Chapter 53: To Lie Or Not? (1/2)

”Oh, right. I should be able to use prana effectively now,” In his excitement, he realized he had forgotten to try and connect with his prana. However, even with connecting with his prana, he was pretty confident given all the beneficial changes that happened to him and since he could feel prana in his bones.

He closed his eyes, and within just an instant, he was able to easily connect with the prana in his heart compared to the intense level of concentration he required before, making him feel astonished at himself.

But suddenly, a screen of information appeared in his mind…

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[ INNER PERCEPTION ACTIVATED ]

Name: Arion Elsar

Strength: 3

Defense: 4

Agility: 3.8

Pranic Force: 1

Defity: Prana Binding Stage [ 10th Cycle - 0/ 1,048,576]

Bloodline: Doom Lizard (Dormant)

Prana Aspect: [Darkness] / [Devour]

Pranic Mark: None

Abilities -

— Shapeshifting [Lvl.1]: Limited to base race and bloodline form

Passive Abilities -

— Ingestion Empowerment [Lvl. 1]: Ingest any pranic items to increase Defity. Effectiveness varies with level

— Enhanced Healing [Lvl. 1]: Heal physical injuries faster than normal

— Enhanced Senses [Lvl. 1]: Enhanced hearing, smell, taste, touch, and vision

— Enhanced Balance [Lvl. 1]: Enhanced center of balance and ability to recover from movement imbalance

— Enhanced Inner Perception [Lvl. 1]: Read own status (Defity stats, pranic mark, abilities etc.) based on terms the host is familiar with

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'What the fuck!' Arion was taken back when this screen of information popped up in his mind. It seemed no different than the status screens he had read about in novels and seen in anime.

'This can't be real…' He inwardly mumbled in a daze but didn't forget to read what kind of information contained on this screen.

'RPG terms? What the hell is going on? I can't be in a game, right? Don't tell me I got sucked into some random game like those light novels…' This was the first thought that popped into his head, seeing how there were attributes like strength, defense, and so on displayed on the screen.

But then he decided not to believe it since that would mean Mei is fake or someone out of a game. Besides, he could feel it in his soul that he was living in a genuine world that truly exists in space and not something that originated out of some software, especially considering how ridiculous it seemed.

He felt that these base stats were relative to a normal human, but he had no idea how they scaled if they were multiplicative, exponential, or totally something else, which was too profound for him to understand.

'I am the 10th Cycle of the Prana Binding Stage?!!' He was shocked to see that his Defity had reached the peak of the Prana Binding Stage, which he thought would take him at least 1 to 2 years, even if he was a genius.

'Bloodline? Is this from that old dragon's...what the fuck! Doom Lizard? A lizard?? For real? Did that sly old man really scam me? And here I was expecting at least a majestic dragon...but a lizard...pfft...but the name Doom sounds a bit cool...hope it's not an ordinary lizard...but how do I use this bloodline, and what is it exactly…' Arion was quite perplexed since he couldn't make out how this bloodline thing is going to affect him.