Closing the trait wheel, I focused my attention towards my new panel.
[Lugh Austere Bayer]
Rank: SS
Latent Potential: C-
EXP: 7,647,780,190
Strength: SS
Agility: SS
Stamina: SS
Vessel: SS
Wisdom: SS
Traits:
[Dagger Mastery (LV7)]
[Dexterous Hands (LV8)]
[Sword Mastery (LV9)]
[Decisiveness (LV7)]
[Sixth Sense (LV6)]
[Poison Body (LV6)]
[Damage Offset (LV8)]
[Stone Skin (LV7)]
[Resilience (LV7)]
[Spear Mastery (LV7)]
[Evil Eyes (LV7)]
[Darkness Control (LV7)]
[Demon Dragon God Physique (LV6)]
[Corruption Resistance (LV6)]
[Armament Connection (LV1)]
[Light Control (LV1)]
[Parallel Minds (LV1)]
[Life Marker (LV1)]
[A Reader's Perspective (LV1)]
[Stylishness (LV1)]
[Mechanical Affinity (LV1)]
[Mechanical Sense (LV1)]
[Smooth Skin (LV1)]
[Energy Recycle (LV1)]
[Beautiful Voice (LV1)]
[Amiable Guy (LV1)]
[Space Swap (LV1)]
[Unbreakable Bones (LV1)]
[Perfect Physique (LV1)]
Woah. My character panel is now filed with all sorts of traits. I spent more than a billion EXP, but it is all worth it. EXP can be earned at any time, but these chances only relies on luck.
The best trait that I got is the [A Reader's Perspective]. An awesome wisdom-type trait comparable to Aria's and Master's. The other traits are good, too.
Though, I'm now quite in trouble. I should think of a way to allocate the EXP first.
First, my rank should be upgraded to SS+. It'll push me right at SSS+ which is very helpful. Without any hesitation, I spent 200M EXP to rank up.
Dozens of minutes later, it's done. I didn't feel any drastic transformation, but I felt that my entire being is now moving towards the "Law Body", a specialty of demigods.
My vessels' capacity increased along with my sheer power. I should be able to kill an EX- Rank enemy, I guess.
Next, the traits. I should level up the new ones to at least LV5..
[Armament Connection], [Light Control], [Parallel Minds].. Hold up?
Did I see that correctly?
[Levelling up [A Reader's Perspective] requires 3M EXP. Continue?]
Holy.. 3M for an upgrade from LV1 to LV2? This is even worse than [Demon dragon God Physique]!
My ominous premonition came true. I spent way more EXP to level this up to 5 than [Demon Dragon God Physique].
Sigh.. It's an investment..
Thankfully, the rest are more normal than it. I skipped the useless ones and focused on the useful ones instead. In the end, my new traits' levels is now like this..
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EXP: 4,534,080,190
[Armament Connection (LV6)]
[Light Control (LV7)]
[Parallel Minds (LV7)]
[Life Marker (LV7)]
[A Reader's Perspective (LV5)]
[Stylishness (LV5)]
[Smooth Skin (LV5)]
[Energy Recycle (LV7)]
[Beautiful Voice (LV3)]
[Amiable Guy (LV6)]
[Space Swap (LV7)]
[Unbreakable Bones (LV7)]
[Perfect Physique (LV7)]
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Other than [A Reader's Perspective], they were leveled up to level 7. Meanwhile, I experimented on the things that those useless traits could do.
[Stylishness] has no other use; it just makes my attacks flashier. Though, this might be of some use when I want to intimidate my opponents.
[Smooth Skin] is just like its name, making one's skin smooth. My fine slim muscles that had undergone metamorphosis twice became more like something that embodied the concept of 'perfection'. Moreover, I now looked more like an immortal deity of the cultivation system.
Yes, it's quite interesting, but that's it. It costed half the usual EXP needed for other traits, so I gave it a try. Wait, let me upgrade it more a bit. Who doesn't like being handsome?
[Smooth Skin (LV7)]
Done!
Meanwhile, [Beautiful Voice] is even more useless. It only made my voice charming. If I could use it in battles, I'll upgrade it.
But for aesthetics? Nope.
