Chapter 99 - More than Meets the Eye (2/2)
”Evolve Burnt Twig!” Seeing that Burnt Twig used up an extremely small part of his pool of experience, Aurus decided to evolve Burnt Twig to A-grade, and if possible, S-grade.
Whoosh!
Due to Burnt Twig being a C-grade Inanimate, its evolution did not take long at all, only lasting a few minutes before having a change in its body structure and aura that it radiated.
At the instant its evolution was finished, Burnt Twig gradually turned its body around to look at Aurus before saying, ”Master. Firewood here, serve you.”
”Pfft.” After hearing Burnt Twig—no, Firewood, introduce itself to him, he could not help but stifle his laughter, knowing fully well that his Ally was a wood-based Inanimate just like him, where it could not be helped that the names could be related to wood.
Aurus looked at Firewood for a bit, seemingly satisfied with the change. Its body grew bigger to become half of Aurus' body size, but it now hovered off the ground in a slanted position as a small yet powerful black flame flickered on top of the side that was most off the ground.
”Do you want to protect me, F-Firewood?” Though Aurus was serious in asking the question, his Ally's name could not help but make him snigger a bit.
”Yes, until Firewood die!” Thankfully, Firewood did not differentiate between emotions at his current grade, only answering Aurus' question with sincerity.
”Since you're eager, system, use unused experience points to max out Firewood's level.”
Ding!
'12000 unused experience points have been deducted.'
'[Firewood] has reached the MAX level.'
'[Firewood] has met the necessary requirements and is ready to evolve.'
”Evolve Firewood!” Not even an instant has passed after the notification of Firewood reaching the maximum level, Aurus commanded the system to evolve Firewood once again, this time to A-grade.
Whoosh!
This time, Firewood took around ten minutes to evolve, with Aurus eagerly waiting for its change, while Fenrir was sitting on the sides, slight disbelief written on his face. ”It seems that…Master's words would turn out to be correct.”
Although Aurus could not feel it, Fenrir felt it extremely well as he examined Firewood's full body, sensing the existence of an extremely dangerous power that would not harm him nor Aurus, but definitely harm the enemies that stood along their way. What Fenrir did not know was that, this power he felt was the potential grade of Firewood.
Ten minutes later, Firewood's new body revealed itself to both Aurus and Fenrir, shocking Aurus a bit since its new body looked extremely familiar to him.
Compared to its previous body, Firewood now stood upright in exchange for its height shortened by a bit, though that did not mean that Firewood was now short. It reached Fenrir's chin quite easily.
Not only that, it also had four rough limbs on its body, which could be said as the reason for its reduced height. The number of black flames on its body increased from 1 to 9, one on its head, one on each limb, two on where its chest lied, and one on the gap between the two lower limbs.
After seeing it for a short bit, Aurus could not help but say, ”Ah. Firewood's a female.”
”Greetings Master!” At the instant Aurus was finished talking, a cheerful and somewhat high-pitched voice could be heard coming from Firewood, its…well, her head flame slightly intensifying a bit to show her excitement. ”Firewood is my previous form's name, you can call me Charisa Flamerei, Charisa for short.”
”Well…nice to meet you Charisa,” Aurus could only go along with the girl's words, since not long after, Charisa's head flame intensified by several times, growing in excitement.
”Aaaaa!!! I have a lot of things to say to you Master after evolving into this form! I want to ask you a lot of things as well! I also want to do a lot of things with you as well! And then! And then…!” With her heightened excitement, Charisa started to blurt out a lot of words she would never have said in her B-grade form, and that's not taking into consideration the level of intelligence she had.
Then again, Aurus hurriedly evolved him from B-grade, so he did have the feeling that Charisa was going to be subservient, but this…this was way out of his expectations.
Slightly coughing at Charisa's words, Aurus could only radiate a slightly cheerful aura as he said, ”If you don't mind Charisa, can I see your stats?”
”Ah!” While she was rambling on about what she wanted to do with Aurus, Aurus asked her a question, prompting Charisa to stop before nodding with her head flame, replying with, ”Go ahead, Master!”
Charisa then went silent for a bit as she kneeled down on the ground, her flames slightly dimming down in order for Aurus to get closer.
Seeing this, Aurus could not help but mutter a soft 'Thanks' from the side before commanding the system, ”Identify Charisa.”
Ding!
Just like before in Charisa's C-grade form, two screens appeared in front of Aurus, revealing her stats, as well the details of her Ally skill, to which Aurus could not help but exude an extremely cheerful aura, dreaming of the multiple possibilities and choices he now had in battling.
”My small investment was definitely worth it!”
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[Charisa Flamerei] (Level 1/50)
Potential Grade: SS
Experience: 0/25 (can be filled with unused experience points)
Species: Lesser Treantis Formosus — Sentient Charisadae (Epic)
Existence Level: Inanimate
Grade: A
[HP]: 110/110
[SP]: 200/200
Stats:
[Flame Body]: 40
[Fuel]: 45
[Flame Power]: 105
Skills:
[Darkflame Flight Lv. 15], [Boundless Darkflame Energy Vessel Lv. MAX], [Charred Flame Symphony Lv. 8], [Darkflame Spirit Core Lv. 8], [Middle-Low Darkflame Spell Core Lv. 4], [Charred Sacrifice Lv. 7], [Unyielding Flame Lv. 3], [Flaming Escape Lv. 4], [Flame Immunity Lv. 8], [Sentient Charisadae Seed Lv.1]
Ally Skill: [Unyielding Soul of True Darkflame]
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[Unyielding Soul of True Darkflame]
Grade: A (Mortal)
With the Twig's tempered heart being evolved to greater degrees, this allows formation of a Lesser Treant with the sentience of a being higher than one grade. Not only that, this Lesser Treant has extremely strong willpower, as well as great control and immunity over flames that hold a greater power over normal flames. Who knows how high the Lesser Treant's ambitions will be.
>Attack stat +100%
>Obtain the skill [Darkflame Manipulation] (grows in level as the Ally grows)
>Obtain the skill [Supreme Field of Darkflame] (grows in level as the Ally grows)
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