CH.410 Synchro with Pan

CH.410 Synchro with Pan

“Alright. I guess it is my turn.” I started.

With Unika having made another contract, and it being with an A-rank multi-tailed fox, I was itching for a new contract of my own.

“Pan. Do you think you could synchro with me? I want to feel what picking targets feels like.” I requested. “... and it should make me understand and be able to speak beast.” I added.Ne/w novel chapters are published at novelhall.com

“... I’ve never actually done that, but I think I can.” Pan admitted. “First blessed and all of that.”

“Well at least it isn’t the first time for me, so one of us knows what to expect.”

“True. I guess you are the best choice to be my first.” Pan said, as she came to me.

“... why do you have to make it sound so...” I cut off my sentence, because Pan jumped at me and hugged me tightly. Her form then began to assimilate with me.

As it did, I felt some strange sensations, mainly around my lower back and on my head. Luckily they stopped after a few seconds.

(... did I do this right?) I heard Pan asking inside my head.

(Yeah. It did feel just a bit different from the water and nature spirit synchroes that I’m used to, but that might be because you are a superior spirit.) I told her.

“Err. Brian.” I heard Unika calling for me, but her voice sounded a bit too loud. “... is it normal that you just changed races? Does that happen when you do that synchro thing with a spirit?”

“Change race? What do you mean?” I asked.

“You have ears and a tail, like a cat-folk.” Unika answered.

“I do?” I questioned.

Okay. I need a mirror. Let’s bring one out of Storage real quick.

And as I had a look at myself, I indeed had a pair of cat ears on my head, as well as a tail coming out from where my tailbone is.

“Oh. That’s kind of cool.” I said.

“... so, is that normal?” Unika asked.

“I think so, yes.” I confirmed. “Usually when I synchro with a spirit, I just get surrounded by the element the spirit is. So with water I get some water clothing or armor, with nature, I get vines that crawl around my body. So with a beast spirit, I get ears and a tail.”

“... Well, if you say so.”

“Would be interesting to know what happens to someone who is already a beast-folk. Would you grow a second tail? Or maybe your tail and ears would just become more pronounced?”

(I can have my greater give her a blessing so that we can find out.)

(Mutant? Do you think he will agree?)

(He will if I ask him. Also, I like that name. I think I’ll change him to be the greater spirit of mutant beasts.) Pan said.

(... well, whatever you want. Now let’s get on with this.)

We spent a bit of time looking at things through the dimensional telescope, until we found something that Pan demanded I tame.

(Brian! Brian! Brian!) She yelled in my head. (That’s a Fenrir! You have to try to make a contract with it!)

(... I mean, it is an SS-rank and should be even more powerful than Himeśaila, but why specifically a Fenrir? There are other SS-rank monsters.)

(Fenrirs are so majestic!)

(... they are just large wolves.) I pointed out.

(Exactly. They are the perfect beast. They don’t have to be special to be special, which is why they are super special!)

(... well, as it is an SS-rank and because you feel so strongly about this, sure, why not.) I agreed with Pan’s suggestion. (So, how much mana do we need for this?)

(Umm... Just a second .... remember to carry the one. ... I think about 6000 mana will do.)

“... Is that my fault?” Pan asked.

“No clue.”

(It is because of your unique-racial skill.) Laura pointed out.

“Oh. Okay. I now know why.” I said. I then opened up the menu of my One of Every Race.

One of Every Race Normal RacesClass RacesSpecial Races Human ☐Swordsman ☐Dragon Hearted ☐Advanced Human ☐Guardian ☐Spiritual Human ☐Cat-folk Sorcerer ☐Spiritual Beast-folk ☐ Summoner Spiritual Being ☐ User of Rare Skills ☐ [Change to selected Race]

Yeah. That does answer it. Kind of. I’m a Cat-folk now. And I also have Spiritual Beast-folk as a new race, which is basically Spiritual Human, but I’ll probably keep my cat ears and tail.

I changed myself back to User of Rare Skills (Advanced Human), and as I did, I felt a similar sensation as when my tail and ears first came in. I then quickly ran my hand across my head to confirm that they were indeed gone.

“Okay. Now they are gone.” I said.

“... a shame. You looked cute with them.” Pan stated.

“... they were kind of cute.” Unika agreed.

“... Well, I might use that race from time to time, so I guess you’ll see them again. I mean, I should be able to get some racial skills while using it.” I said. “And now I really need to try out that Beast Union skill. If I got a new race, well two really, from just that, I might get new races when I union with monsters.”

With Pan still here, because she wanted to see the skill her blessing gave me, I headed for our stables. After showing some love to both Glad and Rani, I used my Beast Union skill on Rani. For those that forgot, Rani is the horse that I tamed.

Becoming one with a horse was ... an interesting experience. I had to rely on her a lot so that we could move around, but because of my stats being added to hers, Rani was having difficulties controlling her speed.

I ended up having to use Telekinesis as a sort of break on us, so that Rani wouldn’t run into a wall or something.

After I undid the union, I checked my unique-racial again, but I didn’t have a new race, so I can’t just turn into a horse or anything.

