Lilith

August approached the huge beast that was frozen still in the water.

~ What are you going to do to me? ~

' Don't worry, it won't hurt one bit.' August said as he appeared in front of its head. The head of the octopus was dozens of meters large with eyes bigger than his own height. He appeared right in the middle of its two giant eyes.

As he extended his hand to use the 'acquire skill' , his hand stopped. He heard a loud plea from the beast via mind link.

~ Please spare me. I… I don't want to perish. I will do as you say. Let me go.~ The quivering voice resounded in his mind.

' You didn't act all that nice when I came here. What happened now?' August asked.

~ I didn't think you were this powerful. I felt a reluctance as my intuition told me you were dangerous, but I tried to deny it. Right now I felt that my life was about to end. Please, spare me… I was wrong to have provoked you. ~

' What can you even do for me? You should have thought of this before attacking me.'

~ I will become your servant. You can use me as you like. So don't kill me.~

' Servant, you say.'

August thought about his lab, where there were many things to take care of. He had a lot in his hands, so he needed a little help. But, he wasn't sure if this huge beast could fit inside his lab.

~ … ~

' Well, you are too big for my lab, so no thanks….' He placed his hands on its skin.

~ Wait! I can change my shape to anything you like. I can turn myself into a human.~

' Hmm… Is that your transform skill?' August asked curiously.

~ Yes ~

' Alright, let me see' he lowered his authority around the beast, and allowed it to. Move.

The beast started to shrink and all its tentacles got absorbed into the body. The huge figure that was about a hundred meters tall, transformed into a body that was about the same height as August.

The body morphed into a humanoid figure. After some time, the figure turned into that of a woman. The shining raven black hair reached her shoulder. A delicate mature face, with fair skin and glowing blue eyes. She wrapped her body in a dark shadow that converted into a black robe.

~ How do I look? ~ The beast that turned into a woman asked August.

' Not bad. But why did you choose this face?'

~ Well, there were quite a number of users that came to hunt me. I absorbed most of them and learned all about awakening. This woman was a user that was the most beautiful with perfect symmetry. She was also very skilled but was no match for me. I was a female mollusk before the awakening happened, so I decided to choose this body as it was the most appealing. ~

' Well, I don't really care as long as you do what you are supposed to. With this, you can work in my lab. So it's fine by me. Still, I really wanted to study your beast core. What a shame! '

~ I… I also know many beasts of my level, so you can study them right. They don't have my level of intellect anyway. I can be useful to you.~

' Hmm, well it's pretty rare for beasts to get this level of intelligence, so I guess I can study you in that regard.' August stroked his chin, thinking about how he could use her.

~ … ~

' Alright, take this and don't use your shadow outside. Change into something formal.'

~ Thank you... For sparing my life… Sir ~

' Mhmm... Wait..'

August muted the mind link and talked to his System.

'Can you take over her system?'

[ Running simulation….]

[ Simulation complete]

[ Probability of override… 91% ]

[ Resource usage will be increased to 30%]

' start the override.'

[ Initiating override...1%]

[ Initiating override...2%]

…

…

[ Override complete ]

[ System acquisition: Success ]

[ Beast: Unnamed ]

[ Type: Awakened Beast ]

[ Age : 3 years ]

[ Species: Miraikan ]

…

…

' You don't have a name do you?'

August asked the beast after looking at her status window.

~ We don't need names like humans to identify ourselves. There are barely any beasts that are intelligent enough. ~

' Well, let me pick one for you.'

' System… chose a suitable name for her.' He ordered the system.

[ Generating suitable… name]

[ Suggestion: Lilith Octave ]

' Sounds good. Let's go with that. And turn her type from beast to servant.'

[ Changes applied. ]

[ Name assigned ]

[ Servant: Lilith Octave ]

He turned on the connection again,

' Lilith Octave, that is the name you will carry from now on.'

Upon hearing her new name, she felt a familiarity with that word.

~ Thank you. I will adhere to that name. ~

She lowered her head and accepted her new identity.

' Alright, now that everything is finished here. Let's get back to those two.'

August teleported to the bubble and brought Lilith with her. As they appeared inside the bubble, Fatty and Daisy were still recuperating.

After looking at them, he noticed that they needed a little more time to fully regain their strength. The duo looked at August as he appeared inside the bubble, but they didn't miss the figure that was behind him.

Upon closer look, they noticed that it was a woman, probably in her late twenties or early thirties with raven black hair and blue eyes. She had very fair skin, and the black suit that she was wearing made her look quite stunning. Even with the suit, fatty could notice the eccentric curves. Her body was so symmetric, that it felt otherworldly. Fatty had never seen such a beautiful figure before.

As it was natural to Lilith, she could change her figure however she liked. After absorbing so many users, she had a rough idea about human anatomy. She even added more details to the body of the user she absorbed, so from the perspective of ordinary humans, it was a high level of perfection.

" Bro... Who is she?" Fatty asked August while looking at the woman. He gulped his saliva unconsciously as her otherworldly beauty attracted him without him noticing.

Daisy didn't speak, but she also had the same question in mind.

" Let me introduce you to Miss Octave. She will be joining our guild from now on." August introduced her to the duo.

" Nice to meet you, Miss Octave. My name is Nile Brooks, and this is Daisy Kertyn." Fatty introduced himself and Daisy to her.

" Nice to meet you, Nile, Daisy. Oh, and just call me Lilith. I am new here, so please take care of me." She smiled as she replied to them.