Marcus roamed around in the patch of land within his store to look for prey - er, targets - to fuse.
By chance, he found the wolf couple, who were still 'fusing' with one another with absolutely no regard for their surroundings. Marcus chose them to be his first targets. It was because they were the ones who had activated the system that he felt they deserved the honor.
No one could get him to admit that it was because he was jealous of them since they were a couple. Not in a million years.
Words came into being on each of their heads, visible only to Marcus.
[
Species : Steelclaw Wolf
Race : Beast
Gender : Male
Level : 5 (27/50)
Awakened Bloodline : None
Bloodline Ability : None
Hidden Bloodline : None
Available Bloodline : Steelclaw Wolf King's Bloodline
Imported Bloodline : None
Combat Strength : Copper Tier
Magic Strength : Iron Tier
Overall Strength : Aluminium Tier
Tamed By : None
Skills Mastered : Steel Claw, Rush
]
[
Species : Steelclaw Wolf
Race : Beast
Gender : Female
Level : 5 (32/50)
Awakened Bloodline : None
Bloodline Ability : None
Hidden Bloodline : None
Available Bloodline : Wolf Goddess' Bloodline
Imported Bloodline : None
Combat Strength : Copper Tier
Magic Strength : Iron Tier
Overall Strength : Aluminium Tier
Tamed By : None
Skills Mastered : Steel Claw, Rush
]
'Fuse.'
[Fusion Failed. Fusion Proficiency Level insufficient.]
Marcus raised an eyebrow. It seemed not everything was as simple as it seemed.
'Maximize Fusion Skill Level.'
[Fusion Skill has leveled up.]
[Fusion Skill has leveled up.]
[Fusion Skill has leveled up.]
[Fusion Skill has leveled up.]
[Fusion Skill has leveled up.]
[Gender-Free Fusion has been unlocked.]
[Fusion Skill has leveled up.]
[Insufficient Host Level Threshold.]
[Skills : Fusion (6-50/100)]
[Fusion Points : 50]
"Fuck!" Marcus cursed. "Why does this thing have so many restrictions?!"
The wolf couple doing their business didn't even notice him now.
Marcus, on the other hand, was seething. 'Maximize Level.'
[Host has leveled up.]
[Host has leveled up.]
[Host has leveled up.]
[Host has leveled up.]
[Insufficient points to level up. Continue?]
'No.'
[Level : 6 (50/100)]
[Fusion Points : 2]
[Status Panel has been updated.]
[Fusion requirements met. Continue?]
'Yes.' Finally, Marcus could now smile. Any more and he probably would have spat blood at the amount of insolence the System had shown him.
In his view, anyway.
[Choose Main Target to be fused into.]
Marcus pondered for a bit, consulting both of their attributes before deciding on the female wolf.
[Target chosen. Input Fusion points to be used.]
'Two.' There weren't anymore left anyways.
[Choose Fusing Targets. Up to four can be chosen.]
Marcus randomly selected three of them other than the first fusion couple's male form, and smirked. A chill suddenly ran through the wolf couple. Before they could do anything, however...
'Confirm.'
[Fusion has begun.]
White light began to slowly condense from the female wolf. She was then followed by the other wolves that were chosen.
[Fusion underway.]
About a minute later, Marcus received the notification.
[Fusion complete.]
[Obtained
[
Species : Steelclaw Wolf Luna
Race : Beast
Gender : Female
Level : 7 (109/200)
Awakened Bloodline : None
Bloodline Ability : None
Hidden Bloodline : Wolf Goddess' Bloodline
Available Bloodline : Wolf Goddess' Bloodline
Imported Bloodline : None
Combat Strength : Bronze Tier
Magic Strength : Copper Tier
Overall Strength : Bronze Tier
Tamed By : Marcus Ranger
Skills Mastered : Steel Claw, Rush, Shimmer
]
[Recieved 10 Fusion Points.]
[Skills : Fusion(6-56/100)]
[Level : 6(52/100)]
[Completed First Mission : Let's Fuse!]
[Reward : 100 Fusion Points.]
[Fusion Points : 110]
[Second Mission : It's Time To Fuse! (Fuse three Copper Tier or greater strength beasts.)(1/3) triggered.]
[Reward : 200 Fusion Points]
Marcus rubbed his glabella, trying to keep up with the pace of the notifications and information piling up. He slowly went through all of them before dismissing them all.
He then asked an important question he should have asked earlier, but had completely slipped his mind.
'System, how do I level up the system?'
However, there was no answer. Marcus blushed when he remembered that he couldn't interact with the system at his current system level.
However, that lasted only for a short while before he remembered he had no way to increase the system's level.
He then had an idea.
'Add a Fusion Point into System Level.'
[Allocation not possible.]
Marcus frowned at the notification that popped up. Did that mean he had no way to allocate them, and it leveled up by itself?
He sighed. There was no use in pondering it too much - he didn't have that much brainpower. After all, he was still a fifteen-year-old kid.
He decided to allocate 100 Fusion Points in total to increase his skill mastery and level.
Then, he went ahead and fuse two more wolves, with five fusion points each, wiping out the rest twenty wolves.
[
Species : Steelclaw Wolf King
Race : Beast
Gender : Male
Level : 8 (271/500)
Awakened Bloodline : Steelclaw Wolf King's Bloodline
Bloodline Ability : None
Hidden Bloodline : Steelclaw Wolf King's Bloodline
Available Bloodline : Steelclaw Wolf King's Bloodline
Imported Bloodline : None
Combat Strength : Silver Tier
Magic Strength : Aluminium Tier
Overall Strength : Bronze Tier
Tamed By : Marcus Ranger
Skills Mastered : Steel Claw, Rush, Stalk, Howl
]
[
Species : Steelclaw Wolf King
Race : Beast
Gender : Male
Level : 8 (304/500)
Awakened Bloodline : None
Bloodline Ability : None
Hidden Bloodline : Wolf King's Bloodline
Available Bloodline : Wolf King's Bloodline
Imported Bloodline : None
Combat Strength : Silver Tier
Magic Strength : Copper Tier
Overall Strength : Bronze Tier
Tamed By : Marcus Ranger
Skills Mastered : Steel Claw, Rush, Prowl, Howl
]
[Recieved 15 Fusion Points.]
[Recieved 19 Fusion Points.]
[Unlocked greater potential for a new bloodline after fulfilling current bloodline. Additional Reward of 50 Fusion Points allocated.]
[Completed Second Mission : It's Time To Fuse!]
[Reward : 200 Fusion Points.]
[Fusion Points : 292]
[Skills : Fusion(6-126/200)]
[Level : 6(108/200)]
Marcus smiled. He felt it was quite fulfilling to get stronger. Since the beasts anyway were contracted to him. Of course, he could always sell them, which he planned to. Money would, after all, get converted to Fusion Points. Also, he needed money to live through the day. But most importantly, he felt it quite fulfilling to see others happy.
This wasn't any joke - he had been gloomy most of his past life, so he always felt happy seeing others happy. It gave him a sense of purpose.
And he was going to get it applied here, by selling some amazing beasts.