"And did you get what you wanted?" Jack asked eagerly after seeing that Josh returned from the system shop.
"Oh, yes, I did! I’m a Sage Hunter now," Josh replied proudly.
"What? A Sage Hunter? One of the strongest fighters in the glorious grasshopper armies?" Jack exclaid in surprise.
"Hey, how do you even know that?" Josh asked, confused and slightly suspicious. Why hadn’t Jack ntioned this earlier? Was he hoping I’d go for the weaker Warrior form? Josh wondered.
"Well, I didn’t want you to feel bad if you couldn’t gather enough credits," Jack said with a wide smile. "Now go use the item—I want to see what your beast form looks like!"
Josh took out the crystal entwined with a small root and cracked it open. Power surged through his body as countless system ssages appeared, asking if he wanted to accept the new path and several other choices. He confird them all. Monts later, his body was consud by a burning energy, and he felt profound changes. Even his human form seed altered.
Looking down, he noticed his left arm now sported the elbow blade described in the system's explanation, but that seed to be the only visible change on the outside. Internally, though, he felt his bones growing denser and stronger.
His senses sharpened to an overwhelming degree—he could now detect even the slightest movents within his field of vision. This is what a mythic class feels like, he thought in awe. Absolutely incredible. For the first ti, he felt like the one truly in charge, while Jack still struggled to control his mass of tentacles.
"Transform! I want to see your beast form!" Jack said, nearly jumping in excitent.
Josh, brimming with pride, triggered the transformation. He stood before Jack in all his Sage Hunter glory.
"Whoa! That’s amazing! See? Totally worth being bait for all those powerful beasts!" Jack cheered, throwing his hands in the air. Then, he noticed sothing strange—Josh’s three pupils started to roll wildly, and the sage hunter, one of the apex predators of the multiverse and a pinnacle grasshopper variant at F-grade, collapsed to his knees.
"What’s wrong? Are you okay?" Jack asked, now worried.
"It’s these eyes! I see everything! It’s too much! And I can’t close them—I don’t have eyelids!" Josh exclaid, panic rising.
"Ah, that’s normal. Let tell you—I still mix up my tentacles half the ti," Jack said confidently. "You just need practice."
Jack watched as his friend, now in his impressive beast form, sat on the ground, futilely trying to shield his eyes with his long claws.
"Man, I didn’t expect this," Josh muttered. "Did you know the system voice said our forms are equally strong? It’s up to us who ends up stronger in the end."
"Wait, you’ve got a mythic class too?" Jack exclaid, surprised. "And don’t get your hopes up—I’m the super squid! Nothing’s stronger than ."
"You’re just lucky!" Josh retorted. "You grab stuff with your tentacles, and most of your telekinetic skills cover such a wide area it’s impossible to miss!" Josh refused to accept that a giant squid could be better than him. He was a noble grasshopper now, and he wouldn’t bow to a squid.
Taking advantage of Josh’s disorientation, Jack bolted toward a nearby group of beasts, eager to gain the lead in kills.
"Hey! That’s not fair!" Josh yelled, but he still couldn’t stand. The overwhelming influx of sensory data was too much to handle.
"Oh, look at this Stegadon—practically defeated itself!" Jack teased from a distance.
"When I get this body under control, I’ll show you who’s better!" Josh shouted angrily.
"Sure, sure. Oh mighty grasshopper, I’m so terrified," Jack laughed, firing a telekinetic wall at a cow-like beast with razor-sharp teeth charging toward him.
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