Ice Python [Current Evolutionary State]
Description: A larger and more muscular form of the Ice Serpent, with thicker, glacial-patterned scales. It is slower but much stronger, capable of crushing foes while exuding intense cold.
Abilities:
1. Advanced Frost Manipulation: Enhanced control over frost and ice elements.
2. Ice Aura: A chilling field that freezes nearby surroundings.
3. Constricting Grip: Enhanced physical power to immobilize foes.
Size: Grows up to 5 meters.
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Frost Wyvern [Next Evolutionary Path]
The Frost Wyvern marks a significant evolutionary leap from the Ice Python, introducing aerial capabilities, enhanced frost manipulation, and greater battlefield versatility. Below are its abilities, with clear distinctions from the Ice Python:
1. Glacial Breath
Description: A concentrated blast of frost energy that can freeze enemies solid or create obstacles of ice in the environment.
Difference:
The Ice Python relied on close-range attacks like its constricting grip and frost aura.
The Frost Wyvern gains a ranged attack, allowing it to freeze enemies from a distance.
The breath is powerful enough to freeze running water, form icy barriers, or slow down entire groups of foes with its wide area of effect.
2. Ice Spikes
Description: The Frost Wyvern can summon and launch sharp, crystalline ice projectiles with precision. These spikes can penetrate armor and cause frostbite on impact.
Difference:
The Ice Python was a physical combatant, using its body and frost aura for damage.
The Frost Wyvern gains a ranged offensive capability, making it more adaptable to different combat scenarios.
The spikes can be launched in rapid succession, turning the Frost Wyvern into a deadly ranged attacker.
3. Glacial Glide
Description: Although not capable of full flight, the Frost Wyvern can glide using its crystalline wings. This allows it to cover long distances quickly, reposition itself in combat, and attack from above.
Difference:
The Ice Python was ground-bound, limited to slithering for mobility.
The Frost Wyvern gains aerial mobility, making it far harder to pin down or attack.
This newfound height advantage allows it to rain down frost attacks or escape unfavourable ground-based encounters.
4. Frost Armor
Description: The Frost Wyvern’s scales are fortified with a natural frost armor, which absorbs and deflects physical attacks while simultaneously freezing anything that comes into prolonged contact with it.
Difference:
The Ice Python relied on thicker scales and its constricting grip for defense.
The Frost Wyvern’s frost armor adds an active layer of protection that damages attackers.
Enemies striking the Frost Wyvern risk frostbite or freezing their weapons, making it harder to land effective hits.
5. Icy Precision
Description: The Frost Wyvern gains greater control over its frost manipulation, allowing it to form and shape ice with fine precision. It can create detailed ice structures like walls, spikes, or traps.
Difference:
The Ice Python could emit frost but lacked the precision to shape it into structures.
The Frost Wyvern becomes a tactical manipulator, capable of creating environmental advantages.
For example, it can create icy platforms to leap from, barriers to block attacks, or sharp traps to immobilize enemies.
6. Capability of Speech and Vastly Increased Intelligence
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Advantages of the Frost Wyvern Over the Ice Python
The Frost Wyvern is a versatile evolution that combines aerial mobility, ranged attacks, and refined frost manipulation, making it a superior form to the Ice Python in both offense and defence. It sets the stage for the next evolutionary leaps by introducing dragon-like traits such as wings, breath attacks, and tactical intelligence.
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With the detailed explanation from the system, Ryuk’s doubts faded away into thin air. Comparing the Ice Python to a Frost Wyvern was like comparing an infant to an adult. It was a very clear and undeniable growth.
Immediately, his drowsiness disappeared into thin ashes as he exhaled loudly before turning to look at Isha, who looked at him as if sensing his desire to say a word.
"Let me ask, how many days will it take for Isha’s evolution?" Ryuk asked.
[The system cannot say for sure, as that is based on Isha’s bloodline purity. The purer, the faster.
[Still, Host can look at a week to two weeks at most!] the system said.
"I’m sorry, Isha. But I’m afraid I must require you to grow stronger for us both," Ryuk stated as Isha twisted its head, looking up at him with curious eyes, before its tongue flicked out, rubbing all over Ryuk’s face and leaving some ice drops over his face.
In the next instant, Isha disappeared, seemingly having returned to the Pet World, and Ryuk’s consciousness dispersed also as he moved into the Pet World.
[Host need not feel like he is forcing his pet to undergo evolution. Mutated beasts kill anything on sight once they see the ability for themselves to evolve. If it’s a fruit that can do that, they would kill even their own just to obtain it.]
[For Isha to gain free evolution from the system is already a blessing to it. If anything, Isha is more grateful to Host than anyone.]
[At the end of the evolution, Host’s bond with Isha vastly increases even more!] the system stated as Ryuk hummed, looking at Isha, who seemed more than excited. It seemed the system was right.
"Okay then, use Evolutionary Card!" Ryuk ordered.
Immediately as he said this, a bright light lit up on Isha’s forehead, as the image of crystalline wings appeared. The same could be said of Ryuk, who had the symbol appear in his eyes instead.
Staring at Isha’s evolutionary wings, the one in Ryuk’s eyes brightened up to become a flashing bulb of light. He watched as Isha’s consciousness slowly slipped and it started wrapping itself up.
Immediately, blue energy spilled forth from Isha’s forehead, forming a cocoon of light around her and wrapping it up completely until Isha became covered from Ryuk’s sight.
[Evolutionary Card has been successfully used.]
[Evolution of Host’s pet from an Ice Python to a Frost Wyvern has successfully begun.]
The system said, as Ryuk’s consciousness faded away from the Pet World and returned to the room.
[Congratulations on Host using the Evolutionary Card!]
[Host can now gain a single ability from the pet’s array of abilities.]
[What would Host like to obtain?]
1. Frost Manipulation
2. Size Manipulation