Four years ago in DxD, five for Drako and Kuroka now that they are in the Nasuverse, Drako used the first Noble Phantasm he had obtained from the Gacha.
Back then, the Noble Phantasm was barely enough to kill a six-winged Fallen Angel, a Tier 3.
Back then, Drako was just a Nephilim Dragon. Adding all his stats together was barely over four digits. The same could be said for the experience he had gained from killing that Fallen Angel.
Compared to the 190,000 he had gained from killing Diarmuid... the amount the Fallen Angel had given him now seemed ridiculous.
But Drako knew how important that amount of experience had been at that moment. It was thanks to those enemies, now nothing more than ants, that Drako had managed to get to where he was now.
From his hunts in the forest when he was reborn, the Devils he had killed when rescuing Kuroka and Shirone, the Devil and Fallen Angel who had attacked Akeno and his family, Satanael's allies when helping Tobio... all the way to the Nemean Lion, Ladon and Diarmuid.
It was thanks to all those enemies who had made it difficult for Drako at the time that Drako could now unleash such a powerful Phoebus Catastrophe.
The first Phoebus Catastrophe that Drako used had a radius of barely 10 square meters.
The Phoebus Catastrophe that Drako had just used, restricting its range to the maximum, had shattered everything around Drako within 100 square meters.
Drako hadn't used his Touki to boost his stats; he hadn't needed it.
Drako hadn't used his fire to double his stats; he hadn't needed it.
Gilles de Rais was not like Diarmuid. Drako could barely sense danger coming from him.
True, the Servant is very powerful. Still, it was not the level of danger that Diarmuid posed. Drako had to be 100% focused on fighting Lancer. However, he just had to pay attention so that Gilles wouldn't catch him off guard.
Gilles was only dangerous if he used his final form. That huge, grotesque, almost immortal monster.
But even that form posed no real danger.
Drako was a man who enjoyed fighting, and he enjoyed it even more if it was a fight to the death.
Had he enjoyed killing Caster?
Not at all.
In Drako's opinion, Gilles was a Servant who should not have been summoned in a Holy Grail War, an aberration. His Master should never have been able to summon a Servant. He was an ordinary person (with a somewhat twisted mind) with no magical knowledge at all.
Gilles was going to die, killed under Artoria's Noble Phantasm, after a long fight in which several Servants would join forces to try to finish him off in his giant monster form. Drako had simply gone ahead to take the experience undisturbed.
In case anyone is wondering...
Caster is already dead, and Drako was looking at the notifications Sage was showing him with a smile.
[35.000 experience points have been obtained]
[Due to the increased difficulty, 35.000 experience points have been obtained.]
[Because of the effects of Title Skill [Walking Egg], another 70.000 experience points were obtained.]
[The level of [Nephalem Great Dragon King] had risen from 227 to 250.]
[Nephilim Great Dragon King] has reached its MAX level.]
[Do you want to evolve?]
Drako didn't hesitate at all.
"Yes."
[[Evolving into Nephilim Dragon Monarch in 3, 2, 1...]]
Once again, Drako felt the same pain he had felt so many times before. His bones ached, a sign that his body was changing once again. His muscles were contracting violently, causing pain that was bearable for very few.
The explosion of aura was felt throughout the world, causing chaos in the mages' upper echelons. Of course, this alerted an old vampire, although he already knew this would happen due to his powers.
The old vampire breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had better not bother a certain dragon in the few years he would be in this universe.
[Evolution Completed]
[Reached the Dragon Monarch category]
[Congratulations, you are just a few steps away to become the strongest in your world]
[Stats Boost: +750]
[You still have 85.000 exp to use, leveling up]
[The level of [Nephilim Dragon Monarch raised from 1 to 124]]
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Drako
Race - Nephilim Dragon Monarch
Level - 124/300
HP - 1.237.000/1.237.000
MP - 1.410.000/1.410.000
STR - 6605 (23778) (11889)
END - 6185 (22266) (11133)
AGI - 7050 (25380)
MAG - 6385 (22986) (11493)
Great Dragon King: END X200 for HP, MAG X200 for MP, END X30 for HP Regen, MAG X30 for MP Regen
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When Drako pulled himself together, a confident smile rose on his face.
The aura that emanated from him was no longer that of a mere king, but the one of a true monarch.
Drako couldn't be happier with his new evolution.
The increase in stats due to the evolution didn't surprise him, as the same thing happened in his previous evolution. If once Sage, or rather the system, gave him +500 stat points for evolving to Great Dragon King, the amount of +750 points was something totally acceptable upon reaching a new evolutionary stage.
