Karl placed a [Lesser Watcher] in the shop to assist the Dark Elves in dealing with customers. They had access to his inventory and beast spaces, so they could collect the items that were designated for sale, even if they weren’t in the store’s inventory.

Then, he opened a portal to take the two Supremes to the Tiny World.

The Pack Leader took a deep breath, and then sighed. "You really have done a wonderful job of this place. I must say, there aren’t many places in the Immortal World that would lose to it from a pure energy quality standpoint.

But how do you stabilize it?"

Karl gestured into the distance, where the fields could be seen on the far side of the lake.

"Magical resources. There are hundreds of millions of Mythic and Immortal Grade magical plants growing in here, and they not only generate but refine energy as they grow. The balance of elements, the quality of the exuded energy, it’s all based on the fact that this place is essentially a giant cultivation farm for Alchemy resources and food products suited to Immortal beastkin."

The Pack Leader looked left, to where a bunny held a half-eaten white radish in both hands, snacking on the Immortal Grade resource as she waited for the show to begin.

The bunny froze as she felt the Lycan’s attention, then took a subtle step away as he looked away.

"I get it now. And now I know where all the bunnies went. You said that you rescued them, but I didn’t see any surplus of them in the Clan. So, you have brought them all here to what? Just be bunnies?"

"They help with the farming, the cooking, and the trade goods creation. You see, we’ve given them trade skills. Most are specialized in gardening and cooking type life skills, but we have some Alchemists and other skills as well.

We even helped some evolve into Bloodstrike Jackalopes so that they could protect their dens." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Nerissa immediately spotted the ones that he meant, as they were wearing armour and weapons, and had antlers that looked like they belonged on an antelope, not a rabbit.

They looked quite comfortable in armour, which was just confusing, but the lightning was beginning to charge, and none of them wanted to miss any part of this tribulation. With the mixed energies of two worlds, plus the unique energy signature that was the Tiny World, and already brimming with Tribulation energy, it was bound to be spectacular.

Ophelia sat cross-legged and let Tifa return to Lotus, while Tian hopped up on Dana’s shoulder to watch the show without getting in the way.

He was already Immortal, he didn’t need to get hit with lightning.

It would make his fur stand on end.

The first strikes landed on both ladies at the same time, and Tian frowned as he realized his fears were justified. Even from this distance, his fur was all crackly with static.

If he had been any closer, it would be a nightmare to fix.

He couldn’t even brush it back down because the static would shock him. Lotus was going to have to fix this later, since it was her fault anyhow.

Dana used [Eternal Lightning] as a barrier to protect her body as she petted the irate little fox. The lightning barrier absorbed most of the static, but every strike was adding more.

She had to do something to avoid laughing.

Lotus had Tifa held securely in her arms, and the little bear was suffering the same fate as Tian, but from point-blank range. It was only immune to physical damage, not Divine Lightning. For the first two strikes, Lotus’ barrier had held, but when the third one hit, the bear got a shock, and it was not impressed with this situation.

However, Tifa wasn’t willing to let Lotus suffer this alone, so she stayed in Lotus’ arms instead of retreating to her space.

At least until Thor warned her.

"If you keep absorbing the lightning from the Tribulation, it’s going to mess up her advancement. I will give her a stuffed toy to cuddle instead."

Reluctantly, Tifa retreated to her space to pour energy into her Beast Master, helping her along with the advancement process. The beast space was already at Immortal Rank, and Tifa could feel that another space was becoming available.

That seemed like a good sign of advancement.

So, she focused on adding energy to the new space, letting it finish forming without taking energy away from the Tribulation that was remaking Lotus’ body.

The Priestess had changed into her [Tree of Life] form now, regenerating branches as fast as the fourth volley of lightning was tearing them away, her branches exploding with the power of the strikes.

In the distance, Ophelia had a much more Berserker type reaction to Tribulation. She was trying to fist fight the lightning.

With her shiny new axe equipped, she had transformed into giant bear form, and she was on her hind legs, swatting at the incoming lightning and roaring in frustration. Pack Leader Blackwood chuckled as he watched the bear trying to get revenge on Tribulation Lightning, while Clan Leader Nerissa just sighed and rolled her eyes.

A Berserker was a Berserker when you came right down to it. Deal enough damage to them and they simply went feral.

Still, she thought that the Titanic Bear Totem Berserker had a chance of winning this round.

Whatever skill she had used last had actually stopped the tribulation for a split second, and the energy had lost cohesion before soaking into her body.

That was new.

As the leader of a Clan who took in newly advanced Mortals, she had seen thousands of these scenes, and that was the first time that she had seen someone stop a Tribulation Lightning strike with pure brute force.

Sure, plenty of classes could stop it with a barrier, but stopping it with an attack skill was an entirely different matter.