Chapter 394: Minions and sub-world (1/2)

'[Huah… Aiden, try not to do something like this again. At least, not until you wait for me to check it out first… Thanks to Ioris, you lucked out this time but who knows what would happen next…]'

Although he was berated, the only thing that registered in Aiden's mind was not the lecture but something else…

'Lucked out?' Aiden asked with a befuddled expression. Luck? How could whatever that transpired be considered-

However, before he could finish his inner lament, the system's screen reappeared once again, giving an answer to Enya's vague explanation.

[Selected skills for fusion:

A) Water Resistance (Level 1)

B) Hunt (Level 4)

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Chance for success: 59%

Possible Results: Hunt (Level 5), Water Resistance (Level 5), ????, ????.

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Process Successful! The Skills [Water Resistance (Level 1) and Hunt (Level 4) have been fused together and merged into a new one.

The skill: [Aquatic Predator (Level 1) has been created!]

Without wasting any time, Aiden focused his attention on the newly acquired skill, to see what it was actually about.

[Aquatic Predator (Level 1):  The keen senses of the fearsome hunters of the depth of seas and oceans course through your veins. The skill passively enhances your senses while underwater gives you passive resistance to the ever-increasing pressure of the dark, unexplored depths.

Being a fused skill, the skill retains the knowledge of its parent traits, providing a minimal amount of resistance against water-based magical attacks and the knowledge of a fearsome predator, a natural-born hunter of the wilds.]

Reading through the text, Aiden was stunned for quite a while. In the end, he had to admit that he truly lucked out with this one. Still, he now had an understanding of the Workshop, and, not too keen on playing fate any more, he quickly closed the feature and navigated back to the menu.

Glancing over the window and seeing as it was still the height of the night, Aiden relaxed and focused on the third, and probably most important update his system has most likely received. The Domain, which was probably an updated and expanded term for the Minions feature he had previously.

As he selected the feature the familiar screen of what he had seen once before had appeared for him once again.

[ Status | Lab | *Domain* |  Activities ]

[ *Info* | Manage | World | Tasks ]

The first two sub-options were the same as before however, there was now a new, third and even a third sub-feature unlocked.

By default, just like before, the information tab was presented, showing the summary of his current 'army'. Still, there were significant changes to the system

[…

Minions: 4 / 100

Currently Active Minions 1 / 4

Other Subjects: 489

At [UNNAMED] Minion World:

Minion Quality:  3 x Tier 3 (clean)

1 x Tier 2 (clean)

Current Hierarchical Composition:

Citizen: 436

Soldiers: 53

Officers: 4

Note: Subjects are the accepted inhabitants of the [UNNAMED] Minion World, and are not under the direct control of the system and thus not counted in the Minion Count. The host will need to inject his energy into their cores and thus through transformation new members could be added.

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Surprisingly, his previous 10 limit was massively increased, now sporting 10 times its previous size, proudly standing at a whopping 100 limit.

Also, to Aiden's great surprise, there was a count of all the other 'inhabitants', the orcs that migrated into the world through his help were also displayed on the screen.

Apart from that, not much has changed. Though it was obvious that the system wanted him to name this new space, this new world that was slowly turning from a lifeless void into a real safe haven, Aiden wasn't sure about what to use.

'Hmm… I should probably ask the others. I should be able to contact them now… But before that…'

With great anticipation, Aiden selected the second tab under the Domain. For a while now, he was dying to learn more about her dear little Galina's state. What has she transformed into, why was the System referring to her as his 'kin'? Could he have shred his goblin origins and has evolved to something similar to him? Could she be…