Myth Of A Dragon - 66 New Powers

According to his new information, it was actually inherited memories of the bloodline. If a high-ranked bloodline is awakened and if its purity is at a certain level, the awakened dragonborn would directly inherit all the general memories associated with the bloodline. If the bloodline’s purity isn’t up to the standard, the dragonborn would only get a sliver of information regarding his bloodline, thereby limiting his/her knowledge about his/her own power, resulting to a limited future.

However, it wasn’t really a big issue for bloodlines with many descendants. This is because if someone awakened the same bloodline but with a higher purity, he/she could note down his inherited memories for people who have lower purity than said person to learn from.

*Zeke, the purity of your bloodlines achieved almost the peak. You could be said to have inherited almost all of the Lesser Golden Dragon’s and Mad Dragon’s inherited memories. You wouldn’t need to find books regarding it anymore since you basically have more knowledge than anyone with a Lesser Golden Dragon and Mad Dragon.*

Zeke rejoiced. He didn’t know how pure his bloodlines are so he couldn’t measure the exact amount of memories he inherited. However, it seems that his worries are naught since the system said his purity should’ve been almost at the peak. It seemed like he underestimated his achievement of awakening 95% of his total dragon blood.

When he reorganized the newly inherited memories, he found out to his surprise that both bloodlines possess unfathomable potential. Merely reading all of it took Zeke days, and after reading all of it, Zeke felt like he had hit the jackpot.

The Lesser Golden Dragon Bloodline he inherited was very powerful in the sense that it could match the Golden Dragon’s potential in its peak. To sum up the information regarding it, it was basically a progressing Golden Dragon. Unlike the Golden Dragon who had all the skills from the start, the Lesser Golden Dragon only has a few. As the dragonborn’s strength of Dragon Force increases, the hidden potential and power of the Lesser Golden Dragon will erupt, slowly revealing new powers while also improving them as the Dragon Energy increases in quality. This meant that Zeke would gain more bloodline power the more his Dragon Force got stronger, while his existing bloodline powers will also improve qualitatively. In a nutshell, Zeke’s bloodline power will improve both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Also, according to his new information, he currently possess four dragon bloodlines within his Lesser Golden Dragon Bloodline.

The first was a fiery feeling hovering along inside the Dragon Force. It was white in color while it exude an aggressive and destrictive aura. It was in the form of countless small balls of fire hovering in the faint dragon head around his Perfect Mana Core. This was Zeke’s family bloodline power, the Heavenly Flame Dragon Bloodline. The first Heavenly Flame Dragon appeared in the same generation as the Lesser Golden Dragon. It possessed supreme might and talent when utilizing Fire-attributed mana, According to the memories, the Heavenly Flame Dragon controls the most tyrannical Dragon Fire out of all the Dragon Bloodlines. It could practically melt metals easily while its power increases as the user becomes stronger. In its prime, the Heavenly Flames even burnt a whole full-fledged Dragon into crisp. Such a matter shocked the whole Second Generation back then, and this made the Heavenly Flame Dragon’s status within the generation to skyrocket. Among Fire-attributed Dragons, if anyone were to ask what flame is the most tyrannical and frightening, the Heavenly Flame stands above all.

In Zeke’s Lesser Golden Dragon Bloodline, he had only received part of the Heavenly Flame Dragon’s bloodline powers. Instead of an active skill, Zeke instead received the Heavenly Flame-attributed mana from the bloodline, heavily changing his talent for Fire-attributed spells. Not only would he find it easier to cast Fire-attributed spells, the type of fire could also differ. When Dragon Force is mixed with his mana, his fire would be a Heavenly Flame, the most tyrannical type of flame amongst dragon flames. Even though Zeke didn’t receive an actual skill, he was still very satisfied with his gain. Not only would he have much more powerful fire attacks, his compatibility of this element would also increase drastically. If Zeke could be called a genius in Fire Magic before, then he could be said to me a monstrous prodigy right now.

