Hide stood still on the smooth, vitrified black glass, staring at the glowing golden numbers lingering in his vision. Level 61. He had done it. He had actually done it.
The overwhelming relief of finally possessing the means to purchase the Mana Purification Catalyst for Risa washed over him, momentarily dulling the stinging pain in his exhausted muscles.
But the Universal Adaptation System was not finished.
Hide had been anticipating a notification. He knew that reaching Level 50 would trigger his evolution from D-Rank to C-Rank. What he had not calculated—what his mind hadn't even considered in the heat of the slaughter—was that the gap between C-Rank and B-Rank was only ten levels.
By hitting Level 61, he hadn't just crossed one evolutionary threshold. He had violently shattered through two of them simultaneously.
Before Hide could even dismiss the experience points window, the translucent blue interface violently glitched, flashing a blinding, catastrophic crimson.
