Karl inspected the option with Skill Book and realized that it was nearly exactly the same as [Refreshing Lightning] except that it included mages with high Lightning Affinity in the list with Lightning Element beasts, Clerics and Shamans.
They already knew that limited it to mostly just a few beastkin and the Blue Dragon Clerics as well as Shamans, but if some of the mages could use [Lightning Zone] as well, it would be a little less frustrating for the Librarian and her people.
The blue dragon sighed. "I suspected that it might be another of those evil spells. But it's a good one again, so I will endeavour to teach more of our people to use it."
"If you give me more time, I can e up with something more user-friendly. Honestly, I should spend more time in your Library trying to learn skills myself so that I'm not pletely limited to beast friendly skills." Karl replied regretfully.
Overlord Joram smiled and brought out a small Peregrine Falcon, his bonded pet as a Ranger. It was just a normal beast, as Rangers couldn't bond with intelligent creatures or Magical Beasts. But with Karl's skill, he saw an opportunity.
"You said that you raised a bunch of Beast Rangers, right? With Magical Beasts for partners? If my friend Dave evolved, do you think that I could bee one?" He asked.
Karl frowned. "You want to change your class?"
Joram shrugged. "My system has been fully active for a few weeks now, and I have all the Ranger Skills. There is nothing left in my tree, and the temple didn't help me pick a new class."
Karl nodded slowly. "You likely still only get the one friend. However, it shouldn't be hard for me to get him to evolve. Maybe."
If Karl remembered his book learning properly, many species of magical beasts started as regular animals who ate a magical resource. Surely, Joram would have tried that already, if he was looking to have the bird evolve. But it was best to check.
"Have you tried giving him resources?" He verified.
Joram nodded. "Ever since I was a Royal, six years ago. Nothing changes him."
[Make him a baby Hawk. It will be funny.] Cara suggested.
Hawk was intrigued by the idea. [A baby me?]
[Yeah, teach him Flaming Body. Baby Hawk.] Cara suggested.
She hadn't known Hawk before he could do that, and Cara herself was a baby at the mander Rank, so she hadn't really considered that the others started off much lower on the power scale.
If Karl had picked the skill to remove the restrictions on Evolution, he could just use that directly.
No, by the wording, he might still be able to. [Evolution] Cause any bonded pet to evolve into a form one Rank Higher than when the skill is used. Usable once per beast, some materials may be required.
The wording didn't say that it had to be his bonded beast. That part was implied, and should be pletely obvious. But it wasn't explicitly stated. So, he tried anyhow.
{Nice Try} Invalid Target
Well, that settled it. No blatant cheating. Fine, he would bypass the evolution skill, and try to do it manually.
[Hawk, can I get an Awakened Rank fire stone?]
Hawk dropped the stone into his hand, and Karl brought it over to the bird, whose eyes lit up with greed.
Even if it didn't trigger an advancement, the bird still wanted it.
That seemed like a good sign, so Karl fed the bird, and then stroked its head and activated [Follow Me Little One] to transfer [Flaming Body].
The small bird suddenly lit on fire, then began happily rubbing up against Karl's hand, thoroughly ignoring everyone else in the room.
"Dave, congratulations. e here, buddy." Overlord Joram informed the bird with a pleased smile.
Dave turned to chirp at him, then rubbed possessively against Karl's hand.
"I know you made a new friend, but you need to e here, so I can inspect you."
The bird chirped what was obviously a 'no' and remained in position.
"Did something go wrong?" The Librarian wondered.
Karl shook his head. "No, it's still bonded to him, I can see it in the system interface. Dave is just being stubborn."
Joram took out a few small berries, and the bird turned away from Karl, then looked back to rub his head on Karl's arm before flying back to his partner.
"That's better. Wele back, buddy. His thoughts are much clearer now than they were before he evolved. Oh, I see a system notice." Overlord Joram informed them.
Everyone waited patiently for him to finish what he was doing. If he could change his system at Overlord, he should have a load of points available to pick all the skills, and then he could guide all the Beast Rangers through their class. Assuming that was what he got.
Slowly, he opened his eyes. "There were five other options available when I got the advancement menu. But Beast Ranger really is the best of them. It also appears to have skills to help me benefit from the beast's abilities to a greater extent than a Ranger does.
I will have to train to find out exactly how much, but I never gained physical abilities from my partner before, other than eyesight."
Karl nodded. "Well, the others gained large amounts of strength and stamina, or strength and agility, from their partners at mon Rank, so I would suspect that you'll get a percentage increase as well, though Dave has a ways to go to catch up.
Flaming Body should take him through to at least mander Rank, maybe into Royal Rank, so try not to send him anywhere too dangerous while he's still advancing." The bird was still a mon Magical Beast, but that was changing quickly with the influx of energy from his partner. It was quite noticeable at this level, but only time would tell if that growth rate held as he got stronger.
[And just like that, we have a volunteer to help us with our training regimen.] Hawk laughed.
[And a strong one, with lots of scouting and bat experience.]
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