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Frank walked outside as Zero immediately emerged from within the shadows, greeting him. ​​

"Master, nothing to report," she said, rather mechanically and expressionlessly.

"I see, keep an eye on everything for now," said Frank.

"Very well," said Zero, disappearing into the shadows of the night once more, as Frank gathered by Ruby, Zhulong, and Nezhit, and also, he took out the lazy Ginseng from within his hand, who often only slept.

Well, Ruby was not going to evolve, but she wanted to see the rest do so, as they were finally about to catch up to her, although she was already Level 15.

"Alright, let us go in order… Ginseng, time for you to evolve first… I hope you get a bigger body, so you do not have to stay inside of my body all the time… Although I guess I do not mind at this point," said Frank, realizing that what he said could be considered to have a double meaning that he did not intend to say, luckily for him, no one was present.

[Ginseng] can now evolve]

[Trigger Evolution?]

[>YES NO]

"Muuh!" said Ginseng rather adorably, as by Frank's command, Ginseng started to glow brightly, as golden light enveloped his small body!

Flash!

Ginseng's body was still rather small, even after having leveled up all the way to level 10, he still held a smaller size, however, this seemed to slightly change as it evolved, slowly taking into more mass as the bright yellow light that encompassed it extended for at least a few centimeters.

Flash!

The bright light shined even brighter, as Ginseng began to draw mana from the environment… Frank had already kind of figured it out a bit when Ruby evolved, but it seemed that when a monster evolved, their Mana Core Rank might increase automatically as a bonus, Ginseng was just Middle Stage in Rank 1, but it was most probably raising to Upper Stage now, greatly enhancing its magic capabilities.

And then, the light slowly dissipated, showing the new Ginseng!

Although he looked just the same as before, he was now of a rather decent size, being around fifteen centimeters of height, although its body still looked like fat daikon radish, it now gained brown patterns over its white body, and its leaves grew very big.

However, its arms were still rather tiny, so Frank did not think that it could do much physical work for now… Although Ginseng might be shaping itself to become some kind of tank if he continued to just get bigger.

"Well done, Ginseng, do you feel any strong?" asked Frank.

"Muh!" said Ginseng, it seemed to have become more energetic now, dancing around, albeit, more like dancing, it was just spinning.

"Well, let's check your stats…" said Frank.

[Name: Ginseng.

[Race: Strong Walking Daikon Radish.

[Titles: None.

[Gender: Genderless.

[Types: Plant.

[Mana Core Cultivation: Rank 1 (Upper Stage)

[World's Source Energy (Terra): 0/600

[Monster Rank: 2

[Level: 10

[Health Points: 185/185

[Mana Points: 270/270

[Strength: 90

[Defense: 130

[Magic: 240

[Resistance: 220

[Agility: 80

[Passive Skills: [Abraddon's Divine Protection: Level -], [Thineas Divine Protection: -], [Mana Core (Yellow Gold): Level 1], [Leaf Production: Level 7], [Mana Control: Level 5], [Lesser Self Regeneration: Level 3], [Nature Soul: Level 2]

[Active Skills: [Mana Drain: Level 8], [Life Attribute Magic (Innate): Level 4], [Vegetation Command: Level 3], [Body Aura: Level 4], [Bronze Skin: Level 2], [Life Drain: Level 1], [Mana Transfer: Level 1], [Life Transfer: Level 1], [Life Aura: Level 1]

"Oh? Unlike Ruby, Ginseng has mostly lower stats except for Mana, Resistance, and Magic… But it's not like your defense is bad at all, perhaps in evolution or two, it might grow to have a decent defense… Although its physical abilities are nothing outstanding, and Ginseng still seems to be shaping itself to be a support mage," said Frank while petting Ginseng.

"Congratulations on your evolution, Ginseng-san," said Nezhit.

"Grawr!"

"Roar!"

Ruby and Zhulong congratulated Ginseng as well, roaring on their own, although they seemed to see him as a bit… 'tasty'.

"Well, now that we got Ginseng done… next is, Zhulong!" said Frank, glancing at Zhulong who flew towards his side, the little proud dragon as very excited about his evolution, so it could catch up a little with Ruby, his rival.

"Roar!"

"I see you're ready, then get on the floor," said Frank, as Zhulong rested on the floor awaiting Frank's command.

Ding!

[Zhulong] can now evolve]

[Trigger Evolution?]

[>YES NO]

"Yes,"

Spark!

The moment Frank commanded Zhulong's evolution, the little dragon's entire body was shrouded in lightning, making it roar with sparking electricity!

Clash, clash!

Even more, thunder was released from Zhulong's body, as his entire body began to grow bigger.

His elongated body became even longer, as its whiskers grew larger, alongside its mane and horns.

However, aside from these simple changes, Zhulong's legs became stronger and larger, and his fangs came out of his jaws fiercely.

The thunder dissipated as the new Zhulong was revealed, a large and strong dragon, whose size compared to that of Ruby now, if not a bit smaller.

His entire body was covered in yellow gold scales, and his golden eyes shined brightly while releasing sparks of electricity.

This evolution seemed to have made him even more arrogant and proud, as he glanced from above toward Frank and the rest…

"Amazing… Zhulong, come down here," said Frank.

"Roar…" said Zhulong, averting his gaze from Frank.

"Did it become more arrogant? Well, anyway, let's see your stats…" said Frank.

[Name: Zhulong.

[Race: Great Thunder Ryujin.

[Titles: Tamed Monster, Wyrm.

[Gender: Male.

