Once everyone had returned to their homes or beds for the evening, Karl settled in to meditate and work on combining skills.
If he could get [Skill Master] to Rank 3, he would be able to upgrade monster skills by a tier, making more powerful versions of the base skills. So, if he had combined skills that were already more powerful than what the monsters had begun with, the upgrade to Skill Master would become even more impressive.
There was also hope that one of the others would get a skill to Monarch Rank soon as well. Cara had begun with Disintegrate a Rank above herself, but Rae and Hawk had skills advanced well before their body did.
If they could do the same again, it would give everyone an extra level of safety against attacks.
So, dealing with stronger attackers became Karl's priority for the evening. An effective combat skill that would allow the beasts to eliminate threats at the Monarch Rank before they made it there themselves.
