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Phew, we have been doing more than I ever thought possible through these last days, but the best thing is that we can finally get going.

Oh right, the kids had been visiting Ruby every day without failing, and I honestly want to get there and check out how things are going with that little Vampire Girl, I do wonder if she had grown stronger or something…

Oh, and I have been enhancing the cultivation of my Mana Cores through the eating of Mana Cores, which is more efficient for me than potions, and… the Death/Null Mana Core was enhanced a bit, while the Dream/Illusion was also enhanced a bit.

Due to that my stats increased a bit more:

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Name: Drake Fafnir.

Race: Spectral Death Winter Dragon.

Titles: Merciless, Savior, Pack Leader, Magic Teacher, Herald of Fafnir, Dream Walker, Beloved by Chaos.

Mana Core Cultivation: Ice/Wind Mana Core: Rank 3 (Initial Stage), Death/Null Mana Core: Rank 2 (Middle Stage), Dream/Illusion Mana Core: Rank 1 (Upper Stage).

Soul Cultivation: Soul Core Nourishment Realm (Middle Stage)

Status: Satiate.

Vitality: 35.700/35.700 -> 47.000/47.000

Mana: 91.000/91.000 -> 126.000/126.000

Strength: 31.000 -> 37.000

Dexterity: 24.000 -> 32.000

Magic: 71.000 -> 96.000

Unique Abilities:

Unique Skill: [Immortal Body]

Unique Skill: [Winter Magic]

Unique Skill: [System]

Unique Skill: [Ice Absorption]

Unique Skill: [God] (Sealed)

Magic:

[Storm Magic: Level 5]

[Death Magic: Level 6]

[Null Magic: Level 2]

[Dream Magic: Level 4]

[Illusion Magic: Level 2]

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The saddest part of all of this is that I CANNOT evolve through cultivating and ranking up nor increasing the stages of my other two Mana Cores, only the main Mana Core can evolve me, and that one had been slacking forever!

I've carried Dream and Illusion Magic to a decent level overall, being Level 4 looks pretty okay.

However, I have barely got ahold of the illusion attribute, it feels strange to make one and I have to tame this strange awkwardness for once.

Anyways, my stats increased way more than I had originally thought they would increase! These were amazing news, of course, and I could feel the power of mana guiding my path towards greatness…! Haha… Hah… Okay, let's stop.

I have a lot of Skills accumulated as well, I kind of want to fuse them but I have been saving them to fuse later. It has been truly a while since I've been able to fuse skills, but I feel like I require more, more!

So we'll go eat some Rank 3 Monsters… their delicious mana cores will nourish my Rank 3 Mana Core and maybe, maybe… after a few days, maybe a week… I could get to Rank 4! Who knows, right?

"Everyone's ready?"

I decided to go with anyone that has hit Rank 2. Those were my two crows, Huginn and Muninn, my loyal steed wolf, Frost, Yuki, Draugann, my spear Skadi and my blade Uller, and that was it.

There was no point in bringing those that were too weak, Rank 3 monsters emerge from the first room of the first floor, they would have a very hard time trying to kill a being two realms above them…

And of course, my beloved Benladann will come with me.

"Hehe! Time to work out these bones!" Draugann said she was more filled with stamina than ever before after drinking a few of my blood potions, my blood seems to have amazing restorative powers, old people get pretty youthful and energetic by drinking it!

"Wolf!" Frost seemed just as excited.

"Rank 3 monsters… Have we ever fought anything like that before? It's gonna be tough." Said Yuki.

"Definitely, but let's work together on it! I will make sure to lead everyone with Drake." Said Benladann.

Well, she's pregnant, so I would prefer her to not jump into the frontlines as much, but she has gained several long-ranged methods of fighting now, such as using her Phantom Body Skill to create chaotic soul tentacles and also using a mold of all types, she can even create Mold Beasts that have a power equivalent and based in her mana core, so it works too!

Benladann has gotten pretty strong, and it's finally time to show off how strong she has truly gotten!

We flew down below and walked slowly through the snowfields surrounding the city, reaching the outskirts, as usual, we moved towards Rakasha's house, I had left a new clone there, an upgraded one which I sent with the kids that go met and play with Ruby.

Oh right, we also came with a few of the kids, led by Flayr and Noirenn, they brought her some gifts this time. Apparently, Rakasha had given them a new "task" to bring a little something to her, and in return, she was going to craft things for them too with his help.

These little something was accessories of Icesmith I made for them by picking little items they had found or saved for themselves, such as the fangs of a wolf, the bone of a frost goblin, the claws of an ice lizard (a rare rank 1 monster from the dungeon) and so on.

When we reached Rakasha, Ruby rushed towards her friends.

"Hello! I missed you guys!"

She was especially fond of Flayr and Noirenn.

"Ruby-chan, how have you been?" asked Flayr.

"Good! And how have you guys been doing?" she asked.

The kids began to chat with her. She was a very talkative lady-like girl, so she enjoyed speaking all day without stopping EVER, so she was very good at speaking. Yeah, that.

Anyways, because she just loves to speak so much, we ended waiting for a bit before they could gift each other.

"Thank you for bringing your kids every day, really appreciate it." Said Rakasha.

"Here, I brought you a few things."

I brought Rakasha a few bottles of my blood, alongside other items. I have been giving them to him just because I felt like them.

I mean, if we got food and things to give to those that need it, why wouldn't we? It doesn't hurt us, nor does it hurt the other person.

"T-Thank you, Drake… I already got my own funds, but your help is really appreciated… Ruby loves the blood you bring to her, I just hope it is not so costly." He said.

"Ah, don't worry about it!"

I literally have an endless supply of it.

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