My first use of Devour Skill

I need to upgrade my skills as soon as possible. It was of utmost matter. With how things were going back at home, and also there is this academy that I have to attend in less than a year. I need to be strong before that and be able to beat the shit out of anyone that annoys me.

All I want in this life is to live carefree, but that doesn't mean I would let anyone walk all over me. I wouldn't start a fight, but I would never let anyone go after they start a fight with me. So improving my skills to a maximum extent is a must.

Before that, I should dispose of this demon's corpse. If anyone finds this corpse, it will become a problem. Luckily, I gained the Devour skill. From the name itself, I am sure that the skill would clean the site of its existence and at the same time give me some benefits.

I closed the distance between me and the corpse. I searched his body. The demon was wearing silk clothes, the top of its kind. There are two rings, one on each hand. Except for those there is nothing else on him. I removed the rings and checked.

One of them is a space ring, which can store items in it, except living beings. It's similar to the storage function of the bracelet, except that the ring has storage as the only function. The only good thing was it would be inconspicuous. No one would think that it was a space ring.

The second ring was an Authority RIng. This is like an Authorization Card used by humans for entering important or secret areas. Wearing this ring could let people enter certain areas restricted for general populace. It won't be much useful for now.

I place the space ring on my right ring finger, while the authority ring in the space ring. I decided to check the space ring later.

Let's see what the Devour Skill can do.

[Devour]

Once I used the skill, notifications started to appear.

[You have Devoured the demon Garuthat's corpse.]

[You have gained +150 STR, +300 STA, +50 AGI, and +150 DEX.]

[You have gained the Trait, Sleepy.]

[You have gained the skill, Strengthen.]

[You have Devoured the broken demon crystal.]

[You have gained the skill, Demon Gaze.]

[You have Devoured the Silk Clothes.]

[You have gained the Trait, Silk Smooth Skin.]

[You have Devoured the demon Garuthat's soul.]

[You have gained +5,000 Soul Energy.]

[You have opened a hidden attribute.]

[Detected that you have opened the hidden attribute, Soul Energy before reaching Tier-6.]

[You have gained the title, Hidden Smidden.]

Say what?

What are those notifications?

Did that read them right?

Let's check my status first and see what was going on.

"Status"

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Name: Magnus Frostwolf

Age: 14

Titles: Son of Viscount; Great Slayer; Hidden Smiden;

Primary Class: Draconic Warlock

Secondary Class: [Restricted Temporarily]

Affinity: Shadow, Blood

Bloodline: Black Dragon (1% Purity)

Physique: Devourer Physique (EX)

Talent: Ritualistic Summoning (EX)

Trait: Silk Smooth Skin; Sleepy;

Rank: Tier-3

Level: 3

Health Points (HP): 7,578,117

Strength (STR): 469

Endurance (END): 672

Dexterity (DEX): 215

Agility (AGI): 364

Magic Power (MP): 8,853,617

Soul Energy: 5,500

Class Skills: Shadow Bolt;

Refined Skills: Shadow Bolt Volley Lv. 1;

Skills: Evade Lvl. 3; Dodge Lvl. 4; Sprint Lvl. 2; Alertness Lvl. 2; Devour Lvl. 3; Fusion Lvl. 1; Split Lv.1; Demon Gaze Lvl. 1; Strengthen Lv. 1;

Resistances: Physical Resistance Lvl. 4; Light Resistance Lvl. 3; Poison Resistance Lvl. 2;

Weapon Arts: Intermediate Staff Arts Lvl. 3

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Hidden Smiden: You can easily unlock hidden attributes.

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Silk Smooth Skin: Your skin will be smooth as silk.

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Sleepy: You feel sleepy more than normal, but there is a chance of improving your attributes in sleep, though the chances are low.

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Demon Gaze: You can intimidate the creatures and stun them through your gaze. The duration of the stun and the rank of the creature that you can intimidate depends on the level of the skill.

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Strengthen: You can temporarily strengthen your body, which can increase the defense against physical attacks and also improve the damage caused by your physical attacks.

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Wow, this is certainly not something that I dreamed that I would obtain by using the Devour skill. I certainly gained a lot of benefits from this demon.

I didn't know that I could devour souls too but why was his soul still here after the death? Do they have a skill that can resurrect them after death? Too bad I couldn't see what skills I can get when I use the Devour skill. It was selected automatically.

The demons probably have a skill that can resurrect them, as long as the soul and the body are intact. I mean except for that big hole in its chest caused by the destruction of the demon crystal, I can say that the body is almost perfect.

The soul was probably lingering there because, either the body would heal itself and it could be alive again or someone has to heal the body and it can live again. Both factors are not good.

I just hope that no one powerful is looking for this one. I hope that you are just an inconspicuous one that got stronger by chance.

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On a large continent, very far away from where Magnus lives...

"Who dares to kill my son?" a creature bellowed in anger.

This creature looks a lot like the demon that Magnus killed, but older. This was none other than Garuthat's father, Garuthet, ruler of the Lethargy Tribe.

He was peacefully sleeping when he felt the life tablet of his son broke. It was not just his life tablet but also his soul tablet that was broken. It only means that his son was killed by someone powerful, powerful enough to not only kill him but also his soul.

"Your Highness, everyone is sleeping. You should sleep too. It is very necessary", the demon woman by his side whispered. She is the newest conquest, someone who has yet to bear a child for him. So she felt no trouble when she heard one of his sons had died.

It has nothing to do with her, and moreover, when she births a son, he would have lesser competition.

"Ah, yes, sleep is necessary. I should properly sleep", Garuthet muttered in a low voice as he drifted back to sleep.