Age of Adepts

“First proposal: synthesizing the bloodline with Bloodline Reconciling Agent!”

At this stage in the World of Adept’s development, research on bloodline talent had already reached a peak. However, most research was kept, monopolized, and sealed away from the outside world by large adept organizations.

However, such monopolization was only concerning low and mid-grade adepts. Third Grade adepts like Greem already had far too many means by which to come in contact with such taboo content.

Not counting the three major adept organizations, there were still plenty of adept forces in Zhentarim that were known for their synthesized bloodlines. For example, the Holopole Clan of the Thousand Needlepine Region, the Gulet Clan of Whitevalley Riverlands, and the Kaedwen Clan of Flotsam.

These clans had raised many famous adepts through their massive knowledge reserves on bloodline synthesis and were powerful forces in their respective regions. That said, synthesizing bloodlines were not a proper path of advancement. The more bloodlines of powerful creatures one assimilated, the more power the adept would gain, but the lower their development potential would be.

Almost all synthesized bloodline adepts faced a complicated issue– the loss of the ability to improve themselves and continue advancing!

Did you wish to advance even further? Sure, the only way to do that was to assimilate more powerful and more excellent bloodlines. If one couldn’t find or gather such bloodlines, then their power would not improve at all.

Before the whole ordeal, Meryl’s elementium affinity chart showed absolutely no affinity with fire elementium. However, after the experience, her fire elementium affinity had jumped all the way to become her second-best affinity, almost at the same level as her earth elementium affinity.

For the second phase, Greem started bloodline modification on Meryl. He opened up her chest and cut a small opening in her heart, where he transplanted the fire dragon bloodline rune.

An operation like this was child’s play for adepts like them. It couldn’t be simpler.

After the transplantation was complete, Greem took out a diluted bottle of moonwater and slowly poured it into Meryl’s abdominal cavity. As the jade-green liquid washed over her organs, the small cut on her beating heart quickly healed. Her chest also required no stitching. Greem simply pressed her skin together and washed it with moonwater. When the blood was all washed off, only smooth skin could be seen.

No anesthetics had been used throughout the operation. Meryl calmly observed the entire procedure performed by her teacher with the help of a mirror.

Once the operation was completed, Greem placed his hand on Meryl’s chest and silently sensed the bloodline rune sealed within her heart. He asked softly, “Are you ready?”

Meryl gritted her teeth and nodded, “Don’t worry, teacher, I am ready!”

“Very well!” Greem replied. His fingers waved through the air, creating a rune formed of red fire which slowly lowered into Meryl’s body.

The effect of the fire rune caused the seal on the bloodline rune within Meryl’s heart to loosen. A trace of fire dragon bloodline seeped through and was quickly absorbed by Meryl’s beating heart.

“Ah!”

Meryl was calm and composed, but her skin had now turned blood-red, covered with red splotches. Her slender naked body arched upward as she let out a small breath of yellow flames from her mouth.

In that one instant, the fire essence from the fire dragon bloodline boiled her blood and nearly cooked most of her organs.

Greem grabbed with his right hand, and the fire rune floated out of Meryl’s body. The uproar from the bloodline rune also faded away.

Meryl moaned in agony as she turned and drank a bottle of healing potion, before shutting her eyes and waiting for her organs to heal. The tens of thousands of wounds gradually recovered due to the effect of the potion, but the terrifying pain from being burned by that fire had been etched into Meryl’s mind and soul.

After seven minutes, Meryl felt her body and mind calm down once again. She then opened her eyes and nodded firmly at Greem.

Thus, the fire rune entered her body once more, inciting the bloodline rune again.

“Ah!”

Meryl’s suppressed cry of pain lingered and echoed in the lab. Her naked body was now as red as a rose, and her skin was covered in large beads of sweat.

Even with the buffer from earlier and the experience of the first time, the burning pain from all over her body still tortured Meryl endlessly. Her slender body curled into a ball and her muscles spasmed from the pain. Her body trembled intensely as her cries filled the room over and over.

This time, it took Meryl fifteen minutes to regain control.

When she secretly glanced at the fire rune hovering above her, fear and hesitation could be seen in her eyes.

However, the thought of becoming stronger was far stronger than the pain itself.

After collecting herself, Meryl gritted her teeth and once again nodded at her teacher.

The next second, howls of agony and suffering filled the room.