In that case... I should be able to absorb the weaker Veins, as long as I can take responsibility for the Beast Tides... William realized.
Thankfully, there was an easy solution to this. As long as the level of the Beast Tide wasn't too high, even Atticus could handle it without an issue. Of course, William would feel bad if he put his two most important companions on a permanent guard-duty, so he had to find another one for the job.
System, open the Companion Shop.
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COMPANION SHOP:
Hatch Existing Egg: (0)
-No Eggs Available
Befriend Living Beast: (0)
-No Beasts Available
Companion Egg Purchase: (194 Available!)
-Select Egg from Bestiary: Cost Varies
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William selected the Companion Egg Purchase option, then scrolled through the Bestiary until he found sothing that piqued his interest. Since Atticus was added to the Bestiary, he could technically incubate an army of Rat Snakes to guard the chasm, but snakes didn't have wings so it might not be the best terrain for them.
Fla Dragons were also off the table, since they were much too large.
System, select Plains Vulture. William ordered.
They were small, had wings, and could use Darkness Magic at higher levels, which would be great for detecting the Beast Tides early.
-Select Rarity.
Select Rarity? What do you an?
-The Host can select the Rarity of the Egg you want to incubate, up to the highest Rarity you have incubated. Since you have a Mythical Companion already, you can purchase Companion Beast Eggs of Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Mythical Rarity.
Is there a difference in cost?
-Of course. Common Eggs are only 5 Potential Points, Uncommon are 10, Rare are 20, Epic Eggs are 50 Points, Legendary are 100, and Mythical Companion Eggs are 250 Potential Points.
-There is an additional cost to hatch the Companion Eggs, which is always 100 Points.
-Once the Egg is hatched, the cost to upgrade the Beast from one level to the next follows the sa cost as upgrading your Talents.
William nodded in understanding, then selected the Uncommon option since it was the most cost-effective when one factored in the hatching cost. Not only would it cost the second least to purchase the eggs, but it would also be much cheaper to upgrade the Magical Beasts compared to the higher Rarities.
Even though Atticus was a Mythical Companion Beast, and its strength was very impressive compared to its Cultivation, William couldn't afford to upgrade multiple Magical Beasts to the sa level. It was better to have a group of Uncommon-Rarity Plains Vultures in his opinion.
-How many Eggs would you like to purchase?
Hmm... let's go with ten, for now.
-Purchased 10 Uncommon Plains Vulture Eggs: -100 PP
Ten small brown eggs dotted with small specks of black appeared in front of William, lined up evenly on the ground in front of the Lesser Lightning Vein.
-Would you like to hatch your Eggs now? Total hatching cost will be one thousand Potential Points.
Yes.
The eggs glowed in unison, briefly lighting up the chasm as they cracked apart. Small beaks burst forth from the eggs one at a ti, opening to release weak chirps that belonged to tiny featherless chicks.
-Your eggs have hatched. Na your Companion Beasts.
Na them?
-Yes, you are required to na your Companion Beasts if they don't already have one. How else will you know which one is which when upgrading? If they're the sa species, it's almost impossible!
You have a point. Alright then... what to na them?
William decided on a simple naming thod, since the Plains Vultures were purely guards for this region and he was likely to forget their nas later anyway.
I'll na you Chasm Guard One through Ten.
-Egg Hatched: Uncommon Plains Vulture (x10)
-Hatched your first Uncommon Beast: 1 PP
-Detected the Host has multiple Beasts of the sa species and rarity. Floating na tags only visible to you will now appear above the heads of your Companion Beasts.
William opened his System Panel imdiately and looked at the price to upgrade the Plains Vultures. Since he hadn't actually seen an Uncommon Talent yet, William had no clue how much the upgrade would cost.
It was funny to think about, considering he had everything from Common to Mythical Talents, but had never seen an Uncommon Talent.
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BEASTS:
-Uncommon: ( - )
--Chasm Guard One (Plains Vulture): F (2PP to next rank)
--Chasm Guard Two (Plains Vulture): F (2PP to next rank)
--Chasm Guard Three (Plains Vulture): F (2PP to next rank)
...
POTENTIAL POINTS: 21145
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Oh right, they still start at F-Rank even though my System is C-Rank. I forgot about that, but it seems that the Uncommon upgrades are roughly twice as much as the Common Talents. Rare are three tis as much until SS-Rank, so this makes sense I guess...
System, how much would it cost to upgrade all ten of them to A-Rank?
-The total cost would be 7620 Potential Points.
I can afford it. Let's do that, then.
-7620 PP
The identical Plains Vultures suddenly shook as Ti Mana seed to co from out of nowhere and envelop each of their bodies. Their bodies quickly grew from small chicks to the size of a full-grown adult, which would usually take upwards of five years, while their feathers ford in the blink of an eye.
Even the cycle of feather growth and molting was repeated multiple tis, as if William was watching a tilapse of a vulture's growth. It was srizing, to say the least.
The System ssages appeared to confirm that they had skipped through E-Rank and were now D-Rank Plains Vultures.
He continued to watch as the adult Plains Vultures developed Qi Refinent Cultivation, then quickly scaled to the peak of the Realm as if they had been there the entire ti. Thick, dark clouds ford in the sky as ten Plains Vultures attempted the Tribulation simultaneously, pausing the System upgrade.
William was worried about the Tribulations affecting each other, so he quickly teleported each Plains Vulture to a different location to give them enough room, then returned to his original location to watch their upgrade.
The only problem was, the System sent a few concerning ssages that made William realize he wasn't the only one that wanted to see.
-The Heavens are watching.
-The Heavens are watching.
-The Heavens are watching.
-The Heavens are watching.
-The Heavens... ( 6 More)
...
The System repeated the sa ssage ten tis, to which William promptly concealed himself with the Illusion Elent.
-The Heavens have lost track of you.
-The Heavens are curious: 1 Attention
-The Heavens are curious: 1 Attention
-The Heavens are curious: 1 Attention
-The Heavens... ( 7 More)
-Attention value has reached 10 Points. The Heavens are interested in the Host.
His move seed to work, but not without cost. He didn't know what it ant for the Heavens to be interested in him, but William guessed that it wasn't a good thing.
Just like being too high-profile led William to temporary enslavent, sothing about the current situation told him that he was once again taking too many risks.
I'll have to hide before every Tribulation. I didn't expect the Heavens to watch during soone else's Tribulation... is it because I'm nearby, or maybe because the Vultures are connected to ?
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