Draconic King of Shadows-Chapter 89: Evolution

Damion stared down at the kneeling figure before him with a cold look on his scaled face.

His transformation was still on and didn’t seem to be cancelling anytime soon. He breathed out deeply, letting out a pocket of heated air from his mouth.

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[Milestone achieved]

[Shadow Puppet raised]

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[Evolution in progress]

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Damion felt a drastic change occurring within him immediately, but unlike the pain he was expecting, a soothing feeling spread through his body, invigorating every single cell in it.

The bumps in his head grew, black horns jutting out of his skull and curving menacingly.

The itch on his back, close to his collarbones, doubled, but nothing came forth still.

The scales covering some parts of his muscular body spread, covering every inch of it, excluding his hair.

His hair remained the same length, unlike that of others which always grew to insane lengths. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Now standing at almost 2.5 meters with a body fully encased in black scales, black horns curving from his forehead, a long powerful tail with purple, scorpion-like tip, and purple claws with deathly sharpness, he looked more dangerous than ever.

Nyx rounded his head, his sharp aura matching Damion’s. He was able to put the pieces together and know that Damion had evolved, or was in the process.

His outward appearance had changed considerably, but the changes going on within him was the most shocking.

His internal system was no longer the way it used to be.

If Damion could see what was happening right now, he would be shocked to his core.

Layers of thick flesh grew over his organs, making them more robust and sturdier. His blood and energy pathways widened, and his heart and lungs were reconfigured.

More energy rushed round his body faster, invigorating him.

Damion couldn’t feel it, but another organ grew beside his heart, a small black dot of sorts, with black pulsing veins growing out from it to go round his body.

The strength and quality of his shadow increased manifold, and the purple glow in his eyes, narrowed into slits, intensified.

A swirl of shadows rose and winded around his body, and Damion knew instantaneously that his control over his Ability had increased.

The feeling was potent in that moment, and he raised an arm.

Immediately, a solid Shadow Blade formed —hovering over his palm— its onyx black surface having a purple and dark-green shade to it. The sharpness of its edge was visible, and Damion knew what to do.

He turned around, pointing his palm at Aspasia...

And then it descended.

Aspasia was cleaved into two from the waist, her body shuddering for just a second as her eyes shot wide open, and slowly closed back.

She didn’t even get the chance to scream, but Damion was unmoved. Only the coldness of his gaze remained.

The changes to his body took more time than Damion wanted to spend.

He pointed his palm at Aspasia, and a Wolf not too far from where he stood, and his shadow surged.

[Shadow Puppeteer has been activated]

[2 new Shadow Puppets gained]

[Shadow Puppet(s): 3]

Damion clenched his fist after taking in the info. He felt more powerful than ever, but he didn’t let that get to his head.

He knew that his evolution was causing the short burst of megalomania, and though he wasn’t as powerful as the megalomania made him think he was, his strength had seen a massive progress in it nonetheless.

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[Name: Damion Darkblade]

[Race: Lesser Dragon]

[Level: 10]

[Exp: 0/100]

[Ability: Evolved Shadow]

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[Stats]

-[Strength: 50(50)]

-[Agility: 50(50)]

-[Constitution: 100(100)]

-[Intelligence: 50(50)]

-[HP: 1000/500]

-[MP: 100/50]

-[Luck: 50]

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[Skills]

-[Shadow Authority- Lvl 10(20)]

-[Dragon’s Authority- Lvl 10(20)]

-[Dragon’s Reflective Skin- Lvl 10(20)]

-[Dragon’s Breath- lvl 10(20)]

-[Stat Share- Lvl 10(20)]

-[Ability Sync- Lvl 10(20)]

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His base stats had been reset, and all his skills had automatically reached Level 10.

Why? Because that was the closest to the base stats of a Lesser Dragon, though his case was different.

There was no longer a separation of his skills, instead, they were now all under one tab, [Skills]. Aside from that, all his Shadow skills had been replaced with just one new skill, [Shadow Authority].

This skill not just encompassed all his old shadow skills, but the new ones he now had and could create.

The skill basically gave him complete control and dominion over Shadows. He didn’t understand what Evolved Shadow made different about his Shadow, or the shadows he could control, but he instinctively knew it was something good.

His Exp bar had regressed to a hundred just like it had started. However, he knew that gaining Exp wouldn’t be as easy as before.

He had outgrown most enemies, so hunting weak prey wouldn’t net him as much Exp as before, if any at all.

Damion went through the new changes to his status panel, slowly and carefully, though it was faster than he imagined.

Satisfied with what he saw after a few seconds, he deactivated Shadow Possession, letting the boost to his physical stats and skills drop.

His eyes narrowed when his transformation receded, and he had a thought that almost sent his eyes popping out of their sockets.

’11, my lucky number,’ he said out loud, remembering teacher Hakuro saying this one time.

"The transformation occurred when Dragon’s Reflective Skin crossed level 11, with Shadow Possession active, reaching level 12," Damion muttered.

He had been feeling an itch on his skin when Shadow Possession was activated. Was it actually his body just reacting to the scales about to pop out?

At that time, he was too focused on the battle to think of any other thing, but now that it came to his mind again, he had a thought that shook him to his core.

"Is he... related to Dragons?" Damion whispered, staring at the three kneeling Shadow Puppets.

Hakuro Nekanji had used a Dragon skill one time, but since then, he hadn’t displayed any other. Damion wondered if he was just keeping a low profile, or there was more to it.

One thought flowed into another, and he ended up thinking about the changes that might occur in Matilda, and if there would be any in Kenzo.

He turned his attention to the three kneeling figures, and finally to Nyx.

"Now how do I explain Aspasia’s death to Captain Shodan?"