"heh...heh...heh...he---"

"...what the f.u.c.k are you doing?"

Mars was a little started as he turned towards the one that had called out to him and found out it was Chloe that was standing her water skin raised about to drink, her blonde hair was slightly messy and there was slight dark half curicles under her eyes, a testament to her poor sleep ever since she was hunted down by Victoria

"...i don't know, maybe it's.... a dragon instinct?"

Mars truly had no idea what he was doing so he just blamed it on his new instincts, but on further thought the dragons he had herd about in stories all seemed like they were pure embodiment of the seven deadly sins, he even remembered a dragon from a old movie that was voiced by a British actor, had stolen an entire mountain of gold from Dwarves

"sure..."

Chloe seemed to accept his explanation rather easily, she just drank some water from the water skin and walked over to where the other elvers was sleeping and laid down to sleep without further comment, leaving Mars a little dazed as he had half expected her to snap at him like yesterday evening

"...maybe she's weak in the morning?"

Mars was still a little puzzled but quickly went back to admiring the cores with a stupid grin on his face before he pulled himself together and cheeked his status

"status"

Name: Mars

Age: 0 (vessel 5220)

Race: Half-dragon human

t.i.tles: [Living G.o.d of energy] [Conquer of Salen] [Tyrant King] [5000 year prisoner] [Man that fell from the sky] [Contracted]

Cla.s.s: [Energy]

Cla.s.s level: 15

Status points:

Strength [39/1000] (up) Const.i.tution [44/2000] (up) Dexterity [35/1500] (up)

Intelligence [34/600] (up) Wisdom [37/900] (up) Charisma [28/50] (up)

Active skills: [Dragon-flame magic lv 5] [Swordsmans.h.i.+p lv 4] [Shadow magic lv 2]

Cla.s.s skills: [Energy: absorption] [Energy storage: 100/1500] [Energy: discharge]

[Energy: upgrade shop] [Energy: information] [Energy: restoration] [Energy: healing] [Energy: absorb s.h.i.+eld] [Energy: reactive s.h.i.+eld]

Pa.s.sive skills: [Fire resist lv 15] [Commanding lv 3] [Mental reinforcement lv 5] [Pain resist lv 5]

Mars confirmed all his status points had increased with 15 points each as he had hit cla.s.s level 15, and after quickly eating eating 7 cores bringing his total stored energy units to 1500 he willed his [Energy: upgrade shop] to open

[Energy: upgrade shop]

[Energy] cla.s.s skill level up price: 1500

[Energy: basic reinforced storage] price: 1500 [Energy: basic drain touch] price: 1500

Mars was about to level up his cla.s.s when he noticed he could afford one of the skills available

"...what did [Energy: basic reinforced storage] do again?"

faithful to it's master his [Energy: information] skill activated and showed information on the skill

[Energy: basic reinforced storage]

use cost: none

status: locked

function: reinforces [Energy: storage] enabling the stored amount of energy to go 10% over the cap without harming the user

"...so 10% of 1500 is 150 energy units... maybe i should unlock this skill now?"

Mars thought it over for a few minutes and eventually decided to unlock this skill

"well it seems like it would be a conviount skill to have, but 1500 energy units is a lot... f.u.c.k it, unlock [Energy: basic reinforced storage]"

feeling his stored energy units being depleted being drained completely and not much else changing Mars was a little confused and cheeked his status again

"status"

Name: Mars

Age: 0 (vessel 5220)

Race: Half-dragon human

t.i.tles: [Living G.o.d of energy] [Conquer of Salen] [Tyrant King] [5000 year prisoner] [Man that fell from the sky] [Contracted]

Cla.s.s: [Energy]

Cla.s.s level: 15

Status points:

Strength [39/1000] Const.i.tution [44/2000] Dexterity [35/1500]

Intelligence [34/600] Wisdom [37/900] Charisma [28/50]

Active skills: [Dragon-flame magic lv 5] [Swordsmans.h.i.+p lv 4] [Shadow magic lv 2]

