The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Dorian burned away in the most anti-climatic way. He is all talk and no content, I know right?

If he had developed in a low-key manner, with the help of the system, he could have reached the top ranks. With high strength, his family could have been out of poverty and would have reached noble status.

Instead, that idiot got the power to his head. He thought that with the system in hand, he was invincible. From the first time I saw him till now, he remained arrogant.

It's okay to be prideful but arrogance leads to demise. It looks like he had to learn it the hard way.

This would be his last life. Now he has no chance of reincarnation either.

When I first got Nether Flames, I wanted to check what it could do. Normally it is what the skill description was for but my panel was different. It makes some sassy comments and the information it gives is as low as possible.

I could only use the skill and learn its usage by myself.

After I got the secondary profession, Soul Arbiter, I could see souls everywhere. Whenever I kill a monster, a part of the soul remains every time. Sometimes, the entire soul remains.

I collected them because I know they could be useful through my second profession but I don't know the proper path to do so. It was designated for later.

When I used Nether Flames for the first time, there was no soul remnant.

Since I didn't know much about souls, I never thought that it had to do with my skills. Only after using Nether Flames for a bit more, I could discern that it possibly burned away the soul.

After learning the fact, I decided against using Nether Flames again. There is no reason to waste such a rare resource.

Today, I changed the rule because I wanted to avoid any future problems.

This world is made of magic and there was almost no knowledge about souls, at least openly. I don't know whether souls can remain after death and seek revenge similar to what happens in certain novels.

So burning away a rare resource in exchange to avoid further trouble in the future, is considered a good exchange.

There are many novels where the souls would search for a new body or a disciple to train. Once they are ready, then it is time for revenge.

An unknown enemy is very dangerous. One wouldn't know when they would strike, and wouldn't be prepared enough for the fight. In such situations, one would be killed or at least severely injured.

I don't want to be in such a position, ever.

The only way to deal with my enemies was to completely obliterate them, not just their bodies but also their souls. Only this way can I live in peace.

Knowing that there is such of possibility of my dead enemies retaliating in the future is not a good thing. I want a peaceful life and for that, it's best to have less number of enemies, zero if possible.

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After Dorian died, the system which was supposed to be helping him, tried to escape, possibly to its master or to search a new host.

Whatever might be the case, I can't let that happen, as it is a future threat. If there is a chance to eliminate them in the present, I would take the chance, unless they have never committed anything against me as of yet.

There are skills and even many professions that can see the future, though how much, only they would know. No one would spill everything, which may be disadvantageous to them.

So it is possible to know future threats as long as one pays the price but it was said that the future is always fluctuating. Even knowing a piece of the future would alter many things. So even though these professions are revered, no one blindly does things according to their words.

What these Seers and Prophets speak would be just used as a referral, rather than as a main script.

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Anyway, I prepared a way to deal with the system and that help came from the Cosmic Market.

After I got hold of this treasure, I felt that a brand new future appeared before my eyes.

Though the world is of magic and anything can be possible, it was not easy to do so. With access to the market, I have access to various resources that don't exist in this world.

With these resources, I will be able to achieve something that wasn't easy or impossible in this world.

With the Dormant Crystal of Solitude, I was able to imprison the system or at least I hope so. From the user guide, the colour of the crystal changes when something is imprisoned inside and it did. So I think that the crystal successfully captured the system.

The question that remains now is, what to do with the system?

Dorian had access to whatever features the system brought since it was in a symbiotic or parasitic relationship with him. I don't want that. I need to find another way to access it without infecting myself with it.

If that fails, it means that I would have a worthless prisoner and that's all.

If it is worthless, it should be disposed of. It is a burden to carry it, if I can't find a way to make use of it.

I should look for a way to make use of it. The way possibly would be available in the cosmic market. I should check the items regularly to see if they appear.

It would be too bad if such an item appeared and disappeared fast.

I have no idea how the system was made. There should be some master who created it or controlling it.

If it was created, then as long as I can figure out the code that runs the 'system', then I can use it without problem. The problem was how to view such code. I don't have anything that can be used to view its source code.