Blood Elf Monarch

After practicing using his fire spells and trying out various combinations for them, Tristan decided that it was time to move on to the next stage.

After the almost restless practice, Tristan figured that although these fire spells were powerful, he should not make it his main focus.

Of course, this was not because they were useless. The spells were personally handpicked by him, so how could he not know how they could be useful and how he could use them? Tristan would not have picked them if he did not find them useful.

The fire spells also made him feel more confident in his strength. With them, he would be much more versatile in the upcoming battle. It was just that, although these spells boosted his offensive power, it was clear to him that they would not be enough.

In the end, it all went back to himself. He had to prepare his innate skills - his Blood Monarch powers. With this thought, Tristan checked his skills as well as the requirement for his skill upgrade.

[Tristan]

[Battle Power: 300]

[Blood Monarch Body - Fifth stage]

[Innate Skills]

[Blood Extraction]

[Blood Seal - Stage 3]

[Blood Synthesis - Stage 3]

[Blood Legacy]

[Blood Summon]

[Blood Essence: 78,213]

[Upgrading Blood Synthesis to stage 4 requires 200,000 Blood Essence.]

[Upgrading Blood Seal to stage 4 requires 50,000 Blood Essence.]

[Upgrading Blood Monarch Body to stage 6 requires 100,000 Blood Essence.]

Tristan frowned.

'It's not enough.'

He did not have nearly enough Blood Essence to upgrade all three of his skills.

The only skill he could upgrade at the moment was [Blood Seal], but he did not want to do that. He simply could not see how it would be useful enough for the upcoming battle for him to use 50,000 Blood Essence on. The most that skill could give him to contribute to the upcoming battle would be for the orcs, but even that was not guaranteed.

It would be great if he could turn a lot more Orc Champions into Orc Overlords with the upgrade of his [Blood Seal] to the next stage, but he could not be sure of how many he would be able to turn into Orc Overlords with just an upgrade of one stage. There was just no guarantee.

Although he was slightly tempted to try and find out, he currently did not have the luxury to gamble, especially using his Blood Essence.

While it might be true that having dozens of Orc Overlords who were resistant to magic attacks could be useful, with the battle involving a lot of enemies attacking them from the air, his orcs would not be the ideal option to invest too much in.

If he chose to upgrade that skill despite having enough to upgrade one of the other two, he would only be wasting his precious Blood Essence.

His current best option was to upgrade [Blood Synthesis] since it would boost his offensive ability tremendously, but an upgrade to the next stage required 200,000 Blood Essence. For him to reach that amount, he needed almost triple the amount he had at the moment.

But of course, that amount would not be so easy to get. He might use it to upgrade [Blood Seal] in the end, but he would only do that if he could not get enough Blood Essence to upgrade any of the others. Ultimately, something is still better than nothing.

Tristan furrowed his brows.

Even if he failed to get enough Blood Essence to upgrade [Blood Synthesis], he wanted to at least upgrade his [Blood Monarch Body]. After all, everything would end up useless if he died in the end.

Even though he had his undying body, with the scale of the upcoming battle, he would not be surprised if they sent someone powerful enough to destroy his body. Even their previous 'visit', which was not as large as their upcoming one, had Jenkins, who almost managed to kill him. It wouldn't be weird if a few enemies stronger than Jenkins would come.

Thus, to avoid having his Heart of Monarch taken and destroyed, his second priority after [Blood Synthesis] was to upgrade his [Blood Monarch Body] to stage 6. Even if they were to lose the battle, it would still be fine as long as he could stay alive since sooner or later, he would be able to pay them back.

As he was thinking about getting more Blood Essence, he faintly heard noises from above. The noises were extremely dampened as he was in the underground practice area below the palace, but he was sure that something was going on outside the palace above ground.

Not wanting to delay in case it was anything urgent, Tristan rushed out of the training room and went back up to check the situation. Of course, Illiana and Herrera quickly followed suit.

About a minute later, they finally arrived outside the entrance of the secret passage. As there was no one he could ask about the situation, he quickly walked toward the nearest window to check the situation outside.

From the looks of it, the cause of the ruckus was the group of people that newly arrived at the city. Though, calling them 'people' did not feel quite right since they did not seem to be entirely human.

The individuals who entered the city and were on their way to the palace were not just human; although not all of them, several of the individuals in the group had strange features on their bodies. With just a glance, anyone would be able to tell that they were a group of hybrids.

Although they were quite eye-catching, the group of hybrids were not the main reason for the ruckus. Instead, what caught the eye of the citizens were the cages of animals behind the hybrids.

When Tristan saw the caged animals behind them, he immediately knew who these people were. At the same time, his mouth curved into a smile.

The Trappers.

'They came just in time.'