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The enhancements for the group covered attributes, skills, bloodlines, and Pilot Levels all at once. At their current levels, just these few people had consumed nearly ten million Merit Points, roughly equivalent to the Merit Point reward from a Legion Mission. But the expenditure had been worthwhile. Being able to add several True A-Class Pilots to the legion meant that Xiao Ran would not consider it a waste even if they had spent another ten million Merit Points.
Now that they had become A-Class Pilots, even though Basak, Luo, and Naluo could not yet be considered True A-Class, their strength was on an entirely different level from before—far stronger than they had once been.
Of course, that ten million had not been spent by just those few. Zechs, Saki, Billy, Moses, and El-Elf had also been included, so consuming that many Merit Points was perfectly normal. Xiao Ran himself did not currently have anything that particularly needed enhancing. With his present attributes, further enhancement would yield little benefit while demanding a terrifying investment. Unless necessary, he would only enhance his skills from now on.
Cruze had also upgraded his bloodline, going directly from Coordinator to Super Coordinator and skipping the Advanced Coordinator stage in between. His bloodline deficiencies had been completely compensated for, and it had received an enormous boost. Fundamentally, it should now have been at the same level as Kira Yamato's bloodline.
After reaching this level of enhancement, Cruze also gained the same SEED Mode ability as Kira and Athrun. While his attributes rose dramatically, so did his strength. With such a foundation, although the trait Cruze had awakened was Control, he could still develop a second trait like Xiao Ran's—Burst. This trait was practically standard equipment for Super Coordinators.
As for inheritances, they could not be