Chrysalis

We stand now on the brink of the final ascension. There is tremendous fear amongst the people now, but also great anticipation. Such a momentous moment in history, the ambition of it still takes my breath away.

Who else but we would ever dream of something like this? None of the other peoples would have the mettle, the commitment, to see such a project through to the end. In my eyes, it is yet another example of our superiority. The others don't see it as I do, they are filled with remorse. I care nothing of the fates of those beneath us, or for myself. Only the completion of our work can move me.

She is sleeping now. Deep, restful slumber, I hope. It is my fervent wish that she does not wake until we are done. To see the look in her eyes would break me. It would break us all.

But we wouldn't stop.

Excerpt from a private journal, page 344, Author unknown.

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[So the way the System works for humans and monsters has quite significant differences, huh?]

[From what you've told me and the limited information that the Church of the Path has collected over the centuries, there are similarities but also differences, most of them due to unlock requirements].

[I still can't believe that there are no prompts for unlocking skills].

Beyn chuckles ruefully.

[I've read copies of the journals the early researches of the church have kept. The frustration that they experienced trying to track down the exact requirements to unlock advancements nearly drove them mad. Some of them are quite exacting, I assure you].

[Give me an example]

[Very well Great One, may your carapace be ever shiny. As we discussed, the surface races do not 'evolve' and gain strength but instead have 'classes'. Gaining levels in a class provides stat growth and every class give different stats at different rates].

[That still seems unfair to me. Why do most classes have such low growth?]

finger of his

the people here have the 'farmer' or 'grower' classes. The stat growth on these jobs is poor, 0.2 Toughness a level and

updates,

I frown.

don't they change

Beyn shook his head.

for advancing classes can be quite strict and although a farmer can gain experience through growing

to fight monsters without decent stats?!] I

Beyn nods.

class any other way is hard. It can take decades for a moderately successful trader to

it. Why would the System be built in such a way to punish non-combat oriented classes? IT

[There must be shortcuts.]

Dungeon and pay for mercenaries to feed them the xp from kills in order to advance their level rapidly. Such practices are common in the upper echelons of society and…] he sighed heavily, [the Church of the Path is also a major player in such trade.

a bit grubby]

He nods.

accepted since meeting you, O Great One. The light of your truth has

again he launches into a sermon and rather than keep yelling

been chatting with Beyn, the village priest, for some time now and the crowd around us doesn't show any

I haven't had any issues with the crowd so far. The kids have all been intercepted by wary

progression and the mana type matrix. It's going to take a long time for me to digest these ideas, but for now I

me exact instructions on how to progress my more monstrous skills, since his Church hasn't been able to study the sorts of skills that monsters have access to in

advice and such on how to progress here in the village right? I assume you aren't charging them for

his

for the people here to try and advance their

a list of things that I can do to get the village up and running and let the people know that they need to be trying to advance their classes. I don't want to have to protect this village forever and the sooner

face goes