As Juliette arrived near the dragon's corpse, she sighed in relief as she saw that he was still in one piece, then went up to him and gently nudged him to wake him up.
It did not take long for Damien to wake up, and sit up straight. Juliette sighed in relief once again and told him about what happened, and how long he was out cold.
"Oh? Then don't waste time, go sit above the chest of the dragon and cultivate. The effects would be great." Damien told her and stood up, ignoring the ache all over his body.
"..."
Juliette wanted to say something but kept quiet. She just silently, and obediently did as he suggested.
Meanwhile Damien walked towards the dragon's body. He tore off a large piece off its scales, and let blood gush out forming a small pool. He sat within the pool cross legged, and began medidating.
At the same time, he drank the "Veil of Dragon's Blood Essence" and also ate the "Dragon's Shard" as well, boosting his Physiology greatly.
Time went by, and Juliette cultivated her Mana, while Damien did the same thing over and over again, changing locations every minute, when the nutrients within the blood were gone.
Juliette realized that she was absorbing more Mana than usual. She believed it was the location she sat on. And also because of her new Epithet.
[ Dragon Slayer (GRAND) :- Beings who have gone out and slayed a dragon. Only lower existential beings than the dragon's, are capable of such titles when slaying a dragon. The weaker, the higher the chances. Has the effects of attracting hatred and interest from other dragons, and an increased 50% damage dealt to dragons, and a -5% damage recieved from dragons. Ability: Increases All Stats by 50%, and overall Mana absorption by 100% ]
This increased her Mana absorption greatly once more, making her absorb 21,000 units of Mana with every breathe, including the effect of absorbing Mana from a dragon's corpse.
She would probably have over five million Mana units after this.
After eight minutes, Damien stopped his actions and began ramsacking the dragon's corpse. From its horns, to its eyes, to its tongue, its claws, some important organs such as lungs and heart, and finally, all its scales.
Including its reverse scales. He collected everything into the Tier 1 Storage Ring, which had a ten cubic meter area. He also threw in everything they collected so far, their resources and their artifacts.
After that, both stood side by side and watched the incomplete dragon corpse as time clicked by. And soon enough, The Primordial Source appeared.
[ Congratulations!! You have finished all your Trials and the Hidden Trial ]
[ The exclusive reward for the Hidden Trial includes a self-customization function ]
[ Self-Customization Function: You have every right, to an absolute effect, to customize yourself like a digital character. You can distribute and redistribute Stat points, change minute features of yourself and many more ]
[ Would you like to use the function? ]
"..."
Damien was surprised, as such a function was new to him. Even throughout the past timeline, even those monsters like future Juliette could not freely do this with their authorities.
Hence why his surprise.
"...Big brother, this is?" Meanwhile Juliette inquired about this, and Damien told her about everything he knew about it. Nada. Complete Nada.
After a moment of silence, they ended up both agreeing. For the only reason being their immense curiosity.
[ Self-Customization taking place ]
[ Please wait... Please wait... ]
Two notifications appeared side by side, and following their appearance, both Damien and Juliette disappeared from their initial positions.
[ TING!!! ]
Damien found himself transported to a completely white zone. There was nothing around him either than himself, a holographic version of him, and a template.
His focus caught, he checked out the template.
[ Name: Damien Gray ]
[ Mana: 14,567 units ]
[ Stats: STR - 0 || AGI - 0 || END - 0 || INT - 0 || WIS - 0 || AFF - 0 ]
[ Stat Points: 1,500 || Ability Points: 1 ]
[ 1 Stat Point = 0,1 Ability Point ]
[ 1 Stat Point = 10 Mana units ]
Damien saw everything, and he was impressed. This was also easy to understand. As for whether he needed to overthink this, it was unnecessary.
"Distribute my stats each with 100 points, and save the rest." He said, and easily waited for whether something else will take place or not.
These stats were the ones he obtained, boosted by the abilities he recieved, and further reinforced by the blood of a dragon, added altogether.
And the fact that he ate a "Dragon Shard" which was like a Dragon's Core, and drank its blood Essence, he was no different than a Dragonborne right now.
