Chapter 55: Racial Characteristics

"How disappointing." Velector said as he looked at Marcus' smoking corpse. His head had been completely destroyed and his upper body was still engulfed in flames.

"Hmph. I guess all wizards are useless without their magic." The Draun quickly lost interest in the corpse, deactivated his [Eye of Nullification], turned around, and began to retreat.

But despite having killed Marcus, Velector was still upset.

In just one night he had lost more than a hundred subordinates, not counting his chimera soldiers and his deputy leader who was a skilled Arcanist capable of matching an Elementalist or warrior of the 3rd realm.

In addition, Velector had not only lost a lot of manpower but had also lost one of his magical eyes.

All of this coupled with the imminent arrival of the mercenary troops to the city caused his plans to be delayed to such an extent that he would have to reorganize everything all over again. This had been a hard blow not only to him but to the whole gang.

"Hm?" Just as Velector was about to leave the room, something stopped him in his tracks.

Only at that moment, Velector focused his gaze on his white shirt lying on the floor and the black stains on it, which were the product of the black fluid from the woman who had damaged his left eye, whom he had killed a few moments before.

Almost instinctively, Velector sniffed the air, and immediately a putrid odor from the other room pierced through his nostrils. The smell was so intense that it made his face pucker.

However, apart from that rotten stench, there was nothing else.

Velector knew instantly that something was wrong, his instincts told him that he was missing something, something didn't add up.

After a few seconds, the Draun finally realized what was missing. For some reason, even after Marcus' head exploded, Velector was unable to perceive that smell he had experienced so many times on the battlefield. The smell of blood and the scent of burning flesh.

*Woosh...Shik Shik Shik Shik Shik*.

At that very moment, the sound of wind reached Velector's ears and a stabbing pain shot through different areas of his back, passing through the inside of his body until it reached his chest and abdomen.

"UGH!" An instant later, Velector spat out some blood and looked down at his torso, where five bloody white spears protruded from his body.

"Tch, I seriously liked that mask, and by the way... Ouch."

Hearing a voice in his mind, Velector immediately turned around and at that moment his right eye opened like a saucer.

Marcus, whose head had exploded only moments before, was standing right where he had fallen. Furthermore, the flames that enveloped his body had been extinguished, and instead, he was surrounded by a thick blanket of dark necrotic energy.

He had no lower jaw and more than half of his head was destroyed.

But in that instant, the necrotic energy surrounding his body started to condense, forming threads and bone fibers that began to bind together repairing Marcus' damaged skull.

[HP: 120/1,503] [MP: 4,310/4,972]

[HP: 430/1,503] [MP: 4,000/4,972]

[HP: 850/1,503] [MP: 3,570/4972]

[HP: 1,503/1,503] [MP: 2,917/4972]

'Haha, this skill sure is OP.' Marcus thought as he watched his HP increase again and the wounds on his body heal until his head was completely rebuilt.

After evolving into a Semi-lich warrior, Marcus had acquired multiple special skills including [Corpse Body] which he obtained after all his immunities were combined.

But since [Corpse Body] had no level and since Marcus had no idea how to use it, he didn't know what the skill did. So he thought it was just his general characteristics as undead.

However, it didn't take Marcus too long to discover the true nature of the skill.

[Corpse Body] was not only his general undead characteristics, but the skill also allowed Marcus to survive and recover from mortal wounds such as decapitation. This is by using his MP to replace his lost HP.

The skill even allowed Marcus to generate more necrotic energy to repair the parts of his body that had been destroyed. Basically, the skill was similar to the regenerative abilities of some living beings.

Of course, the skill wasn't perfect.

If his HP reached 0 before the skill activated, if his MP was depleted, if his body was instantly pulverized, or if his "heart" was destroyed, then the skill wouldn't work and Marcus would die.

"Y-y-your face!" stammered Velector as blood spilled from his mouth and he fell to his knees.

"I know, I'm so handsome."

"You're undead!"

"Why do you only look at appearances? Didn't anyone ever teach you that it's the inside that matters? By the way, shouldn't you just die already?" Marcus asked.

The [bone spears] Velector had embedded in his body were charged with necrotic energy that was meant to weaken the target while poisoning it to death. But even so, the Draun showed no signs of collapse and, despite the damage taken, was still hanging on for dear life.

