Chapter 004
At the Leone mansion!
Because Liliana is a Sorceress, it naturally resulted in some trouble and complaints, but Phinias shut everyone up, determined not to get too involved.
There is also the fact of how his son persuaded him not to bother with it.
Liliana is a Sorceress who uses her own vitality to fight, meaning she will always be at death's door the longer a fight goes on.
But in return, she will receive much more power through her own pain and suffering.
It may sound macabre, indeed it is, but what if someone like this has the support of a Priest with plenty of healing ability?
You could say it's a great combination, not to mention that since Liliana will need more healing than conventional warriors, it means more XP for Dante's Skills.
Phinias understood his son's mindset, so he accepted Liliana after seeing her and her abilities.
He then began the process of training Liliana.
She trained in secret, so it was all self-taught, but since it will be his son's sword, Phinias would not allow such a thing, so he put her under the tutelage of some swordsmen.
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Time went by, Dante was sometimes taken to the dungeon of the mansion, where there were several captured monsters, monsters that Dante had killed!
Thus he was gaining a lot of XP and leveling up.
That's the good thing about being a noble, you can spend money to safely raise a few levels, this works up to level 50, but it takes about 1 year for such a result, since living monsters are not cheap.
But Phinias spent to raise Dante's Level to 30, he did the same with Liliana.
Such a process took only 2 months, getting some Level 20~40 monsters wasn't much of a problem, even some Level 50 ones weren't a problem either.
But because the XP requirement is so high after Level 20, raising it to 30 is the best.
Dante upon reaching Level 20, he had the opportunity to choose 2 new Abilities, there weren't really many choices, so Dante went safe:
- Blessing of Power(Lv.1): Bless a target by +5% Attack Power!
- Holy Shield(Lv.1): Cast a powerful holy dark on yourself or allies, with durability equivalent to [100 + Intelligence x 5 = ?? + Holiness%]!
Now only at Level 50 to get new Abilities through his Class, but if he's lucky enough, he can get some Skill Books.
And well, "luck" doesn't work for nobles, but money does!
But Dante didn't want to use too much of his father's money and resources, not to mention that the useful skills of a Priest, begin to be those that normally equate to those of Level 100 and above.
But the price and rarity of such Skills is very high, it would cause a hole in the wallet even for a Marquis.
But there was something that Dante had been interested in for a long time.
"You only want the [HP Visor]?" - Phinias asked surprised.
"I don't need anything else at the moment, I'm still weak and since [HP Visor] is a very common thing that everyone can learn, then I desire it, it will help me manage my healing spells better!" - Said Dante calmly.
"... Are you sure that's all you want? I can get you a [Holy Hammer] and the [Protection of Light]." - Phinias said.
"I understand, but in fact I don't desire father, I want to get the rest by my own efforts!" - Said Dante always smiling.
Phinias looked at his son, then agreed and called the butler.
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- HP(Max.Lv) Display: See the HP percentage of individuals up to 100 Levels above yours!
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When Liliana arrived at the Leone family mansion, she was worried and fearful, since she had never heard very good things about the nobles.
Even though the Leone's are a fairly reputable family and many commoners like it, it doesn't mean it's perfect and Dante Leone... certainly is the most imperfect part of the family.
Liliana initially didn't remember Dante Leone, she didn't care, but as she calmed her mind and gathered the information of the Leone family in her mind, she remembered Dante and... became fearful for her future.
But it was quite the opposite of what she thought, Dante would tease her, wink at her and so on, but he never got around to touching her or forcing her.
And then he did what he promised, he allowed her to wear beautiful clothes, she ate delicious foods that she would never have experienced as a commoner.
Dante also properly taught her to read and write, something she had been unable to learn properly in the past.
Then she had her fencing lessons, you could say that was what she hated the most, not for the fact that she had to fight and train to become strong, but the people who were teaching her.
Apart from Dante who is kind and warm to her, everyone despised and disgusted her, the instructors if it wasn't for Dante often being present, they would spit on her or take it even harder.
But Liliana resisted, she initially didn't understand the reason for persisting, she had already given up her life, so why was she training so hard?
And then she understood the reason some time later, when she started to level up with the captured monsters.
She learned that for her leveling up, Dante gave up the monsters that were supposed to help her up to Level 35~40, just so she could level up.
(Note: I know it seems contradictory to what I wrote before, where it seemed that Phinias was the one who did this, favoring his son so much that he even decided to spend more resources for his slave, but that's not it.
At that point, I was dictating from the general view, here we are focusing on Liliana's view).
Liliana understood that Dante would not be the cause of her suffering, in fact he was the light in the midst of her darkness.
And knowing that Dante needed a sword, she decided to become wholeheartedly, that sword!
So she trained harder, before she was too afraid to conjure her Demon Blade, since it was disgusting and very painful to summon it through her mouth or navel.
In her navel she felt her insides being torn, while from her throat she felt like she was being impaled as everything tore until it came out through her mouth.
