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Chapter 11 - The Journey Begins (2)

[Would you like to assimilate the wolf?] 

After taking some time to calm down Akasha finally looked at screen floating in front of him, he asked 

"HEY LUNA, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!!!!" Akasha was still trying to understand what just happened. In one moment, he was having the most exciting clash of his entire life.... well literally the only clash in his life, but that's beside the point. He was on literal cloud nine, the sensation of battle made him feel something he never felt before. That was all until the Artic Wolf started looking at him like some kind of food. In that moment something shifted inside of him, and it seemed to fill in with uncontrollable rage. Just the look in the wolf eyes pissed him off so much that we wanted to obliterate its entire tribe. 

'I'm normally a pretty chill guy; I've never once lost my cool over something so small before....' Akasha was thinking until he heard Luna's seductive voice.

[Well~ My dear Akasha looked so domineering~] Luna said as she appeared majestically, right in front of Akasha. She continued before allowing him to speak.

[Well, that's what you call Dragon's Instinct, you are a Dragon Akasha. Just like in those Fantasy books you read, Dragons are noble creatures, the king of all beasts. No beast lower than a dragon in prestige would even think to attack them. So, when you saw that beast look at you like food, your dragon instincts were unconsciously released. Remember you are a Dragon, not a human, like you were during that illusion.] Luna spoke while looking Akasha up and down. 'He looked so domineering obliterating that poor wolfy~' She thought.

"Wellll, fuck it, not like I'm against it. I will just learn to control it a bit more. Now what's the deal with this assimilation bullshit? Does this mean I will become some sort of Dragon-Wolf?" He said as he was wondering about the different possibilities.

[Well, this is actually an ability of your real bloodline, not the dragons'. Your very existence is tied to the origin of all things.... I should've let you learn this on your own but 'fuck it'.] Luna spoke as she mocked Akasha a little towards the end.

[All this basically means is that you can assimilate with basically anything. You can look at it as some kind of plundering ability. And whether you become a hybrid dragon or not? That's entirely up to you. You can take everything from the beings you kill. Their bloodlines, knowledge, affinities, etc. It all depends upon you and the bloodlines you take will automatically evolve to the origin level.]

At the end of her little info dump, Akasha was a bit surprised but not totally. After everything that has happened so far this is the least bit surprising to him. He decided to think a bit before choosing.

'Assimilate everything aside from the bloodline. I just became a dragon I don't want to become a hybrid already even though it sounds cool as hell. I can just do it in the future after living as a pure dragon for a while.'

*Ding*

[Confirmed. Assimilation beginning now.] 

After reading the systems message, he waited, then he felt it... PAIN!!!! An absurd amount of pain that felt nearly as bad as becoming a dragon. He felt his body becoming stronger and burning impurities through his skin. But the pain wasn't just physical, his mind was expanding and becoming more.... complete? I don't know it felt as if something was coming back home after a very long time. 

"FUCKKKK!!!" He roared as he felt like he was burning from the inside out.

After about 30 minutes he finally completed the assimilation. Standing in middle of a frozen field with biting winds, Akasha, still completely naked, at about 6ft tall, he looked like a God descending in the mortal world. 

SYSTEM - LUNA 

SYSTEM HOST - AKASHA ******

RACE - ****** (Origin Dragon)

AGE - WELLL (21) 

RANK - F (Level 15)

XP - (50/100)

ABILITES - Eyes of Origin, Roar of Origin, Breath of Origin, Half Dragon Transformation, Full Dragon Transformation (locked), Origin Aura

SKILLS- None

TALENT- Origin

AFFINITIES- Fire, Space, and Time 

LEVEL - 

HP: 250/250

STR: 40

AGL: 39

VIT: 25

STM: - infinite

INT: infinite

DEF: 25

SYSTEM POINTS - 30

GACHA ROLLS - 1

-Inventory- 

-Personal Evolution Realm- V1

AURA OF ORIGIN lv 1- BOOST COMBAT ABILITY- SUPRESSES all inferior races- only works on golden core and below

[After assimilating the wolf, you absorbed its primary strengths and also, it's level. You also can see your experience bar now, to forward to the next realm you need to be level 51. For each realm the experience bar is capped at a certain limit. For example, you are now Rank F, the max experience you need to move up a single level is 100XP. Meaning every time, you get 100XP you will gain a level. You only achieved level 15 because of the assimilation, normally, that wouldn't be possible. For each level you gain you receive 2 stat points that you are free to upgrade as you like.] Luna suddenly spoke up to clear some confusion Akasha was having while looking at his new status.

[Receiving 2 points per level is the universal rule for everyone, but the difference between you and them is you get double the XP value per kill. Normally for F rank kills it's only 25xp, but you will receive 50XP thanks to your multiplier. And that's not even to mention you can literally assimilate the strengths of those you kill.] 

Listening to Luna talk while he examines his new status, Akasha, starts feel more determined than ever to speed run these dungeons. 'Since I can assimilate the strengths of others, I will allow my stat points to build up use them all at once when it's time to breakthrough the next realm.' He thought internally before turning to speak to Luna.

"Luna, after clearing this dungeon, where can I find other ones?" He was asking because of his plan of speed running. He would need more dungeons than just this beginner one. But to his surprise Luna already had this covered. 

[Akasha, this is your personal realm, meaning this is also your personal dungeon. This dungeon will grow alongside you. The only difference from this dungeon and the one on the outside is that you won't receive any rewards. This dungeon is purely for grinding. And just so you know because you decided to be reborn at the age of 21 your realm is behind by quite a bit, comparing to other genius and anomalies. In 6 months, the Academy of Kalpa will open, not that you necessarily need it anyways. But it would be a good opportunity to get know people and learn more about the world.] Luna spoke this time a bit serious considering the topic of conversation. Honestly, she wanted Akasha to go to academy purely for own entertainment.

*silence*

Then suddenly the sound of, laughter? Yes, Akasha was laughing like a mad man.

"HAHAHA AN Academy? FUCK IT WHY NOT?!!!" To say he was excited well that would be an understatement. He took a while to calm down and then asked the important questions.

"Okay so what's the requirement for this academy?" He asked Luna.

[Well, you need to be S rank to take the entry exams. And people your age are usually at about late A Rank or early S rank about now. But fear not, although exams are about 6 months away on the outside, well in this realm you have a full year. Time here moves two times faster than on the outside so train well my dear~]

"HAHAHA HONESTLY FUCK THOSE PEOPLE MY AGE!!! WHY WOULD I CARE ABOUT THEIR MEASLEY RANKS? HEH, S RANK HUH? FUCK IT, LETS GOO" Akasha roared feeling utterly motivated. He clenched his fist before shooting forward looking for his next prey.

Some big words by the dragon of origin.... Little did he know he was not the only Anomaly preparing for the Academy.

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