“Welcome back. Did everyone make it safely?” Karl asked.
“As safely as could be expected. That trial was wild, and we didn’t have the clerics or Thor or Remi. I couldn’t even get her to give me stuff from her space. Fortunately, the buffs you cast on everyone were still active.” Rae replied.
“Alright, you had a very different trial than the rest of us. There was nothing to fight in ours.”
Rae seemed lost in a fond memory for a moment. “Me and Cara appeared with Dana and Ophelia, and Hawk was in the sky over us. We thought that everyone else must have gotten separated, but then there was angry bacon and zombies and the whack a mole lady, and not quite humans, and some blue not quite humans.
Everything was attacking, and I got to squish the zombie lady again, but with a hole in the middle of the stone, so she sprayed into the air.” Ophelia shook her head in dismay, while Dana did her best not to laugh.
The berserker was back in her own form for the first time in weeks, and it was strange hearing her normal voice, instead of the deeper voice of her Werebear form, as she added details to the explanation.
“The trial told us that we would get a reward for every target killed before the timer ran out. Of course, with the three beasts, we were searching for targets halfway through the timer, and then it kicked us out with ten minutes left on the timer. But it gave me a reward, so I guess we did it right.” She added.
Dana nodded. “It gave me a reward as well, but it says that it’s calculating, so the reward is still pending.”
[I’m pending too.] Hawk noted.
[What do you mean, you’re pending? Did you get a reward from the trial?]
[Not quite. I’m just stuck halfway to Monarch. My skill advanced while I was playing with the not food, and now I’m pending.]
Oh, Hawk had learned a new word, and it somewhat fit his situation. He would advance to Monarch very soon, but something was stopping him.
Maybe it was his space? Karl was also stuck in limbo, so it might be a deficiency in the stored energy levels or quality.
[I don’t think so, the spaces have plenty of energy.] Remi informed him as she worked on more healing potions to give out to the group, so they would have some if she wasn’t nearby.
“Is there someone here who has to make a selection within their system interface?” Karl asked, wondering what the holdup was. freёwebnovel.com
[Remi, why don’t you come out? Maybe that’s the issue.]
Remi remained in her Naga Queen form and came out to grab Lotus, picking the little cleric up in a princess carry.
One after another, everyone confirmed that they didn’t have anything waiting for them to select an option. So, the System must have just hung up and wasn’t processing the rewards at its usual speed.
“Well, if we’re waiting anyhow, why don’t we give Thor a potion and see if that changes anything? It’s here and ready.” Remi suggested.
The two Totems chuckled. Watching what the beast came up with regarding new concoctions was brilliant entertainment.
[Well, there’s nothing to lose.] Thor agreed, still worried he wouldn’t get anything but a duplicate skill that Rae and Karl could already use.
But he dutifully tilted his head back for Remi to feed him the potion that she had upgraded, and power surged through him as well as the beast spaces.
Far above them, thunder rumbled and power surged from the temple beneath them as Thor began to grow.
“Oh, it works really well. I should find good things to feed everyone.” Remi cheered.
His height increase wasn’t excessive, but Thor seemed to have gotten noticeably longer than he was before, in proportion to his height.
Karl guessed the length increase between his legs to be a bit over a metre, with about the same added to his tail, while the armoured ball on the end had turned nearly all golden, as had his horns. Thor was definitely the first of them to reach Monarch Rank, and while Karl didn’t have a proper name for his evolution, it looked like Nacht did.
“Well, isn’t that interesting. You found a way to turn a Lightning Cerro into a Divine Thunder Cerro.”
Thor bugled happily as he realized that the potion hadn’t disappointed, and that he was actually ahead of the others for the very first time.
Not for long, as Karl could feel that the bottleneck was released, and Hawk would advance in the next few minutes. But Hawk was happy to let his little brother have this victory.
“And you have gained another Monarch Ranked Divine Beast. I must say, the potential of this Beast Master Class is absolutely incredible.” Nacht amended.
“Actually, I might have an idea about that. I can’t do it yet, but I think that by the time I am an Overlord, I should be able to teach the core ability to create a Beast Space to others.
Once they have that, they should either be able to awaken with the Class, or choose a variant similar to it during their next advancement trial.” Karl explained, mostly for the benefit of the Archbishop, who was currently giving Thor gentle head rubs as he examined the changes.
“Fascinating. He really has changed species with just a potion. I knew that it was possible for some beasts, but I never expected that a Lightning Cerro would manage it. The odds are lower than a Carp jumping through the heavenly gates to become a Dragon.” The Archbishop noted.
Nacht rumbled with laughter at the thought. There was such a legend, but as far as he knew, it was nothing more than that. No known dragon had ever evolved from a Carp, though it was said that during the early days, when the system was active, a few had come from lesser species like drakes and dragonkin.
[What new skills did you get, buddy?] Karl asked Thor, who was immersed in the head pats.
[Hmm, Eternal Lightning didn’t change. I got [Thunder Stomp] and [Lightning Zone]. Those both seem pretty fun. That’s it for new skills, but I’m working on Ophelia’s new one. [Gravity Slam] she called it. I think I will have it soon.]