After spending almost 2 days training and adapting to her new power, Adriana left the Dungeon to meet her loved ones, who, from the first sight, noticed the obvious differences.
"Are you wearing contact lenses?" - Lily asked looking into his violet eyes.
Adriana just rolled her eyes, then gleefully recounted her improvements upon reaching Tier 3, which made everyone envious.
"Cheating!" - Said Ikiria huffing and crossing her arms, she was irritated that Adriana surpasses her in stealth.
"Yes, cheating!" - Lily imitated her, even though she was not unhappy, she is jealous that Adriana has pure darkness embracing her, instinctively she feels a lot of envy and greed for that energy.
But just the thought of trying to steal her, makes him feel watched over by something, which makes his heart clench in terror, understanding that she is not worthy of such a blessing!
Luria didn't care about that, she already knows that upon reaching Tier 3, all of them except for Ajacky will regain some of their strength gained in the past, the power they developed being Tier 6.
Adriana only acquired part of that power she had first, what is missing now is for them to reach it too.
As for Ajacky, she was curious, wanting to know how it worked, but as she learned more about it, she thought it was something evil.
An all-devouring power, the very definition of the Sin of Gluttony!
But Luria comforted him by saying. -"It doesn't matter if a power is evil, the important thing is who uses it and how they use it, Adriana may not be a saint, but she is not a crazy psychopath!"
When Adriana heard this, she looked away and started to whistle suspiciously, which caused her to receive a punch from Luria. - "Stopped!"
"Okay, okay!" Adriana laughed, then continued talking about her changes.
Ikiria indignantly wanted to test who was the best assassin, so he asked for a [Hide] for her.
Adriana didn't want to, but Ikiria was so insistent, so she went to a Fun Scenario, where they had to find each other while hiding.
Ikiria really likes this and [Tag].
But in the end, Ikiria was never able to find Adriana, only when she was behind her, manifesting her presence.
This made Ikiria even more irritated, decided to train even more and of course, torment Adriana to help her train, as the System left the following message for her:
[+300% EXP for the "Stealth Master" Skill when challenging the "Shadow Master"!]
Adriana thought it was curious, but she didn't refuse.
...
Quickly her changes were noticed by all, that when asked, Adriana said that she participated in a ritual with Lily, but a demon appeared, she killed him and he cursed her, but the curse was so weak, that it only affected the color of her hair and eyes.
It was such an absurd excuse, that somehow they believed it.
But this is mainly due to the fact that Adriana is very powerful, so powerful that they don't know her limits.
Not to mention the atmosphere around her changed a lot, as well as with the passage of time, her skin became a little paler, when asked, it was a curse thing.
So they went to tell Lily to take care of it, because they were fearing for Adriana's health, something sweet, but in the end Adriana said not to worry, she already undid the curse, just that these are side effects that will stay permanently.
In the end, no one else brought up the subject, because Adriana seemed prettier and more deadly in a way.
And after 1 week since her evolution, Adriana took the Crimson Mist to another city, it turns out that the Lady of the City heard about her deeds, so she sent a message requesting her services to deal with a group of bandits that are threatening them.
Result, in 3 weeks, one less bandit group in the world!
The Crimson Mist won a good reward and the Mistress of the City, pleased, proved to be very wise, as she earned her current post purely through military feats, she knew how to differentiate someone who can or cannot be provoked.
And Adriana had 1 hundred women who can match Knights, why the hell would she try to provoke someone who leads so many Elites, just being an idiot!
So, taking advantage of this powerful Elite at her disposal for a few bucks, the Lady of the City made Adriana and her people annihilate several problems that surround their lands, primitive tribes, some powerful wild beasts and so on.
Villages also recruited her services, in less than 1 month, all problems in the region were solved.
In the midst of this, Adriana received some letters from a certain Lady of the City who very much wanted to see her, but Adriana didn't pay attention after reading a few words.
In fact, she even thought it was funny, since in one of the letters, she even expressed concern that she was pregnant with his daughter, which Adriana knows is a blatant lie.
And she wasn't the only one who received messages, Lily also received several letters, even more than Adriana, which made her very angry.
