Starting from the Dragon Tribe!

Chapter 65

Starting From the Dragon Tribe

Chapter 65: Junior Brother, you’re gonna be single forever like thisLu Chen left the Equipment Department and returned to his dormitory. He was surprised to see that for once, Senior Brother Finger was not there. He took a shower and claimed the rewards for the first blood of the 3rd generation species.

A special needle appeared in his hand. In its center was a crimson crystal submerged in a light blue liquid.

[Dragonblood Crystal]

TL Note: “Dragon Blood Crystal” will be called the above now, as will be the case with “Dragon Blood Seed”.

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Place of origin: Derivative World #107823

Rarity: Blue

Effects: After use, gain blood of Dragon Raja or significantly increase purity of dragonblood. When igniting golden pupils, STR +2, AGL +2, PHY +2.

Usage: After dissolving, spinally inject

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The Dragonblood Crystals did not increase the attributes much—it was only equal to two green quality Dragonblood Seeds—but the description stated that it would significantly improve the purity of one’s dragonblood, which is what Lu Chen valued most.

Perhaps after using the Dragonblood Crystal, he might be able to awaken the “transcendent” power he had long dreamed of—a Kotodama.

There was no reason to hesitate. While still in the bathroom, he pressed the special button on the syringe. The Dragonblood Crystal shattered and dissolved into a dark red liquid with a vague golden hue. He gritted his teeth, put one hand behind his head and stabbed it into his spine.

Just like before, the syringe disappeared upon use. Lu Chen initially felt nothing, but then the tingling and prickling sensation emanated from his spinal cord, which gradually spread throughout his body through his blood.

He pushed open the bathroom door while enduring the pain and went back to bed and covered himself with a blanket.

The pain lasted about six hours, and when the sun had set, Lu Cehn let out a long breath and opened his eyes, the pair of golden pupils seemingly even more piercing. The goldness percentage had risen a little.

He looked somewhat helplessly at the sweat-soaked bedding, and thought that he had no choice but to break the bank to buy another set. In this weather, stuff never dried after washing.

He went back to the bathroom and took a shower, feeling much fresher. He sat in a chair and quietly changed himself.

Going by Cassell bloodline rating, he was now a qualified B-grade hybrid, or perhaps higher. His Kotodama should awaken.

An hour passed…

Nothing.

Lu Chen wanted to curse. Wasn’t even a D-grade hybrid able to awaken a Kotodama!?

He realized that he must have missed some key details, or maybe he needed to come into contact with the Catalyst again?

He rushed to the Lionheart Society, went headfirst into the secret library, opened the old radio, and loaded a tape into it.

This was the Lionheart Society’s secret collection of the Draconic Literature audio, including but not limited to the Emperor, and even some questions in the 3E exam.

This time, Lu Chen finally felt and understood why those were acting like they were on shrooms during the 3E exam. He saw many illusions, but his Perception attribute was too high, so he was able to stay completely calm.

In this process, he felt that there was some kind of power being pulled in his body. It was a precursor to awakening.

Lu Chen stayed late into the night and only turned off the radio and put the tape back when he felt a little hungry, his eyes being unable to contain his excitement.

He succeeded!

He didn’t know if it was the bloodline given to him by space, or if he really lucked out, but the Kotodama that he had awakened was one that he really liked. It was a Kotodama that could be put to good use, but he didn’t seem to have seen it on the periodic table of Kotodama before…

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[Lineage Skill: Kotodama – Diamond]

Skill Level: Lv. 1

Skill Description: Raise the user’s muscle strength, increase defense, the burden on body increases with each level, strength increase doubles with each level.

Current Level Strength Bonus: 20%

Cooldown: None

Activation Condition: No chanting required

[Overleveling the skill may cause the user’s body to collapse.]

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From now on, who would dare say he didn’t have a Kotodama!? This Kotodama had a one word difference from the Diamond Realm mentioned in the textbook, but the effects were completely different. From the description, it was a bit similar to the lesser Kotodama, Bronze Throne.

