Chapter 92: Adventure Trait: Black, White, Gray
The two sides confronted each other across the narrow Cliff, the atmosphere heavy as water.
Everyone was waiting.
The Half-Dragon was waiting for dawn and reinforcements, while the human side was waiting for the civilians to evacuate.
Anse gazed at the dense crowd of Kobolds, battle intent flickering in his eyes. He really wanted to throw a few more Fireballs; maybe he could Level Up tonight.
“Forget it, there will be plenty of opportunities.”
He didn’t know how many Half-Dragons were hidden in the Darkness; perhaps they were also waiting for him to make a move. Once his Mana was depleted too much, the Half-Dragon People would swarm him.
Never underestimate the cunning of Dragon Race creatures.
He took a few steps back, hiding himself behind the thick merlon, and sank his mind into his thoughts.
Before he could check his Character Card, he noticed that the fifth symbol on the silver Dice had lit up.
“As expected, I was right. As long as it’s not Leveling Up at home, it’s one new Trait per Level.”
The bigger the Event, the greater the Influence, the faster the symbols light up.
“Stay alert, I’m going to Meditate for a bit. Call me if something happens.” He lightly patted Brat, then sat down against the wall.
“Got it.” Brat held his shield and stood by his side, expression vigilant.
Giant Tail saw this and mimicked him, standing on the other side.
Anse glanced at him, brushed away the stray hair on his shoulder, closed his eyes, but didn’t immediately summon the twenty-sided Die.
He had a lot of Feelings today. The current situation was chaotic; ever since he transmigrated, he’d been drifting, unable to fight strong enemies all out due to reservations and lack of a reliable backing. An Adventure Team was still too thin.
For example, on the opposite side, no matter how Trash the Kobolds were, their Quantity made them terrifyingly strong. One Fireball could kill one or two hundred, eight Fireballs one or two thousand, and then… he’d get beaten badly by the Half-Dragon People.
The remaining few thousand Kobolds could still overrun Cliff City.
“It’s time to build my own Force!”
Whether against alien races, or the Nahshival Family and Shadow Thieves Guild, having a Force was much stronger than going solo.
He wouldn’t need to feel guilty for subordinates getting implicated, nor overreact out of fear. The path was their own choice; as long as he rewarded their loyalty, it was fine.
What in the world has no Risk?
He’d considered this before, but back then he was just a Common Professional, recruiting purely by charm. He had some achievements, but his Class Level was truly unimpressive.
Now he had also become an Elite Professional; it carried some weight when spoken of, and the timing for going independent was ripe!
“What kind of Organization to make? Family model, armed group, or kingdom system? Whatever, discuss it with Brat later.”
Currently in the team, Brat had the weakest Strength, but he was the smartest. Finn and Giant Tail were completely unreliable.
“If there’s a chance, I could also make a Floating City, one not dependent on the Magic Net! Just don’t know if the Goddess of Magic would be happy about it.”
Once his thoughts cleared, Anse’s mood immediately became much more relaxed.
He cheerfully summoned the twenty-sided Die, lightly touched it, and Memory fragments surfaced in his mind one by one: naval battle, disaster, Dinosaur, Abel…
Moments later, the symbols turned into three orbiting light particles—one gray, one black, one white—chasing and dancing.
Ding—
【Please choose one from three Adventure Traits: I Am Also a True Dragon, Evil Fall Evil Power, Beautiful Good Resonance】
「I Am Also a True Dragon」: Neutral choice.
How am I not a True Dragon! Bloodline tracing, acquire True Dragon Power corresponding to the source of Giant Dragon Magic, enhance own Attributes, and gain some Spell-like Abilities and supernatural abilities.
Different Class Levels correspond to different age stages of True Dragons; the True Dragon Power gained at each stage differs, and the highest Attribute must not exceed the source True Dragon.
「Evil Fall Evil Power」: Evil choice.
Every killing of yours is an irreversible evil fall ritual. Creatures that die by your hand will have their Souls extracted by the ritual and smelted into “Evil Power Essence” to strengthen your own Attributes.
The stronger the dead creature, the better the Evil Power Essence. Different levels of Evil Power Essence have different Attribute upper limits, highest 25.
「Beautiful Good Resonance」: Good choice.