But in the end this was ignored and Adriana saw that she will have to curb it in the future, it will be annoying if she does the same with a higher ranking Noble, or even someone from royalty.
...
While her mercenaries were dealing with various matters, Adriana was accompanied by Lily and Ajacky, drawing a Summoning magic circle on the ground.
That was in her mind, with that she will be able to summon creatures from other worlds and dimensions.
But she has a certain purpose in this, as she brought several Demonic Cores as a source of energy, as well as several materials related to the Fire Element.
Adriana took a look, seeing that everything was in order, she started injecting her Mana into the Summoning Circle and opened her arms.
Lily and Ajacky watched with interest as the circle glowed and the weather warmed up, then a crack appeared in midair, where slowly a flame came out!
[Lesser Fire Elemental(Lv.1) – HP: 100%]
Adriana smiled when looking at the small flame that can be extinguished with a simple blow from her, in the literal sense!
"And that?" - Lily asked raising an eyebrow.
Adriana ignored her and held out her hand, the flame slowly molding itself into a small, childlike female figure, soon falling into her hand and when Adriana let her Mana flow, the small figure seemed to be in comfort.
[Do you want to bond with the Lesser Fire Elemental?]
"Yes!" - Adriana said and with that, a contract was made, a powerful connection that made the little elemental even happier.
[You have acquired the "Summon Fire Elemental" Skill!]
[Summon Fire Elemental(Lv.1)]
- Type: Active
- Description: Summon the Lower Grade Fire Elemental to support you in combat and enhance your Fire Element Spells!
- Effect: +20% Fire Element Damage and Resistance
Adriana was smiling where she lightly stroked the Elemental's chin, who had a cute face and seemed delighted by her touch.
Soon the Skill reached Level 2, as the Fire Elemental was absorbing his Mana and as such, it also reached Level 2!
'System, can I play Skill Points on it?' - Adriana asked curiously.
[Yes!]
'I already know, I can't let her be 1 Tier stronger than me?' - Asked Adriana.
[Wrong! She cannot pass her Level!]
'… fair!'
"Well, since you are a cute and dangerous little thing, I will call you 'Flare', what do you think?" - Adriana said smiling and a message came.
[The Fire Elemental is named Flare!]
Smiling, Adriana teased her a bit before allowing her to return to her home, where she would summon her in the future if necessary.
"It was as I expected, I had my doubts, but by making a contract with an Elemental, I connect to it, just like the Familiars of Mages in my world, same concept, but I don't believe it will be the same for other creatures." - Adriana said calmly.
"I see… I believe you will utilize the Elementals to fulfill your need for Elemental Spells?" - Lily asked curiously.
"Yes, I have no reason to focus on spells right now, as my current focus will be on practicing and understanding more of the Void, so the Elements for me will just be something to make my life easier, from leveling lands, burning forests, helping growth. of plants and so on!" - Adriana said smiling.
"Burn forests?" - Asked Ajacky, surprised by the example given.
"It's just a joke, but you never know!" - Adriana said laughing, making Ajacky narrow her eyes, only to receive a pinch on the cheek.
"I will make contracts with Water, Earth and Wind Elementals, having the 4 Basic Elements will be good enough for now, maybe I will try with others in the future, when I get the proper materials, I also think I can help them form contracts with Elementals, even without having the proper skills. Of course, if you want to have 2 or more contracts, I think you'll need the Subclass." - Adriana said calmly.
"It's possible? Then I want to have a Demonic Elemental!" - Lily said smiling happily.
"I don't think it's possible, a Dark Elemental will, but I don't think there is a Demon Elemental." - Adriana said, which made Lily shrug.
"Hmmm… what do you think would be best for me?" - Ajacky asked.
Adriana looked at her, thought and said. - "I believe an Elemental of Earth or Nature, maybe even one of Light."
Ajacky nodded, she's still learning the concepts and more about the world at large.
…
Adriana made 3 more contracts, where the Earth Elemental was named Gaia, the Wind Elemental Celest and the Water Elemental Calypso.