Let's talk about it after I have a surplus of EXP. On the other hand, [Amiable Guy]...
It's actually of use!
[Amiable Guy]
-Causes others to have a good impression of you.
The description is short, so I thought that it's the kind that increases favorability. But now..
'Master~! You're now quite similar to our previous master!'
Can you look at this? I didn't hear her compliment me once, but she did now! If this is properly used on espionage activities, I could easily get the information that I need!
Ahem.
After levelling up these traits, I am left with 4.5B EXP. Getting these traits costed more than 1.2B. The upgrades costed more than 2.5B...
Now, I should choose the traits that I'll upgrade. Just in case, I left the wooden house and headed outside. After putting some distance from it, I decided on the trait that I'll upgrade.
Fine, I'll upgrade the [Demon Dragon God Physique] to the Law Rank first. 3B EXP, goodbye.
Urk!
Pain assaulted me as I felt something inside me transform. The power of runes expanded and became even stronger within me.
There's also my entire body making crackling sounds. I've also transformed to the <
'Lugh! What's happening?!'
Ms. Alina called out to me, but I don't have the leeway to respond to her.
For the first time, I felt my body transform into that not of a human's. When I got the God Physiques for the first time, my Master told me that I am still a human- A human who possessed the might of a dragon.
Now...
"Roar!"
[The trait [Insightful Eyes] has been acquired.]
With my mental power, I can see that I transformed into a black dragon that's hundreds of feet long. My purple dragon eyes shined as I let out that roar.
After letting that out, I found out that I can now control myself again.
"Dragon's bloodline? What happened?"
Ms. Alina's projection flew over me. She still had the look of a mature woman, so she's smaller than me. Still, her momentum is much stronger than mine.
"My physique upgraded to Law Rank. I didn't have any dragon blood before, but it's different now."
"I don't know.. Yours is the first."
Yep. Even I haven't found a book that told a situation like this. After all, when one gains a race's physique, they acquire the corresponding bloodline as well. Meanwhile, I didn't have any since my demon physique was acquired from the trait wheel while every single ounce of Origin Power in Ms. Alina's core was used to create the dragon physique.
It was only now that I turned into a full-fledged demon dragon. Hah, I turned into the very being that was sealed often in teenagers' right hand.
"How is it?"
"It's.. alright, I guess. I didn't have any inclinations about staying as a human so.."
I'm not similar to certain protagonists who wished to maintain their human bloodline. For me, I don't care. If I don't become a dragon, that's it. If I became a dragon, I'm fine with it too.
Though, I would never be someone who would sacrifice the entire wizard plain just to become a 'Nightmare'..
"Try your dragon's bloodline. Your Physical Vessel should now be replaced with Bloodline Power.."
Hm..? I see.. Aura is made to mimic other races' bloodline powers. It then became possible for those races without bloodline power to use something similar to it.
Master should have the Star Race's Bloodline Power, while Commander Lucia has the Elves' Bloodline Power.
As a human, I didn't possess one. Though, it's different now. I felt that the aura that was supposed to be stored in my Physical Vessel is now filled with Dragon Bloodline Power instead.
"How do you transform back?"
"You need to learn how to shape shift. It's something innate, so try sensing it."
Try sensing it? Hm...
Is this it?
I felt that I grasped something. After I followed it, my body started to shape shift into a human form.
"I did it."
'Master, your clothes.'
Ah? Clothes? It took me quite a few miliseconds to react to Xiao Song. I quickly sent my command to Xiao Song and she reacted instantly. This no-delay is the result of [Armament Connection]. It allowed Xiao Song to grasp my thoughts without any delay.
Together with [Stylishness] and [Smooth Skin], it created a picture of a handsome prince.
My hair didn't get longer in contrast to what I've expected..
'Master! Master!'
'What?'
'Look!'
Little Xue pointed out to the entrance of the wooden house. There, Aria can be seen standing, looking at me with a flushed face.
What..? I can 'sense' her embarrassment, shyness, and.. what? I lost the other feelings that I've sensed from her.
'Master, she saw you naked!'
Wait, what? What? What? See me? Naked?
I want to dig a hole and hide there right now. My face became uncontrollably flushed as well.
I wouldn't forget about this day.