The pressure vanished, and the soul aura that had been leaking from the stone was retracted, leaving it as a simple Opal that was practically vibrating with power.
"You really did it. I can see the system message that the reward is calculating." Karl gave Lord Nacht a weak thumbs-up as he sat down on the gemstone gravel to catch his breath and let [Void Body] overcome the damage that had been done to his soul.
[Reward Calculated]
[Evolution Stone] Awarded
[Error: Some Functions unavailable]
[Randomizing]
Nacht began to laugh as they both saw the message at the same time.
"I will see you shortly, friend. Good luck on remaining a Dragon." Karl laughed.
They had gone through all that, only to get a glitched reward that didn't even work properly.
The Totem Rank Black Dragon seemed to think that this was the funniest thing that had ever happened to him, and his laughter echoed through the city as Karl waited to find out his fate.
[Optimal Advancement Skill Selected]
[Iron Within Rank 3: The Flesh Is Weak]
Remi giggled. [Well, it's not wrong. Your flesh is weak. That was the real issue here.]
Karl mentally rolled his eyes at her. [And what are we going to do if it changes me into something strange?]
[Then you get to be the Monster Man for realsies! We can just keep doing fun stuff forever instead of going back to work.]
[Passive Skill Active] {Iron Within 3}, beginning transformation.
Pain shot through Karl's body, worse than the side effects caused by any of the experimental treatments that the Bureau agents at the Academy had provided for him, and he felt his bones shattering then regrowing.
[Error Encountered: Incompatible Skill Active]
[Adjusting]
No, adjusting wasn't necessary. Karl was thrilled with whatever it had come up with, as long as it wasn't planning to make this process worse.
It had to be [Void Body] that was messing with the skill implementation, but in his current condition, Karl couldn't change any of his skills, not even to turn it off.
[Adjustments Completed]
[Continuing]
The pain resumed, but this time it was fading to numbness, and Karl could see parts of his body turning to mist before reforming to look like they originally had.
Once the wave had crossed his entire body, and Karl was fairly certain the process was complete, he slowly got to his feet and tested his body.
It felt the same as it had before, but his footsteps felt heavier on the gravel than they had before.
[Status] He thought.
Everything looked similar to how it had before, but with one notable change.
[Name] Karl
[Class] Beast Master Packmaster
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