“What the hell…”

The gentle lily couldn’t help but curse out, still bothered by what just happened. That wasn’t a pet, that was a damn sentient being.

Lily again recalled the intricate interchanging patterns that the bird kept changing in real time. That level of mana control can even be compared to some of elite mages. Then there’s the part where the bird transformed into a humanoid form. Into a hybrid… then into various forms, perfectly adapting to whatever form or structure the little bird deemed to show off.

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The remainder of the interview hinted at the weaknesses and limitations of the class. The two boss grade summons Levi mentioned having random ‘quirks’ and inconsistencies which he labeled as Individuality as well as the cost of summoning boss level minions requiring 5 levels as well as having being unable to summon from materials significantly higher leveled than you unlike necromancers, seemingly brought balance to the class.

There was the fact that new born skeletals, take time to gather experience and often operate instinctively like a blank slate. Making it significantly weaker than Necromancers when it comes to impromptu sieges and wars. And while Skeletals unlike re-animated or created undead can level up, their finality upon death really balances the scale and difficulty of the siege based class given that NPCs in avalesk had their own limited version of immortality.

Along the interview, the developers and producers of the game silently thanked Levi. Although they still don’t get why the man would reveal such all of this, exposing such huge limitations to players as early as now removed all skepticism about the balance of the game. Though they might be too ahead as of this stage of the game, given the mortality of the skeletals, it was easy to see that other players, guilds and even NPC organizations can easily challenge Levi and the Bloodstained Sakura guild later on if need be.

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The overall situation of NPCs having both growth and immortality just like players really leaves guesswork on territory dynamics ultimately harder. It was also good to mention that it is only the first IRL week of Avalesk, and more mechanics will be revealed later on.

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Seeing how willing the couple are, reporters, pro players and analysts clamored with even more questions. The couple somehow just revealing every relevant information about their ‘children’. Strengths, weaknesses of Skeletals as well as the Skeletal Creator class itself. And while everyone just soaked the information in, Lily, like the majority of the other players at the highest tier, treated the move as a declaration of challenge to everyone. It made her contemplate how much ahead Levi really was. Considering how easily he destroyed all newly minted pro players along with the tribulation, and now that she thought about it, it was possible that the couple was hellbent on concealing the significance of the tribulation itself.

It was a challenge from The System along with three named deities after all.

Lily took another glance at the couple. They looked both calm and was having fun. She knew they were being genuine… but part of her instincts kept telling her to be wary, and to not get swayed. But that was all she could get. Eventually, she resigned to just log everything as the interview went on.

As expected, Anri in the end happily threatened everyone in the world that their ‘children’ was part of the Blood Stained Sakura guild, and that making a move on them was making a move towards the guild… Which created mixed reactions from pretty much everyone. Sure enough stories with headlines like ‘Bloodstained Sakura Guild’s benefactor’ and ‘Bloodstained Sakura’s Dominance’ covered the bulletins.

And while practically ‘too much’ has been revealed today. Everyone beamed in excitement at what else awaits inside Avalesk. Everyone felt like playing after that. Who knows, if Levi got such an uber class, this early in the game, what other classes are out there?

And what if they chanced upon a class that’s even stronger.

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To be continued.