Shaking off his initial surprise, Draco scrolled through his options, determined not to make a hasty decision.

  The ability that had caught him off guard was called "Monster Affinity."

  This skill increased the ces of taming a pletely subdued monster by f a e between him and its magic stone.

  While it wasn't the most powerful taming skill avaible, it was a rare one.

  Taming a monster without a special skill typically required a long and arduous process involving a carrot-and-whip method.

  This meaing the monster into submission and then rewarding it, repeating the process until it became obedient.

  Even after this lengthy ordeal, there was no guarahat the monster wouldn’t rebel ter on.

  However, with a tamied skill, there was a certain assurance of a e betweeamer and the tamed.

  The reason that Draco was taken aback by the taming skill was because, he had only retly developed an i in taming, and acquiring such a skill—especially after gaining his Mystery development ability —felt overwhelming.

  ‘Ugh, I feel like I’m brang out too wide. I should be fog on my personal strength, yet here I am trying to delve into taming as well,’ he scolded himself before returning his attention to the list of skills.

  Monster Affinity: Ehe user to tame a pletely subdued monster by f a e with its magic stone.

  Abnormal Resistanegates the effects of abnormalities such as poison.

  Mage: Creates a magic circle uhe user that improves their magic power, widens its effective range, and enhances mental efficy.

  Elemental Cw Attack: Allows the user to imbue elemental properties to a limited extent when using their natural cws to attack.

  Melee Fighter: Provides a slight boost to the user's strength, agility, aerity when unarmed or using natural ons.

  Spirit Healing: Replenishes a small amount of mind automatically after each magic use.

  Elemental Enha: Creates a passive magic circle beh the user. When actively using an individual element, the user gains one special elemental buff based on that element.

  Multi Elemental Enha: Creates multiple passive magic circles beh the user. When actively using multiple elements, the user gains several special elemental buffs based on the elements used.

  Flight: Increases maneuverability and reduces air resistance when flying.

  Kanabo User: Increases strength aerity while wielding a Kanabo.

  After going through the entire list, Draco was even more amazed by the variety of abilities offered.

  He felt a bit disappoihat there were no speed-boosting or purely defensive abilities avaible, but he still had plenty to choose from.

  Draco was familiar with many of the options, some of them were avaible during his previous level-up were, but there were also new skills that piqued his i.

  ‘All the abilities are good, but by process of elimination, my real options are Monster Affinity, Mage, Melee Fighter, Kanabo User, and Multi Elemental Enha,’ Draco cluded.

  These were the skills he sidered the most useful at present.

  With his useful options narrowed down, Drabarked on another process of elimination.

  Monster Affinity presented a promising new path to power, but it wasn't immediately useful until he could subdue or had access to many stronger monsters.

  Upgrading his firebirds was already costly enough and would also require much time.

  Currently, he was mixing crushed magic stone powder into their food, but he hadn't seen any signifit ges yet.

  Given that the intervals between his level-ups we’re getting longer, and the impending Evilus all out atta the city being so close, he needed a sourmediate strength.

  As a result, he decided to elimihe taming skill for now.

  , he sidered the Mage development ability.

  This skill would signifitly ease his use of magic, potentially enhang the effects of his Dragon Mind Arts.

  However, he hesitated, w if the two abilities would interfere with each other.

  It ossible that their effects would stack, especially sihe Mage ability assive.

  ‘It's more likely that they would plement each other rather than csh,’ he reasoned, deg to keep Mage on his list of options.

  The Melee Fighter ability was exceptional, but it came with a signifit drawback: he would have to using aernal ons to keep its effects active.

  Switg bad forth between armed and unarmed, while incorporating magi the mix, seemed like a very tedious bat style, at least for him.

  Additionally, there was the possibility of some extra strict requirements, like not being able to keep aernal ons on hand, which raised s.

  If he found himself in a situation where his cws were iive, he would be at a disadvantage by not being able to use a on.

  The stat boost would also be lost if he then wielded a on, increasing his disadvantage.

  There was no guarahat he wouldn’t enter an oppo where such a sario would occur, which made him a bit hesitant.

  ‘Ugh, I should put more faith in my cws. Plus the skill boosts around three stats, so it would be foolish to ighat,’ Draco cluded, elevating Melee Fighter to the top of his list.

  The Kanabo User option was quickly dismissed.

  While it offered some bes, it was simir to Melee fighter, but even more limiting pared to the versatility of his natural ons.

  Blunt force wasn’t always the most effective strategy, aility was crucial in bat.

  Draco's gaze then fell on the Multi Elemental Enha skill.

  This option was a step up from Elemental Enha, but he found it puzzling that both were avaible.

  The ability seemed to fun as described, but he believed he could replicate its effects through the Mage development ability.

  Therefore, he decided to elimi for now.

  Now, only Mage and Melee Fighter remained on his list of potential skills.

  One offered a physical enha, while the other focused on magibsp;

  Drao eventually acquire both, but determining whie to choose first was vital, as it would influence his overall strength during the Evilus event.

  ‘Which path will serve me better?’ he pondered.

  ‘In the chaos of the Evilus event, will I o rely more on my magiy physical abilities to be deeply involved is?’

  As he pted, memories of details ing the evilus event fshed through his mind.

  He recalled the parts where the evilus turhemselves into living bombs, killing themselves, their children, i civilians, destroying homes and killing adventurers.

  A fsh e momentarily overcame him imagining su intense se, especially when the image of his family mixed in with it, but he quickly calmed down, feeling Bahamut warm fingers on his back.

  ‘What is he thinking about that suddenly made him so emotional’ Bahamut wondered, gently caressing his back to calm him down.

  She was currently seated on his back, waiting for his decision, so she could feel the violent movement of his body.

  After much deliberation, Draade his decision.

  The uping Evilus event would be chaotic, filled with uainty and danger.

  While having a strong physical foundation was essential, he realized that if he wao save himself, his familia, allies and people lucky enough to be around, magic was the way.

  He needed a means to defend against suicidal explosions, especially since he could face overwhelming oppos.

  Melee bat was not going to be effective in avoiding damage from suicidal maniacs with cursed ons, and proteg others.

  “Alright then, Mage it is,” Draco said, vinced in his reasoning.

  He could always focus on honing his physical skills ter, but for now, he would enhance his magic abilities.

  “Are you sure” Bahamut asked in firmation.

  “Yes” Draco replied resolutely.

  Bahamut nodded her head, not saying anything more.

  She then updated his status, upgrading Draco from level 3 to 4.

  Now Draco was officially a level four adventurers, just one level away from being one of the few first css adventurers in Orario.