I appear within the white world again with both the Immi Huntress and the Timbergrove floating above. Both ships are just as I’ve left them with no disible ges as of yet.

  The Immi Huntress should disappear ohe ons are moved to the Timbergrove and the ship is sold.

  “Wait a sed.”

  Doesn't the Seden’s Orbit have ons? It does, doesn’t it. Bigger ooo… and a Ballistae!

  During my musings, a portal opens and a screaming Goddess crashes onto the white floor of this realm. The crash was rather violent and quite hard. A mortal would probably be dead, but Yazu is no mortal. Though…

  “Why are y?” I ask.

  She sniffs. “Because Yazu wao gloat and Yazu did not get the ce to. Yazu feels betrayed.”

  “Right… well, since you’re here. I’m guessing I leveled to twenty, correct?”

  “ive. You have leveled to seven.” I hear a voice behind me.

  When I turn, I’m met with the red floating eyeball, also known as Administrator #81.

  “Oh, Red, you’re here too?” I ask. “I thought you only show up when I sleep on my ship.”

  “My presence is permitted when skills are to be provided or titles obtained,” Red expins.

  “Really? Nice! What did I get?”

  Title Name

  Underdog Boarder

  Title Rank

  Rare

  Title Effect

  [Captain’s Authority] stat decay is slowed when b enemy vessels.

  “Huh.” I rub my . “So the [Captain’s Authority] skill decays when I’m away from my ship? I wonder how fast the decay is. I’ll have to ask Myers ter.”

  I gnce back at the eyeball. “Are there any other ges?”

  “ive.”

  “Then I’m doh you.”

  At my words, the red eyeball disappears. When it does, I turn back around.

  “Are you just going to y there and mope?”

  “Yazu is not done moping.”

  I sigh. “Fine.” I kneel dowo the goddess. “Did you want to tell me why you are moping? I think you mentioned something about wanting to gloat.”

  “Yes, Yazu was about to gloat about how amazing Yazu is pared to big spiky man, but Yazu was unfairly sucked here before she could.”

  “Uh huh. What exactly did you do that would let you gloat?”

  She puffs up her diminutive chest while lying down. “Mean spiky man said Yazu’s champion is lucky and that Yazu’s champion will never beat spiky man's champion in level. But then Yazu’s champion gaiwo levels and now Yazu’s champion is higher level.”

  The fuck?

  “Wait, this spiky man is a god, and the god knows my level? Is my level public to all the gods?”

  She nods and then points above her head. “Yazu was at a party where champion levels floated on everyone's head.”

  “Oh? So you know the levels of the ods? What's the highest level? What about sed and third highest? Do you know the average level? Do you know how many champions there are?”

  At my eagerness, she sits up with a grin. “Yazu is sed pd spiky man is third. Yazu is superior,” she excims haughty.

  Sed pce? That sounds pretty good. Then again, I gained a lot of levels from the leviathan.

  “What about the highest level? What about average? How many champions are there?”

  She takes a moment to think. “Twenty four is the highest. Yazu thinks the average is ten. Big squishy man says there are eighty-two champions.”

  Twenty four is a hell of an outlier. They must have seen a lot of stant a. As for an average of ten, that’s pretty det sidering the levels of my panions. Speaking of panions, I wonder how much Boriss leveled. It must have been several times after all the killings.

  “That's good to know. Did you learn anything else?”

  “Yazu made a friend with a mouse girl. Mouse girl is very cute and squeaks when Yazu pets her.”

  “Right… How about something more crete? Like, ecies are the other champions?”

  She shakes her head. “Yazu only knows that Yazu is the only goddess with a human champion.”

  That's actually useful. If they are human, then they’re not a champion.

  “I’ll need you to keep track of the number of champions and what levels they have every time they meet.”

  Yazu hops up and then offers a salute. “Yazu uands. Yazu will even write it down for you.”

  “Good.” I nod. “Now, I think you have some skills to offer me, right?”

  She blinks in surprise, and then grins. With a flourish of her hand, a jar forms above her palm. “Yazu is prepared!” Her hand digs into the jar and produces three pieces of paper.

  Css skills have been chosen by entity Yazu. Initializiion.

  Please choose one of the following skills.

  Soul Expansion

  Mental Crity

  Peak Transformation

  Soul ExpansionIncrease max soul quantity by 100%

  Mental Snty

  Immuo personality traits of transformation ability.

  Peak Transformation

  All transformation will be based oro ahiest of the species at current age.

  Reading through my options, I 't help but hat [Soul Expansion] shows up again. The skill will most likely be useful once I learn how to transform into other things ain other transformations, but the w is still pert based- whifers an alternative way to increase my number of transformations.

  [Mental Snty] oher hand is something more along the lines of a o have. Sure, my cat form makes me cockier and mgressive, and that may cause problems iure. But, I don’t think it is worth aire skill. So long as I’m izant of my shift in personality, then I deal with it.

  Finally, [Peak Transformation] is arguably the most iing. From the description, it seems it would allow my transformations to bee the most elite versions of the species. In the animal kingdom, this be pretty signifit. For example, two lions of the same species be expoially different in physical aal capabilities. Hell, even snakes differ in the tration of their poisons from one-another.

