Essence [2]
"Demon Dragon.. The ones who are shunned away by both the Dragon Race and the Demon Race. You should hide the fact that you look-no, feel like one."
Alina said with a stern face. It is only natural, given with Lugh's appearance right now. Traits wouldn't change one's race, but it could change one's vibe and appearance.
When he underwent transformation, his disguise wore off. Both Xiao Song and Little Xue knew that it would be better if they don't interfere, thus they chose to go into hibernation mode. Only with this did their interference became very low.
Right now, he looked like his undisguised self when he first got [Demon God Physique], but with some extras. He now has these dragon scales all over his body along with his purple-red eyes with vertical pupils. Surprisingly, he also grew a small black horn on the left side of his head. It is engraved with red and purple lines.
'Demon Dragon. And the runes as well.'
This time, Lugh felt the power of the runes. It is far stronger than his past self. The overbearingness of it now has coercion as well. To cut it short, it can now cause Mental and Mind Damage as well.
Take note that the two are different, as the Mental Damage pertains to the damage of one's Mental Realm while Mind Damage pertains to the damage of Mind Vessel, the vessel that Mages use to store mana and cast spells.
Though, both would be affected if one of the two gets attacked, just like what happened to the City Guard Commander. The consciousness, cognitive thinking, and so on would take a drop if that happens.
"This is certainly the first. I won't ask anything else on how you got the Demon King's physique, but are you alright?"
"Mn. I only felt that I am stronger, that's all."
"All's well then."
"Ms. Alina, how much time did pass?"
"Around.. an entire year?"
"An entire year?! No.."
Thinking about the things that he missed out, Lugh cried out loud. In exchange for a god-like trait, [Demon Dragon God Physique], he slept for an entire year. Still, he found this very acceptable.
"What about Aria?"
"Disciple? She's still sleeping."
Alina pointed out to the blood-red egg filled with runes. Up until now, she's still undergoing transformation.
"She received most of my Dragon's Heart, so it might take some time."
"I understand."
The only reason that Lugh ended up receiving [Dragon God Physique] is due to his [Demon God Physique] fully resonating with his [Dragon Physique], causing it to almost break its limits. Then, the Origin Power that he got from the heart strengthened it, which helped it break the limit. The panel's perfect utilization of Origin Power is the one to thank for this.
"Is there still any monsters living in the last trial?"
"There's none. Ever since I locked up the inheritance grounds a year ago, all of them got expelled outside. I can send you outside, though."
"Please send me outside."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
When Lugh found out that his EXP bags got damned thanks to the zergs, he now feels rushed. Not only did he need more EXP for his growth, the [Demon Dragon God Physique] gave him a bigger reason to do so.
It is only at LV2, yet it already needs twice the amount of EXP that [Demon God Physique] needed. This time, he swears to upgrade it to Law Rank. Only when he did so would it have a huge transformation, or so he guessed.
"Good luck then. I'll split a part of my remnant soul so that I can create a passageway to the core place."
"Thank you."
***
2 days later..
In this place, a fully armored man with a spiked mace is seen fighting against Wild Beasts that looks like giant lizards.
"Add the power of the runes.."
Inside his body, countless runes began to light up. It began to produce a mysterious yet powerful force as it coated the spiked mace that he's handling right now.
[Midnight Star (S+)]
-A mysterious great sword created from a meteorite that fell down to a Deity-Realm Combatant's residence. Due to its unique nature, he created a weapon out of it and gifted it to his daughter.
-After devouring, the trait [Weight Shift] has been retained.
[Weight Shift]
-Allows the user to amplify the weight of his weapon by 100 times.
To use its [Weight Shift] trait, the man first smashed the lizards before jumping above its head. He then utilized [Weight shift] to make the fall of that great sword heavier by 100 times. The skull of that giant lizard who is known for its regenerative and defense capabilities, was almost cut in half.
The eyes of that said lizard became white and spewed out blood before dying.
[780,000 EXP has been gained.]
"Two more."
The man, no, Lugh used his [36 Heavenly Constellation Steps] to enter a dimension, making it look like he teleported right in the back of that lizard. Just like before, he slashed the great sword downward.
He targeted the head of that lizard just like the first one. After inflicting a fatal damage, it died.
[750,000 EXP has been gained.]
Growl-!
Now that some time had passed, the last remaining giant lizard finally reacted. Dozens of Earth Spikes rose from the ground, targeting Lugh. He countered this by flying, though dozens of Earth Spears separated from the ground and targeted him too.
'Little Xue,
'Aye!'
As the great sword on his hand turned into a smaller sword, he went closer towards the giant lizard. He summoned dozens of sword intent blades to distract the giant lizard. Since it is intent on blocking and dodging those, it didn't notice that Lugh is now close to him.
"Farewell."
A clean cut beheaded the final giant lizard. Thanks to the power of the runes, it became way stronger than he had expected.
[760,000 EXP has been gained.]
"It's finally enough for an upgrade."
After the battle, Lugh returned to the inheritance grounds before readying himself for an upgrade.
[Upgrading [Demon Dragon God Physique] to Level 3 costs 40M EXP. Continue?]
'Continue.'
A warm feeling soon assaulted him. After that, an intense pain followed. For him who experienced it quite a few times, Lugh is now used to it. Even though the pain is stronger than before, he withstood it.
"Phew."
Lugh stood up on the bedroom carpet. He stretched out for a bit before heading towards the hidden room where he and Aria transformed.
To be honest, it looks luxurious. The pinkish things in Alina's room isn't seen here; it looks like a normal guest room. Due to Alina being a dragon, even their guest rooms are huge. It is huge enough for them to transformed.
"Lugh, look at it."
"What is it?"
Alina pointed towards the room where Aria is. When Lugh opened the door, he looked at Aria who is still inside the blood-red egg. There, he saw cracks appearing little by little. Even though it seems that she's still not done yet, this just means that the day she finishes her transformation is near.
"Aria.."
Lugh definitely missed her sight since its more than a year when they last saw each other. Both of them expected that it'll take some time, but not like this.
"It doesn't hurt waiting longer."
It does. He's damn eager to see her again.
"That's why.. I'll definitely become stronger to protect you."
He left the room and headed towards his own. Lugh then entered the Zerg World that he hadn't visited for quite a long time.
Soon, 2 months had passed..