Chapter 421

Lilly reluctantly follows Cain into the barn where he stops dead center and his face goes blank.

[Welcome to the Class Change Menu. 1 Class available]

[Class] Watcher From Beyond

[Requirements] Mythic Awakening, [Spell Crafting], plus [Flesh Crafter] or [Biologist]

[Skills]

[Blessed Being] An Awakened Ancient may advance ranks without changing classes

[Versatility] Choose 1 skill per level to use at your maximum current Awakened Rank 0/5

20 Points Per Level

[Dominion] Increases Maximum Casting Range to Maximum Sensory Range. Increase Area of Effect Spells Radius at a cost of 100 mana per meter. 

20 Points

[Pet Sitter] Summon Up To 5 [Lesser Watchers] to Supervise Lesser Beings on your behalf. Watcher From Beyond may observe the world through the senses of the [Lesser Watchers]

Innate.

[Spirit Awakening] Advance Ranks to Awakened Spirit. Requires [Versatility]5/5, [Dominion], 1 Spirit Rank item.

80 Points

The rest of the abilities are grayed out for now, likely only becoming visible after reaching Immortal Rank. This Class is absolutely insane if he is reading the abilities correctly.

[System, can the radius of Crushing Tentacles be increased with Dominion?] Cain asks, hoping for an answer.

[Increasing the Radius of Area spells costs 100 mana per meter using the [Dominion] ability.]

Cain selects the class with a sense of reverence, feeling the power flow into him as the System alters his abilities. He has already reached level 335, so he puts points into Dominion with a sense of great satisfaction. Now he really can do all the insane things that Ancients are supposed to be able to do. But looking at his points, he still has 25 skill points. Since he upgraded the puppets’ intelligence and autonomy using his secondary skill tree, he completely filled the tree at level 290. Cain adds a rank of Versatility to his abilities and smiles at the options that open for him.

It might only be one single skill, but that one skill can be [Summon Lesser Golem] which is 36 Golems even without using [Ancient Resistance] to triple them. Three dozen Mythic Lamia Scourge Casters? Who wouldn’t think that sounds like a lot of fun?

Cain opens his eyes to see that Lilly is in happy tears, hugging her long estranged fiance. Her Quest must have been completed while Cain was checking out his new class. For a punishment that seems remarkably lenient, but then the system scales on its own criteria, and since her punishment helped him so much, with so little effort on his part, it is only fair that she gets off easy. A Fourth Advancement Class appears to be the endgame for him, or maybe this is like the First Advancement, where he could leave the Beginner’s Valley and he is only getting started in a world he knows next to nothing about?

“Why don’t we get you a new skill and Awaken you as well Lilly? That way you can match with your new beloved and do whatever sort of naughty things Bog Witches get up to in the privacy of the shadows?” Cain asks, interrupting their lingering hug.

“What sort of impression do you have of our species? I assure you, nothing like what you are thinking is going to happen.” Lilly scolds Cain, who is trying not to laugh at her reaction.

“The last one we met did want an exceptionally large Crocodile Kin as payment for her services.” Cain points out, once he is sure he can maintain a straight face.

“She doesn’t count. That old woman was crazy even before she went to spend decades waiting to deliver a prophecy. She was drunk when she had the vision, and forgot what date she was supposed to deliver it, so she has just been waiting in the swamp for someone who looked right to show up.” Lilly insists.

“You managed to find a Crocodile Kin to stay with her?” The other Bog Witch asks, impressed.

“I made one actually. It’s a class specialty. But that’s not the point, I had just assumed that with the swamp creature transformation and all, most Bog Witches were more like her. Eccentric, like the Dragons are.”

“What sort of skill would Lilly need though? She’s got one for moving through shadows, and more from her class.” Vala points out, ignoring the fact she is right there to give her opinion.

“And it’s too soon for a Mythic Fertility Charm,” Nemu adds, enjoying the way the Bog Witch’s face turns bright red at the idea.

“We already did area camouflage for the exhibitionists in the river valley. How about something fun, like [Divine Light]? Lilly doesn’t have much combat magic.” Evangeline suggests, referring to the Seraphim Spell that both heals and damages based on the will of the caster.

“A Bog Witch using Holy Magic? That could be fun. What do you think, Lilly?” Cain asks as she gets more and more flustered.

“Can’t it be something normal? Like a Nature Spell, or a transformation, or something?” She begs, hoping to escape the whims of a bored Ancient unscathed.

Without anyone else around to bring sanity to his ideas or tell him no, Cain really was just a bored Ancient, running wild with whatever popped into his head that day. He hadn’t noticed his lack of control yet, but the Companions and Echoes were unable to defy him, so all they could do was suggest new ideas, which was really no help at all because only Vala was any more sensible than Cain himself was.

“How about [Verdant Growth]? It’s a spell that Forest Dragons know, on the Mythic level, that repairs damaged plant life and causes healthy plants to grow much faster? It’s what the Echoes have been using to cultivate Peach Trees.” Cain suggests.

That sounds amazing to Lilly, who dreams of having a proper bog garden one day, perhaps one day soon, now that she has agreed to start dating Xxictix.

“Yes, that one, please. It would make such a lovely bog, with all sorts of flowers and trees.” She responds before Cain can suggest something else, her eyes dreamy as she considers all the possible uses for such a skill.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime spell to alter your abilities, are you sure there isn’t something you want more?” Cain confirms and Lilly gives him a wink, seeing no downside to that limitation.

In an instant, the ability is used and the Bog witch smiles, pulling a damaged flower from her inventory and bringing it back to full health. 

[Lilly has Awakened]

[Status Upgraded to Awakened Mythic.]