It wasn’t until this moment that Gary realized something particular about the system, and that was the sound of the dings that would occur in his head.
They were like that of a notification on his phone, always alerting him of something. But what he had noticed was that there were different sounds, different dings.
The reason he had just figured that out was because the sound of the ding for completing a quest was just heard, and it made the hairs on his werewolf body almost stand up on their end.
‘That was the sound for the quest completion. Does that mean right now, Harvor is… Harvor is…?’
[Quest Completed]
[In the face of a mighty enemy, your Werewolf cells are shaking with power. Your body wishes to give you what is needed to survive.]
[First Reward: All Skills have leveled up]
[Claw Drain: Level 3 >>> Max]
[Last Stand: Level 2 >> Level 3 >> Max]
[Lethal Pounce: Level 3 >>> Max]
[Magnetic Howl: Level 2 >> Level 3 >> Max]
[Claw Strike: Level 1 >> Level 2 >> Level 3]
**Alpha Skills**
[Howling Force - Cannot level up]
[Alpha Bite - Cannot level up]
The system message that appeared in front of Gary came as a complete shock. He was trying to think back if there was ever a time he had received such a great reward.
Even when defeating Sin, he wasn’t sure the reward was on this level.
‘Skills take a lot to level up, and it looks like all of them have been pushed to the max apart from Claw Strike, and even Claw Strike leveled up twice! I’m not even sure what these skills can do now,’ Gary thought.
Before, Gary would have to wait for nighttime to use his superior skills. It was how he was saved by another effect of the higher level of Last Stand from before.
Now, with it maxed out, he no longer had to wait for that situation. With the night sky out, he would also be able to use the max level of Claw Strike, which was one of his most powerful skills.
There was something else Gary had noticed as well. The quest had said it was the first reward, which meant there was even more to come.
However, as he stared ahead, looking at where Harvor had crashed, waiting for something to happen, he heard a sharp, deep ping. It was a noise that he wasn’t even sure he had heard before.
[Error, Error]
‘Error, what the heck is going on right now? This is not the time for the system to freak out on me, not at a time like this!’
The hormones in Gary’s body were going rampant, making him go from one extreme to the other.
[User is not Level 50]
[Error]
[The User is not at King Grade]
[Error]
[New Transformation Form is unable to be unlocked]
‘A new transformation form? What the heck is my body meant to turn into other than a Werewolf?’ Gary thought.
It certainly sounded like something he could use in the current situation. All he could hope for was that when he did reach the other two conditions, he would still get the reward he was meant to get.
‘I’ll just have to do with what I have for now.’
Harvor started to take a step forward, and the first thing Gary could see was his strange scaled foot, the toes enlarged with large claw-like features, and the scales themselves looked to be gold in color.
As Harvor stepped out more, Gary could see something behind the humanoid figure that was standing there, what looked like a fairly long tail that was waving in the wind.
“You know NIRV were the first to create the Altered, right?” Harvor’s voice resounded loudly, echoing in the large room.
“But the truth is, the Altered project is deemed a failure. The creations that people call Altered today are not the real thing.
“You are all merely just beasts living inside human skin. The Altered that are made today are just a byproduct of the true creation.”
The Zodiac members, as well as Gary and the others, were wondering just what Harvor was going on about. At that point, he reached out his hand.
It was large and thick in size. At the end of his fingertips were giant claws the size of one’s fist, while the golden-colored scales continued to flow upward on Harvor’s arm.
“Out of the True Altered project that NIRV had started, I was the only one that survived, the official project that NIRV started, to revive an ancient race that had long been forgotten by this world!”
From his back, two large wings spanned open, blowing gusts of air to the side, revealing Harvor’s Altered form.
Golden scales ran down his legs and arms. He now appeared at least two times larger than before, and his large wings spanned a few meters on either side.
His golden tail swung in the air, resting on the seats at the end, with a long single white feather. The scales continued on Harvor’s face with his fierce eyes shining bright and narrow.
“What… is he?” Park said. “He’s some type of golden flying beast… it’s so bright. An ancient race? Is he talking about dinosaurs?”
“The beast preexisted the dinosaurs,” Xin said. “This is something else. Can’t you feel it in your body?”
It wasn’t just Xin, but everyone that was an Altered in the room could feel a part of them clawing out from their bodies, wishing to run away.
The beasts inside their bodies, the beasts of the past, all wanted to run away.
The only ones that seemed to be unaffected were those that weren’t Altered in the first place.
“He almost looks like… a dragon,” Gary said.
[Error, Error]
[Your level is too low]
[Unable to grant the user a quest]
As Gary received the message, he thought back to the times when he played games. How characters would enter areas that were too high for their level.
There was no quest yet to defeat the enemy because they were in an area they shouldn’t be, and in those games, the result would be a quick death.
“But this… isn’t a game,” Gary said.
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