Then I grabbed the Skill Stone and with a little pressure the stone broke into motes of light, said light rushed into my body before a screen appeared before me showing me skills I could unlock.
[—Available Skills:
—Basic Sexual Arts
—Basic Subterfuge
—Basic Speech
—Basic Concealment
—Basic Earth Magic
—[]—
These were the most prominent skills that I had, these were the only skills available because I had shown use of them as of late, if I stopped using them for a long period of time or wasn't subjected to them then they would disappear until I did something that unlocked them again.
But I didn't focus on the other skills and just chose Basic Earth Magic.
[—You've learnt Basic Earth Magic.]
And just like that all the knowledge gained from the book I had just absorbed could be made of use.
If I didn't have the skill then I wouldn't be able to make use of the magic skill at all which was why skill stones were such a hot commodity.
I didn't focus on that though and grabbed another book, it was a basic earth magic spell book.
I devoured that one too and watched as my skill leveled up.
[— +10 Earth Magic.]
And just like that I was at least skilled in earth magic and now knew a lot of spells from the magic tree.
But I didn't stop there and grabbed the next book, this one on advanced earth magic.
I devoured it too.
[— +15 Earth Magic.]
[—You have maxed out Basic Earth Magic, use an advanced skill stone to break the current skills limits.]
And just like that I now had an even more indepth understanding of earth magic even though I wasn't at advanced rank in the magic it helped out immensely in understanding the basic earth spells I had learnt.
" Well?" Chimed my father and looking at him I nodded before lifted my hand and willed my mana into action.
A couple seconds later particles started converging into my open hand and slowly a rock was formed to the amazement and shock of my siblings and mother's.
This was an advanced level spell after all, using particles in the air in order to facilitate earth spells in a place that didn't have a nearby reserve of earth was a great way for earth magicians to be able to fight after all.
" Incredible..." Said one of my sister's, Jade who was an Expert Earth Magician, understanding the ridiculousness of what I had just done.
This was my abilities help in breaking down the knowledge I absorbed and understanding them fully.
I could learn any rank of magic skills with this but they would be underpowered if my skill level was lower than the actual rank of the spell I was using.
To this my father grunted with a nod.
" Good, it seems that you do have some capabilities and potential to be able to take my throne after me." He said making my mother's tense and my sister's frown.
" But you'll have to become stronger than you are right now, your sisters are more powerful than you with Amber being a Tier 4 Demon already so you have a long road ahead of you if you want the throne." He said which had everyone looking at me with unease.
My father just put a fucking target at the back of my head, fuck.
But then again, he knew that even if he granted me the throne, my sister's would still fight for it, so this in a way was him telling me to grow strong enough that when I ascended the throne I would be able to keep it, even in the face of a civil war.
But at the end, he didn't care for me that much besides putting a male in the throne, which he would do regardless so long as I was alive.
" You'll be given access to my personal library and a stash of Skill stones to help you advance in your studies." He said furthering the depth of my grave as none of my sister's had access to this motherfuckers library, he was showing blatant 'favouritism' just so they would start actually trying to fuck me up, smart way to get rid of me you old coot.
He even gave me a bag of skill stones which would allow me to advance faster in skill ranks which would make me stronger faster, this would pressure my mother's or sisters into acting quickly in order to get rid of me before I became a nuisance to them.
' Fuck...when the fuck did I become so good at reading situations and politics?' I wondered ignoring the pointed stares I gained from my family.
And seeing this I decided to say fuck it and used my ability [True Insight] on my father.
[—Name: Jaturu' Lucifer Sinclair' Morningstar.
—Age: 479
—Tier: 5
—Race: Demon.
—Bloodline: Mutated Drechro Bloodline.
—Sin: Envy.
—[Stats]—
—Body: 14,869
—Mind: 897
—Soul: 900
—C-Mana: 4,969
—[Abilities]—
—Tidefire[A+](Awakened Ability)
—Blood Manipulation[S-]
—[Bloodline Abilities]—
—Mind Fortress[SS-]
—Blood Fledgling Creation[S-]
—Mind Bending[A+]
—Soul Snare[B+]
—[Skills]
—Grandmaster Swordsmanship[135/150]
—Master Soul Magic[79/100]
—Expert Blood Magic[59/75]
—Expert Mind Magic[75/75]
—Advanced Martial Arts[50/50]
—Basic Space Magic[25/25]
—Basic Sexual Arts[25/25]
—Basic Management[25/25]
—Basic Concealment[25/25]
—[]—
My eyes focused on his stats.
This motherfucker was a Tier 6 in terms of physical capabilities.
The only reason that he wasn't shown as a tier 6 being was due to his Corrupted Mana Stat not bordering 5,000.
For demons in order to ascend in Tier they needed 2 of four of their stats to border into the next tier, when that was done then they would ascend to that Tier.
So the only reason this fucker wasn't a Tier 6 being was because of his lagging mana stat.
Well, if I had any hopes of killing this guy they have just been squashed.
I ain't touching that until I'm atleast at his level.
' Well fuck...'
" Now that the awakening is complete, you can leave." And with that my father gave me and anyone who would want to leave a way out.
Of course I grabbed onto that and stood up as slow as I could and walked out of the Court, leaving the others to bicker or whatever about me or something.
As much as my father seemingly hated me, he never ever lifted his own hand to kill me, which is a boon to be honest.
And so with that I walked over to my room and got inside.
I noticed that my bed was made, room cleaned and on my study table there was a bag on it and a badge.
Walking up to them I grabbed the badge and inspected it.
It was an access badge which would probably allow me to get into the library, hopefully my mother's wouldn't kill me just so they could steal it from me...who am I kidding, they are probably already planning that right now.
Sighing I grabbed the small bag and opened it.
Inside was simple darkness.
' Of course it's a storage bag.' I thought sighing as I put my hand inside and immediately one of the bags functions activated giving me an overview of the items inside.
Inside were 20 Basic Skill Stones, 10 Advanced, 5 Expert and 2 Master Skill Stones.
' Fuck....this motherfucker is truly out to get me...' were my first thoughts to these gifts.