With that, Adriana acquired ways to manipulate the 4 Elements and in a much more efficient way through creatures that were born from the Elements.
And due to being in Aphrodite's world, all 4 Elementals that emerged were women, maybe if she was in another world, they could become other forms and not just female, but that doesn't matter.
With her 4 new friends, Adriana acquired a new range of opportunities, which she will take advantage of very well!
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With her bond created with 4 Elementals, Adriana needed to prioritize training them now, just as he discovered new interesting things from the System, it's actually about his Gluttony!
Initially she thought it was something the System created by taking advantage of it, but that wasn't the case, "Gluttony" was something the Void had, a darkness capable of engulfing and corrupting everything!
So "Gluttony" was just a characteristic that Adriana acquired due to having Astral Energy, something connected to the spirit, which created a synergy, allowing her to devour all kinds of energy, material or immaterial!
As for what she discovered, it was the EXP, the System informed her that the EXP gained from monsters, is actually a small portion of surplus energy, used by the System to strengthen its target.
But using "Gluttony", Adriana is able to devour more than half of the creature's energy, along with parts of its soul, to strengthen herself, the same principles as EXP, so devouring her enemies is much more efficient than killing them !
In that case, even a Level 100 enemy would give more EXP by being devoured than killing a Level 200 enemy!
Adriana now understands why the System messed with the Leveling System so much, how mere training can give EXP, instead of Attribute Points.
With that, Adriana believes that she will be able to reach high levels much faster than in the past, so knowing that she practically multiplied her leveling speed by dozens of times, Adriana decided to focus on training her Elementals.
They will be very useful to simplify her life in the future, at the same time, she was thinking about which Subclass to choose to replace the one of [Tamer] that was assimilated with [Astral Fighter].
Due to reaching Tier 3, many of the previous Classes have undergone various changes, showing that the Void is so powerful, it has affected all choices.
Before there was the "Paladin", even the "Priest" Class was available, but now they are all corrupted, where we have "Sword of Void" and "Blesser of Void".
We still have a lot of standard Classes, like [Swordsman] becoming [Master Swordsman] due to his [Sword Mastery] Skill becoming [Sword Master].
But it also has variations like [Echoing Swordsman] or [Swordsman of Gluttony].
She found it interesting considering that many of the acquired skills are offensive, she could integrate the many Fencing Techniques she has been learning, should increase them by 1 or 2 stars easy!
But Adriana decided not to focus on any one weapon, she wants to master everything, so something like [Void Warrior] would be good, but she doesn't see that much need.
At the moment what she wants to prioritize is usefulness and efficiency, as she will train, being practically an Elementalist, she won't have extra time for that.
As such, analyzing her many options, she ended up finding among the hundreds of Classes, one that reminded her of a certain "companion", herself!
[Bending Mind] was an advantage that she initially regretted having at first, but in the end it helped her a lot in keeping her sanity in that empty space, as the two were constantly aiming to better each other.
But starting her new life in this version, Adriana lost this advantage, but the strange thing was that she had not even noticed this difference, perhaps because the mental impact was not negative, just that her mind was thinking twice as much.
If with more than 100,000 Intelligence she was already absurdly intelligent, being practically a walking supercomputer, imagine having 2 minds with the same capacity, being able to think perfectly independently, as well as helping each other.
For a Mage, this would be a perfect Skill, here it came up again, as the Class: [Scholarship Divided].
This Class gave her the Unique Skill [Bending Mind], having the same effects as Version 2.0, except she won't have to go through the torture of hitting each other's balls to disconnect.
In fact, it will even be possible to have more than 2 minds in the same brain, it can be said that you can have dozens.
This should be pretty awesome and should dramatically accelerate the growth of many skills, but Adriana saw that here it had already become something more dangerous.
Having 2 minds will, but knowing herself, if dozens of Adrianas are arguing in her mind, for it to turn into a bloodbath and she dies with her brain fried, it's a snap of her fingers.
It's not worth the danger, not to mention that there have been some conflicts in the past, so Adriana doesn't want to have this Class at all, not sure that she will have the means to prevent any rebellion from Adrianas.