His stats were getting closer and closer to Ladon's, so perhaps Drako had already entered the same realm as those known as Evil Dragons. Although he did not know if there was another dragon in the same evolution stage as him, he was fairly certain that Tiamat had crossed the barrier separating the Great Dragon Kings from the Dragon Monarchs.
However, it seemed that this title was not known in DxD. Perhaps, because the Heavenly Dragons were too powerful, they simply decided to call those that came close in power Great Dragon Kings. However, they were still far from the magnitudes that Albion and Ddraig managed.
In reality, though, all this was irrelevant. The only important thing to Drako was that he was now stronger, much stronger.
With his stats boosted by the Touki and his Scathe of Branches skill, Drako didn't need to use a single Noble Phantasm to deal with the most powerful enemy he had faced to date, Ladon.
Yes, Drako still considered Ladon the most powerful enemy he had ever faced, even considering Diarmuid and Gilles.
Regardless of fighting style, Ladon's own stats were superior to those of Drako's other opponents.
Diarmuid had impressive speed and agility in wielding his spears unmatched in this world. It would be interesting to watch a battle between him and Cu Chulainn. Though that is impossible now.
As easy as it was for Drako to take down Caster, he is not to be underestimated. His Noble Phantasm was truly terrifying.
Not many will remember a little boy named Leonardo. A boy from the DxD world, who will join the Hero Faction. In other words, a subordinate of Cao Cao.
The interesting thing about this person is his Sacred Gear, the Longinus called Annihilation Maker.
Leonardo will create an extreme situation in the underworld by creating monsters, which is what Sacred Gear does.
Well, Caster's power is pretty much the same, although Drako would say it's even more powerful in some ways. Especially since Caster's Horrors were immortal.
Though everything changes when Leonardo is forced to awaken his Subspecies Balance Breaker, as the giant creatures he summons are on a higher level than the grotesque creature Caster becomes.
But since Drako hasn't seen either one in person, he can't really give an opinion on which one is better than the other.
But Caster did not have good compatibility with Drako, not to say that Drako had all the weapons to be his own worst enemy. Only Phoebus Catastrophe was all he needed to get rid of all the Horrors together with Caster. And even if Gilles had taken his final form, Drako would only have needed to use Gandiva to destroy him. Laevatein was totally unnecessary to kill the Servant.
In the end, among these three enemies, Ladon was still the one who had given Drako the most trouble. He was the only one who had forced him into his true form and the only enemy who had nearly ended Drako's life.
Those practically impenetrable barriers were really annoying...
"There are still more notifications..." muttered Drako as he looked at the system screen.
His stats weren't the only ones that had gone up with the evolution.
[Level of special skill [Presence detection] was increased from 5 to 7]
[Level of special skill [Automatic HP Recovery] was increased from 6 to 8]
Those were the only two special skills that had increased in level. Actually, they were the only ones that were still level-graded within that category.
Drako could now increase the range at which he could sense other people's aura thanks to the Presence Detection level increases. Simultaneously, the HP he regenerates when he loses life is no longer raised by 60%, but by 80%.
[Level of normal skill [Breath of Abyss] was increased from 1 to 3].
[Level of normal skill [Dark Fang] was increased from 7 to 9].
[Level of normal skill [Infernal Dragon Punch] was increased from 8 to 9]
[Level of normal skill [Numbing Darkness Claws] was increased from 9 to 10]
[[Numbing Darkness Claws] has reached MAX level]
[Level of normal skill [Holy Breath] was increased from 7 to 9]
[Level of normal skill [Holy Fang] was increased from 6 to 8]]
[Level of normal skill [Holy Healing Claws] was increased from 7 to 9].
All his Normal Skills related to his dragon skills had gone up two levels. Numbing Darkness Claws had reached its maximum level, giving Drako a possible future evolution of the skill as he already did with [Darkness Breath], which evolved into the current [Breath of Abyss].
With this, Drako's attack power had gone up another level.
But there were still the Resistance Skills.
[Level of resistance skill [Physical Resistance] was increased from 6 to 8].
[Level of resistance skill [Hunger Resistance] was increased from 5 to 7]
[Level of resistance skill [Poison Resistance] was increased from 7 to 8]
[Level of resistance skill [Magic Resistance] was increased from 8 to 10]
[[Magic Resistance] has reached MAX level]
[Level of resistance skill [Darkness Resistance] was increased from 5 to 7]
[Level of resistance skill [Holy Resistance] was increased from 4 to 6]
Virtually all Resistance Skills had leveled up. It was a pleasant surprise to have reached the maximum level in Magic Resistance. Although it didn't look like the Resistance Skills could evolve, it was good to know that the opponent had to double Drako's defense level to damage him with purely magical attacks.
With so many skills having leveled up, along with his stats, Drako couldn't be happier with the first night of the Holy Grail War in which he had actively participated.
And there were still five Servants left...
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