The conference continued under a tense atmosphere, the queen was notified and she would be joining them shortly with both her daughters and her eldest son. The royal guard would be with them and any forces that could be mobilized would follow them shortly. As he listened in on the conference he suddenly saw Weira enter the tower with the rest of the team. She nodded to Jace, kept her silence but formed up behind him. The younglings followed her lead and formed up behind him. A bare second later and a Xor entered the room and the officers quieted.

Jisarila looked over and her eyes widened slightly at the sight of the Xor. She walked over to the woman, “Could we count on your support?”

The woman smiled savagely, “If there is a battle to be had, you will find the Xor in the middle of it. What is it we fight?”

Jisarila’s face went from relieved to grim. “Dravu.”

A bloodthirst exploded into the room causing many of the less experienced people to have difficulty drawing breath. The Xor’s eyes glowed slightly and her teeth were bared in an angry growl. “The ancient enemy rises once more.”

The Xor threw her head back, her ears started vibrating and she released an ear piercing scream that almost burst Jace’s eardrums. Jisarila stared at the woman in confusion before she could ask however the woman spoke up. “I have called those of the warriors' blood, my clan will travel here with haste.”

Jisarila blinked and Jace saw a spark of hope appear in her eyes. “How many did you call?”

The Xor grinned, sharp teeth glittering in the torch’s shimmer. “All of them.”

A wave of breaths and gasps spread through the room, Jace saw as hope lit up in the previous grim faces. The Xor were powerful warriors and could rival a kingdom. Having them fight alongside them would greatly increase the odds of their survival. Jisa turned around and started barking orders, this time with more confidence. Jace grinned as he saw the woman in her natural habitat and turned around to his former team.

“I’ve been thinking, we should use our levels.” He stated.

Weira looked at him for a brief moment before nodding, “Keeping our levels in reserve will do us no good if we die today.”

They nodded to each other, it would be idiocy to hold back power when faced with an enemy that was none for destroying kingdoms. The path of mastery was important to him, but not as important as his life or those of the kingdom he protected. He was a knight of the kingdom now, the people’s safety fell to him and those like him. He opened his stat sheet and pressed the level up button. He kept pressing it as many times as he could until he got a notification that his class had evolved once he hit level hundred. He kept pressing and eventually reached level hundred and thirty-eight.

He thought for a moment about how to use his points before he spent as many as needed into constitution to reach a thousand points. he had 243 stats in the attribute from titles and training. He got two points per level from his class, which assigned two into constitution and one into endurance per level. which put him at 515 he spent 485 of the remaining 690 points to get constitution to a thousand the rest he out into endurance. He studied his upgraded statsheet.

[Jace [Last name refused]

[Level : 138

[Age : 26

[Class : Bloodsworn Lord of the Aegis

[Profession : Knight

[Titles : The bigger they are the harder they fall X, Alone in the Dark X

[Strength : 228 Agility : 225 Dexterity : 210

[Endurance : 436 Vitality : 338 Constitution : 1000

[Wisdom : 200 Intelligence : 208 Charisma : 200

[Luck : 200

[Skills : Foresight, Blood Lord, Inexhaustible, Blood Life, Constitution Unlocked I

[Mastery : Shield mastery Master 1

Sword mastery Expert 6

Jace blinked at the changes, he had heard that classes gained skills from leveling up but he had only gained two new skills. As he understood it most classes got a new skill every ten levels. His was apparently different, only giving him a skill once every fifty levels. The names told him of the quality of skills he gained however, he’d rather gain a few powerful skills than a lot of mediocre ones. He opened up the new skills.

[Inexhaustible]

[ Your body has been altered by the ancient blood that runs through your class. You no longer become tired from mundane actions or combat. You will only tire after losing a large amount of blood.]

[Blood Life]

[ Your life is no longer simply bound to your organs, your blood can repair and replicate any organs you use to function. You will not be hindered by their loss. Nearby blood will gain semi-sentience when you are near. Some of it will become yours to command, most will simply attack anything you see as an enemy and be consumed in the attack. The amount of blood that will become yours is based on innate talent and willpower.]