  The only problem is that I have two transformations that could be from the skill. My cat form isn’t going to necessarily get stronger, and my other transformation is far too expensive anyway. Also, Fenrimorph is my base form, so it is uo be from any ges.

  “These choices aren't very good.”

  I easily rule out [Mental Snty]. I deal with the problem outside of a skill. As for the other two, it is a toss-up between them. On one hand, I gain additional transformations immediately, oher, all of my transformations will be at peak capability.

  Regardless of my choieither really be me in the short-term. Maybe [Soul Expansion] if I learn how to transform quickly, but it’s not like those transformations will likely be strohan a Fenrimorph. My shift ability requires mana, and that cost seems delegated to size. Anything too big and I may not be able to transform into it anyway.

  “Let's just go with [Peak Transformation].”

  Skill sele [Peak Transformation] accepted. Adding skill to Entity Quasi Eludo.

  Skill addition successful.

  All Champion responsibilities pleted. Removiy Yazu.

  I hear Yazu scream as a portal sucks her into the ground.

  Then another portal opens. Green floats through.

  “Entity Quasi Eludo, you have 2 attributes to spend. Do you wish to spend them?”

  “Put them both intth,” I and.

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  “What do you mean you 't find the cat?” Richard asks. “My castle isn’t that big and there is only orance. He must be somewhere here!”

  “S-sir, we’ve checked nearly every room. There is no cat anywhere here.” The [Guard] sputters uhe intense gaze of the [Lord].

  “Then check everywhere again! I o talk to that damn cat as soon as possible. If you find him, send him to my office.”

  The [Lord] of Breston storms off and rushes down the hall. He makes his way towards the nobility wing of the castle, but just stops as he passes his sister's room.

  He opens her door and storms in. “Janice, good news. You know those armor and ons I ordered? Well, I was notified that they are…” He freezes at the sight of his sisters happily petting a purring fluffy kitten on her desk. The same damn kitten he’d been looking for for the past three hours.

  “What did I tell you about knog?” Janice pouts.

  “What are you doing?” He ignores her question.

  The cat opens its eyes and stares ily at him.

  “I’m petting a cat, what do you think it looks like?” She rolls her eyes.

  “That’s not a normal cat. That's a dangerous [Captain] who killed Calvaron!”

  Janices down at the soft and fluffy cat. Oddly enough, the cat seems healthier and even fluffier. Softer too.

  “Meow.” The cat tilts its head cutely.

  She smiles and tinues petting.

  “Richard, are you so jealous of my affe towards a kitten that you have to make up such crazy lies?”

  “It's not a lie! I’ve been looking for that cat for several hours. And I don’t need your affe.”

  She giggles. “Oh?So you just want to pet this little guy's soft fur.”

  “I DO NOT!” Richard whines. “That cat is dangerous.”

  Janice lifts up the cat to her face. “Are you a dangerous little boy?” She asks sweetley.

  “Meow.” The cat excims cutely.

  She turns the cat around. “Are you seriously tellihis little guy is dangerous?”

  With the cat's back turo Janice, a cocky grin rises o's face.

  “It's mog me!” Richard yells.

  “Brother! It’s a cat. Grow the fuck up.”

  “But.”

  “OUT!” She yells. “And don’t e batil you want to be ho with me.”

  “Janice.”

  Her leg moves and Richard hops out of the room.

  “And close the door.”

  “But.”

  “CLOSE THE DOOR!” She orders.

  Richard’s face is bright red as he stares at Jating and holding the grinning cat passionately.

  “Fine. If you die, it’s not my fault.” He closes the door.

  Seds pass for long moments. Then she leans back happily. “That felt good.”

  The cat yawns. “Agreed. Thanks for pying along.”

  Janice giggles while tinuing to stroke the cat. “Oh, absolutely. Richard always gets on my nerves. Revenge feels so good.”

  Her hand brushes along the cat's fluffy coat.

  “By the way, is it me or did you get fluffier?”

  “New skill.”

  “Oh. When he said you killed Calvaron, was that true?”

  The ods. “Yup, and leveled for it. Hehe coat. By the way, you mentioned he’s your brother? Why does it seem like you ruon and not him?”

  “How do you figure that?”

  The cat points at the stacks of papers oable. “From a quick skim, those dots seem like things a [Lord] should be taking care of.”

  She snorts. “Breston would fall apart if that idiot took charge. He’s a capable and charismatic fighter- and that's about it.”

  “Sounds like you should take charge.”

  She quickly shakes her head. “No. Absolutely not. [Pirates] respect strength above strong administration. One of the reasons Breston is wealthy is because the unsavory types aren't willing to stand up against him.”

  “Makes sense.”

  Someone knocks at the door. Janice shifts her foot aivates the runes. “e in.”

  The door opens and two [Maids] enter with trays of food. They pce the trays on the desk and walk away.

  “Is that… ist that milk?” The cat leans towards one of the trays.

  “Yes. I ordered it while you were asleep. I hope it suits you.”

  The cat walks to the tray and sniffs. Then smiles. It looks back at her.

  “Janice, I am [Captain] Quasi Eludo of Timbergrove and you have gained my utmost respect.”