"oh it's you Mars, nice armor"

"hey Lina... what happened here?"

"well what always happens, Jack got drunk and fell asleep..."

"that's, well... I wish you luck?"

"oh so you get it... I kind of wish Jack got it too..."

Mars walked into the room and sat down on a empty chair before he took a sip from a random gla.s.s

"good wine, were you guys celebrating something?"

"nah it's just the usual..."

"I see... do you need help carrying him?"

"....please"

"okay then... here we go"

Mars picked up Jack in a princess carry witch caused Lina to let out a giggle when she saw him in Mars's arms still snoring

"then lead the way"

"...yeah let's go"

Lina stood up and wore her jacket before she lead the way out of the room and down the stairs where she handed some coins to Zack and walked out of the restaurant with Mars and Victoria following after her a few minutes late Mars spoke out

"I'm leaving town"

"when?"

"tomorrow I think"

"I see... where are you headed?"

"towards the magic academy, there's this child that got hurt there so now I have decided to help her"

"help her... how?"

"by making her strong enough to get revenge or rather to decide if she wants revenge"

"I see... we're here"

"here?"

Mars looked ahead and saw a 2 story inn with a bar/restaurant on the first floor and what seemed like personal rooms on the second floor

"yeah... sorry do you mind taking him the rest of the way?"

"lead the way"

Lina walked into the inn with Mars following after and after briefly greeting the woman behind the counter Lina led Mars up the stairs and into a room that had 2 beds along with some other furniture

"we're here, put down Jack over there in his bed"

Mars put down Jack that still snored on the bed and asked Lina

"1 room... but 2 beds?"

Lina looked slightly defeated as she gave a sigh

"I suggested we move together to save money..."

"I see... well then I wish you good luck with the dense dog over there"

"thanks, hope to see you again Mars"

"yeah me too"

Mars closed the door after him and gave a sigh before he walked out of the inn and down the road towards the center of town when Victoria's horns flashed as she walked up to his side

"Mars... are you... sad?"

Mars gave a sigh before he answered

"a little"

Mars remained silent all the way back to the mansion where he saw a familiar person waiting for him at the gate

"welcome back Mars"

Mars gave a smile

"I'm back Elsa, did you decide?"

Elsa gave a sweet smile

"well I have never been to the magic academy... so I decided why not go when I was invited"

Mars felt the loneliness disappear from his body as if melted by Elsa's smile

"thanks Elsa"

Elsa walked up and poked Mars on the chest before she put on a playful smile and said

"I expect you escort me properly when we arrive"

"in full armor?"

"why not, I have always wanted my personal knight, you look very good in that armor by the way"

Mars gave a playful smile before he half kneeled down on the ground

"then I will do my utmost to escort you lady Elsa"

"I'm counting on it"

Mars talked a little more with Elsa after that but eventually they parted and Mars went up to his room and took off his armor with little trouble but within 10 minutes he managed to get it off and stack it orderly in the corner of the room and looked around in the small but cozy room and thought it would probably be the last night he spent in this room when his eyes fell on a sack that lay on the table

"... I think it's time to put you to use"

Mars walked over and pulled the sack made of expensive carpet open and saw the mana stone inside it before he poked it and felt a small jolt

"I wonder if..."

Mars activated hi drain touch and poked the mana stone again, but this time he felt a small but stable amount of energy flow into his body

"I knew it"

Mars gave a smile and picked up the mana stone and held it in his hand as he absorbed the energy inside it until he felt his [Energy: storage] fill up and put down the mana stone that had dimmed a little before he chanted

"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: 19

Status points:

Strength [25/1000] Const.i.tution [51/2000] Dexterity [36/1500]

Intelligence [27/600] Wisdom [40/900] Charisma [27/50]

Active skills: [Dragon-flame magic lv 5] [Swordsmans.h.i.+p lv 4] [Shadow magic lv 2] [Demon dreaming lv 1] [Instant movement lv 1]

Cla.s.s skills: [Energy: absorption] [Energy storage: 1911/1900] [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] [Energy basic drain touch]

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

"okay, now open the [Energy: upgrade shop]..."

the text in front of Mars changed into the [Energy: upgrade shop] that was displayed with half transparent text

[Energy: upgrade shop]

[Energy] cla.s.s skill level up price: 2000

"level up my cla.s.s"

Mars felt his energy units drain rapidly as he gave out the command and soon his storage emptied mostly out, but soon came a feeling of power that spread all over his body

"level 20... that means my status point have all gone up by 20..."

Mars felt it was kind of absurd how he just got the status of 20 half-dragons added on to himself but soon accepted it with ease, after all witch dragon didn't wish to get stronger

"now for the rest of the energy in the mana stone..."

Mars activated his drain touch and picked up the mana stone again and absorbed the rest of the energy in it

"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: 20 (up)

Status points:

Strength [45/1000] Const.i.tution [71/2000] Dexterity [56/1500]

Intelligence [47/600] Wisdom [60/900] Charisma [47/50]

Active skills: [Dragon-flame magic lv 5] [Swordsmans.h.i.+p lv 4] [Shadow magic lv 2] [Demon dreaming lv 1] [Instant movement lv 1]

Cla.s.s skills: [Energy: absorption] [Energy storage: 1427/2000] [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] [Energy basic drain touch]

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

"yep looks good"

Mars waved his hand and made his status disappear again before he sat down on the bed and gave a yawn

"time for bed..."

Mars carefully pushed Victoria that had already occupied the bed to the side before he laid down and went to sleep...

Mars opened his eyes again and found himself in a pure white s.p.a.ce where countless images was flas.h.i.+ng past

"this place again..."

Mars was a little excited about not having nightmares but also found this s.p.a.ce a little confusing as he felt he had no control over anything in this s.p.a.ce

"I really want to see my mom though... let's try this..."

Mars closed his eyes and focused on the word 'mother' for some time before he snapped open his eyes and focused on a picture

"..."

Mars stared at the picture lost for words for some time

"is she..? she is isn't she?"

the woman in the picture seemed at first glance human but at second glance she seemed like a fairy with her ears slightly sharp and her eyes light green and hair and while her face gave of a gentle look Mars remembered how stern she was with him and his dad

"that's right... mom wasn't human... and I was a half in my last life too"

Mars found a little funny that he was only half human in both his incarnations but he quickly focused on burning the image of his mother into his memory as the pure white world around dimmed slightly

"just a little more..."

Mars struggled but managed to memories the picture of his mom just as he pa.s.sed out and fell asleep