The Tales of Draconic Warlock

A lot has changed in my status in these four months.

After returning from the mission from Endis town, I didn't venture out at all, nor did I dive into the dungeons that were accessible in the academy. Even though to the world I am still a Tier-2 ranker, as a fourth-year student, I can access higher-level dungeons but they are not useful for me in any way.

Diving into those dungeons at this time would be a waste of my time. If it was before my talk with Angela, I would have done that but not anymore.

For the present me, ranking up was not the problem but levelling up my skills was the biggest issue and so I concentrated on that, and only on that.

The results prove the fact of how hard I have been working in these past four months.

Let's have a brief look at what improved in my status.

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Refined Skills; Shadow Bolt Volley Lvl. 21 >> 22;

Skills: Evade Lvl. 20 >> 25; Dodge Lvl. 20 >> 25; Sprint Lvl. 20 >> 27; Alertness Lvl. 15 >> 17; Fusion Lvl. 20 >> 23; Split Lvl. 20 >> 23; Strengthen Lvl. 21 >> 26; Night Vision Lvl. 17 >> 21; Spatial Storage Lvl. 14 >> 15; Perception Lvl. 20 >> 22; Parry Lvl. 14 >> 18;

Resistances: Physical Resistance Lvl. 22 >> 26; Magic Resistance (Non-Attribute) Lvl. 10 >> 15; Space Resistance Lvl. 9 >> 12; Fire Resistance Lvl. 14 >> 17; Water Resistance Lvl. 12 >> 14; Wind Resistance Lvl. 11 >> 13; Lightning Resistance Lvl. 9 >> 10;

Weapon Arts: Advanced Staff Arts Lvl. 3 >> 4; Intermediate Movement Arts Lvl. 7 >> 9; Intermediate Hand Combat Arts Lvl. 5 >> 8;

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Shadow Bolt Volley didn't improve because I concentrated on that but it was inevitable after the battles I did in the past and also while I was training I had to fight sometimes. As I said, inevitable.

Evade and Dodge, which I decided to concentrate on increased by five levels. It was not enough though. I need to reach level 50 in at least one skill. Moreover, I can't focus just on improving my skills all the time. I would have to improve my rank too.

Though improving my rank at this moment is not important, I need to reach Tier-7 as soon as possible and only when I do, would I be able to protect myself from all the dangers that are present in this world. Sure there are dangers that can threaten a Tier-7 but at this point, they were not looking at me.

I have a few enemies.

First, there are still those damned elders who tried to assassinate me a few years ago. Most of the filth from the family was cleansed but some filth remained. I don't know what the consequences of that would be. I didn't say anything about that because, even if my father got rid of all the filth, as time goes on, bastards like them rise from time to time. It's a common occurrence.

So no matter what I do, elements such as them would exist, no matter what.

There is also my Ex-Fiance Elisha and her family. Though the fault is on their side, they should be blaming me and my family for their losses. From that day, I think the bonds we formed with the Siren family were severed and there was no way to bind them again.

They could look to cause trouble for me but I don't see that happening anywhere in the near future. The Siren family suffered a lot and it would take a lot of time to recover. I would be safe until then and before they would be on their own feet, I would be much more powerful than now.

There was no way that they could hurt me at that point. So there was no reason to think about them.

The main problem was William Rutgurd. He was now bound by the Heir Selection Competition chains but that would be over by the time I graduated. Since his position in the family would depend on the outcome of the competition, he should be working vigorously.

William was said to be a genius. if only he didn't take the route of going after the fiances of others, he could have been still the heir of the Count and have graduated from the Royal Academy last year.

He had only one year, but by doing shitty things he got expelled and now his position was in danger.

So he wouldn't bother me before I graduate, but after that, I am sure that he would find trouble with me. It's not just because of the competition but I am still a student of the Royal Academy.

With the recent collision between us, if anything happens to me, all eyes would turn towards him, but after graduation, the academy wouldn't concern themselves if we survive or not out in the world.

I believe both reasons are what prevented him from causing trouble for me.

So if I am Tier-7 and have a skill or two at level 50, then there is no way that I would come out of the bad end when William causes trouble for me.

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Anyway, though I concentrated on Evade and Dodge, those are not the only skills that improved.

Due to the high-intensity training, a lot of skills improved.

Spatial Storage increased by a single level.

Sprint, Alertness, and Perception increased by two levels.

Fusion and split increased by three levels.

Night Vision, Parry increased by four levels.

The highest improvement in addition to Evade and Dodge was in Strengthen skill, which increased by five levels.

In addition to skills, a few resistances improved too.

Lightning Resistance increased by a single level.

Water and Wind Resistances increased by two levels.

Space and Fire Resistances increased by three levels.

Physical Resistance increased by four levels.

Magic Resistance (Non-Attribute) single-handedly improved by five levels.

Coming to weapon Arts Staff Arts increased by a single level, Movement Arts increased by two levels, and Hand Combat Arts increased by three levels.

Anyone can say that I improved a lot, but for me, it's nowhere near enough for the upcoming crisis. I need to find more efficient ways, as there was no extra Time to use for training.

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Anyway, it's time to return home. Maybe help my father a little, which may indirectly help me spend some time with him.