Book 2: Chapter 67 — Evolution Pt 4

Book 2: Chapter 67 — Evolution Pt 4

Noah selected his choices, as the system chimed in front of him.

You’ve selected [Wyrmblood Guardian (Legendary)]

You’ve selected [Runebody Arcanist (Legendary)]

You’ve selected [Abyssal Predator (Legendary)]

Would you like to finalize your choices?

Yes/No?

Taking one last look to make sure he was certain, Noah pressed yes.

[Exsanguinator (Rare)] has evolved into [Wyrmblood Guardian (Legendary)]

+75 Constitution

+25 PowerThe origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.

+25 Agility

+25 Mystic

All healing abilities increased by 100%

Health regeneration increased by 250%

Constitution increased by 15%

[Astralwalker (Epic)] has evolved into [Runebody Arcanist (Legendary)]

+75 Mystic

+50 Power

All magical abilities increased by 150%

Mana regeneration increased by 200%

Mystic increased by 20%

[Void Hunter (Epic)] has evolved into [Abyssal Predator (Legendary)]

+75 Power

+75 Agility

+25 Constitution

+25 Mystic

All abilities of [Abyssal Symbiote] have been increased by 100%

Physical abilities increased by 200%

Power increased by 10%

Agilityincreased by 10%

Bloodline [Astral Spirit] has changed to [Cosmic Wyrmblood].

Race changed from [Astral Humanoid] to [Draconian Humanoid].

[Cosmic Wyrmblood (Bloodline)]

Your bloodline holds the legacy of the wyrms, and the powers of the cosmos. All members of your bloodline will inherit your command of spirits, and the powers of dragonkin.

Mystic and Constitution increased by 10%

Perk [Draconian Aura] obtained.

Perk [Arcane Body] obtained.

[Mana Control], [Mana Sense], [Mana Reversal] and [Mana Expulsion] synergise with [Arcane Body] fusing into [Greater Mana Mastery].

Sub attributes:

Power: C1 → C8

Agility: C5 → B0

Constitution: C9 → B2

Mystic: C0 → C6

Noah eyes widened in surprise, as he felt his body changing on a fundamental level. Even here, within his Astral Spirit, he could feel the surge of power and lifeforce flowing through him. He felt the surge slowly course through his spirit, and almost felt glad that he was in his Astral Spirit. If he had to feel the sensations play out fully in his own body... he wasn’t sure he’d have held onto his consciousness.

Letting the notifications play out, Noah began to go through his abilities.

[Blood Drain (Rare)] has evolved into [Life Siphon (Legendary)]

[Life Siphon (Legendary, Advanced) - lvl 29]

You have learned the ability to siphon the life of your enemies. Reach into your enemies core, draining their life force and strength, restoring your health and significantly enhancing your physical and magical prowess. Find your mastery of life strengthened, drawing from all creatures possessing any amount of life-force.

That takes care of the biggest weakness of Blood Drain. No more getting poisoned and feeling awkward if the enemy has no blood.

[Bleed (Rare)] has evolved into [Wyrm’s Curse (Legendary)]

[Wyrm's Curse (Legendary, Advanced) - lvl 28]

Embody the wrath of the dragon with Wyrm's Curse where your enemies' veins become conduits of their undoing. This ability inflicts the [Wyrm's Curse] status effect, marking adversaries with a draconic sigil that saps their life, feeding it to you. This curse can be inflicted through direct contact, via aura, or applied to weapons.

Just a straight up curse huh? That sounds nasty. Noah felt the ability’s instincts fill him, his aura changing rapidly, the effect further enhanced by his new [Draconian Aura].

[Abyssal Inferno (Legendary, Intermediate) - lvl 10]

You carry the inferno of the abyss. Become capable of unleashing the full, devastating power of the abyssal flames in a hellish inferno. Alternatively, you can concentrate the flames into a focused, incinerating beam, reducing everything to ashes in your wake.

And now I have a death fire laser instead.

Moving on from the skills, Noah finally arrived at the notification showing his attributes.

[Wyrmblood Guardian] has reached level 107!

[Runebody Arcanist] has reached level 106!

[Abyssal Predator] has reached level 109!

Power: 409 → 743.

Agility: 416 → 655.

Constitution: 426 → 737.

Mystic: 561 → 858.

Free Attributes: 22 → 178.

Noah looked at the numbers in awe. He’d expected the change to be big but seeing it for himself was something else entirely. Even now, his body was still rushing to catch up, and it was only because of his spirit Path options that he could even do this at all. He suspected, if his body had been like before, he would’ve become oversouled.

Opening his menu, Noah looked at his Astral Script.

Astral Script:

Name: Noah Brown

Race: Draconian Humanoid

Rank: D

Paths:

Wyrmblood Guardian (Legendary) - level 107

Runebody Arcanist (Legendary) - level 106

Abyssal Predator (Legendary) - level 109

Attributes:

Power: 743 [+148]

Agility: 655 [+131]

Constitution: 737 [+210]

Mystic: 858 [+245]

Attribute Points: 178

The menu changed a little. I guess the bracket numbers are my buffs and the values I see are the effective attributes?

Deciding to leave his free Attributes untouched for now till he’d completely caught up to the rank up, Noah closed his Astral Script.

“You sure are weird,” Dylan said. “Mortals are typically a lot less willing to let go of their humanity in the pursuit of power.”

“I feel human,” Noah replied.

“If so, then you’re merely fooling yourself,” Dylan said, pointing sideways toward a mirror. “You can see for yourself.”

Noah looked into the mirror. His body was covered in tattoos now, with mana seamlessly flowing through them. His eyes had turned a deeper shade of red, pupils turned into vertical slits, and his canines had grown into fangs. His physique had changed as well. His limbs were far more proportionate than they’d ever been, his skin soft like he had just been born, and his muscles denser. Overall, his frame was smaller, yet somehow, it exerted more power.

An aura of fear swirled around him, commanding respect.

Noah shrugged. “The sacrifices we make to look badass.”

“You’ve changed. You would not have accepted this so easily when you first arrived here,” Dylan replied.

“I guess so,” Noah said.

Dylan looked at him for a few seconds, clicking his tongue. “There, that’s for you,” he said, pointing behind Noah.

Turning around, Noah saw a gate within the arcade, the words ‘Training Chamber’ written on it. Below that was a handwritten note—Staff only!

“What’s that?” Noah asked.

“Why don’t you see for yourself?” Dylan said.

Feeling skeptical, Noah walked up to the door, pushing it open. It was an open endless expanse, with swirling colors forming the entire background. Noah tentatively put a foot forward, finding a solid surface within the swirling colors.

A chime pulled his attention to a notification arriving in front of his face.

Welcome to the Training Chamber! In this facility, you can participate in combat replicas against foes you have encountered before. Please keep in mind that the testing chamber can only replicate abilities you’ve seen the enemies use and is ultimately a memory re-creation.

Hope you have some fun training!

As the message vanished, Noah looked around in confusion. “So... I can summon things I’ve fought before? Hmm... Aurelia?”

A figure of Aurelia appeared in front of him, her fists raised.

“Huh. It worked. How about... Raesar,” Noah tried again.

The figure changed to take the shape of the giant Draelith, looking down at him with a grin.

“Interesting.” Noah reached out and his spear appeared. He dismissed Raesar’s figure, smiling in excitement as an idea came to him.

“Viktral Nayfar,” Noah said, and the cultist chief appeared in front of him, looking at him with a look of anger and disgust.

Noah spun his spear around, Void Annihilation crackling through it. With a smile, he regarded the enemy, itching to test out his new abilities.

“Let’s see how strong I’ve become.”