"Haaaa!" Cain shouted while crouching, but the stinger didn’t come out of his back as if it had a will on its own, refusing his call.
The doctor said, "Don’t be nervous. This is normal. You need to get used to it. Imagine having a tail on your back… Humans never have it, so you have to try it again and again until you can imagine it."
Next to him was his group. Out of the six people, five of them had decided to receive the beast soul.
However, the main concern was Clovis’ group.
"Is this how you have it?" Ragna casually stood there, summoning the scale in his first try.
It was a snake scale. Ragna knocked it a few times, noticing that it was actually harder than metal. Since it was a Tier 5 snake, he should be able to use it to block a Tier 5 human wielding a Tier 5 weapon.
Of course, he needed to test it just to be sure about it.
"What? You’re done?" Both the doctor and Hana dropped their jaws. Even Hana took two days to summon the mantis’ sickle, and the doctor praised her for being a genius.
Yet Ragna was able to achieve it on his first try. What kind of monstrous talent did he have?
Only Clovis noticed what was going on. He asked, "It seems that your experience plays a huge part in this."
"!!!" Ragna and Doctor Gen turned to Clovis in confusion.
"Yes." Ragna nodded casually as if it wasn’t a big deal. Clovis wanted to share the information, but he didn’t say anything to him since he respected Ragna’s decision.
After some careful thoughts, Ragna explained, "I was bullied in the past. No, it was more like I sold myself to be a punching bag.
"I had a special body condition that would allow me to recover at high speed, but at the same time, the recovery would also affect my strength.
"As a result, even after I stop selling myself, I still get beaten up. Although I have gotten used to the pain, I wish for a stronger body sometime, including the skin.
"So, I recall all of it, and this happens." Ragna pointed at the scale.
"Isn’t that…" Doctor Gen understood the meaning of this story.
"Yeah. What actually influenced the beast soul was not talent but experience and imagination. If you think about it, there are two paths for people who want to take the beast soul. People who want a certain beast soul from their experience like Ragna will have an easier time manifesting it. On the other hand, people who ’need’ a certain beast soul will have a harder time."
Doctor Gen noticed that Clovis had realized it from the beginning. He asked, "If that’s the case, does that mean we should stop people from picking a beast soul that doesn’t suit them?"
"Not really. In the end, it’s the same as the normal application of beast souls. You pick it because you want or need it. They still need to practice on both activating it and using it." Clovis crossed his arms. "There is no shortcut to success."
Doctor Gen nodded in understanding. He turned to Hana. "What do you think, Miss?"
"Yeah. We can use the one with the experience as a show so that everyone knows that it’s possible. But we’ll also give them a warning during the sale. I think it’s fine to proceed as planned." Hana gave her permission.
"In that case…" Doctor Gen turned to the others, like Kanaria and Jay.
Kanaria squinted her eyes, trying to change her eyes. She recalled the sensation of using the technique Clovis gave.
She thought that if she managed to use an eagle eye coupled with an eye-related beast soul, she would be able to upgrade her sight even further.
Her choice couldn’t help but pique Hana’s interest. "Why did she choose to strengthen her eyes? She is a sniper. If she can fly, won’t it be much better… I mean, shooting people from the sky sounds fun."
"Argghhhh!" Kanaria suddenly screamed as she covered her eyes with her hands.
"!!!" The people panicked. Hana thought it was her fault that she was distracted. "Wait. Sorry."
Kanaria waved her hand, telling them to stay calm. Her eyes remained close as she said, "I’ve succeeded. I’m able to see the world in a different color, similar to a night vision that animals have. With this, the night shouldn’t be much of a problem for me.
"Because this place is bright, I was unprepared for the change of color, which ended up hurting my eyes. How do you deactivate this?" Kanaria asked.
"Just imagine your own vision returning to normal."
Kanaria covered the area in front of her so that it was dark enough for her to see. Once she noticed her vision had returned, she let out a breath of relief. "The reason I chose this one is because the wings flap. That flapping motion will make me sick when shooting people.
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"In addition, I’m not foolish enough to expose myself in the air. While it’s true that I can move from one place to another faster with wings, the benefits aren’t really worth the risk."
"Oh!" Hana nodded. She wasn’t a sniper who had to focus on the small scope, so she didn’t know about such a risk.
On the other hand, Melody chose Prodryas Persephone’s beast soul. It was an ancient butterfly in the Late Eocene era. Unlike Kanaria, having the ability to fly would be important for Melody since she could observe everything clearly from the sky.
Dropping radar here and there or even dropping some grenades from the sky would be fun.
Only flying beasts would be able to harm her when she supported the team after this.
While it was true Melody had a perfect beast soul for her current circumstances, Erwin actually picked up the thing that suited him the most, especially with all those threads he produced.