The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Something weird happened. I can feel it. I don't know what exactly it is but something happened with my clone.

When I started to use clones, I couldn't feel anything. I would only know that they died after they did, but that began to change as my skill level improved. I started to feel the way that they died later on. Now, I can feel the emotions of the clones.

Though there was no direct link for me to know what was happening, I still felt that something was happening with my clone.

Whatever it was, I could only wait until noon to know exactly what had happened. For now let's concentrate on using this time to improve myself, rather than thinking about what happened.

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Afternoon...

Hah, even with that much stamina, this was definitely tiring. Well, I say that the products work as they were advertised.

Since I wouldn't be able to enter the gravity rooms without rising eyes, I decided to use the best use of the Cosmic Market. I had already sold the items I don't need or have no use in the future. I don't want to answer questions about those items if someone sees them on me.

I mean I looted a lot from that bandit cave and it was considered evidence or black market material. There are also the carcasses of Tier-3 monsters that I held with me. I couldn't sell all my kills at the Winter City without raising concerns.

These were something that I should hang on to. So I sold those items and anything that I didn't need to keep around. After selling them I got many credits, which I didn't use back then. Rather than buying unnecessary items that I can't use at present, I thought that it was best to leave them there and now I used them to buy weights.

These weights are not like the usual weights. They are essentially innerwear. There is a vest, handcuffs, and leg straps. They are equally distributed weight, instead of having too much on a single spot like usual weights.

There are settings that can vary the weight of these clothes. These clothes are essentially weightless in their inactive state. They can be turned on using magic and depending on the weight setting, the magic consumption would be.

As I was relaxing, my clone returned.

Seeing it first I wanted to merge it with me but then I remembered the weird feeling that I had after letting it go to the dungeon. Moreover, I need to know what happened in the dungeon and outside to make sure that no one would get suspicious.

My clone started to explain what exactly happened from the time it left to now.

It was Angela. She met my clone when it was on its way to the dungeon. She gave him a timetable to him for our Hand Combat Arts.

It was a good thing that I learned about this before merging it with me. Merging the clone back with me doesn't merge its memories with me. So I need to know after I send my clone away.

With how I only used those clones away in the wild, I forgot about that. If I hadn't asked about it just now, there was a chance that I would have lost my chance with Angela. It would be pretty embarrassing for her if I failed to show up for the class after I asked her for it.

If something like that happens this early, then there is no way that I can recover.

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After absorbing the clone, I checked the details of my status. There isn't any visible change in my status but I can feel that a few changes would appear in a day or two at the latest.

Though it feels good that I can increase a level in two to three days, for me that kind of progress is too slow. There are a lot of skills in my panel, and to make them reach level 100 would take years.

Though there is no calamity approaching to my knowledge, it would be best to improve my skills as much as possible. No one knows what will happen tomorrow. Moreover, I know that the knowledge that I can access is not high, and there are many things that are not visible to me at this point.

Though I am not interested in reaching Tier-5 at this point, I have to reach it after we visit the secret realm.

There would be a lot of monsters and also the threat of others who enter the secret realm. It's just not humans that can enter this realm. As long as they have the token, they can enter this realm. So being weak would get one killed in there.

Moreover, in order to get my hands on that token, I have to work hard and maintain top rank in the first years.

Though the restriction was not year-wise, the academy restricts entry to first-year students. This was the same for all humans. This was so because, if the seniors were still at low ranks and wanted to compete in this realm, then they were considered weak.

The academy always puts its efforts in the first years. Once you cross into the second year, the efforts would be concentrated around a few who showed their worth.

Though the awakened is considered as a small portion of the population, there was no lack of awakened. What the kingdom lacks is the talent and the ones who put effort into work.

So If I show enough talent, there is a chance that the academy might provide some life-saving items for me. The secret realm is dangerous and not everyone who enters the realm, returns. They wouldn't want to lose their best prospect.

The only way for them to give me some life-saving artifact was to maintain my top rank among the first years. I love my life. So this was something that I needed.

There are some artifacts in the Cosmic Market but those are very costly and I can't afford them. So I can only pin my hopes on the academy.