It took a moment for the beasts to notice it as well, so the first warning that something was off came from the group behind them.
"Look up." Ophelia called, while the others froze, unsure what to do in this situation, as the apparition might be a good thing.
Karl was wondering what to do when suddenly the mage behind him simply vanished.
That brought everyone's guards up, but Karl held up a hand for them to stop. "I don't think he's injured. There is an inscription to the World Dragon on the stone, and I think that it might be System related." He warned them.
The apparition over his head was becoming more solid, but he didn't sense any danger from it, as if it was just an illusion, and not an actual spell effect.
Then, words began to appear in Karl's vision.
[System Active. Checking Compatibility.]
[Checking Qualifications]
[Checking Eligibility]
[First Advancement Trial Completed]
[Upgrade Compatible Skills Found]
Then Karl's vision went dark, and he heard Rae laughing in his mind. [Now you're both gone. But don't worry, I'm calming down the others.] She informed him in an amused tone.
[You are calming down the others?]
[Oh, ye of little faith. I have a transformation toy too, and I am much better at this than Hawk.]
Karl got a mental glimpse of her from Remi's point of view, looking very much like Morgana, the Witch Doctor, in an elaborately decorated black gothic dress and cloak with a face veil and gloves. Except Rae appeared to be larger, as all of the humans present were shorter than the mental image Karl got before his attention was drawn back to the vision in front of him. Only Ophelia's Werebear form, at well over two metres, was taller than she was.
There were ten copies of Karl standing in front of him, each wearing a slightly different set of armour. Some were carrying weapons, some were not, and one appeared to have on cleric robes over the armour, while holding a staff with an Ankh.
That one reminded him a little of Orthos, the Bronze Dragon.
A floating message appeared over the clones, and a stone room appeared, so they no longer seemed to be floating in the void.
[Class Upgrade Options] The message read.
Karl turned to the one in the robes, and activated the system overlay that he normally ignored for its lack of information on people and creatures without system access.
[Beast Cleric] A disciple of the Beast Gods. Gains access to advanced regeneration and Holy Magic.
That wasn't bad at all. But Karl had an important question.
"Do I lose the skills that I already have if I change?" He asked the void, hoping for a response.
[Class Changes affect future advancement paths.]
Hopefully, that was a 'no'.
Karl checked the other images to see what he could learn.
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