"Cough... Haha, I must say, I didn't expect this. I never thought the Church of the Living Corpses would be the first to break the non-aggression pact."

"Oh, you too?! You know, just because I'm undead doesn't mean I belong to an evil cult. Hadn't we already made it clear that I did this for my convenience?"

"You don't belong to the church? Kukuku, I see... Kgh, Uuugh..." Velector let out a groan, trying not to scream and succumb to the pain as he wrapped his hand around one of the spears protruding from his body.

*Crack, Crack, Crack, Crack, Crack.*.

Velector stood up and immediately began to split the bone spears and one by one he pulled them out of his body leaving large holes over 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide through which his blood began to seep.

However, in just a few seconds the wounds began to emanate a white vapor and close at an abnormally fast rate until they disappeared as if they had never existed.

'What the...' Seeing this, Marcus was truly dumbfounded. He didn't understand how the Draun's body had been able to regenerate so quickly even with necrotic energy inside it.

"I must admit that I underestimated and belittled you. But even though you are undead you are the first in more than ten years to succeed in hurting me to such an extent. Very well, I will no longer use my magic eye. Instead, I'm going to fight...with everything I've got!"

*Weng Weng*

At that instant, Velector's body began to radiate a great amount of heat that caused all the air around him to distort and heat up, causing the temperature of the room to rise considerably.

His muscles began to expand to triple in size, causing the height of his body to reach 2.5 meters (8.2 ft). His claws became sharper, his scales began to spread to cover all areas where he had skin, and his face deformed into a more reptilian appearance.

Finally, Velector's body was covered in a thin blanket of red flames, causing all of his clothes to burn and the ground beneath his feet to melt into a pool of hot magma.

'Oh, darn. I forgot that Drauns Warriors could do that.' When Marcus finally recognized what Velector had done, he couldn't help but curse internally and immediately began casting protection spells and offensive incantations as fast as his non-existent brain could.

Unlike humans, Alument or Asrakians who were created purely by the divine power of the gods, the Rasslings and Drauns were created from the combination of divine power and the bones, blood, and flesh of multiple monstrous creatures and draconid beasts respectively.

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This caused these two races to have a greater diversity in terms of their racial characteristics and skills. Which in turn caused great differences to appear even between members of the same species.

In the case of the Drauns, these differences were so great that they ended up being divided into two distinct categories.

On the one hand, there were the Mystics, whose appearances resembled those of humans with oriental dragon characteristics and who possessed a high affinity for magic. In fact, all Mystics Draun were capable of using magic.

In addition, Mystics could use the power of dragon blood from their bodies to enhance their cultivation and create special spells which were very effective against beasts such as dragons, wyverns, and their kind.

However, the Mystics possessed very poor physical abilities and were the least numerous among the Draun being only one-fifth of the total population.

On the other hand, there were the Warriors, whose bodily characteristics resembled more that of the occidental dragons and who stood out for their incredible physical abilities, which made them very apt for aura cultivation and hand-to-hand combat.

But although the proportion of Drauns Warriors who were capable of using aura was higher than that of humans, not all of them were capable of aura cultivation in addition to the fact that none of the Warriors were born with magic-using capabilities.

However, just as the Mystics were able to access the power of their dragon blood to enhance their magical abilities, so too could the Warriors.

For a certain period, Draun Warriors were able to awaken the dragon blood in their bodies, which allowed them to raise their physical capabilities and combat power by several folds, even allowing them to overcome opponents stronger than themselves in battle.

This skill was known as "draconid form''.

Ding!

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{Conditions have been met}

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{The effect of the title [Adversity Overcomer] has been activated}

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'Really, just now? Where were you when this guy was treating me like I was a punching bag?'

"ROOOOAAAAR!" At that instant, Velector let out a roar so powerful that it made the entire room shake and tremble. Then, intense burning flames began to build up in his throat.

Finally, the flames reached their critical point and Velector spat out a huge stream of crimson fire that illuminated the entire room, causing the air temperature to reach such a high point that it caused the rock to heat up and the water in the room to evaporate.

In just a few moments, the entire room had become a huge rock and brick sauna.

'Energy barrier!' Before the fire breath could reach him, Marcus activated a defensive spell and his entire body was covered by a transparent energy barrier.