Yet was still just purely mortal.
Or so he thought.
And another reason Damien chose to equally distribute his stats was because they were still high nonetheless.
100 points on STR and END was strength worth 1,000 tons of damage and defense. 100 points on AGI was worth over sonic speed. 100 points on INT and WIS was worth a kilomter range worth of magic damage and magic defense values.
As a First League Combatant, he had higher values to his index. More like double those of Civilians to be precise.
Then as for AFF, once again, that could be ignored. But 100 points at least meant greater resistance to elements and the likes.
As for whether he was now overpowered or not? He did not think so, when they were deities acting as gods who had a very higher value to their index, and higher stats than all his combined.
And those were the weaker gods, whom weren't even battle ready fellows. Let alone the war gods and the other powerful gods that had powerful physical qualities.
Seeing his lack of response, The Primordial Source sent out yet another notification.
[ Would you like to modify your appearance? ]
"No." Damien sternly denied.
[ TING!!! ]
[ You have succeeded your trials and have become one of the one hundred and one people to succeeded your Trials ]
[ You have a chance to choose amongst the following classes; ]
[ "Doom-bringer(Unique)" "Chain Breaker(Unique)" "Blessed One(Lesser Divine)" "Deathless(Legendary)" "Death God(Unique)" "Immortal Presider(Greater Divine)" "Cultivator(Hidden)" "Spear Man(Ordinary)"... ]
"..."
Damien was flabbergasted at the long list of Classes, most being Ordinary Classes, but some having Unique, Legendary, Divine and even Hidden Classes!!
This was not there within the previous timeline, which proved that he was either within a different timeline altogether, or he triggered the so called chaotic effect.
'But, how could going back through time enable such a thing? I don't understand.' He thought and scrolled down the list, looking for a class that would be suitable for him.
There were no Exclusive Classes so far, which he guessed they would be none, for such classes were not within the ranks of Classes to begin with.
And even then, the only reason they were pleasant and worth fighting for, was because they had potential to ascend all the way to becoming a Hidden Class.
Yet, there were Hidden Classes now. Why would he want to put himself at a disadvantage? Choosing a Unique Class did not mean you could reach very high.
The end point potential for such a class was merely godhood. While the potential of Hidden Classes were unknown, possibly even going beyond the level of The Seven Supremes.
So why would Damien hesitate?
Plus, there were only eight Hidden Classes left at the moment. Damien went through them, and carefully thought of which one to choose for himself.
Even if it was not exclusive to him, it would still make him a threat to reckon with, he thought. But at this moment, The Primordial Source came up with a notification.
[ TING!!! ]
[ As someone who has defeated the Hidden Trial, you have obtained the right to create a Class for yourself ]
[ Would you like to create the visage of your Class? ]
[ YES ] [ NO ]
"..."
Damien's eyes widened in shock as such an aspect was unbelievable to him. He thought about it for a moment, and chose yes.
He did not overthink the matter.
[ TING!!! ]
[ Creating the Visage of a never before seen Class. What name would you like to give it? ]
Damien thought about it for a moment, and then easily came up with a name. It was one that had many meanings for himself, someone from the future, with a clear purpose.
"The Absolute." He said.
[ What would the purpose of the Class be? ]
"To become Absolute. To embody Absolute. To transcend Absolute. To create Absolute." Damien spouted out all the delusions he had within his mind, to test the limit of The Primordial Source.
After all, "Absolute" was an abstruse concept that even the Seven Supremes would not claim to competely transcend or be able to create.
So he was testing to verify if The Primordial Source could create such a power. A power that was beyond Absolute.
[ What would the rating of the Class be? "Ordinary" "Unique" "Legendary" "Lesser Divine" "Greater Divine" "Supreme Divine" "Hidden" "Cryptic" ]
"...It's actually possible?" Damien thought to himself as The Primordial Source did not hint otherwise. He also saw a grade of Class that he never knew anything pertaining to.
Cryptic.
And because he knew nothing about it, and it was full of the unknowns, and obviously above the Hidden grade, he chose it. He was not a daredevil for nothing.