The Extra Villain's Second Chance: A Hero's System

If we used the identification method commonly used by people in this world, the mana pool was divided into three levels: low, middle, and high.

These three categories determined the future potential for improvement of a person's mana pool.

Even if someone had just created a low-level mana pool, if they were identified as having a high-level mana pool, that person could be considered a "success." Conversely, if they were identified as having a low-level mana pool, then that person could be considered a "failure."

In the dictionary of the people of this world, there was no such thing as improving the innate potential of a person's mana pool.

If someone was identified as having a low-level mana pool, the highest potential they could achieve was to become a novice magician.

In reality, being identified as having a low-level mana pool was already a good thing for ordinary people. They already had the potential to become magicians, a highly coveted profession.

However, this was not the case for nobles. For a noble society, being identified as having a low-level mana pool was a catastrophe.

If, within one generation, there were no descendants with at least a middle-level mana pool, the worst-case scenario was that their noble title could be demoted or revoked.

As we all know, the law of the jungle was the number one rule in this world.

That said, such cases were very rare.

There was a reason why a noble would always remain a noble, while a commoner would always remain a commoner.

In a society governed by the law of the jungle, as was the case on the Avalon continent, the reason for the distinction between commoners and nobles was that nobles had a much greater potential to obtain a high-level mana pool, while it was nearly impossible for commoners to achieve the same.

Now, what about Lev?

Lev's case was different. It wasn't better; in fact, it was even worse.

He did not awaken a mana pool of low, middle, or high level. The term "small" that Elias had used during the banquet hall earlier was merely a formality. To put it bluntly, Lev had been identified as trash.

'But this was enough.'

Compared to his previous life, where he had failed to even create a mana pool, his current situation was better. At least he could focus on strengthening his body to become a warrior, and if he was lucky, he might awaken his aura and become a swordsman, or even a knight. 'At least, that was how outsiders saw it now.'

It was common for those with a trash-level mana pool to focus on physical strengthening.

There were three levels for warriors: novice, expert, and knight.

Given the sword skills he had demonstrated over the past few years, his potential to pursue the path of a warrior was wide open, so his family could not forcibly expel him.

"Now I had time to start executing my plan."

As Lev was deep in thought, Daria was blowing on his bleeding palm. If you thought she was putting on a sad expression because she saw his injured hand, you would be wrong. She didn't even ask why his hand was injured.

Although Daria hadn't drooled while sleeping earlier, she was now drooling as she looked at his palm. In a quick motion, she stuck out her tongue and began licking his palm like a dog.

"Was her beastkin instinct awakening?" Lev wondered silently, questioning Daria's strange behavior.

As the blood from his palm touched Daria's tongue, she swallowed it whole.

Gulp!

"My parents used to say that when we got injured, the first step was to lick the wound. They said it helped heal the injury. Of course, I brushed my teeth thoroughly after eating the cakes in the banquet hall, so the risk of bacterial infection from my mouth to your wound was reduced, Young Master."

"How did my blood taste?"

"Delicious, ehehe."

Some of Lev's blood still clung to Daria's pink lips. She slowly licked her upper lip with her tongue, but when she was about to lick her lower lip, she paused for a moment.

Lev held Daria's chin and turned her face toward his. When their eyes met, Lev leaned in closer and suddenly, like lightning, captured her lower lip.

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Not only did he press his lips against hers, but Lev also licked Daria's lips with his tongue.

When he released her lips, a string of saliva stretched between them.

"Hmm. It seemed you were right."

Due to Lev's sudden action, Daria's face instantly turned as red as a tomato. Her body froze for a moment before she suddenly stood up like a robot. Her black pupils grew dull and lifeless. She turned around and, without saying a word, walked out of his private bedroom.

When the door closed tightly, something unexpected happened. At first, Lev only heard a faint, ghost-like laughter, but gradually, it turned into loud screams.

Daria sounded like she was laughing like a madwoman. Not only was she laughing, but the floor also shook, indicating that she was jumping around in excitement.

In contrast to Daria's over-the-top behavior, Lev simply lay back on the bed, wearing a serious expression.

He stared at the ceiling, thinking about Daria's future.

"If she hadn't reached 20 years old yet... there was still a chance."

Beastkin were different from humans—the way they gained power was different. While humans had to create a mana pool at the age of 18, beastkin could experience exponential growth in strength at a young age.

Provided they successfully awakened their bloodline.

If they failed to awaken their bloodline by the time they reached 20, they would never be able to awaken it.

You might wonder, if beastkin could possess great power at a much younger age than humans, shouldn't they dominate the Avalon continent? But that wasn't the case.

On the contrary, beastkin had a small population on the continent, and they didn't even have their own kingdom. Most of them were scattered across the land.

Perhaps it was because not many of them could awaken their bloodline? This made them easily oppressed by other races, such as humans—the dominant race on the continent. 'At least for now.'

"If I hadn't read the novel Hero's Destiny, I might not have known about the method to awaken a bloodline."

According to Kaela SwiftPaw, one of the main character's potential harem members in this world, each tribe of beastkin had a different method for awakening their bloodline.

This might be the reason why so few beastkin could awaken their bloodline.

Unlike humans, who only needed to go to the Holy Church when they reached the appropriate age.

One of the most common examples was the activation requirement for the Pawpaw tribe, the tribe Kaela SwiftPaw belonged to. They were said to have to survive alone in the forest from a young age. Only when they could activate their bloodline could they leave. In other words, their survival instincts had to be maximized.

So, what about the Whitescarf tribe, where Daria came from?

There was no specific explanation about the bloodline activation requirements for the Whitescarf tribe in the novel. 'Even in my previous life, I had never heard of a beastkin tribe called Whitescarf.'

In other words, their tribe was virtually non-existent. 'Perhaps the only remaining member of the Whitescarf tribe in this world was Daria herself.'

"Should I put her in a life-or-death situation?"