Chapter 113: Taste of Success (1/2)
”You're too big.” That's the first thing Rakna said when he regrouped with his 'pets'. Tyran lowered his head with a sad growl and Pronos patted his head to comfort him. ”I can't put you in my main storage and Necromancer's Rule doesn't have enough space for you.”
”{Poor thing,}” Higure said as they watched the T. Rex whimper gloomily. ”{Then again, you are right. It would be ill-advised to bring him back to Black Steel. Well, not like he would fit in the train, to begin with.}”
”Hm,” Rakna put a hand on his chin and looked at Tyran with one eye closed. ”Hey, do you think he's compatible with Gigantism?”
”{I don't know. What about you, Alexa?}”
[Based on preliminary scans, I would say there's an 80% chance he is,] the AI answered. [The fact that he possesses Death Energy instead of stamina might increase those odds. As an undead, his body is more 'malleable', for the lack of a better word.]
”So, you're positive of his chances?”
[Affirmative.]
Rakna sighed. ”In that case, I'll have to make a round trip to Black Steel,” he said unexcitedly. ”You two; wait for me around the area. I should be back in… around forty minutes. An hour at worst.”
Tyran and Pronos looked at each other before nodding at him. He sighed again and unfurled his wings. He pumped mana into them and passively noticed how easier it was compared to before he made his circuits.
”Artzpul,” he muttered and the skill was conjured faster than he was used to. The difference was minimal, for sure, but for him, even something like 0.1 second was god-sent. He shot up in the sky, finally free of the infuriating physical blocks, and headed for the station at maximum speed.
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Twenty-five minutes later, a door was slammed open. ”Foxy, one Gigantism Pill.”
Kaelith blankly stared at her lone customer and friend, ”Seriously?”
”Yes.”
”…Sylvie,” she called and the small pet fox came in half a minute later with the sealed box grasped in her tail. The vixen did the usual unlocking and handed the pill to Rakna who promptly stored it.
”Thanks. See you.”
Just like that, he left and Kaelith was left staring at the door with Sylvie standing on the counter in front of her. ”…what just happened? And, is it just me, or his tails and ears were different?”
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”Big guy, use scan on this. Are you compatible?” Rakna asked as he held the pill in his hand. Tyran looked at it for a few seconds before nodding. ”Then eat it.”
Rakna tossed the pill with his thumb and the Dreorin caught it midair. He readily swallowed it and felt it go down his throat, being incorporated into his body.
Then, in the blink of an eye, Tyran's internal energies spiked and caused his aura to suddenly turn into a glaring source of light. Rakna blocked it with his arm and when it died down, his eyes opened wide as he took in the dinosaur's appearance.
”Gar!” The King of Dreorins cried out… cutely. His tone of voice was higher and there was nothing left of his previous mighty roar.
Rakna blinked, looking down at the creature in front of him. Yes, down. What stood in front of him was nothing close to a six-meter-tall T. Rex. It was a small adorable animal with tiny legs and quite a disproportionate, but not uncanny, head.
”Gargar!” He opened his mouth again and leaped toward Rakna who mindlessly caught him before he started rubbing his head against his cheek. Pronos was watching from the side with a stunned look and apparently, Rakna wasn't faring better since he was rooted in place while Tyran excitedly trashed around in his arms.
”{Hoho? A hyper compatibility?}” Higure commented. ”{He has managed to change his body size by more than 100%. Rather, I'd say he's more than 1000% smaller.}”
The lioness' voice snapped Rakna out of it and Tyran coincidentally crossed eyes with Pronos and jumped off. He ran to his snake friend and the two of them stared at each other, this time with a matching line of sight. Then, the two of them hissed/roared before seemingly laughing together.
”Well, that's unexpected,” Rakna muttered. ”Tyran,” he called and the tiny T. Rex turned toward him with a tilt of his head. ”You shrunk to that point; how big can you get?”
Tyran seemed pensive for a second. He closed his eyes then activated the skill again. This time, there was no show of light and Rakna witnessed the transformation happen in real-time until it stopped once he was around ten meters tall.
”Is that your maximum?” He asked and the big guy responded with a nod before returning to his small size. ”I see. It would have indeed been terrific if you could become 1000% bigger.”
”{Nothing surprising. It is common knowledge that increasing one's physical size is considerably harder than the opposite,}” Higure informed.
”Hm, now that I think about it, I haven't tried to decrease my size yet,” Rakna remarked to himself and looked at the time. ”Tyran, Pronos, let's leave. The only reason I came here was that I had to find targets for Soul Drain. There's no point now that I'm partially healed,” he said and walked up to them.