the solar energy until my weapon had enough juice, but it never really got over the slightly glowing phase.

Well, it is connected to your [Solar Core] skill, so no wonder. Unfortunate.

Indeed.

Drakonian Sunlight Edge

A skill connected to [Solar Core], and requires a core able to absorb and store solar energy to perform. If the total solar energy is above 1%, allows the user to harness this energy by spreading it throughout their body or anything they touch like mana, although it will dissipate at medium range. The element of this attack will be treated similarly to [White Flames], if the user possesses that skill. In addition, allows the absorption of solar-based energy, reducing any damage dealt to the owner from them. The skills combined are: [True Spear Technique Lv. 10] [Air Walk Lv. 10] [Continental Drake Stride Lv. 10] [Superior Mid-Air Maneuvering Lv. 10] [Superior Aerial Fighter Lv. 10] [Speed Of Sonic Lv. 10]

Continental Drake Stride

An improved [All-Terrain Maneuvering] reserved for drakes. An irreplaceable skill for the land moving drakes, allowing them to manage their weight and balance to adapt to the terrain they are traversing. Increases speed and balance while on land

Since when did I become a drake? I thought when I saw that skill.

It was clear at this point that this was Yeostars reward to me. Aside from the levels and the Unique Job, this unique skill was what I got from the Divine Quest of the God of Knighthood, Bravery, and Loyalty. Needless to say, a skill based on melee combat made absolute sense considering he was the God of War of the Pantheon of Light.

Honestly, I did wonder if he would have mixed the skills together if I hadnt leveled up [True Spear Technique]. If he wouldve, then I wanted a refund, like, right now. Bloody hell, I spent enough SP to level up a Tier 3 skill from level one to ten! That was a lot of points!

Regardless, this was my Unique skill.

Arrgh, whatever! Lets go! I flapped my wings and took to the sky, followed by Yorshka who [Dragoon Jump]ed into the air. She then stomped the air and twisted her body forwards in my direction like a twister with [Spiral], forcing me to block it.L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.

As my glowing glaive clashed against her spear, I felt my arms numbed from the force of her attack, before I pushed through it. I forced myself through her defence, launching a thin solar slash projectile at Yorshka, creating an opening for me as she dodged. With my momentum, I slammed my tail at her, prompting her to do the same to me in return.

Urk! Hard!

Scale-dust exploded, while silver powder hardened. That was the main difference between the standard Norder dragonkin scales and my mutated scales.

The initial blow of her tail slam felt heavy, but it quickly turned around when sparks from her attack triggered a massive explosion right in Yorshkas face. She survived, of course, so we quickly resumed our sparring session in the sky. She was my dragoon mentor, after all.

In any case, outside of training itself, I had hoped I could have practiced with [Drakonian Sunlight Edge] a bit more. The solar energy I shot out was pretty much all I could muster, and all my solar energy was consumed when I shot it out. At least, I confirmed I could use it somewhat.

Now, of course, there was some overlap, right? My [Sunfang Dragon] unique ability [Solar Beam] used up all the energy inside my solar core to unleash either a powerful beam or blast of solar power centered on myself, before it sent my body into overdrive, rapidly heating my body up until it could release all the extra energy as either an explosion or outward blast, usually as flames or another beam. It, along with [Symphonie des Feuergottes], were my two finishing moves.

So, why did I believe this skill was so fitting? Why did it unlock a section in my battle kit I thought I should have had from the beginning? Well, it opened up a fourth resource for me: solar energy.

Health. Mana. Stamina.

These were the three main resources that most people had, not including things like bullets or other kinds of ammo, of course. What this skill gave me was the ability to use solar energy as an offensive tool, instead of just as a regenerative power or as a last resort.

Before I got this skill, I could only use solar energy to restore Health, Mana, and Stamina or with my [Solar Beam] skill. I could shoot out beams of solar energy, or clad myself in it. Now, I could do more. And, one more thing, despite its similarity to mana, solar energy didnt generate arcane corruption. Meaning, I could continue using magic even when I had [Arcane Fever], [Mana Stress], or [Exhaustion].

Sure, it had a short range, since it was a melee skill, but if I were to focus on fighting at close-range, I could literally grill somebody with sun power, instead of relying only on expending scale-dust. I understood it overlapped with some of my skills, but there was one thing my flames couldnt do, but solar energy could.

Lady Hestia! It worked! My spar with Yorshka stopped as I heard that voice. Panting from what felt like a half hour fight, I looked down as Tasianna and Rita stormed out of the castle with elated faces. Your solar energy can feed the plants!

Rita grinned, licking her lips as if she had just finished some dessert. I confirmed it! You can act as a substitute sun, even in the middle of the night! The plants told me you tasted good! Scrumptious!

Yeah. Correct. Not only was I a rice cooker, grill, and steamer I was now also a sun lamp.

I managed to accept it, but it still felt like I was reducing myself into an item, again. Well, leaving my pride aside, this new ability allowed me to act as a sun for farmland to accelerate food growth. With mana drowning the ground to the point rank Bs were spawning, crops were growing extremely fast; now, they could grow even during the night.