A second later, the torrent of crimson flames hit the energy barrier with such force that it knocked Marcus backward until he hit the wall.

Slowly, all the areas where the fire hit or near the flames began to heat up until they were dyed red and melted into hot magma.

Even though [Energy Barrier] was a 2nd level defensive spell and Marcus' [Energy Magic] had already reached level three, the flames were so powerful that it caused the spell to begin to crack, causing hot air to seep into the barrier.

If Marcus had been a human, his flesh would have already begun to cook and his lungs would have burned from breathing in the hot air.

'Sh*t, Sh*t, Sh*t, Sh*t! Come on, resist dammit!' As he was overwhelmed by the fire breath, Marcus continued to pour his MP into the spell, trying to repair the cracks in the barrier before the flames broke through.

Being undead, Marcus' body was extremely vulnerable to fire attacks. So if the flames touched his body it would take even more damage than normal and would be instantly calcined.

Suddenly, the power of the flames was reduced, the cracks in the [Energy Barrier] began to close and the pressure on Marcus was greatly reduced. But before he could relax, the huge figure of Velector appeared out of the flames and swung his claws at Marcus.

*Crack Crash!*

Velector's sharp flame-wrapped claws struck the energy barrier and it shattered into hundreds of pieces like glass. When the spell was destroyed, the Draun wasted no time and immediately lunged at Marcus with its gaping maw which was filled with sharp teeth.

Quickly, Marcus, who had activated all his agility enhancement spells, put all his strength into his legs and jumped to avoid Velector's flaming jaws.

However, the Draun had been quicker and before he could escape had bitten Marcus on the shoulder.

'AAAAH!' Marcus screamed internally in pain as the bones in his shoulder were pulverized by the Draun's bite.

Even though he was wearing his enchanted armor which was fire resistant and had activated the defensive spell, the jaws failed to pierce through the armor but managed to destroy his bones with sheer force.

Ignoring all the pain he felt, Marcus, extended his left arm and struck Velector's chest with his palm. At that instant, a large 40 centimeter (15.74 inches) glowing white magic circle appeared on Draun's chest. 'Why don't you bite this instead? Shockwave!'

*BOOM!*

At that instant, the huge white magic circle exploded with a loud explosive boom, which sent Velector flying several yards backward until he slammed into a brick column destroying it on the spot.

Also, the recoil from the spell was so powerful that it knocked Marcus' arm out of place and his body slammed into the wall with such force that it ended up cracking it a bit.

"ROOOOAAAAR!" however, Velector just let out another roar and stood up as if nothing had happened. Then without a second thought, the Draun kicked the ground beneath his feet, shattering it into fragments that began to melt and quickly charged towards Marcus.

'Kgh, if that didn't work then how about this?' Marcus immediately rearranged his left arm, raised both arms, and two half-meter (19.68 inches) wide magic circles, one black and one purple, formed in the palms of his hands. 'Yippee ki yay Motherf**ker. Pulse of Darkness, Negative Impact!'

At that instant, two bursts of dark light shot out from the energy circles in Marcus' palms and impacted directly against Velector.

*BOOOM!*

The resulting explosion was so loud that it caused the room to shake, creating a great curtain of dust and black smoke in the process. But before even a fraction of a second had passed, the black smoke dissipated and Velector continued his charge against Marcus.

'Oh great. Now he's resistant to magic too.' Marcus thought as he put all his strength into his legs to dodge the Draun's charge.

Even though Velector had taken consecutive hits from three 3rd level spells, from two different elements and necrotic energy, he didn't seem to flinch in the slightest.

*BAM!*

Just as Velector was about to touch him, Marcus jumped across the room, managing to avoid him by a hair's breadth. The Draun didn't seem to stop and finally slammed into the brick wall of the room, destroying it and melting it into magma instantly.

[MP: 230/4972 (+248)]

'Sure, why not? This is the perfect time for me to run out of magic.' Marcus checked his remaining MP and saw that he was nearly depleted. The 3rd level spells had consumed almost all of his magical energy and he could no longer cast spells to counterattack.

Just as Velector was about to resume his attack and without much choice, Marcus quickly opened his [Storage] and took out a total of five yellow scrolls, which had been made from monster skin.. 'Tch, I guess I'll just have to try this.'

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