Chapter 53：Transformation [War arc (3)]

"We'll be leaving in 12 hours, that is at 03:00 am. Please finish your preparations by then." Steve informed Arnold.

"Please tell everyone not to disturb me during this time." Arnold said as he pushed a trolley into his make shift workshop.

"Don't worry, no one will disturb you because everyone is busy preparing themselves." Steve replied and made way for Arnold's summons who were busy moving the rest of the materials Arnold had asked for.

Since they were going to war, he was allowed to use as many resources as he needed. Nathaniel was the one to give the order hence no one questioned Arnold as he took 35 crystals, kilos upon kilos of different types of metals, defensive gears and what not.

While his golems were busy bringing the items he had acquired, Arnold took out the equipments and immediately started repairing the broken Talos. Even though it looked like Talos was trashed and completely broken, most of his systems were still intact and thus Arnold was able to repair him in less than an hour.

Once Talos was online and functioning, he immediately ordered him to learn the construction blueprint of [AUTOMATONS], to help him in constructing as many automatons as they could within 12 hours.

Usually it would take Arnold 12 hours to make one automaton, but with the help of Talos, he was able to finish his second automaton in 4 hours, he didn't have the time to name this new creation thus he lazily named him 'T2'. Talos was like an assembly line himself, although the grade of the automatons constructed by him were lower than the ones system provided, the speed of construction was way more efficient thus Arnold decided to make use of Talos' abilities instead. Right now Arnold needed quantity more than the quality, because he knew that most of the warriors affiliated by Flying Swords Guild were either of rank B or lower, just like his summons and automatons.

He ordered T2 to learn [BASIC ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE] and help Talos to create more automatons, while he took care of the that he had acquired in the dungeon. He called out Duke and Cerberus and gave both of them a having the [TRANSFORMATION] ability. He had already used the [PROBE] skill to get more information regarding the [TRANSFORMATION] ability.

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[ TRANSFORMATION ] : (Active ability) After being used, the user gains the ability to transform into a being either slain by the user or the user has a DNA sample of that being with him/her. The user also has the choice to transition between up to 4 different types of being. Once the user transforms into a being he/she has to retain that form for one day (24 hours). If the user needed to transition to another being while he/she had already activated this ability once, then they had to wait for 2 hours before they could do so.(Author's note: This duration is to be considered as the ability's cooldown.)

[ Rank : S ]

[Mana cost : --]

[COOLDOWN : 2 hours]

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The moment Arnold used the on Duke and Cerberus, their bodies started changing, their size got bigger and bigger. Soon their appearance completely changed, the ones before him weren't Cerberus and Duke that he knew anymore. Instead they looked like a giant white lion and a hooded reaper.

Arnold got intimidated by the way reaper started at him. Lots of bad memories, that were pushed back in his head, came rushing forward. Arnold gulped down his saliva as the 'Undead Reaper' once again stood in front of him. This was the first dungeon boss Arnold had ever fought and nearly got killed while doing so. Even though Arnold had survived the fight, he was still a little bit scared of the reaper. He used the probe skill on the reaper.

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NAME : Duke

FORM : Undead Reaper

LEVEL : 74

RANK : A

ROLE : Frost Golem

AFFINITY/ABILITIES :

• Magic Hand (active skill)

• Dark Vision (active skill)

• Demon Blitz (active skill)

• Chant of negation (active skill)

HP : 5000/5000

Mana : 3000/3000

STRENGTH (STR) : 96

DEFENSE (DEF) : 86

STAMINA (STA) : 88

INTELLIGENCE (INT) : 65

AGILITY (AGI) : 70

ACCURACY (ACC) : 85

EVADE (EVD) : 54

CHARISMA (CHA) : 12

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Arnold was still analysing the reaper when all of a sudden, the reaper bowed down to him. Arnold who was afraid of the reaper a moment ago, was now smiling like he never had. After all, even if the reaper was the one bowing down to him, it was Duke who had transformed into the reaper.

He looked at the giant lion, who was rubbing it's head on Arnold's hand.

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NAME : Cerberus

FORM : White Chimera

LEVEL : 74

RANK : A

ROLE : Lava Hound

AFFINITY/ABILITIES :

• Hell's guard (active skill)

• Beast's howl (active skill)

• Chant of negation (active skill)

HP : 5190/5190

Mana : 3680/3680

STRENGTH (STR) : 95

DEFENSE (DEF) : 82

STAMINA (STA) : 88

INTELLIGENCE (INT) : 71

AGILITY (AGI) : 85

ACCURACY (ACC) : 70

EVADE (EVD) : 68

CHARISMA (CHA) : 48

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"This transformation ability is quite scary..."

Even if it was scary, Arnold already knew what he had to do with the remaining having the [TRANSFORMATION] ability. He looked at Talos who was busy working with 02 to make another automaton. He gave the remaining rune to him and whispered something. After Arnold was done talking, Talos returned to finish the automaton, while Arnold opened up the to purchase the ability he had been eyeing for a while.

The ability he wanted to buy was really expensive, and had a price of 10 crystal. But if he bought this skill, it would solve many problems he had. He selected the ability book and bought it. The next moment a notification popped up on the interface.

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YOU'VE SELECTED [VOID DOMAIN] ABILITY. DO YOU WANT TO LEARN [VOID DOMAIN]?

•YES or •NO

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"Yes."

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REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGED.

LEARNING...

LEARNING...

LEARNING...

YOU'VE SUCCESSFULLY ACQUIRED THE [VOID DOMAIN] ABILITY.

You've unlocked new ability(s):

• [VOID DOMAIN] : (Active ability) Advanced ability for class. This ability helps the user to summon the void domain which is the domain in which users summons live in. The user can use this ability to enter the void domain or place different items into it. Time flow inside the domain is thrice as fast as the regular world, meaning if you spend a day inside the domain only 8 hours would've passed in the real world. Unlike your inventory, there's no limit to the number, size or type (organic/inorganic matter) of items that can be placed inside the void.

[ Rank : A ]

[Mana cost : --]

[COOLDOWN : --]

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From the moment he had obtained the subclass, he was in a constant need of blood to unlock new abilities for his summons and there was only one source to obtain blood for his use - a human body. He had previously tried to add organic matter into his inventory but apparently he could only store inorganic matter in his inventory and there was a size restriction on it too.

But his newly acquired [VOID DOMAIN] ability, didn't had those restrictions, hell, he could store the moon inside it if he could find a way to do so. Moreover it also solved his problem of transportation the automatons. He could just put them inside the domain and call them out to battle wherever he wanted to, just like his summons.

After learning the ability, he used 4 crystals to buy two Attribute enhancing potion. He quickly drank both of the potions and gained 48 attribute points. He now had 56 attribute points, he dumped 30 points into mystic stat, 10 to his intelligence, 6 to increase his strength and the remaining 10 points to increase his evasion. He then used the remaining beasts crystals to buy some weapons and gears for his summons and automatons.

"Time is of the essence... let's get back to work." Arnold said and started working on another automaton.