But then she saw another Derived Class:
[Duplicator: +32 HP & +20 MP & +8 SP per level!]
- Inferior Consciousness: Create submissive consciousnesses to the original, which can think, but never betray the original! Having only 1/3 of the original body's Intelligence and Wisdom!
- Inferior Clone: Create clones of herself, submissive to the original, who can act according to orders or independently, having only 1/3 of the original body's strength!
- Connection Without Borders: Be connected to all your Clones regardless of where you are!
"System… is this what I think it is?" - Asked Adriana hesitantly thinking of infinite possibilities.
[This Class was developed based on her "Double Mind", along with many research data that the Player has collected throughout her life, such as Doppelgangers, Mimics, Shapeshifters and much more, being possible to develop such fantastic effects!]
"Wow, even you are praising this so much, it looks like you are really proud!" -Adriana said smiling, thinking she already found her new Subclass.
The System didn't say anything, but if she had feelings, she would have replied: Absolutely!
Adriana then selected her new Subclass!
[Lower Consciousness(Lv.1/100)]
- Type: Active & Passive
- Description: Create a conscience based on yours, but with only 1/3 of your Intelligence and Wisdom Attribute! The created consciences know that they are copies and are forbidden to harm the original!
- Consciousness: 0 / 1
[Inferior Clone(Lv.1/100)]
- Type: Active & Passive
- Description: Create an identical copy of the original, which will follow your orders and have 1/3 of your Physical Attributes! It is possible to inject created Consciousnesses into clones, so that they can act independently, but with certain limitations!
- Clones: 0 / 1
[Borderless Connection(Lv.Max)]
- Type: Active & Passive
- Description: The Void has given you the authority to connect through it to everything it touches, thus allowing your consciousness to temporarily transfer to your Clones or even possess your other Consciousnesses, regardless of where they are, having no limit to the distance, as long as are not in another Universe!
Adriana smiled, where she found a suitable place and there she made a cut on her finger, where she let her blood fall and from the blood that dripped, soon a figure began to grow as if by magic.
In moments, Adriana was looking at an identical copy of herself, naked!
She enjoyed seeing herself with an indifferent face, that huge cock of his that she had taken great care to create.
Laughing Adriana closed her eyes, ignoring her Clone, who is just an empty shell that listens to orders.
So in her mind, Adriana saw herself in a mental world, it's been a long time since she appeared here, the place is very big and it's full of things, something that her 2 minds in the past had created.
She was surprised that everything was still here, a gigantic library, where when trying to open the books, she was recovering parts of her knowledge.
"Is this… not cheating? System?" - Adriana asked in surprise.
[No! Most of the content here is information about the future, scientific data and concepts that the player can get without any problems, you have conquered all of this and the System will not be able to erase everything!]
[But the System recommends not to absorb all the knowledge present here, due to it being too much and your current mind will be unable to support even 1/100th of all the knowledge!]
"... I understand..." - Adriana said, then put the books aside, she will see that in the future, luck that she was well organized, so she categorized this huge library full of stolen and studied knowledge, as well as many theories she created.
But the interesting thing is that there was a shelf here just with information about the future, she'll take a look at it later, it should help you a lot.
'I should have taken records of past lotteries!' - Adriana thought with a desire to laugh.
…
Adriana soon had both palms open, trying to model something, she was feeling a lot of headache, different from creating a Clone that needed her blood, creating another Consciousness would cause her some headaches and a lot of stress!
But Adriana persevered, where in a few minutes, a perfect sphere was floating in her palms that constantly circled her, seeing that she was successful, Adriana soon threw the sphere on the ground, which was absorbed by the soil of her conscience.
And as if it were germinating, a figure grew from the ground, taking on a humanoid form and an identical Adriana emerged.
"Original!" - Said the new Adriana bowing in service.
Adriana smiled and said. - "I did really well creating this body, it's a little sad that my skin turned paler like a vampire, but it's not ugly..."
"Actually, it looks good on us, but I preferred the red eyes, it's our favorite color!" - Said the copy smiling.
