Chapter 17 : Unlocking the Beast
[100x Critical Hit initiated! Your rewards have been upgraded]
[You have gained +2000 Exp!]
[You have gained a Grade 4 Aura Sword!]
[You have gained a Grade 5 beast egg, the Glittering Terra Dragon Egg]
[Congratulations!]
[+2 Level up!]
[+10 stat points to share as you wish]
Instantly, two familiar lights engulfed him and he levelled up twice.
Axton could be more excited than he already was. "Grade 5 beast egg? A grade 4 weapon?!"
That was a massive leap from his current level of strength.
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[Aura Sword]
Grade : 4
Level : 5
Perk : +50 Attack
Skill : [Aura Sword Summon]
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Axton went on to read on the skill.
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Skill : Aura Sword Summon
Rank : 4-star (Lv. 1)
Description : This skill consumes 20 mana points and summon giant swords that are made of aura energy. Max of 3 sword summons. Every +1 level increases sword length by +10 metres and cool down by +1 seconds until max of level 15. (Cool down : 10 seconds)
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The 4-star skill added even more attack points than what Axton's current base attack was. That was an incredible advantage and he could summon three large sword out of nowhere to fight with.
'This address my long range disadvantage,' Axton thought as he burst into laughter.
'I'm starting to enjoy this! To think I was scared when I first arrived here.'
Axton was not wrong in his thinking.
Warriors were terrible at long range as they would prefer to come up close to fight since they relied on their physical strength in battle but with a skill like [Aura Sword Summon], that weakness seemed to be handled to a certain extent now.
'With the agility boost of speed boots, I should be able to use it to a maximum level, but…'
Axton massaged his chin. 'This skill consumes quite a lot of mana. I can't sustain long time use for now because of that. As expected of a grade 4 weapon.'
Settling with his thoughts on the other rewards, Axton went ahead to carry the beast egg.
It was flawlessly looking item, appealing and enchanting to the eyes.
Axton admired it for a long time, feeling the scaly shell of the egg with the palm of his hand.
"Beautiful," he muttered as he swallowed at the disbelief that he was carrying a dragon egg in his hand right now.
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[Glittering Terra Dragon Egg]
Grade : 5
Description : The Terra Dragon, otherwise known as the Earth Dragon, has a trace of the heritage of the Ancient Giant Earth Dragons, who were once part of the ruling race of dragon of this world.
As descendants of the Ancient Dragons, the Terra Dragon has the capacity of becoming an Earth Dragonet, an Earth Wyvern, Wyrm and in the end, possibly reach the top of its evolution ladder to become an Ancient Giant Earth Dragon.
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Axton felt like he was reading something off a fantasy book.
It was unbelievable!
With every word of the description he read, Axton felt a surge of adrenaline pulse through his veins and he was fired up for even more adventures.
He caught himself daydreaming of the numerous things he could do with his dragon by his side.
Even if it was just going to hatch into a small dragon, Axton was not worried.
No matter what lore of fantasy, dragons have always been beasts of aura, mystery, power and destruction.
They were generally feared and the fact that his potential beast was a descendant of an ancient dragon race made him more excited.
"Hehehe! I might end up as a dragon overlord! Emperor of a dragon empire. Sweet!"
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Axton was not in a rush.
He could wait for his beast to grow into the pinnacle of its existence. After all, he had only just started playing New Eden.
There was nothing he wanted to be impatient for.
After reading the descriptions of the beast egg in his end, Axton understood why the Verdant Rock Serpent found it difficult to digest the egg and needed to rest for this process to happen.
It also made sense to him why the snake beast would go for such quality of egg. Perhaps, it would help it grow to the peak of its own evolution.
This made the potential of the beast egg even more vast.
Axton quickly brought out the contract tag that Jackal had given him.
Following the instruction in the letter, he placed the tag on the egg and a gold light manifested.
*Ding*
[Do you wish to contract this beast?]
[Yes / No]
"Pfft!" Axton scoffed and shook his head. "Yes, obviously."
[Yes]
After he answered, the egg grew many times bigger and in a matter of seconds too before its shell cracked in many ways and a burst of light emerged.
*Shing*
A creature with horns revealed its head and shook itself, shaking off a slimy liquid that covered its whole body.
A grade 5 beast was born at this moment.
Axton stood next to the beast, crouched down as he slowly extended his hand, ready to withdraw it if the beast acted out of hostility.
*Squeak*
The dragonet squeaked and caught sight of Axton with its eyes growing extra wide.
The dragonet noticed the player's hand and looked at him for a few seconds before bending its head for Axton to give it a gentle rub.
Axton breathed easy as his chest heaved.
Upon touching the head of the beast, he felt a snap in his palm as if light passed through his entire nervous system, shocking him mildly.
*Ding*
[Congratulations!]
[You have contract the Terra Dragonet. You will now received 100% of its attributes]
Instantly, a surge of energy manifested from the beast and engulfed Axton inside of it.
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[Terra Dragonet]
Level : 1
Attack : 13
Defense : 55
Magic Power : 12
HP : 75/75
Mana : 30/30
Skills : [Dragon's Roar] [Whipping Dragon Tail] [Earth Shield]
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The corners of Axton's lips twitched.
"This beast is level 1?" Axton commented in disbelief. "...And it's this strong?! The Ancient Giant Dragon race must definitely not be a joke."
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Author's Note : Your powerstones help.