Chapter 44: Half Transformation

Suddenly two people fell down simultaneously.

"Quick, the monster found us. Let's escape" almost shouting one of the people said. As soon as the voice ended, all of the people here looked harshly at the person. Realizing his mistake the person also looked down.

"You all go away, I will obstruct it for awhile." Farold's voice came out.

This time Cylius lucked out, a new race exactly like the previous one appeared but it was more powerful and its spirituality was much less. Based on this, the previous one may just be some anomaly or a talent.

Some of them wanted to help him but knew that they were no match for the monster so they kept their heads low and escaped the place guiltily. They knew that they were a no match for the monster, but Farold with his defense he might just preserve for awhile.

"Come beast, attack me" a low sounding roar came out from Farold as his whole body was covered in scales with wings behind his back and two horns on his forehead.

His body became larger almost reaching three meters. He was basically a giant now, with his height and the fierce glint in his eyes it created an invisible pressure. This was the most fundamental pressure on the soul.

Farold had the gene of a dragon, it was a top tier race that was the king of all animals. Even though he was only like an infant dragon the pressure could suffocate people.

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Race: Human(Farold)

Tier: 1(Maturity)

Strength: 1.4(2.0)

Speed: 1.4(2.0)

Agility: 1.4(2.0)

Soul: 1.6(2.0)

Mana: 1.4(2.0)

Lifeforce: 1.7(2.0)

Active skills: [Flame Breath lv.1] [Rage lv.1]

Passive skills: [Fire manipulation lv.2] [Sense of presence lv.1] [Sharp Claws lv.1] [Scales lv.1] [Beast Manipulation lv.1]

State: Half Dragon

Description: Host's enemy. Suspected to be a destiny favored. A human who has two genes, one is a Red Dragon transformation gene, other unknown. Has huge potential, suggested to kill if there is any chance! Can't make him grow.

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This was the status of Farold, the status in the brackets are his status now half dragonized and the status not in the brackets is his real status.

The 2.0 was basically the bottleneck of the second tier. Only second-tiers could achieve this.

Well, there were exceptions such as Farold who could rely on innate talent to achieve things. But his real combat power was far lesser than a real second tier because he hadn't comprehended his own rune.

The difference was obvious, in less than ten seconds he would lose if he really encountered a second tier.

Still, it could provide quite a good defense when dealing with the limit-break stage monkey. The monkey's location was unknown but Farold's was exposed, even if his offense was powerful he wouldn't know where to attack and could only blindly do it.

And even if his defense is great it would wear off some time. Though Farold looked omnipotent right now, his real situation was obviously much worse than one imagined.

Though the lifeforce of his was now great but consistent attacks of a peak 1st tier who could attack his blind or weak spot would make him miserable.

The little monkey who blended into the environment was holding a blowpipe in its mouth. The blowpipe surprisingly had something that looked like a scribble etched on it.

It looked ordinary, plain, and simple but just looking at it Cylius was surprised.

It was a rune that involved 'speed' and 'strength', it was a treasure that could make the objects launched from it faster and also more powerful.

Runes were required for a genetician to break through to the 2nd tier. Without it even if their all stats reached 2.0 they wouldn't equal a 2nd-tier.

Runes could be considered the essence of a gene. The essence contained in a higher grade gene would be more complex and also more powerful.

Even if they can't develop a rune from it, if they could perfect their own rune through the essence of it they would be more sure to enter the 3rd tier. With the longevity of 3rd tier creatures, them living at least a thousand year was reasonable.

When people enter the 2nd tier, everyone would automatically have a profession-rune master. The profession inscribed runes on things, creating rune artifacts. The profession required talent, and skilled runemasters were protected heavily.

The rune master's qualifications were decided on how much runic power they inscribe onto the artifact.

From the runes that the monkey was holding, it only had a trace but it was enough to make Farold beyond miserable. If it was the normal person then they would be killed straight away, but Farold had providence that could help him survive, he wouldn't die so easily.

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Only five minutes later, Farold was already in a bad state. Blood mixed with black was bleeding from his body all over and some scales fell off, one of his horns had a hole that had green vessels spreading around and his face had black bruises.

Sure the next moment Farold turned around to escape.

"This should have bought enough time for them to escape." a low murmuring came from Farold as he ran very fast.

As he was running his tall body started shrinking until it became his size, now all the previous horns, wings and scales were gone, leaving only the badly battered Farold.

Right now was left with a hard choice. Either get the rune equipment to research or chase after Farold.

With the rune artifact, he could try advancing into the 2nd tier when he's at the limit-break stage. For Farold he feared that he may not be able to kill him but he could at least try to lower his rating in this trial to make his future more limited.

If he chased after Farold he wouldn't be able to find the monkey, they had superior hiding skills, and if he tries to kill the monkey now he wouldn't be able to get to Farold.

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"Huff, huff" a tired huff came out from Farold's mouth. Standing by the river, he gulped down the water thirstily. On his right palm, a thumb-sized scale had emerged with a weak luster. It was obviously seriously injured.

Still, a weak dragonic aura was enough for any animal to not come closer. Even if it was a silent predator, earlier if not for the monkey being a peak 1st tier and also for Farold purposely weakening it a little while provoking it, the monkey wouldn't have attacked and gone for the other members.