The second secondary bloodline he got was the Battle Dragon, Zeke felt the name was weird at first but he immediately dismissed the thought when he read about it. This Dragon was actually the offspring of The War Dragon, and that he too was as mighty as his father. The Battle Dragon possessed an innate monstrous talent regarding weapons. Unlike his father who was well-versed with wars and killing, the Battle Dragon was intoxicated with fighting. He did not kill as much as his father, but he was on par with his father in terms of weapon mastery. Since the Battle Dragon focused on fighting, he eventually surpassed his father’s overall combat prowess, formally claiming his nickname as the first Battle Dragon.

The power he got from the Battle Dragon was absurd and overpowered in Zeke’s eyes. Besides the fact that his originally monstrous talent in comprehending weapon techniques became even more monstrous, he also had a fraudulent skill. When triggered, Zeke’s eyes will change into that of the Battle Dragon. With this, Zeke could faintly see the actions of his enemies a second or two in the future in his mind. This was not only due to foresight but more so in prediction and simulation.

This fraudulent ability came to life due to the Battle Dragon’s intense will to improve his fighting prowess. With his unique image training ability developed from the countless battles, the Battle Dragon can analyze his opponent to form copies of them inside his mind. The Battle Dragon then mentally simulates the attack patterns that the opponent might possess. This made it so the Battle Dragon was always one to two steps ahead of his opponent. Before his enemy could even stab him, the Battle Dragon would already be dodging it. Now, this fraudulent ability was inherited by Zeke. The Battle Dragon back then casually named it as Keen Judgement as he then continued to use it for the rest of his life, thereby solidifying his nickname further.

The third bloodline under his Lesser Golden Dragon is called the Saintly Dragon, a Light-attributed 2nd Generation Dragon. This one, like the Heavenly Flame Dragon, possess innate advantages in one attribute: Light. The Saintly Dragon wasn’t well known back then because it was a pacifist back then. It despises violence and specializes in supporting its allies in the battlefield, providing massive shields and countless buffs and enhancements. Although it was a pacifist, it still couldn’t dodge its responsibility as a dragonkin, hence it was forced to participate in battles. Even so, the dragon stayed true to its creed. It didn’t use its powers to harm, but only to support its allies.

The Saintly Dragon’s Dragon Force was also special, just like the Heavenly Flame Dragon. Its Dragon Force resembled small white balls that radiate a gentle aura whenever Zeke tried to inspect it, contrary to the Heavenly Flame Dragon’s tyrannical and aggressive Dragon Force. It also hovered around inside the illusory dragon head along with the black fireballs of the Heavenly Flame Dragon. The innate skill Zeke got was a Minor Heal, a spell that could heal light wounds quickly.

The last secondary bloodline that Zeke had under his Lesser Golden Dragon was something Zeke didn’t expect. The name of the bloodline, or at least what the ancient people call it, is the Virulent Plague Dragon. According to his new memories, the first Virulent Plague Dragon was one of the most sinister and brutal out of all the Dragons, and it also ranked in the top three of the deadliest and painful poision out of all the poisonous dragon. This is because the poison of this dragon could cause eternal suffering for the inflicted victim if the caster wished for. The poison could be controlled by the caster which also means that the victim’s life or death or suffering could be decided by the caster. This made the Virulent Plague Dragon one of the infamous torturers of their generation. He would inflict poison towards his enemies while willing it to cause pain to their bodies without killing them. Unless they persuade the Virulent Plague Dragon to stop and dispel the poison, the suffering of the victim won’t stop until he/she died. As for the antidote, only a healing dragon stronger than the Virulent Plague by a fold could forcefully dispel it. Still, the poison would’ve already damaged the victims’s body and/or his/her mind by that time, causing irrepairable damage.

The Virulent Plague Dragons’ Dragon Force was in the form of a lime green drop of liquid that hovered within the dragon head.

Zeke’s Dragon Force now consists of the normal attributeless Force, the Heavenly Flame’s Force, the Saintly Dragon’s milky white Force, and the Virulent Plague Dragon’s paris green Force. All four silently rotated within the illusory dragon head and around Zeke’s mana core.

