Chapter 21- Bloodthorn Demonic Warhorse

With all his strength, Simon flapped his wings, propelling himself at a speed far greater than when he was running on foot. Even after leaving the Earth Splitting Lower Dragon's territory, he didn't dare slow down and headed straight for his dungeon. Today's encounter had left a deep impression—he realized that without strength, he was nothing more than an insignificant ant in this dangerous world. If he wanted to survive and thrive, he had to increase his strength, making sure that no one could ever look down on him again.

"I shall remember this day. Earth Splitting Lower Dragon we shall meet again after I get stronger."

Simon clenched his hands as he made the declaration, an intense fire burning in his heart.

After this day Simon increased his DP grinding pace even further. He and the dungeon started growing at a fast pace, there was also the aid of the Pride fragment which allowed him to gain experience faster than any other. And like that, another ten days had passed.

In these ten days, Simon made significant progress. First of all his level rose to 157 and his stats showed his growth. He had also gained a few new skills [Super Strength] which increases his Strength stat by a little for a short amount of time and [Body Enhancement] which increases his physical combat abilities even further.

He was confident that if he met the pack of Direwolves now, even without utilizing his high magic stats, he could massacre them in a pure physical exchange.

And lastly, due to constant tangling and fighting with the Stormwolves in the past few days, he had made significant progress in his Wind Magic Mastery which has now evolved into its intermediate form Gale Magic Mastery.

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Name:- Simon

Race:- Demon Baron

Title:- Demon of Pride [Incomplete Fragment 1/5]

Stats:-

Level:- 157

HP:- 15,364

MP:- 22,016

Strength:- 1071

Defence:- 1171

Agility:- 1385

Magic:- 1585

Endurance:- 1228

Luck:- 714

Skills:- Language Comprehension, Analysis, Flame Magic Mastery, Gale Magic Mastery, Thought Processing, Regeneration, Flight, Super Strength, Body Enhancement.

Amalgamation magic:- [Flame-Wind mastery]

Inherent Skills:- Dungeon Creation, Main Menu, A̶n̶c̶e̶s̶t̶r̶a̶l̶ S̶y̶m̶b̶o̶l̶ I̶g̶n̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.

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If Wind Magic Mastery could bring forth large gusts of wind then the Gale Magic Mastery could summon tornadoes that could devastate everything. When one advances from novice tier magic to intermediate tier there is a significant growth in both the quantity and quality of the magic.

"I tried everything, but it seems quite hard to combine two intermediate forms of magic."

Simon also tried combining the Flame and Gale magic but failed every time. Most often it would explode even before taking shape and other times it would just disappear in smoke.

From his constant failure, he did learn something valuable and that was different branches of magic needs different ratios of mana to combine. And that applies to the tier of the magic too.

Previously when he combined Fire-Wind magic he did it subconsciously in an 8:2 ratio. But when combining the intermediate tier Flame-Gale magic, the ratios become completely different and that was why he was constantly failing.

This discovery, however, lit a fire inside Simon and he knew that with persistence, he would soon be able to combine them.

In these past ten days, he also spared no effort in growing his dungeon. It now had nine floors and the sixth floor which he used as his personal space before was remodelled into three kilometers wide grassy plains.

Hordes of Blue-spotted Bucklions inhabited this floor. These monsters were a peaceful bunch of beings and as long as nobody provoked them first, they wouldn't become hostile.

Simon did not have to use Elixir of Enticement on them and since the dungeon still identified them as intruders he just left them be.