Cla.s.s skills: [Energy: absorption] [Energy storage: 0/1500] [Energy: discharge]

[Energy: upgrade shop] [Energy: information] [Energy: restoration] [Energy: healing] [Energy: absorb s.h.i.+eld] [Energy: reactive s.h.i.+eld] [Energy: basic reinforced storage] (new)

Pa.s.sive skills: [Fire resist lv 15] [Commanding lv 3] [Mental reinforcement lv 5] [Pain resist lv 5]

"...well i guess it's there"

putting his trust in his new skill Mars ate 8 of the 21 reaming cores bringing his total stored energy to 1600, 100 over his cap

"...i guess it works?... well open the upgrade shop"

[Energy: upgrade shop]

[Energy] cla.s.s skill level up price: 1500

[Energy: basic drain touch] price: 1500

"level up my cla.s.s"

once again feeling the stored energy drain and the warm current spreed in his body Mars wasted no time and another 8 cores before he commanded his skill again

"level up my cla.s.s"

feeling a little dizzy from another level up Mars looked at his reaming 5 core and wasted no time in eating them to before he sat down on the ground and watched to sun rise, until he remembered how Victoria had reacted last time he gone out of the cave to level up and decided to go back into the cave and watched to sunrise from the cave entrance instead

about 30 minutes later the elvers showed sighs of waking, the fist to wake was Rex that had seemed to have spent the entire night sitting upright meditating on a tree stump, Mars observed how he used a water spell to gather the morning dew on himself and the other elvers, this seemed to be a wake up call to the others since the 3 other also woke up, of cause Mars's eyes unconsciously landed on Isabel and Chloe, just awake the both of them stcreded and rubbed various sore places on their body's

"...this is bad"

catching himself in the act Mars felt a little ashamed of what he felt was no better then peeping and abruptly stood up and went back into the cave and laid down on his back next to the still sleeping Victoria and gazed at the cave ceiling

"...i need to find a solution to this"

closing his eyes Mars tried to calm down as he adjusted his breathing to try and slow down his racing heart, until his ears picked up slight moment before he felt a pair of soft paws resting on his chest, giving a slight slime Mars reached up with his hand without opening his eyes, the fist thing his hand found was a pair of horns then following them down until he felt soft and warm fur Mars knew his hand had landed on the usual spot in between the horns, and started to pat her while he greeted her

"good morning Victoria"

in return to his greeting Mars felt his chest slightly vibrate as Victoria started to purr causing his smile to naturally widen

"good... morning Mars"

Mars open his eyes and looked at Victoria that was lying on his chest, and felt he had become completely calm, and after enjoying some time with Victoria in silence Mars broke the rhythm of purring that sounded out in the cave

"let's get some breakfast"

Victoria didn't get off him like Mars had expected, instead Mars heard her slightly consernd voice

"Mars... are you... okay?"

Mars was a little stunned for a moment before he answered

"yeah i'm fine... or i will be once i get used to this vessel"

Victoria seemed a little confused and tilted her head to the side before her horns flashed

"what's... a vessel?"

"well..."

Mars was also a little confused when he thought about it but he still tried to explain it

"...i guess it's this body? i had another life before this one, and when my old body died my soul ended in this body, or vessel"

Victoria still seemed a little confused as shown by the tilt that got a little deeper, now nearing 45 degrees to the right, and after a little time her horns flashed again

"then this... is your... second... life?"

Mars felt confused hearing her question and tried to remember his last life but other then some brief flashes non of witch he could really make sense off, the only thing he could somewhat make sense off was the inside of a closed prison cell like room and a courtroom, shaking his head to clear it Mars answered Victoria

"...maybe, i don't really remember enough to be able to say for sure"

Victoria remained silent a steered into Mars's eyes for a moment before she got off him and her horns flashed

"i want... 5 pieces... off roasted... meat"

Mars was a little dazed before he gave a wide slime and also stood up and picked up his bone sword that was leaning against the cave wall next to the bear hide

"sure thing, coming right up!"