The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 29: Who dares to ambush me?

Children of my age probably would have missed those details.

In the world of Ragos, it was said that Tier-9 is the highest rank. The ranks above them are mentioned in legends and myths and have not been seen in a millennia or so.

In that time period, there was a war, a huge war that cost a lot of lives. It was said in stories that Heroes perished in that war, like flies. The war ended a millennia ago, but it also brought the disappearance of those heroes who crossed Tier-9.

They became legends and myths in the eyes of commoners. The nobles and the royal houses knew that they once existed but it was now a rank that no one was able to reach it.

It was said even our king was peak of Tier-7 and has yet to reach Tier-8. The most powerful one was the Royal Ancestor, who was at Peak Tier-8. It was said that he failed to cross into Tier-9 and has already set one foot into the grave.

This old fossil was said to have been alive since that great war. It was said that he was just a miscellaneous creature back then, but now the most powerful in the kingdom. He is also the reason why there were no major wars in the kingdom.

Though he wasn\'t seen in the past century or so, the other neighboring kingdoms feared him and wouldn\'t take chances. Of course, that doesn\'t mean that there were no clashes with those kingdoms.

The Kingdom of Glesaria neighbors four kingdoms.

The north and east are considered monster territories. To the North, is the forest called Orlum Forest. My family\'s lands are one of the regions that borders this forest. This forest is one of the major hubs of monsters in the continent.

To the East is the sea, The Sea of Whirlpools. The sea was famous for them. There would be a lot of whirlpools in the sea, so much so that, the sea trade is almost non-existent in the kingdom.

This was why the kingdom had to turn south, to our neighbor kingdom of Neptune. Most of their kingdom was based on Islands and a small part of the land to the south of our kingdom. They were said to have one of the strongest navies on the continent.

Many of their awakened were related to Water and Ice elements. So they didn\'t encroach into the main continent, just occupied the coastal areas. This made it difficult for many nations as they had essentially cut off their connection to the sea and thereby the sea trade.

This was why there was a battle between our kingdom and them. Even though we had a coastal area, it was almost useless, due to the constant whirlpools in the area.

It was later settled through a treaty that made one of their port cities available for our kingdom to use as a port city, and in return, we had to sell the resources that we obtained from the Orlum Forest at a discounted price to the kingdom.

Even with the treaty in place, the old wounds are still there. Unlike on Earth, here the people live longer after awakening and the ones who fought in those battles were still alive.

The other three nations, well, it\'s just for the good old reason, Expansion of their Kingdoms. So there were always constant clashes every once in a decade or so. This was when the new blood appeared and was ready to take charge in battles to gain quick merits. So it was inevitable that clashes happen every decade or so.

Wait, what am I saying?

Yes, I was talking about the ranks. The ancestor was said to be at the peak of Tier-8 and no one knows if he crossed the limit or not.

In the records, there are a lot of Tier-5 awakened but as the rank progresses, the number drops drastically. It was considered a miracle that my mother reached Tier-6 rank. I mean it was the deterrence that kept the Elders from doing anything rash.

With many having their eyes on my father\'s seat, there is a high chance that they would try to eliminate my family, especially with every one of his children successfully awakened. I was even sure that there would be some attempts on my life after I entered the forest.

It has been three months, but there were no attacks. Maybe this is me becoming paranoid because of my memories of reading those web novels, where killing the competition even if they were of the same family is a common thing.

Ah, I am influenced too much by those memories. Even though that was me, it was past tense. I am not that person anymore. I am Magnus of House Frostwolf and I should act as such. Those memories are quite useful for me but at the same time a hurdle.

I should do something about that.

Aarrghhh!

Shit, my clone just died. It was clearly a blade attack. As far as I know, no monster can use such a blade attack. So monsters are out of the question.

Who killed it?

Who in their right mind dared to ambush me?

Don\'t they know who I am or Do they know who I am?

Did those bastards finally show their hand?