Chapter 611 Exfoliation

Chapter 611 Exfoliation

While Karl answered mundane questions about his mental state for the doctors, Rae was hard at work with her advancement.

She had finished her exfoliation routine, and she had the perfect blend of blood in the bath for her upcoming advancement. She wasn't entirely certain what sort of skills it would give her when she did become a proper queen, but she had high hopes for this blend with the little bit of Totem Rank blood that she had managed to acquire.

It was only a few drops, but it contained ridiculously potent healing abilities, and it was two full Ranks over her.

She settled into the pool and began the work of pulling all the energy out of the blood. The process was simple for a Bloodbath Spider, and instinctive. You just absorbed all the energy from the bath, and then you found out if your body adapted to it well enough to break through the bottleneck and if you learned any new skills.

The Cyclops species might have an innate skill that she hadn't gotten to see during their battles, as they were almost all crazed by the spawn, but Karl's blood definitely had some special properties, as did the Emperor's blood.

She could feel the energy from Karl and the Newbon Emperor, mixed in with the Monarch Rank cyclops blood, revitalizing her, while the blood from the two creatures that could regenerate also strengthened her resistances.

The Emperor's blood worked on her elemental resistance, as Trolls were immune to all but fire, where Karl had Limited Invulnerability as part of his core skill set, and the [Iron Within] skill that made his blood into living liquid metal and improved his already impressive invulnerability.

It was the perfect time for her advancement, Rae decided. She had gotten to have fun for most of the night, then a good nap, and now she got to skip all the boring stuff before the trainees showed up.

Rae briefly wondered how fast a baby Rogue would improve their Shadow Step if a giant spider was actually trying to eat them.

Just a little bite would do it, and then the clerics could heal her after, but it would add all the motivation in the world. Even if she did have to chase her down every day to continue the training.

Her mind wandered to many similarly pleasant things as she bathed, and then Rae noticed that there was another source of energy that nobody had bothered to remind her of. That sword and the ghost tree stick both had lots of energy in them, but they were stored separately, and she couldn't reach them from the bath.

It was unfortunate, but she would remember them for next time. More energy was always a good thing, and who knew how hard it was going to be to get a proper bath for her next few advancements.

But she still had the token, and a lot of determination. All she had to do was learn to use the spell without the amulet.

Karl was shaking hands with the doctors now, so they must be nearly done, but Rae was confident that she had the right method. All that was left was to try it out.

A surge of power activated [Humanoid Disguise] and she was in her two legged form in her space with only her own power.

Then a thought activated [Night Haunter] and Rae stepped out to stand beside the door, forgetting that she was still dripping with blood.

The effect when she let the spectral form fade and reappeared in front of the psychologist, covered in blood from head to toe with a row of serrated teeth smiling at the cleric, was even more beautiful than she had hoped for.

The man screamed like Lotus did when she was scared, then vaulted backwards and over the kitchen island before crashing to the ground and scurrying across the floor towards the back wall.

[Ten out of ten. Perfect form.] Cara congratulated her.

"A celebration is in order. Doctors, may I introduce to you Queen Rae Bloodbath, the most powerful known member of her species, and our Nation's newest Monarch Rank resident." Karl announced.

Skittles took a drag off one of the Nature Cleric specialty cigarettes as he glared at Karl.

"You're going to give an old man a heart attack one of these days."

Karl smiled. "Fortunately for us, not only do we have two clerics present, we also have one that can resurrect. It's fine if Rae sneaks up on people now and then."

The terrified man on the floor scoffed. "In my professional opinion, bringing them back to life won't undo the mental trauma of being literally scared to death."

Rae gave the man two thumbs up. "I will keep that in mind for next time. No scaring them all the way to death. Halfway is fun enough."