Chapter 1145: Consultations Are Open Part 4

Chapter 1145: Consultations Are Open Part 4

[There you go, Tiny. Now you are the most intelligent ape you've ever been.]

He looks at me, bat features drooping miserably.

[It's not that bad! You are being absolutely ridiculous. I took what, twenty points of Might and juiced up your brain. You'll probably get two hundred Might or more in your next evolution. Knowing you, more.]

The big ape flexes sadly, poking at his bicep with one, thick finger.

[I didn't even take it from your arms, you big dope. I took the bulk of it from your legs and glutes.]

If anything, he looks even more distraught now, his eyes widening with shock, then narrowing as tears begin to build in the corners. Disgusted with him, I send him off to the golgari.

[I've had enough of this absurd nonsense. Get in there and have your consultation, then manually evolve. That's an order! And you may not lower your Cunning below thirty this time. That's also an order! Now shoo!]

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Tiny was very grateful to his master. It was Anthony, after all, who had done so much to keep him alive, and if he wasn't alive, Tiny wouldn't be able to hit things.

That would be bad.

However, his master really didn't understand where power came from. The legs? The glutes? They gave so much lift! Without shifting his weight and using the oomph granted by his legs, he couldn't generate punches nearly as large!

He didn't know why that was the case, but he knew it was.

Perhaps he should make sure to spend his new Might on his rump. Really pump the area up. But then his shoulders and arms!

Tiny frowned. Evolving was fun, but was much harder than it needed to be. Thinking about all the decisions he would need to make made his head hurt.

[Hey there, big guy. You with us?]

[Corun you need to break it down a little.]

The little figure scratched at his head.

[You can add stuff to make the lightning better,] he finished lamely.

This poor effort earned a chuckle from the big one. Granin.

[Look, evolution is difficult and there are many, many options. Especially when you get to this point. With more evolutionary energy comes the ability to make even more choices. Do you want to spend it all on a few, expensive upgrades, or spread it out a little thinner, but give yourself more flexibility? It's unfortunate, but Anthony has said that you are the only one who gets to make those choices, Tiny, so you are going to have to make them.]

As painful as it was, Tiny was pleased that he was the one to decide. He liked being able to choose for himself, he just disliked all the thinking that had to go into it.

Why think, when hitting is so much more satisfying?

[It's going to boil down to this,] Granin tried to explain. He used his finger and some mana to draw a line in the table in front of him, straight down the middle. [This side, we have the things that you are, for sure, going to do. Muscle reforge goes here. Ligaments goes here.]

This was something Tiny could get on board with. He pulled his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them, leaning closer to stare intently at the desk.

[Now on this side, we have the possibilities. Things you might want to do. We can break these down into categories. First, your wings. It's weird that you even have shadow wings, but you have them. If you add to the muscles in your back and shoulders, it may be possible to make yourself fly. That's something to think about.]

He looked up at Tiny to see if there was any reaction. There wasn't.

[Fair enough. There's your Sonic Enhancer. With some additions, that can be improved to become extremely dangerous, increasing the intensity and the range.]

Still no response.

[Lastly, your lightning glands. Storm generators will increase the rate at which you accumulate lightning mana, and you could purchase bolt channels to give the lightning a clear path from the glands to your hands or upper arms, making it easier to discharge the mana.]

A slight stir. Tiny did like lightning.

[Alright, let's explore this a little bit further. But just a little,] Granin sighed.