Free Web NovelChapter 253: 253. Conditions To Become A Marquis
When the sunlight illuminated the surroundings again, there was a black dragon hovering with his gold-striped neck bent toward the sky.
Boom!
With a flap of his humungous wings, Jake instantly appeared above the monster army, shading most of the creatures with his shadow.
Yvonne flew closer to him, examining his features with curious excitement.
Unlike a traditional dragon, her master had curved horns and spinal spikes. His eyes were blood red and seemed to hold countless mysteries. If weaker beings looked into them for too long, it may cause them to space out.
Even Yvonne had to shake her head and focus on other things. As she scratched his scales which seemed to absorb light, deep metallic vibrations rang out.
"Incredible!" Jake’s booming voice rang all over the outskirts of the ruined city.
It sounded like a terrifying roar to the monsters below. Those below the 3rd Circle felt disoriented and those of the 1st circle bled from their orifices.
"Master!" Yvonne called out in panic. Only then did Jake realise that he didn’t control his power.
Even just a casual shout from him could be equal to a sonar attack from a 4th Circle being.
’This bloodline transformation doesn’t disappoint.’ Jake thought, sweeping his new body with [Magipathy].
This was a large body that was entirely covered with dragon scales tougher than most Unique-grade armor. The scales on his head were even thicker, meaning they could match Epic-grade armor.
’No wonder dragons are so deadly. What other abilities do I possess?’ Jake closed his eyes.
A few seconds later, he sent a mental message to Yvonne.
"Wait here, I want to test out some things." freeweɓnovel.cøm
Saying that, he suddenly flapped his giant wings and flew toward the north. Just now, he’d grasped the innate abilities of this transformation.
A while later, he reached a lush hilly region where he stopped. Without landing, Jake opened his mouth inside which a large amount of mana began to converge.
Within just a couple of seconds, a bright red ball of fire formed above his tongue. Just that ball of fire raised the surrounding temperature by tens of celsius degrees.
The nearby creatures only felt a stinging heatwave before an ear-shattering sound startled them. It was like hearing a tornado up close.
A dense beam of fire shot from Jake’s mouth, incinerating everything that fell in its way and turning them into either dust or lava.
The hilltop in front of him was cleanly melted off by the fiery beam and any unfortunate creature residing there was killed in mere seconds.
A delayed shockwave swept over Jake’s body and the area below him. Dust violently spread backwards, and the air broke off several tree branches before settling down.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Jake flapped his wings, staring at the flattened hilltop which was still extremely hot.
"So this is my breath attack!" He was amazed by its destructive power.
Although Jake could feel that almost a quarter of his mana reserves were spent with just this one move, he couldn’t be more satisfied.
Next, Jake faced the other direction and channeled his mana again. This time, he tried his wing attack which made two arcs of wind to sharply cut anything in their paths.
By now, every creature in a ten mile radius was rapidly fleeing, wondering what could’ve made this rogue dragon so furious.
However, Jake was just trying out his moves. After destroying a couple more hills using a tail attack and a claw attack, he finally stopped.
There were two other abilities in this transformation. One was an innate defensive skill and another was a large-scale destruction spell.
Jake didn’t want to waste all his mana and delay any further. Thus, after taking a good look at this place which had turned into a death zone, Jake flew back to his monster army.
With his current speed, it wouldn’t take him more than five minutes to reach their location. On the way, he opened his status screen to confirm something that was bugging his mind.
"Status!"
[Name: Jake Farlen]
[Species: Demodragon - (Devilish Dragon Bloodline)]
[Rank: 5th Circle]
[Titles: Demon Earl (+180 Reputation among Demon Nobles, full command over lesser monsters, +30 Reputation among greater monsters), Pleasure Demon (When equipped, you can arouse any female whose will is lower than yours in a 50-meter-radius), Slaughterer (Equipping this title gives a +10% attack boost after you kill more than five individuals in a row)]
[Job: Dungeon Master]
[Evil Points: 355,716]
[Sins Unlocked: Lust, Greed, Pride, Gluttony]
[Magic Power: 9000]
[Strength: 510 / Agility: 418 / Stamina: 443 / Vitality: 478 / Intelligence: 526 / Charisma: 417 / Will: 509]
[General Abilities: Magipathy (Unique—lvl. 4), Degeneration Halo (Unique—lvl. 6), Malefic Enchantment (Unique—lvl. 3), Phantom Scythe Mastery (Superior—lvl. 2), Demonic Grasp (Rare—lvl.10), Soulfire (Unique—lvl. 1), Minor Regeneration (Rare—lvl. 2), Demon Eye (Unique—lvl. 6), Body Transformation (Rare—lvl. 8), Blood Control (Unique—lvl. 8), Rapid Learner (Superior—Passive), Flight (Unique—lvl. 2), Explosion (Rare—lvl. 8), Icicle Rain (Unique—lvl. 5), Ice Field (Superior—lvl. 3), Summon Undead (Unique—lvl. 2), Death Slash (Rare—lvl. 3), Reflect Magic (Unique—lvl. 4), Shadow Motion (Superior—lvl. 5), Greater Teleportation (Epic—lvl. 1)]
[Sin-specific Abilities: Craving Touch (Unique—Lust), Skill Steal (Unique—Greed), Negation Aura (Unique—Pride), Devouring Maw (Unique-Gluttony)]
[Bloodline Abilities: - Emotion Dominator, Demodragon’s Might, Bloodline Transformation, Soul Consumption]
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"So I really didn’t get the Marquis title after advancing to the 5th Circle!" Jake narrowed his eyes, having transformed back to his hybrid form.
Ever since he was a measly Demon Baron, every subsequent advancement had provided him with a higher title. But this time, there was no such notification from the system.
Jake contacted the system assistant and asked about this case. It quickly responded.
[Host currently meets only one of the requirements to become a Demon Marquis as a non-resident of the Infernal Realm.]
"Isn’t being a 5th Circle demon enough?" Jake scratched his chin.
[That is indeed one requirement, but you must also possess a Tier 3 Labyrinth and make significant contributions. Previously, the host met the requirements to become an Earl since you already had a Tier 2 Dungeon.]
"Oh?" Jake began to think and the system assistant added more information.
[For Demon Nobles in the Origin World, their dungeon is their fief. Since Demon Marquis is a High Lord title, the conditions imposed by the Infernal Will are higher.]
"I see." Jake dismissed the assistant after asking some more questions.
He was confused about the contributions part but it seemed he just had to destabilize a region in this world or commit heinous acts. The more people that are affected, the better it is.
Since Jake was already launching a full-scale war on a kingdom, killing thousands in the process, he wasn’t worried. When all of this concluded, he would most likely have made those contributions.
On the other hand, advancing his dungeon to a Tier 3 Labyrinth was somewhat tricky. Unlike advancing from Tier 0 up until Tier 2, Tier 3 was a major threshold. So just feeding mana crystals to the dungeon core wasn’t going to work.
Mana crystals were still required - a lot of those actually. However, the most important part was to cultivate an evil miasma. Basically, lots and lots of living beings had to die inside the dungeon.
Normally, this process took hundreds of years. The Tartus Dungeon was ripe for advancement actually, but his own Dungeon of Sins was just a year old.
"This won’t do." Jake thought.
Although he wasn’t in a hurry to become a Marquis, it would still be best to get that title sooner than later.
As he joined his army of monsters, Jake began planning for the future. Once this conquest ended, he would prioritize the development of his dungeon.
’If I can bring in the adventurers of the surrounding nations, perhaps my dungeon can reach Tier 3 in the following decades.’
