Chapter 223: Uninvited Guests (1/2)

(AN: Quick note only, as I guess most people skip the Author's Note at the end: We do have a Discord Channel, which I invite you all to join! I will be sharing 1000 Redeemeble codes on there EXCLUSIVELY (already had one) and I will post the official art there as well!

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Focusing his mind, Aiden decided to go with his gut feeling and chose the second option from the offered fusion list. As soon as he did, the floating, transparent screen flickered for a moment and vanished from sight.

The strange reaction cause Aiden to look in front of him incredulously. However, before he could do anything, suddenly a new window appeared, with the never-before-seen the last step in the Fusion menu.

Although, even not seeing this particular part before, Aiden had a suspicion that the text was not the regular, but just as before it was altered to his strange situation.

[Fusion

* Step 3 of 3 *

Selected Fusion:

Primal Goblin Lord

Ranking: Tier 2+

Potential: ????

Ingredients:

- Primal

- Goblin

- ????]

Just as in the previous screen, the text still had sections that were unreadable. However, he noticed something different than before; the strange glyphs that covered the text and turned it into some garbled mess were flickering differently than the floating window itself. As if it was an additional layer on top of it.

He had the urge to reach out for the closest in front of him, but before he could do so, a text tinted in the same light-blue tint as the menu itself began to slowly appear at the bottom, providing additional details of the process and giving a… warning?

[...

Chance for Mutation: ????

Warning: Proceeding with the fusion will force the host to enter the Primal Egg state and turn the system unavailable for the duration of the fusioned evolution. Make sure the host is at safety for the duration of the process.

Time required to complete fusion: ...Calculating, please stand by...]

'Huh… so that strange black leathery cocoon is called Primal Egg? Never knew.' He smirked with the newly gained tidbit as he read through the text. As he reached the last part, he looked up with a mix of surprise and slight confusion.

'Wait! Shouldn't there be additional options available? I remember Enya mentioning back then, that I should be able to alter the end result by choosing and discarding certain traits. Is that not available this time?' He asked inwardly, although he himself wasn't sure why. There was nothing and nobody there to answer…

Sighing at the thought, Aiden shook his head as he returned his focus to the still proudly dancing campfire for the time being. Although the constantly flickering and floating screen blocked most of his vision, by now he had no difficulty in ignoring it. Besides, his hearing was sharp enough, so if anything would attempt to get a jump at them, he would hear and even smell from far away.

Luckily the place they picked was quite hidden, the chances of being spotted were minimal at best.

After around a minute, the floating, blue-tinted screen blinked and the bell-sound informing Aiden that a process was completed rang inside Aiden's mind. Focusing on the window once more, he looked at the bottom section of the text.