The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 15: My Magic Staff

It was too slow in my opinion. The family rule states that the rite of passage is to build some character, but that is nonsense. Back then, there were no resources in the treasury of the family and the reason why my ancestors went hunting in the forest.

As time went on, the size of the treasury grew and it was not needed for the family members to go to the forest to do anything but the family thought that the members would become weak if everything was provided to them. They want the family to survive, and what was the best place that they can learn to do so?

So, the original way of obtaining resources became the rite of passage.

Depending on your level of success, the family would provide resources for the next five years, which you spend in the academy. After graduating from the academy, you have to start contributing to the family or else you can't use your family name from then on.

So even if I wanted to lie back and enjoy, I have to at least show I am worth the resources, or else I would become too weak to survive in this world. Lying back doesn't mean that I want to die quickly. I have to show decent strength and talent to have a pleasurable life. It's the only way.

If only the family was small, it wouldn't have been so hard. I could have lied down from the start, without worrying about anything. Father may have pestered me, but Mother would have taken care of me, after, I am the youngest of all, and who doesn't love their youngest more than their other children?

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Anyway, I need to level up faster and leave the forest. It's not like they can cut off my resources after I reveal my level which I hope would reach peak of Tier-0. This is the only way that I can reap maximum benefits from the family.

I should start to use the staff from tomorrow. It would be quicker and easier to level up with that in hand. I quickly pulled and checked the staff that my parents gave me before I set off.

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Eldritch Staff

Attribute: Shadow

Magic Attack: +1,000

Dark Magic Attack: +3,000

Cast Range: +5-25 m

Rank: Tier-4

Durability: 2000/2000

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Eldritch Staff, was one of the common magic staffs that was made from Eldritch trees, commonly found in the Torum Mountains. The forests there are filled with these trees, whose wood is very useful in creating magic staffs for spellcasters.

They are one of the best for spellcasters as long as the rank doesn't exceed Tier-4. This was especially true for the Dark Spellcasters. Anyone associated with the dark elements would gain a huge advantage while using the staff.

When compared with normal spell attacks, dark spell attacks can cause more damage. This is why it is a perfect gift for me. I can use the staff until I reach Tier-4, which would take a long time. The only problem was that, even for a Tier-4 weapon, it has too low durability.

A Tier-4 Staff usually has durability of around 5000 and that was for magic staff, not weapons like swords and spears. Those would have much higher durability than magic staff. After all, they had to clash with other weapons physically. It would chip away the durability faster and a lower durability means losing the battle faster.

This staff may look weak for other spell casters, but it is very useful for me and anyone who learned dark spells. Even if it is not a dark spell, the attack power and range are much better when compared to other magic staffs or wands.

This would make it easier for me to eradicate enemies faster and thereby level up faster at the same time.

Now let's level up faster so that I can get out of here as soon as possible.

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A Week later...

With the help of the staff, I was able to reach level 10 faster when compared with the time that it took me to reach level 1 from level 0.

"Status"

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Name: Magnus Frostwolf

Age: 14

Titles: Son of Viscount

Class: Draconic Warlock

Affinity: Shadow, Blood

Bloodline: Black Dragon (1% Purity)

Physique: Devourer Physique (EX)

Talent: Ritualistic Summoning (EX)

Rank: Tier-0

Level: 10

Health Points (HP): 1715

Strength (STR): 317

Endurance (END): 372

Dexterity (DEX): 65

Agility (AGI): 311

Magic Power (MP): 2800

Class Skills: Shadow Bolt

Skills: Evade Lvl. 2; Dodge Lvl. 4; Sprint Lvl.1; Alertness Lvl. 2;

Resistances: Physical Resistance Lvl. 4; Light Resistance Lvl. 3; Poison Resistance Lvl. 2;

Weapon Arts: Intermediate Staff Arts Lvl. 3

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Other than my levels increasing and thereby increasing the attributes, nothing much changed in my status. Only my Alertness Skill leveled up to the second level. This was all that changed with my status in more than a week. I need to ramp it up if I have to get stronger and also enjoy life here.

If too much time was wasted on increasing strength, then what extent of my life would be able for me to spend leisurely? I would say not much. I would be like those old men in the family, who are desperately trying to break through the next tier in order to improve their life, only to see that their bodies aged too much and they can't enjoy too many pleasures of the world.

So the next part of my journey in the forest is important. It would be testing out my talent and how useful it would be for me. This would be like an experiment, as I have no idea about it.

The Inner area of the forest would be the perfect place. There are no people here and if anything goes wrong, no one would get hurt. Moreover, it offers some privacy from the prying eyes of the family.

I don't how, but I have a feeling that everything is going to change once I succeed with this.