42 Duplication (1/2)

After her lesson, which left twenty twitching bodies on the school practice grounds, Nine suddenly became aware of something unusual happening in her interspatial bracelet. Alarmed, she hastily checked inside and wanted to heave a sigh of relief when she realized that it wasn't Black who was having problems.

Instead, there was something strange going on with Rainier.

Her alarm not diminishing in the least, she hastily called him out and held him in her hand. From what she could see, Rainier had just reached the Sixth Tier, which was something that would have shocked the world.

Looking at Rainier, her face lit up and then somewhat darkened. Rainier was a slime. Albeit, a rare slime, but still a slime, nonetheless. Her students were still in the middle of the Fourth Tier, with exception to Lucien, who was on the cusp of reaching the Fifth Tier.

Rainier was wobbling in her palm, his expression looking like he was dizzy.

”What's wrong, Rainier?” Nine asked through their familiar link.

She received no reply from the blue slime. Baffled, Nine poked Rainier's wobbling body lightly, causing it to wobble even harder. She inserted her magic into his body through their link, wondering what was wrong.

She probed his gelatine-like body, but her magic revealed to her that nothing was wrong. At this moment, her eyes flashed. Could it be that Rainier was undergoing some sort of mutation upon reaching the Sixth Tier? According to the fluctuations that he was giving out, it seemed like he had just advanced a few minutes ago.

Nine placed Rainier down on in her lap as she sat down quietly to watch. It would be remiss of her to do anything to disrupt the advancement of her familiar. She kept her magic circulating inside his body, giving him a little boost of magic to make the process quicker.

Strangely enough, she could feel her magic sinking into Rainier's body like it was disappearing. Rainier was using her magic to fuel his advancement, speeding up the process significantly. Through her magic, she could feel the process occurring gradually, giving her inexplicable feelings.

As minutes passed, Rainier's body mass increased, steadily growing larger. Before long, he was twice the size he was usually. The blue shade of his body had slowly bled into purple, eventually settling on a delicate shade of pastel purple.

Nine watched with interest, itching to record her findings down, but settled on watching the advancement process in full. She could tell that it wouldn't take very long now.

Abruptly, a blinding flash erupted from Rainier's body, causing Nine to hurriedly shut her eyes.

When she opened them, what greeted her left her slightly dazed.

[Rainier (Fire and Water Slime)]

[Status: Healthy (Excited)]

[Attributes: Fire, Water]

[Title: Slime of Unending Potential, Hard Worker]

[Skills: Fireball (Intermediate), Waterball (Mastered), Fire Lance (Beginner), …]

Rainier, apart from returning to his usual size, had retained its purple shade, an upgrade from his previous status as a Blue Slime. He had evolved into a slime that was capable of using two elements, which was actually exceedingly rare. Most Magic Beasts only ever retained one element in their entire lives unless they met a fortuitous encounter.

Checking his status board in full detail, she felt satisfied by the upgrade he had underwent. She looked at the status board that was hidden behind Rainier's status board and checked the newly born slime, which was transparent in colour.

[Unnamed (Rainier's Offspring)]

[Status: Healthy (Curious)]

[Attributes: Ice]

[Title: Rainier's First Child, Genius]

[Skills: Ice Shard (Mastered), Ice Slip (Advanced), Ice Lance (Advanced), …]