The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Unlike the first two years, there are no semester exams, only yearly ones. The students had to be at the academy by the time of the yearly exam unless they had a good reason for their absence. If not there would be a deduction of points from the student's profile.

This would be for third and fourth-year students. For the fifth year, students had to take the exam or they wouldn't graduate. It was as simple as that.

As there were no semester exams, I returned home promptly, once the semester was officially over. There are a few things to do at home.

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After returning home, the first thing I did was to go meet my mother.

I had a small chat with her before I went to my father's office to have a chat with him. Since I was busy improving my rank, I didn't communicate with the family much during the semester.

Though my father has eradicated most of the traitors from the family, a few escaped. They didn't run away, rather whatever evidence was supposed to exist disappeared, probably destroyed. Only an idiot would keep any incriminating evidence of their crimes.

There was no news if there was anything new.

There was a saying that a tiger can't change its stripes or a leopard's spots. Crooks too wouldn't change easily unless there was something that was forcing them to.

They should have done something in the five months that I was away, though they might be more cautious when they were doing such things.

My father's power in the family has increased after that fiasco that involved my ex-fiance and her lover. They planned to break the marriage pact by getting rid of and that has cost them a lot.

All the resources that came from that fiasco were put to good use. The ones that had turned against my father when that marriage pact was made, turned into a neutral party.

It was more than enough.

As long as my father brought sufficient evidence against family members who were causing damage to the family, he was able to punish them.

Most of the people who stood against him were no longer against him now. They acted accordingly.

This made the third elder faction suffer a lot.

My father was able to break down almost all but was cut short as evidence disappeared but we are patient. Those bastards would act again and as long we keep an eye on them, and are ready for them, then we can capture them with perfect evidence.

The problem was that the awakeners live long life. So they were patient as our vigilance was high at this point. It would not be easy to watch them forever. It would be a waste of resources.

They are waiting for that time when we won't be watching them to make their moves.

This was what my father informed me about the present situation. It has now became a wait and see game. Who has the patience would win this game.

Though I understood that they won't make any assassination attempts or like that, it's best to watch my back at all times.

After having a chat with my father, I returned to my room.

Except for those two, none of my siblings were home. When I come home, they won't be and when they come, I won't be.

Meeting each other is becoming rare and rarer.

If not for Eritrea's marriage, we wouldn't have met each other last year. It's sad but they are all doing their own things and that means they won't be available all the time.

There was not much to do about that.

It was already night and the time for dinner was near. I freshened up a little before having dinner. After that, I wen to bed. Tomorrow morning, I have an appointment to keep up with the Magic Association branch.

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Next Morning...

I went to the Magic Association branch in the city after having my breakfast. Technically, I was dropped by the chauffeur who drove me to the magic association in the city.

It looks like even though the resentment has decreased, they have their defences up against my father's blood. The chauffeur should have something that can identify my rank. He would later report what he saw to the family.

Anyway, it wouldn't be a problem for me. Moreover, if they see that I am Tier-2, there would be no need to spread about my rank on purpose.

"Hi, I am here for the promotion mission", I said to the receptionist.

After that, the procedure was the same. She took me to the room where there was a promotion crystal. I placed my hand on it.

A small energy entered my body.

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[Detected that the Awakener has reached Tier-5 Level 100.]

[Awakener is qualified to take the Tier-6 promotion mission.]

[Choices were being generated...please choose one of the choices.]

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Choice 1: Kill a Tier-7 Thunder Eagle, whose level is higher than level 50. (Not Recommended)

Choice 2: Massacre the Darke City. Leave none alive. (Recommended)

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Hmm, there are only two choices this time.

Why so?

When I first took the Tier-4 promotion mission, there were four options to choose from. The options were reduced to three when I took on the Tier-5 promotion mission.

Now for the Tier-6 promotion mission, the number of options reduced to two.

Does the number go down to one option when I take the Tier-7 promotion mission?

If that happens it would mean that I won't have a choice from that moment. Looking at the options that I have been getting, the only option that would remain would probably be something that I won't accept to take on, no matter what.

It means that I would be stuck in Tier-6 forever. I hope that never happens.

I mean with how things were going, if there was only one choice, I can say that with one hundred percent guarantee that the choice would be something weird or outrageous. There is a high chance that the mission would be something that I would probably decline.

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ANy for this mission, the first choice for me was to kill a Tier-7 level 50 or higher Thunder Eagle. The second choice was to massacre all the inhabitants of Darke City, without leaving anyone alive.

Out of the two options, the first one appears as a normal mission but both of them don't belong to the normal category.

This is a Tier-6 promotion mission and that means the one who takes it is at Tier-5, which is my rank.

For a Tier-5 person, it should be considered impossible to complete this task. If anyone would get this mission, they can forget about that and should choose some other mission to complete.

The problem was that the second choice that I got.

A massacre!

The mission was to massacre Darke City, which is against my principles and moreover, it is almost impossible to kill everyone there, unless you can make a nuclear-sized explosion.

If you attack the city, there will be always one or two that will be sure to escape death and survive. It means that the mission was not completed and that means no Tier-6.

There is an option, where one can abandon the current mission to take a new one. The only issue was that the mission one could take should be from the choices that appeared the first time taking on the promotion.

If these options were to be given to anyone else, they most probably would fail. I, on the other hand can handle it.

"I select Choice 1", I thought in my mind as my hands were on the promotion crystal.

It is the only option for me. There was no way that I would take on Choice 2.

[You have chosen the mission: Kill a Tier-7 Thunder Eagle, whose level is higher than level 50.]

[Please complete the mission to progress to Tier-6.]

[You can forfeit the choice if you can't complete the mission. Remember, doing so would reduce the grade of mission completion.]

After selecting the mission, I returned home.

From now on, I will be a Tier-2 ranker according to everyone. This would what others would see if they tried to see my status unless they use something that can see through Status Disguise.

"Status"

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Name: Magnus Frostwolf

Age: 18

Class: Warlock

Affinity: Shadow

Rank: Tier-2

Level: 0

STR: 126

STA: 132

AGI: 139

DEX: 78

HP: 65,000

MP: 67,000

Class Skills: Shadow Bolt; Shadow Shift; Shadow Clone;

Skills: Evade Lvl. 16; Dodge Lvl. 16; Parry Lvl. 12

Weapon Arts: Advanced Staff Arts Lvl. 1; Intermediate Movement Arts Lvl. 6; Intermediate Hand Combat Arts Lvl. 3;

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Now, my secret is safe for the time period. Even if a few of my secrets are leaked later, I would be ready by then.

After disguising perfectly I exited the magic association. The chauffeur had his eyes on the door, clearly waiting for me. He probably wanted to see if I genuinely completed the mission and reached Tier-2 or not, to later report the same to the family elders.