Fusion
Locke's entire body convulsed in agony as his muscle fibers and bones were remolded many times over. There was a sudden shock that was sent to his brain as his body assimilated more with light but rejected the dark and corrupted energy. The two elements were fighting for dominance, but it was clear that the divine light would win. This may even kill Locke if he were to not endure the gruesome process that was about to occur. You could see tears in his eyes as he could not hold it in, he was becoming a different entity. After several hours of nonstop clashes between the corrupted element and the divine light, an unfathomable event had occurred. The dark energy and divine energy were mixing and becoming one, the two energies let go of fighting and were now accepting each other. This also led to many more hours of gruesome pain as his body was further molded and strengthened into something even beyond a divine light dragon. Due to him being able to evolve, his body's energies soon accepted each other. After countless more hours of vexing tortuous and uneventful things, the pain subsided. Locke had fainted right after because he could not keep conscious after something such as that.
[One Week Later]
Locke groaned in pain as he stood up on all 4 legs and began to move his muscles. He stretched a bit and got himself moving, he had not moved a bit for a week. Though he had regretted the feeling of such immense pain, Locke was excited to see what he had gained in return.
[Godly Pain Resistence:5]*New*
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Name: Locke
Species: Divine Chiaroscuro(SS)(Adolescant)
Class: Corrupted Archmage(A)
[HEALTH]: (15000/15000)
[LVL]: 250
MANA: [350000/350000]
STRENGTH: 1358 > 3785<568>
STAMINA: 1029 > 4522
DEFENSE: 875 > 3510
INTELLIGENCE: 119 > 192
SPEED: 1451 > 5241
GIFTS:
[3 TIMES EXP] [EVOLUTION]
[ANALYZE]
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SKILLS
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[Dragononic Aura: 1]
[Overlord State: 1]
[Divine Light Breath: 1]
[Claws of Malice: 1]
[Maniac Absorber: 1]
[Shadow State: 1]
[Light Cloak: 1]
[Mental Distortion: 1]
[Godly Pain Resistance: 5]
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Locke's heart jumped in joy as he saw a piece of his stats, his skills were also no different. It was only suttle, but Locke felt his personality was also shifting and becoming more neutral. He used to be a lot more ruthless as a corrupted dragon and would kill without mercy. As he had now become a mix between light and dark, he saw things in a more neutral stance. He wouldn't go off killing every person he meets, but he won't say no to killing when it's needed. As Locke rambled on and on in his head, he heard a few steps creep into his dwelling. The sounds were that of anxiousness and worry, it was as if they were in a hurry. Whatever they were, Locke would not let them harm him. He could sense they were all extremely strong, they rivaled him at his current state.
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Name: Draven
Species: Human(C)
Class: Magic Swordsman(A-), Master Swordsman(A-), Warden(B+)
[HEALTH]: (13000/13000)
[LVL]: 1600
MANA: [26000/26000]
STRENGTH: 7525<+500>
STAMINA: 4250<+200>
DEFENSE: 4605
INTELLIGENCE: 35
SPEED: 4499<+100>
GIFTS:
[Faster Growth]
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Name: Mia
Species: Human(C)
Class: Fire Sorceror(A-),Refiner(B-)
[HEALTH]: (8500/8500)
[LVL]: 1180
MANA: [72000/72000]
STRENGTH: 2125
STAMINA: 6225
DEFENSE: 3100
INTELLIGENCE: 42
SPEED: 4555
GIFTS:
*None*
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Name: Clary
Species: Human(C)
Class: Archlight Healer(S-),Support Buffer(B+), Saint(B)
[HEALTH]: (10000/10000)
[LVL]: 1085
MANA: [87000/75000]
STRENGTH: 2500
STAMINA: 4800
DEFENSE: 3825
INTELLIGENCE: 55
SPEED: 4106
GIFTS:
[Gifted Healer]
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Name: Simon
Species: Human(C)
Class: Magic Tank(A-),Fighter(C+)
[HEALTH]: (21000/21000)
[LVL]: 1210
MANA: [45000/45000]
STRENGTH: 3500
STAMINA: 4159
DEFENSE: 5900
INTELLIGENCE: 35
SPEED: 3400
GIFTS:
*none*
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All 4 could be seen to conversing with each other as they do not notice Locke yet because of his Light Cloak. It would take further concentration on the surrounding mana flow and distortion to find Locke in his hiding. They were all carefree and relaxed because they believed it would be an easy fight. This would however not be the case. Locke has a few tricks up his sleeve that will give him the advantage.
As the party of 4 walked down inside the well built and refined cave, they conversed about what they would do with the money. Draven said he would save up for a big mansion while Simon and Mia just wanted to relax and party. Clary had said she would also save it for later, she had no use of it at this time.
They continued searching through the cave as they were shocked how refined it was, they guessed it wasn't naturally built. As their search continued to an end, they had found not one clue leading to the monster that attacked the carriage. They were about to take their leave until they saw a white fire head towards them at fast speeds. Only Draven and Simon were able to react as they quickly made barriers and defenses to shield themselves and their party. Unfortunately, they were too late and suffered the consequences. The attack was so powerful that it broke through their flimsy defenses and did collateral damage. The people that had suffered the most injuries were mia and clary. Mia's skin could be seen peeling off as her entire right arm was burnt to a crisp. Her other arm didn't fare too well either, it was heavily bruised and unusable. Clary suffered only a badly damaged leg and arm, she could still heal and fix up the party. Draven was ready to launch an assault at the enemy, but he couldn't see anyone there. He was left confused for a second until he had a plan. While Mia was fully immobilized from combat, Draven had a close-range AOE skill he could use if he lured the monster close enough.
Locke was now going to attack Draven with his Claws of Malice, but he confused why Draven was closing his eyes. It looked as if he was concentrating on something, but Locke couldn't point a finger at what it was. He didn't have a lot of experience with this world, he was only in it for less than a month after all. As he was closing in on Draven, he saw that Draven suddenly opened his eyes with determination. Before he could run away or escape, Draven had already activated his AOE skill, [Doom's Crusher]. The attack felt as though the gravity was multiplied by 20 on Locke. He was strained to point his spell cloaking him was canceled. He was soon revealed as a 15-meter tall dragon emanating a dark and white glow. Draven learned to not think too much and prepared for a Sword barrage on Locke. He was able to land multiple hits as he got help from Clary who further buffed him.
Locke knew he would have to get out of the situation quickly, but he was stuck at the moment. They had already cut his hp by 4000 as he was panicking on what to do. He was heavily bruised with multiple slashes and large wounds on his body, but he was not affected one bit. Making up his mind, Locke put an illusion of himself in his place. This would act as a gateway for him to counter with a full-powered [Claws of Malice] which could fatally injure Draven. The time it would take to cast is around 3 minutes.
The illusion was cast and Locke had used Light Cloak to hide. Draven and Simon had used all the attacks they could manage on the illusion. They slammed hits after hits draining their stamina and endurance, they would soon be dealt with in no time.
Draven could see the illusion of Locke dying and was prepared to land the final blow. Before he could do anything though, he was frozen from fear as all his instinct told him death was near. Behind him, he could see a large blinding light coming straight at him with such immense power that it even scrapped at his hp from far away. It was coming towards him as all he could do was scream in terror.