Chapter 535: Changes and Possibilities (1/2)

Reading through the status update, just before he could take a closer look at the girl's status screen, the incoming message made him tremble with shock. This one, albeit related to the minion, wasn't colored in the informative grey, but instead, it was white, meaning it was a regular update requiring his attention.

[Your Minion, Galina Vordragon's recent choices and upgrades have allowed her to upgrade her class.

Her devotion and admiration towards her master have allowed her to evolve her class from the current [Priest] to [Primal Priestess].

The class change has earned the aforementioned minion the following updates:

- [Soul Power] Increased by 200 Points.

- [Skills] : The new skill [Beam of Essence: Light (Level 1)] has been created!

Beam of Essence: Light (Level 1): Gaining temporary control over the surrounding light essences, the [Primal Priestess] shots forward a stream of energy, originating from the core of the caster's body. The beam follows a straight line towards the targeted destination. The concentrated beam of energy, due to being built up with concentrated, active Light Essence's will induce the effects of the [Swift Regeneration (Level 1)] skill in the target. If it already had a similar skill, it will react with that instead, with a hastened, quicker reaction time.

Note: For beings consisting of mostly Dark Energy, the transmitted Light Energy will be highly destructive.

-[Effects] : The passive effect [Holy Aura (Level 1) has been created!

Holy Aura (Level 1): Gaining higher control and dominance over the Essence of Light, the [Primal Priestess] subconsciously envelops her surroundings with a concentrated aura of light. This energy will passively boost the healing and rejuvenating properties of those caught in its domain, restoring vitality as well as their stamina in the process.

Note: It does not have any effect on the soul, thus not actively hastening any sort of spiritual or energy regeneration.]

Looking at the list of changes, that looked similar to the updates to the games of his previous, modern world, Aiden didn't know what to think.

Should he be happy for the incredible boons she was rightfully earning? Should he be instead worried as to evolve in such manner must have meant that her last couple of hours was beyond anything he could imagine?

What sort of troubles, dangers could she have gone through to end up in this state? Why couldn't he be with her at the time of her need?

Even worse, he had no news from the rest of his friends, his sister, or the joined-up Silver Howl mercenaries at all. Though he could guess from the calm, not disheveled state of her follower that nothing was ultimately lost, Aiden didn't like being kept in the dark and so far apart from his little family.

Thinking about all that happened to him since the start of this pointless event, Aiden felt his heart thump loudly in rage, filling his body with a growing, bubbling sense of anger in the process.

He couldn't help but clench his fists, trying to push the waking beast back down and try to regain himself in the process. The flickering golden light coming from his eyes as he battled with the waking draconic self-created a creepy, eerie sense of lumination in the dark underground cell for quite a while, before he could finally carve out a temporary victory and regain control.

Luckily, he managed to keep his power in check lest it would violently unfold and possibly shatter the meager bars blocking his only route towards possible freedom.

Yes, even though he was kept in some sort of custody, these meager bars wouldn't have been able to keep him down if Aiden truly decided that enough was enough and would have decided to leave. For someone that could shred steel armor to pieces with the swipe of his claws, it wouldn't have taken him much to escape if needed.