Ascension: Strongest Fateless Mage

"I'm ready. I will transform using <Blood Morphing Art> before your spell hits me," Zevien said as he stood with his arms crossed.

*grrrr….*

This time, Vernisia released a 10,000 mana charged <Wind Roaring Tiger> in the overflow-cast towards Zevien.

As the giant orb flew towards Zevien, Vernisia's face changed. "You said you would transform!"

Zevien didn't transform into a vampire as he said, and the orb hit him before sucking him inside. Countless tiny wind blades formed as they started slashing him.

"Don't!" Zevien shouted with a resolute expression as he stopped Vernisia before she could diffuse her spell.

"You!" Vernisia bit her lips as she was angry and worried both. She hesitated after hearing Zevien's shout, but ultimately, she didn't diffuse her spell after seeing Zevien's expression.

Zevien's injury was much more severe this time. The wind blades snapped his veins and even damaged his bones by slashing them, but he stood still despite being airborne inside the orb and pressured by intense wind.

Five seconds later, the orb was diffused, and Zevien was smashed down. His legs trembled as he almost bent his knees, but stood still.

Vernisia dashed towards him and took out a tier-3 healing option before emptying it over his body. "Open your mouth!" Vernisia said in a slightly agitated voice.

Zevien obediently opened his mouth and let Vernisia pour a magic potion into his mouth.

"Babe, you were more injured than this when you fought Kaal," Zevien sighed. "I wanted to save you before that spear hit you in the shoulder, but I didn't because it would be disrespectful to you. If we can respect each other by not interfering like that, we should be more open to that kind of training."

The wounds on his body rapidly healed with two tier-3 healing magic potions. After that, Zevien grinned at Vernisia while she looked at him with creased eyebrows. "Now tell me, what do you want to do?"

"I want to slap you, but no…" Vernisia said, but then she hugged him. "I want to stay like this for a while."

"What are you two doing?" Erica asked as she looked at Zevien and Vernisia from the hill. Dan was also standing beside her as they had just come out from their labyrinth and went out of the abode to test something.

"Ahem, we are cultivating our bond," Zevien said while grinning.

"You wore pants but nothing on the upper body? And why do your pants look so torn?" Dan asked doubtfully.

Zevien had worn the tier-3 defensive pants of his battle outfit so that he won't get naked when attacked by Vernisia's spells.

"He wants to measure his physical constitution, so I attacked him with my spells," Vernisia said.

"Oh… like a serious attack?" Dan asked curiously.

"Yeah," Vernisia nodded before sighing.

"Alright, I also decided," Dan said with a somber expression. "I was going to tell Zevien to attack me since I also wanted to check my physical durability in my normal form and after I get strengthened with the <Sanguine Body Armament> awakening spell. But now, I'll ask Erica."

Erica raised her eyebrows before she snorted. "Fine, I'll not hold back."

"The fuck?" Dan was dumbfounded before he looked at Vernisia and Zevien. "I feel like you had some dispute over there about this, but Erica…"

Zevien and Vernisia looked at each other before they laughed.

"What?" Erica frowned. "I am prepared to see you getting beaten by me, but you will also have to attack me later. I want to check my <Nineveh Cloud Armor> awakening spell since it got upgraded in 3rd evolution like all other spells."

Dan revealed a hesitant expression for a second before he nodded resolutely. "Alright! We are aware of our magic spell's intensity, so if we are attacked with similar or somewhat close magic spell intensity by others in the future, we can act better in response."

Zevien looked at Vernisia and smiled. "Alright, hit me with the overflow-cast <Wind Roaring Tiger> again. This time I will transform and see how much I am damaged."

"Alright," Vernisia nodded.

Zevien indeed transformed into a vampire right away by absorbing 15 drops of blood. Naturally, he suppressed his vampire's physical traits and didn't let them appear.

'The mana draining is small as usual,' Zevien thought after checking the mana consumption every second.

The last time he checked, he consumed 600 mana every hour while he was transformed. However, to remain in transformation, he would require blood every hour as well. So, the problem was not mana, but blood. That's why he kept a big reserve of vampire blood in his magic eidos body.

"Are you ready?" Vernisia asked after moving back twenty meters.

"Ready," Zevien grinned.

*swoosh!*

The giant wind orb hit Zevien again and trapped him inside. The tiny wind blades manifested and started attacking him. Once again, his body was covered in blood and many wounds.

However, Zevien wasn't dealt as much damage as before. He nodded in satisfaction after the wind orb ran out of power and smiled. "Good. It's about 30% less damage than before. So, my physical constitution is strengthened by around 30% when I'm in vampire form."

"Once more, please," Zevien grinned as he activated his Shaman-seed to transform into cat-form as cat ears appeared on his head, and his nails also started increasing, but Zevien quickly suppressed the physical traits and just let the power flow in him like normal.

The wounds on his body started healing quickly because, if he was in his cat-form via Shaman-seed's activation, his physical healing factor was high, so the healing factor of vampire and the cat-form combined quickly healed his body in seconds.

Unless it was very serious injuries, like a powerful magic attack's energy stuck in his body and damaged him internally, both his physical and magic eidos body, these two healing factors combined could work just like a tier-3 healing magic potion. Of course, only physical healing.

"Oh, that power... Alright," Vernisia said as she nodded and cast <Wind Roaring Tiger> in sphere-release again.

*swoosh!*

*cha..cha..cha..cha.cha….*

"Extra 15% reduction, hahaha. Awesome," Zevien laughed as his wounded body was healed again in a matter of seconds. Shaman-seed was more on the magic power side and less on physical enhancement.

It enhanced his magic power a lot, along with his senses that can physically affect his dexterity and agility. However, the fundamental physical strengthening was just 15%. But the nails that grow are magically powered, so they are stronger.

"45% increase in your physical constitution after activating both forms," Vernisia muttered in a daze before she smiled brightly. "That's great!"