Cosmic Ruler

Chapter 56 Soul king

Name : Night

Race : Skeleton

Core : Mana

Abyssal Mana : 500

Level : 1

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Health Points (HP): 50

Strength: 10

Dexterity: 12

Constitution: 8

Intelligence: 15

Wisdom: 10

Charisma: 5

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Skills :

Inspect (Active)

Bone Grasp (Passive)

Mana Attunement (Active)

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Class : Soul King

Class Skills :

1. Soul Predation (Active) : This skill enables the Soul King to devour the souls of the deceased, absorbing their essence to empower themselves.

A rank below soul : 10% empowerment

Same rank soul : 50% empowerment

A rank above soul : 80% empowerment

2. Soul Mastery (Passive): The Soul King achieves mastery over their own soul, unlocking the full potential of their spiritual essence and transcending the limitations of mortal existence. ]

"Although there are currently only two skills, they are powerful," Jake mumbled and then closed the status and logged out.

He went to sleep; it was already quite late after all.

Jake woke up the next morning and did some light exercise. After adorning his clothes and freshening up, he ate breakfast and took out his schedule.

"You know, it's not compulsory for Royals to attend class," Luna said as Jake got ready to go to his class.

"It's not like I won't learn anything new," Jake shrugged and then went to the Monsters and Beasts class.

As Jake entered the class, silence fell, and everyone inside looked at him. Jake didn't mind them and took a window seat.

"Isn't he a royal?"

"Yes, I am also wondering why he is attending class."

"If it were me, I would have lazed around in my room."

Jake heard all of them but didn't pay them any mind. Soon, a teacher entered.

At first, he entered casually and looked around. When he spotted Jake, he momentarily stopped and then moved his gaze away.

Jake looked at him and remembered this guy. His way of speech, unlike others, was quite serious, and even his introduction was only, "Beasts and Monsters Combat teacher."

"Althur, was it?" Jake thought, trying to remember his name.

"I will introduce myself once again. My name is Althor Knight. I am from the Marquis family in the North end of our continent," Althor said, and the discussion once again started.

"North end? No wonder he is the teacher of Monsters and Beasts."

"Yes, that place is close to the Dark Forest."

Jake listened to others and understood why there was such a commotion after their teacher introduced himself.

'I should stop by the library to learn more about this continent's geography,' Jake thought.

"Silence," Althor said, and silence descended. Seeing everyone quiet, he lit up the big screen-like board.

"Today, I will talk about one of the most dangerous species," Althor said as he showed the image of a... cute squirrel.

"Don't go by this cute face. This little bag of troubles is quite ferocious. They are known to eat their prey while they are alive," Althor said, seeing everyone's stunned look.

"And the most dangerous aspect of them: they have a certain degree of Magic immunity, no matter the energy you use," Althor continued.

"Royal Jake, what do you think its powers would be?" Suddenly, Althor looked at Jake and asked.

Jake stood up and replied, "From your description up until now, I would say they are natural enemies of mages and have physical type powers."

Althor nodded and said, "Correct. They are physical-type beasts with Divine core."

Jake sat down as the class continued, and soon it was the end of class.

Jake took his stuff and prepared to go to the next class, not before a group of three stopped him.

"Hey, you, give us your resources," the leader demanded.

Jake looked left and right and then pointed at himself. "Are you talking about me?"

'Literally, the duel was a few days ago. How come they can't identify me?' Jake thought as the leader crossed his arms haughtily and replied, "Who else?"

Jake sighed and released a bit of his mana pressure. The trio slumped to the ground, and Jake said, "Next time, do this to anyone, not just me, and you three are dead."

Saying so, he left the trembling trio.

"Are they fools? He is ranked one Royal."

"Maybe they weren't present at that time."

'No wonder,' Jake thought, hearing others' discussion, and then went to the next class, which was about Artificer—a beautiful name for a blacksmith or magic smith.

This time, the class was in a smithy. Upon reaching there, Jake saw their teacher was a small but Giga Chad Dwarf.

