Thalion made great progress with the umbral predator. His strength had skyrocketed, his flesh hummed with power, and his strength had increased by a large margin. He had injured himself to test how the self-healing had improved and if he would lose some of the darkness if he got injured. Nothing of that kind happened. The darkness had fused with his being and couldn't be separated. As long as no one was biting flesh out of him, he would lose nothing, and the healing speed was even faster now.
If he had to fight that red orc today, that fucker would be dead for sure, and he hadn't even used the scroll of predatory control, which hopefully would help him with his fighting style. Kael's base had helped him greatly with all the materials provided for his body tempering. He would gladly stay and gobble up some more materials. The system shop would arrive soon, and he had spoken with the old smith, whose name was Lucan, about the sword he wanted to build, and the man had gladly shown him an even better way. His first plan was to somehow transfer his skill, the mana blade, to an actual weapon to strengthen it. But the smith told him how he could build not just a sword that was good for fighting but also amplify his skills. Now he just needed some awesome material to build it. But first would come the stuff he needed for eagly, and he most likely wouldn't have enough time to train his smithing skills enough to use some of the special material, but in case he got some credits over, he would start stacking some of the materials for later use. He wanted to build the armor after all. Hours later, he entered the system shop. He already had 87,610 credits from all the orcs he had killed. That should definitely be enough to get the stuff he needed.
"Hey, did you miss me?" He addressed the voice of the system with a smile on his face.
"I can't answer your question; just tell me what you want to buy," the voice answered bored.
"I acquired an eagle form and want to upgrade it to a better race. Is this possible without an evolution?" Thalion asked the voice, completely ignoring the "I won't answer any questions" part.
"You cannot afford the items that allow an evolution in the same grade for beasts; they cost millions of credits," the voice answered. "You can buy the body tempering manuals. It is the same for beasts as for humans if you want the best evolution, but since beasts don’t have a class, it's the race that is changing."
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"You got me curious. Normally, no one is buying so many body tempering manuals as you since it takes a lot of time and resources. Most are doing it after reaching the level cap and didn't fulfill the evolution requirements. So where did you get all those materials from? I can tell that you have reached quite far with your human body," the voice asked, intrigued.
"We had a war with orcs. It looks like many gods have plans now for this tutorial after the special quest had popped up," Thalion answered.
"On another note, I can now use the skill fireball like a flamethrower. Why is the skill description not changing, and is there a skill like fire control that can do what I learned the past days?" Thalion asked, hoping he would get an answer. He really didn't want to buy that information.
"You cannot buy skills like fire control. That is something you need to learn. There are scrolls that are teaching the process, though," the voice answered quickly.
"Thanks, you did answer a lot of questions. I thought you were not allowed to do so," Thalion said, curious after asking all the important stuff.
"It has to do with the interference of the gods. If they help too much, I can assist the ones without a blessing a bit more, but my help cannot compare to the input of the gods," the voice explained.
"Great! My plans for eagly are to create a bird of storm by combining wind and lightning affinity. Is that possible?" Thalion asked, hoping for the best.
"Sure, it is just a bit expensive since you need two manuals and a lot of materials. And this is the last tip I can give you in this shop: speak with an alchemist on how to purify the materials you are consuming. It will be essential for the future," the voice said.
"Thank you very much. Please show me the options for eagly. It doesn't matter if they are expensive; I have 86,000 credits to spend on those two and maybe one scroll that teaches a bit about flying," Thalion requested.
Immediately, one manual popped up in front of him: "Manual of the Tempest Beast: Wind and Lightning Body Tempering."
This advanced body-tempering manual is designed for flying creatures that seek to harness the full power of the skies. It contains two distinct paths: The Wind’s Grace and The Lightning’s Fury, which, when mastered, merge into the ultimate transformation: The Tempest’s Wrath. [84,000 Credits]