After hanging up the sileng device, Draco released a heavy sigh as he turo Bahamut, seeking her assistanbsp;
" you help me with the sheets, cloths, and the bed? It would be disastrous if any blood were to stain them," he requested, his brow furrowed in thought.
Uain of how the transformation process would unfold, Draco deemed it prudent to take precautionary measures.
Bahamut nodded in uanding and promptly set tathering the bedding and clothes, piling it ly in the wardrobe.
Meanwhile, Draoved the bed and bedside table closer to the opposite wall, creating some additional space.
With the area cleared, Draco grabbed a few pillows and spread them out on the floor, then removed his shirt and id down on the makeshift bedding.
Normally, Bahamut would offer a pyful remark or a teasing jibe to lighten the mood, but she found herself uncharacteristically restrained.
As Draco settled into position, Bahamut couldn't help but notice the growing sense of uhin her.
She had initially informed him that the transition from his hatg phase to the juveage would likely occur between levels 3 and 4, but as he he requirements to bee a level 3 adventurer, a nagging feeling had taken hold of her.
Her goddess-like intuition was not something to be taken lightly, and she khis moment ivotal.
"Are you ready?" Bahamut asked, her pierg gaze fixed upon Draco's reed form.
"Yes, you may begin," Draco replied, his hands ched in anticipation.
Bahamut then positioned herself over his back, finding a fortable spot to sit.
As she settled in, Draco couldn't help but notice the warmth of her buttocks against his skin, a sensation, which was both distrag and oddly f.
Her tail gently caressed his own, the silver scales brushing against his bes, creating a soft, metallic scrape.
Perhaps due to the vibrations of their iwining scales or the newfound intimacy betweehough their retionship remained unofficial, Draco's tail felt particurly sensitive in that moment.
He could sense a geickle along his spine, and his belly seemed to radiate a pleasant warmth, as if he had just ed a satisfying meal.
Drai clear, and his body rexed, as if he were submerged in a warm bath.
Sensing his calm aive state, Bahamut decided to immediately ehe process.
Opening her mouth to reveal a set of sharp es, Bahamut bit into her own hand, allowing her divine blood to spill forth and pour over Draco's babsp;
While she could have used a sharp tool to aplish this task, she chose this method as a way of unig her desire to share in his pain.
As the warm blood cascaded down Draco's back, he felt a mild burniion, and his status board began to glow.
To Bahamut, it appeared as though Draco's body was actively abs a lot of her divine blood, which was highly unusual.
Then again, Draco's entire existence was far from ordinary.
Brag himself for the anticipated pain, Draco was surprised to find that the mild burniion was the extent of his disfort.
"Did something g?" he asked, his voice ced with perplexity.
"I'm not sure, but don't let yuard down," Bahamut replied, her brow furrowed in ption.
"Perhaps the pain will ma ohe level-up is plete. For now, let me copy your avaible development abilities so you choose." she specuted.
"Hmmm," Draodded in agreement as he waited for Bahamut to pass him a copy of his status sheet.
Bahamut immediately got up from his bad went to retrieve some bnk paper sheets from her bedside table, which had been pushed aside earlier.
As Bahamut rose, Draco felt a strange sensation - the warmth of her buttocks against his back had suddenly disappeared, leaving him with an odd, uled feeling.
‘Just what is wrong with me?’ he wondered, furrowing his brow as Bahamut swiftly returned, copied and handed him the status sheet.
Draco's narrowed his eyes as he studied the informatioed before him.
Bahamut watched excitedly, deg to remain silent a him process the surprising developments she had just seen.
Fog ily, Draco read from the bottom of the page, where the list of his development ability options were located.
His gaze nded first on "Abnormal Resistanegates the effects of abnormalities." An intriguing and powerful skill but useless to him, he noted.
Moving upward, he saw "Mage: creates a magic circle uhe user that improves their magic power, widens its effective range, more effit mind usage." This was one of his top 3 picks, a useful enhao his existing magical abilities.
However he pushed this aside for now because his ‘Dragon mind arts’ already performed a simir fun.
The option, "Elemental Cw Attack: ehe user to imbue elemental properties to a certain limit when using natural cws to attack," also piqued his i.
The prospect of infusing his natural attacks with elemental properties could prove advantageous in battle, however it was something he could already replicate.
Draco tinued sing the list, reading about "Melee fighter: provides a slight boost to the user's Strength, Agility aerity when unarmed or using natural ons," and "Spirit Healing: Begin automatically replenishing mind at a small rate after magic use." Both seemed valuable for a all rounder like himself.
Then he reached the "Elemental Enha" ability, which caught his eye.
"Creates a passive magic circle beh the user when they are actively using an individual element, they gain one special elemental buff based on the element used." Draco was familiar with his four current elemental affinities - fire, water, wind, ah - and the corresponding buffs they provided.
This was an intriguing way to further enhance his magical abilities.
, he saw "Flight: Increase maneuverability and reduces air resistance when flying." The idea of being able to take to the skies with greater ease was aing prospect.
He rarely used his wings retly, and was ied in expl how he could better utilize it.
Finally, Draco's gaze nded o option: "Mystery: Allows the user to create a miracle and create magic items." His heart raced as he read those words.
Mystery was an exceedingly rare skill, possessed by fewer than six people known to exist.
Draco could scarcely believe that he had somehow acquired such a coveted ability.
As he processed this information, Draoticed that some options from his previous level-up were missing, such as "Mixing" and "Rogue alchemy." In their pce were the new abilities he had just discovered.
Draind whirled with questions and theories.
‘Do I have a hidden skill that grants my wishes, or is this some kind of character plot armour?’ he wondered, half-jokingly.
However, his thoughts were quickly derailed when his eyes nded on something even more remarkable: He had acquired a Falna-based magic skill, somethiirely different from his natural elemental magic.
"Are my eyes seeing things clearly?" Draco questioned in disbelief, staring at the new skill in awe.
He had always believed it would be incredibly difficult for him to obtain a Falna-based magic skill, given his existing elemental abilities.
Yet, here it was, a skill called "Ring of Pain" that had some as-yet-unknown funs.
Without dey, Draco began reading the skills description, eager for see what this ominous sounding skill could do.
The skill "Ring of Pain" was described as a powerful area-of-effect spell that allowed the caster to designate a se of the battlefield as their own domain.
Enemies who stepped within the bounds of this ring would take passive elemental damage, the type and iy of which was determined by the specific elements imbued into the spell during its casting.
versely, all allied batants standing within the ring would receive beneficial effects.
This includes mild regeion of both health and mind, as well as elemental resistand buffs which weren’t specified, but Draco reaso was simir to the Elemental Entment skill.
The size of the ring and the overall potency of its effects was heavily depe on the amount of mind the caster was willing to i.
Si was a domain type spell, Draco reasohat could be other hidden effects of the spell that wasn’t in its description.
The primary drawback of the "Ring of Pain" was its lengthy t and casting time.
Draoted that, besides this, the skill was exceptionally useful, providing both offensive, defensive and utility capabilities in a trated area of the battlefield.
