Lord Evolution: Starting With SS-rank Skills

Today, the people of Winterseed experienced the saddest morning ever, the adult remained gloomy after the burial while the young ones who didn't understand the concept of death could only wonder why the adults were sad.

After the burial, everyone returned to their various homes, but their mood was never the same. Some of them couldn't even find the strength to work.

The soldiers went to guard the borders, but with moody expressions.

On the other hand, Rowan went to meet D'andre.

D'andre wasn't aware of the whole ordeal as he was asleep in his tenth.

"Elara baby... Don't run away from me! Don't you like handsome men? I have a big...*

Rowan was greeted with D'andre sleepy voice when he got to the tent.

'You can't even woo her in your own dream? What a loser.' Rowan snorted before waking D'andre up with a loud clap.

D'andre jotted awake immediately and immediately opened the tent.

"AHH! It's you Rowan. Why did you wake me up from my sweet dreams? I almost bagged Elara!"

He yelled while standing up, lazily wiping the salivas escaping from the side of his mouth.

Rowan didn't reply and only gave him a disappointed look.

"Why did you wake me up so early huh? If it's not something interesting, I'll be very pissed at you," D'andre grumbled.

"The dark creature attacked and killed six of my people, if that is not interesting to you then what else could be?" Rowan snorted.

"What??" D'andre composure crumbled immediately.

"Six people? How did they die? Tell me everything," he continued, demanding for answers.

Rowan told him everything and he couldn't help but frown after hearing all of it.

"No blood? No illness, no struggle or anything as such. Rowan, you're up against a sneaky bastard," D'andre shook his head pitifully.

Rowan wasn't baffled as this much was already clear.

"Do you have any idea what kind of dark creature this one is? Has any of your friend ever faced it before, did they survive? If they did, how did they survive.." He blasted D'andre with a series of question.

D'andre shook his head pitifully once again, "Just like what I told you yesterday. Those of my friends who managed to survive the evil hands of those bastards, lost their territory and people. You can't save your people but saving yourself is not impossible."

'Why would I save myself and leave my territory and the people in it to rot? They are my main objective in this world, the moment I lost them, I lost the will to continue living.' Thought Rowan.

If Rowan wasn't the lord of the village, he could've escaped if that was the only way to save himself.

However, as a lord and someone who really cares about his people, escaping alone was simply impossible. He couldn't even bare the thoughts of losing everything.

"Is there no other way to survive this bastard? at least a method or spell to lessen the casualty?" He asked.

D'andre fell in deep thought after the question asked.

"There are purification spell formations to ward off demons and dark creatures. But it needs a large amount of mana to keep it going," D'andre began.

He proceeded to tell Rowan more about the formation, especially its flaws. According to him, the purification spell formation is not so good, considering the moment the mana supply halts, the demons and dark creatures it has been warding off would attack more violently as a revenge.

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When Rowan heard this, the hope he got at the beginning, shattered immediately.

D'andre noticed this and continued.

"Actually, there are ways to hurt these dark creatures." He began.

Rowan interest piqued immediately as he turned turned to look at him curiously.

"A mage with powerful soul or spirit attribute would be able to detect the location and influence of the dark creature easily. If their magic power is strong enough, they might be able to hurt it and send it away from their territory for a short time, at least a month,"

"I never bothered to share this with you cause no transmigrated lord has ever awakened soul or spirit magic affinity." D'andre concluded with a short sigh.

Hearing this, Rowan got a little bit of hope — Riela has Spirit magic affinity, all he needs at this point is awaken his mana core, obtain the magic skill and then he will be able to copy her spirit magic!

"Are you for real?" He asked, his eyes brighter than they ever were this morning.

D'andre looked at him, wondering why he was hopeful when awakening the affinity was almost impossible.

"Yeah, I have heard about soul mages who were able to trap the dark creature tormenting their land and send them faraway. There was even a rumor one time, that one of them was able to kill a dark creature by trapping its soul in a living body and killing it afterwards,"

Rowan listened to everything D'andre said and drew out every possible methods he could from them.

D'andre spoke for five minutes and these five minutes immediately became the best time Rowan had ever spent with him.

"Just pray to awaken soul or spirit affinity and you'll be a bit safe. Otherwise, evacuating the territory is your only choice for now," he concluded.

Rowan nodded and thanked him before leaving.

D'andre stood and watched as Rowan walked away wearing a bright expression on his face.

"I hope he doesn't place his hope on becoming a soul or spirit mage. He should just run away, claim another territory and start evolving again. It's better than losing his life," he muttered to himself with a sigh.

"If only I had those magic affinities, I could've helped for the sake of Elara."

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Dragun and Vishirk could be seen tutoring Riela, giving tips on how to hasten her mana cultivation.

"You are blessed with a speedy mana accumulation rate. When next I leave the village, I'll get you a cultivation technique and some mana stones so you can improve faster," Dragun said with a smile.

"What is mana stone?" Riela asked curiously.

"Mana stones are precious stones with manas stored in them. You can absorb those mana with special techniques, you can also use the mana stones to power up magic formations. Incase you wonder what a magic formation is, its that complex circle with lots of shapes and symbols in it, like the one I drew before your awakening," D'andre explained patiently.

Riela was excited with the new information she had just acquired. She didn't know about these terms earlier, if she did, she could've contacted Laverena for explanations.

About Laverena, their bond had grew tighter over the past few weeks. Laverena no longer exact her authority when speaking with her, she now communicated with her like a friend.

Also Laverena promised to gift Riela her first ever spirit magic spell after she becomes a True mage!

"How many mana stones would I have to consume in other to break through?" She asked.

"The amount of mana store required to breakthrough is different for everyone, Lady Riela and it all depends on their talents. Some low-stage apprentice stage mage require hundreds of mana stones to enter mid-stage, another low-stage apprentice stage mage might require at least a hundred while a few blessed need at most 50 mana stones to do so." Vishirk was the one to explain this time.

Riela could only nod.

She didn't really know much about the topic but she couldn't wait to get her hands on them.

"Hmm, how expensive are they?" She suddenly asked.

Vishirk and Dragun looked at each other briefly. If they should tell her the truth that the lowest quality mana stone would be able to feed a family of four for a whole year, she would definitely stop them from getting it.

"It's really expensive but you do not have to worry about the price." Dragun smiled at her.

At that moment, Rowan who had just left D'andre arrived, he heard the last statement of Dragun.

"I will take care of it." He said, drawing their attention at once.

"Oh, Rowan, you are back."

Dragun and Vishirk turned to him.

Dragun tried to observe the expression of his son. He knew everything that had taken place in the village this morning would definitely take a toll on him.

However, unexpectedly, Rowan looked really calm.

Riela rushed to meet Rowan and wrapped her hands around his. Rowan gave her a small smile before turning to Dragun and Vishirk.

"How much do you think it will take to obtain the best quality awakening potion?" He asked.

Vishirk and Dragun were confused, wondering why Rowan was asking. They are aware the village lack all sort of money.

"The mid quality one should cost about 1.3 million gold coin while the high quality one should be around two million." Vishirk responded.

Rowan nodded, spending this much wasn't a problem to him considering it was the only way to save his territory and people.

He asked about the price to get Riela Mana stones as well as more spells for her magic affinities.

Rowan got the final price of everything including the mana stone.

Without hesitation, he brought large bags of gold coins from his inventory.

"What the heck!!"