The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 211: End of my fourth year (2)

WHY?

Why did my status start showing ??? for three of my attributes?

I have no idea. I mean HP and MP may have become a big number that it was not easy to show what's the value of it on the status panel, without causing a slight irritation to the eyes, trying to figure out the number, but what about INT?

The value of my INT is nowhere near HP/MP. Its value was something that when HP or MP was at a number did show up on the status screen.

Is there a fixed number for each attribute before the status starts to show the "???" ?

Probably.

I don't know for sure and there was no such mention in any of the books I read so far. Hmm, maybe that was because no one was able to reach such a range or that knowledge is not public and would only be open to the high rankers.

I mean what's the point of telling everyone that their attribute number would become a ??? after a certain number?

There are no gains and the information is useless to most. So I believe that it was not mentioned in the books.

I mean the other option was that no one was able to reach such a number but that can't be possible. In thousands of years, someone should have reached such a number.

Even if they had no 50x bonus as me, there are many who gained 10x bonus according to the books. If we add the resources that can improve attributes to that, then there is a high chance that someone should have reached the number, where their status turned into ???.

Saying that didn't happen would be an absurd.

Of course, there is a third option, where the persons who got to that status kept their mouths shut about it and didn't inform anyone, probably fearing that it could attract attention from others.

What I am saying is that everyone would see others as a potential threat to them. If the other person is more powerful than others, then the threat level is automatically increased but as long as the power is more or less equal to the combined power of their allies.

If the power crosses the threshold, even the allies could become enemies.

People like talented persons but if that talent could become something within their reach, that was something they couldn't accept.

This is why I hid my talents even from my family, fearing that jealousy would be the death of me and it almost did even though I didn't spill any talents that can be considered powerful.

The only things that I said to my parents were my Shadow Affinity and my Bloodline. Even with only that, I still attracted the elders, who tried to get rid of me.

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Reaching the position where the attributes would show ??? instead of an actual number is also a talent. I mean at Tier-6, it won't be possible no matter what.

Now, I have another big secret to keep for myself.

Even if I was at Tier-7 or even Tier-8, I don't believe telling others about this would be a good thing.

This was because I don't believe anyone has the resources to reach such a position easily. They should have expended a lot of resources, high-quality ones at that. They are not easy to come by and would have cost a lot.

If others come to know about the matter, they would certainly act either to jealousy, greed or even fear.

Jealousy because someone else has it instead of them. Greed to gain the resources that could help them to reach the same rank as the person. Fear of being attacked as the person most likely emptied his coffers and has to refill them sooner rather than later.

Any of these factors could lead to an attack on the person who achieved something unachievable.