Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 866: Bloodlines Awaken

[Then... at most in two years, it’ll awaken completely.] The skeleton answered, its voice grim.

Max went silent upon hearing this. After a while, he finally opened his mouth and said, ”Alright, senior. I’m ready. We can begin whenever you want.”

[Sigh, I’m sorry, young friend. If I was strong enough back then, you wouldn’t be under pressure now.] The Skeleton sighed, a hint of helplessness clear in its voice.

Max didn’t want to respond because his mind was somewhere else, but feeling its emotions, he said, ”Senior, you did the best you could do, so there is nothing to be regretful about. Dealing with the devil is the current generation’s responsibility. Whether we survive or perish will depend on our abilities.”

Creak!

This time, the skeleton didn’t speak, instead, it slightly inclined its head, surprising Max.

[Let’s begin.] It said and just as its words fell, the strongest energy Max had ever felt seized him, freezing him place.

Max frowned, a hint of displeasure flickering in his eyes. At this moment, he had lost control of his body, something that made him extremely uncomfortable.

Right then, as if to soothe his displeasure, the Skeleton’s voice sounded in his ears, [While I don’t doubt your ability to endure extreme pain, I can risk having to disturb the process because the consequences would be serious otherwise.]

Max thought for a moment. Finding its words reasonable, he wanted to nod in understanding, but could not.

”...”

Speechless, he shifted his focus and mobilized his bloodline sense to check any changes happening in his body but... he discovered that he couldn’t even use his bloodline sense.

Helpless, he began to wait for whatever the Skeleton was doing to him to be over but just after a few seconds, a sharp pain shot through him but it vanished as soon as it came, almost making him think whether he was hallucinating.

A moment later, he suddenly felt his body become hot and his heart rate increase. When he sensed carefully, he realized his blood was heating up and circulating within his veins faster and faster.

If he could see deep within him, in the ethereal space where his bloodline locks and the other two bloodlines resided, he would have noticed that a supremely powerful white energy had appeared here.

The moment it appeared, it began to mix into the all three bloodlines—The Lust Overlord Bloodline, Garfield Bloodline and the Thunder Bloodline.

While the Garfield Bloodline and Thunder Bloodline only stirred a little before they began absorbing the energy, the Lust Overlord Bloodline repelled it and as if the energy had suddenly become sentient, it made sure not to go over to the Lust Overlord Bloodline again.

As time ticked by and both the Garfield and Thunder Bloodlines absorbed the white energy, their glow became more vibrant and they began to expand, slowly pushing against the Lust Overlord Bloodline, encroaching upon the Bloodline Space it was covering.

Fortunately, the Lust Overlord Bloodline didn’t react violently and let them push against it, pushing it back.

After a long time, all the white energy was devoured and the Garfield and Thunder Bloodlines had grown from the size of small flames to raging wildfires, covering a vast area of the bloodline space.

However, if someone could see the bloodline space from a bird eye’s view, they would notice that even now, the area the reddish pink energy—the Lust Overlord Bloodline—covered was a hundred times more than the combined area the other two bloodlines covered.

...

Max watched as his blood boiled and heart raced to the point he felt it might burst apart but he wasn’t worried, in fact, he was excited because he could feel his blood get stronger, which in turn was nurturing his body, making it stronger.

Moreover, he could vaguely feel the presence of another element, Thunder to be precise, in the surroundings, meaning his Thunder Bloodline was about to awaken.

’What’s up with the Garfield Bloodline? Does it not have an affinity? No, it should have since the Skeleton said only my Lust Overlord Bloodline is attributeless.’ He wondered. Yes, he could now think because the Skeleton was no longer forcing him to speak out his thoughts.

Time passed and a day later, his boiling blood slowly settled and reverted to its previous state. His heart, which had worked too hard for the past day, also settled and Max felt exhaustion wash over him. At the same time, he felt full of energy, giving him contradictory feelings.

Shua!

Silently, the lock on him disappeared and the Skeleton’s voice, now extremely feeble, sounded.

[I have awakened both of your bloodlines. Now, I have something to tell you about your... Golden Bloodline. You must be confused why you aren’t able to sense its corresponding element, right?]

Max nodded, slowly stretching his body to get a feel of how strong he had become.

[This is because unlike your Thunder Bloodline, the Golden Bloodline isn’t an elemental one.] The voice answered.

Max furrowed his brow and asked, ”Then I only need to incorporate Thunder Elemental Mana into my mana core?”

[In a sense, yes.] The voice spoke, [However, even though it doesn’t have an Element, it’s not attributeless. You should be able to feel the clarity and some change in your thought process, right?]

”Yes,” Max nodded.

[It’s the effect of the Golden Bloodline. It affects the mental realm.] The skeleton said, its voice filled with emotions, [The progenitor of this bloodline must be someone truly extraordinary to be able to create such a bloodline. The human race is truly blessed. I just hope there are more like him right now to give this world a fighting chance.]

[Anyways, while you don’t need to worry about incorporating another elemental mana into your core, you need to comprehend and create an Aura unique to your bloodline and then baptize your ’Mana Sea’ with it, adding it in your foundation.] The Voice told him.

Then, suddenly information began appearing in Max’s mind.

[It’s not easy to have multi-elemental mana in a Mana core and even in the foundation. So, I’m giving you the Magic Spell to make it work. One of your human ancestors had created it during the great war to make Supreme Mages strong enough to face a Devil Envoy in one on one battle and dominate.

I’m also giving you the Beast Bonding Technique. Raise the little serpent well and it might become the strongest companion in future. All right, now I’m sending you to a Thunder Rich environment. Take care, young friend.]

Before Max could thank it for the help, his vision shifted and he found himself standing on a tall cliff with dark clouds hanging overhead.

Crackle!

Boom!

Just a moment later, the clouds crackled and lightening struck him.