Adriana nodded, then asked. - "Do you know what your job is?"
"Yes, since I'm part of your skill, half of the EXP I acquire goes to you, so I'm practically an EXP farm, with our [Gluttony], reaching Level 200 in 3-4 months won't be a problem!" - Said the copy calmly.
"Actually, I had that thought, since I can devour everything I learn and the System will do the rest to make it my Skill levels, but I think I have something better for you!" - Adriana said smiling and the copy seemed interested.
...
Adriana officially started training with her Elementals, summoning the 4 to support her in combat, where the 4 Elementals, who were practically very curious babies, were also very obedient.
And Adriana constantly gave them part of her Mana, helping them to recover their constantly low Mana reserves.
And with her devouring her enemies, it's obvious that she gained a lot of EXP!
It didn't take more than 3 days for the Elementals to reach Level 51, becoming Intermediate Grade Elementals!
With that their sizes that were like 2 to 3 years old children, who could fly, now they looked to be around their 12 years old, having more developed bodies, but due to being quite young still and their minds being in development, they still they were not able to speak.
But they showed what they meant through their cute expressions and feelings.
Adriana was practically like their mother, the strange thing is that they treated her as such, whenever they were summoned, jumping over her body and constantly rubbing against her, wanting her affection.
When they reached the Intermediate Grade, they began to shrink their bodies to look cuter and not bump into each other when touching Adriana.
Adriana didn't mind, she likes those kids who can annihilate a small army in minutes!
…
Adriana over time, was approached by their wives, who really wanted to have Elementals too, so Adriana helped them.
Luria acquired a Water Elemental, which due to the contract, became an Ice Elemental when she reached Intermediate Grade.
Ikiria was given a Dark Elemental, which due to the contract, became a Shadow Elemental when she reached the Intermediate Grade.
Lily received a Dark Elemental as expected, which continued as such, not becoming something like Demon Elemental and etc., such a thing did not exist!
Ajacky was the hardest to think about what would be best for her, so she was asked what exactly she wanted, in the end, Ajacky wanted to be a support for everyone, she understood that if she wants to reach them, she has several decades of experience love more than her, she will need to train a lot!
But it doesn't change that she is the weakest and it will be difficult to match the 3 wives of her beloved, so she decided to be a support, having an Elemental of Light, which will not only serve as a support, but also as a healer.
And her contract gave her many advantages, not to mention that being the weakest and having the lowest HP of the whole group, her Elemental of Light will help her with recovery spells.
With that, they all had a companion who honed their elemental skills, as well as giving them a lot of simple arcane knowledge.
Even Ajacky, who knew almost nothing about Magic, could cast some simple Light spells, even Lily stayed well away from Ajacky now, demon thing.
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[Hunting World – Tier 4]
- Description: One of many worlds created with no predominant intelligent race, just constantly evolving animals and insects, a purely animal ecosystem with a rigid food chain!
It is very common to find giant beasts, insects that would easily devour humans in 1 or 2 bites, this is a dangerous place for any species below Tier 3!
- Danger Note: This world is mainly governed by Mana rules, along with a superior growth limiter, all species that in other worlds would be small and harmless, here are gigantic and deadly, being in large groups!
Adriana slowly appeared in a savannah, briefly taking in her surroundings, before suddenly something jumped out at her.
[Reaper Mantis(Lv.215) – HP: 100%]
She looked mildly surprised, before being deftly covered by the darkness and the attacks pierced her.
The praying mantis was confused, until black spikes pierced its entire body, its green blood oozing as its enormous vitality came to an end.
"Thanks for the meal!" - Adriana said smiling with her hand outstretched, it was the last thing the Praying Mantis saw before being engulfed by a cold and relaxing hug!
And with that, Adriana reached Level 155, 4 levels in just one meal, but what a treat!
Laughing, Adriana opened her [Map], seeing many Points around, closing her eyes, she could feel many presences and that was what she wished for, a true leveling world.
Best of all, she'll get a lot of high-quality materials, like the two Praying Mantis scythes, which are in her inventory right now.
This is a true paradise for her who can devour everything!