Life was weird.

After the castle bell rang, an hour had passed since my spar with Yorshka had begun. With my hair and brows drenched in sweat, I splashed some water on my face and wiped it away with a towel. The cold air of autumn immediately began to cool me down, making me feel so much better, albeit, a bit sleepy too.

Taking a break from sparring, I walked over to a slouched Renee. Looking over at Farron running lapses around the field while topless, I concluded he and Renee were done with their training, too.

Put a shirt on, old man. You have a daughter and wife. Dont try to make the single ladies swoon in vain! I thought when I heard a few of the maids and other female workers stop what they were doing to stare at Farron. Sure, the dude was well-built and hot, but, sadly, ladies, hes taken.

Offering Renee a hand, I helped her stand up, before Rajah jumped out of my shadows with two bottles of water. We both took them and thanked my little virigress before we took a seat. Rita and Tasianna also came to us, showing us the fragassa plant they managed to grow from a seed inside my subspace, only using me as its sun. Experimenting with our skills was what my party did best.

As Tasianna then transitioned into serving Renee and me some tea, we noticed some noise coming from the castle. Nudging my head a bit to the side, I saw a tall scalekin walking through the castles windows, followed by butlers and maids running away from him. From the look of it, this scalekin was dragging the corpse of a merfiend into the castle.

Hmm? The man in full armor with a scuba diving tank on his back suddenly noticed us and opened the window, waving at us while holding the tail of a bled out giant shark.

Chahayat, good work!

Good hunt, today. I gave your slice to the little dragonewt already, Chahayat, the merfolk, informed us, probably talking about Priscilla.

The good Tide Watcher merfiend who I fought in my second round of the tournament didnt have too much of a spotlight during the siege, but that was cause he hadnt been around at the port. He had been fighting the merfiend summoned by Karhalantheel underwater, and was still fighting them, since a ton of monsters were spawning in front of the coast, too.

Just like with the inland hunting party, we were getting a lot of food from the ocean monsters. Chahayat led Jethros warrior priests out to hunt the monsters, providing the city with a ton of fish meat. Anything to feed all the hungry mouths.

How are those Caedhulens doing? I was talking about the merfolk living under the ocean close to where I fought VifiYok. They hid inside the arena during the siege, but their homes were underneath the spot where Karhalantheel slammed his tail at us.

Rebuilding. Theyre helping out, right now, the merfolk answered in his usual raspy voice. Making a new home isnt without trials. I must go. More work. Take care. Come visit us, young scale.

Will do when I get the chance. Stay safe while hunting!

After he left, I finished my tea and ate some biscuits before I felt mildly rejuvenated, enough for me to take on another matter. A matter that Renee and I had originally planned to do today before Yorshka and Farron told us to train with them. Exactly. It was time. Not only did I have a ton of unique skills and a unique race, I now was the proud owner of a Unique Job.

Unique Job: Idol Tyrant Fledgling

Open it up, System Voice. I want information.

Congratulations for unlocking and acquiring your Unique Job. From here on out, your Job System will now abide by the functions and rules of the updated Seraphim Protocol. This new System emphasizes the evolution of humanoids by allowing them to grow their personal Job in any way they wish, allowing them to close the gap between the ever-evolving monsters. While the majority of the world will still experience the old Job System, you will have the privilege, granted by the Origin Gods, to empower yourself now. However, please be aware, chances and events in the future will allow others to claim this chance, before the full integration of the Seraphim Protocol to Peolynca

Well, that was a lengthy introduction. They even threw in a granted by the Origin Gods. Laaaaaaame. Sooo, what is this protocol thing? Mana Eyes.

Seraphim Protocol

A protocol implemented by Origin Goddess Crustacia to renew the Job System in favor of the growth and evolution of the blessed. By combining the gradual progression of evolutions and the free-forming growths of the Job system, the Unique Job System was created

Hmm, doesnt say much. But, really, seraphim? As in, the angel seraphims? Huh, wonder if Crustacia has any ulterior motives with this. Very weird way to call it, since the word seraphim doesnt exist in Peolynca, so the people here wouldnt understand it.

Since you are a monster transformed into a humanoid with [Humanize], you may use the new Job System without any issues while in this form. However, once you transform back, the new System wont be available to you under most circumstances

Wait, what? Under most circumstances? Ohohoho, now hold on! What did the gods do? Did they account for dragons like me? Yo? Yoho? Ooooh, anyways, System Voice, explain what is new about this System.

The Unique Job Systems most important function is the implementation of the three development Jobs. Similar to the Main and Secondary Job you should have gotten familiar with, the new System will increase the number of Jobs you may have active up to three. You may change the Jobs freely with any you currently have in your Job list, however, be aware you cannot access the Job skills, spells, or abilities of those not attached to your Unique Job

Jeez, three now? So, how many will they add if they rework this System again? Five?

It was pretty much a confirmation, right? Score! Skill Points were still overpowered!