I then unioned with Glad, my hippogriff, which was a somewhat of a better experience. Largely because Glad is stronger than Rani, so the stat increase didn’t bother him quite as much.

And I have to say, flying around with an actual pair of wings is a ton of fun. It really made me want to unlock a race that has wings.

Because of that, I asked Pan to transform into a beast that has wings, and she turned herself into a griffon. Glad wasn’t the biggest fan of Pan in that form, but luckily I was able to hold him back.

I then asked the griffon Pan to synchro with me again, trying to see if I can cheat new races for myself using this method, but I just ended up turning into a Spiritual Beast-folk with cat features. So I guess I can only cheat two races for myself with Pan’s help.

I then let Pan go back to the spirit world, as everything I had planned for the day was done for now.

I then left Unika to get used to her new fox summon, as I decided to do the same. I’ll just do it inside HomeBase instead of at the citadel. I want to see how powerful my new Fenrir is.

After calling him out, the first thing I did was name my wolf. I came up with a ... well, it is a name. I named my wolf Gleipnir or Nir for short.

It naturally comes from Gleipnir, the Fetters of Fenrir.

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Now I was just a bit hesitant to name my Fenrir after something that in Norse mythology was used to bind the Fenrir, but I also liked the name and Nir didn’t oppose it, so it must not be a thing in this world. And yes, I do know a bit about Norse mythology. Don’t blame me that I looked a bit into it because of the Nordic archetype.

I like big boss monsters, okay? Even if the Nordic gods, or should I call them the Aesir gods, aren’t all that good because their effects are decent at best and they are difficult to summon. I still really like their designs.

I then used Beast Union on Nir, becoming one with him. And again, it was fun. Like really fun. Come on. Who doesn’t want to be a giant wolf that can just stomp on everything, chomp whatever happens to get in their way, and even throw out breath attacks like you were a dragon.

Yes, Nir can use elemental breath attacks. Wind, Water, Dark and Lightning to be specific. He can also use magic of those attributes, well Lightning isn’t an attribute in the traditional sense, but still.

After I undid my union with Nir, I fed him some more meat from Storage before sending him off. And like with Rani and Glad, I didn’t unlock a new race from the union.

Finally I summoned Himeśaila and unioned with her. And my bias might be showing, as Himeśaila was the best.

Despite being weaker than Nir, she combined the best parts of both Nir and Glad. She is powerful, she has wings, she is amazing at ice magic. Dragons just are the best.

And like every time before, after I undid my union, I didn’t get a new race. But something else did end up happening, but it happened to my status.

SpoilerName: Brian WoodRace: One without a Race - Summoner (Advanced Human) ✯Level: 160

HP: 6890 [+50] (+25,000)Mana: 10,190 [+150] (+22,800)Strength: 2715 [+20]Defense: 3535 [+20]Magic: 4090 [+120] Skills: One of Every Race LV.2 (unique-racial) - Draconic Body LV.2 (racial) - Draconic Magic LV.2 (racial) [+1] - Advanced Summoning Magic LV.3 (racial) [+1] - Spirit Magic LV.4 (racial) Pack Opener LV.8 (unique)Different Dimension Factory LV.8 (unique)Storage LV.10 (unique) Limit Break LV.1 (extra)Spiritual Space Magic LV.5 (extra)Spiritual Time Magic LV.3 (extra)

Telekinesis LV.8 (extra)Dark Chain LV.2 (extra)

Summoner’s Unity LV.10 (extra)Beast Union LV.2 (extra) [+1]

Dungeon Founder (extra)Summon Time Spirit (extra) Summon Space Spirit (extra) Summon Light Spirit (extra)

Summon Dark Spirit (extra)

Summon Earth Spirit (extra)

Summon Fire Spirit (extra) Summon Water Spirit (extra)Summon Nature Spirit (extra)

Summon Beast Spirit (extra) Health Conscious (extra) Sword Technique LV.5 Shield Technique LV.4

Advanced Mana Control LV.14Taming LV.2Defense Boost LV.10 Dragon Life Dedication (Greater True Fire Dragon)Lachros’ Blessing Iris’ Blessing Eosther’s Blessing

Nyx’s Blessing

Gaia’s Blessing

Ninatia’s Blessing

Pan’s Blessing Water Spirits Blessing (Greater)Nature Spirits Blessing (Greater)

Friend of the SpiritsSS-Rank Summoner [new]Honorary Baron of Ruiso KingdomLanguage Comprehension (humanoid) (draconic)Slave MasterSlaves: Rhianna[collapse]

Few of my skills got levels, Draconic Magic because I was using it while I was in an union with Himeśaila, Advanced Summoning Magic because of the new contract and Beast Union because I was playing with it.

I also got a new title, SS-Rank Summoner, for summoning and forming a summoning contract with an SS-rank monster. Having the title should make getting new summoning contracts easier and I can get them with petter terms, but I’ve not had any difficulty with that thus far, so I really don’t know how necessary the title is. I’ll take it, but it is just ... kind of there.