Chapter 88: Life Is About Balance
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Chapter 88 Life Is About Balance
Karl started with the easier parts, the increase in the quality of the two spaces, and the addition of simple grass to the ground. Instead of the short grass that Hawk liked, it was longer grass. Rae liked to hide in the long grass, and Thor liked the way that it tickled his belly scales.
No judgment.
Then Karl left Thor's mostly empty, as all the other plants in the space were going to be food products. The power density of both was increased evenly at the start, but after a few hours, Karl began to experiment and found that Rae actually required much more power in her space to relieve the strain on his mind.
Her species was the more powerful of the two, and her power was growing more rapidly as well. The side effects of that could be problematic later, but the short-term benefits would be huge.
By the time that the sun came up in the morning, Karl was no longer feeling the drain of the two monsters on his mind, and he was beginning to feel an influx of energy instead. Each of the three had a different feeling to it. It was difficult to describe, but Karl likened it to the feeling of wind in his hair, grass under his feet and a comfortable blanket.
He briefly stopped for breakfast in the restaurant downstairs, which had amassed a huge amount of meat, blood and magical plants to restock his pets, then returned to his meditation. If he ever returned here, he would owe them a huge favour for helping him out with the feeding duties, as he now had weeks worth of food stored for everyone, and someone had even found him another strength stone to mix with the blood for Rae.
That was a winning combination, according to the Bloodbath Spider. The extra energy in the blood was helping her body form, which was improving the feedback, which in turn was restoring Karl's body and increasing the quality of her home.
"Not quite. It will have a much larger impact on the ones with lower innate potential, and then after that bonus from the early growth phase ends, we will be looking at years and not weeks or months to move up a rank.
I can't guarantee that it will hold true forever, but with the scaling once Hawk was full-grown, and the power difference between the levels that is described in the textbooks, I would say that making Commander would be relatively easy, but it might be pushing it to make Royal before graduation, and then Monarch by age twenty-five.
Of course, a new pet, a new technique, or even just a better understanding of how to leverage resources for growth could shorten that considerably."
Alice laughed out loud, drawing the attention of the others in the restaurant.
"Don't let the others hear you call Royal before eighteen years old a slow progression rate. Even I'm more than a little jealous, and I'm still a young maiden." She reminded him quietly.
Karl was fairly sure that neither of those words applied to Alice anymore, at least not from his perspective. But who was he to argue with her self assessment?
Daniel tapped the table to get everyone's attention. "We will be heading out in the morning. Karl has recovered enough to return to his regularly scheduled classes, and the pets are both bonded and growing smoothly. That completes the conditions of our outing, and the Colonel will not be happy if she finds out we decided to take a little vacation after the job was done."
There was no doubt about that. Colonel Valerie had a bit of a human side, but it was hidden deep under her adherence to rules and regulations.
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Chapter 88 Life Is About Balance
Karl started with the easier parts, the increase in the quality of the two spaces, and the addition of simple grass to the ground. Instead of the short grass that Hawk liked, it was longer grass. Rae liked to hide in the long grass, and Thor liked the way that it tickled his belly scales.
No judgment.
Then Karl left Thor's mostly empty, as all the other plants in the space were going to be food products. The power density of both was increased evenly at the start, but after a few hours, Karl began to experiment and found that Rae actually required much more power in her space to relieve the strain on his mind.
Her species was the more powerful of the two, and her power was growing more rapidly as well. The side effects of that could be problematic later, but the short-term benefits would be huge.
By the time that the sun came up in the morning, Karl was no longer feeling the drain of the two monsters on his mind, and he was beginning to feel an influx of energy instead. Each of the three had a different feeling to it. It was difficult to describe, but Karl likened it to the feeling of wind in his hair, grass under his feet and a comfortable blanket.
He briefly stopped for breakfast in the restaurant downstairs, which had amassed a huge amount of meat, blood and magical plants to restock his pets, then returned to his meditation. If he ever returned here, he would owe them a huge favour for helping him out with the feeding duties, as he now had weeks worth of food stored for everyone, and someone had even found him another strength stone to mix with the blood for Rae.