Learning about all of these, Zeke couldn’t help but be ecstatic about his current strength. He felt delighted seeing as he now had an arsenal of abilities to use against people. He felt that the Golden Dragon’s advantage of flexibility and unfathomableness.

What made Zeke even ecstatic was the fact that this wasn’t his Lesser Golden Dragon’s final form, and that as his Dragon Force get tempered and strengthened, he would gradually unlock more and more bloodline forms that has its own powers too.

Zeke also learnt that the tempering of Dragon Force was one of the important assets of Golden Dragons. If it were other Dragons, tempering the Dragon Force would only result to a bigger Dragon Force Pool and higher quality, but for the Golden Dragon and its descendants, tempering their Dragon Force not only meant increase in qualitative strength, but also their strength in terms of the quantity of bloodline powers. Their benefits in tempering the Dragon Force couldn’t even be placed in the same level as the benefits of other dragons. Such a revelation made Zeke even more excited. He yearned for such a day where he possesses just a lot of skills and powers of varying elements and specialties, making his overall combat strength much more powerful than Dragonborns of the same level.

Also, only by combat and battles would the Dragon Force be tempered. It wasn’t like mana where people could just absorb it in the surroundings and it’ll increase. Only by stimulating it by fighting would it be strengthened and, at the same time, increase its pool.

After absorbing all these information, Zeke went on to comb through the Mad Dragon’s.

Not much was in the Mad Dragon’s inherited memories except for the fact that it was a killing machine. This was because the Mad Dragon gains his strength through baptism of blood. By killing an enemy, the Mad Dragon could absorb its blood and energy to empower his own. This would mean that when Zeke kills, he would have the choice to absorb the corpses’ vital energies, empowering him significantly. Unfortunately, it didn’t go with the specifics as to how exactly would it benefit Zeke but he figured it would be a great source of increase in power in the future.

The Mad Dragon’s innate skill that Zeke inherited was Compression, or at least that’s what Zeke calls it. The ability had no name, but its effect was very terrifying. Zeke would basically compress his own muscles, making him look slimmer and all bones, while it will also drastically increase his explosive strength. Even though his figure would look like a malnourished one, his physical strength would skyrocket as his attacks would explode with power.

*Zeke, this Mad Dragon Bloodline fits you perfectly. If it were others, using the Mad Dragon’s skill would slowly consume their consciousness until they became living puppets whose only desire is to kill. However, with your Unrestrained title, it would basically mean that you could utilize the Mad Dragon’s skill without having to suffer the mental backlash.*

Hearing the system’s words, Zeke couldn’t help but tremble at the thought of that. Usually, a great power contains a limitation or a backlash when meeting certain conditions. In this case, the backlash of the explosive power is that its user will slowly lose his consciousness as they will become shrouded with evil thoughts and desires. However, with Zeke’s Unrestrained title, this basically nullified the negative characteristic of the Mad Dragon. Zeke felt like it was unfair but he didn’t object to it since it benefits him anyway.

Zeke stood up after pondering over all of his newfound powers. He felt refreshed and even more confident to clear the place since he now had a lot of tricks to rely on.

Before continuing forward, Zeke walked towards the corpse of the old man as he rummaged through his body. After a few seconds, Zeke only found two space rings out of the old man’s whole body. When he rummaged through it, Zeke found a small pile of gold coins along with some worn out books stashed in the corner. Upon closer inspection, Zeke realized it was all books regarding Dark-attributed skills. Zeke realized this old man must’ve been an important figure of their clan considering his collection of ‘skill books’ are vast, with most of it suitable for Tier 1 Magicians, while some were only usable for Tier 2 and 3s. Zeke felt satisfied as he now had new skills to use.

Before Zeke could even shake off his thoughts, a ding sound rang inside his head. A floating interface appeared in Zeke’s left peripheral vision as he shifted his gaze to it.

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Progression Quest “System Upgrade III” Complete!

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