The Tales of Draconic Warlock

As I believed before, I was able to enter the secret realm and was the first student to step into the portal this year.

It matters not much, just the fame in the outside world.

Royal Academy as the host of the secret realm, has the first rights. It means they would enter first. I, on the other hand, am the first ranker, so naturally, I was the one who entered the realm first.

They would remember me for a long time, which is both a good thing and a bad thing at the same time.

Fame is good and it can get things done faster but it would also put a target on one's back. There are many greedy and envious people who would want your things, whether it is wealth or position. They may do things that could put you in danger.

So I never tried to be low-key but also know that being too low-key may cause more problems. There are assholes who would bully weak and fear strong. If I appear too weak, I will become their target.

It would not be a problem for me but it would be a hassle to solve such things.

Anyway, now that I have entered the secret realm, I should proceed towards the core as fast as I could. It would be problematic if anyone sees me moving towards the Inner region this early.

There are students who would appear in the Inner region but just on the periphery. They wouldn't dare to enter the Inner region as it is very dangerous at their stage.

This appearance at the periphery of the Inner region would be just before the secret realm closes or a few days before if that person is powerful.

So if they see me going, it would cause rumours. To go to the Inner region one has to be either powerful or mad. The mad ones would never make it out and die there.

When the secret realm ends, they will see me outside and that would lead to only one possibility in their minds. That is I am stronger than I appear.

So it is best to reach that part as soon as possible, without anyone noticing.

When one enters the portal, it would drop them in the outer regions. It is a guarantee but it could be even near the Inner region. No one can say that might not happen.

I am very far away from the Inner region. So if I came across any idiots that were near the Inner region, they would certainly spread news that I entered the Inner region at the beginning, rather than at the end.

The news may stay inside the realm for a month but it would certainly spread across the kingdom after that. many would certainly know that I should have got something good and they might try to get those things from me directly or indirectly.

I have to live with a big target all my life until I become far stronger than others. With such scrutiny, it may not be easy to do so.

I could trust at least my parents and siblings but there are a few in my family who might backstab us for some benefits.

To this day, I couldn't find out who placed the demon summoning ritual in the library.

There are backstabbers and traitors in the family. I don't think I need to say about the academy. I have no connections with most of them and it might turn ugly, even if I stay in the academy.

The academy might be established to bring out geniuses but the staff are still people. They would have their own personal interests and would act accordingly.

So without sufficient strength, everyone is an enemy.

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A wolf, hmm...looks like Thunder Wolf. It would be a good mount in the wild but my profession is not a mounted knight category nor a tamer or summoner.

If that was the case, I could easily make that mine.

Hmm, wait, I should check the Cosmic Market to see if there are any ways to obtain a mount as a tamer could even if one is not.

Ah....this is not it. No this is not either.

Where is it?

I don't know whether there is such a thing like that. In the past year, I saw that the number of worlds connected has increased a lot and the goods that are flowing increased by tenfold.

So I am hoping such a thing exists and is still available here.

It would not be for the Thunder Wolf but I am sure that something good exists in the core area. No one has gone there and returned alive. So there should be powerful monsters there, even some rare monsters or monsters that were never seen before in this world.

Taming such monsters may yield some unforeseen gains.

Hmm, I hope there is more than a single item that can tame monsters and is within my price range.

I won't be able to return here. So I wish to catch as many monsters as I can if they are not available outside or have never been seen before in the world.

Ah, there are scrolls that can tame monsters. It looks like the number is not too high but the price is cheap. I should buy a few for now. There might not be too many rare monsters here. The number of the same species could be high but I am not going to tame every monster.

I injected my magic power into one of those scrolls and whispered, "Tame".

After activating it flew out and appeared above the head of the Thunder Wolf. Lights fell from the scroll onto the wolf and then a magic circle appeared on the ground.

The wolf fought against it for a few minutes but that ended in failure of the wolf and I got a mount.

Yee-hah!!!

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Ah, finally the Inner region. I thought it might take me days to reach here with all those monsters. Luckily, I tamed that Thunder Wolf and because of it I arrived here within hours.