1461 Giant Shark: I'm not trying to prove anything, but what I've lost, I'll take back with my own hands!

When the test subjects had put on the armor and picked up the weapons they'd left in the Creation Matrix, then taken the elevator back to the surface, the forging area on the second underground floor was already packed with people. Everyone knew the test subjects would come out here, and everyone wanted to see for themselves what kind of "player perks" they'd be getting.

Before long, they saw Giant Shark charge out of the elevator, looking smug as he hefted Varm's Beheader. Meow Brother cried out in shock:

"Holy shit! How'd you go from a vampire to a mountain tribesman? Does this otherworldly body reconstruction thing come with a race-change feature?"

"Bullshit! I signed a breeding contract, all right? I just need to go through the Embrace once more, and I can switch back to vampire mode."

Giant Shark rolled his eyes, not bothering to explain things to the clueless Meow Brother. Leaning on Varm's Beheader, he shouted to the curious crowd:

"Come on, come on! Which of you wants to fight me? Let me try out this realistic combat experience, get some practice in, warm up, and then I've got to head over to Shadow City."

"I'm in! Come on, let's fight. I want to see how strong your otherworldly body is, too."

The lion beast named Banchang, a blade of sweetroot grass between his teeth and one hand resting on the blazing katana he'd made from a dragonbug's claw, accepted Giant Shark's challenge. As the two headed outside, they drew a crowd of combat-focused players eager to watch. The players who stayed behind were busy examining the otherworldly bodies of the fifty test subjects.

They were relieved to see that the subjects with otherworldly bodies weren't all that different from before. They still seemed like incredibly realistic