[Brodus Clekan has sent a friend request][Melinda Targyan has sent a friend request][Klunor Sapher has sent a friend request]Sora stared at the notifications, puzzled. 'We add pyers from enemy fas to our friend lists? they track me if I accept? This feels like a trap. Even if it’s not, I don’t get why they’d want to add me… Ihe tower, unication is only possible within the same space, and outside, we’ll be enemies again.'

  He didn’t accept or dee the requests, opting to ighem for now as he moved his focus to the series of notifications.

  [The fourth trial is over. Teams ranked below 300 are eliminated. Please leave the tower after colleg your reward. gratutions to all who remain. Please select your reward.][You are ranked 1/400: Reward x3.][Your familiar's level increases by 1] x 10 [Reward Option 1: +3 Familiar Soul Link Creation Tokens][Reward Option 2: +3 Elemental Affinity Stones][Reward Option 3: +3 Level 150 Legendary Celestial Set (Growth Item, Familiar)][Reward Option 4: +1 Familiar Soul Link Strengthening Token, +1 Elemental Affinity Stone, +1 Level 150 Legendary Celestial Familiar Armor]

  su, who had been stuck at level 145, gaien levels as part of the reward for the fourth trial.

  Sora studied the options carefully, weighing their potential. 'Soul Link… That’s also the name of Kara’s ability. Maybe these [Familiar Soul Link Creation Tokens] could create something simir.'

  The [Elemental Affinity Stones] likely enhanced a familiar’s elemental affinity or even granted a new one, both of which seemed valuable. And while the third option— [Level 150 Legendary Celestial Set (Growth Item, Familiar)]—was really tempting, Sora preferred not to rely on equipment too much for his familiars’ growth.

  'If the first item does what I think it does, I should not he affinity Stones... And the growth set of items seem powerful, but I have no idea what is required to allow that growth, and if they won't be outdated sooner or ter. Since I want to help Hiyoko grow, I 't take the third option.' After careful thought, he chose the first option, hoping tthen the bond with his familiars and hopefully amplify their overall abilities in the process.

  ‘I’ve ed Hiyoko for too long; maybe it’s time to focus on her.’ He resolved.

  [You have obtained +3 Familiar Soul Link Creation Tokens][Familiar Soul Link Creation Token][Description: Creates a Soul Link with the familiar of your choice, establishing a perma exge between master and familiar. be strengthehrough special methods.]Sora examihe description with curiosity. 'I already have a e with my familiars, so what does this additional link offer?'

  To find out, he summoned su and Hiyoko, both materializing in front of him with their usual energy. su’s energy was rising, as his size was almost the same as his height before the battle, while Hiyoko chirped excitedly, flying around Sora in small loops.

  "Alright, let’s see your statuses," Sora muttered, scrolling through their stats to assess their current progress.

  [Familiar Profile Status][Name: su][Species: Undying Phoenix (Adult)][Pedigree: Undying Phoenix (40% bloodliive)[Level: 155][Talent Level: 608]Primary Attributes:— Strength: (B --> S)— Agility: (A --> SS)— Stamina: (B --> S)— Magic: (S --> SSS)— Mental Power: (A --> A)]Affinities:— Fire: (SS --> SSS)— Holy: (A --> AA)— Are: (A) (New!)][Special Abilities: Holy Fire, Enhanced Rebirth, Supernova, Loved By Fire, ... ][Uraits: Prestige Rebirth (Hybrid, ied)][Disposition: Unyielding, Curious][Growth Potential: 20%][(Cliore...)]Browsing through su's profile, Sora was satisfied by the progress his familiar had made, and did not bother diving into the detailed stats on nurturing and power levels avaible when expanding the panel.

  The panel highlighted su’s evolution from his base, untrained form to his current stats across all fields. As his bloodliivity increased, he unlocked Special Abilities, and reached certain thresholds in growth, level and bloodliivity that allowed evolution.

  In trainisu, Sora had focused primarily on mana trol and mastery over elements. Seeing that su’s taleered heavily around fire, he had dedicated more time to elemental training, leaving body refi as a lower priority. Body f was somethisu strongly disliked, often begging Sora to focus on something else.

  Sora had eventually stopped the body-refining process once all attributes reached at least S rank, redireg their efforts toward elemental trol.

  Through interaining, su’s Fire Affinity had reached SSS rank, with his Magic Attribute attaining the same level. His achievements in mana trol had led to the emergence of an affinity with Are magic, granting him a better uanding of mana and its manipution.

  Upon reag level 50 a week earlier, Sora had been surprised to see three evolution options for his phoenix, each refleg the training he’d provided.

  The first option, [Immortal Phoenix], would have boosted su’s body f, fog on resiliend resistahis evolution leaoward making him a physical powerhouse with high endurand strength.

  The sed option, [Are Phoenix], would have amplified su’s potential for mana mastery, pushing his trol and uanding of mana to a new level, perfeana or elemental manipution. Sora would have loved to choose such evolution for himself if there was something equivalent for humans...

