"Might?" Arthur laughed. "Charlotte, you're going to be a monster. You just need more levels to increase your base attributes and mana purity."
He paused, considering his sister's status. She'd gained incredible skills and explosive levelling speed, but sothing was still missing.
Her class, Arthur realized. She's still just a basic Mage. No hidden class, no specialization.
Hidden classes provided substantial bonuses—enhanced attributes, unique skills, better growth rates. Arthur's own Shadow Monarch class had been instruntal in his developnt. Charlotte deserved sothing equally powerful.
Unfortunately, obtaining hidden classes required specific conditions—completing challenging quests, discovering secret locations, or eting mysterious requirents that varied wildly. It wasn't sothing he could simply give her.
That's a problem for later, Arthur decided. Right now, getting her to level 15 and strengthening her body takes precedence. Hidden class opportunities will present themselves eventually.
"Charlotte," Arthur said, drawing her attention from the mana still swirling around her hands. "We're going to keep levelling you to 15 today. That'll give you enough attribute points to handle stronger combat, and your body will adapt better to channelling larger amounts of power."
Charlotte nodded with determination, her earlier uncertainty completely replaced by confident eagerness. "Let's do it. I want to see how strong I can get."
Aether chirped agreent from her shoulder. "Aether will help Master's sister beco super duper powerful! Then Aether and Master's sister can protect Master together!"
Arthur smiled at his companions' enthusiasm. "Alright then. Let's find so stronger monsters. Ti to see what level 10 Charlotte with epic-rank Mana Manipulation can really do."
"The monsters near the village are too weak for you now," Arthur observed as Charlotte dispatched another level 14 wolf with barely twenty fireballs. "We need to take you sowhere with stronger creatures."
"Ooh! Aether knows a good place!" the void dragon chirped excitedly. "Near Caldera! Lots of strong monsters there that are perfect for Master's sister!"
Arthur nodded with approval. "Good idea. Charlotte, ready for a location change?"
Charlotte's eyes glead with enthusiasm, mana still dancing around her fingertips as she experinted with her new Mana Manipulation skill. "Definitely. I want to test what else I can do with this ability."
Aether expanded to his transport size, and monts later, they materialised in the forest surrounding Caldera—Arthur's guild headquarters. The ambient mana here was denser, the creatures more powerful, operating in the level 15-16 range that would provide appropriate challenge.
Of course, they didn't take her to the deeper parts where superior rank beasts lay, but to areas with elite-rank bosses. Superior was still too dangerous for her, considering the fact that she had almost no combat experience, even if she was brute-forcing her way in against other monsters.
GROWL...
A level 17 Elite Boss Panther erged from the underbrush almost imdiately, its dark fur blending with shadows as it stalked toward them with grace.
Charlotte raised her staff, but instead of casting Fireball, she channelled raw mana through her new skill. The energy gathered at the staff's tip, swirling and condensing as Charlotte shaped it with focused intent.
What materialised made Arthur blink with surprise.
A perfect replica of Hello Kitty—the iconic cartoon cat—ford from pure magical energy. The mana construct was roughly the size of a basketball, glowing pink and white, complete with the characteristic bow and whiskers. It looked adorable, harmless, almost comically out of place in the dangerous forest.
"Charlotte, what are you—" Arthur began.
Charlotte grinned mischievously and launched the Hello Kitty mana doll at the approaching panther.
The cute construct sailed through the air with surprising speed, and the Shadow Panther—confused by the non-threatening appearance—didn't bother dodging.
BOOM!
The Hello Kitty doll detonated on contact with an explosive force that exceeded Charlotte's standard fireballs, due to its high concentration of mana. The panther was thrown backward, its dark fur singed and smoking, clearly stunned by the unexpected lethality hidden in such an adorable package.
Arthur burst out laughing at the absurdity of watching his sister weaponise cartoon characters. "Did you just turn Hello Kitty into a bomb?!"
"She's my favourite!" Charlotte declared cheerfully, already forming another glowing pink construct. "If I'm going to fight monsters, I might as well make it cute!"
FWOOSH!
A second Hello Kitty sailed toward the recovering panther, this one sporting a slightly different expression—maybe determined rather than just cute?
BOOM!
The explosion caught the panther mid-leap, sending it crashing into a tree with another pained yowl.
"Master's sister is using cute exploding kitties!" Aether exclaid with delighted approval. "That's so creative! Aether loves it!"
Charlotte ford a third Hello Kitty, but this ti she adjusted the mana structure slightly. Instead of one large construct, she created three smaller versions—each about the size of a softball—and launched them in rapid succession.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The triple explosion overwheld the Panther's defences completely, and the creature dissolved into light particles.
[You have slain a Level 17 Panther]
"See?" Charlotte said with satisfaction, already scanning for the next target. "Much more efficient than casting a hundred fireballs. One or two properly shaped mana constructs can do what took dozens of spell casts before."
Arthur wiped tears from his eyes, still chuckling at his sister's creative approach. "I have to admit, I never expected 'weaponised Hello Kitty' to be an effective combat strategy. But I can't argue with results."
A pack of three level 16 Forest Wolves appeared, drawn by the explosions. They spread out tactically, attempting to surround Charlotte from multiple angles.
Charlotte's response was rather creative.
She ford a larger Hello Kitty construct—this one nearly as big as she was—and set it hovering protectively in front of her. But instead of launching it, she used it as a mobile shield, the mana construct absorbing the first wolf's lunging bite.
CHOMP!
The wolf's teeth sank into the Hello Kitty shield, and Charlotte imdiately moved back, then detonated it at point-blank range.
BOOM!
The explosion sent the wolf flying backward with severe injuries, while Charlotte had already pivoted to address the second attacker. This ti she ford sothing different—a mana construct shaped like a giant ribbon, similar to Hello Kitty's iconic bow.
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