The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Next Morning...

Ah, it's morning already. Let's get ready. Today is the start of my final days at the academy. It's almost time to graduate.

Now let's start with these theoretical exams.

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Later in the evening...

Well, I think I did better than I thought I would.

There were two papers. One was in the morning, the other at noon. The duration of each paper was three hours. This means that we have three hours to answer the questions that we know at that time and review them before the three hours are up.

Though I could have taken much less than three hours to complete each time, I didn't. I made use of the three hours I got and made sure that I wrote from what I learned in the academy, not from the Nexus.

As I said before, there was no need to complicate matters before I left the academy.

Moreover, in a few months, I would be able to show off my power as it is. No more hiding would be needed. Even my family would see my true power once I complete my tour.

There is no need for a premature show-off.

Now that the theory part is over, only the combat part remains.

As I said before there are two parts to combat exam. One is duels and the other is dungeon diving. The first one we would take is determined as duels.

After the theory exam was over, we were informed to arrive at the academy grounds early in the morning. The duels would start tomorrow.

Thinking of those duels, there would be a lot of observants, especially from the Royal Family and other powerhouses of the kingdom.

Speaking of that premature show-off, those powerhouses can easily sniff my power if they concentrate on me, especially so during a battle.

I may have met with the headmaster all those years ago, while I was framed by those assholes, but the headmaster has no Identify skills as far as the public knew.

Moreover, I made sure that there would be no energy leak while we spoke. Moreover, I had a Status Disguise Skill, that prevented others from seeing my true skills.

Sure he may have suspected that I have some ace cards but who wouldn't? I am from a Viscount family and it would be weird if I didn't have an ace card up my sleeve.

So, I don't think he checked much into me or else I would have been found out by now.

Tomorrow, it would be different.

My parents and siblings have already advised me about this. To them, the better I do in these duels, the brighter my future would be. So they told me all the details that I needed to know.

As the Royal Academy, the graduation of its students would be under the scrutiny of all top powerhouses.

So there was no easy way to avoid getting noticed by those old foggies. If I do anything like it, it may draw more attention. So it's best to not do so.

Instead, I should make sure that they pay attention to what I want and ignore what I don't want them to see. It would be the situation for me and I have been prepared for that.

Once I knew that there would be observants that have skills or artifacts that can check the status screen, I started to prepare myself.

There are ways to block others from checking status but as I said, that would only draw more attention.

So I scoured every place I could, and finally, I found an item in the Cosmic Market. It is a Status Disguise like my skill but of a higher power.

The people that would attend to observe the Duels would have powerful skills and artifacts with them.

Status Disguise skill is a special skill. There is no level for that but there is also a level for that. I only learned about this two years ago.

Though it may not have a level officially, the level of it would be the same as the user.

It means, I can prevent someone with the same rank or below rank as me from prying my details but higher rankers can see my true status as long as they have some Identification skills.

Moreover, powerful artifacts can overwrite my status disguise and see what my true status is.
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So, I brought my own artifact from the Cosmic Market that should be powerful enough to block them from seeing my true status. As long as I don't attract too much attention, then those old foggies wouldn't scrutinize me too much and my secrets would be my secrets.

I am hungry.

Since the next few days would be my last days at the academy and I have quite a few points that I still possess, it's best to use them all. Once I graduate, they are as wasteful as...well, waste.

I ordered a lot of food for myself and also there is my pet Asya. Though she hunts in the secret realm, letting her taste human food once in a while is not bad.

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The Next Day...

Everyone from the final year appeared on the school grounds. Today is the start of duels for everyone. Everyone has to fight ten matches and that means ten opponents from various classes or even the same class. It is a random selection.

As I said before, the academy is checking whether the student has luck or not. After all, luck is a major factor that determines whether one can survive out there or not.

Though we may not be affiliated with the academy anymore after we graduate, that doesn't mean that they don't care about what happens to us after we graduate. Sure, they would forget about us but as we are still technically students of the academy, they would still give their best for us.

A gruff voice appeared out of nowhere, "Well, it looks like another batch is ready to graduate".