Carter found a good open grass field in the forest and sat down.

’I haven’t checked my shard list for a while.’

[Total Skin Shards]

- Mortal Cyber Slave Shards (2 Minor)

- Mortal Human Shards (7,237 Minor, 3,267 Medium, 1,161 Major)

- Awaken Invoker Shards (68 Minor, 21 Medium)

- Awaken Terror Shards (199 Minor, 26 Medium, 242 Major)

- Awaken Undead Shards (2 Minor, 5 Medium)

- Awaken Wolfman Shards (14 Minor, 13 Medium)

- Awaken Yokai Shards (8 Minor, 36 Medium, 57 Major)

- Elite Terror Shards (55 Minor, 30 Medium, 8 Major)

- Elite Yokai Shards (20 Minor)

’My shards really are stacking so much now. I can even make a Champion Human if there wasn’t a Champion Seed limitation.’

Champion Rank was unique. It needed a Champion Seed to reach.

If Carter wanted to have a human Champion Seed, he needed to raise a human skin’s Synchronization to 1,000%. Carter Hayes couldn’t reach 1,000% because it always stayed at 100%. He had to make a new one.

’I don’t even know what Human Synchronization’s condition is...’

Carter was still fixated on creating a better Werewolf. John Collins needed to be completed.

’John Collins is at 9 Star Awaken. Another Fusion would make him an Elite. Human always have a positive effect on cross skinline fusion. So let’s use one Major Awaken Human as material. As for the other material. It must be Yokai!’

Yokai was a hybrid of man and beast. It was the perfect form a Werewolf should have.

Carter first created a Major Awaken Human.

[Forged x2430 Minor Human Shards (Mortal)]

[Acquired x243 Minor Human (Mortal)]

[Fuses x243 Minor Human (Mortal)]

[Acquired x1 Major Human (Awaken)]

’Next, the Yokai. Give me something good! A Wolf Yokai would be best. Or if I can design the skin is even better.’

But it wasn’t a universal skinline like Human or Wolfman. It was a random skinline like Terror and Undead. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

[Forged x30 Medium Yokai Shards (Awaken)]

[Acquired Tiger Yokai]

[Acquired Turtle Yokai]

[Acquired Fox Yokai]

’Aw, come on!’

No Wolf Yokai. But Carter still had more shards to play with.

[Forged x50 Major Yokai Shards (Awaken)]

[Acquired x2 Snake Yokai]

[Acquired Vulture Yokai]

[Acquired Ox Yokai]

[Acquired Boar Yokai]

’Bad luck, huh? No Wolf still.’

Carter still had 20 Elite Yokai Shards left. He could make 2 Elite Yokai Skins and hope it would have a Wolf in there. Or he could break it down to more Awaken Shards and try more times.

Carter rubbed his chin in deep thoughts.

’An Elite is still an Elite. Breaking it down seems like a waste. Let’s just try my luck this time. If there’s still no Wolf Yokai, I just need to kill more Yokais.’

[Forged x20 Minor Yokai Shards (Elite)]

[Acquired Hawk Yokai]

[Acquired Wolf Yokai]

’Yeah, baby!’ Carter clenched his fist in excitement.

But there was a problem. Wolf Yokai was an Elite skin while John Collins was Awaken.

’Maybe I can forge another skin to it first?’

He had already fused Terror for John Collins. Undead was irrelevance, the theme didn’t match. Invoker’s Elemental Powers were kind of weird on a Werewolf.

’I can try two human skins... I wonder what would happen?’

[Forged x2430 Minor Human Shards (Mortal)]

[Acquired x1 Major Human (Awaken)]

[Fused x1 John Collins (Awaken) with x2 Major Human (Awaken)]

[Acquired John Collins (Elite)]

[John Collins]

[Rank]: Elite

[Star Level]: 3

[Ability]:

- Tamed Wolf Form: You can switch between Human Form and Wolf Form. (Fusion of Terror Form and Wolf Form)

- Berserk: You can enter a Berserk State through Rage Skill. In this state, your internal energy burned at the highest capacity and pushed your body to the maximum potential. You lose all control and attack anything on sight in this state. (Mutated Adrenaline)

- Corrupting Bite: Your saliva contains a venom that prevents natural healing. Your bite has a small chance of turning the victim into a Wolfman. (Unchanged)

- Danger Sense: You can feel when your existence is in danger. (Unchanged)

- Evaporative Decompression: You can release Adrenaline out of your body via thermoregulation. You can release any substances or energies through this ability. (Unchanged)

[Skill]:

- Elite: Level 4 Reflexes, Physical Fortitude, Perception, Rage; Level 3 Athleticism, Metabolism Manipulation, Self-Regeneration, Bite, Dog Fight; Level 2 Charisma, Intelligence.

[Item]: None

’Berserk? Now this is a good ability. I just need another Elite Skin to fuse.’

Carter was thinking about just sacrificing Wolf Yokai toward John Collins. But sacrifice usually didn’t lead to many drastic changes. A Fusion was better.

’Wait... Isn’t there an Elite Terror Skin relating to Wolf?’

Carter turned on the Glossary and checked the skin that he received one. He probably sacrificed it toward Eldritch Knight Token earlier.

[Terror Original Wolf]

[Rank]: Elite

[Star Level]: 4

[Ability]:

- Terror Form: Living beings are naturally afraid of you. You can transform into a shadow and crawl through tiniest cracks. You will die if you touch sunlight.

- Terror False Skin: Your skin is very durable and resist sunlight. You won’t die because of sunlight as long as you still have your False Skin.

- Unstoppable Charge: While running, your durability is raised and your speed is doubled.

- Devastating Bite: Your bite evoke Terror Force and may cause the victim in to fall in extreme terror.

- Wolf Howl: You mark all nearby beings, no matter of status and can sense their location through smell. Marked being is easier to fall in terror.

[Skill]:

- Elite: Level 4 Terror Fight, Dog Fight; Level 3 Perception; Bite; Toughness

[Item]: None

’Yes... This is the final piece of the puzzle.’

[Printed x10 Minor Terror Shards (Elite)]

[Acquired Terror Original Wolf]

’Come forth, my perfect Werewolf!’

Carter dropped the three skins into the colorful vortex.

[Fused x1 John Collins, x1 Wolf Yokai, x1 Terror Original Wolf]

[Acquired Cursed John Collins]

Back in the Giyaku City, Kazou sat on a small rock overlooking the once eerie fortress of Yokais. Now it was mostly abandoned, only the weakest of Yokais were left.

"Huh?" Kazou turned around. He felt a caravan was heading toward this area.