Chapter 30 -Fusion (1/2)

By the time Aiden realized, time passed and they were already inside the city.

”Huh? Wha- When did we get in?” he gasped waking up from his long inner discussion with Enya. He got lost in the multitude of options that were presented to him once he finally checked the Fusion feature of the system.

This feature raised a lot of questions, questions that he needed answers to. His curious nature, that he still couldn't understand where it came from, needed the answers to the questions that were drilling his mind. Thankfully, Enya was more than happy to assist in this endeavor, and by the time they realized an unknown amount of time had passed and they were already walking along the busy streets of the city.

”We figured you were just lost in all the stimuli that the first sights of a city can cause. You know, Lily was the same, when she first came to the city with me, she was so cute, hehe. Granny chuckled thinking back.

”Granny!!!” pouted Lily.

Keeping his silence, he looked at the 2 and a small, almost invisible smile could be seen creeping upon his face, as he sank back into his consciousness, digesting all the information he just received.

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Back at the gates...

[Fusion

* Step 1 of 3 *

Please provide the ingredients for the process. Once ready, continue to NEXT step.]

A very brief window greeted Aiden as soon as he pressed the Fusion option in his system menu.

'So now, I need to provide the required mastered forms here from the system or the Energy Orb, right? How many I can provide, and what are the benefits of adding more?' asked Aiden from the system.

[While there's no real upper limit to how many can you add, I would not advise adding more than 3, otherwise, the end result will be very hard to calculate and the likeliness of mutations will also increase.]

'Alright, let's see…' Currently, Aiden had 2 mastered forms that he could add, and one of them is completely useless, while the other one is something that he can't imagine would give many benefits. To top it off, his first useful form, the Cave Viper, has not progressed much, it was still only halfway done. 'Well, at least I could check how the system works, for later when I actually wanted to use it…'

With that, he added the Prime Slime form, and as the second option, the Monster Energy Orb he received from the hunting trip, before focusing his will on the flashing NEXT button.

[Fusion

* Step 2 of 3 *

Selected Life Forms:

- Prime Slime (clean)

- Monster Energy Orb (Tier 1) (clean)

Chance for mutation: Calculating...

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The screen flickered for a few seconds before the calculation completed and the information continued to come into view.

[...

Chance for mutation: 5%

Calculating results… Please stand by.]

[Once the calculation completes, you will be able to select from the projected results and continue with that one while you discard the rest. Make sure you are happy with your selection, as once you go to the last step, you will not be able to go back anymore. Your only options will be to tweak your selected result, and then save it as a draft to commence the fusion at a later date.]

'What happens if I want to start the fusion immediately?'

[The system will commence the hibernation as it did before, and you will be put into your cocoon once again until the fusion completes. That could take from hours to days or even more.]

'I will just check out the options. So, as long as I do not go to the last step, I'm fine, as you said. I have not used up my Orb, right? After all, I just want to familiarize myself with the feature. '