The Tales of Draconic Warlock

This is my first monster tide.

I have fought a hoard of monsters but that was a simulation in the Nexus, not actual monsters. There I know that I won't die no matter what. There I can fight until I am dead tired but that would not be the case now.

If I am tired, I should get ample rest before I start to fight again. I need to keep my energy energy from falling below a certain level.

In battles like this, what would happen no one has any idea.

If any high-ranker monsters appear near me and I have no energy to fight, then that would be my death. Even if they are not high-ranking monsters, if there are too many monsters, then I may not be able to fight the battle and it could be the end of me.

So I need to have some energy to fight at all times. Energy depletion is not an option.

I have a lot of Magic Power, and that would never deplete even if I am fighting a small army of monsters but my Endurance is not very high. It may be high enough for a spellcaster like me but that's not enough if a high-rank monster comes at me, while I burned most of it.

In Nexus I never had that problem as I knew that was not real but just training and I would never die even if I exhaust myself thoroughly. There I exhausted myself on purpose and that was to improve my skills faster.

As the skill level improved, it became difficult to improve the skill further. I need to search for various ways to improve my skill levels further.

Only in my exhausted state would I gain the maximum benefits of training. This is something that I found accidentally while experimenting with the training.

From that day onwards, unless I had something important to attend to after the training, I would exhaust myself every time while training. It gave me the best results after all. So there was no reason to abandon such a good method.

At this moment though, this is not a training session. The monsters here are real and if I fight them exhausted, then that could lead to my death. Even though I am Tier-6, I am still a mortal, not an Immortal who can't die.

Sure I would live a little longer than others but that was it. I can be killed and there is a time limit for me even if that didn't happen. I would never be able to live beyond that limit.

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The thing was I don't need to be a hero.

Sure becoming a hero is the best way to get famous and that would easily clear the path for me to get Angela, maybe even both of the twins but that is not the right way.

Heroes tend to die early and they would always have someone hounding at their back. They have to live saintly and that is not me.

I know I wanted to become famous for using something like this. I mean I can use this monster tide to become famous but that would put a mark on my back.

A Tier-2 was able to stop a Tier-6 monster tide!!!

No one would be that dumb to see that there are many mistakes in that sentence. They would instantly know that I am hiding a lot, which they may not know easily but they would know that I am hiding and that would be more than enough to come after me.

I was stupid. I was thinking with my little brother rather than with my Brain back then. I was so charmed by that succubus Angela, and when she said that her father was looking for bridegrooms for her, I panicked and believed that only by showing my strength could I gain her.

What's my goal?

To live a peaceful life, and enjoy this life as much as I can. Getting a name and fame at this point of life could almost means I am marked by others forever.

Getting marked after actually becoming powerful was one thing but at this point in my life, I don't consider myself strong.

I mean, there are at least three ranks that I have to attain to my knowledge. I have no idea about whether there are more ranks. None of my skill levels have reached half-rank. Continue reading at m|v-l'e m,p| y- r

Every skill has 100 levels, and none are even close to level 50. How can I consider myself strong?

Sure there will always be a stage above us no matter what stage we reach but I need to be at least considered strong enough before I get famous where I would be recognized by everyone.

There was no need for that.

What I need right now is to be recognized as a genius, who is very good at fighting. That would be more than enough for me at this stage. Anymore, it could cause a lot of problems for me, instead of making life easier.

Okay, enough with all the speculation. The monsters are almost here. For now, let's concentrate on fighting these monsters and make a name for myself, a name that would make things easier for me not more difficult.

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(Third PoV)

The monster tide arrived before the anticipated time and that caused quite a stir among the people. Even if it appeared before time, they were supposed to be warned but the warning never came.

Even then, the awakeners who were on the wall prepared themselves to hold the line, until others came.

Roar!

Thud! Thud!

The monsters neared the town as time passed on, and they had to fight something like this while they had their pants down.

Yes, since the battle was not supposed to happen till the next day, not everyone was in their gear. Most armour is restrictive, especially the armour of heavy warriors. Today was supposed to be a patrolling day. So except for the weapons they carried with them, most of their gear was absent.

This is going to be a bloody battle and they know it, yet they stood ready for the battle.