Jake looked at his muscles and thought, 'Damn, even bodybuilders from my previous life are not half as good as him.'

"Listen, you brats, in my class, I want silence and patience. If you don't have these two, get the heck out of here," the Dwarf said, and everyone fell silent.

Jake didn't find it weird as when he was small, his father took him to the Dwarves' land, and all of them only had three things to do: labor, alcohol, and badmouthing.

The Dwarf nodded and then told them to stand in front of the anvil.

Everyone took their seat, and then the class started.

"Today, it's just basic," the Dwarf teacher said and then showed how to handle bellows.

"Handling bellows and achieving the required temperature is the basics of basics," he started teaching, and everyone listened to him properly.

After some time, finally, it was the students' turn to demonstrate what they learned. Although everyone did well, in the Dwarf's eyes, he wanted only 100% perfection, not just 50 or 80. Aside from Jake, there were two more who were able to do it.

Even Jake had some difficulty as he primarily uses his Inferno Forge, which can instantly achieve the desired temperature within a second. But thanks to Akashic Eyes, he perfectly copied the Dwarf teacher's techniques.

"You brat, hmm..." the Dwarf teacher seemed to understand what Jake did, but he didn't point it out.

After the class ended, everyone got ready to leave, but the Dwarf teacher stopped Jake.

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Jake Dreamstar, Teacher," Jake replied politely.

"Hmm, you are a special admission, right? So, why didn't you commission your weapon?" he asked.

"I didn't get the time," Jake bowed and replied.

"Seeing you going around attending classes, that seems to be the case. Anyway, you can tell me. I was supposed to make weapons for special admissions this year," he shook his head and said.

Jake nodded and showed him his Chained-Dagger.

"Oh? What an interesting weapon choice. It can do both close-range and long-range battles. Hmm, so you want this?" he examined Jake's dagger and asked.

"Yes," Jake nodded.

"Okay, leave it here. I will upgrade this. It will be better than creating an entirely new one," he said, and Jake nodded, leaving his chain dagger in his care.

"That brat has his essence infused in it. Hmm, seems like he commissioned this dagger to someone experienced," the Dwarf teacher looked at the chain dagger and thought.

"Next is combat class," Jake checked his schedule and mumbled as he made his way to the next class.

"I forgot to ask his name," Jake suddenly stopped and thought. But hearing the hammering voice, he didn't go back and continued to Combat class.

Jake then entered the last class before the lunch break. Upon entering, he observed several assistants instructing students to change into training clothes. After Jake changed into the training attire, he exclaimed as these clothes possessed advanced healing and protection magic.

"Line up," one of the assistants said, and everyone complied, with no one daring to stand in front of Jake.

As the students lined up, an old man appeared and nodded at his assistants. The assistants then began distributing a pair of bracelets to each student.

"These are Energy blocking artifacts, wear them," the old man instructed.

Everyone nodded and donned the artifacts. "Now choose your weapons," he continued, gesturing towards the side racks.

Jake selected a dagger and sword, both of which were real weapons made of common rank steel, not mere training blunt swords.

"Don't worry, your clothes are special," he reassured the students as they looked apprehensively at the sharp weapons.

The old man then stood up, taking a sword, and demonstrated two basic moves. "Perform each one 1000 times," he instructed.

After demonstrating all the weapons, he sat back and observed, pointing out mistakes whenever necessary.

"You, you, and you, stop the useless stuff. You three already have a good foundation. Now spar," he directed, pointing at Jake, a blue-haired girl, and a lean guy.

Jake, the girl, and the lean guy nodded. The lean guy and the blue-haired girl began sparring, with Jake acting as the referee.

After some time, the lean guy lost, and then it was Jake's turn to spar, which occurred after the girl took some rest.

Jake and Amelia, the blue-haired girl, then began sparring, with Aran, the lean guy, acting as the referee.

Amelia dashed and performed a downward slash which Jake sidestepping dodged and countered attacked and aimed to finish this duel in one move but Amelia changed the trajectory of her sword mid way and blocked Jake sword aiming at her throat.