The Dark Legacy

Chapter 19 : Bloodline ascension.

" There's so many crow, with this we can collect more than three hundred beast core. " Alicia looked at the astonishing number of spike winged crows and muttered.

Soon a fierce battle erupted, countless spells were unleashed at once.

Alicia and her team was totally drowned in the sea of crows. Alicia's group wasn't very strong, their group strength could be said average at best. They only relied on Alicia to get through each hurdle.

This time in battle, Alicia's group was having a hard time. Under so many crow's constant attacks they weren't able to keep up. Only because Alicia was blocking a large amount of crows all by herself, killed more than fifty and deterring many weak spike winged crows in the process.

Even with her efforts the pressure on the team hadn't shortened in the least.

" The thing happening here is same as the report we got before, the beast tide is never ending, this is surly a trap and the mastermind is hiding in ambush nearby. Princess we should retreat. " Joseph shouted and reminded Alicia but how could Alicia not realize such thing with her wisdom.

" Shut up, do you think princess is dumb? She must already have a plan in mind, killing all these damned beast and capturing the ambushers in one fell swoop. "

Joseph heard this and quieted down, he just glanced at Alicia from time to time, waiting for her judgment.

Alicia was defending and attacking at the same time as she kept thinking.

" Even though this is a hole that was dug for us to jump, we have to jump because there's no other way.

Only twelve hour is remaining before the test could end, during this time we have to hunt as many as possible to have the highest chance of winning. Maybe the ambushers already have collected more than us. Risk comes with benefits, high risk high benefits. There is no other choice for me but to take the risk anyway. "

As she thought she alone had killed sixty spike winged crow, her movement ability was top notch, her spell unleashing efficiency was also at master level.

Alicia was a little lacking in defense, many crows were able to pass through her defensive measure, if not for Alicia looking after her teammates while fighting, these crows would never be able to scratch her.

Lite injuries started to appear on her body, showing red blood marks on her fair skin.

Kris and the others observed the battle from an obscure location, hiding their aura and breathing extremely well.

Marie was looking at Alicia intensely, she always heard about Alicia's battle prowess and achievements but never saw her in the field fighting, but now, after witnessing her strength first hand she became slack jawed. She felt she could never compete with her. Alicia was completely on a different level, she was already standing high above from the rest of all.

Magicians in battle had to grasp the rules of precise timing in attack and spell unleashing. Even half a moments delay would cause the spell to be missed, the enemy won't sit down for your spell to hit him.

Till now Alicia hadn't missed a single spell, facing against so many beasts, others of her age would definitely get nervous but she fought calmly, there's wasn't a single trace of nervousness.

As if she was a war veteran who had fought countless battle.

Thomas and Walter felt their scalp going numb from fear. They don't stand a chance against an opponent such as Alicia.

" We are finished, we can't win. " Thomas stuttered looking at the dead bodies which was being piled one after another.

Walter involuntarily took a few steps back.

Marie clenched her fists tightly, she would glance at Kris frequently.

She saw, Kris standing there with a tranquil expression without a hint of nervousness which also helped her calm down.

" Do we have any chance of winning? "

Kris didn't reply to her instead he kept silence.

" I am a little curious, is there a special method among you nobles which could elevate your prowess? " After a few moments of silence Kris spoke.

Marie nodded, it wasn't anything secret, he'll know about it eventually.

" As you can see very few commoner's can become a high ranked magician. Commoner's doesn't born with high aptitude like us nobles. Everyone is human, then why is that the case?

Its because of bloodline.

Bloodline could also be ranked from high to low. Grade-S bloodline to grade F-bloodline. Bloodline and mana core is closely connected to each other.

If one possess a high grade bloodline, then he is sure to have a high ranked mana core. Lower grade bloodline comes with a low grade mana core.

Nobles could possess high grade bloodline, it could be due to their hereditary condition or forcefully upgrading their bloodline.

Our family possess high grade bloodline in a hereditarily manner.

The bloodline in our body have a strange connection with our mana core. There's an art that is called bloodline ascension, once you use it, there will be a sudden burst of mana, letting your mana core contain eighty percent of additional mana.

Not just this, bloodline ascension could temporarily increase your six senses to the extreme so when you battle you'll get an extra advantage, just like using extra spell to increase your senses. " Marie explained the matter about bloodline ascension to Kris.

" There is such a thing about bloodline, since bloodline and mana core are mutually connected, then my bloodline should be middle grade, right? " Kris asked.

" Yes, this should be the case. "

If this was before Marie would never bother to explain such thing to Kris, but Kris showed excellent ability during this period of time, gaining recognition from her.

Kris didn't ask anything further. He knew this matter about his bloodline needs to be handled carefully and slowly. He moved his gaze and focused on the battlefield.