Lord Evolution: Starting With SS-rank Skills

Rowan was on the verge of burning the corpse when he saw Dragun and a strange young man around his age, dressed in a mage uniform, walking beside him.

[ Vishirk ]

[ Occupation: Mage ]

[ Special skill: Magic (F) ]

[ Status: Amazed ]

A questioning look appeared on Rowan's face as he observed Vishirk, wondering why he was here. He even began to wonder if Vishirk was Dragun's illegitimate child since both of them were almost the same age.

He was pretty curious about the soft glowing wisp of light floating close to Vishirk's mouth and ears but didn't bother to ask. He was a mage after all and could do stuff naturally impossible; creating wisps of light around his ear and mouth to look good should be expected.

He took his eyes off Vishirk and returned them to Dragun, who was rushing towards him, still trying to stop him from burning the corpse even though he had also paused.

"Can you leave these corpses? I want to harvest the monster cores. I will burn them myself afterwards," Dragun requested, looking at the hill of corpses with a pretty expectant look on his face as he wondered just how many monster cores he would get from it.

"I already harvested all the monster cores," Rowan replied.

Dragun's expectant expression crumbled immediately, and he turned to look at Rowan; only then did the worry and confusion in his heart earlier return.

"Sorry for asking the unnecessary question first," he scratched his head in embarrassment with an anxious smile on his face.

Rowan didn't bother to reply to him.

Seeing that Rowan didn't reply, Dragun proceeded to ask all the questions he wanted to ask about the goblin attack and how Rowan managed to defeat them. He even inquired if there were any casualties.

Blaze could understand the words of Dragun. He could tell that Dragun thought of them as weak and incapable of defeating the monsters, which made Blaze a little bit furious, growling at him as he spoke.

Vishirk, who still hadn't taken his eyes off the corpse hill, heard Blaze's growl and tilted his head towards it. A surprised look appeared on his face afterwards; he muttered to himself in a low voice, "The ashfire wolf, holy cow!"

Rowan noticed Vishirk's eyes on Blaze, and his frown deepened a little bit as he turned to the speaking Dragun and interrupted him, "Are you really going to ask all these questions first and not introduce the stranger you brought with you?" m _vl _em _p _yr only

"Oh, I forgot," Dragun exclaimed and signaled for Vishirk to come closer.

"This is Vishirk, a young mage scholar that lost his way in the forest. I found him while I was picking herbs in the forest at night," he introduced.

"Vishirk, this is my son, Rowan Winterseed, the Lord of Winterseed village."

He introduced both of them to each other.

Vishirk was really surprised when he heard that Rowan, who was the same age as him, was Lord over a territory. In his mind, Rowan immediately became a cool person.

Vishirk stretched his hand out for a handshake, "Nice to meet you."

Rowan looked at the hand for a few seconds before shaking it.

Both of them gave each other a friendly smile. But Rowan's was more of a pretense since he didn't understand why Vishirk was here in the first place. He would have to ask Dragun later when no one was around to listen.

Rowan turned to Blaze and instructed it to burn the corpses since Dragun had no use for them anymore.

Blaze nodded and strolled closer to the corpse hill, the flame aura radiating from its body growing stronger and more chaotic.

Blaze halted and tossed out several fireballs into the air and used flame synchronization to halt their movement.

Vishirk and Dragun stood beside Rowan and watched the display of Blaze with pretty amazed expressions on their faces. The scene in front of them was one they had been seeking for a long time since they discovered the world of divine beasts, which is a crucial division of magic.

The scene in front was also pretty amazing even for Rowan who only wanted to see Blaze incinerate the corpses.

Several huge fireballs could be seen floating in the air as Blaze continued to summon more every three seconds; the fireballs were akin to mini suns, shining brightly but ready to scorch everything in their path.

After summoning a wholesome amount of fireballs, Blaze used flame synchronization to merge all of them into one very big inferno that sent scorching heat and intense glow in the area.

Rowan and Vishirk had to step back since the heat was affecting them, but Dragun had a flame resistance spell activated so he wasn't affected.

The huge ball of inferno began levitating onto the top of the corpse hill before descending down on it like a burning meteor descending from space.

Instantly, the corpses were engulfed in intense flame, and the sizzling sound of flesh melting gradually drifted across the area.

Blaze watched its creation for a few seconds before turning and walking towards Rowan with a proud smile.

The huge fire behind Blaze as it strolled towards Rowan created a really badass heroic effect, causing Rowan to be a little bit envious since he couldn't achieve such a badass moment yet.

'When I am done investigating Virgil, I might ask for help on how to awaken my mana core,' Rowan thought to himself, observing the amazed Vishirk beside him.

If Vishirk turns out to be a sheep in wolf's clothing, Rowan was ready to kill him the moment he discovers it. But if he isn't, he would make use of him to begin his magic journey and advance in it while Dragun helps Riela.

['Reward??']

While Rowan was thinking, Blaze stood in front of him and requested.

Blaze did a good job so Rowan wasn't bothered and gave him a five food pills which Blaze devoured at once.

Afterwards, he sent it into the divine beast plain.

The three of them then returned to the village together.

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AUTHOR NOTE:

Expect two more chapters in three hours!