Skills & Weapon arts

"But don't you think lots of lives will be lost because of our actions?" I asked merlin thinking about consequences of an all-out war.

"This is the right time to start the war because, once they have completed their preparations there will be no lives left to save." Merlin said and his words also made sense.

"I can tell you from my experience that war is necessary to bring peace." Merlin said.

"If you just go out there and start killing demons, the native of this planet will think of you as invader, who has come to destroy their long maintained hierarchy and life which they have accustomed to living.

On the other hand if dragons and demon's fight and we repel both of them, you will be held as a hero, which is our end goal." Merlin said.

I can't think of any counter plan because what merlin has thought was too far-fetched.

"Once you leave this cave no matter whether it is human or demon everyone will be after your life because of their greed, what will you do then?" Merlin suddenly asked me and no answer came out of my mouth.

"The humans of this planet has already cut their ties with celestial beings in fear of demon king and they cannot provide demon gods fate points, therefore their life is no better than livestock in the eyes of demons, thus they will do anything to gain merits from demon race even sacrifice their own fellow human or kill their savior." I remembered how Arthur died running away from the peoples he saved.

"You don't have to make a decision now, first wonder around this world and experience its cruelty with your own eyes and even then, if you do not desire war, than refuse the ability which Dragon king Noob may bestow upon you." Merlin said.

"I will find a way to defeat demon king Lucifer with as less bloodshed as possible." I declared to merlin.

"You remind me too much of him but I hope you don't meet your end like him and come to your senses before things turn to worse." Merlin said his voice containing emotions from his past memories and experiences.

"Isn't there any Time or Space element beast core that I could merge with, I have seen in many novels how their abilities are too overpowered for their enemies to handle?" I asked.

"There are some universal laws whom no particular species is allowed to control, even demon king Lucifer can only control space element inside the shadows to certain extent and time and space are few of those prohibited elements.

Even if you find a way to control those elements in future think before using them because tempering with them will have serious consequences." Merlin warned me.

"Are you having 2nd thought about merging with [Divine thunder dragon core]?" Merlin asked me.

"No, as you have said, I will experience the cruelty of this world with my own eyes and decide whether to accept this power or not." I said.

"Even if I refuse to accept 'Absolute obedience' ability, I can inherit other abilities of a dragon king, isn't that correct merlin?" I asked to confirm my doubt.

"Yes, you will inherit both his lightning abilities." Merlin said in his usual tone but I felt like my determination has wavered just now, I will not show any mercy when it comes to gods but I don't want to involve mortals in our conflict.

"I will support whatever choice you make." Merlin said respecting my decision.

"Then give me the dragon core, I should start merging with the core as soon as possible." I said.

"If you have decided to merge with the core than you will fall in deep slumber for at least a decade but before that we should make some preparation so that you can utilize the decade not only sleeping but training your mind." Merlin's words confused me.

"How are we going to do that, as you said earlier I will be trapped inside a cocoon till my body evolves?" I asked.

"When a person perfects his Transformation physique, he awakens the last of the beast traits that is his sea of consciousness.

Sea of consciousness is a separate space inside once souls in which you can manifest yourself and it is also the place where you will fight against beast's consciousness.

Awakening Sea of consciousness has many benefits such as it will help you strengthen your soul and even if you are asleep you can manifest your soul in Sea of consciousness (SOC) and use the spare time to your advantage, when your body is resting." Merlin said.

"So you are saying that I will have to awaken this dormant sea of consciousness inside my body and train for decade in it while my real body evolves?" I asked.

"That is correct." Merlin said.

"Apart from that you can also save part of your consciousness inside your core, so that even if you die in future, whosever merge with your core, you will have a chance to defeat him and take over his body." Merlin said.

"I didn't think I will be able to imitate beast's ability to save my consciousness inside the beast core, it is practically a cheat in this world as if I have another life." I said to merlin.

"It is a very risky gamble because if your core gets damaged or someone destroys it, your second chance is gone for good and there are other methods through which your consciousness can be extracted and you will lose your second chance." Merlin highlighted me advantage and disadvantages of this methods.

"So how can I awaken my SOC?" I asked and a familiar screen popped up in front of me.

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[Shop]

[Skills: Magic spell]

[Sea of consciousness]

[Rank: Radiant (upgradable)]

[Description: The person practicing this skill can activate a separate consciousness space inside his brain and have his consciousness awake all the time, even when host's body sleeps or hibernate.]

[Cost: 40,000 Fate point]

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"Your body will be gone in hibernative state for at least a decade and in order to properly utilize that time, we will train inside your mind inside your sea of consciousness." Merlin said showing me the skill.

"This training method is only possible for you because you already have dormant sea of consciousness inside your body." Merlin said and I rejoiced because I will be saving 10 year of precious training time.

"But is this place safe for us, what if demon king finds us?" I asked.

"Just how a tree has its main body and various branches protruding out of it, we are not on the planet 'amora' but on an attached dimensional pocket to the planet which cannot be accessed without proper co-ordinates.

There are many dimension pockets and this particular one is infested with demonic beasts of all ranks therefore not many people with come near us on top of that we are in a cave deep under the mountain.

I don't think anyone would be able to find us here but to be safe than sorry, we will do this." Merlin said.

<Merlin wishes to setup a protective invincible barrier around host, does host agree>

<1 million fate points will be used>

<Y/N>

<Yes>

[Fate point balance: 3,946 million]

I pressed yes and a transparent bubble surrounded me.

"Why is this invincible barrier so expensive?" I asked merlin.

"Because it is powerful enough that even a Rank 12 beast won't be able to break it, it is a barrier which should be impossible to break but as you have seen in demon kings castle, in front of overwhelming might, nothing is invincible.

The method I used to save you from demon king Lucifer was not a skill but a magic scroll in which magic can be stored and used as the user dim fit.

I had bought 7 invincible barrier, 5 teleportation and many other magic scrolls from one of my previous host, which I used to save you and now I only have 1 invincible barrier scroll and 2 teleportation scroll left with me, Therefore we can't always rely on them." Merlin said but the calculation didn't match, which means he must have used the scrolls at some other places before meeting me.

"Now the things which I have prepared to train you." Merlin said and multiple holographic screens appeared in front of me.

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[Shop]

[Skills: Magic spell]

[Lightning spell module]

[Rank: ????]

[Description: The module contains the lightning attribute magic spells accumulated and improved by author merlin]

[Cost: 44 million Fate point]

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[Shop]

[Skills: Weapon art]

[Void reaper sword art module]

[Rank: Mithril (Upgradable)]

[Description: The module contains sword art compatible with lightning attribute divided into 12 ranks, apart from already stored sword moments; user can create more sword moments depending on mastery of his physique and insight into law of lightning]

[Cost: 31 million Fate point]

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[Shop]

[Skills: Draconic spell module]

[Rank: ????]

[Description: It is a spell module created by dragon king Noob and handed over to his friend merlin in order to prepare his successor for the day of the final trial]

[Cost: 0 Fate point]

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