The Tales of Draconic Warlock - Chapter 22: Changes in Me (1)

Chapter 22: Changes in Me (1)

What was that?

My head hurts.

I remember the demon that I summoned using the ritual, without knowing what I was going to summon. Then I remembered that I used my clone to distract it and attack its demon crystal, which is the only weakness that a demon has.

After that, I fell unconscious. My mind felt heavy, I couldn’t think of anything and I fell.

Why did that happen?

Is that the attack on the demon?

Is it still alive?

No, it shouldn’t be. If it was I wouldn’t have woken up in the same cave where I summoned it. The demon would have killed me and there is a corpse of the demon lying in the ritual circles. It was probably the attack from a dying demon. I should check what happened later.

First I need to see what I have summoned and killed. It announced its name but what rank it was at should be my concern.

I immediately checked the system messages.

[You have slain the demon Garuthat of Lethargy Tribe.]

[You have slain a creature of Tier-6, level 7]

[You have gained EXP…]

[You leveled up..]

[You leveled up..]

{You have reached level 100.]

[EXP overflowing…]

[You have slain a Tier-6 creature while being Tierless.]

[You have gained the title, Great Slayer]

[You have cleared conditions for Tier Upgrade…]

[You don’t have enough mental strength to connect with the WORLD’S WILL.]

[You are automatically graded – EX]

[You have been promoted to Tier-1]

[You have gained 50x attribute increment.]

[You leveled up..]

[You leveled up..]

{You have reached level 100.]

[EXP overflowing…]

[You have cleared conditions for Tier Upgrade…]

[You don’t have enough mental strength to connect with the WORLD’S WILL.]

[You are automatically graded – EX]

[You have been promoted to Tier-2]

[You have gained 50x attribute increment.]

[You leveled up..]

[You leveled up..]

{You have reached level 100.]

[EXP overflowing…]

[You have cleared conditions for Tier Upgrade…]

[You don’t have enough mental strength to connect with the WORLD’S WILL.]

[You are automatically graded – EX]

[You have been promoted to Tier-3]

[You have gained 50x attribute increment.]

[You are now eligible to obtain a Secondary Class.]

[You have yet to open your Sea of Conscious.]

[Selection of Secondary Class blocked temporarily.]

[You leveled up..]

[You leveled up..]

{You have reached level 3.]

[Your mental energy was exhausted.]

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Wow, that’s too many notifications. There are too many changes and surprises that happen at the same time.

When one was still at Tier-0, for every level up they would get +10 HP, +10 MP, and +1 INT if they were a spellcaster. As I belong to the category of spellcasters that was exactly what my gains were as I started to level up.

This would remain the same until you reach Tier-1. For every increase in level at Tier-1, there should be a minimum of +20HP, +20 MP, and +2 INT. This depends on how the promotion mission went.

After reaching Tier-0, level 100, you have to complete a task issued by the system. The system usually was not interactive as it would show only our status panel and notifications of what happened to you. There’s nothing more that it would do, but there are ways to interact with the system and it would be possible at Tier promotion.

There is a crystal called World Crystal, which when we interact with at level 100, would issue a promotion mission. It was not some cheap crystal that everyone could get hold of it. Only the Magic Association has them in their possession.

When you are at the promotion level, you can go to the association to get a mission. Once completed, you’ll be promoted to the next rank.

At the next rank, the attributes you gain would increase for every level up. It was just not that, depending on your profession, when the promotion mission is completed you gain an increase in HP and MP, which would be the same as the total that you gained for the 100 levels or half of it.

You would get a grade of completion and depending on that, the next level-up attribute is decided. The grade starts at F and ends at S. An F-grade means that the gains are double compared to the previous rank. An E-grade means tripled and so on.

It only changes at S-grade, which increases tenfold instead of seven times.

This was how it should be, but obviously, I had skipped those steps and I had no idea that it could happen. Moreover from the notifications, it looks like I didn’t get what everyone thought was the best grade but something far better.

The system graded my promotion grade as EX, which obviously increases attribute gain by 50 times. This means that my attribute numbers are going to touch the sky, especially with my physique helping along the way.

I have reached Tier-3 directly, without going through the promotion missions. The notifications said that I was automatically graded as EX-grade.

Why does that happen?

Is that because I killed a demon or a one-time cheat that the world gave me for some reason? Is it related to my memories of past life?

There’s also another question, how to gain EX-grade next time, that is when I reach Tier-3, level 100. I don’t know whether it is a permanent buff or a one-time thing. Moreover, I got a title, Great Slayer.

Is that because I killed a creature that was way above my league?

Possibly.

I mean not including that I have too many questions that I needed answers but that has to wait. I mean what is this lethargy tribe? Are they powerful?

Would they track me or could they?

There are too many questions but at the moment I am restricted. I was not given access to knowledge above Tier-3 at the moment. If I needed to get access, I should show that I have reached at least Tier 3. Even then it was not a guarantee, as the information would be considered secret by the families.

From what I know, the knowledge above Tier-3 is not taught at the academy. To learn that knowledge, you have to join a noble house or have to find out things by yourself.

So, should I return?

It would surely help me to improve myself faster.

Though I am tempted to do so, before doing anything else, I should check my status and see what exactly my status screen looks like now. After that, I can leisurely check about those details and think what to do in the future.