After all, Albert was able to increase his power by several dozen times using Bronze Throne, so admittedly, Lu Chen was a bit jealous at the time. However, afterwards Finger told him that Bronze Throne was extremely burdensome to the body, and if Albert hadn’t draconized, his body would have collapsed.

If it were his body, then he probably wouldn’t be able to take it either, as his body contained a lot of power that even a controlled usage of Bronze Throne would damage it.

This Kotodama, Diamond, was perfect, and it seemed from the description that the potential for growth was very high. Diamond’s relationship to Bronze Throne was somewhat similar to that of Split Second and Time Zero.

Lu Chen complained silently, why do you look down on us Split Second users, when it can scale so high!?

But it was just a fleeting complaint. Compared to Split Second, Diamond was more suitable for him. Power and speed went hand in hand. The increase in strength would also mean an increase in speed.

But he had watched the movie, King Kong*, several days ago, so he couldn’t bring himself to look directly at the name of his Kotodama. He felt like he had become a violent gorilla.

TL Note: 金刚, which is the Chinese name for the Kotodama: Diamond, is also the name of King Kong.

At the same time, he also found a problem—Kotodama are counted as bloodline skills. He had read the description for bloodlines. Generally speaking, bloodlines came with skills, so why was his Mystic Warrior bloodline a blank slate? Or was it because he didn’t reach the level needed to meet the awakening requirements?

He shook his head, don’t be too greedy. Getting a new power is always a good thing. I’ll just take my time refining my Mystic Blood.

Regrettably, he was still on campus, so he couldn’t use his Kotodama, or else he would’ve already given it a try.

He had heard Finger say that the vice principal, the Night Watchman, was also S-grade. Under the amplification of the alchemic matrix, his Kotodama: Commandment, was able to cover the entire school. If your dragonblood purity wasn’t higher than his, then you had no way of using your Kotodama.

It was true that Lu Chen was very strong, but in terms of blood purity, it was lower than the two principals, perhaps inferior to even Chu Zihang and Finger.

Coming to the cafeteria, the free meal time window had already ended, but Lu Chen uncharacteristically splurged and ordered a whole table of food. He had awakened his Kotodama, so it was worth celebrating.

Sadly, Chu Zihang seemed to be out on a mission, Brother Finger was nowhere to be seen, or he would have invited those two to accompany him and have a few drinks.

At this point, he couldn’t wait for the Execution Bureau to summon him for his next mission, like a child waiting to try his new toy.

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“Junior Brother, don’t you know how to go easy on someone? What if the other person really is a girl,” Finger remarked on the side. The truth was that Lu Chen was completely ruthless when he played games, never leaving an opening purposely and winning every time. His goal now was to defeat 3 characters with 2, and although he hadn’t achieved that yet, looking at how Junior Brother’s growth, it seems like achieving this goal wasn’t that far off.

“Not going easy is the baseline respect for the opponent,” Lu Chen said with a serious expression, but Finger tempted to roast him, Junior Brother, you’re clearly too competitive, you’re gonna be single forever like this!

“Huh?” Lu Chen gasped. He looked at the screen. Lu Chen’s character was beautifully KO’d. Junior Brother actually lost!?

Could it be that his advice had been heeded?

Lu Chen saw Finger’s intent and shook his head, indicating that he did not go easy on the person. At most, it was a hint of carelessness, because the other person just switched playstyles, as if it were a completely different person.

But it didn’t matter. Lu Chen’s desire to win was reignited. Today, he had to crush the reborn Erii once again!

This time, he went all out and won with only a sliver of health remaining on his last character, smiling with satisfaction.

Far away, on the other side of the ocean, a handsome young man in a black trench coat, sitting in front of the LCD screen, holding the PSN controller, froze. He actually lost. No wonder he was able to beat Erii so many times.

“Brother, you got this!” Erii picked up a small notebook and wrote those words in it. Minamoto Gen became serious. Today, he had to make Godzilla realize what it meant  to be the King of Fighters.

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