  The third option, however, had intrigued Sora the most. It seemed his innate skill had heavily influenetsu’s evolution path. This choiamed [Undying Phoenix], would elevate his familiar’s urait. Through their bond, Sora’s innate skill had enhanetsu’s Urait and signature ability, transf [Rebirth]—meant t him back to life—into something even more powerful.

  Choosing the third evolution, Sora had seen this skill evolve with his familiar.

  [Enhanced Rebirth][Description: Upoh, the [Undying Phoenix] revives with enhaalent, increasing all attributes and strengthening affinities with mana and elements.Remembering the description, Sora felt a bit annoyed. He had bet on this evolutio seemed limited by his own talent. Still, he knew better than to take skill descriptions at face value. Feeling his familiar's excitement after his evolution, as su begged him to let him die to test his Urait, Sora uzzled...

  After letting him die and be reborn twice, Sora had finally foretsu to stop messing around, as the repeated deaths began to slow his progression ihird trial. 'Without this skill, he wouldn’t have multiplied his talent by four… and the fourth trial would have been even more difficult, he thought, satisfied with su’s choice. 'His rebirth is different from mine, as a Phoenix quickly reaches his previous peak of power, as long as he absorbs enough fire.'

  While the standard list of familiars pyers could choose from offered a variety of options, many of the beasts he’d entered were likely the result of evolution paths shaped by their owners’ unique abilities. ‘There was ion of any time-reted beasts in the list, for instance, yet Kara somehow evolved her dragon into an incredible Time Dragon. And that annoying seven-tailed fox… likely tied to Emily's Supreme or Innate Skill,’ he recalled, pieg together how unique abilities influehe strength of their familiars.

  For su’s sed evolution, Sora had been given the opportunity to ge his familiar’s evolution path again. However, he felt strongly that tinuing to enhasu’s Urait was the best choice.

  Growth Potential was a value that was high every time a familiar evolved, and would slowly dee as it unlocked more and more of its potential. 'He'll soon stop improving through his bloodline, and will need more training to grow past his natural potential.' He thought, seeisu's potential nearly exhausted.

  Cheg Hiyoko's profile, he sighed.

  [Familiar Profile Status][Name: Hiyoko][Species: Piou][Pedigree: Piou (100% bloodliive)[Level: 125][Talent Level: 1,048,576]Primary Attributes:— Strength: (F --> B)— Agility: (F --> A)— Stamina: (F --> B)— Magic: (F --> C)— Mental Power: (F --> E)Affinities:— None[Special Abilities: Intuition][Uraits: None][Disposition: Cowardly, Lazy][Growth Potential: 0%][(Cliore...)]Having never beed from the tower's favors, Hiyoko's level remained capped by Sora’s owe her extraordinary talent level, she was only parable to elite beasts withiier, making it difficult for her to fight above her level in bat. Her talent simply allowed her to narrow the gap between herself and higher-ranked species rather than excel.

  During their week ohird floor, Sora had started raising her intelligence, even teag her words and how to unicate through telepathy. Though she still preferred chirping in her natural way, she now had the option to talk when needed.

  paring both familiars, the stark differen their bloodline qualities couldn’t be more apparent:

  Hiyoko: [Bloodline Quality: F]su: [Bloodline Quality: SSS]

  They were plete opposites, standing at the top and bottom of the food . Even thesu still had a signifit portion of his bloodlio unlock, guaranteeing an even higher ceiling in his growth.

  Dismissing the notifications, Sora turned his attention to his familiars, notig the unusual glint in Hiyoko's red eyes.

  “What’s wrong, Hiyoko?” he asked, worried, sensing both sadness aermination through their link.

  Hiyoko looked down, avoiding his gaze in shame. Sora turo su.

  “Master,” su unicated telepathically, his message reag both Hiyoko and Sora. “She watched my battle through the magic mirror in our beast spad hated every moment of it… She wants to bee stroo… protect me.” su’s voice softened, emotion evident in his final words.

  "You what?" Sora blurted, shocked. He knew Hiyoko’s character all too well—she’d always beeant to train or battle unless he ordered her to. Even attag a low-level pyer had taken every ounce of her ce.

  Feeling her master’s disbelief, Hiyoko’s feathers ruffled in frustration. She flew above his head, pulling on his hair with all the strength her small beak and talons could muster.

  Laughing, he gently grabbed her by the beak as her wings fpped wildly. “It’s too early for you to be rebellious," he teased, before his tone softened. “But if you truly want the strength to stand up for su... perhaps I help you. Are you really ready to accelerate your training?”

  Hiyoko paused, fling under his serious gaze. She’d seen firsthand the interaining her little brother had endured. She trembled slightly but then gave a determined nod.

  Sora had been holding off on using the [Evolve] skill on her, waiting for the right moment. Now, seeing her resolve, he activated the system’s evolution skill and looked over her options as they appeared.

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