The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 12: My Adventure in the Wild (1)

Outside Winter City...

"Remember honey, if you can't fight, there is no shame in running away and hiding", my mom said while hugging me. She was worried about my safety and I couldn't blame her for hugging me tightly, even to the point of embarrassing me in front of the whole city.

After all, today is the day I start my adventure in the wild. This was a tradition that was started by the founder and every awakened has to take part in it.

After awakening, everyone has to spend nine months in the wild. Except for some initial resources, everything has to be earned by oneself in the wild. One can return before nine months are up, but would mean that they failed.

Not everyone can survive in the wild for that long away from civilization, not after enjoying the benefits of civilization for more than a decade. Many give up and return, after a month or two in the wild. Even among siblings, Eritrea, survived in the wild for a full eight months, before she got mad and returned.

This was the highest among my siblings. I want to survive the longest but can't guarantee that. Everyone would boast that they can survive in the wild the longest but once they enter the wild and live for a few days, everything changes.

They give up. Maybe I'll too. Even in my past life, I grew up in a town, not the wild nor a village which is the closest to the wild. I'll try to survive, and if I can't I'll just give up and return home. There is no shame in that.

"I understand mom. I'll run back home if there is any danger", I said smiling.

When my father heard those words his face twitched. Even though he wanted to say something else, "Be careful out there and return home", were the words that came out of his mouth.

I snickered inside my mind. He may be a powerful Viscount outside but not in front of Mom.

It was not just the couple dynamics or something. It was simple. My mother is a Tier-6 Storm Mage, while my father is a Tier-5 Spear Knight. She is more powerful than him and easily can beat him.

"Okay, Mom and Dad, I'll see you in a few months", I said as I started to walk towards the Orlum Forest, which is on the West of the city.

They waved their hands, especially my mother. Whatever the world might be, the mother would always be the mother and the father would always be the father.

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Not long after I ventured into the forests, I came across my first monster, a goblin. This was easily identifiable even without any skills, but without any Identifiction skill it would be difficult to know their levels, unless you kill them.

Not everyone can have those Identification Skills. They belong to the Appraiser Class. Only a few outside of Appraiser class holders have that skill, as its burst rate from a dungeon is very low.

This is where the Magic Bracelet comes in. This was a gift from my parents after my awakening.

This is a technological marvel of this world. Sure it is not a weapon that can devastate countries nor something that can save lives but it has so many uses and is quite affordable by almost everyone.

The first feature is, that it can show time, which is a requirement for everyone.

The second feature is that it can store items. Yes, the magic bracelet comes with space storage. The size of the space storage depends on how much you can spend. The highest space one can get is 100 cubic meters. Mine was only 10 cubic meters, but it was more than enough.

The third feature was the communication. As long as another user with a magic bracelet was in the area of the signal, they could speak with each other.

The fourth and final feature is the identification. This isn't like the skill but was close. It scans the creature and identify the species and probably its rank based on the data recorded in the bracelet. It would be updated every month.

The species can easily be identified by rank was the tricky part. Only someone with identification skills can tell the correct rank and level of a creature. Others can only guess the level as long as theirs is above them.

The manufacturers of the magic bracelet have been trying to replicate the Identification Skill using an Item, but there has been not much success in that endeavor. It was just not them who were trying to do so.

Identification Skills are very useful for combat-oriented professionals. They can identify the race and level of the creature and there by decide whether to act or not. If they go against a creature that is higher rank than them, they would do easily. It was the reason, why there are no Identification Skill Books on the market.

If they find them, they will use them for themselves or their family members.

Now let's see what this bracelet can do.

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Species: Goblin

Possible Rank: Tier-0

Possible level: 1-5

Info: Goblins are two-legged monsters who has a bit of intelligence but are too savage to be considered as a sapient creature. Even after they rank up, their Intelligence increases but their savagery doesn't disappear.

Weakness: As usual, eyes are the weakest of the creature. Most of the goblins don't have magic. They use swords and axes. So a long-ranged attacker can easily take them out.

Caution: The lower goblins are always physical attack creatures. Only when you go after higher goblins, you need magic protection.

Never attack goblins when they were in groups, unless you can absolutely overwhelm them swiftly. There might be a chance of other goblin groups nearby. If they hear the cry for help from the group, they would swarm you and kill you.

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Hmm, it appears basic but it is kind of what everyone needs to know. Now let's see if I can get rid of this lone goblin before more of them comes.