First Level Up

Chapter 7

Ethan had been secluded inside his room, practicing the basics. He could be seen throwing punch after punch in the air, followed by kicks.

His movements had become a little swifter since he merged with the ancient dragon.

He finally rested after training for two days.

He came out of his room, walked past the familiar photo hallway, and stood on the balcony, watching the massive blue ocean.

Despite the castle being on a volcano, the air was still fresh, and a sweet lavender scent filled the air.

Thud, thud, thud.

Ethan heard the sound of footsteps approaching him, accompanied by a deadly killing intent.

He felt as if a person was about to stab him from behind, so he turned around. Liam stood there with his hands behind his back.

“How did you survive?” Liam squinted his eyes.

“Oh, I was saved by our ancestor,” Ethan flashed an annoying smile.

“Don’t joke with me!” Liam’s chest heaved up and down. Then, he tried to hold Ethan’s neck, but the latter dodged quickly to the left, causing him to miss.

“How I survived is none of your business. What matters is that I am coming for you,” Ethan said, walking away.

“You moron, you dare walk away from me!” Liam extended his hands to grasp Ethan, but the latter slapped his hand away.

“It seems like you want a beating. Do you think you’re a genius again?” Liam said, and the next moment, he covered the distance between them and punched Ethan in the face, making him stagger back.

“Your trash will always be trash,” Ethan took a step back, avoiding the kick. Seeing this, Liam sent an attack to Ethan’s leg.

Ethan counterattacked with a kick of his own. Liam staggered back. There was only one thought in his mind. “What just happened?” His thoughts were disrupted when he saw two feet coming straight at his chest.

He tried shielding his chest with his hands, but it was too late, as the foot was already connected to his chest, sending him crashing to the ground.

Ethan stomped on his chest, but Liam rolled away, making him stomp on the ground. Liam tackled his leg, making him fall, and then Liam climbed on top of him and started barraging his face furiously with punches.

“You think you’re a big shot, huh?” A punch was soon sent out again, followed by multiple punches.

“You think you are.” He sent out another punch, but this time, Ethan held the punch in mid-air.

“Yeah, I think I am a big shot.” Ethan pushed him away and jumped back to his feet.

Liam stood up, but what welcomed him was a double kick to his chest, sending him crashing through the concrete wall.

Crash crash.

Liam slowly stood up from the dust and debris that had now filled the air.

“When did he get so strong? Is his dragon gene free again?”

“Hahaha! What do we have here? The supposed weakest brother just trashed you. How do you feel about that?” Ethan said, with a wide smile plastered across his face.

“Don’t you dare make a mockery of me; I will make you pay!” Liam coated his hands in flame and soon sent out a flame attack.

Ethan already knew Liam was no longer rational, so his attacks were a bit clumsy. He slapped away his hands and delivered a 4x punch combo to his chest, making him puke blood with several steaks of meat from his previous meal.

Ethan’s footsteps made a clanking sound as he walked toward Liam.

Liam raised his face with drops of blood trailing from his mouth. His vision became blurry. It felt like his eyes were spinning and two blurry Ethans appeared before he passed out.

“The training paid off!” Ethan grinned.

When Ethan reached his room, he lay on his massive king-size bed, and the blue screen flashed in front of him.

[Stat] [Store] [Tutorials]

[Inventory]

He entered the store to purchase the dragon gene channeling portion for a massive amount of 100 million gold coins.

Ethan was quite wealthy now. After his loot inside that mysterious cave, he now had close to 200 million gold coins. Though he had a few savings left before, they were nowhere near this amount.

[Author’s Remark: One gold coin is the same as one point on earth. Earth’s currency is an electronic form of money called a point. [I’ll elaborate on this point later.]

A small bottle appeared in his hand a few seconds later.

“What! Will this small bottle make me reach the next rank?” Ethan was dumbfounded.

“What were you expecting, a gallon? Just drink it already, and stop acting like a woman,” Rowena replied.

He opened it and gulped it down in one go. After a few seconds, Ethan started feeling the heart-wrenching pain. He tightly clenched the bedsheets, and bulging veins appeared on his forehead. It felt like his internal organs were being crushed and remodeled again and again.

After some time, a message flashed.

[Congratulations on becoming a noble rank dragon]

A second message soon followed.

[All attributes plus 5]

[New Skills have been awakened!]

[Eyes of a dragon. Lv 1]

[Partial transformation. Lv 1]

[Dragon flame, Lv1]

Ethan smiled while looking at his new skills.

“Hahaha,” he yelled, collapsing on the bed.

[Name: Ethan Dracon]

[Race: Dragon/ unknown]

[Noble Rank Lv1]

[Ability?]

[Strength:10]

[Agility: 10]

[Stamina: 10]

[Charm: 55]

Skills

[Eyes of Dragon Lv1]

[The ability to manipulate and influence a person’s decision.]

[Partial transformation]

[The ability to transform body parts into a dragon trait. Transformation can last only 3 minutes.

[The duration of the transformation would increase as the host leveled up.]

[Flame control. Lv1]

The ability to control and manipulate flame is a basic noble rank ability. Efficiency depends on skill level.

Ethan summoned a ball of flame in his hand. He tossed the flame up and down.

“Woo, I can finally control fire, Hahaha.” He tossed the flame again but did not catch it this time, and it landed on the bed.

“Oh sh**t.”

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“When did he grow this strong? I thought he was trash. Now I am so confused. Brother needs to know about this,” Liam mumbled to himself.

After narrating his confrontation with Ethan to Kane, he was embarrassed to look Kane in the eye.

“I saw the changes in his body, and he seemed confident again,” Kane said after a while.

“I think something happened to him after we threw him off that cliff,” Liam said, with confusion crossed on his face.

“Luckily, he made it this time, but he doesn’t know what I had installed for him,” Kane said with a sinister smile.

After putting out the fire, he proceeded to test his other skills. He commanded the system to start the transformation.

Then, the dragon tattoo glowed fervently on his back, as if it was about to jump out, and then, red-colored scales appeared pierced out of his body, horns grew out of his forehead, and his height increased.

Grrrrrhhhh

He growled loudly as a pair of red wings grew out of his back, and his hands elongated and transformed into those of a beast with razor-sharp claws.

Hahaha! I always wanted to look like this, "he grinned.

"It’s time for the next stage, but first, I need a good place to train.

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