Chapter 99 - More than Meets the Eye (1/2)
Ding!
'You have obtained an Ally with SS-grade potential, [Burnt Twig].'
”…” At first, Aurus was extremely excited with the new Ally he received from the system, seeing that the potential it held was SS-grade, a grade higher than Fenrir's. But when he read the name of the Ally he received, he could only become speechless at the utter disbelief one could feel when associating such a name to a grade.
”…” Although Fenrir could not see the name of the new companion he would be with to protect his master, after feeling the aura that radiated from Aurus after he looked at his notifications, Fenrir could only stay silent, feeling that he might have wronged his master.
Finally, around a minute later, Aurus barely mustered out the words to ask a single question.
”Are you fucking serious?”
After asking this question, Aurus could not help but sigh. While he was sighing, Fenrir could only move closer towards Aurus in a swaying manner, stammering in a soft yet somber voice, ”Did I…make the wrong choice, M-Master?”
”Hah…it's not your fault in this one, Fenrir.” Aurus tried to appease Fenrir's emotions, knowing very well that it was the system who gave him such an Ally. ”But man, my luck definitely sucks these past few days.”
Although Aurus felt that it was weird for his luck to be this bad, he did not have even a smidget of a clue as to why this was the case, leaving him to shrug his nonexistent shoulders towards this problem and bear with it.
If he knew that Kurohana's presence equated to his luck in Erudinia, then everything that felt off for him during these past few days would make sense, since Kurohana was the Goddess that governed over the Law of Reincarnation, allowing her to control a bit of the Immortal Verdict of Fate.
”You know what? I won't touch this system when I have incredibly bad luck,” Aurus promised himself inwardly while deciding to check Burnt Twig's appearance while they were still here.
”Hey Fenrir, do you want to see your new companion?” With a slightly somber voice, Aurus looked at Fenrir and asked.
Still feeling the aura radiated around Aurus, Fenrir let out a soft sigh, replying with, ”If you want to, Master.”
”Well, we're bound to see the guy sooner or later so why not.”
”Summon Burnt Twig.”
Whoosh!
With a small flash of light appearing in front of Aurus and Fenrir's field of vision not long after the command, Burnt Twig's full body appeared in front of the two in its whole entirety.
”Master…” Looking at Burnt Twig's body for a bit, Fenrir looked at Aurus and asked, ”Are you sure that's my companion? It looks a bit…burnt.”
”Yes.” Aurus could only answer Fenrir's question with a serious tone. Not long after, Aurus could not maintain his serious façade, sighing instead. ”Before we go back to the alliance, do you think we should check its stats?”
”Go ahead Master, I don't mind,” Fenrir voiced out his opinion towards Aurus' question.
”I hope it doesn't disappoint,” Aurus muttered to himself. ”Identify Burnt Twig.”
Ding!
Not long after, a status screen appeared in front of Aurus' field of vision. Alongside it was the information on Burnt Twig's Ally skill, allowing Aurus to skim over Burnt Twig's information.
At first, Aurus could not help but have low expectations towards Burnt Twig's power, although knowing fully well that it was of SS-grade potential. But as he continued to read on, especially on Burnt Twig's Ally skill, his nonexistent eyes lit up as he could not help but scream, ”What the heck?! You can actually obtain that from an Ally?!”
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[Burnt Twig] (Level 1/10)
Potential Grade: SS
Experience: 0/10 (can be filled with unused experience points)
Species: Twig Chardus Burnerei (Rare+)
Existence Level: Inanimate
Grade: C
[HP]: 5/5
[SP]: 3/3
Stats:
[Flame Body]: 3
[Fuel]: 5
[Flame Power]: 15
Skills:
[Charred Movement Lv.2], [Lowest Charred Energy Vessel Lv.3], [Charred Flame Shot Lv.1]
Ally Skill: [Tempered Heart of Charred Flames]
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[Tempered Heart of Charred Flames]
Grade: C (Mortal)
Through unforeseen circumstances, a Twig that has been in close proximity with flames will undoubtedly burn. But this Twig's willpower allowed it to slowly obtain a tolerance toward flames and even the power to wield flames…at the cost of its body being extremely frail. Nonetheless, with this Twig's willpower being extremely strong, its power in turn is also strong.
>Attack stat +20%
>Obtain the skill [Flame Infusion] (grows in level as the Ally grows)
>Obtain the skill [Charred Field] (grows in level as the Ally grows)
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”What's wrong, Master?” Fenrir looked at Aurus' expression…well aura, feeling that the aura of severe disappointment was now replaced with shock, but more importantly, excitement.
”Nothing's wrong at all! Your companion will definitely help you out in the near future!” Thinking of possible team plays with Fenrir at the flank and with this Burnt Twig beside him as they attack from afar, Aurus could not help but have his nonexistent blood boil.
”Eh? Is this…companion of mine really that good?” Fenrir could not help but still have doubts towards this Burnt Twig, since he could not see Burnt Twig's status screen.
”Just you wait, Fenrir.” Aurus decided to use his unused experience points to hastily boost up Burnt Twig's level and grade, a choice he did not do for Fenrir since it would definitely cost him a lot of experience to raised a being of his grade.
”System, use my unused experience points to max out Burnt Twig's level.”
Ding!
'500 unused experience points have been deducted.'
'[Burnt Twig] has reached the MAX level.'
'[Burnt Twig] has reached the necessary requirements and is ready to evolve.'