Which meant, I could test things out once I leveled the Jobs up to their first prestige. [Mage] was low level, so it wouldnt take long, and I could try out what Kramps had in plan with this [Tyrant Hatchling] stuff.

Tasianna, you need to gain your Unique Job! It seems really interesting, I hyped up Tasianna, but my maid could only tilt her head.

I would love to, but how, though? There is no known way to gain Unique Jobs outside of a Divine Quest. She then turned over to Renee. How did you gain one, Renee?

Renee placed a hand on her chin, looking equally as confused as us. So, instead, she just retold everything that happened. Oh, my [Plumwind Squire]. Well, you see, I actually was surprised when it happened. I got it when I was meeting with the Archerudite. After my initial offer was rejected, I became desperate.

Renee then picked up her necklace, the memento of her mother. I prayed to both God Yeostar and my mother, hoping they could grant me some wisdom. Any tidbits worthy to trade. In the end, I had to resort to selling you information, Hestia. Once again, Im sorry.

Whats done is done. I dont hold it against you anymore, so long as you dont do it again. Fool me twice, shame on me, right? I patted her back, urging her to continue.

She nodded. Saying it now probably wont make it better, but I did feel quite guilty when I said it. Lord Uzerra was filled with glee, wanting to meet you, but I couldnt help but feel like I backstabbed a friend. So, I clutched my amulet and committed myself to my path as a Sealight. That I would serve either as Yeoss true princess, or as its mightiest knight. That I would win the tournament and become a Champion, to become a knight everybody would look up to. That, for the cost of my soul and honor, I would bring Yeoss lost glory back.

Ohhh, and youll become a true knight in a few days, despite all the murmurs Im hearing. You should be happy Fargryneill hadnt cracked her knuckles and punched some of them yet, Rita joked with her friend, causing Renee to let out a cackle.

Haha, she might be a hothead and reckless, but she knows decorum. I guess she probably didnt want to have her little sister hear she was a brute from the nobles, right? Renee then turned to me, causing me to imagine what Neills thought process here was.

Hmm. Sis is pretty awkward sometimes, but she has a good heart. If she can get rid of her fear of people disliking her cool, awesome, majestic, powerful, amazing kirin-dragon form, shed be even better!

I didnt take you for a doting sister, Hestia. Renee eyed me as if I was crazy, but I simply shrugged.

Yeah, yeah, praising my sister who has an inferiority complex is soooo being a siscon. What do you know, huh? Single kid? I grinned mischievously, causing Renee to nod back.

Point taken Well, speaking of the dragon.

Emergency! I snapped my head around as Renee looked in the sky, noticing the silhouette of Sis flying over to the palace. Hey! Yorshka! Get all the remaining knights! Yo, Renee, Sis, Tasianna! Get your asses up! The mana in the area caused a dungeon to spawn in the forest and the coast area! We have a dungeon break!

YES! Renee shot up from the bench, rocking her hand into a fist. She then shivered for a moment, causing her helmet to materialize over her reddening face. Ahem! I mean, this is a problem! We need to handle the matter now! Protect the citizens! Those dungeons are now under ownership of the royal family of Caimlace!

From what I understood, while the mana in the ground was a serious threat to everybody, the Divine System would intervene if there was a large amount of mana in the area and quarantine it. Just like how a dungeon was nearly created when I fought the onnikais in the Greenveil Duchy. A dungeon, while dangerous to handle since monsters could break out of it, was also a gold mine for a city if its rank was high enough.

And Elyonda just gained two dungeons. Renee was obviously excited, as this was what she, Princess Anasthasia, and Duke Alberstien had gambled on after the battle.

I heard dungeon ranks were technically random, but you could predict it somewhat from the monsters spawned in the area. As such, this was a risky, although lucrative, method of dealing with the mana problem. After all, if you didnt take care of the monsters inside, they could wander out like the giant spider queen I fought in Cedaraille. That would be an apocalyptic event for any city.

As such, if it was any higher than C rank, then it would be better to just break the dungeon core and sell them for funds. After all, Elyonda was not in a state where they could attract rank B or A adventurers and manage them. Opportunity cost, in other words.

Urgh I couldnt help but be reminded of how buying a single [Crystal of the Divine System] nearly bankrupted me, and that was with us supplying the dungeon core pieces. 90% of our funds just went poof, and we were technically considered as rich as a lower noble house before I bought it. In any case, our squad mobilized after Neills warning.

Lets go! Grinding time! Woooo!

A note from AbyssRaven

Yup, time passed pretty quickly. The third anniversary of Dragon Idol had finally come.

Honestly, I've already spoke so much about everything already that I would just be repeating myself even further. Still, I do want to continue thanking everybody for staying around for this long. Of course, not to mention everybody who had lately come to enjoy the story enough to support me here. All of you have made it possible for me to keep writing this story and be proud of it.

Now, I had wanted to present a special artwork for this anniversary, but some complications had come up with the art. It will come, don't worry, and I will reveal it once I have it from my artist. A bit of bad planning on my side, sadly.

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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