Through practicing virtues like kindness, protection, justice, righteousness, sacrifice, etc., you harvest Good Resonances like fame, reverence, admiration, accumulating precious “Holy Grace Wish Power” to improve your own Attributes.
Higher Attributes require more Holy Grace Wish Power, Attribute upper limit 25.
“Traits that improve Attributes! Three to choose from?” Anse felt his heart pounding, his expression control gradually slipping.
Someone once graded the existing Sentient Races of Faerun, but it wasn’t recognized by humans, because humans’ rating is “Common”!
Humans’ biggest shortcomings besides Lifespan are Attributes; theoretical max Attribute doesn’t exceed 16, reaching 16 in one is top genius.
Some powerful races naturally raise Attributes to 20 or even 25 with age growth, but humans exceeding 20 requires breaking the creature limit, the difficulty is imaginable.
Too hard!
But Attributes are extremely important, the core of Professionals. After all, with excellent Attributes, Class can be chosen casually, and most Feats and Skills can be learned gradually.
“Which one to choose?”
If comparing total Attribute Score improvement, 「Evil Fall Evil Power」 and 「Beautiful Good Resonance」 are definitely stronger; both could potentially raise all Attributes to 25 points, though the process must be very difficult.
Even the average Attributes of the strongest Ancient Gold Dragon are under 23 points, and he could only get a portion.
Fortunately, the Ancient Gold Dragon’s highest Attribute can reach 30, so the upper limit is a bit higher.
“One good, one evil, one neutral, directly deciding future Alignment and behavior.” Anse sighed inwardly.
He didn’t hesitate much and decisively chose 「I Am Also a True Dragon」!
True Dragon Power comes from Primal Power, the world’s origin, relatively safer.
The other two really couldn’t be chosen. Extracting Souls is evil among evils; compared to that, killing and slave trading is almost good. Once doing that, he’d have to hide everywhere or mix in the Nine Hells and Abyss.
「Beautiful Good Resonance」 is too saintly, forced to do good every day; he couldn’t stand it anyway.
After selecting, the three light particles on the Die dispersed, turning into a mini little Dragon.
Ding—
【You have gained Adventure Trait: I Am Also a True Dragon】
「I Am Also a True Dragon」: Humanoid is just appearance; True Dragon Power flows in your body, you are an alien True Dragon.
As Class Level increases, your body Attributes gain extra growth, and you can freely adjust growth direction, while mastering some Spell-like Abilities and supernatural abilities.
Elite Professional corresponds to Young Dragon, Advanced Professional to Young Dragon, Peak Professional to Adult Dragon, Legendary to Ancient Dragon.
Current stage: Young Dragon.
Gold Dragon Power: 1, Silver Dragon Power: 1, highest Attribute upper limit 20.
“Huh?”
The Die flashed a few times, adding one Silver Dragon Power.
A flash of realization dawned in Anse’s mind: his True Dragon Power came from Gold Dragon and Silver Dragon, slightly more from Gold Dragon.
The so-called “growth direction” is Attribute emphasis; True Dragon Power is equivalent to Attribute Points, one per Level, varying Quantity, can be freely allocated, but highest Attribute cannot exceed 20.
“Definitely max Charisma first, then… Constitution.”
【Charisma +1, Constitution +1, confirm?】
“Confirm.”
A wave of intense pain hit, Anse felt every part of his body trembling, as if it was about to fall apart. Viscous blood surged, sometimes scorching hot, sometimes icy cold, heat waves and white mist enveloping his body.
At one moment, he felt his throat itch, couldn’t help moving his neck, opened his mouth to exhale, voice deep, tail end like thunder, no different from a Dragon roar.
But he had no time to think about it; countless inherited Memories and insights roiled endlessly in his mind, his brain throbbing with pain.
The people around were shocked. Anse seemed to be Meditating before, then suddenly his body started glowing, twisting, Mana surging wildly—one second heat waves rolling, the next frost covering.
Then he stretched his neck, and his head turned into a Dragon Head, Dragon Scale color pale, silver with gold sheen. One roar from his mouth echoed through the Wilderness.
The Half-Dragons outside the city heard it and shuddered violently, turning to run—hesitating a second was distrusting their body’s instincts.
After an unknown time, Anse quietly opened his eyes, a pair of vertical pupils lighting up, cold and majestic.
He raised his hand to touch his head, understood inwardly, shook his head slightly, the Dragon Head disappeared, and his body returned to human form.