That was a winning combination, according to the Bloodbath Spider. The extra energy in the blood was helping her body form, which was improving the feedback, which in turn was restoring Karl's body and increasing the quality of her home.
"Not quite. It will have a much larger impact on the ones with lower innate potential, and then after that bonus from the early growth phase ends, we will be looking at years and not weeks or months to move up a rank.
I can't guarantee that it will hold true forever, but with the scaling once Hawk was full-grown, and the power difference between the levels that is described in the textbooks, I would say that making Commander would be relatively easy, but it might be pushing it to make Royal before graduation, and then Monarch by age twenty-five.
Of course, a new pet, a new technique, or even just a better understanding of how to leverage resources for growth could shorten that considerably."
Alice laughed out loud, drawing the attention of the others in the restaurant.
"Don't let the others hear you call Royal before eighteen years old a slow progression rate. Even I'm more than a little jealous, and I'm still a young maiden." She reminded him quietly.
Karl was fairly sure that neither of those words applied to Alice anymore, at least not from his perspective. But who was he to argue with her self assessment?
Daniel tapped the table to get everyone's attention. "We will be heading out in the morning. Karl has recovered enough to return to his regularly scheduled classes, and the pets are both bonded and growing smoothly. That completes the conditions of our outing, and the Colonel will not be happy if she finds out we decided to take a little vacation after the job was done."
There was no doubt about that. Colonel Valerie had a bit of a human side, but it was hidden deep under her adherence to rules and regulations.
Chapter 88 Life Is About Balance Karl started with the easier parts, the increase in the quality of the two spaces, and the addition of simple grass to the ground. Instead of the short grass that Hawk liked, it was longer grass. Rae liked to hide in the long grass, and Thor liked the way that it tickled his belly scales. No judgment. Then Karl left Thor's mostly empty, as all the other plants in the space were going to be food products. The power density of both was increased evenly at the start, but after a few hours, Karl began to experiment and found that Rae actually required much more power in her space to relieve the strain on his mind. Her species was the more powerful of the two, and her power was growing more rapidly as well. The side effects of that could be problematic later, but the short-term benefits would be huge. By the time that the sun came up in the morning, Karl was no longer feeling the drain of the two monsters on his mind, and he was beginning to feel an influx of energy instead. Each of the three had a different feeling to it. It was difficult to describe, but Karl likened it to the feeling of wind in his hair, grass under his feet and a comfortable blanket. He briefly stopped for breakfast in the restaurant downstairs, which had amassed a huge amount of meat, blood and magical plants to restock his pets, then returned to his meditation. If he ever returned here, he would owe them a huge favour for helping him out with the feeding duties, as he now had weeks worth of food stored for everyone, and someone had even found him another strength stone to mix with the blood for Rae. That was a winning combination, according to the Bloodbath Spider. The extra energy in the blood was helping her body form, which was improving the feedback, which in turn was restoring Karl's body and increasing the quality of her home. "Not quite. It will have a much larger impact on the ones with lower innate potential, and then after that bonus from the early growth phase ends, we will be looking at years and not weeks or months to move up a rank. I can't guarantee that it will hold true forever, but with the scaling once Hawk was full-grown, and the power difference between the levels that is described in the textbooks, I would say that making Commander would be relatively easy, but it might be pushing it to make Royal before graduation, and then Monarch by age twenty-five. Of course, a new pet, a new technique, or even just a better understanding of how to leverage resources for growth could shorten that considerably." Alice laughed out loud, drawing the attention of the others in the restaurant. "Don't let the others hear you call Royal before eighteen years old a slow progression rate. Even I'm more than a little jealous, and I'm still a young maiden." She reminded him quietly. Karl was fairly sure that neither of those words applied to Alice anymore, at least not from his perspective. But who was he to argue with her self assessment? Daniel tapped the table to get everyone's attention. "We will be heading out in the morning. Karl has recovered enough to return to his regularly scheduled classes, and the pets are both bonded and growing smoothly. That completes the conditions of our outing, and the Colonel will not be happy if she finds out we decided to take a little vacation after the job was done." There was no doubt about that. Colonel Valerie had a bit of a human side, but it was hidden deep under her adherence to rules and regulations.
