Turns out he'd actually been counting how many Cannon Fists it took him to kill a B-Grade monster.
Across the battlefield, Ethan descended slowly back to the ground using Levitas. As his feet touched down near the burning corpse of his Lupamancer, something caught his eye.
A small yellow stone had rolled out from the creature's mouth as it burned.
Ethan crouched down and picked it up carefully, turning it over in his palm. It was smooth and warm to the touch, with subtle veins of light pulsing through its surface.
[You have acquired: Yellow Sysilisia]
Then he made the stone disappear into his inventory. Ragnarok had already dissolved back into motes of light by the time he started walking back toward the group.
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Percival's beast form shifted back to his human appearance as he walked over with a grin plastered across his face.
"My boy has grown," he said, clapping Ethan on the shoulder. "Look at him now, fighting off monsters on his own."
