The Tales of Draconic Warlock

There was only one problem that stood in his path, Elisha's fiance, Magnus. There was only one way to get what he wanted, and that could be done only by eliminating Magnus.

So he planned to kill Magnus using Dorian.

If, by any chance, the Frostwolf family uses a Death Seeker, then they would know who killed Magnus. To make sure that he wouldn't be entangled in such a mess, he decided to use Dorian as the perfect tool.

He could eliminate Magnus and won't be punished for his death. Once Magnus dies, Elisha will be free, and he can marry her.

It was such a perfect plan, but that failed and, at the same time, caused a lot of damage to him.

If only he had made a different plan, instead of causing the academy to investigate the deaths of the five students in the secret realm.

William has no idea how the academy found out about the dealings he had with Dorian.

Once the academy had enough proof, they expelled both him and Elisha from the academy.

The expulsion led to greater losses for him.

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The reason why he even became part of this drama was because of his great-grandmother, Lady Wellna Aster. The reason for his losses could be truly attributed to her.

He as the only son of the count, is regarded as the next count, after his father. None could compete for the noble title but that changed now.

House Rutgurd is not a small family. To reach the rank of a Count, they should have existed for hundreds of years and that means there are a lot of descendants. Even if a few died as time passed, there are a lot of members in the family, but they all belong to the side branch now.

Even William's uncle belongs to the side branch.

Only an heir from the main line can inherit a noble title and lands unless there is no one left. With him as the sole main line in his generation, William was sure to ascend that chair but that changed with the expulsion from the academy.

His uncle, who was his father's brother, though born in the main branch of the family, became a side branch once William's father took the Count title. After that moment, there was no chance of his blood ever gaining the title unless something happened to William.

The problem was, as an only child of his, the count had set up ten guards, who would protect him every minute of every day. Every one of these guards has reached Tier-6 and that means the enemy had to be Tier-8 or so to defeat them.

Ten Tier-6 guards can defeat even a Tier-7 professional. Sure, there would be damage on their side, but they would come out victorious. Moreover, no Tier-7 and above would take assassination jobs, unless they are assassins through their class. Even the ones that take the job would charge a lot for the job.

With such a price, there is a high chance that it would be found out by the family.

So he wouldn't dare to make plans against William, but that doesn't mean he gave up. He has been waiting for the right time and the time has arrived.

William got expelled from the Royal Academy for conspiring with another student to kill a student of the academy.

Normally, in such cases, William should have been executed, but lucky for him, the student they conspired against is still alive, and that William is the heir to a Count.

These two reasons saved him from death but they couldn't save him from expulsion.

This became a weapon for his uncle to drag William from the heir position.

Since William was the only child of his father, if William couldn't take the noble title, then it would go to his uncle or his son.

The others have no right to the title unless William, his uncle, and his uncle's children disappear or lose their claim.

That would not happen easily. So they would usually select their position in the family and work hard to gain that position.

After all in a family, the elders have a major say after the head of the family.

Most of the time, the head would be busy. So the administration was usually carried out by these elders. So, even though they would never have power outside of the family, they can still subtly influence the family. So the only one who enjoyed his expulsion was William's uncle.

With the help of other elders, after promising them various benefits, he took away the heir position from William.

The only issue was that William's father didn't want to let his brother or his sons take the title.

So he created a way for William, giving him a chance at regaining the heir position and later the Count title after him.

In three years, there would be a competition to decide who would be the heir of House Rutgurd.

Which was once his by birth, is no longer his. He has to work hard to regain the title. All of this was due to his great-grandmother.

He was quite furious about that.

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If she hadn't wished him to take revenge on the descendants of her rivals, this couldn't have happened.

Even though that was true, he can't blame her. She is the reason, he still has a chance to regain his heir position. Without her support, there was no way that his uncle would have agreed to the competition.

He was already facing backlash for trying to kill a student of the academy. It was a mark that couldn't be erased easily. To smooth over things, his father went to the Frostwolf family offering a huge sum as compensation.

The Frostwolf family agreed that they won't retaliate but Magnus added that as long William won't cause trouble in the future, he won't try to take revenge for the conspiracy to murder him.

William went ballistic when he heard about what Magnus told his father and their entourage.

To William, the root cause of his losses was Magnus.

To him, if he had died in the secret realm, as he was supposed to, everything would have been better.

Willam, lent his trainer to train Dorian for a month. This was when the first-year students went for a break for the first time. In those thirty days, the combat experience of Dorian improved a lot.

To make sure that nothing goes wrong, he even lent an artifact that can vaporize any enemy as long as you can supply energy to it. Unless the enemy was two or more ranks higher than you, it would be a piece of cake, but Dorian botched it.

There is a chance that the artifact fell into the hands of Magnus. It was a huge loss and then now as acompensation his family had to pay a lot of sum.

Luckily, his father was rich and the compensation came from his father, rather than from the family.

If the compensation came from the family, then it would be even worse for William inside his family.

There are already a few who are looking to pull him down. When he was the heir, those guys used to shiver before him but now they are acting as a bunch of bandits.

Back then they had no other choice. William was the heir and then he would become the Count and head of the family but now there are chances for others as well.

Yes, the competition was for all eligible ones from William's generation.

Anyone who is near his age can compete in this competition that would be held in three years. This was like a huge chance for everyone who has high ambitions. They can bring down the main branch and they themselves can become the main branch.

Such a chance wouldn't appear easily and to achieve that they are prepared to do whatever is needed to be done. This even includes playing dirty.

If one of the competitors couldn't make it to the competition, then that would mean one less competitor for the title and an increase in their chances of winning.

They are circling him to understand him and sabotage him. In these times, a divided mind would be problematic.

So he came to a decision. No matter what he has to win this competition. Until then, he has to forget about Magnus. His revenge has to wait till the end of the competition. After dealing with him, he has plans for the bitch Elisha.

Yes, for William, tough Magnus is the main culprit, and his great-grandma was the reason that happened, it all started with Elisha. She bore the features of his great-grandma's rival from a long past.

If not for that, this wouldn't have started in the first place.

He wanted to marry her back then, but those plans changed.

What he planned for her would be revealed in the future.