[Constitution Unlocked I]

[You have reached a thousand points in a single stat, a feat few ever manage. For unlocking the constitution skill you have gained the invisible passive skills : Skin of Steel and Enhanced regeneration. Skin of steel hardens your skin,scales or exoskeleton to the level of the metal Steel. Enhanced regeneration quadruples your inborn regeneration.]

Jace blinked at the unlocked skill and tapped his skin, it still felt the same to him but he would have to test it later. Since constitution was the stat in charge of regeneration and he had quadrupled his regeneration itself. His regeneration was probably monstrous, he grinned. Leveling up had been the right choice after all, his new skills would help him survive the upcoming catastrophe.

He turned to Weira, “What did you get?”

Weira opened up her status and with a flick of her finger showed him.

[Weira Hillmor

[Level : 138

[Age : 21

[Class : Ancient Arcane Halbardier

[Profession : Adventurer

[Titles : The bigger they are the harder they fall X, Alone in the Dark X

[Strength : 238 Agility : 225 Dexterity : 212

[Endurance : 227 Vitality : 338 Constitution : 210

[Wisdom : 1000 Intelligence : 447 Charisma : 200

[Luck : 208

[Skills: Glyph Master, Runed Physique, Mana Veins, Ancient Mana User, Unlocked Wisdom I

[Mastery : Polearm Mastery : Master 1

Jace looked through the sheet and tapped the abilities one at a time, curious of their usage.

[Glyph Master]

[You have mastered the use of forging your mana into Glyphs, You have reached the realm of mastery in the usage of glyphs, they are created 200% faster and last 200% longer.]

[Runed Physique]

[Your body has merged with your glyphs and the glyphs have evolved into runes. The runes are carved on your skin, if you send mana through the runes you can substitute mana for physical stat points. 10-1 ratio, mana will be unusable for as long as it is substituted for a stat.]

[Mana Veins]

[Your blood has merged with the mana pulled from the air, you regenerate mana faster and your body internals are reinforced and protected by the mana fields produced from your veins. This will make you harder to kill]

[Ancient Mana User]

[Somewhere along your journey you have stumbled across ancient mana and have infused it into your body. Some of the lucky few inherit ancient mana from birth or evolve into ancient mana from a particular event. You are one of these lucky few, ancient mana is worth twice as much as normal mana at the cost of slightly slower regeneration.]

[Unlocked Wisdom I]

[You have reached a thousand points in a single stat, a feat few ever manage. For unlocking the wisdom skill you have gained the invisible passive skills : Avatar State : Deep Pools and Enhanced Regeneration. Avatar State : Deep Pools can be activated and will double the size of your mana pool and double your regeneration, this State will last for one second per two points in the stat. Cooldown 24 hours. Enhanced Regenerations quadruples your mana regeneration.]

Jace whistled as he read the abilities, “So you have become quite the spellblade with this class. With your ancient mana being worth twice the amount of normal mana you can basically exchange one point worth of wisdom for one point of a physical stat when using Runed Physique. With your new regeneration, you can spell sling all day without running out of mana if you instead focus on range. Your new skills make you very adaptable!”

Weira nodded, “I became a lot stronger after leveling up. How about you?”

Jace showed her his status, Weira read through his abilities and nodded. “You will be very hard to kill. You are the most likely of us to survive this assault.”

Jace frowned. “Let us make sure none of us die shall we?” He turned to the younglings, “Your classes have evolved as well I assume?”

They nodded, Florian had become a Shield Bearer. Jerald had become a Heavy Warrior, Plip had become a Ranger and Qyra had become a Fire Mage. Jace felt good about his decision to level up they were a good bit stronger than they had been before. He was most worried about Florian and Jerald, they would be on the frontlines in the chaos of the melee like him. But they weren’t nearly as sturdy as he was with his skills and class. They were still both a good deal more powerful than the regular guards and soldiers, however.

Jace approached Jisa. “So where would you like me and mine?”

Jisa turned around and looked over Jace and his crew. She eyed Arian, Vivianna, Rury, Lily, Florian, Jerald, Plip, Qyra and Weira. She tapped her chin, “You are a good deal stronger than the average knight and since the royal family will be participating in the battle I want you to guard the youngest princess. She is a level two hundred and fifty mage and is a 5th tier class holder. She is immensely powerful but her melee skills are non-existent.”