[Types: Wyrm/Thunder

[Mana Core Cultivation: Rank 1 (Upper Stage)

[World's Source Energy (Terra): 0/600

[Monster Rank: 2

[Level: 10

[Health Points: 225/225

[Mana Points: 130/130

[Strength: 245

[Defense: 120

[Magic: 210

[Resistance: 200

[Agility: 250

[Passive Skills: [Abraddon's Divine Protection: Level -], [Iron Scales: Level 6], [Thunder Nullification: Level -], [Mana Core (Purple): Level 1], [Mana Control: Level 3], [Lesser Self Regeneration: Level 1], [Thunder Soul: Level 1]

[Active Skills: [Thunder Breath: Level 7], [Licking Wounds: Level 4], [Bite: Level 5], [Body Size Alteration: Level 2], [Thunder Attribute Magic (Innate): Level 3], [Body Aura: Level 5], [Bronze Skin: Level 4], [Thunder Wyrm: Level 3], [Flight: Level 5], [Intimidation: Level 1], [Thunder Aura: Level 1]

"Oh, his Skills are a lot like Ruby, but changed into his Attribute… I guess they are really worthy of being rivals by seeing how much their attacking methods are so similar… And his stats seem rather balanced, although his speed is outstanding, I think it increased a lot when it evolved…" said Frank in surprise, praising Zhulong as it only increased the ego of the not-so-little dragon.

"Roar!" roared Zhulong, puffing his chest as if he were asking 'praise me more!'.

However, Frank quickly averted his sight from him to not feed on his ego for any longer, glancing at Nezhit, who was patiently waiting for his evolution time.

"Now, Nezhit, your turn, at last," said Frank.

"It fills me with happiness that I will be able to break through my limits, my lord," said Nezhit politely.

Ding!

[Nezhit] can now evolve]

[Trigger Evolution?]

[>Yes No]

"Yes!"

Flash!

The moment Frank gave the command, Nezhit's entire body was engulfed in a cocoon of darkness!

Frank glanced up above as the darkness completely engulfed all of Nezhit's body, shaping it slowly…

Although his body size barely increased as he was already very tall, something strange began to happen…

Another… mass began to emerge at his side.

Frank was confused at first, thinking that something wrong was going on in here.

How could Nezhit simply generate another mass at his side? Was he going to do mitosis?

However, when the darkness finally dissipate and it revealed what it truly was, it left Frank very surprised.

A horse.

Nezhit's evolution, somehow, made him get a free horse!

The horse, however, was not normal at all.

It seemed to be an Undead Horse, made entirely out of bone, and covered in phantom and black armor, its eyes were gleaming coldly with blue flames.

Nezhit quickly mounted his horse, as his appearance had barely changed except his armor, which had become anew.

Frank had made armor for Nezhit with the Giant Scorpion's carapace, and used it for the meantime, however, when Nezhit evolved, the armor seemed to evolve with him, somehow.

Now, the armor seemed to be cursed or something, as it was gleaming eerily too.

Meanwhile, Nezhit grabbed his head with his left arm, while raising his blade with his right arm.

"My lord… It seems that I have gotten a new companion," said Nezhit.

"Amazing… This is truly… Woah, okay, this is pretty cool," said Frank nodding.

"Congrats on your evolution, although I am very curious about what that horse truly is… is it really just a new monster that popped out of your evolution or part of you?" wondered Frank.

"Well, it is part of me, but I consider him a friend. You can see things in more detail within my status, my lord," said Nezhit.

[Name: Nezhit.

[Race: Dullahan Death Cavalier.

[Titles: Raised Undead.

[Gender: Male.

[Types: Undead/Dark

[Death Core Rank: 1 (Middle Stage)

[Phantasmal Mass Needed for Next Stage: 000/300

[Monster Rank: 2

[Level: 10

[Health Points: 285/285

[Mana Points: 127/127

[Strength: 312

[Defense: 260

[Magic: 90

[Resistance: 110

[Agility: 190

[Passive Skills: [Abraddon's Divine Protection: Level -], [Composite Soul: Level -], [Headless: Level -], [Special Five Senses: Level 5], [Herculean Strength: Level 5], [Physical Damage Resistance: Level 6], [Status Effect Resistance: Level 7], [Lesser Self Regeneration: Level 4], [Phantasmal Soul: Level 3], [Death Core (Dark): Level 1], [Mana Control: Level 1], [Phantasmal Mount: Level 1], [Self-Evolving Living Armor and Sword: Level 1]

[Active Skills: [Unarmed Fighting Technique: Level 5], [Knife Technique: Level 3], [Sword Technique: Level 6], [Armor Technique: Level 4], [Death Aura: Level 4], [Bronze Skin: Level 5], [Long Distance Control: Level 4], [Cursed Devil Head: Level 3], [Dark Attribute Magic: Level 1 (Innate)]

"Amazing… And you even got your Death Core, so it is really a replacement to a Mana Core…" said Frank.

"I told ya, brat! Now he can use magic, although I think he needs to absorb Soul Mass from other souls to manage to break through the Ranks of a Death Core…" said Hades.

"I see… Oh, and the Horse is indeed part of him, a Skill, actually… And even his armor and blade?! They are self-growing and alive! Damn, now I am envious…" said Frank.

"Oh, my lord, if you want, I can offer my armor and blade to you…" said Nezhit.

"Wait, no, don't… I am pretty sure that doing that will not work, as the armor and blade are your Skills, don't worry about my complaints," said Frank.

"Very well then…" said Nezhit.

"Well, now that everyone is evolved, I should go back to sleep, everyone, please make sure to guard the house alongside Zero," said Frank.

"Leave it to me, my lord," said Nezhit.

"Grawr!"

"Roar!"

After the wondrous evolutions of his tamed monsters and his raised Undead, Frank walked back to bed.

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