It was a real torture, but she resisted and it got even easier that when she reached Level 20, she could have some new abilities.
Initially she wanted [Bloody Sacrifice], this allows her to receive half the damage an ally receives by being in range.
But Dante forbade her to have it, saying that it is useless and that she needs to focus on being her sword, not her sword and shield, in the future her shield will appear.
Liliana understood that Dante might get someone else in the future, so she just accepted it without question and the abilities she selected were:
- Regeneration(Lv.1 - 0%): +20% Healing Effectiveness/Natural Regeneration!
- Blood Blades(Lv.1 - 0%): Summon at a cost of 5% MP and 1% HP, 2 blades that cause (Strength + Intelligence + Vitality*2 = ?? +5%) Blood Damage!
With [Regeneration], the effects of Dante's Healing became more powerful on her.
But that didn't help her with the pain case, that's when Phinias came and handed her a Skill Book that can be found anywhere:
- Pain Tolerance(Lv.1 - 0%): +20% Pain Tolerance!
With this, it became easier for Liliana to use her skills, the pain didn't decrease, she just resisted it better.
And obviously this skill began to level up fervently with her daily training.
In less than 4 days, she reached Level 2, before the 2 month period was over, she was already at Level 4, showing how immense the pain of conjuring her demon blade is, as well as her persistence in training.
[Regeneration] reached Level 2.
[Demonic Sword Mastery] reached Level 3, causing 45% additional Damage, which is much higher than usual [Fencing].
In [Fencing], [Spearcraft] and other types of Mastery, the Damage increase is always 10% per Level, but here it is 15% per Level, or 50% more.
But there is a catch, only if you have the [Demonic Sword] equipped, any other sword will have no effect.
And she can't even use a [Fencing] Skill Book or learn a new type of fencing, because her Class prohibits it.
[Summon Demonic Blade] has reached Level 2, where in addition to a slight increase in its Physical and Blood Damage when summoned, it has slightly, almost imperceptibly, decreased the cost.
Before it was 1/3, now it's 33%, what's the difference? Before it had decimal numbers, now it doesn't!
And finally, [Bloody Blades] is Level 2, its +5% bonus has gone to +10%, it's not that big a deal, but as your Attributes increase, the stronger this is going to be.
Not to mention that it's only a Level 20 skill, at Level 50, 100 and beyond, the skills will scale quite a bit in their effects, so it wouldn't be uncommon that around Level 150~200, the damage done will pass 20,000!
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When Liliana asked Dante. - "Master, why haven't you ever taken me to bed?"
In the past 2 months, she herself has seen Dante go to brothels or even take maids to her room, but Dante never touched her.
Hearing her doubt, Dante who was holding a cookie in his mouth, looked at her and said. - "Why the hell would I piss off the woman I'm going to trust with my back in the future? I'm no retard!"
This only left Liliana speechless, but also happy, thinking that all the rumors about her master were false.
Sure, not all of them, like the fact that he slept with hundreds of women, she herself saw at least 8 different women, there may be more.
But he is not a degenerate or someone who mistreats women, he is actually quite a gentleman.
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{Dante Leone}
[Class: Priest - Level 30] │ [Undistributed Points: 0]
Health: 43300 │ Mana: 47300 │ Sacred Power: 16000
Strength 433 │ Intelligence 473 │ Dexterity 433 │ Vitality 433
(Holiness 160) │ (Sex 423)
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[Unique Ability - Lust Bearer(Lv.1)]
- Fixed Effect: Special Attribute [Sex], each point equals +1 All Attributes & Birth Control!
- Lust: +20% Charm & Charisma & +50% Seduction & Deception!
[Active Skills]
Healing(Lv.5 - 1%) │ Blessing Power(Lv.1 - 68%) │ Holy Shield(Lv.1 - 0%)
[Passive Abilities]
Holy Mastery(Lv.5 - 7%) │ HP Display(Lv.Max)
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{Liliana}
[Class: Sorceress - Level 30] │ [Undistributed Points: 0]
Health: 7000 │ Mana: 3000
Strength 30 │ Intelligence 30 │ Dexterity 60 │ Vitality 70
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[Sponsor - Ashitar(Low Level)]
- Bloodbath: For every 1% HP lost, +1% Speed and Attack Power!
[Active Skills]
- Summon Demonic Blade(Lv.2 - 58%): At a cost of 33% of your total HP and MP, along with excruciating pain, summon a Magic Quality Demonic Blade!
- Bloody Blades(Lv.2 - 12%): Summon at the cost of 5% MP and 1% HP, 2 blades that cause (Strength + Intelligence + Vitality*2 = ?? + 10%) Bloody Damage!
[Passive Abilities]
- Demonic Sword Mastery(Lv. 3 - 46%): Increases the Demonic Blade's Physical/Magical Damage by 45%!
- Regeneration(Lev. 2 - 64%): +40% Natural Healing/Regeneration Effectiveness!
- Pain Tolerance(Lv.4 - 21%): +80% Pain Tolerance!
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