Chapter 145: Drasil’s Transformation

Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to learn a Fire Concept that night. He was disappointed, he really thought that he had a chance of doing so.

He also knew that if anyone else was listening to his expectations and thoughts, they would punch him in the face for thinking that learning another Concept was that easy.

On another note, his Applied Combat class went a lot better than yesterday. This time he had a real [Quick Step] skill that he was able to use. He also was put up against a much weaker opponent than that scaly cat thing.

This time he had been pitted against a four-legged fat beaver-like monster. It had two massive teeth and used some sort of wood affinity skills to shoot shards of wood at Julius from a distance from its pinecone-looking tail.

It was definitely one of the more unique monsters he had come across yet. The good news was that it had the aim of a ninety-year-old blind grandma. He didn’t know how its skill worked, but the shards of wood went everywhere. There was no challenge in dealing with them.

While there were admittedly a lot of them, he only needed to worry about the larger shards of wood. The smaller ones only left small scratches and cuts, so there wasn’t anything to worry about. Also, since they were still wearing simulated combat devices, they didn’t really leave any scratches. They only made him feel like they did, so it was even easier.

He didn’t play around with it like he had done with the last monster, he put it down swiftly. He didn’t use any kinetic energy in his legs, relying only on [Quick Step] to move around. However, that was all he needed.

He blasted an overcharged [Quick Step] like the ones he had been practicing last night and closed in on the beaver monster. The beaver still tried to take a nibble out of Julius when he got too close, but he calmly avoided the large teeth and smashed a kinetically enhanced fist into the temple of the monster.

It didn’t take it down in one hit, as he was holding back a little, but the next three quick punches had it soon dissipating into particles of mana.

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It was the next day and the six of them were walking with Julius after they were all done with lunch. After all, he had promised them that he would let all of them watch as he gave Drasil the Sylvan Petal Lily had bought him.

When they entered the main training facility and got a room, Julius quickly summoned Drasil from his core.

The little green spirit had been napping in his core and didn’t seem to appreciate being woken. He let out a frustrated whistle and tried to curl up in a little ball right on the hand that Julius summoned him on.

Julius let him do whatever he wanted. He knew that the second he took out the Sylvan Petal, Drasil would notice it. His life spirit was a predictable glutton.

Thus, it wasn’t surprising to him when Drasil flailed around on his palm the moment it was taken from his storage ring. The little life spirit all of a sudden was completely awake and was frantically trying to find out where the life mana he was sensing was coming from.

Drasil spotted it in Julius’s other hand and without even thinking about it, he jumped from Julius’s palm and tried to cover the vast space between the two hands. To nobody’s, but Drasil’s shock, the spirit wasn’t even able to get halfway there. Julius had to grab the spirit by the waist to prevent him from hitting the ground.

Julius, realizing that Drasil wasn’t going to stop until he got his tiny hands on the life treasure, put the spirit down on the ground gently.

He looked back to the others who were eagerly watching with bated breaths.

“Well, come on then. Stop teasing the little guy,” Aubrey exclaimed impatiently.

As if he could understand her, Drasil let out another chime that sounded like he was agreeing with her.

Julius let out a soft chuckle and bent down to the ground, placing the Sylvan Petal by his feet. Drasil instantly dashed toward the life treasure as fast as his two little feet could carry him with both hands extended out.

It was soul crushingly adorable.

The Sylvan Petal was a tad larger than Drasil’s couple of inches, so when the spirit latched onto the treasure, it looked more like the spirit was hugging a tree. It was cute enough, that Lily and Aubrey involuntarily let out a gasp of excitement and joy.

The moment the petal made contact with Drasil it started to glow. Drasil then latched his mouth onto the stem and began sucking on it.

The life treasure was being broken down slowly by the spirit. The green and white petal was peeling away in layers of mana, but none of it was going to waste. Drasil made sure that not a single grain of mana was uneaten.

A few minutes later Julius observed Drasil polishing off the last remnants of the petal.

Just like that a hundred platinum was eaten by a spirit two inches tall.

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He didn’t know if the plant had mass or was entirely made of mana, but Julius laughed when he saw the bulging stomach of Drasil after he was done. The adorable green spirit seemed absolutely stuffed. Which was a very impressive achievement. The glutton never seemed to be full.

Drasil was slumped on his back and had fallen asleep immediately after he was done, needing a nap to digest his meal. Julius shook his head in exasperation and bent down to pick him up with both hands.

The spirit then nestled into his palms and let out a satisfied groan.

Aubrey, Lily, and Kyle all quietly came closer to observe what was happening with curiosity. Aubrey and Lily most likely just wanted to see something cute, but Kyle was most likely more interested in noting down the process of the life spirit consuming the treasure.

However, pretty soon after Drasil had fallen asleep something happened. A strong pulsing glow began emitting from his small body.