[Congratulations! The forces under your command have completed a large-scale war on the Karte Continent. You have been rewarded with +30% Growth Level.]
[Congratulations on your first hunt of three of the strongest Transcendents below Saint Tier. Before you reach Tier Nine, you will be rewarded with +5% Growth Level for every Tier Nine Peak individual you hunt. You have now received a +15% Growth Level reward.]
Excellent!
Looking at the rewards that had just appeared, Lince was ecstatic!
A single city siege and defense had actually earned him a 30% reward.
This was three times higher than the reward from Copper Hammer City.
Lince pondered why the gap between the two was so vast.
He quickly came to a likely conclusion.
It was a frontal war, a direct assault, and he had even encountered three Tier Nine Peak Giant Demons.
That was probably the real reason the reward was three times larger.
Of course, the area occupied by Farm City was also larger than that of Copper Hammer City.
Although its combat strength wasnât much different, the number of Giant Demons inside and outside the city was several times that of Copper Hammer City.
These factors likely all contributed to the reward being three times larger.
Moreover, the new notification showed Lince an even faster path to advancement.
âBefore I reach Tier Nine, I should hunt as many Tier Nine Peak Giant Demons as possible!â
âEach Tier Nine Peak Giant Demon is worth a +5% reward. Thatâs nothing to sneeze at.â
âA 45% Growth Level reward from a single battle!â
âAnd that means... I can finally break through to Tier Eight!!!â
Gazing down upon the vast number of Demon Beasts below Farm City.
Lince didnât even hesitate.
âPerhaps itâs time to show these Middle-High Tier Magical Beastsâmany of whom have only just joined meâjust how lucky they are to be a part of my forces.â
âFirst, I hunted two Tier Nine Magical Beasts. Then, I displayed the power to annihilate three Tier Nine Peak enemies.â
âAnd now, another breakthrough on top of all that!â
âIâm eager to see just how high this Ancient Dragon Godâs super-giant Dragon Species Bloodline can take me!â
And so, just as the many Demon Beasts thought the war was well and truly overâas they began feasting on the corpses of Giant Demons and supervising the transfer of human slaves within the cityâ
The next moment.
High above Farm City.
Lince activated the âDescentâ effect and simultaneously chose to claim his Growth Level rewards!
[Player has confirmed claiming the +45% Growth Level reward. Distributing reward...]
And so, in the evening sky.
A tremendous roar suddenly thundered across the heavens and the earth!
The roar was deafening, filled with an overwhelming, oppressive aura!
A jolt went through the countless Demon Beasts, and every single one of them snapped their heads up to look at the sky!
It wasnât just the Demon Beasts, of course. The captive Giant Demons and human slaves also looked up.
Countless pairs of eyesâfrom well over a hundred thousand living beingsâall turned their gaze upward.
And then, they saw it.
A pillar of light descended from the heavens, far thicker than any of the Miracles Lince had previously displayed.
This pillar of light felt clear and bright, no longer a dazzling white.
If one had to describe it, the beam descending from the heavens was like a pillar of crystal, dotted with starlight.
The pillarâs diameter was over a kilometer.
It descended without any sense of weight. Instead, it possessed a graceful, ethereal quality.
The sky glittered with starlight. At the same time, with the sky above Farm City as its epicenter, all the Magic Power in at least a five-kilometer radius began to run wild.
No, it wasnât running wild. All the Magic Power was being drawn toward the center of the pillar of light high in the heavens.
The Magic Power was being depleted with incredible speed!
Within the crystalline pillar of light, the form of the Space Dragon was revealed, radiating an ethereal, sacred aura.
It was as if he existed in a different dimension from the creatures of the Mortal World.
Gazing at this scene, be they Demon Beast, Giant Demon captive, or human slave, the eyes of every living creature were utterly captivated. At this moment, they couldnât even form a single stray thought.
And as every living being stared at the divine creature in the sky,
the sacred figure, bathed in the boundless starlight, finally began to transform!
First, its Body Type began to change!
As the notifications for his Growth Level rewards chimed in Linceâs earsâ+1%, +2%âhis body began to expand rapidly.
Three hundred and eighty meters.
Four hundred meters.
Four hundred and twenty meters.
...
His bodyâs explosive growth was continuous, but just as the Giant Dragon reached five hundred meters from head to tail, his expansion seemed to halt for a moment.
But in the next instant, this pause gave way to an abrupt change in the external form of Linceâs Space Dragon.
The Nightmare Black Dragon form, the Rock Steel Giant form, and the Hurricane Cyan Dragon form.
Finally, one more form appeared.
The Life Green Dragon form, which had evolved from the Life Shepherd Deer Bloodline.
And as soon as the Life Green Dragon form was complete!
In the next instant, he broke through to Tier Eight!!!
And so, after pausing for just a breath, Linceâs Body Type began to expand once more, this time at an even faster rate!
Five hundred and fifty meters!
Six hundred meters!
Six hundred and fifty meters!
...
The breakthrough to Tier Eight further unleashed the power of Linceâs Ancient Dragon God Bloodline!
At this point, Lince had successfully entered the adolescent stage of the Dragon Race!
âAfter youth comes middle age? No, for the Dragon Race, youth is followed directly by adulthood!â
âAdulthoodâthe age of maturity!â
âAnd maturity means reaching the Saint Tier!â
Having reached the adolescent stage, Lince, now at Tier Eight, had naturally undergone another qualitative leap.
As part of his growth, the Tier Eight Lince now possessed a gargantuan physique!